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Teen Girl Squad Issue 12

2007-02-14T02:00:58Z

1Upoman: added Inside Reference

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[[Image:TeenGirlSquad12.png|200px|thumb|"SEVERAL BOYS!"]]

The Teen Girl Squad celebrates Valentine's Day.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Patchbeard|Patchbeard]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mrs. Embalmo|Mrs. Embalmo]], {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Tines Racer|Tines Racer]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mindy|Mindy]],
[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Strong Bad Robot|Strong Bad Robot]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Class Prez|Class Prez]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Wireless Wizard|Wireless Wizard]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#The USB Dongle Goblin|The USB Dongle Goblin]], [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg#D N'D Greg|D N'D Greg]], (Easter egg) [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg#Science Fiction Greg|Science Fiction Greg]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' February 12, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:20

'''Page Title:''' Vamlumtimes Day!

==Transcript==
''{The traditional "teen girl squad" title page appears, with "issue 12" in the upper-left hand corner and "by: strong bad" in the lower-right. Nearly the entire toon is drawn in red ink.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Teen Girl Squad! Cheerleader! ''{red undies!}'' So and So! ''{whitman's sampler!}'' What's Her Face! ''{black roses!}'' The Ugly One! ''{pink eye!}''

''{The four teen girls are standing together.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Two, three, four... ''{all four girls begin dancing and clapping}'' What time is it?

'''ALL:''' IT'S VALENTIMES!<br>
'''SO AND SO:''' ''{simultaneously}'' -tines!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' What time is it?

'''ALL:''' IT'S VALENTIMES!<br>
'''SO AND SO:''' ''{simultaneously}'' -tines!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' What we gonna get?

'''ALL:''' SEVERAL BOYS!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' How we gonna get 'em?

''{Everyone stops dancing. Cheerleader folds her arms and glares, and the other three girls assume nervous, thinking poses.}''

'''SO AND SO, THE UGLY ONE, AND WHAT'S HER FACE:''' uh... um... er...

''{Close-up of So and So}''

'''SO AND SO:''' mock U.N. medals?

''{Close-up of What's Her Face}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Wearing unflattering clothing?

''{Cut back to all four girls}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Voodoo? Is it voodoo?

''{Close-up of The Ugly One, who has a furrowed brow and is sticking pins into a doll of Arrow'd Guy}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' VOODOO!!!!!!

''{Cut back to all four girls}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' You three are adorable. Maybe I'll come visit you at the convent or library someday.

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{leaps in the air}'' You'll find me in the reference section!!!

''{Close-up of Cheerleader screaming at a frightened So and So}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Shut yer plaid skirted face! Here comes a boy!

''{Zoom out to Cheerleader, So and So, and The Ugly One standing in front of lockers. A bespectacled boy with freckles, patchy facial hair, and a glum expression approaches with his hands in his pockets.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Hi there, patchbeard, I betcha never get carded with a mossy chin like that.

''{The boy bends on one knee and holds up a valentine. Cheerleader smiles from ear to ear.}''

'''PATCHBEARD:''' ''{in a gravelly voice}'' You're blond and you acknowledge my facial stubbery. Will you be my valentine?

''{Close-up of Cheerleader, who holds up the valentine triumphantly.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Yesss! Now get outta here Peter Puberty. Mama's got bigger fish to fry.

''{Cheerleader clubs the boy over the head, knocking his glasses off}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' CLONK!

''{Two boys approach What's Her Face}''

'''BOY 1:''' ''{speaking to Boy 2}'' Band name. ''Band name.'' Band name. Band name.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Uh, hi. I like music. And um... cloth.

''{What's Her Face hangs her head in sadness.}''

'''BOY 2:''' ''{speaking to Boy 1}'' Did that dude just tell you she likes cloth?

'''BOY 1:''' "She likes cloth" — that's a good band name.

''{A transition slide of a hairy, muscled, bare chest with a necklace reading "meanwhile" appears.}''

''{Cheerleader clubs a football with a face, legs, and arms as she holds its valentine. Several unconscious football-men lie to one side of her and a pile of valentines lies on her other side.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' CLONK!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{speaking to The Ugly One}'' I got valentime cards from every football player except one!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I got cards from every ''lunchlady'' except one!

