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| - | Here are some potential write-ups for every [[Strong Bad Email]] that has not yet been featured. Please feel free to add write-ups to the list as appropriate, as well as editing write-ups already on the list. Once a Sbemail has been featured, feel free to remove its write-up from here.
| + | ==[[Anonymous Contributor]]== |
| | + | {{featuredimage|anonymous.png|150px|"Why don't you go... write a poem or something and not attribute it to yourself!"}} |
| | + | '''[[Anonymous Contributor]]''' (also called '''Anonymous''' and '''Anonny''') is a depiction of [[Strong Sad]] on lined paper, but with a question mark where his face would normally be. He was inspired by the author of the email [[rock opera]], who wrote under the name "Anonymous Contributor" of Gambier, Ohio. Instead of treating the email's author as an anonymous person, [[Strong Bad]] went on to describe the unfortunate effects of actually being named "Anonymous", creating this character in the process. In one scene, Anonymous had his hands glued to his butt, just as Strong Sad did in [[1 step ahead]]. The association between Anonymous and Strong Sad may have come from [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], in which [[Homestar Runner]] says he found Strong Bad thanks to "an anonymous tip from Strong Sad", though it could also be the fact that Anonymous was being made fun of, something which [[Lil' Strong Bad]] would have done to [[Lil' Strong Sad]] as a kid. In [[Fan Costumes 2016]], a fan dresses up as Anonymous, which is so obscure a costume that Strong Bad has to consult the [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgements#Homestar Runner Wiki Acknowledgments|Homestar Runner Wiki]] to figure out what it is. '''[[Anonymous Contributor|(more...)]]''' |
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| | + | ==[[A Decemberween Mackerel]]== |
| | + | {{featuredimage|A Decemberween Mackerel.png|200px|"My coma's toast..."}} |
| | + | '''[[A Decemberween Mackerel]]''' was released on December 14, 2010, after eight months of [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|no major updates]] to [[homestarrunner.com]], and serves as the [[Decemberween]] toon of the year. The toon begins with [[Homestar Runner]] wondering why he and [[Marzipan]] are slogging through the snow with a dish of bean sprouts. Marzipan announces that they're bringing a hot meal to the less-fortunate... in this case, [[Senor Cardgage]]. After being disturbed my Cardgage's mannerisms, Homestar leaves, but much to Marzipan's shock, Senor Cardgage claims to be... [[Death|dying]]! Back at [[Marzipan's house]], Marzipan announces the bad news, and ropes Homestar into cramming Senor Cardgage with enough holiday cheer to produce a live-saving Decemberween miracle. But even equipped with Homestar's tinsel-wrapped cram-rod, nothing seems to work: carolling, posing for a greeting card photo (complete with an overly enthusiastic letter "to brag about our family"), holiday shopping at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], and even lighting a [[telephone pole]] draped in lights in a vaguely tree-shaped fashion don't seem to help Senor's terminal condition... until [[Strong Bad]] barges in. Strong Bad reveals the only cure for Senor Cardgage's condition... but what could it be? {{watch|xmas10.html}} [[A Decemberween Mackerel|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | ==[[butt IQ]]== | + | ==[[Which Ween Costumes?]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail3.PNG|200px|"Look at his stupid head! Look how stupid his head is."}} | + | {{featuredimage|Which Ween Costumes.png|200px|"I think we may have gotten our... 'weens' crossed."}} |
| | + | '''[[Which Ween Costumes?]]''', a toon done in the style of the endings of [[Halloween]] toons but with a [[Decemberween]] theme, was released on December 23, 2010 to compensate for the lack of a Halloween toon that year (due to a [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|hiatus]]), and was itself the latest toon for over three years, until the release of [[April Fool 2014]]. {{watch|xmas10 costumes.html}} '''[[Which Ween Costumes?|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | In '''[[butt IQ]]''', the 3<sup>rd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Tyler asks Strong Bad how "[he knows] if someone's butt is stupid", a question inspired by [[You've Got an Ugly and Stupid Butt|one of the songs]] in [[Strong Bad Sings]]. Strong Bad then explains the "Transitive Butt Property", one of his [[bogus mathematical theorems]], using a [[Bad Graphics Ghost#Other Bad Graphics|bad-graphics picture]] of [[Homestar Runner]]. "...The stupidity of somebody's butt is greater than or equal to the stupidity of that person's head." This is also one of only four [[CGNU|Strong]] [[3 Wishes|Bad]] [[what I want|Emails]] to have a capital letter in its title. {{watch|sbemail3.html}} '''[[butt IQ|(more...)]]
| + | ==[[April Fool 2014]]== |
| | + | {{featuredimage|AprilFools2014.png|200px|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."}} |
| | + | On [[April Fool 2014|April Fools' Day 2014]], [[homestarrunner.com]] had its first major update in [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|over three years]]. {{watch|aprilfool2014.html}} '''[[April Fool 2014|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | ==[[homestar hair]]== | + | ==[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail4.PNG|200px|"How come you never play ''my'' game, man?"}} | + | {{featuredimage|dangmuffinspie.png|200px|"OH DANG MUFFINS PIE À LA MODE!"}} |
| | + | '''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]''', released on April Fools' Day 2016, is the seventeenth in a [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|series of toons]] featuring messages left by various citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] for [[Marzipan]] to hear, as well as the first one since [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|Version 16.2]] seven years earlier, and the first overall [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] update since [[Fan Costumes 2015]] five months earlier. It is also by far the longest Homestar Runner toon, being nearly four times the length of [[I Killed Pom Pom]] or [[Puppets on the Road]], and is notably a [[YouTube]] embed as opposed to a [[Flash]] file. {{watch|answer17.html}} '''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|(more...)]]''' {{clear}} |
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| - | In '''[[homestar hair]]''', the 4<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Strong Bad]] gets a [[Hairstyle Runner]] instead of a normal e-mail. After deleting it (though not with the standard [[DELETED!]] screen), he gets frustrated that no one ever plays [[Strong Libs]] or sends him any hilarious stuff from that game. To get his mind off of e-mails, he then plays [[Wikipedia:Temple of Apshai|Temple of Apshai]]. {{watch|sbemail4.html}} '''[[homestar hair|(more...)]]''' | + | ==[[space program]]== |
| | + | {{featuredimage|Sbemail138.PNG|200px|"Nice work, The Strap!"}} |
