A Decemberween Mackerel

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At Decemberween time, it's our duty as people with more than one DVR to help those much, much, much, much, way very, very, very much, really smelly, a lot much less fortunate than us.

Senor Cardgage says he's dying so Marzipan tries to stuff him with Decemberween spirit to save him.'

Cast: Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Coach Z, Senor Cardgage, Strong Sad, Senor Cardgage, Pom Pom, Bubs, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, The Poopsmith, The King of Town, Homsar

Places: The Field, Marzipan's House, Bubs' Concession Stand

Date: December 14, 2010

Running Time: 6:05

Page Title: We Come Down Off Our High Horse!

Transcript

{Music plays. A silhouette of Homestar and Marzipan can be seen through the falling snow. Lines representing the wind curl by.}

{Cut to Marzipan with earmuffs and scarf holding a dish and Homestar in his brown hat walking through The Field through the snow. Homestar looks distressed.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Marzi-pan! Explain to me why we're slogging through this blizzard again? I don't think I can slog much further!

{Cut to a tighter shot of the two}

MARZIPAN: I told you, at Decemberween time, it's our duty as people with more than one DVR to help those much, much, much, much, way very very very much, really smelly, a lot much, less fortunate than us.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: And, you think bringing him bean sprouts is, ahem, helping?

{Pull back to a wider shot. Marzipan looks angrily at Homestar.}

MARZIPAN: Be quite and keep slogging. We're almost there.

{A bush comes into view.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ah, man! This guy? {They stop walking} When you said less fortunate, I thought you just meant Coach Z.

{Coach Z pops up in the foreground from under a snow drift wearing a Blubb-O's box}

COACH Z: Me too!

{Coach Z disappears}

{A doorbell sounds. Senor Cardgage rises into view accompanied by traffic sounds. He's facing away from Marzipan and Homestar.}

SENOR CARDGAGE: Hello, Chi Minh?

MARZIPAN: Hello, Mr. Senor! Happy Decemberween!

{Cut to a tighter shot of the three of them.}

SENOR CARDGAGE: Is this a frank, call?

MARZIPAN: No, no, over here. {Cardgage turns around.} We brought you some food for the holidays.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Yeah. We came down off of our high horse to spread around some Decemberween cheer.

SENOR CARDGAGE: Thank you, Hot Pooey. {Homestar looks mad. Zip pan to a close-up of the bush.} Do you care to go inside?

{Close-up of Homestar and Marzipan}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Marzipan, did that guy just call me "Hot Pooey"? And invite me inside that bush?

MARZIPAN: {embarrassed} Maybe?

HOMESTAR RUNNER: That's it, I'm going back to your house. Later on, we'll conspire.

{Cut back to a wider shot. Homestar walks off screen left. Cardgage is now shaking.}

MARZIPAN: Oh, you poor wretch. What's the matter?

{Cut to medium shot of Marzipan and Cardgage.}

SENOR CARDGAGE: Oh, not much... I'm just... dying.

MARZIPAN: Gasp!

{A red title card with a holly border slides in from screen right. Words appear as the singers sing them.}

SINGERS: A Decemberween Mackerel. (The name of this cartoon.)

{Crossfade to Homestar wearing a mistletoe sweater and a red bow laying on Marzipan's couch, the camera slowing trucking back to reveal his entire body.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, Marzipan! Is that you? I'm wearing a sweater made out of mistletoe! A what feels like a colony of venomous bugs!

{Cut to a wider shot. Cardgage enters screen right.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ah! You!

SENOR CARDGAGE: {sing-song} Hot pooey.

{Marzipan follows screen right.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Marzipan! What's the big idea of bringing this guy home? {Cut to close-up to Homestar} I was about to give you your December make out present. {Homestar winks and clicks with his mouth.}

{Cut back to previous shot.}

MARZIPAN: This is serious, Homestar. Senor Cardgage is dying! {Cardgage nods}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, cool. We'll just make out after. What do you give him, five minutes? No minutes? {Homestar steps towards Marzipan.} No minutes?

{Close up of Marzipan. She's angry. }

MARZIPAN: Homestar, I don't have time to trick you into making out with a mop again this year. {Her expression clears} Hmm, if we cram him full of enough holiday cheer, maybe he can squeeze out a Decemberween miracle!

{Cut to medium shot of all three}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, I love cramming holiday cheer. I'll go get my {pulls from off screen} tinsel wrapped cram rod!

{Beat}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Okay, I'm back.

{Push wipe up red card reading "Holiday Cheer Cramlist" "Caroling"}

{Push wipe up to reveal Homestar, Marzipan and Cardgage outside singing at sunset around a bathtub with chains around it. Homestar is waving his cram rod and Marzipan is holding a candle.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER & MARZIPAN: {singing} Coach Z has been drinking non specific mouthwash-ween.

{A arm with papers shoots in from screen left.}

MAN: I need you to sign here.

{Homestar pushes the papers away with his cram rod.}

STRONG SAD: {echoey} Oh, thanks guys. That warms my heart.