''{Cut to The Ugly One holding a tray in front of a cafeteria bar with a cobwebbed skeleton wearing a hair net standing behind it. A creaking noise is heard.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Excuse me, Mrs. Embalmo...

''{The Arrow'd Guy knocks the skeleton aside as he stabs a voodoo doll of The Ugly One with pins. Pins also stick out of The Ugly One herself.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' BAD JUJU!!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Owww! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!

''{So and So, Cheerleader, and What's Her Face stand next to The Ugly One's body}''

'''SO AND SO:''' I'll notify her next of... uh... fruit cup. ''{holds up a fruit cup and cries}'' I'm so sorry to have to tell you this...

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{angrily}'' Stop talking to fruit! Valentimes is serious times!

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{annoyed}'' ''-tines.''

''{Zoom in on Cheerleader, who glares angrily with her hands on her hips}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' What?

''{Zoom out to all three remaining girls}''

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{shouting so loud her mouth is shaped like a heart}'' Valen-TINES!! T-I-N—

''{Cut to a fork with a face driving a Formula One race car}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating the sound of a car engine}'' TINES! TINES! TINES!

''{The race car comes closer and closer until it runs over So and So}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' TINES!

''{Cheerleader and What's Her Face stand talking next to So and So's body, which is covered with black skid marks.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' As I was saying, Vamlumtime's Day is serious times. If I don't get cards from enough boys, I could lose all my Mindy cred.

''{Cut to four girls bowing down in front of a portrait of Mindy surrounded by burning candles and plaques reading "mindy", "chief cheerleader", and "1984-1987".}''

'''FOUR GIRLS:''' ''{bowing and chanting}'' Mindy! Mindy!

''{Cut back to Cheerleader}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' It's time to resort to plan... ''{holds up a cell phone reading "txtorz"}'' TXT!!

''{Zoom out to a robot dancing in front of Cheerleader, with Strong Bad's Face on it}''

'''STRONG BAD ROBOT:''' TECH-NO-LOGICAL RO-MANCE

''{Zoom in on Cheerleader sending a text message with a poster of the class president in the background}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{text messaging}'' Hy, Clas Prez! Cn i B Yr VLNT9?

''{Pan to the class president, standing on the other side of his poster, holding a phone made out of crackers with a bite taken out of it}''

'''CLASS PREZ:''' ''{text messaging}'' Def. U R A ttl haw-T.

''{Pan back to Cheerleader}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{text messaging}'' U ROOL! <B >KO)->

''{Zoom out to the two of them as the class president speaks to Cheerleader, who is still furiously typing on her cell phone.}''

'''CLASS PREZ:''' Whattaya mean I'm less than B?

''{An angry wizard appears in a cloud of smoke and suprises the two of them.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' WIRELESS WIZARD!!

''{Zoom in on the wizard}''

'''WIRELESS WIZARD:''' ''{pointing}'' Texting from a few feet away? FOR SHAME!

''{Zoom out to the wizard holding up Cheerleader's cell phone next to her.}''

'''WIRELESS WIZARD:''' And what's this other text mess? ''{the characters ">KO)->" appear from the cell phone}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' That's a frontways Cupid.

'''WIRELESS WIZARD:''' ''{inspects cell phone}'' Looks more like a USB dongle goblin!

''{Cut to a goblin, flying in from the sky}''

'''USB DONGLE GOBLIN:''' Here I come!

''{The goblin cuts the class president in two and decapitates Cheerleader.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' TTYL!

'''CLASS PREZ:''' I won't BRB!

''{Cut to the wizard speaking to What's Her Face, who turns her head around in surprise.}''

'''WIRELESS WIZARD:''' Say, baby, uh... you wanna go find a remote access point with me?

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' FULL BARS!!!!

''{Cut to the wizard carrying What's Her Face on a flying wireless router as hearts rise from them and the robot dances in the background}''

'''STRONG BAD ROBOT:''' TECH-NO-LOGICAL RO-MANCE!

