Talk:bike thief

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Easter Egg, what does Homestar Say?

I hear "burger wrapper". this makes more sense, as it's a kind of garbage, similar to how SB was listing parts of the bush earlier. "Murder weapon" makes no sense. — Defender1031*Talk 12:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Murder weapon. —BazookaJoe 12:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

How does that make any sense? — Defender1031*Talk 12:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

You'd put a murder weapon in the trash after using it, wouldn't you? —BazookaJoe 12:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

WHAT?! THAT'S the best you can come up with? No, you wouldn't necessarily put a murder weapon in the trash. You WOULD however, necessarily put a burger wrapper in the trash. — Defender1031*Talk 12:51, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not a question of what makes more sense. It's a question of what he's actually saying. --phlip ^T_C 12:53, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I very definitely hear "murder weapon", and can't hear anything like "burger" or "wrapper" no matter how hard I try. It couldn't be any clearer. --phlip ^T_C 12:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I heard "Mortor Weapon". That sounds closer to Murder Weapon, and I doubt my opinion means much here.--147.133.211.123 12:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay, just listened to it again, with the sound all the way up, it is most definitely "murder weapon". I stand corrected, and bid you all a good day. — Defender1031*Talk 12:58, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Ocean's Eleven

When Strong Bad tries to steal the bike seat off the couch, he says, "I'll have to employ some Chinese acrobatics!" When I saw this, I thought of the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven, in which thieves rob a Las Vegas casino. In the heist scene of that film, one of them (a Chinese acrobat) uses his talents to break into the vault. As a side note, two thieves also have to bypass laser security in a long vertical shaft, although they get through the shaft by rappelling rather than using suction cups.

I think that at least the Chinese acrobat bit is a real-world reference; anyone agree? Unless I'm mistaken, the combination of Chinese acrobatics and thievery is uncommon enough that it's almost certainly a reference to that film, but I wanted to post here first and see what others thought... Trey56 13:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

No, many movies i've seen make use of acrobatics to avoid lazer security. — Defender1031*Talk 13:22, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Sure, but Chinese acrobatics? Trey56 13:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Nah, i think he just picked a country famous for martial arts. — Defender1031*Talk 13:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

College References

One wonders just how many college references need to be included in the Real World section. Are backwards baseball caps a uniquely American cliche/frat-boy joke? Wannabe hippies with dreads carrying generally ignored petitions? Or should the jokes be allowed to stand on context in the hopes that a viewer in, say, Bangladesh who has never set foot on a university campus will infer the references?