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StrongBadZone

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Bde1982: No period is needed as the exclamation mark within the quote ends the sentence.

{{gamenav|New Game|sbzone|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Thy Dungeonman}}

[[Image:StrongBadZone.PNG|thumb|220px|"YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!"]]
[[Image:strongbadzonebox.PNG|thumb|220px|"BACK OFF BABY"]]
'''StrongBadZone''' is a vector graphics game that plays similarly to the Diamonds 3D game for the [[Wikipedia:Personal computer|PC]] and Mac. You are a spikey-headed cyber-shield guy (with a cyber-shield) trying to block "perplexing 3D geometric attacks" that come flipping toward you. If you hit them, they bounce back. The object of the game is to try to hit {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}'s head until it disappears. The game's graphical style appears to be a reference to [[Nintendo]]'s ill-fated 3D system, the [[Wikipedia:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy]]. The graphics of the console were well-known for solely consisting of the colors red and black, much like those in StrongBadZone. In particular, the game stylistically resembles the Virtual Boy vector game [[Wikipedia:Red Alarm|Red Alarm]], which at one point also features a large face that must be destroyed. StrongBadZone first appeared in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[video games]], and is the source of the quote, ''"[[A Splode|Your head a splode!]]"'' (and variants such as ''"Your phone a splode!"'' and ''"Well, my head a splode!"'').

This game can be accessed from the email [[video games]], as well as the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]].

'''Note:''' You actually can't win or lose the original version of the game. When your head a splodes, you just continue the game. And when you destroy Strong Bad's head, a new one appears, except in the Wii version.

'''Date:''' Monday, January 12, 2004

'''Page Title:''' I Strong Bad! I hunger!

'''Viidelectrix Page Title:''' Strong

== Instructions ==
<blockquote>Move left and right with arrow keys 
Hit 'A' for shield left 
Hit 'S' for shield center 
Hit 'D' for shield right 
Try to hit Strong Bad's big head 
Click to start</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
* An otherwise unused sequence of "BACK OFF BABY" is found at the end of the Flash file.
** On some systems it can be heard by right-clicking on the game and leaving the menu up when Vector Strong Bad says "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE", then waiting a couple of seconds.
** This sequence plays when you beat the [[Viidelectrix|Wii]] version of the game. A typo in the code caused it not to play in the original.
***In the original, using a seek bar reveals that Vector Strong Bad breaks apart in the sequence. In the Viidelectrix version, he doesn't.
*If the cyber-shield guy and Vector Strong Bad are positioned just right, right-clicking the screen and pressing either the PLAY button or the BACK button (on the Flash file version of the game) will result in the guy and Vector Strong Bad 'freezing', but the object thrown at the guy will continue to bounce off of his shield and proceed to hit Vector Strong Bad, eventually killing him and making a new head appear. But when you press play again, if the object bounced off of the guy at all it will make 'your head a splode' and treat the player as though the guy had been hit.
**In the [[Viidelectrix|Wii]] version, however, doing so makes it treat the player as though Vector Strong Bad has been defeated.

===Remarks===
*In [[video games]], two projectiles appear on-screen at the same time. This cannot happen in the actual game.

=== Glitches ===
* Very rarely, when Vector Strong Bad's attack hits his wall, he will speed up greatly for a few seconds and then return to normal speed, but the projectile will be stuck in the back of the room moving back and forth.
** There is a glitch when playing the Wii version - rarely, when the projectile hits the top left or top right of the area, it stays stuck along that side, no matter if you allow it to "a splode" your head, deflect it, or miss it, forcing the player to have to refresh the game.
* Another glitch involves the projectile apparently hitting the shield as though it has hit the back wall. If you deflect the projectile, it will move along the exact line it came at you and will continue to do so for as long as the file is loaded (it cannot be fixed no matter which direction you raise the shield or whether you dodge the projectile or allow your head to a splode).
**This has been fixed in the Wii version.
*In the Wii Version, if you manage to completely destroy Vector Strong Bad's head ''and'' have the projectile hit the player at the same time, the Cyber-Shield guy disappears without explosion, and only Vector Strong Bad's eyes are on-screen when he says "BACK OFF BABY".

=== Inside References ===
*The page title "I Strong Bad, I Hunger" is similar to the page titles of [[RhinoFeeder]] ("I Rhino, I Hunger") and [[Thy Dungeonman]] ("Thy Dungeonman, Thy Hunger"). ''(See also Real-World References.)''
*The game's music is similar to the music that plays in [[Where's The Cheat?]] during the "montage", as well as the end of [[little animal]].

=== Real-World References ===
* The page title is a possible reference to the old arcade game [[Wikipedia:Sinistar|Sinistar]]. In Sinistar, you battled a large spaceship shaped like a head that would say, "I hunger!" ''(See also Inside References.)''
**In addition, Strong Bad's floating head is a reference to Sinistar's giant head that would also have to be destroyed piece by piece. The voice also somewhat resembles Sinistar's voice.
*The name is derived from [[Wikipedia: Battlezone (1980 video game)|Battlezone]], another game with vector graphics.
*The game is a parody of the 36th level of the NES game [[Wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]], where the player battles "[http://willnicholes.com/images/games/arkanoid_doh.png DOH]", a vector-based floating head who fires square projectiles from his mouth.
*Strong Bad as a polygonal head may also reference Andross, the final boss of Star Fox, more specifically the first game, where he appeared as a giant polygonal face that attacked by blowing out square projectiles.

=== [[Viidelectrix]] ===
There are several differences between the original version of the game and the Viidelectrix version.
*The instructions are different:
<blockquote>
Move left and right with Wiimote 
Point to above+left of player for shield left 
Point to above+right of player for shield right 
Point to above+center of player for shield center 
Using shield stops movement 
Try to hit Strong Bad's big head 
Press 'A' to start
</blockquote>
*The controls have been modified for the Wii Remote. When accessing the game from a computer, the character follows the mouse.
*A scoring system was added – the score counts how long it takes you to win (in seconds, not counting time spent while your head a splodes). A lower score is better.
**The default best score, 10000, corresponds to a game taking 2 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds.
*The shield can be used for as long as the player wants, instead of for a second. However, using it also stops the player from moving.
*The game music plays in the Viidelectrix version.
*Using the shield actually points the projectile in the direction the shield is facing when it hits it.
*If the shield was at center position, the projectile will bounce off normally with no direction change.
*The "BACK OFF BABY" sequence is used when Vector Strong Bad has been completely destroyed, as noted above. The game then restarts.
*When "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE," Vector Strong Bad rebuilds himself by one hit each time. 
*If the projectile misses your character, a new projectile is shot from Vector Strong Bad's position, rather than appearing in the position it disappeared at.  See Glitches for more information.
*Each time you hit Vector Strong Bad, he groans, but more of monotone "Ah".
*If your head a splodes, the projectile will continue spinning, as opposed to freezing.
*If your head a splodes in the short time between the eyes exploding and 'Back Off Baby', the eyes will respawn like any other part.
*Each time you deflect the projectile, it speeds up.

== External Links ==
* play the [[HR:sbzone.html|Game]]
* play the [[HR:sbzone02.swf|Game (Flash file)]]
* play the [[Videlectrix:vii/sbzone.html|Wii version of the game]]
* play the [[Videlectrix:vii/sbzone.swf|Wii version of the game (Flash file)]]
* listen to the [[Videlectrix:songs/sbzone music.mp3|Game Music]]

{{VidelectrixGames}}

[[Category:Videlectrix Games]][[Category:Viidelectrix]]

User talk:It's dot com

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Bde1982: Replying to It's dot com. Just for kicks, It's dot com: What teams, if you follow sports, do you like?

{{User talk:It's dot com/teasers}}
= <div style="background:#BE0023; color:#fff; width:98%; padding-bottom:0.3em; padding-top:0.3em; padding-left:2%"> Trogdor! </div> =
== Block'd? ==
Hey, I was just wondering why you blocked the anonny 68.39.230.211, when he'd only made three edits? Yes, he plugged the Sandbox with nonsensical links, but couldn't you have talked to him and asked him to stop it? I'm not sure if you did talk to him or not. If you didn't though, then 1 week was probably a little harsh. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 20:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
:Meh, maybe you're right. I was going primarily from {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=568565 this edit}}, and I thought that the anonny had been reverted three times and was being persistent with adding those links. I'll unblock for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
::Whoops! Sorry if there was a misunderstanding. I was just fooling around and deleting some spam from the sandbox. The anonny wasn't spamming any other pages than the sandbox. {{User:Super Turtle/sig}} 21:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
:::No need to fear, Turtle, you acted correctly. Dotty just got a little carried away—which he ''rarely'' does, I might add, he does a bang-up job here and I'm personally proud of what he's accomplished—and made a premature judgement in absence of the facts. He fixed it, and all is well now, all is safe and sound. Sleep peacefully. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::::Dotty? Augh! Bleh! Ewww! Grugh! ''{suddenly sotto voce}'' No. Thanks as always to Qermaq for putting a bow on what was pretty much already wrapped up. ;) (Although I ''would'' recommend in the future not yelling in summaries if one is not trying to attract attention. But yeah, no big deal now.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:::::Admit it, you kinda love it when I call you Dotty. ;) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::::::Personally, I think Dot Com should be quoting [[Wikipedia:Yakko, Wakko and Dot|Dot Warner]] right about now: "Call me, Dotty and you die." {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 00:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
:::::::"Yeah, you're probably right." {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
::::::::As long as this thread has gone completely off topic, I think I should mention that I always choose the names Yakko, Wakko, and Dot for the computer players when playing Hearts. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== Joshua ==

Okay, I know you have a fanstuff talk page. But this is serious. Joshua, the sysop, did something like blackmail. Now the forum is messed up and Super Sam blocked him. Can you please fix this mess? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 14:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
:I do believe that what is occurring is simply playful banter which Sam here has taken a bit too seriously. Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
::Edit conflict: Lies. All lies! Clearly I'm the only one who knows how it all went down. Joshua randomly bans Super Sam on the forum and then Super Sam screws around with the forum skin for revenge. Also I think Supra tried to block Joshua on the wiki but Joshua just unblocked himself. Just a spot of fun, no need to get all grumpy about it. I think it's pretty dang hilarious the way it's going down. {{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 05:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks for stopping by, you guys. Thanks for breaking my cow lamp. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== imagemap ==

Whoa, {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Walkthrough&curid=3090&diff=570451&oldid=568760 this}} is pretty awesome... great jorb! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:13, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks! I installed the feature back during the last upgrade (because the fanstuff kept pestering me to) but hadn't found a good use for it here at the knowledge base until now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

== If you notice anything strange... ==

This may just be me being paranoid, but I just thought I'd let you know that MySpace told me I got phished and... I kinda had this thing going where I used the same password for everything... including my email, in which I saved an email to myself detailing how to log in to my account on this website...

So, if anybody does anything funny under my account, I just thought I should let someone with special authorities and privileges and whatnot know about it (although I have since changed my password). I might start a new account just in case, but I'm not sure yet how that'll work out.