| | + | In '''[[space program]]''', the 138th [[Strong Bad Email]], Ryan asks [[Strong Bad]] if [[Strong Badia]] has a space program. Strong Bad boasts that since even the Italians have a space program these days, of course Strong Badia has one: [[the Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil]], or SBASAF for short. Their latest mission involves sending fifteen "Earth dollars" into space, where "according to our vague understanding of the theory of relativity", it will age into a million dollars. Only one man is good enough at video games for a mission of this caliber: "First Lieuteneral Space Captainface" (AKA Strong Bad). With the help of onboard mechanic Harold "Strap" Coopmore (AKA [[The Cheat]]) and Flight Engineer Ted Averill (AKA the [[Tire]]), Space Captainface will pilot [[the Proud Anselmo]], flagship of SBASAF's 30-vessel fleet, and impress lots of hot 60s-looking girls. In reality, this works out to Strong Bad and The Cheat riding around in a bunch of cardboard boxes taped together, with [[Strong Mad]] providing "escape velocity" effects and a CD of goofy sound effects (that cost them the fifteen bucks intended for the mission). At least the CD provides a humorous "body falling down the stairs" sound, and some appropriate laser sound effects when fighting off a "space myoo-tant from Satriani 5" (AKA [[Homestar Runner]] with a sweater stuck over his head). An [[Space Program Alternate Take|outtake]], which shows the pre-flight check, was released alongside this email on [[strongbad email.exe Disc Five|DVD]]. {{watch|sbemail138.html}} '''[[space program|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | ==[[making out]]== | + | ==[[portrait]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail5.PNG|200px|Strong Bad ''is'' the Love Doctor}} | + | {{featuredimage|Sbemail139.png|200px|Done by a Deutsch Master.}} |
| | + | In '''[[portrait]]''', the 139th [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Strong Bad]] answers a question from Dylan Bragers (aka Coolio da Fabio) asking if he's ever considered having a portrait commissioned of himself. He considers it being done by a [[German|Deutsch]] Master; in the style of the black-and-white ink portraits seen in "rich guy newspapers"; the sort that look like they're made out of Morse code, or a black velvet portrait of himself hunting skunks, to be showcased "in only the finest double-wide [[Trailer Home|trailers]]" alongside blacklight posters of [[unicorns]] on snowmobiles. However, as Strong Bad doesn't know anyone with a Master of Fine Arts degree, he relies [[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]]. The Cheat is still taking his sweet time on a hand-sculpted (or rather, [[The Cheat Gnawing|mouth-gnawed]]) wooden sculpture of Strong Bad, while the best Strong Mad can manage is a glitter-coated [[macaroni]] painting. Strong Bad decides it's time for a self-portrait... in the form of a cheap photo cut-out of a muscular version of himself with a "[[keyswordtar]]" and a hawk. Unfortunately, his head gets stuck inside; he passes the time plotting his escape from the cut-out by chatting it up with [[Lord Quackingstick]] and [[Princess Shellbra]] (both played by a duck-head toy). {{watch|sbemail139.html}} '''[[portrait|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | In '''[[making out]]''', the 5<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], "Kisless in Santa Rosa" asks [[Strong Bad]] how she can get her boyfriend to [[Making Out|make out]] with her. He advises against "the whole [[Peter Frampton]] thang", and suggests that she waits until her boyfriend comes home, lights a few candles, has a glass of [[Alcohol|wine]], and puts on Strong Bad's hit single "You're Really Ugly (But There's Nobody Cute Around)". Strong Bad then says that "Kissless"'s boyfriend will be "all over [her] like [[The King of Town]] on a Chinese buffet". This is also one of very few emails in which the [[page title]] is not the name of the computer Strong Bad is using or a variant of it. {{watch|sbemail5.html}} '''[[making out|(more...)]]''' | + | ==[[secret identity]]== |
| | + | {{featuredimage|sbemail142.png|200px|""You get back here with that remote, Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. I'm not afraid to smack—"}} |
| | + | In '''[[secret identity]]''', the 142nd [[Strong Bad Email]], Chris asks [[Strong Bad]] if he has a secret identity. Strong Bad at first claims that he and [[The Poopsmith]] have never been seen together, but this is quickly put to the lie when the Poopsmith shows up in the [[computer room]] along with [[Homestar Runner]], who was the one who let him in, and also used up the last of the [[mayonnaise]] for the Poopsmith's [[hamburger]]. Strong Bad does have several [[secret identities]], at least. When he's travelling on business and doesn't want to be bothered by legions of fans, he uses the alias "Tip Tappers, Expensive Briefcase Carrier", as seen when he checks in at [[Bubs' Motor Lodge]], alongside such names as Mr. Dee Williams, AKA Homestar. Strong Bad also claims to have a secret second family in the town of Broiter Grove, whom he visits as "Vance Mudgeman". His visits mostly consist of sitting around watching TV in a [[trailer home]] and making threats at the kids when they act up. Strong Bad also writes an advice column for [[Scarfgirl]] magazine under the name "Cara Carabowditbowdit". [[Marzipan]] isn't too impressed by Miss Carabowditbowdit's advice, or her "pseudoname", but Homestar thinks Marzipan envies her popularity with the hot boys. The email ends with Strong Bad sending Homestar, the Poopsmith, and [[The King of Town]] out of [[House of the Brothers Strong|his house]]. {{watch|sbemail142.html}} '''[[secret identity|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | ==[[depressio]]== | + | ==[[narrator]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail6.PNG|200px|"He says you're a dumb and crappy guy."}} | + | {{featuredimage|Sbemail144.PNG|200px|"They werea couple in love..."}} |
| - | In '''[[depressio]]''', the 6<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Anthony from South Gate, California tells [[Strong Bad]] to tell [[Strong Sad]] that he is "a dumb and crappy guy". Strong Bad then delivers the message while Strong Sad is actually writing a card for Anthony and sending him a hundred dollars. Knowing Anthony hates him, Strong Sad rips the card in half. Strong Bad then suggests that anyone who hates Strong Sad should email ''him'' instead, and gives them his e-mail address. For a while after this e-mail was released, e-mailing Strong Sad would get an automated response containing a link to [[The Secrets That I Keep]], which was later changed to an autoamated response containing a link to [[Strong Sad's Lament|his Lament]]. The e-mail account has since been removed. Apart from being about Strong Sad, this is also the first Strong Bad Email in which he appears. {{watch|sbemail6.html}} '''[[depressio|(more...)]]''' | + | In '''[[narrator]]''', the 144th [[Strong Bad Email]], Grant Gossman wants to know if [[Strong Bad]] has ever done narration for movie trailers. Strong Bad replies that he has not, but he finds it more fun to narrate peoples' everyday lives like they're [[Films from narrator|movie trailers]]: |
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| - | ==[[brianrietta]]==
| + | *[[Strong Sad]] enjoying a "[[Indian Food|Rogan Josh]] pot [[pie]]" is interrupted by an octopus in the face in "Whined and Dined". |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail8.PNG|200px|"BRIAN!? What the crap?"}}
| + | *"In a post-apocalyptic world where weird old men survive on boring conversations", an argument between [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]] over a used [[napkin]] leads to an epic showdown in "Factor Z". |
