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In this partially-[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video, it's been too long since the peor<!--sic-->ple had a number one jam!
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Barbershop Trio]] (Easter egg), [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] (Easter egg), [[The Cheat]] (Easter egg)
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'''Date:''' Friday, October 3, 2014
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'''Running Time:''' 3:20
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'''Page Title:''' Things are about to get...
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== Transcript ==
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''{The basement is dark. Strong Bad is asleep, half on the couch. Coach Z pops up from behind the couch.}''
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'''COACH Z:''' ''{whispering loudly}'' Strong Bad! Strong Bad, wake up!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' Blackthorne. ''{unintelligible<!--maybe you can tell what he's saying here-->}''
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'''COACH Z:''' The people need your help!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait, the ''who''?
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'''COACH Z:''' I mean the peorple!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' There you go!
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'''COACH Z:''' They need your help! It's been too long since they had a number one jam. They been scrapin' dope rhymes up off the kitchen floor, just to survive!
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''{Music starts playing.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Another number one jam? All right, I'll do it. For the peorple.
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''{Powered by The Cheat}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Woke up this mornin' in a rap song video<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Can ya help me with my hip hop video?<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Coach Z, that all depends<br />
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Can ya get ya green mittens on a fish eye lens?<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' I'm sorry, did you just say, "Waughmp waughmp"?<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' That right! And you know what that means<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' I don't!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Things are about to get bulbous<br />
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''CHORUS:''<br />
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'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
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I want a fish eye lens<br />
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And make a rap video<br />
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With a couple of friends<br />
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It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
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All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
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They know everything is better<br />
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With a fish eye lens<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Hey, that chorus wasn't kidding<br />
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Check out how cool my rap points look!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' With a fish eye lens<br />
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You don't need to know how to rap or skateboard or do ''anything'' well<br />
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Just put the camera on the ground<br />
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And aim it up<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' My kicks look huge<br />
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And my crew looks tough<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' We got bulbous hands<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' And bulbous feet<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Turn your back to the camera<br />
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'''TOGETHER:''' Shake those bulbous cheeks!<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Aw, look at that!<br />
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I've got a considerable rear shelf!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' That makes me uncomfortable!<br />
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''REPEAT CHORUS''<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' And once you use the fish eye<br />
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Well, you just can't stop<br />
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It used to be kind of expensive<br />
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But then the price ''draeerrrrrrped''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' I jumped in slow motion<br />
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Off the curb<br />
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Without a skateboard<br />
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That should look absurd<br />
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But with my fish eye lens<br />
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Hey, haven't ya heard?<br />
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I got the moves so smooth<br />
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Make ya mom say:<br />
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'''YOUR MOM:''' Those are some exceptionally smooth moves<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Coach Z<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' That's me<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' What's ya got for me?<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' I got the<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' F!<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' I!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' S!<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' H!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' E!<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Y!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' E! Lens!<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Let's pretend<!--sic-->s I got ten girlfriends<br />
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And make amends in my Benz<br />
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With a fish eye lens<br />
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It goes—<br />
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''REPEAT CHORUS''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, fish eye lens<br />
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I bet you could make even lame stuff look cool<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, yeah!<br />
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What about tax papers?<br />
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'''COACH Z:''' Oh, look at how cool those pape<!--sic-->s look!<br />
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How about a pair of tan pants!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh! Somebody say country dish towels<br />
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'''EVERYONE:''' Country dish towels!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! I have an idea<br />
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Of what we could try<br />
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What happens if you point it<br />
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At a real fish eye?
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''{Homestar points the lens at a real fish. Using software menus, the animator applies a twirl effect. The scene spins as if down the drain. Back in normal styles, Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar appear in the basement dressed in old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfits. Strong Bad has a trumpet with plunger mute. Coach Z has a banjo. Homestar is holding a fishbowl with a dead fish floating in it. An SLR camera with a fish eye lens is submerged in the bowl. The music finishes in an old-timey flourish.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, man!
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'''COACH Z:''' Aw, dag! What happened to the honeys?
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring back the fish eye! Homestar, you broke our rap song video!
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'''COACH Z:''' You turned us into a Dixieland jazz band!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why y'all gotta be dissin' on Dixieland? I think it's great! It's got several syncopations. ''{singing, brandishing his hat, and kicking his legs}'' Several syncopations—
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'''STRONG BAD AND COACH Z:''' Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeehhorrrrrp!
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''{Strong Bad and Coach Z throw their arms up and exit.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{continued}'' —Several syncopations! Several syncopations tonight!
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''{Closeup on the fish bowl with a "waughmp waughmp" sound effect. The word "eND" appears over the fish eye lens.}''
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== Easter Eggs ==
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* Click on the "D" in "eND":
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'''ONE OF THE BARBERSHOP TRIO:''' Several syncopations tonight!
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''{The rest of the trio appears behind him.}''
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'''THE OTHER TWO IN THE TRIO:''' Several syncopations tonight!
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''{Whip-pan to Old-Timey Strong Bad. He has an old-timey movie camera with a fish roped to it.}''
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'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Waughmp waughmp, I say! Waughmp waughmp! Everything ''is'' better with this pescatary occulation!
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* Click on the dead fish:
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''{Strong Bad and The Cheat are sitting at The Cheat's computer. The twirl effect is still visible on the screen.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! That was incredible!
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''{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm buying you a pizzzzzza!
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''{A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" noise.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Guess I can conjure ceiling pizzas now.
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== Fun Facts ==
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{{sectionstub}}
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=== Explanations ===
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* A Benz is a [[Wikipedia:Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes-Benz]] automobile.
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=== Inside References ===
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* The profile picture of the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account was taken with a fish eye lens.
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* Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "[[Videro Games|videro]]".
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* This is an instance of [[Couch Mumbling]].
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=== Real-World References ===
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* [[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]] is a video game for the Super NES.
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==See Also==
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* The [[Fish Eye Lens Visuals|visuals]] for this video
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== External Links ==
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{{extlinks|fisheyelens}}
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* [[YouTube:rbvxlvSIIww|watch {{PAGENAME}} on YouTube]]
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Revision as of 23:56, 3 October 2014