Anyway... now you know. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 18:10, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:Don't start a new account. Changing your password should be adequate. By the way, to add a section to a talk page, just click the little plus (+) next to the edit button. It will give you a place to enter the thread header and format it automatically. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
::Jolly good. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 18:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Just the same, I think I'd like my username changed. (I've been thinking of ditching LuxAcerbus for a while now.) Sysops can do that, right? {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 19:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Bureaucrats can, yes. See [[HRWiki:Changing username]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Thank you for the help, my good man. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 23:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

== Forum Redirect ==

Since the HRWiki forum is down, alot of the regular users have taken refuge to http://www.inversetiger.com/forum/ . However, pretty much the only way for people on the forum to communicate to each other now is by email. Since barely anyone shows their email address, the last resort option is to communicate by editing your sig. Even then, most people don't go looking through a locked forum looking at people's sigs(which is where I found the link). The result: Only the regular users found link. So, I figured that it would be best if you posted some sort of link on the front page of the Wiki or something so people can find it.
-strongfan

== Fanstuff Purge: Wiki User Emails ==

There are currently a few Wiki User Emails on the list of fanstuffs to be saved, and it's been decided that this would be a great chance to get them over to the Wiki User Wiki. My question is whether it would be easier to use whatever fancy method you're using to transfer them across or whether it would be easier to just do it manually. 
Cheers, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 19:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
:I don't know if this is the specific fancy way that DC's going to use, but if you want to transfer stuff, then the easy way is to go to [[HRFWiki:Special:Export]], and put in all the page-names (one per line), and mash go. That'll give you an XML file that you can feed into Special:Import on WUW (you'll need to be sysop to use Special:Import, but Special:Export can usually be run by anyone). As well as being able to copy lots of pages in one hit, you can also (if you want) include each page's history, and all the templates they use. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 22:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
::Yep, I concur with Phlip's suggestion. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Alrighty, thanks for that. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 14:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Looking at [[Talk:Main_Page#Read-Only_Forum|this]], it appears a lot of the forum users have been giving you grief over the locked forum. I just would like to pause for a moment and say thank you. You have dealt with this matter professionally, and I would like to say that in your shoes, I would have done the same thing. Thank you for managing this problem well. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 01:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for your comments. It remains to be seen whether splitting off the off-topic discussion from the H*R threads will be a good thing, but I'm hoping for the best. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:35, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Greetings!! ==

Hi. I'm having trouble on my userpage. I have three images. I'd like to have one image (Homsar) in the center between the other two of the Cheat Commando's. How can I do this? See my userpage in my signature. --[[User:O98-111-114-113|98.111.114.133]] 17:51, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:Check out our various local help pages and the user's guide (see the sidebar under navigation and external links). Hope that helps. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Thank you for the name change! --{{User:Blow Up the Ocean/sig}} 21:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

==STUFF Decommissioned?==
[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&curid=5477&diff=581940&oldid=581729 When did this happen?] --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 20:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/HRWiki_talk:STUFF#Decommission We've been talking about it for the last coupla months.] --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:40, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I gotta start paying more attention to important things like that... --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 20:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Fanstuff wiki ==
Look, for some reson, my computer doesn't show the link. so can you help me out? [[Special:Contributions/68.74.220.137|68.74.220.137]] 10:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
:The address is [[HRFWiki:|fanstuff.hrwiki.org]], same as it's ever been. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Ummm... there's no more bar there. it completed. But nothing happened. It's just... the signup screen. 
Also, I sent the email, but I didn't get a reply. {{User:The thing/sig}} 12:52, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, you sent two emails. I only said you'd get a reply if it was necessary, and in your case it's not. The status bars only indicate that a certain step is done out of many. You'll know that the wiki is back up when it looks like a MediaWiki wiki. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
::Okay, also, can you not do the purge in the next 3 hours? I have to go somewhere. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
:::Deal. Before I do it, I'll be sure to ask you if it's okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I already sent you my email. Should I post my new username on [[HRWiki:Changing username]], or just wait? - {{User:Super Sonic X/Sig}} 00:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
:Sending the email is enough. I'll change usernames based on that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
So when will the new wiki be up?--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 18:54, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

When will the updates bar be back? -[[User:TheStick|TheStick]]

Could you put the MediaWiki software on the fanstuff wiki and remove the signup page? {{User:Dagoth/sig}}

Hey, Dot com, it has been like 3 weeks now. What gives? -[[User:AlmsforthePudgy|AlmsforthePudgy]] 19:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

:Seriously, you guys. Stop pestering Dot com. He's doing his best, and he's working very hard for you. Yes, for '''you'''. Give him some credit. It's dot com is spending hours and hours (literally) of his spare time fixing the fanstuff wiki for you, and the last thing he needs (I'm sure of it) is someone poking him with a stick continuously, asking if he's done yet. So sit back and relax, give him some space, and when he's finally done, thank him very much for it.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 13:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, so, how long has it been now? A month? Two? {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Two and a half X_X {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 18:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:I've lost hope. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
::Keep hope alive. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

==Name Change==
Could you change my user name to Raiku? Its going to be my last username ever. I am going to keep it. {{User:Raiku/sig}}

==Name Change, Too==
I meant to name myself hremail24, not Hremail 22. Can you fix this malfunction, private?

:You know, this is kind of like calling up a librarian at home asking them to renew a book for you. There are [[HRWiki:Changing Username|better ways]]. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:17, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

== Ops in #hrwiki-fanstuff ==

I hate to whine and complain like this, but please give someone ops in #hrwiki-fanstuff. It is impossible to control the channel. It doesn't have to be a fanstuff sysop, just someone easily accessible. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 17:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
:Hey man, we seem to have a few trolls in #hrwiki-fanstuff, Tom's not responding, you're not on, and we really need ops, so whenever you see this, please give someone ops. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 00:49, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

== Change Username ==

Uh, Dot Com, some people [[HRWiki:Changing username|here]] have been hanging for months with no one changing their user name. Could you get those people up to date for me? {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 18:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:Please, Dot Com? I'm desperate.. Please... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:14, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::Please? I'm sorry for bothering you... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:23, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Holy crap, dude. Why are you editing my talk page over and over? See Green Helmet's remarks a couple of threads up. Besides, you're already on (at least) your second username. I'm not really planning on changing it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::::How do you know that? I haven't ever actually ''changed'' my user name... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course you have. [[Special:Contributions/Miketigershark|This]] is you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::I'm sorry. Very sorry. I admit it, MichaelXX2 is a sockpuppet. But when I signed up, I took a vow to change my ways about vandalism. I haven't done any vandalism for months, and I'm sorry for bothering you. I won't ever change my username again, please bail me out this one time... I will fully understand if you don't want to though. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, Dot Com, keep up the good work ;) {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 02:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

== Can you do me a fanstuff-related favor? ==

I need some files from the old HRFWiki, and I was wondering if you might be able to get them. It's okay if you can't do this, or don't want to, though, it would just make some things easier if you would.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:Why don't you email me your specific request and we'll go from there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:37, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
::K.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:53, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Did you ever get my email? I really want my files.--[[Special:Contributions/24.34.11.239|24.34.11.239]] 18:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)(Kirbychu)
::::I did get your email. I haven't forgotten this request, and it's on the to-do list. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

== Where's the forum? ==

What happened to the forum? What's wrong with the forum? Answer me on my talk page. [[User:RocketMasterZ|RocketMasterZ]] 17:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
:It's down right now. It will be back rrll rrll soon. I answered here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:22, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
::Do you mean it this time? {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Well, I'll give you one thing. You're definitely consistent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

== Fanstuff wiki ==

Would you happen to know when the purge will be over? Just wonder. '''[[User:Gavino/redirect|¡Él]][[User talk:Gavino|Gavino!]]''' 01:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, I ''do'' wonder, let me tell you. If I had to guess based on the (depending on your point of view) clever or smart-aleck front page currently at [[HRFWiki:|fanstuff.hrwiki.org]], I'd say sometime before or after TBC release Stinkoman Level 10. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, seriously, what's taking so dang long? {{User:The thing/sig}} 18:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:::This has been explained in other places. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== thanks man. ==

What was that crap-for-brains doing? Being a freakin' vandal and everything? I owe it all to ya for helping my user page stay cool. Did you block him? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 20:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
:No prob, Bob. That guy shows up from time to time to do what he did. It doesn't usually take long to clean up. Yes, I did block him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

== Transcribing Permission ==

Sorry to interrupt, but I was just wondering if I could transcribe the toons at the [[wikia:c:weeblsstuff|Weeblpedia]] similar to the way we transcribe toons here. {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 02:56, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
:Uh, yes? I don't really have any jurisdiction to give you permission. Our style is nothing special, and I suppose it could be used for any number of things. It may or may not be relevant, but some authors of works of fiction don't like their works being transcribed, so watch out for that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
::OK, thanks. {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 22:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
== Personal image templates ==
It's Dot Com, Your the [[Special:Listusers/bureaucrat|admin]] I trust the most, and the only one I know actually. [[Template_talk:personal-image-abandoned|This page]] is in desperate need of an admin to look over the new suggested designs of the personal image templates, and to add to the talk page if you agree that we should/can change the personal image templates to the HR related ones, or not. Please do look into this. Thanks! {{User:Mas12806/sig}} 17:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
:That discussion is over two years old. As I said when it was current, I don't think we should change the templates, especially given I'm the one who made the versions we're using now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

== Sig ==

Do you want a sig? If so, what do you want on it? {{User:Sylar/sig}} 03:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:I already have one. It's right here: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
::I mean like colored and stuff. The sig templates. {{User:Sylar/sig}} 03:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I know what you meant. I've been here nearly four years. If I wanted a fancy signature, I'd probably have one by now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
::::And, I know this topic is a month old, but it may be one of the best signatures on the wiki. I mean, it did start the &mdash craze. Did it? {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 18:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== Winter Background ==

Could you please add <pre> body {
font-size: 10px;
font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #EBEBEB url(skins/monobook/headbg-snow.png) 0 0 repeat-x;
}
</pre> to MediaWiki:Monobook.css? Thanks. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 06:25, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
:Oh right. I had a nagging feeling I had forgotten something. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

== HRFWiki:Template:Main Page/Fanstuff ==

What did that template look like? I created a temporary HRFWiki and need the Main Page/Fanstuff template to look like it did at the real HRFWiki. The URL for the temporary HRFWiki is http://homestar.referata.com. I also need a dump of all the templates and MediaWiki messages for it. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 00:19, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:I'm not going to provide that, sorry. You need to use a different logo and stop hotlinking our images. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:45, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::I removed your logo and images. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 01:22, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I'm still seeing the logo there. Yes, i cleared my cache. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 14:48, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::::Well, it was gone, but it looks like it's back. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.17|128.103.10.17]] 15:14, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:::::Your logo and images are gone for reals this time. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 23:00, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

== Who's online ==

You guys need "WhosOnline", a special that can tell you whos online and what they are looking at. Can be used to quickly see when there is going to be spam. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 18:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

From my old fanstuff talk page:
<blockquote>
[http://www.mariowiki.com/Special:Recentchanges Check this out]

It's the recent changes page of The Mario Wiki. I made an account there, and I realized on the recent changes page, there's a little section for who's currently logged in. I figured I'd ask you if we could possibly make this a feature here. It would make things alot easier when trying to contact users and such. --{{User:TheDenzel/sig}} 18:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
:[...] This would indeed be interesting, but people shouldn't have their identities exposed just because they're browsing. Part of what a lot of people like about reading a wiki is that you're not publicly logged unless you edit. And there's the thing: one should be able to tell who's online well enough just by looking at the recent changes. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
</blockquote>
Or do you mean something that only sysops and/or developers could see? If so, we already have enough behind-the-scenes access to handle our relatively minor spam load. Thanks though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
:I mean that only registered users can see, and from my knowledge of it, noone EVER uses it but me, for some reason on the other wikis I go on. It would just help alot. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 19:55, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
::Well, like I said last year, I don't think that information should be available to just anyone who happens to have an account. There's almost no reason (if any) to look over someone's shoulder if they're merely reading articles. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
:::However, it can help if they are about to troll. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 20:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
::::It would be nearly impossible to tell whether someone was about to vandalize based solely on what they're looking at. Even if it were possible, the vigilance required to make the extension effective would be prohibitively time-consuming. Considering the low volume of bad-faith edits we have to deal with and how easy it is to clean up pages after the fact, we simply don't have the need for an early-warning system. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, something to bring your attention to ==

Adventure Classic Gaming recently had an interview with the Brothers Chaps and the designers of their episodic adventure game series at TellTale, not sure how you usually feature new content related to the brothers chaps but figured you might not have seen it yet, it isn't on the interviews page at least: [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/439/] -MarkN
:It's actually on the SBCG4AP page, under Promotional Media. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 23:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Thank you for deleting my fair-use-defying MacOrWinFinal.png image, Dot Com! — {{User:Fotoshop/sig}} 18:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:No probalo. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== Sensitive to Bees ==

Thanks so much for agreeeing with my statements, It's dot com! I knew someone would believe me if I posted the edit there! The second video was just my proof to make sure there wouldn't be that much of a conflict, but if that's what made you believe me, I'm glad I made it! So thanks again!

