Arcade Game
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Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat play a Trogdor! Arcade game in da basement.
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat
Page title: Quite Exciting This Computer Magic!
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Transcript
{We start with a familiar scene, Compy. Except Strong Bad isn't there, and there's a Post-It on the screen saying "in da basement -sb".}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {offscreen} Strong Bad! {walks up to the computer} Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your fondue pot again? Oh. You're not here. I'll get to the bottom of this! {sits down at the computer and starts typing. While he says everything correctly, he misspells "Bad".}
Dear Stong Bah, Where are you? Your friend Homestar
{Homestar notices the note.} Oh! "In da basement. From SB." Ohhh, that must stand for Stong Bah. {he stands up and heads for da basement. Upon arriving he finds Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and the Cheat playing TROGDOR! the arcade game.} Hey guys! Whatcha playin'?
STRONG BAD: Uh, playin'? No, we're, uh, we're doing the Cheat's taxes.
STRONG MAD: W-2!!!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Booring. I don't wanna play that.
{Homestar walks off. The game blips.}
STRONG BAD: Argh! Stupid peasant. {He kicks the arcade machine, which says in a computer voice "Trogdor!"} Whoah! Pretty cool! {He kicks it twice more, with the same results.} All right, who's next? {The Cheat makes Cheat noises.} Okay, fine. {Strong Bad gets off the stool to let the Cheat on, but he just looks at Strong Bad, makes more noises.} Oh, right. Here ya go, little buddy. {He lifts him onto the stool and the theme music begins playing. As soon as it's over...}
STRONG BAD and STRONG MAD: TROGDOR!
{The game says "Trogdor!" and the Cheat begins playing.}
STRONG BAD: Whoah, nice move! You're the master!
{The Paper comes down with a link to play the Trogdor arcade game. After a little while, Homestar comes back with a stack of papers.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, can you guys do my taxes next? ... You guys? ... Man, that's one big adding machine.
Easter Eggs
- On the Monday following the show, there was no new Strong Bad Email. Instead, there was a post-it note that said "In da Basement". If you clicked on it, it took you to the aformentioned toon short.
- If you wait for Homestar to come by and ask them to do his taxes - after he says, "Man that is one big adding machine" you can click on the TROGDOR! game to make it say "Trogdor"
- You can click on the top of Homestar's pile of papers to see his expenses.
- When you have Homestar's expenses displayed, you can click and hold on the last item in the list "straps and practice" to see a picture of something that looks like a hand-drawn baseball card.
Fun Facts
Remarks
- Homestar's Expenses
- $150: pork b/w beans
- $2000: witch's brew
- $4000: refinance my hat
- $2.07: gift for Marzipan
- $1000: Fluffy Puffs
- $500: monthly protection to Strong Bad
- $500: monthly protection to Strong Mad
- $500: monthly protection to The Cheat
- $75: straps and practice
- It comes out to $8727.07.
- The top paper in Homestar's stack of papers says "important document #402".
- The disk in the Floppy Disk Container is Manhunter New York. This was an adventure game for DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga, released in 1988.
Glitches
- When Homestar is using Strong Bad's computer the contrast knobs are missing, but you can click on them. They don't do anything, though.
Inside References
discuss the subject briefly. The abbreviation "w/" for "with" is not used, instead it's "b/w" which was used on old vinyl records and singles to refer to the B-side ("b/w" = "backed with").
- "Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your fondue pot again?" refers to 50 emails.
- This is another appearance of the Witches' Brew.
Real World References
- Strong Mad says "W-2!", which is an IRS tax form.
- The page title "Quite exciting this computer magic" is a quote from the movie "This Is Spinal Tap". One of the band members says it while playing Atari in the tour bus.
