Talk:more armies

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Continuation of "army"?

Could this email be considered a continuation of the email army due to how the subject nature is so similar to the said email and how this email is called "more armies"? -- The BGG

Benedetto!

Just making sure. Frank Bennedetto was not in this email, but rather a memorial to him. Right? - Drsandsattwo 20:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Uhm... no. Frank was revealed to be alive in Labor Dabor (and sign your name please.) -Everybody! 21:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. What I realize Bennedetto is as alive as a psuedocharacter can be, but that is a memorial rather than the real thing. correct? - Drsandsattwo 23:38, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd say that the memorial of Bennedetto counts as a character appearance as much as stuffed Strong Bad suplexing a cougar does. ~jeadly 16:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

My vote is that Bennedetto isn't so much a character as it is just an average everyday popcorn maker that Homestar, in all his geniusness, thinks is a character named Bennedetto. He's probably the only one who sees the memorial as an actuall memorial. To the rest of the world, the real question is: is it the same popcorn maker? Who can really say?--69.29.135.247 18:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I have made my decission

I can do the transcript luckaly say my parents. I can do the transcript. Can I do the transcript again? Sam the Man

Has Matt? is working on it now. Trey56 21:54, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Not-yet opened STUFF

The third kid facing certain doom in the Homestarmy refers to military school.

- Gtxm78 ^{Its Brown} 21:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that, if anything, certain doom refers to the fact that Homestar is a ridiculously inept "commander" and will lead the Homestarmy to certain doom. - Chupaqueso 22:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

He's more of a "Col-o-nel". -WeatherPerson

Jumped in?

What's that mean? Strong Bad said you can send your kid off to join the On Point Kings, but he'll have to be jumped in. Funny, usually by the time I come here, the e-mail page is already done. It's odd to see it so new :). Kvn8907 22:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

It's the standard gang initiation... urban legends about flashing headlights and assaulting random people in front of Wal-Mart notwithstanding, most gangs simply beat the $*#! out of prospective members to make sure they're tough enough. That's called being "jumped in". 68.13.21.225 23:22, 21 May 2007 (UTC) (a no-account good for nothing so and so)

Firebert to Trogdor

It's possible that The Cheat didn't change Firebert to Trogdor just because his name was awful. I think it's more to do with the popularity of Trogdor and the amount of fan contributions it has spawned.

Same here. kai lyn 00:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

agreed --EricTheDerek 00:20, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. I think the firebert not being a good commando name was exactly what they had in mind. — Defender1031*Talk 00:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

but Trogdor isn't a commando name...is it? --EricTheDerek 00:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree as well... SB may have stated his opinion that Firebert isn't a good commando name in a previous email, but there's no reason to assume that's the reason he's unpopular; the gag would have worked just as well with any of the other commandos. The gag is a commentary on how much more popular Trogdor is than the commandos, not the "quality" of the name. - Ugliness Man 02:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Redheaded stepchild?

Is it possible that "step-headed red-child" is a reference to the phrase "redheaded stepchild," meaning an unfavored child? -HotBees 00:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

If that's an actualy saying, then i'd say definately. Incidentally, i've never heard that before. — Defender1031*Talk 00:03, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I have. --Jay (Gobble) 00:21, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Me three. Trey56 00:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Ditto, I've heard the phrase "gonna beat you like a red-headed step-child", and I've heard a few comedians reference the phrase. And even if it wasn't a common phrase, there'd pretty much be no other explanation for what the heck step-headed red-child is supposed to mean. - Ugliness Man 02:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

According to Urban Dictionary, red-headed stepchild is a synonym for whipping boy. That's how I've always heard it used (eg, my department is the company's red-headed stepchild) and that makes sense in this context. (Be ye warned, oh external link-clickers, Urban Dictionary is NOT a family-friendly website!) Not Horse Woman 00:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It's an old saying for suretain. --Mycroft Holmes 01:19, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Links to toon titles

Is there some kind of arbitrary rule that you don't link the same page twice in a paragraph or something? "which strong bad said was not a good commando name in army" looks wonky without a link or some way to identify "army" as referring to an email and not simply a grammatical miscarriage. -anonymous

Link once and only once. First instance only. It's not unwritten, it's written.. place... - Qermaq - (^T/C)  01:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I understand the reason for the rule, and I'm not asking for the rule to be relaxed or broken, but there should be some sort of punctuation or format convention (quotes, bold, italics, some combination of 2 or 3) for a case like this. Otherwise, as anonymous pointed out, it just looks like bad grammar. - Ugliness Man 02:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