-MarioMaster2008

P.S. Speaking of which, why did you think I went overboard trying to prove my point with the video?
:I wouldn't say so. People have gone [[Template talk:commentary|crazy before]] proving their point. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 06:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
::Maybe so, but if you look on the [[Talk:Sensitive To Bees|talk page]] for the article in question, you'll see that It's Dot Com himself said I surpassed him in levels of proving my point. -MarioMaster2008
:::The above link to that template talk page has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm referring to people posting evidence they gather to try and answer a question of fact regarding something in one of the toons. I'm not saying I don't go overboard (my illustrations on [[Talk:car#Homestar's spinning buzzer|Homestar's spinning buzzer]] are just the latest example), but I think making a whole YouTube video trumps anything I've done. So far. By the way, MarioMaster, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, okay. I was wondering how to do that. Let's try it now. [[User:MarioMaster2008|MarioMaster2008]] 17:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

== History category ==

Sorry, I didn't know we had a place to keep stuff around for historical reasons. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.37|132.183.138.37]] 21:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, if something was widely used in the past, but isn't anymore, then we put it in the [[:Category:HRWiki History|history category]] rather than delete it completely. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

== Sandbox user subpages ==
Would it be possible for me to create a mini sand box as a sub page? {{User:Kid2255/sig}} 22:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
:See [[HRWiki talk:User space#Sandboxes?]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

== Redirect pages ==

Hi there It's Dot Com, hope you don't mind me asking something. I was trying to create a redirect from [[Coach Z's 110 percent]] to [[Coach Z's 110%]], but it doesn't work as an actual redirect. How do you create a redirect page, and how is it different from a normal one? Thanks! {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 01:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
:Note, it won't act like a redirect in the preview, you have to save it. And the syntax is "<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Pagename]]</nowiki>". And this is probably the wrong place to ask this kind of question. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:05, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
::Oh, so that's what happened, I only saw it in the preview. Sorry for bothering you, is there a better place for questions like that? {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 01:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
:::You can ask me on my talk page, i don't get annoyed by technical questions, but the best place is probably the talk for one of the help pages or something... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
::::[[HRWiki talk:FAQ]] is actually the place we've set aside for questions. If a discussion needs to be on a more specific page, it can be referred to the other page from there. And it is true that a question on any central or highly visible public talk page will likely be answered. Similarly, while I'm not encouraging you to post on any one user's talk page, you could do worse than this one. It's watched by a good number of users, and I have a [[#The System Is Down|whole section]] of the page devoted to technical issues. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

== Blanking the sandbox ==
{{userboxtop|}}
{{userbox | border=#000000 | mainbkgd=#CCE6FF | codebkgd=#FFFFFF | codecolor=#FFFFFF | code=  | msg=[[User:Record307|Record307]] enjoys '''blanking the [[sandbox]]'''.}}
|}
Hey, um, are you trying to make fun of me?
That userbox, Um, NOT FREAKIN FUNNY!
If you need to tell me something, tell me in my Talk page.--[[User:Record307|Record307]]
:Strictly speaking, yes, I am making fun, but I'm not trying to be mean. I just think it's funny that you've blanked the sandbox {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Record307&namespace=4&year=2009&month=1 once a day every day for the past 11 days}} (except the 9th (when you did it twice) and the 15th (which you missed)). I myself blank the sandbox on occasion, but not like clockwork. Generally speaking, having a blank or non-blank sandbox makes no difference, and so I find it interesting that you've kept it up. But I'm just teasing, not trying to be offensive. :) (By the way, if it's not obvious, the icon there is a blank sandbox.) Cheers. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:42, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Y'know what? I'm gonna use the userbox you made. Can you do me a favor? My userboxes scroll But they mess up my page. I want it to blend in with the pictures on my userpage. Can you do that for me? Thanks!---[[User:Record307|Record307]]
:I adjusted the width of your email box. Did that fix what you were talking about? Oh, by the way, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much! See ya round![[User:Record307|Record307]] 15:26, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

== Forum account disabled ==

Why can't I log on? --{{User:Blow Up the Ocean/sig}} 15:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
:I deactivated your account at the request of a lot of people. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:05, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

== Hey It's dot com, how's it hanging? ==

I've been good, nearly done hiugh school, which leaves me to my first question:

I'll be leaving Homestar Runner wiki, temporarily, for school reasons. Anyhow, can someone you tell me where i can find a banner template to place on my wikipage saying I'll be off wiki for a while?

Thanks a bunch.

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:59, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:Wow, Nikolce, long time no hear from. We don't really have a template for that kind of thing, but you can make a banner by taking some code from one of our other templates and putting it on your page. Then you can update the message to suit whatever you need it to say. I'm curious how long a while is (your last edit was last April, which is what I'd consider a while). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 11:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoa, April, man school's been taking my time man. As well as school, sometimes my internets gets capped, meaning it becomes slow, and when it comes to wikis, they don;t load up.

Thanks for the help again.

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 12:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

== MediaWiki 1.14 ==

According to the Wikitech mailing list, MediaWiki 1.14 has been released ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-February/041636.html link]). Just notifying you. :) {{User:The Goblin/sig}} 20:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks. We're on the [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000084.html MediaWiki announce list], so we already knew that. Based on something Tim said, we may have even been responsible for prodding them into releasing the final version after the release candidate. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

== Thanks for Your Assistance ==

Thanks for your assistance in the most recent vandal attack. Been a while since the last one, eh? Well, we all appreciate your ability to hide those edits from RC, as no one wants to read that. Also, good job getting the one everyone else overlooked--myself included. We really couldn't keep this place going without you. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for the thanks, and you're welcome! I'm glad I could chip in with those things that only developers can do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== I'm confused... ==
Hey Its Dot Com, can you tell me what happened to the fanstuff? I left a long time ago but when I tried to come back everything was different.

== Invisible arms ==

When you said it was NOT better... I'm not gonna lie to you. It '''''IS''''' better. PLEASE, don't block me! --{{User:The 386/sig}} 00:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
:Block you? You're wrong though. We consistently treat scenes as though the characters have normal arms and/or fingers (regardless of what's "really" the case) and are directly manipulating objects. In other words, we say that Homestar is picking up an object (and don't worry about how), not that it mysteriously starts floating. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
::I just DON'T want my edits reverted. The INVISIBLE arms show that these objects float in mid-air. I don't mean to sound rude. --{{User:The 386/sig}} 00:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
:::Sorry, but that's not our standard. We know that the objects appear to be floating, but that's not how we describe them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

== When will the fanstuff wiki be back? ==
Hey Dot Com, when will the fanstuff wiki be back? {{User:Raiku/sig}} 04:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, the fanstuff was a significant drain on our resources, and with funds being so tight we just can't justify it anymore. I'm afraid it will never be back. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== My new email address ==

I recently got a Gmail account. Now my new email address is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com. So, could you change my email address on the forum to that. PS:If anyone emails me, I will send Barney to attack you. {{User:Coach z's cool/sig}} 12:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
:I will only change your forum address to whatever's in your preferences here on the wiki, and the address above (at least, what it was before) isn't it. If you don't want people to email you, don't post it here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
::Oh, yeah. I forgot to do about that. I changed it. {{User:Coach z's cool/sig}} 14:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== Name change three ==

<blockquote class="lappy email" style="width:90%;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
<div>subject: name change</div>
Dear Mr. Com,
I understand that you must envisage me as a person who takes the Homestar Runner Wiki for granted, as I have created several different users. I am writing here to plead my case to change my username.
When I first created the account Jagger88, I looked at my talk page, and deleted the Welcome comment straight away. I therefore did not look at any information I may have needed. Therefore, I had no idea there was a way to change your username, and therefore created new users whenever I wanted to have a different username. If you look at recent changes, you will see that I have not used Do-Nots, Open Source Greg, or the new paper rox since you gave me a warning (the user Hremails was my brothers before he got confused with all the computer language). 
Please consider my application to change my name to TNDY, as I believe in recent times I have proved myself useful to this wiki. (I did like, the whole transcript for [[Pistols for Pandas]], discovered [[Career Day]], and the [[Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD]], aswell as along the way improving my understanding of this wiki. 
I'm only a teenager, and I actually think this wiki has what it takes to teach me some respect and responsibility. 
Sincerely, {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 09:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
</blockquote>
:This doesn't belong on my talk page. Please refer to [[HRWiki:Changing username]] for replies. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

{|
{{userbox | border=#000000 | mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#FFCC00|codecolor=#663333|code=[[Image:Iron cup of Brunswick Stew.jpg|43px]]|msg=This user is being rewarded with an iron cup of Brunswick Stew as a thank you for accepting my user name change}}
|}

Thank you. {{User:Open Source Greg/sig}} 06:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

== Free Country Mountain Range files ==

Not to be naggy but I'm kinda wondering what's going on with ny Free Country Mountain Range files, because you said you'd put it on your to-do list about 5 months ago.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:50, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yup, exactly 199 days ago. I put it on my to-do list. It's still there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
::That's one big to-do list.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 03:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

== What the pfargtl? ==

This is the edit summary from Recent Changes for one of your recent edits:

(diff) (hist) . . Talk:Main Page‎; 15:51 . . (-673) . . It's dot com (Talk | contribs) (look at the date on that reply (it was a joke))

But in the recent changes IRC it looked like:

<+HRWikiRC> [[Talk:Main Page]] [http://hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=648202&oldid=648199&rcid=607347] * It's dot com * (-673) feel free to discuss that somewhere else (off-site)

The link provided by the RC bot goes to the same diff provided on the RC page. What the pfargtl is going on? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 23:25, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
:I have the ability to [[Special:Editeditsummary|edit edit summaries]]. Occasionally I think of something better to say. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

== Hello again ==

Hey. First of all, I'm sorry for how conceited, passive-aggressive and rude I behaved here a few years ago. Secondly, the Wiki is in ship shape! I'm very impressed with the progress you guys have made while I was away. Great work! I'll be contributing regularly again, but this time without unfairly scrutinizing you or anyone else here. Carpe diem! {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}} 23:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

== You're now my friend. ==

Any fan of Seinfeld is my friend. {{User:Ugozima/sig}} 06:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

== Possible Trolls/Vandals ==

Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I didn't know where to put it.