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In this partially-Powered by The Cheat music video, it's been too long since the peorple had a number one jam!

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Coach Z, Homestar Runner, The Barbershop Trio (Easter egg), Old-Timey Strong Bad (Easter egg), The Cheat (Easter egg)

Date: Friday, October 3, 2014

Running Time: 3:20

Page Title: Things are about to get...

Contents

Transcript

{The basement is dark. Strong Bad is asleep, half on the couch. Coach Z pops up from behind the couch.}

COACH Z: {whispering loudly} Strong Bad! Strong Bad, wake up!

STRONG BAD: {mumbling} Blackthorne. {unintelligible}

COACH Z: The people need your help!

STRONG BAD: Wait, the who?

COACH Z: I mean the peorple!

STRONG BAD: There you go!

COACH Z: They need your help! It's been too long since they had a number one jam. They been scrapin' dope rhymes up off the kitchen floor, just to survive!

{Music starts playing.}

STRONG BAD: Another number one jam? All right, I'll do it. For the peorple.

{Powered by The Cheat}

STRONG BAD: Woke up this mornin' in a rap song video
COACH Z: Can ya help me with my hip hop video?
STRONG BAD: Well, Coach Z, that all depends
Can ya get ya green mittens on a fish eye lens?

COACH Z: I'm sorry, did you just say, "Waughmp waughmp"?
STRONG BAD: That right! And you know what that means
COACH Z: I don't!
STRONG BAD: Things are about to get bulbous

CHORUS:
TOGETHER: Waughmp waughmp!
I want a fish eye lens
And make a rap video
With a couple of friends
It goes, waughmp waughmp!
All the ladies and mens
They know everything is better
With a fish eye lens

COACH Z: Hey, that chorus wasn't kidding
Check out how cool my rap points look!
STRONG BAD: With a fish eye lens
You don't need to know how to rap or skateboard or do anything well

Just put the camera on the ground
And aim it up
COACH Z: My kicks look huge
And my crew looks tough
STRONG BAD: We got bulbous hands
COACH Z: And bulbous feet
STRONG BAD: Turn your back to the camera
TOGETHER: Shake those bulbous cheeks!