"Once and Only Once" has little to do with this... the rule you're after is Link once. But I agree, things like email names should be linked every time... --phlip ^T_C 03:07, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

You sure 'bout that, Phlip? Email names always linked? - Qermaq - (^T/C)  09:07, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It's tough, because if we were doing it correctly, we would probably have all the toons' names italicized. Since we don't, if you use the name of an email/toon but don't link it, it looks strange, like this: "Strong Bad's first email was some kinda robot". Especially the emails, since they're uncapitalized. So, I'm not sure that linking them all the time is the best solution, but we've got to do something to make them stand out, and italicizing them sometimes but not others would be too inconsistent... Trey56 09:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd say link all unless doing something major to all of 'em such as italics or quotes. - Joshua 17:31, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I've always thought toon titles should be linked every time. In a way, it is their punctuation. — It's dot com 04:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I think such a change is the sort of gnome work that could be completed site-wide in a matter of days, if not hours, by one or two industrious gnomes — if there were an official decision made (e.g. always link, link once but always italicize, or whatever).—BryanCTC 14:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Boond?

What does the "Boond You Like?" poster behind Homestar mean? —Einstein runner () 02:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

From what I understand, it's a portmanteau of "bowl" and "spoon." That still doesn't make sense, though. -HotBees 03:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Maybe something to do with war bonds? --phlip ^T_C 03:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Mercenaries

The line "Mercenaries are typically known to have bad reputations" was used to explain the point of Strong Bad saying "We do bad stuff". How is this not NPOV? -Itama 03:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I took that sentence out, and with NPOV, I meant the part about the missionaries. Without the missionaries bit, I didn't see much relevance in the mercenaries part of the sentence. Loafing 10:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Poster

should it be mentioned that the "do you has" poster, though slightly changed, has been used in a down loadable wallpaper?

"Do you has?" reminds me of http://icanhascheezburger.com Bombcar 07:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

"Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy?" is from army, which was published in January 2004. ICHC's first post is from May 2006. Loafing 07:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

He-Man

So, someone thought that the Poopsmith's change into the Municipality Soldier was not related to He-Man... I thought the lightning striking the shovel was just like the special magic that changes Prince Adam into Heman... "By the Castle of Grayskull.... I HAVE THE POWER!" I would like to add it back in, but please let me know what you thing.... I think you need to be a He-Man fan to appreciate it... any takers for a debate? mister t 05:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I see the resemblence, but I think it's a reference to the Marines commercials (especially given the context of the toon). Trey56 05:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

No, I totally thought of He-Man too. The Chaps are notorious for '80s refs. ...I think. --DorianGray 05:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

But really. Is this the place for a He-Man reference? - Qermaq - (^T/C)  09:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm gonna have to agree with Trey on this one. This is a clear Marine commercial reference. It also makes a lot more sense to be referencing an actual military recruitment commercial (rather than He-Man) at a Vaguely Military Career Fair. Manolios 14:07, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It does seem like a He-Man reference, now that you mention it. Besides, The Poopsmith doesn't almost lose his grip, like in the Marines commercial it seems to be referencing. Neox

And He-Man... does? The Marines commerical reference is patently true (it says "pooper fi" on his shield). The only reason the scene resembles He-Man at all is because the Marines commercial that it parodies kinda does. — It's dot com 15:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is everyone acting as though the Municipality video can only be a reference to one thing and one thing only? Is it not a possibility that it references BOTH the Marines recruitment ads AND He-Man?71.217.233.97 20:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Because when something is clearly a reference to thing A, and kind of sorta resembles or is a stretch to thing B, then it's probably just a reference to think A alone. (It could be considered a variation of TTATOT that I will call TAOT ("this and only this").) — It's dot com 20:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

As the coiner of TTATOT, I hereby give my support to TAOT. I bequeath thee! --Jay (Gobble) 05:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

His left hand?

The Cheat uses the marker with his left hand.

I don't want to change this yet just in case it's just my dyslexia, but I'm pretty sure the Cheat is using that marker with his right hand. Wrath 13:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, true, i corrected the wording, didn't think to look at the fact itself. Okay. DELETED! — Defender1031*Talk 14:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Brown Ops

I am not 100% on this, but aren't brown ops Navy operations in coastal and riverine areas?

What? No goofs?

Shouldn't there be a goofs section? I noticed that when Strong Bad gets up, you see his reflection emerge from behind the Lappy and his head is behind the fairly tattered Paper.

I haven't seen that one yet myself. But it's a wiki; feel free to add it. — It's dot com 15:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Who says he's looking at the paper? If your printer suddenly started shooting out ripped, mangled paper, would you look at the paper, or the printer? I say he's looking at the printer! --JamesDean 05:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Mile reference?