'''WIRELESS WIZARD:''' Soooo... you like cloth?

''{The "it's over!" screen appears, with the "back" button in the lower-left hand corner and the "again" button in the lower-right.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' IT'S OVER!

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Shelikescloth.PNG|thumb|"That's a good band name."]]
*Click on "she likes cloth" (the second time) to see a CD cover.
*At the end, click on the "i" for a USB dongle goblin vamlumtimes card.
*At the end, click on the "o" for a scene with Science Fiction Greg and D'N'D Greg.
*:'''SCI-FI GREG''': if we cannot claim her heart, at least she's in the arms of a truly worthy adversary.
*:'''D'N'D GREG''': Sometimes...wizards are so awesome...it hurts.
*At the end, click on the "!" for a scene with Mindy and three other cheerleaders.
*:'''MINDY''': Okay, gals, let's get ready to...
*:'''THREE OTHER CHEERLEADERS''': Gag me with a spoon!!

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Universal Serial Bus|USB]] (Universal Serial Bus) is a standard interface for connecting peripherals to computers.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dongle|dongle]] is a device that connects to a computer for one of several specific purposes. These uses include adapting one type of port to another, providing security authentication for software, or facilitating wireless communication between the computer and other devices.
*A [[Wikipedia:USB hub|USB hub]] allows multiple devices to attach to a single USB port.
*Mrs. Embalmo's name is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Embalming|embalming]], a process by which a body is preserved for burial.
*The ends of a [[Wikipedia:Fork|fork]] are called "tines".
*"Mindy cred" is a reference to "indie cred," or credibility in the independent music/movie scene.
* Cheerleader's shirt in the cartoon would be read as "Who heart-ed?", a parody of the popular t-shirt phrase "Who farted?"
* [[Wikipedia: pink eye|Pink eye]] is an eye inflammation.
*'Bad [[wikipedia:Juju|Juju]]' is a mocking reference to voodoo and superstitions.

===Trivia===
*One of the plaques by Mindy's portrait reads "1984-[[1987]]".
*This is the first TGS cartoon without the 'D death style.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the toon was released, in the intro, Cheerleader's name was not written with her picture. This was fixed shortly afterwards. 

===Inside References===
*The picture on the cover of "she likes cloth" is similar to The Cheat's illustration of the two Johns from They Might Be Giants in [[Experimental Film]].
*Homestar notifies an [[Items|inanimate object]] of the death of another character ([[Frank_Bennedetto|Frank Bennedetto]]) in [[army]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Whitman's|Whitman's]] Sampler is a popular assortment of chocolates.
*Cheerleader's phone resembles a Danger [[Wikipedia:Sidekick_phone|Sidekick]], LG [[Wikipedia:LG VX9800|The V]] or [[Wikipedia:LG VX9900|enV]], a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard intended for use with text messaging.
*"Gag me with a spoon!!" was a popular 1980s catchphrase, commonly associated with cheerleaders and other "[[Wikipedia:Valley girl|Valley Girl]]" stereotypes, roughly meaning "Gross!".

==External Links==
*[[HR:tgs12.html|watch "Teen Girl Squad Issue 12"]]
*[[HR:tgs12.swf|view the Flash file for "Teen Girl Squad Issue 12"]]
*[[Forum:10810|forum thread re: "Teen Girl Squad Issue 12"]]

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unnatural

2007-02-08T01:01:19Z

1Upoman: Added Goof

{{sbenav|166|strong badathlon|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:Sbemail166.png|thumb|"Don't eat my chicken wings!"]]

Bubs has grown to 100 feet tall! What are the other characters to do?

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}} ([[King Bubsgonzola Supreme]]), {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[The Field]], [[The Classroom]], [[The Island]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]] (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' February 5, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 4:10

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' I am Strong Bad, and I am not making an "I approve this email" joke.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: storms</div>
Hey Strongbad,<br>
<br>
'Sup, man? So I was just wonderin', does Strong Badia ever have natural disasters, like hurricanes 'n stuff?
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad enunciates "'Sup, man", "wonderin'", and "'n stuff" and reads the lack of a name as "From, Nobody".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dodges around}'' Hey! Whoa! Heh! Watch where you're flinging those apostrophes nobody. You could hurt somebody. You could hurt... yourself.