| - | In '''[[brianrietta]]''', the 8<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Brian sends [[Strong Bad]] a long email that, in short, compliments him and asks if he should go out someday. Strong Bad starts to agree, but stops himself after he notices the boy's name. However, he agrees if Brian happens to be short for Brianrietta or Brian-Sue or something like that. This is the first e-mail in which Strong Bad has a more modern animation style and a voice with less of a Mexican accent. Combined with the fact that it was released over two months after [[halloweener|the previous email]], and that Strong Bad Emails came out at, for the most part, a weekly pace for the rest of 2002 and, to a lesser extent, the following six years, this can also be seen as the true beginning of Strong Bad Emails. {{watch|sbemail8.html}} '''[[brianrietta|(more...)]]''' | + | *[[Homestar Runner]] and [[Marzipan]] are [[Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship|a couple in love]], until a dorky [[Homestar's Chef's Hat|chef's hat]] threatens to tear them apart. |
| | + | *[[Homsar]] presumably has a movie of his own, with one scene consisting of him floating in [[the Field]]. |
| | + | *[[The Poopsmith]] is the subject of "[[Whatsit]] All About?", "a four-hour film with no plot and no dialogue" from "some smelly [[French]] studio". |
| | + | *[[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]] are "Lugnut and Squeak", "two unlikely partners" with "one [[brain]] between them". |
| | + | *"For hundreds of years, it has haunted mankind"... "it" being the dead goose that pops out of the dryer and smacks Strong Sad in the face in "Things That Go Dump in the Night". |
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| - | ==[[trevor the vampire]]==
| + | {{watch|sbemail144.html}} '''[[narrator|(more...)]]''' |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail10.PNG|200px|"Oh, Trevor, I pine for you."}}
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| - | In '''[[trevor the vampire]]''', the 10<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Strong Bad]] gets an email from Trevor, a vampire from Hampden, Maine. However, because the e-mail is unfinished, Strong Bad comes to the realisation that someone put a stake through his heart, killing him. Distressed, Strong Bad then shows the viewers "a few of [his] favourite Trevor memories", which are nothing more than reading parts of his e-mail. The e-mail ends with a memorial to Trevor on the [[Tandy 400]]'s screen. {{watch|sbemail10.html}} '''[[trevor the vampire|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[credit card]]== | + | ==[[more armies]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail12.PNG|200px|"Gimme one of these... a couple of these..."}} | + | {{featuredimage|Homestar Frank Bennedetto more armies.png|200px|""The Homestarmy has a career for you in the no-armed forces!"}} |
| - | In '''[[credit card]]''', the 12<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], "John, and some other people who [[Blatant Lies|aren't scam artists]]" tell [[Strong Bad]] that his [[Credit Cards|credit card]] has expired, and that he should send it to them so they can renew it. Knowing it is in fact a [[Credit Card Fraud|scam]], he edits the e-mail and forwards it to [[Homestar Runner]]. Homestar, knowing that the "Superfied Credit Union" has the same e-mail address as Strong Bad, but presumably unaware that it actually ''is'' him, proceeds to send his own credit card information to Strong Bad. With this information, Strong Bad proceeds to buy stuff from "the_coolest_stuff_ever.com". A fan site with this same name was later made, and had the same layout as it does in this e-mail, but with some extra prices; as an [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgements|acknowledgement]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] later added these prices to the e-mail. Also, despite the [[Tandy 400]]'s lack of a mouse, Strong Bad somehow uses one in this e-mail. {{watch|sbemail12.html}} '''[[credit card|(more...)]]''' | + | In '''[[more armies]]''', the 172nd [[Strong Bad Email]], Paul asks [[Strong Bad]] if his three sons can get some information on joining the [[Strong Badia]]n army. Strong Bad, after pointing out that Strong Badia doesn't have or need an army (which he previously said in [[army|the email of the same name]]), waits three weeks for the Vaguely Military Career Fair, which he spends by helping [[The Cheat]] ([[Tito]]) and [[Strong Mad]] with their magic act. At the fair, Strong Bad talks about the [[On Point Kings]], who specialise in "black ops, brown ops, and the occasional beige op" and have an impressive-looking brochure printed on 65-pound card-stock and made with a pirated version of [[wikipedia:QuarkXpress|QuarkXpress]]. Next up is [[The King of Town]], who is busy drinking [[giblet]] [[gravy]], but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of [[the Municipality]], which features [[The Poopsmith]] dramatically climbing the wall of [[The King of Town's Castle|the King's castle]]. Lastly, [[Homestar Runner]] enthusiastically recruits "five-bucks havers" into the "[[Lack of Visible Arms|no-armed forces]]" of the [[Homestarmy]]. After Strong Bad suggests that each of Paul's sons enter a different of the three armies, [[The Paper]] appears crumpled and ripped, which Strong Bad describes as "a bad sign". It would eventually be replaced by [[New Paper]] in [[the paper|the following email]], which was predicted in [[montage]]. {{watch|sbemail172.html}} '''[[more armies|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | ==[[i she be]]== | + | ==[[videography]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail13.PNG|200px|Hooking up with Great Looking Girl}} | + | {{featuredimage|Sbemail videography.png|200px|"You name it! I'll videographa... fize it!"}} |
| - | In '''[[i she be]]''', the 13<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], "Great Looking Girl" tells [[Strong Bad]], "i she be your girlfriend." Strong Bad, however, is angry at how [[Poorly Written Emails|poorly-written]] the email is. Instead of "let[ting] [her] email [[DELETED!|go to waste]]", however, he forwards it to [[The Cheat]]. The Cheat later has an [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AIM]] conversation with Great Looking Girl, in which they agree to hook up, though mostly because The Cheat describes his appearance like [[Strong Mad]]'s instead of his own. This is also the first appearance of the [[Tangerine Dreams]], The Cheat's original computer. {{watch|sbemail13.html}} '''[[i she be|(more...)]]''' | + | In '''[[videography]]''', the 205th [[Strong Bad Email]], Robert McSwain asks [[Strong Bad]] to be a "videographer" for his wedding. This email is notable for being the last one for nearly five-and-a-half years, most of which consisted of an overall [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|hiatus]]. The [[sbemail206|Strong Bad Email]] was finally released on April Fools' Day 2015. {{watch|sbemail205.html}} '''[[videography|(more...)]]''' {{clear}} |
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| - | ==[[duck pond]]== | + | ==[[sbemail206]]== |
| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail14.PNG|200px|"Come here, ducky."}} | + | {{featuredimage|sbemail206.png|200px|"Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I mean, lappier."}} |
| - | In '''[[duck pond]]''', the 14<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Ron Kiwi asks [[Strong Bad]] if he feeds the ducks. Strong Bad says that because there isn't a pond near his house (though there ''is'' [[The Pond|one]] elsewhere in [[Free Country, USA]]), he has a [[Duck Pond|duck pond simulator]] on the [[Tandy 400]]. The duck pond simulator can be played; after feeding either duck 10 times, it switches to an [[Atari 2600]] version, which used to be playable, but is now a demo. This is also the first mention of [[Videlectrix]], albeit retroactively (i. e. at the time the Atari 2600 version of Duck Pond became a demo). {{watch|sbemail14.html}} '''[[duck pond|(more...)]]'''