On the recent changes page, there seems to be a large number of accounts being made. normally if it was 1 or 2 I wouldn't notice, but there's been 8 in the last 5 minutes. I think it might be a troll or vandal. {{User:BubbleRevolution/sig}} 01:11, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:Yes, this is the wrong place to put this, but these accounts are all being made by the same person, because they all are common names (all having something to do with the Eragon series, I have read the books), except maybe [[User:Sbe-Mail Checker Dan]], he's probably a coincidence. Also, you probably shouldn't use the word TROLL or VANDAL yet, since the user(s) haven't made any edits yet, and might not know about the sockpuppet rule. Can someone go talk to him/her? I'm not sure how to do this. {{User:Theycallmefree/sig}} 01:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

== Would like Autocolumn extension for my own wiki ==

Hello Homestar, i would like to implement the Autocolumn and AutoPipe/AutoRedirect extensions on my own wiki, are these available? --[[User:Kevin danko|Kevin danko]] 16:09, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, I've never released them. I'd like to someday, but they need to be cleaned up a bit first. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:38, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

== Threats ==

I'm sorry if this offends anybody but there was a shocking post on [http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Heimstern_L%C3%A4ufer#Question_about_my_banning.3F this thread]. Is the threat empty, like Hiemstern said? I just felt the need to bring that to your attention -I'd rather not post my username 22:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
:Well, [[User:Espemon333|Espemon333]] ([[User talk:Espemon333|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Espemon333|contribs]]), I'm quite aware of that whole situation, and have been for a while. The other sysops/forum mods and I stay in touch pretty well. Thanks for the heads up, but you don't need to worry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
::OK. Don't let Heimstern know I posted this. {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 23:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
:::Actually, I already know. I see pretty much every edit on this wiki because I check [[Special:Recent changes|recent changes]] a lot. In fact, I think I saw this post before Dot com did. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 23:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

== The Fanstuff Wiki! ==

How long has it been now? If your not going to do anything with it, just delete it and it's all over with. It gets my hopes up every time I go there and while it's loading the title says "Main Page" {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:15, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
:What is wrong with fanstuff? Totally outta the loop, {{User:Espemon333/sig}}

== My Weight in Pencil Shavings ==

How much does a page on the wiki usually cost? {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 22:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
:Um, I don't know what that means... And you still smell like pea soooup! By the way, the reason you triple post is that my page is long and so it takes a bit of time to load and you get impatient and hit "Save page" three times. Only hit it once. It heard you the first time. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
::The reason we are having the fundraiser... the pages cost money... right..? {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 23:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
:::In a sense, yes, I guess. The [[Wikipedia:Web page|pages]] are stored in a [[Wikipedia:Database|database]], which is located on a [[Wikipedia:Hard disk drive|hard drive]], which is part of a [[Wikipedia:Web server|server]], and it takes money for us to be [[Wikipedia:Web hosting service|hosted]] on that server. See our [[HRWiki:Donations|donations]] and [[Special:Ledger|ledger]] pages if you want specific information. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:48, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

== A Probably <s>Bad</s> Good Idea ==

We all know about the decomisionning of STUFF, which I do support, but I reviewed your new version of the STUFF template and I loved it. I think we need to incorperate that template INTO the talk page. It looked great, and I liked how it condenses the entire discussion into the smallest portions. I really think we should get it into the talk page. {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 03:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
:The "new" version of the STUFF template is what we used for years, and what we decommissioned. We decided to stop using the STUFF format in favor of regular discussions. We don't have any plans to reincorporate it at this time. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

== MythBusters ==

I love MythBusters. :D --[[User:Ms. 1-Up Pie|Ms. 1-Up Pie]] 01:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for reading my user page! Or for spouting weird non sequiturs, whichever one fits. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

== Brown and gray balloons ==

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3275461929_ae4815786d.jpg

—[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:28, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks! I knew what that was going to be before I even opened my talk page, based solely on the edit summary. You know what's amazing? My brother made that exact sign and hung it behind my desk at work on Friday. It's still there right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
::Happy birthday, DC. My you never get ink poisoning. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 07:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
:::have a nice last 7 minutes of <s>decemberween</s> birthday, It's dot com. (or it might be more time than i think it is, depending on which time zone you're in) and may you have a wonderful year. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 03:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

==Another Fanstuff Thing==
I don't mean to kill the already several dead horses about this topic, but I don't think the sysops are going to fix the Fanstuff Wiki. I know you have a life, n'stuff, but we want some stuff done. I don't care if you do half a page a day. Any progress is good progress. And if your schedule doesn't allow for any Fan-Wiki work, then get people that will accualy work. The regular people word be WAY more willing, and more faster, to fix these unfinished pages. In short, I hope you take some time to work on the Fan-Wiki, get better workers, and always, ALWAYS edit blank pages. [[User:Anonomous]]

== Possible spammer ==

Don't know if this is the right place to say this, please correct me if not. I have reason to believe that Drhuldaclark142 is a spammer, judging by the fact that this person has been here for a few days and that their only contribution is to their own userpage as a link to some sort of online store. [[User:McArbys|The McArby!]] 01:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
: You're right. We've been getting far too much spam lately; guess it's no surprise some would slip through the cracks. Spam... [[DELETED!!]] *bzzt!* --{{User:Jay/sig}} 01:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

== Please block this IP ==
Can you please block an IP for me? I know this IP. It's my evil friend. He found out I had a HRwiki and will stop at nothing to ruin it.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:27, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:Hi, Record. Has this IP actually vandalized? We don't block IPs preemptively usually (in fact, I'm not aware that we do so ever). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::Yes. Just today he blanked a section of my userpage. Check the history. "ZaneHiturugi" is his internet name.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:37, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I've given the IP a block warning; if he does it again, it'd be appropriate to block. For now, though, we'll probably just leave it as is. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Alright, that's cool. Thanks!--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:44, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

== Why do you still do this? ==
Why do you still do this? You're managing the same website you did three years ago, and still for no reason. You're thirty three years old! You don't think that maybe it's time to start a family? To take care of your wife or something? Take a page from me and stop going here. The "friends" you make won't miss you, they'll just drown their sorrows in computer code. Please, just stop this whole thing.
:It's a hobby and I like it. In the last five (not three) years I've learned a lot of things about teamwork, management, critical thinking, and software development. Things I can carry over into my professional life. Plus it's fun, interesting, and challenging, I still think Homestar Runner is funny, and there's nothing what says you can't have a hobby and still pursue other things like work and family. By the way, if you're going to break your streak of not "going here" just to insult me, at least have the stones to sign your real name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:04, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

== Thanks for the purge! ==

Hi Dot Com. I was just passing by to tell you that I, for one, am most delighted about how the purge took over 500 days. Without the purge, I'd still be dwelling on the Fanstuff Wiki with not much else to do, but since its absence, I've pursued other hobbies and personal projects, which most probably wouldn't have happened if the Fanstuff Wiki was still around. For example, since it went down with the purge, I've started to learn more about programming and website creation, not to mention polishing up my English skills and discovering my humble abilities as an amateur musician. That's really all I have to say. And again, thank you. No this contains no sarcasm whatsoever. -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 02:07, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

== hey you admin that dumb fanstuff thing right ==
If so, could you put away that robots.txt thing for a bit so I might be able to archive.org it for my old stuff, if possible? Just wondering.

==help==
Hey, it's Don't say jorb 101 here. As you can see by the I.P. adress, I'm not logged in. It seems that no matter how many times I type in my password and username, I can't log in, and have somehow locked myself out of my account. Please help me! (oh, and my I.P. Is different because I'm using my iPod touch.) [[Special:Contributions/198.53.214.106|198.53.214.106]] 04:05, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

:Nevermind, it works now:) [[User:Don't say jorb 101|{{User:Don't say jorb 101/sig}}]] 00:47, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

== Duplicate user problem ==

Hey. Looking at the history of [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mr._Arrow%27d_Homsar&action=history this guy], it seems him and [[User:Homsar Jean]] are one and the same. Since this is not a sockpuppet problem, what do you think should be done? {{User:Elcool/sig}} 04:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
:Probably nothing. He seems to have made one account and used it only briefly before switching to a new one. Yes, it would be better to have asked for a name change instead, but what's done is done. Used to I might merge the accounts, but it's a bit of a hassle and I don't think I'll bother unless he specifically requests it. As long as he doesn't use both accounts, it's not a big deal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:14, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
::Ok. I just noticed because I went over the TBD and saw he tagged his own page for deletion. I just removed the template and left it blank. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 05:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

== Forum crashed ==

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I currently cannot use E-Mail, so I put it here. Thought you should look into it since you're an admin. {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 02:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
:Thanks for the heads up. I think I've got it fixed. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:56, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

== Could you help with my account? ==

Sorry to bug you! During the Fanstuff purge I asked to change my username from Chituze to Happy: now it says I've got the wrong password, and I don't receive the verification email. I'm absolutely positive I've been typing the password right, because I use the same one everywhere. Are you able to find my password for me, or maybe allocate happypants3@hotmail to the account? Thanks so much in advance!
 Also I'm so scared about how professional your talk page is, I hope I've put this in the right place. - [[Special:Contributions/222.154.8.224|222.154.8.224]]
:Well, that's a bit of bad luck, I'm afraid. The reason the password won't work is that someone else already has the name [[User:Happy|Happy]]. (The fanstuff and the knowledge base now share the same user list, and the Happy account was created here back in 2004.) You'll need to create a new account with a different name. You can choose Chituze or HappyPants or something else. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:25, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
::OH, RIGHT. Dang, somehow that never crossed my mind. Now I feel bad because I've sent about 4 verification emails to them.
::(Ack, what if during the purge I got an email about this, but it went to junk? Whoops, sorry, just thinking aloud here.) Thanks for your help! - [[Special:Contributions/222.154.16.62|222.154.16.62]]

== Regarding [[Talk:Scroll_Button_Songs#Mirror_Glitch|Mirror Glitch]] ==

Hey, man. I just went over the articles for cleanup and saw [[Scroll Button Songs]]. The article looked OK and I went over the last few talk page posts to see why it should be cleaned up. I saw no problem, and I was just about to remove the template, when I decided to dig in the history a little and came across [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Scroll_Button_Songs&diff=prev&oldid=645922 this edit] from almost exactly a year ago. That discussion started two and a half years ago, and the article has been in "cleanup" ever since. Is that REALLY such a big of an issue? I mean, it looks like some technical thing to fix that should not bother the casual reader. I didn't even notice the email list on the mirrors after I read the talk page. I just listened to the songs. What I'm suggesting is to remove the template and you'll just fix whatever you need to fix whenever you got the time, since the article itself is fine. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 06:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
:I'm not sure why you're asking me. I already {{p|l={{fullurl:Scroll Button Songs|diff=559384&oldid=559344}} removed that cleanup template}} once, and I didn't make the edit you linked to. The same user who made that edit is the one who {{p|l={{fullurl:Scroll Button Songs|diff=624822&oldid=606972}} put the template back}}. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:33, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
::Ah! I see I hadn't dug deep enough in the history... I contacted you because you're involved in that talk page discussion. Oh well. I agree with you - There shouldn't be a template there. I'm removing it. Thanks for sorting this up :). {{User:Elcool/sig}} 18:48, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