''{Strong Bad turns away from his Lappy as quiet music begins to play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking as if in a public service announcement}'' Hi. I'm regular Strong Bad. If you or someone you love is an anonymous apostrophe flinger, please call our hot, free number. ''{waves his hand as 1-800-APOSTROHOLIC appears in yellow lettering}'' Or give them a charley horse right away.

''{Strong Bad turns back to his computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' As for H.R. Hurricanesnstuf, we've dealt with disasters, but mainly those of a decidedly UNnatural s-s-s-sort.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat having a tea party in Strong Badia.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and that's when I tampered with the DNA evidence!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{The ground shakes as the table bounces and the dishes clatter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! ''{a second shake}'' What the—

''{Cut to a long shot as the ground bounces a third time.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. The King of Town must be getting a mega-physical.

''{An enormous gray foot crashes down from the sky, destroying a section of the fence and sending everything flying.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' WHA!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ''{very startled The Cheat noises}''

''{Asian music plays as a pan upwards reveals the giant to be Bubs, dubbed "King Bubsgonzola Supreme".}''

'''SINGERS:''' King Bubsgonzola! King- King Bubsgonzola, Supreme!

'''BUBS:''' ''{roars}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{terrified, as the camera zooms in}'' It's a giant Bubs from outer space! ''{the camera jumps back and starts zooming in again}'' Or... mutated by radiation! ''{the camera jumps back and starts zooming in yet again}'' Or... from the depths of the ocean! ''{the camera jumps back and starts zooming in one more time}'' Or... flushed down the toilet!

''{Homestar appears a few feet from Bubs' giant foot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh my crap! Bubs turned us all into ants! That fortune cookie knew what he was talking about! C'mon, everyone. Let's go steal a slice of chocolate cake from that picnic table over there.

''{As Homestar is about to run, we wipe to a silhouette of Bubs as the background flashes orange with every crushing step as he stomps to The King of Towns castle. Asian music is heard. Bubs roars.}''

''{Cut to The King of Town sitting at a table with a few bites taken out of it as the ceiling of the castle begins to fall.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! Whoo! What am I, getting my mega-physical?

''{Transition to Marzipan and Strong Sad at a "Free Art Classes for Losers" seminar. Marzipan has painted a picture of a big apple and a tree, while Strong Sad has painted a yellow bar with the word "Death" on it. Asian music and Bubs' footsteps can be heard in the background.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' See? The apple's not giant. It's just in the foreground.

''{Bubs' giant foot crashes away the sign and Strong Sad's painting as Strong Sad runs away screaming.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{roars}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{unfazed}'' See? Bubs' foot isn't giant. It's just in the foreground.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at his computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Things were looking grim, so we called an emergency town meeting. We needed an organized forum for people to shout out their ideas all at the same time!

''{Cut to a slow pan of characters at a Town Meeting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think we should kill it! I think we should kill it!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' We must try and understand this creature! We must try and understand this creature!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{overlapping}'' ''{angry The Cheat noises}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{overlapping}'' I say we try to run the picket fence, at him. A box in one!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's just in the foreground! People, it's just in the foreground!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{inexplicably passing by again}'' ''{angry The Cheat noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' We must protect the queen! I have six legs!

''{Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastic}'' So of course, the nerdy scientist-type had it all figured out.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing next to a chalkboard and a [[booOOMbox|boombox]].}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I knew we had to try and understand this poor creature. So I recorded his roars and played them back at high-speed. Listen to my extremely scientific findings! ''{presses play}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{from the tape, very slowly, almost incoherently}'' Don't eat my chicken wa!

''{Strong Sad presses fast-forward.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{slightly faster}'' Chicken wa!

''{Strong Sad presses fast-forward.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{slightly faster}'' Chicken wa!