| + | On April Fools' Day 2015, the 206th [[Strong Bad Email]], the aptly titled '''[[sbemail206]]''', was released after [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|five months of no updates]] to [[homestarrunner.com]], and nearly five-and-a-half years after the previous email, [[videography]]. Herein, [[Strong Bad]] checks emails on several kitchen appliances, before remembering the [[Compé]]. However, years of non-use have caused the Compé to be covered in dust, which has fortunately converted it into a new computer called the [[Lappier]], which resembles the [[Lappy 486]]. {{watch|sbemail206.html}} '''[[Lappier|(more...)]]''' |
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail15.PNG|200px|Strong Bad runs us through the basics}}
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| - | In '''[[the basics]]''', the 15<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], T.J. asks [[Strong Bad]] to "teach [him] some of [his] trick's ''[sic]''". He then teaches the basics, which include:
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| - | *Someone says "Are you listening to me?"; you say, "Yes," but you're not really listening
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| - | *You say "Hey, look over there!" to someone; if they do look, you pour [[Coca-Cola|Coke]] down their shirt
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| - | *You bet someone a hundred "bucks"; if they win, you give them a hundred kicks in the butt
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| - | Strong Bad then says that since everyone has their own tastes, T.J. should "develop [his] own style". Ironically, despite this e-mail's lack of activity or popularity, Strong Bad says in [[labor day|a later email]] that it is his favourite one. {{watch|sbemail15.html}} '''[[the basics|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail17.PNG|200px|"You keep studying, Roy. I'm going over to your girlfriend's house."}}
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| - | In '''[[studying]]''', the 17<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Roy asks [[Strong Bad]] what he should do whenever his girlfriend calls him while he is studying. Strong Bad suggests that Roy should "close the book and quit being such a dork-on", because his girlfriend "obviously has the hots for [him]". However, he lets it slide if the book Roy is studying happens to be called "This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base". Strong Bad then decides to take back his suggestions, and goes over to Roy's girlfriend's house, but immediately comes back, not knowing her name or where she lives. The email contains a link to [[bookazon.com]]; specifically, a page about the book Strong Bad wants Roy to study; this page is the first mention of the recurring author [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]. This is also the first e-mail in which [[the Geddup Noise]] is heard (though [[depressio|a previous e-mail]] contained a similar sound). {{watch|sbemail17.html}} '''[[studying|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail18.PNG|200px|"Oh no!"}}
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| - | In '''[[stand-up]]''', the 18th<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Joe P. asks [[Strong Bad]] if he has ever done any "stand up comidic ''[sic]'' stuff". Just before leaving, Strong Bad insists that he hasn't, but [[Strong Sad]] proves otherwise. Strong Sad inserts an old video into [[the VCR]] in [[Strong Sad's Room|his room]]; the video starts off with a younger [[Coach Z]] at a show congratulating [[Marzipan]] on "her wonderful clogging". The show's next contestant is [[Lil' Strong Bad]], who struggles with jokes, but still makes the audience laugh; his first joke is about a piece of cafeteria food being cardboard or [[pizza]], and his second joke is about the hair Coach Z had at the time. His [[pants]] then fall, causing the audience to laugh harder; embarrassed, he tries to run off [[the stage]], but falls just as he reaches the edge. {{watch|sbemail18.html}} '''[[stand-up|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail21.PNG|200px|"...or maybe a cloud that looked like a bird. You know, like a bird cloud."}}
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| - | In '''[[cartoon]]''', the 21<sup>st</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], "Geroge" ''[sic]'' asks [[Strong Bad]] to make a cartoon including only himself and doing the commentary. The cartoon consists of Strong Bad standing in [[the field]] looking at a singing bird and scratching his head; despite this lack of activity, he manages to do a commentary about it. He than explains that, "Too much of a good thing is an awesome thing, but too much of an awesome thing is...umm...really, really dumb and bad." Strong Bad then watches the moving green lines on the [[Tandy 400]]'s screen and gets hypnotised, eventually falling asleep on the keyboard; he makes a commentary out of that, as well. A 3D cartoon resembling the field one was later used in [[Strong Bad Gameways]]. This is also the first e-mail in which [[The Paper]] also has Strong Bad's email address written on it (in the previous twenty e-mails, it simply read "Click here to email strong bad"). {{watch|sbemail21.html}} '''[[cartoon|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail22.PNG|200px|"Oh, I'll ''tell'' you what I think of the English!"}}
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| - | [[Strong Bad Email]]'s unusual '''[[sb_email 22|22<sup>nd</sup> installment]]''' has no official name. In this e-mail, Mark from England asks [[Strong Bad]] what he thinks of the English. After remarking that Mark should "have an unnecessary vowel at the end of [his] name", and that the "Thank you" should be "Cheers", "Cheerio", or "Nevermind the Bollocks", Strong Bad starts to explain what he thinks of the English, but is interrupted by a sign stating that the e-mail is banned in the United Kingdom. An Easter egg states that, apart from what Strong Bad presumably said about the English, the reason for this banning is because of a visit Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] paid to the United Kingdom, where Strong Bad just says "Screw all y'all" to a crowd. Although this is the 22<sup>th</sup> Strong Bad Email, it was released not after [[cartoon]] but after [[vacation]]; for this reason, it is also known as "The Lost Email", and is probably the reason why it has no official name and, combined with the in-toon events, why it was banned in the UK. Not counting Easter eggs, it is also the shortest Strong Bad Email, at 0:33. {{watch|sbemail22.html}} '''[[sb_email 22|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|kickcheat.PNG|200px|"A little animal comes up to me... I'd kick it."}}