COACH Z: Aw, look at that!
I've got a considerable rear shelf!
STRONG BAD: That makes me uncomfortable!

REPEAT CHORUS

COACH Z: And once you use the fish eye
Well, you just can't stop
It used to be kind of expensive
But then the price draeerrrrrrped

STRONG BAD: I jumped in slow motion
Off the curb
Without a skateboard
That should look absurd
But with my fish eye lens
Hey, haven't ya heard?
I got the moves so smooth
Make ya mom say:
YOUR MOM: Those are some exceptionally smooth moves

STRONG BAD: Coach Z
COACH Z: That's me
STRONG BAD: What's ya got for me?
COACH Z: I got the
STRONG BAD: F!
COACH Z: I!
STRONG BAD: S!
COACH Z: H!
STRONG BAD: E!
COACH Z: Y!
STRONG BAD: E! Lens!
COACH Z: Let's pretends I got ten girlfriends
And make amends in my Benz
With a fish eye lens
It goes—

REPEAT CHORUS

STRONG BAD: Man, fish eye lens
I bet you could make even lame stuff look cool
COACH Z: Yeah, yeah!
What about tax papers?
COACH Z: Oh, look at how cool those papes look!
How about a pair of tan pants!
STRONG BAD: Ooooh! Somebody say country dish towels
EVERYONE: Country dish towels!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ahem! I have an idea
Of what we could try
What happens if you point it
At a real fish eye?

{Homestar points the lens at a real fish. Using software menus, the animator applies a twirl effect. The scene spins as if down the drain. Back in normal styles, Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar appear in the basement dressed in old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfits. Strong Bad has a trumpet with plunger mute. Coach Z has a banjo. Homestar is holding a fishbowl with a dead fish floating in it. An SLR camera with a fish eye lens is submerged in the bowl. The music finishes in an old-timey flourish.}

STRONG BAD: Aw, man!

COACH Z: Aw, dag! What happened to the honeys?

STRONG BAD: Bring back the fish eye! Homestar, you broke our rap song video!

COACH Z: You turned us into a Dixieland jazz band!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Why y'all gotta be dissin' on Dixieland? I think it's great! It's got several syncopations. {singing, brandishing his hat, and kicking his legs} Several syncopations—

STRONG BAD AND COACH Z: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeehhorrrrrp!

{Strong Bad and Coach Z throw their arms up and exit.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {continued} —Several syncopations! Several syncopations tonight!

{Closeup on the fish bowl with a "waughmp waughmp" sound effect. The word "eND" appears over the fish eye lens.}

Easter Eggs

  • Click on the "D" in "eND":

ONE OF THE BARBERSHOP TRIO: Several syncopations tonight!

{The rest of the trio appears behind him.}

THE OTHER TWO IN THE TRIO: Several syncopations tonight!

{Whip-pan to Old-Timey Strong Bad. He has an old-timey movie camera with a fish roped to it.}

OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD: Waughmp waughmp, I say! Waughmp waughmp! Everything is better with this pescatary occulation!

  • Click on the dead fish:

{Strong Bad and The Cheat are sitting at The Cheat's computer. The twirl effect is still visible on the screen.}

STRONG BAD: The Cheat! That was incredible!

{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}

STRONG BAD: I'm buying you a pizzzzzza!

{A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" noise.}

STRONG BAD: Whoa! Guess I can conjure ceiling pizzas now.

Fun Facts

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Explanations

Inside References

  • The profile picture of the @StrongBadActual Twitter account was taken with a fish eye lens.
  • Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "videro".
  • This is an instance of Couch Mumbling.

Real-World References

See Also

External Links

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