''{Strong Sad presses fast-forward}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{in normal tone}'' Don't eat my chicken wings!

''{Strong Sad presses stop.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Something in Bubs' chicken wings must have caused him to mutate and he's been trying to warn us all alon—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Cut to the chase. How do we kill it?

'''STRONG SAD:''' We don't. I was able to mix-up an anti-chicken-wing... which is really just a bowl of Kashi. ''{he holds up said bowl}'' It's the culinary opposite of chicken wings.

''{Drums play during a pan to the chalkboard, then the chalkboard fades into reality as silhouettes of Coach Z with a catapult, The Cheat, Marzipan, Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and giant Bubs stand at the ready. Coach Z lets fly the catapult of Kashi. Bubs can be heard swallowing it.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{roars as he suddenly shrinks back to normal size}'' ...don't eat my chicken wings!

'''STRONG SAD:''' We know! The chicken wings will make us grow a hundred feet tall!

'''BUBS:''' No they won't!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then why didn't you want us to eat your chicken wings?

'''BUBS:''' 'Cause they mine! And they good!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Then how did you grow a hundred feet tall?

'''BUBS:''' Oh, that. Well, it's kind of embarrassing, but I accidentally flushed myself down the toilet while I was shaving.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You have to shave?

'''COACH Z:''' ''{leaning in}'' You have a terlet?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{running up holding a bitten leaf above his head}'' C'mon, you guys! Let's all go jump in somebody's pants! Everybody, single file! ''{drops leaf and marches away}'' Hup-two-three-four!...

'''BUBS:''' Well, I better mosey on. ''{Fade cut through black to a beach that looks surprisingly like [[The Island]].}''

''{Asian music plays as Bubs walks out to sea.}''

'''SINGERS:''' King Bubsgonzola! King-King Bubsgonzola, Supreme!

''{A Japanese symbol in gold appears as the screen fades to black. Cut to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{heartily}'' But Strong Badinians ''{he has some difficulty pronouncing this}'' are a strong people. We will recover. We will rebuild. We will reduce, reuse, recycle!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. After a while, Strong Bad says the following.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We will be kind. We will rewind!

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Nohito.PNG|thumb|Huge in Japan]]
* Click on H.R. Hurricanesnstuff (prior to the cutaway to The Field) to see a variant of the Homestar Puppet resembling H.R. Pufnstuf.
* Click on Homestar's star after he mentions the fortune cookie to see what it said.
<div style="border:1px solid black; background:white; padding:6px; margin:6px 4em; width:16em">Bubs gonna turn you ALL<br>into ants!</div>
* At the end, click on "reduce" to see Strong Bad trying to flush himself down the toilet.
*:''{Strong Bad spins around in the toilet, grinning, while The Cheat watches. It stops}''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Try it again. I think I'm starting to mutate.
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Affirmative The Cheat noises}''
*:''{The Cheat flushes the toilet}''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Wheeeeee!
* At the end, click on "reuse" to see a poster of King Bubsgonzola Supreme.
* At the end, click on "recycle" to see Marzipan making Strong Bad recycle.
*:''{Marzipan and Strong Bad are standing in a field. A recyling box is next to Marzipan.}''
*:'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I heard you say it!
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Marzipan, I was just saying other things that start with R E.
*:'''MARZIPAN:''' I don't care. You said it. Now let me see your cans.
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' What?