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| - | In '''[[little animal]]''', the 23<sup>rd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Ashley and Anthony ask [[Strong Bad]] what he would do if a little animal came up to him; his subject is [[The Cheat]], whom he [[Kicking The Cheat|kicks]]. But before Strong Bad can actually finish his reply to the e-mail, [[Strong Mad]] comes up to him angry. After trying to explain that it was just a joke, Strong Bad kicks Strong Mad in the knee and quickly runs off, then Strong Mad chases him around the [[computer room]] for as long as the viewer leaves the toon open. Although this is not the first instance of kicking The Cheat (it was in fact in the [[Original Book|original Homestar Runner book]]), it is the first time Strong Bad does it. Apart from being the first e-mail in which Strong Mad appears, this is also the first appearance of [[Strong Man]] and [[The Sneak]], Strong Mad's and The Cheat's [[Old-Timey]] counterparts respectively (an Easter egg changes the chase scene to one of Strong Man chasing [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. It is also one of the two e-mails that Strong Bad later proceeds to [[do over]]. {{watch|sbemail23.html}} '''[[little animal|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[the bird]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail24.PNG|200px|"Pssshhh! The Double Deuce!"}}
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| - | '''[[the bird]]''', the 24<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], starts off with [[Strong Bad]] and [[Pom Pom]] at [[The Stick]] sharing a joke. Strong Bad checks his e-mail on Pom Pom's [[Pom Pilot]]. The e-mail, from Phylo D., asks him if it is hard to flip someone off [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|with boxing gloves on]]. Despite his [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|lack of visible fingers]], he does a finger gesture in several directions, then finishes off with the [[Double Deuce]]. Pom Pom also presumably does a finger gesture, as does [[Homestar Runner]], despite [[Lack of Visible Arms|completely lacking visible arms]]. This is also the first Strong Bad Email in which Pom Pom appears. {{watch|sbemail24.html}} '''[[the bird|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[super powers]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail25.PNG|200px|"Once again, I point the blame squarely at tight pants."}}
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| - | In '''[[super powers]]''', the 25<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Aaron C. asks [[Strong Bad]] if the blue diamond on his forehead is the source of a super power. Strong Bad states that it is; he picks up a [[Cold One]] and tenses with the diamond glowing; this eventually causes the bottle cap to come off. Having only tested the power on Cold Ones, Strong Bad then gets an idea; he goes to [[Coach Z's locker room]], where [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] are having a conversation about tight [[pants]]; Strong Bad [[Interrupted Conversations|interrupts]] the conversation by using his power to make [[Homestar Runner's Hat|Homestar's hat]] fall off his head three times. Interestingly, Strong Bad has not used this power since this e-mail. This is also the first e-mail in which the modern-day Coach Z appears, and despite lacking popularity, it somehow became April's featured e-mail on the [[2011 Calendar]]. {{watch|sbemail25.html}} '''[[super powers|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[CGNU]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail26.PNG|200px|"The future is ''you''... probably."}}
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| - | In '''[[CGNU]]''', the 26<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Margo asks [[Strong Bad]] how he can become a graduate of [[Crazy Go Nuts University]]. Prior to this e-mail, the only mention of such a university was on the diploma behind Strong Bad in the [[Homestar Quiz]]; Strong Bad does an advertisement in the [[CGNU Principal's Office|office]] from that game. After mentioning several nonsensical classes, Strong Bad states that to enter the university, someone must paint a [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife|picture of a guy with a big knife]], but an anonymous announcer claims that applicants are not accepted and that the art test is only so they can make fun of people who try to apply. The toon ends with a CGNU logo that shines indefinitely. This is also one of only four [[butt IQ|Strong]] [[3 Wishes|Bad]] [[what I want|Emails]] to have capital letters in its title. {{watch|sbemail26.html}} '''[[CGNU|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[3 Wishes]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail27.PNG|200px|"So majestic, yet so wicked awesome."}}
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| - | In '''[[3 Wishes]]''', the 27<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Brandon Hofer from Judson College, Elgin, Illinois (which [[Strong Bad]] remarks as his life story) asks Strong Bad what his second wish would be if he had three wishes. He says that it would be a pair of horns (he draws a picture of himself with horns); he states that this would make him the mascot of a [[heavy metal]] band. After criticising several [[Crapfully Yours]]-style signatures, Strong Bad notices that the horns in his picture look like [[croissants]] the way he drew them; he then states that the third wish would be some croissants. This is one only four [[butt IQ|Strong]] [[CGNU|Bad]] [[what I want|Emails]] to have a capital letter in its title. Also, for some reason, this e-mail [[HRWiki:Toon loading problems|failed to work]] in a version of [[Flash|Flash Player]] that was released nearly eight years after it was. {{watch|sbemail27.html}} '''[[3 Wishes|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[1 step ahead]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail28.PNG|200px|"Somebody get my hands off my butt!"}}
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| - | In '''[[1 step ahead]]''', the 28<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Alex from Medford, NJ asks [[Strong Bad]] to glue [[Strong Sad]]'s hands to his own face. In a [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] twist, the e-mail has three endings: "YES", "MAYBE", and "[[Emails Taken in a Different Direction|TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION]]".
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| - | *If "YES" is chosen, Strong Sad ends up in [[the Athletic Field]] with his hands glued to his face and several people throwing dodgeballs at him. The viewer can then play [[Peg Strong Sad|a game]] in which they themselves throw dodgeballs at Strong Sad.
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| - | *If "MAYBE" is chosen, Strong Sad is in his bed, with his hands glued to his face. However, this is what he wants, so Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] put [[Bugs|red ants]] in his bed.
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| - | *If "TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION" is chosen, Strong Sad ends up in [[the field]] with his hands glued to his butt instead. [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], Strong Bad, and [[Coach Z]] pass by and, instead of helping him, Homestar and Bubs criticise him, Strong Bad taunts him, and Coach Z compliments him.