== Little questions ==

Hey, DC. I was wondering:
# When did you first use H*R?
# What sites, apart from the Wiki, the Wiki's forum, and the Fanstuff Wiki, are you a member on?
# What do you do for a living?
{{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:See my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

== Deletion of 64.251.57.195's user-talk ==

Just wondering, can't you just discuss before going and removing something so suddenly? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 18:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
:I had to remove it quickly before he saw it. Assuming the anonny was editing in good faith (and there's nothing to indicate he wasn't), then implying that he should be blocked was quite rude. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:44, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

== #hrwiki-fanstuff ==

why did you set +m on it

seriously that's uncalled for -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 17:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
:Uh, because it's closed now? I thought that would be obvious. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:47, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
::it wasn't really, and there's still more people in there than on #hrwiki -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 18:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
:::well, regularly. -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 18:51, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
::::It's not like you can't still talk to each other. I didn't close the Internet, or even IRC. If you want to have your own channel, then make it, post the location on your forum, ''and then go there''. Anything with the "hrwiki" name on it means one of our admins has to keep an eye on it. We don't want to do that anymore. Closing <code>#hrwiki-fanstuff</code> solves the problem. It's win-win in the long run. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

well, you caught my attention with the chat on Super Sam's talk on the fanstuff wiki, and i didn't get to put my idea in before you locked it out. i figure this is as relevant a topic as any. if the sysops and moderators are the problem, why don't you get some new ones over there? i don't think this is worth closing that wiki. I'm sure there's a lot of people that would be capable enough to run that wiki that update frequently enough to care. I'm not saying it's me, i haven't done anything on either for over a year besides now, but I'm sure there are people that care about the fanstuff wiki as much as you care about the knowledge base. and i don't believe either site deserves to die just for lack of usage after the purge. a lot of the users just said "screw it" after waiting so long for it to come back, it seems unfair to close it for good before there's time to get more people interested again.

please try to respect my idea, {{User:Homsarstrongbad150/sig}} 20:59, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

== <s>Weclome</s> Welcome Committee ==

I have a question, itsdotcom: If you are on the Welcome Committee, how do you track new users so you can introduce them with the [[User:First Time Here?|First Time Here]] template? -[[User:GChrome|El Trento]]
:The First Time Here? user is a bot that automatically puts links on new users' pages when they register. It's actually separate from the welcome committee. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

== Go Rangers!!! ==

That is all for now. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}} 00:46, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
:Too bad, Rangers. At least they got farther then my yanks. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 19:35, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
::I'm sad they didn't win it all, but I'm not really that disappointed. In fact, I'm very proud of how they did this season. Winning the pennant, especially when you never have before, is still a big deal. There are still two teams (Mariners and Expos/Nationals) that never have. The fact that the Rangers advanced to the World Series by completely taking apart the Yankees just made it all the sweeter. (Take that, Tom!) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Subpages ==

Hey, is there any rule against transferring projects from the Fanstuff Wiki to a subpage of a Knowledge Base account? Now that I actually have a Blu-Ray player, I'd like to revise [[HRFWiki:Everything Else Greatest Hits|Everything Else Greatest Hits]] to seem more like a Blu-Ray Disc (with picture-in-picture extras, etc). {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 03:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yes. On [[HRWiki:User space#What about user subpages?|HRWiki:User space]] under [[HRWiki:User space#What about user subpages?|What about user subpages?]], the second item under what is not allowed is "pieces of fanstuff". Feel free to transfer it to your own website, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

== New Logo ==
Did you make that? What a great idea! {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 03:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
:Actually, the idea came from the annony of [[{{#ifexist:HRWiki:Main Page Talk Archive 40|HRWiki:Main Page Talk Archive 40#Wiki image|Talk:Main Page#Wiki image}}|this Main Page discussion]], who was concerned about the bandwidth being [[isp|sucked up]] by that giant, 1 MB GIF. That is some epic decompiler work you did there, Dot Com! I've always wondered how you got Homestar in the logo like that, and I enjoy the little Easter Egg. The addition of Flash detection is also very nice. Except I'm not that big of a fan of the lost Decemberween colors, but it adds consistency and balances the page, in my opinion. Also, you might want to remove the special no-click treatment for the 'flakes. It's making my cursor spazz-out. Anyway, great work! Now everything is tiny. {{User:Soiled Bargains/sig}} 04:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
::Well, to be fair, all he said was that we should make it into a SWF, which is an idea that I had years ago but had never taken the time to implement. So really he just nudged me into going ahead and doing it. Redrawing the logo GIF as a vector format, designing the snowflakes, coding their motion (notice that they never repeat), and adding hidden extras were all me. Anyways, thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:17, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Aforementioned annony here, nice work on the swf! I'm a flash animator myself and I would have made it if you had said something "well why don't you make it yourself if you're so concerned" :P --[[Special:Contributions/184.56.45.155|184.56.45.155]] 06:51, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
:Nah, it's cool. I enjoyed the practice, and given the various issues regarding SWFs and security, etc., it's the kind of project I'd prefer to do start to finish myself if at all possible. Glad you like it! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
::It all turned out great, especially now that it has the Decemberween colors. Good job Dot Com for making it and 184.56.45.155 for getting Dot Com off his lazy bum. {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 16:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
::(For the record, not really, Dot Com.) {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 20:40, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
::: (Oh, I know.) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
::::I'm really impressed! Good job! I love the dween logo and the new years one too. I guess you're going to turn them all into SWF files now eh? Like the idea of little easter eggs in the future like with the dween one haha. Can't wait to see other holidays (especially Halloween) in the future. Maybe for Halloween you could make it where clicking on Homestar would change his costume or something in the logo, that's a good idea. I know Halloween is a long ways off though haha.{{User:Bleed0range/sig}}

=== HRWiki celebrates New Year's with a logo ===

(This was made on 1/1/11 so don't say "I don't see it")
Hey, I just like to comment the new years logo. I like how after a few seconds Homestar blows a party blower and confetti falls. It really caught my eye. I thought I saw something on the logo other (of course other than Homestar blinking every 3 seconds) and I waited a few seconds and I saw Homestar blowin' a party blower and confetti falling from [[Hammerspace]]!. It's a great way to celebrate 2011! {{user:Pgj1997/sig}}
:That ''is'' a nice easter egg. {{User:Soiled Bargains/sig}} 04:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
::I don't think either of you have found the ''real'' Easter egg yet. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:04, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
:::Oh gosh, I just found the ACTUAL easter egg.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 05:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
::::Ahhh I see, your supposed to click on it, then Homestar will say "Happy New Year" then he'll blow a party blower while confetti falls from [[Hammerspace]] I see now. [[User:Pgj1997|Pgj1997]]
:::::Right now it looks like it toggles between homestar, marzipan, and strong bad wearing winter hats or earmuffs.  eventually, homestar turns into a [[Special:Random]] type link. but i can't figure out if there's a set number of clicks for that to happen. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 01:53, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::The logo has been changed back to the [[not]] New Year's version yesterday, you know. {{User:Soiled Bargains/sig}} 03:02, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::::...yes, i am well aware of that. there was a small piece that i omitted from the previous post b/c i thought it was overkill, but it looks like i had to invisicomment it back in. i was asking about the random page thing - if that was an intentional Easter egg. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 03:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Yes, that is an intentional Easter egg. The trigger is not the number of clicks, but it ''is'' something specific. You can guess again or if you want I'll just tell you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::I don't think intentional was the right word; i figured it was intentional. anyway, before i guess again, am i correct in saying that it's homestar every time? it certainly seems to be {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 03:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Nope. In fact, you don't even have to click in the area where the characters are. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::DC, could you maybe give me a link to the New Year's logo? Pretty please? It seems I missed seeing that one. {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 03:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
''See [[Special:Logos]].'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:54, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks. :) {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 03:51, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
::You know, maybe you could make a couple of Special pages where admins can change and users can view the logos used here. SWF, GIF, and all that, and all that. {{User:Soiled Bargains/sig}} 03:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
:::I'm not going to add anything to the page right away, but I changed the name of the special page to a more generic name in case we want to do so later on. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:05, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
::::If anyone's still wondering, it's the snowflakes that send you to random pages. Right? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 01:34, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::Ding! Not last place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::is it okay if the logo that showed up last friday is included in the [[Special:Logos]] page? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::::It will be, sooner or later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:20, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Y'ello, Dot Com, I was wondering, in the vague interest of another wiki I contribute to, how and where you added the animated logo, both in its current swf form, and its previous form. (Though I can't help but wonder if I shouldn't already have figured that one out myself... *sigh* Oh well...) --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] 02:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
:We're using the [[Wikipedia:SWFObject|SWFObject]] method of adding SWF files to pages, which seems to work well across many browsers while also being compatible with devices with no Flash support. It requires placing <code>swfobject.js</code> on your server in addition to your SWF logo. (Note: we're using [http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ version 1.5], but later versions have been released.) The following quick and dirty edit of <code>MonoBook.php</code> will do the trick (be sure to adjust the paths to point to the correct files). The next time we upgrade MediaWiki, I'll probably fancy it up a little, but for now it's fine. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
<pre>--- MonoBook.php[orig (MW 1.15)]
+++ MonoBook.php[new]
@@ -174,13 +174,22 @@ class MonoBookTemplate extends QuickTemp
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portlet" id="p-logo">
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/swfobject.js"></script>
+
+ <div id="flashcontent">
<a style="background-image: url(<?php $this->text('logopath') ?>);" <?php
?>href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->data['nav_urls']['mainpage']['href'])?>"<?php
echo $skin->tooltipAndAccesskey('p-logo') ?>></a>
+ </div>
+
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ var so = new SWFObject("/path/to/logo_name.swf", "logo_name", "150", "150", "8", "#ffffff");
+ so.write("flashcontent");
+ </script>
</div>
<script type="<?php $this->text('jsmimetype') ?>"> if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); </script>
<?php
$sidebar = $this->data['sidebar'];
if ( !isset( $sidebar['SEARCH'] ) ) $sidebar['SEARCH'] = true;</pre>

== Special:Scramble ==
OK. Also, since I already made this one section on your user talkpage, I might as well ask another question that came to mind. The MediaWiki extension that makes a new special page, which can allow someone to view a scrambled version of a specified page, is that available on request? Or is it already in the MediaWiki get extensions list? [[User:LikeLakers2|LikeLakers2]] 23:08, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
:No, it's not available anywhere. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:30, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

== Image ==

what do u mean upload this as a different file http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/File:coachz1936.png
: What he means to say, Marzifan, is to create another, seperate picture instead of overwriting an existing one. --[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 11:03, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Wiki 2 ==

Is it OK to make a "Fanstuff Wiki 2" and post about it on my userpage? --{{User:Fangoriously/SIGGY HERE!}} 15:31, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
:As long as you don't rip off any of our designs or imply that you're in any way affiliated with us, I don't care what you do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:57, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Hey can we have the OT boards on the wiki forum and the Fanstuff wiki opened again please and thank you very much sir!!!!!! [[User:The Noid|The Noid]] 06:02, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

== My username ==

Dear It's Dot Com

Hey man, It is me, long time no see.

