Talk:hiding

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Contents 1 Duplicate Strong Mads 2 Soap Box 3 Chonking and junking 4 Sleepy Pee 5 Scar's Hair 6 Kick the Can

Duplicate Strong Mads

This email is featured in the article duplicate characters, but a link to that article was deleted from this already. Should this email be removed from that article? BBG 23:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

If you ask me, I think we should keep it on both pages; bring the link back and keep it on the duplicated characters page. -Philip8o 00:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree, there`s no solid evidence that it`s not 2 Strong Mads.-ThePizz

I disagree. There's no evidence that it's two Strong Mads. On the other hand, Strong Mad stayed up all night to build this hiding spot. So it's not two SM's it's only one and a hiding sport that he built which happens to look like him. It's not a duplicate character. Loafing 00:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I disagree with your disagreement. Even if there aren't literally two Strong Mads, the fake is good enough to fool Strong Mad's own brother, who (despite being no genius) is usually depicted as one of the smarter H*R characters. And we get the visual effect of there being two Strong Mads at once. I say it IS twin characters. --Jay (Gobble) 03:04, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be consensus to include those kind of instances. Wouldn't we also have to include Pumpkin Carve-nival on the duplicate characters list then? Loafing 03:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Soap Box

OK. I've seen this appear and disappear from the Inside References, like, 3 times now. I think that we should link to the soap box page in the Inside References section. Yes, it is already linked to in the Transcript, but we can have both. And if not, we should at least be consistent and have all of the appearences of the soap box be linked in the same way. Right? -Philip8o

No  Green Helmet 00:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that it shouldn't be linked more than once, as that's not in accordance with the wiki guidelines. However, in other toons where the soapbox appeared, it was linked in the Inside References section, not in the transcript. I'll change it and see what happens. ~That Guy Over There () 00:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Chonking and junking

I interpreted the start of the email song as "Junk it", and so did Charlie Jr. for Strong Bad Email Intros. However, Super Martyo Brother put "Chonk it" in Subtitles:sbemail196/en, and now I'm not sure. It does sound a bit more like that, and "Junk it and check it" doesn't make a huge amount of sense, though there's a relationship between junk and wreck. Of course, "chonk" isn't a word, but you can get there by changing the middle sound in "check". Any thoughts?

I distinctly hear "junk." ~That Guy Over There () 01:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I hear joke actually. Positively. OptimisticFool 02:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I hear "choke it," with an odd amount of reverb at the start. And really, it sounds more like something I'd expect from Strong Bad.

Sleepy Pee

The way it's written in the transcript makes no sense. If Strong Bad were to say "sleepy p-" as it says, he would just cut off at the beginning of the "puh" sound, but he clearly says "pee." Besides, seein' as how he was in the bathroom, I think it's pretty obvious that he was announcing his intention to urinate. Let's get a consensus on this. It's been changed back and forth a coupla times already. ~That Guy Over There () 01:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

He's obviously just woken up, he enters the bathroom, turns on the light and is heading directly towards the toilet. Maybe he keeps a peeler in there and wants it for his morning grapefruit? Or maybe he was just marveling aloud and how peacefully he slept? Umm... or not. Either way he obviously said pee and not p-.  Green Helmet 01:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I personally agree with you. For one, he does say "pee", not "puh". Also, it's not like Homestar cut him off almost as soon as he said it. He has a good two seconds to say it. -- Super Martyo boing! 01:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Scar's Hair

Is this really a note? He has the same hair as Moe from 3 Stooges? It's just a common buzz cut. I have that and I don't have any association with the Stooges. Not to mention it's on the wrong kid.

The fun fact doesn't refer to Scar's hair, it refer's to Moe's hair, which has the distinctive style of the Stooges star and is not a buzz cut at all. I think it is you, my friend, who has the wrong kid. ~That Guy Over There () 02:22, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

We need this reference. The hair style is the only thing that makes the kid a "Moe". It isn't just some kid. His name is Moe. And there aren't very many ways to show that someone is named something. He could have a name tag. But it is funnier this way. And thats the whole point to this cartoon...to be funny. -Philip8o

Exactly...I think. It helps you easily identify the characters (Scar=scar on face;Moe=bowl cut). DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 04:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, it turns out I got my Stooges confused. I was thinking of Curley, and only saw some kind of black cap on the shorter kid's head. I didn't notice it was actually hair, it's rather hard to make out in the thumbnail. But yeah, mostly I just got two of the Stooges mixed up.

Kick the Can

Kick the can is also a real life reference to the outdoor multi-player game Kick the Can. -- lelila (talk) 06:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)