Does anyone else think the sound The Cheat makes in the beginning of the Easter Egg is similar to that 1 from when he looked around in mile? Bad Bad Guy 15:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps, but why is that notable? — It's dot com 23:47, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Ganglo-Saxon

Isn't "Ganglo-Saxon" a portmanteau of "gangly" (probably referring to the build of high-school-age students likely to be attending career fairs) and "Anglo-Saxon"? (Edit: I see now that Has Matt? has added it to the Portmanteaus page already, just not here.) -ReverendTed 15:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Music

The music is the scene after the 2 Weeks... sound familiar. I think its from something. I'll see if I can find it to have proof.--‪‪‪X66x66 19:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Strongest Man In The World, I believe. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  22:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Undertaker?

Is it just me or does the Shady Missionary look eerily like the Undertaker from old school WWF? The facial expression is exact. --((User:Shadix))

5 Bucks

I can't be the only one who noticed this. Homestar saying that the "viewer" looks like he comes from "a long line of five bucks-havers" is a direct reference to the email army. However, I'm guessing maybe there are so damn many references to that email in this one that listing them all would be silly?71.217.233.97 20:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Joe Piscopo

Did I miss something? WTF does Joe Piscopo have to do with anything? --- Wfaulk 22:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

He's listed as a client on the brochure for the On Point Kings. -Itama 04:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Long Sbemail

Apparently, the sbemail was put up for 3 weeks. Should I mention that anywhere? The Magic Pixel 23:23, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I guess someone else added it. NEVERMIND'D! The Magic Pixel 01:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Note that time capsule spanned an even longer period of time, so there's nothing notable about the three weeks except that SB actually completed answering this. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  04:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Montage

Does noone remember that at the end of Montage Strong Bad upgrades to an inkjet in sbemail73 and that could be why the paper is mesed up? — 24.252.248.124 (Talk | contribs) 23:36, 22 May 2007 (UTC) (left unsigned)

See more armies#Inside References. It's already mentioned. — Has Matt? (talk) 23:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Everyone remembers. Trust me. You should drop by the forum some time. Wrath 01:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Roman Trifold

What the crap's a Roman Trifold? Retromaniac 00:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it's a play on the Roman trireme. A brochure of this style is refereed to as "trifold", that's for sure. The rest is a guess. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  04:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Helicopter

Isn't that helicopter from TGS Issue 1? Retromaniac 00:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

No, it looks totally different. Go and have a look. Loafing 00:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Email sequel

I believe TBC broke their own rules. Didn't they say not to email Strong Bad asking him to remake an old email? This is basically a sequel to army. Hagurumon 03:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Their admonition was not to ask them to "do Trogdor again" or anything like that. And frankly, this is as much a sequel to origins and disconnected as it is to army. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  03:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, more of a sequel to several things. They just don't want the same question a second time. An offshoot or followup question seems to be okay, though. --DorianGray 03:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, dangeresque 3 was a sequel to stunt double, so it's not unprecedented. — It's dot com 03:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The Cheat and Firebert

Is it fair to say that The Cheat voices Firebert in the Cheat Commando cartoons just as Crack Stuntman voices Gunhaver? Evidence to support this:

• The Cheat Commando cartoons are produced by members of the main Homestar Runner universe (hence Stuntman's message on Marzipan's answering machine). Theoretically, the other voice actors behind the CC characters exist alongside Homestar Runner, Strong Bad, etc.
• This email seems to indicate that The Cheat is making an appearance as the actor who plays Firebert.
• Firebert has never spoken English in any of the cartoons, but he made The Cheat noises in Shopping for Danger.
• The Cheat also went by the name of Firebert in army.

I think this makes sense, and I think it's intended by TBC, rather than simply speculation. Anyone agree or disagree? Trey56 06:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The paper?

What's up with the tattered paper at the end there. Could this be the end of the paper?

See here, here, and on this very page: here.—BryanCTC 14:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Homestar the Traitor?

Ok, now is it just me, or does anyone else here Homestar Talking in the Firebert Easter Egg? listen carefully, and you can hear (or might hear) a person speaking with HSR's Speech impedement. I just want to know if i'm just crazy or if it's for real before I post it. - Zerlock1124

I turned the volume way high up, and he doesn't have his speech impediment. 71.231.56.40 00:50, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it's not Homestar. While I DO hear someone that sounds similar to Homestar, I think they weren't INTENDED to be Homestar. Bluebry 00:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)