Hey listen, I was hoping you could assist me, see, I wish to change my username. When i originally made my username, I guess I was naive then, but with the times as they are, I wish to change my HRWiki username, please help me.

Cheers
[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 02:10, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
:Why do you want to change your username, and what do you want to change it to? If it's because you used your real name, I really wouldn't worry about it unless you have some specific, concrete reason, mainly because now that your name is already in the history of pages, it's not like it's just going to disappear. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

== Scramble extension ==

I know I've asked before about the extensions, but I was just wondering: would you be happy with releasing the Scramble extension you made to the public? [[User:LikeLakers2|LikeLakers2]] 03:36, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

== Tentative request ==

Hello, It's dot com! I'd like to apologize in advance for bringing this issue up again, but I have a request regarding the old Fanstuff Wiki files. I hope this doesn't already deter you, I intend to be respectful and cooperative. The old Fanstuff wiki holds a good deal of nostalgia for me, as well as for a few of my friends. The "purged" fanstuff wiki retains some of this nostalgia (thanks for continuing to host that, by the way!) but much of the community discussion and silliness is contained only on the old files. If you even still have the pre-"purge" fanstuff wiki files, then I would be delighted to take them off your hands.

'''Note that I don't intend to start up the H*R Fanstuff Wiki again!''' First because you've expressed that you wish our community distanced from yours, and second because the original Fanstuff Wiki community has since dispersed anyway. I understand that any attempt to resurrect the site would be ill-advised, so I will not do that. I merely intend to sift through old pages which were lost in the purge, for historical and entertainment purposes. I may host it as a private archive on my own website, but if this would bother you then I will not do so. The HRFWiki harbored a lot of my creative efforts in my early teenage years, and I would just like to reflect on that community's golden years. I hope you understand.

Apologies again for the bothering, especially as it seems you've already suffered a great deal of passive-aggressive remarks on the Fanstuff Wiki issues. I apologize for anything I did personally in that way. I don't intend to push the issue but it would mean a great deal to me if you would do this for me. Thank you!

{{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 21:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
:I understand your reservations in responding to such a request. A simple "no" will suffice if that's how you feel. I won't bother you again. {{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 09:19, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
::Apologies for the late reply. I've repeatedly stated that those files should be considered gone, sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:16, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
:::Oh yes, I remember that policy now. Well, in my view, such a policy is not really necessary any longer, as the reasons and needs to keep these files from the community have since become more or less unnecessary, mainly as the community is practically gone, as is the tension and problems surrounding what originally spurred the purge to happen. I also understand your hesitancy in providing the archive to any old user, so perhaps it's worth noting that I also spent a bit of time acting as a sysop in this community, and in this position I did my best to mitigate conflict and tension, and to keep users abiding by the standards. I understand that you never had much high esteem for the fanstuff portion of this wiki, and probably rightfully so. But it all meant a lot to me, perhaps as much as Homestar Runner itself! It fostered a lot of goofy discussion and fledgling creative efforts, at least it did in its earlier years, much of which did not survive to the archive which is hosted now.
:::Sorry, I guess I'm rambling again! Really I just mean to ask that you'd please reconsider your policy, now that the nasty politics surrounding Fanstuff Wiki issues have dissipated! Speaking for myself, transferring ownership of these forgotten archives to a humble old, reminiscing sysop doesn't seem particularly problematic, and I hope that you can see things this way too. It would really mean a lot to me if you could do this favor for me!
:::Also I understand that further discussion in a public medium may not be especially desirable to you. If you would prefer to discuss this via e-mail you can contact me at pullskip@gmail.com. Also, if there is someone else who would be better for me to talk to at this point, let me know. {{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 08:28, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
::::Oh, and if feel that you can only offer parts of the files, or can only offer them under my abiding certain conditions, please say so. I also hope I don't sound rude at this point! And I hope it doesn't sound like I'm arguing, or trying to make you upset. I would just be very, very happy if I could revisit a tiny part of my childhood. {{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 08:40, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

== Мојот страница ==

Зошто бил мојот страница обратна? Зборуваме јас „Хитлер бил добро“. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 03:11, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
:Seguramente no me necesitas explicar por qué estas cosas no eran apropiados. Nuestras pautas para el contenido no han ido a ninguna parte. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:50, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

== Slow loading and Forum registration, ==

Hello "Dot com"

I like to report a server problem or some kind, it's loading the pages slowly, I'm not joking, its true!

Also I can't seem to register at the forums, I'm stuck at the Terms page.

== This place is a ghost town ==

But I need something that only you can get. I posted a Homestar fanfiction on a subpage a few years ago, and you deleted it, which I'm completely fine with. However, I think I accidentally deleted the fanfic from my fanfiction.net account, so if it won't cause you much trouble, could you go through my deleted contributions and send it to me through e-mail? It would be very much appreciated,
-{{User:JCM/sig}} 02:10, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

== About my username ==

Dear It's dot com

It's me again, I know I come on rarely but its mostly because of well, work.

Anyway, I was hoping you could help change my user name, or at least direct me to the page where it can be changed?

I realize that my user name will be in the history pages of whatever articles I edited, but people outside this wiki will not be bothered to look past the user page.

Help would be appreciated.

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 00:50, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
:Why do you want to change your username? What would you change it to? We usually don't change usernames of users who have established themselves, which you have. If it's a privacy thing, changing your username wouldn't help anyway, because every time you've signed your name it's there in the text of the page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:59, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

== One Two, One Two ==

I just have a quick question since you were experimenting on something and gave the One Two, One Two article some time on the front page. Would we need to tag it as a featured article now or just wait until it's officially nominated and granted FA by wiki consensus? — [[User:Ngamer01|Ngamer01]] 16:48, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
:A side note, it wasn't an experiment. It was one, two, one, two day (12/12/12). {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:50, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
::D'oh. Had a [[4 branches|2+2=22 moment]]. Anyways the question still stands. Does it still need to be marked as featured? I figured I should just ask first rather than going ahead and then getting rv'd for it. — [[User:Ngamer01|Ngamer01]] 16:54, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
:::I agree with stux's suggestion [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=HRWiki:Featured_articles&diff=733796&oldid=733749&rcid=696326 here]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:02, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
::::I don't mind its being listed in the big list, but I don't consider it a real featured article. It was just a little joke (that I didn't even come up with myself). I didn't even bother to do a full writeup, because that wasn't the joke. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:21, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

== IMDb ==

All of H*R Wiki's links to IMDb are currently broken due to changes in IMDb's film URLs. --[[User:JohnnyLurg|JohnnyLurg]] 02:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

== Change forum email ==

I would like the email address associated with my forum account (also called Dagoth) to be changed to [address removed]. Can you do that? [[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]] 02:01, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
:Actually, ''you'' can: Log in to the forum, and then go to '''User Control Panel''' → '''Profile''' → '''Edit account settings''' → '''Email address''' (if you're logged in to the forum, {{p|l=http://forum.hrwiki.org/ucp.php?i=profile&mode=reg_details this link}} should take you straight there). Enter your new address in the both that field and the confirmation field. Then enter your password at the bottom and press submit. You're done! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
::the problem is I dont remember my password and the email account associated with the account is closed. [[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]] 16:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
:::Oh, well why didn't you say so. All right, I've looked into it and am reasonably satisfied that you created both accounts, so, done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:43, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

== Your comment on my talk page about my so-called "prank" ==

Why, pray tell, would you "rather not block" me? {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 10:40, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
:I'd rather not block ''any'' user. It is a last resort. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:44, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

== Space or no after em dashes ==
"You don't need 'em after ''em'' dashes". That's some funny stuff, man! I looked it up and I confused hyphens with the spacing rules for ellipses. I'm going to edit some of my edits now... {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 02:17, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
So would [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=army&curid=813&diff=735216&oldid=733847&rcid=697772 this edit] be valid? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 02:42, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
: I'd say yes. By the way, I wish I could tell you that was an intentional pun, but it wasn't. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:47, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
:: Comedic gold, nonetheless. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 02:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Would I space after &mdashes? Are they the equivalent of em dashes, or are they different somehow (like en dashes and hyphens)? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 03:17, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
:Are you asking if there's a difference between <code>&mdash;</code> and <code>—</code> in the code? No, with regard to the page output, there's not. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:55, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
::I'm not sure how to (or it's not in my privileges), but would you change the Strong Bad email running gags category into the proper capitalization (Strong Bad Email Running Gags?) And a hefty request- I'm currently trying to change <code>&mdash;</code> and <code>—</code> into —, for overall consistency now that we support it- could you add that to The Cheat Bot's functions? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 16:37, 19 March 2013 (UTC) AND WHY DID THE FONT CHANGE?
:::Wait, don't do that. See [[HRWiki talk:Standards#Raw characters vs HTML entities|HRWiki talk:Standards → Raw characters vs HTML entities]] (skip to "Now, I will make one exception to this... and that's dashes" for the relevant part). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:04, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
::Broncotroll - The font changed because you accidentally broke the code tags. It has since been fixed. Be sure that for every <nowiki><tag> you have, to close it with a </tag> with a slash in front.</nowiki> {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
::: Thanks, are you speaking of the edit conflict that deleted some other thing I wrote (or... meant to write... I swear... dreamed of writing?). I love to see the wiki running at this speed, too! As for new user A: was that meant to mean me and if so B: I found hr in early 2004, I didn't join the wiki until 2 years ago (or become active until a few weeks ago) for reasons I will at some point describe on my user page... some time. Basically, I only considered joining after the hiatus to keep morale up. But here's the thing I think I meant to write: Aaaah- so should I replace — with mdash or just leave everything? Also, there are lots of instances of using em dashes on the wiki where en dashes should be used... should I fix those? If so, should I use (en dash I'm to lazy to copy and paste) or ndash? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 17:24, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
:::: You should just leave them. As far as the reader is concerned, there is no difference between <code>&mdash;</code> and an actual em dash in the code. For that reason alone it's typically not worth the edit to change them. All it's doing is adding another revision to the database with no real gain. On top of all that, as mentioned on the standards talk page, we have reasons for preferring entities over raw characters when it comes to dashes. It's not a big deal with the ones you already changed, but I wouldn't change any more. Where are em dashes being used where en dashes should be? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:11, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
::::: Ex: for dates on the [[Strong Bad Email]] page, "Lappy Era: 26 — some other year", I replaced them with en's (not in raw though) in [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&curid=732&diff=735237&oldid=734947&rcid=697793 this edit]. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 18:18, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
:::::: I changed them back, even though the en dashes are technically correct. With the spaces on either side of the dashes, I think the en dashes looked too wimpy compared to the em dashes. By the way, I think you might have your terminology backwards: A dash by itself in the code—like this—is what we mean when we say raw. An HTML entity (like <code>&mdash;</code>) is not raw. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:36, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
::::::: Do you mean too wimpy in general or just for important headings like in that page (you didn't change the DVD release info 1–200 into em). I wouldn't say I had my terminology backwards, as that would imply that I know what I'm talking about- I kinda just winged it when I saw you using the terms. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 18:42, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
:::::::: For multiple-word headings with lots of white space. I didn't change the one I didn't change because the en dash is appropriate there. It's in running text, it connects just two things, and there are no spaces. By the way, the appearance of your signature in this thread is a good example of why we discourage non-white backgrounds. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

