rampage
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Strong Bad Email #128
Strong Bad reveals the rampages he has been going on.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, King of Town, Homestar Runner, Coach Z, The Cheat, Strong Sad, Marzipan, Homsar
Places: Computer Room, Strong Bad's Basement, King of Town's Castle, Homestar's House, The Stage, Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club
Length: 3:41
Date: April 11, 2005
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Email, check it, come on, come on, ya'll. Email check it, come on, come on, yall.
subject: Overdue rampage Der Ong-stray ad-bay, I thinks it's been entirely too long since you went on a rampage. Sincerely Peter,
STRONG BAD: {after reading} ...comma. {typing} Well, Epressing-day Erd-nay, I thinks it's been entirely to long since you consulted your M.L.A. handbook! {clears screen, returns typing} Eh, so maybe it has been a while since my last rampage. But that doesn't mean I'm goin' soft or nothin'. I've just grown more selective of the types of rampages on which I go. Like the other freakin' day: me and Strong Mad went on a Reading Rampage.
{Strong Mad and Strong Bad are seen on The Couch with many books stacked around them. Strong Mad is holding a waffle that reads "BUG" in syrup, and Strong Bad reads "Smart Investing for Jerks". The waffle drips syrup onto the floor.}
STRONG BAD: Man, this book really speaks to me. In like, a couple of different languages, even.
STRONG MAD: THIS BOOK IS TOO LONG!
{Back at the computer, Strong Bad keeps typing.}
STRONG BAD: See? It's not all rampage-stompin'-boy style rampages. The pie's the limit as far as rampages are concerned. Why, ye could go on a regal rampage.
{Strong Bad appears in The King of Town's Castle, wearing a blanket around his neck, holding a staff and wearing The King of Town's crown. The crownless King of Town stands nearby.}
STRONG BAD: {Whacking king with scepter} I bequeath thee! I bequeath thee! I bequeath thee!
KING OF TOWN: {While getting whacked} Ow! Ow! One more!
STRONG BAD: {raising scepter} Ye hath quivered me tuppence!
KING OF TOWN: Oops, you lost me!
{Strong Bad whacks King with scepter two more times.}
KING OF TOWN: {While getting whacked} OW! OW!
STRONG BAD {Voice-over} Ooo! Or how about a legal rampage?
{Cut to the outside of Homestar's House, with Homestar peeking out the door and Strong Bad walking in in a business suit with a bunch of papers}
STRONG BAD This is a sub-pu-ena! {throws papers onto steps} I summon exhibit 4B to my chambers!
HOMESTAR Sustained! {pulls out judges hammer and hits himself 3 times, accompanied by sound effects}
{Cut back to the Lappy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} And don't forget the lyrical rampages that me and Coach Z are always going on. Or more like, going OOORRRRFFF! {The last word is said in a fake Coach Z accent.}
(Cut to the Stage, where Strong Bad and Coach Z are standing with microphones. Music is playing in the background)
STRONG BAD: I'm on a rampage!
COACH Z: I've got problems with my seat in my pants!
STRONG BAD: I'm on a rampage!
COACH Z: I'm about to have a Joe Bryme attack!
STRONG BAD: I'm on a rampage!
COACH Z: Coach Z, rock all type of sports!
STRONG BAD: I'm on a rampage!
COACH Z: And if you don't believe me, you can get with the Chort!
(Cut to the Cheat, who is rapping on a record player. Then Strong Sad enters. The music cuts off)
STRONG SAD: May I please ask how repeating the same four words constitutes a lyrical rampage?
STRONG BAD: May I please ask how a round mound of gray fatness constitutes a younger brother? I'm on a rampage!
STRONG SAD: But what about rules of verse? Iambic pentameter is where it's at! Hit it, The Cheat!
THE CHEAT: {angrily} Meh?
STRONG SAD: I dunno, drop some beats or something.
STRONG BAD: Uh, they're gonna have to be fat beats in your case. Go ahead, The Cheat. Let's witness the whiteness.
THE CHEAT: Meh.
{The Cheat starts the record player - playing a very childish "beat".}
STRONG SAD: The quill! The page! Lyric, rampage! Ummmm... word up?
{Strong Bad and Coach Z snicker}
STRONG BAD: Oh, that was great, Strong Sad. I didn't know you was on. Remind me again: what part of the streets are you from, exactly? {snickers again}
COACH Z: You're a real emcee, Strong Sad! A master of ceremonies!
{Coach Z and Strong Bad laugh for a moment, until Strong Bad realizes what was just said.}
STRONG BAD: Er, wait...
STRONG SAD: Forget you guys! It went over great at my Poetry Slam!
{Cut to the back of Bubs' Concession Stand, which still has the comedy club decorations, but has a banner marked "Poetry Slam" in the foreground. Strong Sad stands by the microphone, while silhouettes of Marzipan and Homsar are in the foreground.}
STRONG SAD: The quill! The page! Lyric, rampage! Word up?
MARZIPAN: Good style there, Strong Sad! Geoff Chaucer would be would be proud!
HOMSAR: AaAaAaAaAaAaA! Caramel corn for president, please!
{Cut back to the Stage}
STRONG BAD: Yeah, run along, DJ Dumpy Dump! We gotta get back to rampagin'!
COACH Z: Yeah, maybe would should start calling you "SS"! For Strong Sad! {laughs}
STRONG BAD: What is wrong with you?
{the beat starts again}
COACH Z: I'm bad at abbreviations!
STRONG BAD: You're on a rampage?
COACH Z: The number one jam on all the stations!
{Cut back to the Lappy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Ya see Comma, {says "comma" twice in a row} you can still hurt people and their feelings with all manner of different rampages. Until next time, bailiff, I'll be in my chambers. I mean, The Cheat, I'll be in my office... which is this room. {quickly} So, I'll be right here.
{The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
- At the end of the e-mail, click on "rampages" for a parody of the classic video game, Rampage.
- Also at the end, click on "chambers" to see the poster for Litigation Jackson 2: Legal Rampage.
- Again at the end, click on "different" to see a Strong Sad CD.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- Strong Bad saying "the pie's the limit" is a play on the quotes "the sky's the limit" and "pie in the sky".
- When Peter says Ong-stray Ad-bay and when Strong Bad says eppressing-day erd-nay, this is of a fake language called Pig Latin. Translated, Peter said "Strong Bad," and Strong Bad said "depressing nerd."
Trivia
- The books with titles on the bind are:
- Sweatshirtguy
- The R in Routine
- Soup, Right?
- Brown Story
- Biscuit
- Smart Investing for Jerks
Remarks
- After Homsar says "Caramel corn for president, please", his hat performs a loop, but does not come to rest on his head, but a few inches above it (from the frame of reference of the cartoon, not the appearance of the toon on one's computer screen). This could be a goof, or it could just be the unpredictable nature of Homsar's hat.
Goofs
Inside References
- One of the books in Strong Bad and Strong Mad's Reading Rampage is titled "The R in Routine", a reference to one of Strong Bad's lines in morning routine.
- The Poetry Club is really Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club, with the banner draping over it.
- The scene in the Rampage video game easter egg of Strong Mad chasing the Cheat is also from morning routine.
Real-World References
- Strong Sad's CD (when "different" is clicked), there is a "Parental Advisory" warning for "Very Boring". These look (except for "Very Boring", of course) like the advisories found on music albums containing explicit, mature, or offensive content.
- The Cheat uses an old '80's Fisher-Price record player to "drop some beats."
- The "rampages " Easter egg is, of course, a reference to the 1986 arcade game Rampage.