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| - | This is also the first email in which Bubs appears, and including its alternate endings (the "YES and "MAYBE" endings were not automatically added), is the first one to be over two minutes in length. {{watch|sbemail28.html}} '''[[1 step ahead|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[superhero name]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail29.PNG|200px|"STINY! Get me a Danish!"}}
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| - | In '''[[superhero name]]''', the 29<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Stiny asks [[Strong Bad]] why his name doesn't end with "man". Strong Bad instead makes fun of Stiny's name, thinking he should be a supervillain's sidekick. And so, the [[Strong Bad Email spin-off]] [[Strong Badman]] is born. In sample strips from Strong Badman, the titular character tells [[Strong Badman Characters#Stiny|Stiny]] to get him a Danish pastry and also asks him who spilled [[coffee]] all over his plans for his death ray. Strong Bad himself, however, says that he will change his name to Strong Badman if the real Stiny agrees to be his sidekick; however, [[The Cheat]] shows up in a costume and thinks Strong Bad is betraying him, despite assuring him that that's not the case, The Cheat just walks away. Instead of [[The Paper]], the link to e-mail Strong Bad is a piece of text at the bottom of the first issue of Strong Badman. {{watch|sbemail29.html}} '''[[superhero name|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[12:00]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail30.PNG|200px|"Duct-taped an alarm clock to the VCR... See, I never would have thought of that!"}}
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| - | In '''[[12:00]]''', the 30<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Cory Dewey-Smith asks [[Strong Bad]] how to fix his VCR, which keeps blinking 12:00. Having had the same problem, Strong Bad has called [[Bubs]] to get the job done; Strong Bad goes to [[the garage]] to check on his progress. Bubs has [[Duct Tape|duct-taped]] an [[Clock Radio|alarm clock]] to [[the VCR]]; he previously attempted this on [[The Cheat]], as evidenced by hairs that have been left there. In an Easter egg, the viewer can click on the Eject button to view several videos; each one's label appears to be colour-coded for each of [[the Brothers Strong]]. This is also the only Strong Bad Email to date that does not have any letters in its name. Also, discounting his optional appearance in [[1 step ahead]], it is the first email in which Bubs appears. {{watch|sbemail30.html}} '''[[12:00|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[sugarbob]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail31.PNG|200px|Strong Bad is popular with the ladies.}}
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| - | In '''[[sugarbob]]''', the 31<sup>st</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Daniel tells [[Strong Bad]] that his girlfriend has broken up with him in favour of Strong Bad. After a lesson regarding typing in all-caps (due to that being the way Daniel's e-mail is written), Strong Bad tells Daniel's girlfriend that he is taken by several other [[Strong Bad's Ladies|ladies]]. He demonstrates this by typing several [[Internet Slang]]-style messages in different fonts and colours (though how he [[Strong Bad's Computer Exceeding Its Technical Speculations|manages to do so]] on the [[Tandy 400]] is unknown), and before he leaves, he tells Daniel that he should buy her some stuff and start working out just in case. The commentary for the [[strongbad email.exe Disc One|DVD]] version consists of [[Marzipan]] singing a song about "Sugarbob", the [[nickname]] Strong Bad gives Daniel's girlfriend. {{watch|sbemail31.html}} '''[[sugarbob|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[flag day]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail32.PNG|200px|"Come to... the place where the tropical breezes blow...!"}}
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| - | In '''[[flag day]]''', the 32<sup>nd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Pablo from Phoenix wishes [[Strong Bad]] a happy Flag Day and asks him to share [[Strong Badia]]'s flag. Strong Bad then goes to Strong Badia, where after hoisting Strong Badia's flag, he sings [[Strong Badia National Anthem|its national anthem]]. During the anthem, [[Flag Day Visuals|a montage]] plays, consiting of Strong Badia, Strong Bad, a coin of Strong Bad, [[The Cheat]] (who is playing the beat to the song on [[The Cheat's Keyboard|his keyboard]], a coin of The Cheat, the [[Stop Sign]], [[Cold Ones]], [[Strong Mad]] (who has a tattoo of Strong Badia's coat of arms), the [[tire]], and emphasis on the fact that the tire is Strong Badia's sole "population". This emphasis - "Population: Tire" - later became the title of [[Population: Tire|a game]]. This is also the first Strong Bad email to be over two minutes in length (not counting [[1 step ahead]], whose alternate endings were added later). {{watch|sbemail32.html}} '''[[flag day|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[gimmicks]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail33.PNG|200px|This does not look good for Strong Bad.}}
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| - | In '''[[gimmicks]]''', the 33<sup>rd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Mike from Everett, MA tells [[Strong Bad]] about the days when he didn't need a gimmick to be funny. Immediateky afterwards, the [[Tandy 400]] [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|turns itself off]] and [[Explosions|blows up]] in Strong Bad's face, sending him flying across the [[computer room]] and crashing through the wall of [[Strong Sad]]'s [[Strong Sad's Room|room]]. Strong Bad tries to persuade Strong Sad to give him money to either fix the Tandy or get it replaced, but fails, since Strong Sad also wants his poster replaced. In [[weird dream|the next email]], Strong Bad uses [[The Cheat]]'s [[Tangerine Dreams]] while the Tandy is getting fixed. The Tandy is repaired in [[sisters]], but it still malfunctions; it is eventually replaced with the [[Compy 386]] in [[invisibility]]. This is also one of the e-mails that Strong Bad later states are his [[personal favourites]]. {{watch|sbemail33.html}} '''[[gimmicks|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail34.PNG|200px|"How's it going, Texas?"}}
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| - | In '''[[weird dream]]''', the 34<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Strong Bad]] needs to use [[The Cheat]]'s [[Tangerine Dreams]] to check his e-mail due to the [[explosion]] of the [[Tandy 400]] in [[gimmicks|the previous e-mail]]. After [[Strong Bad's Technology|trying to use the keyboard]] to open his e-mail client, The Cheat opens it up with the mouse. The e-mail, from Marie, asks Strong Bad what was the weirdest dream he ever had. He explains that after having 13 pudding pops to eat the day before, the dream he proceeded to have consisted of the United States wearing underwear, a picture of which he opens up. An Easter egg consists of several individual U.S. states wearing underwear. {{watch|sbemail34.html}} '''[[weird dream|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[guitar]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail36.PNG|200px|"And the dragon comes in the nniiiiightt!!"}}
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| - | In '''[[guitar]]''', the 36<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Derek Highet from Northern California asks [[Strong Bad]] if he can play the guitar. Strong Bad states that can, knowing about arpeggios, "trembalos", and virtuosos. He then types out (and says) the [[onomatopoeia]] for the guitar. He then imagines that [[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]] would join in (typing their onomatopoeia as well) and that he would sing about a [[Dragons|dragon]] coming [[in the night]]. After falling off the chair, he holds a lit [[BMW lighter]], which actually singes [[The Paper]]. The song Strong Bad sings at the end is the inspiration for [[Trogdor]]'s [[Trogdor (song)|song]] in [[dragon]]. {{watch|sbemail36.html}} '''[[guitar|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail37.PNG|200px|"Yes, I'm still here."}}
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| - | In '''[[dullard]]''', the 37<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Jason asks [[Strong Bad]] how to deal with the office dullard. Strong Bad then shows four tried-and-true methods, all of in which [[Homestar Runner]] is the dullard:
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| - | *Gives him the [[Double Deuce|rude finger]].