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's breaking of the fourth wall is likely in reference to [[Wikipedia:very special episode|very special episodes]], wherein an actor from the TV show will speak directly to the audience at the end of the episode.
*"Bubsgonzola" is a [[Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "Bubs" and [[Wikipedia:gorgonzola (cheese)|gorgonzola]].
*The idea of mutating after being flushed down a toilet is a reference to things mutating in sewers, a notion popularized by [[Wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]], the ''[[Wikipedia:Alligator (film)|Alligator]]'' films, and other creative works.
*Coach Z suggests sports defensive plays, "[[Wikipedia: Box-and-one defense|box-and-one]]" and the picket fence. The picket fence is used in many different sports and denotes three or more people in a line defending.
*[[Wikipedia:Reduce, Reuse, Recycle|Reduce, Reuse, Recycle]] is a slogan used by conservationists to promote consumers to save resources.
*"We will be kind. We will rewind" is a reference to "Be kind, rewind", a slogan formerly used by video rental stores to remind the customer to rewind the [[Wikipedia:videotape|VHS tapes]] they rented prior to returning them.
*1-800-APOSTROHOLIC refers to addiction centers such as those that help people with [[Wikipedia: alcoholism|alcoholism]].
*"I am not making an '[[Wikipedia:I approve this message|I approve this email]]' joke" is a reference to American political campaign advertising. Candidates are required by law to state their name and approval of the ad.
*Homestar's suggestion for everyone to "go jump in somebody's pants" is a reference to the expression "[[Wikipedia:Ants in the Pants|ants in the pants]]", used to describe someone who is restless or anxious.
*When discussing the apple in her painting, Marzipan is referring to the technique called [[Wikipedia:Perspective (graphical)#Foreshortening|foreshortening]], where objects in the foreground appear larger than similarly-sized objects in the background.

===Trivia===
*Bubs' roars are really his saying "Don't eat my chicken wings!" slowed by approximately 350%.
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#dune 2|dune 2]]".
*The Japanese symbol when Bubs walks into the water resembles "[[Image:edge.jp.png|20px|端]]", which can mean "end" (however, this character means the end of a physical object like a street, or an edge; end in the sense intended here should be "[[Image:end.jp.png|20px|終]]" or "[[Image:finish.jp.png|20px|完]]").
*The Japanese on the King Bubsgonzola Supreme poster reads "[[Image:concession.jp.png|82px|譲歩の人]]" ''Jōho no Hito'', roughly meaning "person of concession" (though the meaning of "concession" is not that of "Concession Stand", rather a synonym for "compromise"). A better translation would be "売店の人" ''Baiten no Hito''.
*The line "We will be kind. We will rewind." was added shortly after the email was released.
*When the email was first released, Marzipan's recycle bucket was empty. Cold Ones and Coldson Lite cans were later put inside it.
*Marzipan's recycling bin has a design on the side that consists of several arrows making a star shape. The universally recognized [[Wikipedia:Recycling symbol|recycling symbol]] commonly found on recycling bins has a similar design where three arrows form a [[Wikipedia:Möbius strip|Möbius strip]].

===Remarks===
*In the scene with everyone talking in the meeting, as the camera pans to the right, [[Twin Characters|two The Cheats]] are seen.
*When Strong Bad is doing the public service announcement he is [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaking the Fourth Wall]].
*The King of Town appears to be [[Eating Non-Food Items|eating his table]]. Similarly, the leaf that Homestar carries appears to have bite marks taken out of it.
*The "reduce" and "recycle" Easter eggs stated above do not work while Strong Bad is saying "We will be kind. We will rewind!". This is probably to make the Easter eggs jump back to the appropriate place when clicked.
*The music during the apostrophe public service announcement is taken from [[CGNU]].
*This is the first time we see Strong Bad's [[Toilets|toilet]].
*Strong Sad's recording of Bubsgonzola's voice is labeled "Bubsgonzola: The Demos".

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's mouth doesn't move when he says "wheeeeee" in the easter egg.
*Before The Cheat reappears on the other side of the screen during the "Town Meeting", two pieces of The Cheat's arm can be seen on each side.
*After the apostroholic public service announcement, the words "could hurt...yourself" disappear off the screen; then "hurt...yourself" reappears, but the "could" is gone. As the screen pages down, the "c" in "could" can be seen briefly.
*In the scene where Strong Sad catapults Kashi into Bubs' mouth, Marzipan's dress has one button which is not shiny like the others.
*During Strong Bad's public service announcement, clicking on the Lappy's screen does not cause the normal rippling effect.
*Strong Bad's toilet doesn't have anything supporting the tank. In fact, the tank is not even connected to the bowl, which makes it impossible for it to flush.
*The fortune cookie message has poor grammar. It should have either an apostrophe-s next to Bubs , or the word "is" (as in "Bubs's gonna..." or "Bubs is gonna...")
*When Strong Bad types "Watch where you're flinging those apostrophes nobody" he forgets to put a comma between "apostrophes" and "nobody."
**Also, if he is using "nobody" as a proper noun, then the "n" should be capitalized.