{Cut to a shot inside of the tub. Strong Sad's face is seen in the bottom right of the frame and a chain around his body. Homestar is looking through the slats above.}

STRONG SAD: Not enough to stave off hypothermia, of course. But a month long {cut back to outside. Cardgage is groaning and swaying} coma isn't something I haven't dealt with before.

SENOR CARDGAGE: My coma's toast....

MARZIPAN: Time to go!

{The Marzipan and Cardgage dash off screen right, while Homestar follows.}

{Cut to red card as before. Caroling is crossed out and "Greeting Card" is in the center. A musical sting plays.}

{Push wipe down to reveal Pom Pom with a camera on a tripod and lighting umbrellas behind him. He is gesturing with an arm.}

POM POM: {bubbling noises}

{Reverse shot reveals Homestar in his mistletoe sweater, Marzipan with lights in her ponytail and Cardgage wearing a olive green cardigan. Homestar moves slightly to the right in the frame.}

{Reverse shot. Pom Pom moves his arm up.}

POM POM: {bubbling noises}

{Reverse shot. Marzipan moves back slightly.}

{Reverse shot. Pom Pom moves his arm screen left.}

POM POM: {bubbling noises}

{Reverse shot. Cardgage moves slightly to the right.}

{Reverse shot. Pom Pom moves his arm and bubbles for a long time.}

POM POM: {bubbling noises}

{Reverse shot. Cardgage continues to move to the right until his is halfway out of the frame.}

{Reverse shot. Pom Pom moves his arm to tell Cardgage to stop.}

POM POM: {bubbling noises}

{He picks up Gooblies and squeezes him. There is a white flash and cuts to a card with "Seasoned Greetings", with Homestar and Marzipan, and Cargage halfway out of the frame.}

MARZIPAN: Okay, now we need to make the corresponding {cut to a wider shot, showing the card in the lower left, while Marzipan is wearing half-moon glasses.} newsletter to brag about our family. {Marzipan clicks the pen and takes a deep breathe. As she starts to write, the words appear behind her.} This year was so great! Our family is so great! I can't believe Homestar has started fourth grade! How time flies. It's so great! Senor Cardgage won first place in sports and was selected to be terminally ill! I'm in book club and PTA carpool and redoing the backsplash. It's so great! Warm wishes, The Marzipan-Homestar-Cardgages. {Marzipan finishes by writing on the table}

{Cut to Homestar sitting on the arm of the couch with his cram stick. Cardgage is lying on the couch.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Our family is, literately and figuratively, so great! {Cardgage groans}

MARZIPAN: {off-screen} Moving on!

{Push wipe left red title card. Caroling and Greeting Card are now crossed out with "Waiting In Line" in the center.}

Easter Eggs

• Clicking on the E on "End" at the end of the toon will show a quick scene of Homestar Runner making out with "Marzipan".

(The door of Marzipan's closet is shown, with some mistletoe leaves scattered outside it. Homestar's voice comes from inside the closet)

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh...Oh, I must say...Oh, twice...Marzipan, it's so romantic the way you lured me into this closet! (Marzipan is seen walking by the closet) ...And the way your wet stringy face tastes like seven kitchen floors! (Homestar coughs) ...Cockroach.

• Clicking on the D on "End" at the end of the toon will show a new product from the makers of "Hot Jones".

(A mug of Hot Jones is shown)

ANNOUNCER: From the makers of Hot Jones comes Hot Pooey, our newest holiday sensation! (The mug is replaced by a different mug, the contents of which are censored) Hot Pooey! Oh dear God...what have we done?

Fun Facts

Explanations

• A DVR is a digital video recorder.

Trivia

• This is only the second toon of 2010.
• On the homepage, when "new holiday toon!" is moused over, it words change to "for real!"
• This episode is shown on a giant screen.
• There are many Rejected Characters in line at Bubs Concession Stand. From front to back: Homeschool Winner, Rafferdy, Preshy, Champeen, The Hurricane, and an unknown character.

Remarks

Ohhhh! There is two of them!

• Much like Homestar Presents: Presents, this cartoon appears to be recorded in higher quality sound than usual.
• Hot Pooey, beneath its censored bar, is identical to Hot Jones.
• During the caroling, the candle Marzipan is holding is the same as in the email love poems.

Inside References

• Strong Sad is locked in a bathtub.
• This is another instance of Making Out.
• Homestar says "Oh, Twice" in one of the easter eggs.
• This is another instance of death.
• Coach Z pops up wearing a Blubb-O's box.
• The silhouettes of Homeschool Winner, Champeen, Preshy, Rafferdy, The Hurricane and three Unguraits (Standing on each others head) appear in line for Bubs'.
• The last line of Marzipan and Homestar's carol, "Coach Z's been drinking nonspecific mouthwash," is a reference to the song "O Decemberween" at the end of The Best Decemberween Ever. The original line was "Coach Z's been drinking Listerine."
• Senor Cardgage appears from hammerspace, accompanied by the traffic noise first heard in hremail3184.

Real World References

• Homestar's quote, "Later on, we'll conspire," is from the Christmas song "Winter Wonderland".

External Links

• watch "A Decemberween Mackerel" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "A Decemberween Mackerel"
• forum thread re: "A Decemberween Mackerel"