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| - | *Just walks away.
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| - | *Says "Yeah" repeatedly.
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| - | {{featuredimage|Brothers Strong Living Room.png|200px|"Hey guys! How do you like my sounds?"}}
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| - | In '''[[helium]]''', the 38<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], <s>Shaq</s> Shack from Whittier asks Strong Bad what he sounds like when he inhales helium. Having thrown a party the night before, Strong Bad goes to [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|his living room]], where [[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]] are hanging out. After breathing in a [[balloon]], Strong Bad sings a song in his high-pitched voice, but the effect is temporary. Strong Mad then breathes in a balloon, but for some reason, his voice does not change. The Cheat then tries to breathe in a balloon, but the entire balloon gets stuck inside of him, causing him to become round and float away. At the same time, [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Marzipan]] are having a conversation about [[pork]] and [[beans]], but are [[Interrupted Conversations|interrupted]] by the floating The Cheat. Marzipan, and later [[Strong Sad]], are concerned by The Cheat's appearance, but Homestar just thinks that the floating The Cheat is an ugly [[bird]]. This is the first email in which Marzipan appears and the first one in which Strong Mad speaks. Also, despite the lack of change of pitch in Strong Mad's voice when he inhales helium, in [[isp|a later email]], his voice becomes high-pitched when he breathes in bandwidth through a [[garden hose]]. {{watch|sbemail38.html}} '''[[helium|(more...)]]'''
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| - | ==[[property of ones]]==
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail39.PNG|200px|"The ONEitude is directly proportional to the COLDitude of the ONE."}}
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| - | In '''[[property of ones]]''', the 39<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Dan Waters from Dallas, Texas tells [[Strong Bad]] that he drank "[[Cold Ones|a one that was not cold]]", and asks Strong Bad if that has happened to him. Strong Bad proceeds to explain the "Property of Ones", one of his [[bogus mathematical theorems]]. "The ONE<sup>itude</sup> is directly proportional to the COLD<sup>itude</sup> of the ONE. ...The colder it is, the more of a one it is. Because you don't want to end up with a Cold None." Strong Bad then mentions several other brands of Cold Ones: "Not So Cold Ones", "Room Temp-a-Ture Ones", "Wärm Önes", "CUH-HOLD ONES", and "Cool Ones". The email ends with a [[needlepoint]] picture of several Cold Ones and the caption "A One That Isn't Cold, Is Scarcely A One At All". This is also the last Strong Bad Email in a long time to lack any [[Easter egg]]s; the next one, [[bottom 10]], was released nearly three years later (Strong Bad actually [[Fourth Wall Breaks|acknowledges]] the lack of Easter eggs in that email). {{watch|sbemail39.html}} '''[[property of ones|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|Greatmound.PNG|200px|Much bigger than that one in Ohio.}}
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| - | In '''[[vacation]]''', the 40<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], BrothaCheese suggests to [[Strong Bad]] that he should go on a vacation. Strong Bad agrees, so he sticks a "DORKS!" [[sticky note]] to the [[Tandy 400]] and leaves. Throughout the next couple of weeks, he sends [[postcards]] from several [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|vacation spots]]: The Great Mound; Pantsburg; That Clock; Two Cars, Tennessee; and Historic Over There, and gives commentary about his experiences at those spots. He returns from his vacation in [[invisibility|the following email]], in which he also throws out the Tandy and replaces it with the [[Compy 386]]. Due to being released in multiple parts, it became the [[Strong Bad Email By Length|longest email]], and it remained so until the release of the hundredth email special [[flashback]] nearly one-and-a-half years later. {{watch|sbemail40.html}} '''[[vacation|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|invisibility.PNG|200px|"A spectacle of graphics and sound!"}}
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| - | '''[[invisibility]]''', the 41<sup>st</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], starts off with [[Strong Bad]] returning from his [[vacation]]. He doesn't need the "DORKS!" [[sticky note]] anymore... and he doesn't need the [[Tandy 400]] anymore! After knocking the Tandy away, Strong Bad starts up his new computer, the [[Compy 386]], which is, in his words, "a spectacle of graphics and sound". The first e-mail on his new computer, from sinstudly17, asks him what he would do if he was "invisable" ''[sic]'' for one day. Strong Bad imagines that he would steal [[Swiss Cake Rolls]] from [[Bubs]]'s [[Bubs' Concession Stand|Concession Stand]], punch [[Homestar Runner]] in the gut, and watch TV while eating the Swiss Cake Rolls. In his imagination, however, [[Strong Mad]] ends up sitting on the invisible Strong Bad. Back in the real world, Strong Bad then thinks he needs a shower. The Tandy, which has been trashed, then "says" its last words to Strong Bad. Ironically, although it is the first Compy 386 email, the commentary for its [[strongbad email.exe Disc One|DVD]] version mentions the Compy's replacement, the [[Lappy 486]] (the DVD was released between [[montage|the penultimate Compy email]] and [[virus|the last one]]). {{watch|sbemail41.html}} '''[[invisibility|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail42.PNG|200px|Smells like peanut action!}}
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| - | In '''[[action figure]]''', the 42<sup>nd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Kyle Rechsteiner asks [[Strong Bad]] about an action figure version of himself. Strong Bad states that his action figure would include, but is not limited to: Chinese throwing [[croissants]], [[Double Deuce]] action, and glow-in-the-dark abdominal muscles. Strong Bad, however, had previously tried to make the action figure himself, but could only make [[Peanut Strong Bad|a peanut version]]. An Easter egg contains, as well as the action figure version of Strong Bad, [[Action Figure Character Variations|action figure versions]] of [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Strong Sad]], and [[Homestar Runner]]. These action figures, as well as the theme accompanying them (which Strong Bad also sings as [[Strong Bad Email Intros|his e-mail song]] in this e-mail), later became the basis for [[Cheat Commandos]]. {{watch|sbemail42.html}} '''[[action figure|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail43.PNG|200px|("Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish. Ooh! And Swedish meatballs.")}}
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| - | In '''[[little questions]]''', the 43<sup>rd</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Strong Bad]] gets a ''very'' [[Poorly Written Emails|poorly-written email]] from Viklas in [[Scandinavia|Sweden]]. Strong Bad answers Viklas's questions (which are about football, when he was a baby, and when he will be old) with roughly the same skill of English as Viklas. This is accompanied by synthesised European music, as well as [[Translation Subtitles|subtitles]] in proper English (although Strong Bad's answers and the subtitles do not always match up). Strong Bad then marks Viklas's e-mail as an essay and gives it an F, while signing his own name in Swedish. An Easter egg contains a political cartoon about diplomacy between Sweden and [[Strong Badia]]. When the songs from [[Dancin' Bubs]] were changed, the synthesised music from this email became one of them. {{watch|sbemail43.html}} '''[[little questions|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail44.PNG|200px|"Come on and get in the boat, fish fish!"}}
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| - | In '''[[lures & jigs]]''', the 44<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], David Jacobus from Astoria, NY asks [[Strong Bad]] about lures or jigs that he does to attract the [[Sea Creatures|fish]] whenever he goes fishing. Cut to Strong Bad and [[Coach Z]] who are fishing from a [[boat]] in the middle of [[The Pond|a lake]]. Strong Bad tries his lure, which is telling the fish that there is a keg of worms in the boat, but fails. He then tries a jig, which is a hip-swivelling dance accompanied by a song that actually causes some fish to jump into the boat. Back at the [[Compy 386]], Strong Bad admits he doesn't really know much about fishing, but that a similar jig might also attract ladies. Strong Bad, struggling as to whether he knows anything about [[Strong Bad's Ladies|the ladies]] either, then runs off. The viewer can then play [[Fishing Challenge '91]], in which Strong Bad does the same lure and jig to attract fish, and is also accompanied by commentary about [[Strong Bad's Technology|how good he finds the graphics]]. Strong Bad's jig bears a striking resemblance to the [[wikipedia:Caramelldansen|Caramelldansen]] Internet meme that was started about four years after this email was released. {{watch|sbemail44.html}} '''[[lures & jigs|(more...)]]'''
