Talk:Teen Girl Squad

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Ok, let's all start to....

Do you think we should link this page to the 404'd page somehow? I think it belongs somewhere on this page, but I'm not quite sure where...

[[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 23:51, 3 Mar 2005 (MST)

Done. Though it could probably use some work... →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

I like the movement of the pictures too. Especially since most pages are like that. (Why didn't I think of that...?) [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 20:54, 6 Mar 2005 (MST)

Because I'm smarter than you. :) →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

True, true... [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 20:57, 6 Mar 2005 (MST)

Almost Teen Girl Squads

There are already three of them under the 'Fun Facts', we have a section for Strong Bad Email, so why not Teen Girl Squad? ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 15:29, 3 Apr 2005 (MDT)

I just added in the "Sample" under issues and left the 404 page and virus appearance as is. IMO, "Sample" is more of a partial-issue and and virus is just a reference (it's only one line...). Having Sample as a "half-issue" of TGS makes sense to me, but not virus or the 404 page. Aurora the Homestar Coder 16:04, 3 Apr 2005 (MDT)

But remember, some of the "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" have only one line or so as a reference, like Fan Costume Commentary. -- Joshua 22:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

And I don't think that they count as "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" either, but I think I'm in the minority there. Aurora the Homestar Coder 00:08, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Funky Friends

Teen Girl Squad seem to be a parody of Funky Friends (A girly fad). I once saw a comic about them that was very similar to Episode 3. One of the girls even looks like What's-Her-Face.

Although the concept of everybody dying is absent, TGS reminds me of Girl Squad from an episode of Dexter's Lab, wherein a bunch of girls would do stupid stuff because they thought they were fighting crime.

Too biographical?

Do we need so much info on the TGS' character pages? (i.e. stuff that happened in one toon) Shouldn't we stick with the general stuff? And seriously, dump "Cheerleader/What's Her Face/The Ugly One's real name is either Virginia, Joy, or Jennifer"; the names given comic are likely to be never used again. --TROGGA! 02:34, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I think the more information that we can get (besides obvious stuff, like, "Cheerleader starts with 'C'") the better. →FireBird

Whatever happened to Once And Only Once? --TROGGA! 03:19, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

To chime in with my two cents: I don't agree fully with either of you (I just have to be belligerent, huh? ;) ). Trogga: I think you take Once and Only Once far too seriously. It's okay if some information is duplicated, as long as it is duplicated appropriately. By your standards, there wouldn't be any character pages, because everything about the characters can logically be found in the various Toon pages... Firebird: The TGS character pages do seem a bit too cluttery to me. I think that character pages really should be about general character traits. The "hurt by" lists seem a bit excessive to me, especially as more TGS's appear... it would be like putting Strong Bad's email songs all listed on Strong Bad's character page... Aurora the Homestar Coder 03:24, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I say we reword and brush out all the little stuff in the biography, and keep the "Hurt By" sections. This way the bio looks clean and all the things in it can go into "Hurt By". Make sense? (I'm sure it doesn't.) →FireBird

That sounds aprettypretty good. The "hurt by" lists are fine if you don't have the same stuff written up in the biographical paragraph (which is how it is now). Aurora the Homestar Coder 03:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I think that it only seems cluttered (even to me) because there aren't as many toons that they are in. That means that if you like them, you will watch the same things over again and if you want more information, you turn here. But since you have allready seen everything, it seems a bit repetitive.

StereoTypes!!!!

Don't the TGS members look a lot like high school stereotypes? -Kinsey

I believe that is the POINT of the whole comic. --mibluvr13 18:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Slightly obvious, but true

its vs. it's - Running gag status?

On the closing screen, the contraction "it's" is misspelled as the possessive "its."

Is this a running gag or a goof? Please make your statements in the proper area below.

Arguments for Running gag:

• Obviously not every running gag appears in every issue; The Birds are a running gag too, and only appear in some issues. The fact that it happens four non-consecutive times argues against it being accidental, but I think it should be noted in some way.
• The fact that it's repeated 4 times—but not every time—increases its import.

Arguments for Goof:

• Also, it represents a grammar error on Strong Bad's part, which we tend to point out since he's so picky with other people.
• If it's a gag, then why come it doesn't happen every issue?
• The TGS font does't include apostrophes. Everytime TBC want to use one, they have to manually add it in. I guess it's not always worth the effort. Even Whats Her Face is missing an apostrophe. - Joshua
  • I think it's just them being lazy. - Joshua 19:58, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
• It's just an accident that has happened to occur multiple times. Username-talk 19:26, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
• Mike has admitted that he has trouble with its/it's. BazookaJoe 19:40, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
• I think they're sometimes just lazy with this... but a lazy goof is still a goof. — It's dot com 19:45, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
• It is a simple gramatical error. Nothing more, nothing less. Come on people! Rogue Leader / (my talk) 21:14, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Additional comments:

• Either way, it gets listed. Both goofs and running gags are automatically noted. — It's dot com 19:34, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Color vs. Black & White

For character pages, should we update the images with the color versions, where appropiate? Or should we just leave as is? Or should we put up a color image along with the black-and-white one? - Joshua 15:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Like many other pages, I believe we should have both versions on the TGS character pages. —GWR 2004 ^Talk_Contribs 00:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Capitalization

Okay guys, what's our policy on transcribing the TG's dialogue, with regard to capitalization? I mean, they don't capitalize anything; we go as far as capitalizing the first letters of sentences for them. But shouldn't "it's our tenth issuev-ersary" not transcribe as "Issue-versary"? —AbdiViklas 00:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)