===Inside References===
*Marzipan mentioned DNA evidence being tampered with while at a tea party with [[Homsar]] in the previous email, [[strong badathlon]].
**The table and tea set from that scene are reused in a [[Wikipedia:Palette swap|palette swapped]] version for this email.
*The fortune cookie Easter egg is in the style of the [[Fortune Cookies|old game]] of the same name.
**Before it is fully unfolded, it also says other things. See Trivia in the Fortune Cookies article for more details.
*[[Strong Sad]]'s patting his belly makes the same dodgeball noise it made in [[modeling]] and [[Cool Things]]
*The Easter egg also contains [[Strong Bad Smiling]].
*Homestar makes a reference to [[Pants|pants]].

===Real-World References===
*King Bubsgonzola Supreme is an obvious reference to [[Wikipedia:kaiju|kaiju]] monsters such as [[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]], [[Wikipedia:King Ghidorah|King Ghidorah]], and [[Wikipedia:Mothra|Mothra]]. The "King" in his name might allude to King Ghidorah or to [[Wikipedia:King Kong|King Kong]].
** Furthermore, the methods that Strong Bad suggests how King Bubsgonzola Supreme got big are common plot devices in kaiju films.
** The scene in which King Bubsgonzola Supreme makes his entrance and the theme music plays as well as the end scene are references to [[Wikipedia:The_Godzilla_Power_Hour|The Godzilla Power Hour]].
**The scene with Bubs going into the water and the Japanese symbol is a reference to Godzilla.
*H.R. Hurricanesnstuff is a reference to [[Wikipedia:H.R._Pufnstuf|H.R. Pufnstuf]], an infamously surreal kids' show with a brightly colored dragon as the star which began running in 1969.
*[[Wikipedia:Kashi_Company|Kashi]] is a natural foods producer owned By Kellogg's, Inc. It is also the name used to market the company's proprietary combination of 7 whole grains and sesame which appears in the bowl.
*Strong Bad's line "Cut to the chase. How do we kill it?" is taken from the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]''.
*The drumbeats occurring when Bubsgonzola arrives, and when Bubs is leaving in the final two scenes, are taken from [[Wikipedia:Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings|Age of Empires II]].
*Coach Z's suggestion for dealing with the monster by "running the Picket Fence at him" is a reference to a line in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Hoosiers|Hoosiers]]'', originally delivered by Dennis Hopper.

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{{Strong Bad Email}}

Gambling

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1Upoman: fixed incorrect sentence structure

[[Image:emailgamblin.png|thumb|"Alls I got is a lousy Monkeydude!"]]

'''Gambling''' is seen on a couple of occasions in [[Free Country, USA]]. Although money is not usually bet, things like having to spend the night at the [[King of Town]]'s place and changing your name to [[Kevin]] DuBrow are bet, and also a car in [[pop-up]]. Once [[Strong Bad]] played cards with [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and lost, which meant he was forced to wish everyone a [[A Mother's Day Message|happy mother's day]]. Although he vowed never to play cards again, he later did so in the email [[pom pom]]'s Easter egg, in which he played cards with [[Bubs]] and won the game by beating Bubs' [[Monkey D|Monkeydude]] with two Abdis and a Viklas. In the same email, he also sings an intro song on gambling ("Oh, I'm an e-mail gambler. That means I play cards with e-mails. Full house.").

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' [[A Mother's Day Message]]
*Email [[1 step ahead]] — "This one better be good man; I got a lotta money riding on this one."
*Email [[12:00]] — "I'll take 'Strong Bad Emails' for 1000, please."
*Email [[the bet]]
*Email [[pom pom]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[pop-up]] (Easter egg)
*[[Senorial Day]] — "Gamble around the campfire, children."
[[Category:Activity running gags]]