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| - | In '''[[your friends]]''', the 46<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Andrew tells [[Strong Bad]] that he "LIKE[S] IT MOST WHEN [HE] HARMS [HIS] FRIENDS". Strong Bad then proceeds to do acts of violence on the other main characters:
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| - | *Smashes an [[Everybody to the Limit]] record over [[Bubs]]'s head, and eventually [[The King of Town]]'s
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| - | *Hits [[Strong Sad]] with a wiffle bat
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| - | *Tries to saw off [[Marzipan]]'s hands, despite their [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visibility]]
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| - | *Persuades [[Homestar Runner]] to stick his head into a pool of lava, which he appears to be willing to do
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| - | *[[Duct tape]]s [[The Cheat]] to [[Pom Pom]]
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| - | *Buries [[Homsar]] and tortures him with [[scorpions]]
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| - | *Gives a very hot bag of fries to [[Coach Z]], although he doesn't seem to mind
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| - | In '''[[new hands]]''', the 47<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Ryan from Toronto asks [[Strong Bad]] what he would replace his hands with if they were cut off at the wrist and could not be replaced with prosthetic hands. He states that his right hand would be a bucket, for dumping [[oatmeal]] on stuff, washing [[The Cheat]], dropping the occasional beat (this is accompanied by [[Coach Z]] singing "These peoples tried to fade me"), and sitting on when he gets tired. Strong Bad then states that his left hand would be a bullhorn, for making important announcements. Back at the [[Compy 386]], Strong Bad says that everyone was probably expecting a [[Gibson Flying V|guitar]] and a [[laser|lazor]] gun, then feels ashamed with himself for not imagining his hands as those two things. In an Easter egg, his hands can be changed into several different items. And although this email was not a fan favourite, it did inspire several later works: Coach Z would later sing [[These peoples try to fade me]] in [[Coach Z's Character Video|his character video]] and a [[scroll button song]], and it also became a song on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD; the bucket- and bullhorn-handed Strong Bad became one of the [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|Set Two figurines]]; and in [[strong badathlon]], one of the events is "probably something with guitars, lasers, [[robots]], and hot girls"; also, in a [[Powered by The Cheat]] segment in the same e-mail, Strong Bad has laser hands resembling the one he has in the Easter egg in this e-mail. {{watch|sbemail47.html}} '''[[new hands|(more...)]]'''
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| - | {{featuredimage|sbemail49.PNG|200px|"So I guess I'm goin' to this frat party."}}
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| - | In '''[[theme party]]''', the 49<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Matt from Rochester, NY asks [[Strong Bad]] to come to an upcoming theme party, and about the theme of that party. Strong Bad says he doesn't want to go, but that the theme should be a "FRAT PARTY". The attendants of the party could wear baseball caps, khaki pants, and t-shirts from the previous party. The guy with long hair could play white blues on his acoustic guitar. And the attendants could get some [[Cold Ones]] and invite skinny blonde girls. Liking the sound of the party, Strong Bad then states he actually does want to go. An Easter egg contains [[Circles]], the song from the demo tape for the party. Discounting this Easter egg, this is the shortest e-mail of the [[Compy 386]] era, at 1:06. {{watch|sbemail49.html}} '''[[theme party|(more...)]]'''
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| - | In '''[[different town]]''', the 99<sup>th</sup> [[Strong Bad Email]], Steven from WV asks [[Strong Bad]] what he would do if he could make [[Free Country, USA|his town]] different. He explains in song form, with all of the main characters involved:
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| - | *"[[The Poopsmith]], he could talk"
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| - | *"[[Marzipan]] would rock"
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| - | *"[[The Stick]] would be this big old tree that would try to eat everyone except [[The Cheat]] and me" (and not [[Strong Mad]])
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| - | *"[[The King of Town]] would be underground in a box filled up with [[peas]]"
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| - | *"[[Bubs]] would give away [[Bubs's Flamethrowers|flamethrowers]] that shoot [[chocolate]] hundred-dollar bills"
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| - | *"[[Strong Sad|My stupid baby brother]] would have been born with horns and a tail"
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| - | *"[[Coach Z]] would wear this cool jacket"
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| - | *"[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] just couldn't hack it"
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| - | *"[[Pom Pom]] wouldn't change at all, except he'd look more like an [[ABA basketball]]"
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| - | *"[[Homsar|This little weirdo]] would be a modestly hot girl to help me through the hard times; [[you know, the kind]] that are only sorta hot so they don't mess around with other guys"
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| - | After the song, Strong Sad tries to offer Strong Bad a bust of Bubo, but since Strong Sad is dressed much like his brother imagined him, Strong Bad goes crazy, causing his brother to [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Sad's Revenge|call him a "spaz" and a "weirdo".]] Strong Bad then concludes that his imagination is broken, and ends up "go[ing] [[Made-up Places#Place|place]]". {{watch|sbemail99.html}} '''[[different town|(more...)]]'''
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five months earlier. It is also by far the longest Homestar Runner toon, being nearly four times the length of
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to be a "videographer" for his wedding. This email is notable for being the last one for nearly five-and-a-half years, most of which consisted of an overall
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was finally released on April Fools' Day 2015.