==April Fools'==
There have been some dumb pranks in the past but this is the worst. I am personally offended by this April Fools' prank. I might just report this wiki to International Wiki Headquarters and have them ban this wiki from the web. It will take me days to recover from this "prank." I mean COME ON! I am organizing a full out wiki boycott TODAY! From today on NO MORE editing from ANYONE! If you don't put these links back to normal I will PERSONALLY make sure no one will ever see this website again! This is a DISGRACE! My god! How could you do something this disgusting!? Changing links... just wow. This is the worst thing to happen since... since... I don't even know. This is a big deal. {{User:The thing/sig}} 00:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
:Good one. ''Almost'' as funny as your old Thingy videos. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
::I wouldn't call it offensive—just annoying and inefficient. None of the site actually changed, the links are the same and everything, he's just using this weird magic to randomly redirect links. And they're relevant— edit goes to edit, talk goes to talk, pictures go to other pictures. The good news is I lost my pitiful reliance to hyperlinks—I typed in the URL for editing this talk page from scratch! Can you imagine the state of this wiki, though, if the site ''had'' updated? Now that... would be unpleasant. Look, the guy wrote the flipping binary for the site layout, he can mess with people if he wants to. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 01:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
:::I doubt he meant it sincerely (I'm 70% sure). I was actually hoping that the site would update, because the chaos would have been amazing. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
::::Hey, my old Thingy videos were comedic genius. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnU8m_VyLE8 You just don't see stuff like this anymore!] {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:19, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
:::::Alright, now I'm confused. ''Were'' you joking? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 01:29, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
::::::Joking? On April Fools' Day? Of course not! {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
:::::::That's embarrassing. Hey, sarcasm is hard on the internet. Roll my eyes. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 01:42, 2 April 2013 (UTC) AND I NOTICED IT WAS A JOKE EARLIER BUT YOU HAD A CONFLICTING EDIT! GAHH! THERE WAS ALWAYS AN ELEVATOR!

== New Account... ==

It's Dot Com, My name is Jeff Daniels, I am looking to create a new account, Broncotroll suggested I see you. I have been active in the wiki as 65.33.23*.*. I would like to bypass the whole email thing, as my parents are VERY strict about what emails I send to who, and they don't like me sending emails to strangers (accept maybe Strong Bad). I have/had a Wikipedia account (Jdaniels15), and my edits are usually limited to typos and misspellings (which thrive in WP). I do not like the visual word varification picture things. Sometimes you can hardly recognize the letters, and when you can they are often the letters that have identical capital and lower-case forms (I.E.: V, C, X, S, O, W, Z). It usually takes me 5-6 tries just to get one right. I also have a khwiki.net account, username Jdaniels15, though my handle is ToaJuaraevo01. This is strictly for simplicirty, as ALL of my accounts have the Jdaniels15 username, with 1 of 3 parsswords for each one. For obvious reasons none of them will be revearled, 'cause, hey, ya never know who's whartchin'. Thank you for your time, [[Special:Contributions/65.33.237.1|65.33.237.1]] 14:46, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I am 22, and, being both in collage, and emotionally challenged (hence my rather lingual post on the "500 The Cheats" page), I live with my Grandparents. (It's a LONG story, so please do NOT ask... It would be like asking Homsar to speak proper English). Again, Thanks
:Okay, I've created [[User:Jdaniels15]], but you'll have to tell us your email address (or send an email to admin@hrwiki.org) in order to get the password. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:10, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
::[Redacted]. thanks Jdaniels15/ToaJuaraevo01/[[Special:Contributions/65.33.237.1|65.33.237.1]] 16:24, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
:::Okay, check your email. You should have received a temporary password. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:47, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
:You may have noticed that my WP account is retired. The reason for this is that I noticed that there have been very few talk page edits/others as of late. In fact, most of the articles that I have seen have not had a single talk page edit since 2009-2011. Plus, there are many other wikis I can go to. So I cleared my watchlist, put up a retirement banner, and left. [[Special:Contributions/65.33.237.1|65.33.237.1]] 18:11, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
::I, uh, had actually not noticed that. Were you able to change your password and log in? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:26, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
This is TheUserFormarlyknownas65.33.237.1 (AKA Jdaniels15). Thanks for helping with my new account! Excuse me while I take my coat of and get comfy...{{User:Jdaniels15/sig1}} 12:09, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
:You're welcome. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:40, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

== Baleeted nonsense ==

Hello, dot-o com-o! Anyways, I was wandering, could you send me some sort of link or snapshot of the this is real joke page so I may scribe it onto the [[Hrwiki:April Fools' Jokes and other Baleeted Nonsense|April Fools' page]]? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 22:36, 12 April 2013 (UTC) (and I know my signature is bothersome, but once I get an NES emulator for my computer I can take accurate LoZ screenshots so it will look so cool, you won' even know its highly discouraged!)
:Nah. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
::... Can I still add it in? I think it was interesting, and there are several related things on the page. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 23:49, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
:::I don't think that's necessary. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:23, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

== Dear Tube Socks, ==

It's me again. I hope you had a good year. Free of athletes' feet and toe jam. :)

If you don't remember me, I'm the user [[User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!|Shadow Scythe]], although you can just call me Nigel. I'm glad to see the Homestar Runner Wiki is still up and being actively edited! I'll always have fond memories of both the website and its userbase. The website may be dead, but the community lives on! :)

The reason I'm writing is because I'm interested in hosting a mirror of the Fanstuff Wiki. I realize that at this point it's no longer linked to on the site, and it's been closed to new edits for nearly three years now. Further, I read on the Donations page that it costs around $50 per month to host this website, and I imagine that a significant portion of that comes from hosting the archived Fanstuff. Myself, I wouldn't mind hosting it, mostly because of its sentimental value to me. However, I also intend to keep an offline copy, with which I'll conduct some research on how a small fanbase changes over time as its userbase grows, shrinks, and ages.

I understand that you're busy with other administrative duties, and certainly other duties in life; as such, I'm prepared to offer you monetary compensation for your time and services, either directly donated to the Wiki, or given to you, whatever you feel is appropriate. I'm prepared to offer $25 immediately but I'm willing to negotiate, if you think it will take a lot of time on your part. If you would rather communicate by e-mail, at pullskip (at) gmail (dot) com! Thank you for your consideration!

[[User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!|Nigel]]

:Only three years? I would have thought it was more than that. The fanstuff archive is fine where it is. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:50, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
::I would have thought it was longer too! But [http://fanstuff.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=history these edits] seem to indicate it was closed back in June 2010.
::Anyways, if you're still OK with hosting the Fanstuff for the time being, then that's great! I suppose I was just worried that it might someday disappear if, for instance, it was taking up too much space or was costing a lot to host or something like that, so I figured I might as well offer to mirror it if you didn't want to host it yourself. If that's ever the case in the future, let me know. :)
::Though, even if you don't need it mirrored at this point, would it be possible for me to get a copy of the content, just in case? For that matter, what about the purged content? (If you even still have it.) I understand you had reservations about keeping that offline in the past, although now I'd imagine they'd be obsolete. But I digress.
::In any case, thanks for getting back to me, and keep on tranglin'! — [[User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!|Nigel]] 06:11, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

== Wassup ==

Have you seen the new episodes of Arrested Development on Netflix? I remember you being a big fan. {{User:JCM/sig}} 19:45, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

== Greetings ==

I miss chatting with you. It's been YEARS. Wish I would go back to 2010 when there was still hope. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 20:14, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

== Recent vandals? ==

Here's the thing. I went to check recent changes (like most do) and I saw one lone anonnym'n making a ton of pointless pages. Though yes, it does says you deleted them, so I bet you noticed, but do you have any clue what's going on? He was dang stubborn, so I have a small worry on this. And if you didn't delete those pages, I will freak out more then Marzipan encountering the Cheat with Terminal 7 Brain Cnacer with Rank tooty-two billion rabies. --[[User:Camwoodstock|Camwoodstock]] 16:39, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
:I think maybe you should keep your pants on. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:05, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
::[[Not the 100th Email!!!|...What pants? Hmmmm...]] But really, in all seriousness, I feel paranoid when some vandal is that presistant. It just never ceases to spook me. Nothing is scarier. [[Seriously]]. Not even that bad creepypasta. In fact, those are lame, but that's another story. I am just paranoid, so feel free to leave a talk page message if you have any updates. --[[User:Camwoodstock|Camwoodstock]] 19:08, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
:::That vandal was nothing. A mere fly to be swatted. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:22, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

== way2spooky4homestar ==

I like this cool Halloween design for the wiki, yo. --[[User:Camwoodstock|Camwoodstock]] 21:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

== I'm leaving ==

I have made the decision to leave the HRWiki. Would you be able to please delete all my subpages and all but the most recent revisions of my userpage, my sig page and my talk page? I want ALL of it gone. [[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]] 11:01, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
:Fine. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:55, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

== Happy late new year ==

And did you get what you wanted for Decemberween? One last thing, though, am I the only one other then the wiki members here that noticed the store update? [[User:Camwoodstock|Camwoodstock]] 16:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
:I did. As for the store update, I didn't take a poll (of everyone in the world). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

== The Forum ==

Hey man. Douglas from the forum here. I've tried to get the admins' attention through there, but no dice. Listen, I'd love to have the chance to get in there and clean it up - I used to love posting there back when Off-Subject was open pre-2008. I check at least once a week to see if there's been any admin activity, but I don't really see any... since it looks like most of the administration there has given up on the place, would it be conceivable to give a regular user admin privileges? I'd be willing to take that on. I'd just really like to clean it up and see if I can breathe some sort of life back into the place. Let me know what you think. --Douglas
:We've cleaned up most that we found. We've made ourselves a note to check on it a little more frequently. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:29, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

== A History ==
Hey It's dot com, I was looking at [[HRWiki:A History]] and noticed the content was a bit old and figured you'd be just the chap to update it with server moves and wiki versions and such. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 03:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

== How to request a username ==

How do you request a username? [[Special:Contributions/107.77.68.28|107.77.68.28]] 23:43, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:*'''To register, choose a username and send it in an email to [mailto:admin@hrwiki.org admin@hrwiki.org]'''.
:*Avoid usernames that are offensive, inflammatory, or confusing.
:*Pick a readable name, not just a number.
:*Avoid choosing a username that is identical to the name of a Homestar Runner character, toon, place, etc.
:*Note that your choice may be rejected if it is too close to an existing user's username.

: Keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:00, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks![[User:Muppetgeek|Muppetgeek]] 22:52, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

== Regarding gif thumbnails conversion ==

Hey there wiki-admin-guy! I was reading up on some [[User_talk:Broncotroll#GIF_thumbnails|user talk pages]], and you stated that you manually fix thumbnails for .gifs that are used in articles. If you have the time, could you fix the thumbnail for [[:File:KeyboardStrongBadTweet.gif]] on [[@StrongBadActual]]? Thanks! - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 19:50, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
:We'll get it fixed. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:56, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
::Fixed. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 00:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

== It's dot shirt! ==

How sweet, they made you [[myshopify:collections/frontpage/products/its-dot-com-shirt|your own shirt]]! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 15:55, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
:Yeah, I saw. Let's just say I was super excited when I saw the announcement and extremely underwhelmed when I saw the product. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:09, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
::But an edit by Abdi? That's never underwhelming! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:15, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

== HRFWiki Archive ==

how many dollarydoos would it take to get the pre-purge archive of the HRFWiki back

it would be pretty darn rootin' tootin' if we were able to access our stuff from the past, y'know?

as a sign of good will, i present to you a tune [[Special:Contributions/68.148.129.142|68.148.129.142]]

:I disagree. I for one believe the HRFWiki is one thing from the past that would best remain lost. Unhappy times... [[Special:Contributions/99.48.86.26|99.48.86.26]] 04:47, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:There was plenty of notice at the time. If you didn't back up your stuff then, sorry. We have no real plans to dig out the archive. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:20, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== SBCG4AP Tech Demo Mirror ==

Hey there .com! Since there is no official mirror of the SBCG4AP Tech Demo available on the internet (besides wayback machine) any more, would it be possible for an HRWiki mirror of the .swf? Thanks! - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 05:57, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

== Wiki Login Page ==

The bottom of the login page still says "An e-mail address is optional: no confirmation is required." However, you are required to send an email to create an account. {{User:The thing/sig}} 04:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
:Fair point. Fixed. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:00, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Hey Dot com, just wanted to thank you for [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:SRMX12&diff=prev&oldid=760370 helping me out there]. I'm still not quite sure how you diddat and how exactly it involved my userpage, but... keep working your sysop magic! And I'll keep trying not to accidentally press enter on my stupid Kindle Fire keyboard... {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:27, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
:Hey, no probalo. Nah, your user page was just a convenient place to talk to you, since you seem to like having conversations in edit summaries. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:53, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

== Homestar Wiki ==

Thanks for making the Homestar Runner Wiki a happy place! Without Homestar Runner or the wiki, the internet would've sucked!! --[[Special:Contributions/195.194.74.65|195.194.74.65]] 10:57, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
:Thanks, I try to do my part. There's a whole bunch of other people doing their part too. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:47, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

== Reopening the Fanstuff Wiki ==

So, when you're going to reopen the H*R Fanstuff Wiki, because the body of work is now active? --[[User:Averon25|Averon25]] 11:05, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
:We have no immediate plans to reopen the fanstuff wiki. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

== Hey there ==

So how long were you into Homestar Runner? What got you into it? Just wondering--[[Special:Contributions/90.197.11.150|90.197.11.150]] 22:07, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
:The newest email was [[japanese cartoon]]. My brother left me a note to watch the [[First Time Here?]] toon. The rest is on my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:38, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

== Sysop ==

[[User_talk:It's_dot_com/These_Peoples_Try_to_Fade_Me#I_want_to_be_a_sysop|Soooo]], how about that sysop election? {{User:The thing/sig}} 17:20, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
:We're not really in the market right now. We'll let you (and everyone) know if that changes. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:38, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

== The Cheat ==

Hey, It's dot com! I was wondering, where did you get your The Cheat plush toy? Did you get it from the old Homestar store? I want [[flashback|my very own-a The Cheat]]! --{{User:Mml554/sig}} 03:15, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
:Yep, I got it from the official store when it was first made available. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:16, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

== Moving Things ==

I'm curious how it's different to simply manually move the contents of a page vs. using the "move" tab. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:43, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
:Moving the page using the tab preserves the page history. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:44, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

== Marzipan’s Answering Machine Talk Page ==

Hello. I was not accusing you of anything. I was simply telling you what I know (and what I heard in the cartoon). I heard, just as you heard, no /p/ in what Homsar said. I heard "chintzy", not "chipsy". As I type this, "chipsy" has a red line under it (indicating misspellings [and because there is no such word as "chipsy"]). I '''hate''' edit wars. Anyway, I won't bother you. Take care. Again, I never meant to come across in an accusing (or, as you said, accusatory) way.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 23:44, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

== D'screetret disappearance ==

Once upon a time about fifteen years ago, I was a [[hygiene|cruddy fifth-grader who has since grown up, gone to college and reinvented myself]]. While I currently prefer to operate anonymously, I have heard of a mythical wiki concept called the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing|courtesy vanish]]. While I'm not going to leave the wiki forever, I would like to ask if there's a way if my old, abandoned account can be erased discreetly without anyone recognizing me as the smelly loser I used to be. Then I can go back to being an [[Anonymous Contributor]]. -- [[Special:Contributions/99.48.86.26|99.48.86.26]] 18:53, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
:I'm certainly willing to change your name and delete your user page(s) (you'd have to log in to request both of those), but if I were you I wouldn't worry about it, first because realistically nobody cares and second because those actions will show up in logs, and would just make you ''more'' visible due to the [[Wikipedia:Streisand effect|Streisand effect]]. Just go about your business and you'll be fine. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:11, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

== Videlectrix Linx ==

Hi. It seems that The Brothers Chaps have moved most of the [http://videlectrix.com videlectrix.com] pages to [http://homestarrunner.com/videlectrix homestarrunner.com/videlectrix]. Do you think you could change the [[videlectrix:]] interwiki link to the new URL? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:47, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:25, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

== Happy New Year! ==

Happy New Year, It's dot com! All the best to you. :)—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 13:49, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
:Thanks, and to you! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:48, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

== Astros/Account Deletion ==

Greetings, It's dot com. Two questions for you (one Homestar Runner-related, the other not): How can I delete my Homestar Runner Wiki account? Also, as you are from Texas, I just have to ask: Are you thrilled that the Houston Astros won the World Series?—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 14:31, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
:You cannot delete your account. Your account is intertwined with your edits, and your account can't simply be deleted without leaving holes in the database. I was happy for the Houston ''fans'', but apart from that, no, I wasn't thrilled at all that the Astros won. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:43, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
::Okay, fair enough. I cannot delete my account. I never wanted to mess up the database. I just can't edit here anymore. I've had trouble on this site from some users (who shall rename nameless). Also, I've been busy and I've had more important things to deal with in life, such as laying two loved ones to rest. Cancer is a beast. I can only assume you are '''not''' an Astros fan. Regardless, I respect you, It's dot com. Hope all is going well for you. Take good care.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 23:49, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

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Bde1982: I edited my user page because of two users who have given me trouble.

I am considering not editing here ever again because of excessive (yes, excessive) conflict with [[User:DeFender1031|this user]] and [[User:Jay|this user]]. I will always be a [[Homestar Runner]] fan, but not if these two offending persons are going to antagonize me.

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Bde1982: Amending my reply to It's dot com.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar's Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::I'm confused. I never said it was a nonsense word. I'm aware that chintzy is a real word. It's just not what Homsar is saying. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::DeFender1031, this is a previous edit summary of yours (as you wrote it): "there doesn't seem to be a clear connection aside from them both being sonsense words that happen to sound similar". The word is '''NONSENSE''', not sonsense. "Sonsense" is a nonsense word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::Since you didn't like the edit you're referring to, I had to search for it myself. I assume you're referring to {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_17.2&diff=764095&oldid=764094 this edit}} which, if you check what was changed by that edit, has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with chintzy vs. chipsy. Also, "sonsense" was a typo, not a nonsense word. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Well, "sonsense" '''IS''' a nonsense word, typo or not.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:19, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:As the person who originally transcribed that part of the toon, I can hear "chintzy" if I force myself, but "chipsy" is the more natural-sounding result of Homsar's word. Whatever the case, do NOT start an edit war, Bde1982, and please don't attack irrelevant mistakes made by other users. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:25, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::Jay, I heard "chintzy", but I didn't force myself. I saw that you reverted my edit.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:29, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::I have no trouble hearing "chintzy". I go back and forth between being able to hear "chipsy" and not being able to hear that at all. I get that it's Homsar's M.O. not to make sense, but I think I think we should prefer a real word that fits the context over a nonsense word that doesn't. I can see "Don't get chintzy with the choc sauce" being a funny slogan in the same vein as "The captain of the gravy train." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:03, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::It's dot com, I '''don't''' go back and forth. I hear "chintzy" every time. "Chintzy", unlike "chipsy", is real. "Chipsy" is nonsense.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:13, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::Dude, I'm trying to back you up here and you're telling me things I already know in what feels like an accusatory tone. It's not really helping your case. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:27, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::Again, I'm not sure I agree that we should prefer a real word over a nonsense word when we're dealing with Homsar. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:18, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::First of all we should ''always'' prefer a real word unless it's unambiguously a nonsense word, regardless of who's speaking. Looking at [[Template:homsarquote|Homsar's quotes]], there are way more instances of words used weirdly than flat out made-up words. Second, that /p/ sound isn't very clear at all. I isolated the word, played it over and over, and I can no longer hear a /p/. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:27, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Okay. Then I suggest the person who reverted my edit undo the revert.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:29, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Also, It's dot com, I could also no longer hear a /p/.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:33, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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Bde1982: Replying to It's Dot Com.

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Bde1982: Whoops! I replied to the wrong person.

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Bde1982: Replying to Jay (again).

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar's Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::I'm confused. I never said it was a nonsense word. I'm aware that chintzy is a real word. It's just not what Homsar is saying. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::DeFender1031, this is a previous edit summary of yours (as you wrote it): "there doesn't seem to be a clear connection aside from them both being sonsense words that happen to sound similar". The word is '''NONSENSE''', not sonsense. "Sonsense" is a nonsense word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::Since you didn't like the edit you're referring to, I had to search for it myself. I assume you're referring to {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_17.2&diff=764095&oldid=764094 this edit}} which, if you check what was changed by that edit, has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with chintzy vs. chipsy. Also, "sonsense" was a typo, not a nonsense word. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Well, "sonsense" '''IS''' a nonsense word, typo or not.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:19, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:As the person who originally transcribed that part of the toon, I can hear "chintzy" if I force myself, but "chipsy" is the more natural-sounding result of Homsar's word. Whatever the case, do NOT start an edit war, Bde1982, and please don't attack irrelevant mistakes made by other users. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:25, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::Jay, I heard "chintzy", but I didn't force myself. I saw that you reverted my edit.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:29, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::I have no trouble hearing "chintzy". I go back and forth between being able to hear "chipsy" and not being able to hear that at all. I get that it's Homsar's M.O. not to make sense, but I think I think we should prefer a real word that fits the context over a nonsense word that doesn't. I can see "Don't get chintzy with the choc sauce" being a funny slogan in the same vein as "The captain of the gravy train." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:03, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::Jay, I '''don't''' go back and forth. I hear "chintzy" every time. "Chintzy", unlike "chipsy", is real. "Chipsy" is nonsense.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:13, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2017-07-17T16:29:03Z

Bde1982: I am replying to Jay.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar’s Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::I'm confused. I never said it was a nonsense word. I'm aware that chintzy is a real word. It's just not what Homsar is saying. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::DeFender1031, this is a previous edit summary of yours (as you wrote it): "there doesn't seem to be a clear connection aside from them both being sonsense words that happen to sound similar". The word is '''NONSENSE''', not sonsense. "Sonsense" is a nonsense word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::Since you didn't like the edit you're referring to, I had to search for it myself. I assume you're referring to {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_17.2&diff=764095&oldid=764094 this edit}} which, if you check what was changed by that edit, has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with chintzy vs. chipsy. Also, "sonsense" was a typo, not a nonsense word. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Well, "sonsense" '''IS''' a nonsense word, typo or not.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:19, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:As the person who originally transcribed that part of the toon, I can hear "chintzy" if I force myself, but "chipsy" is the more natural-sounding result of Homsar's word. Whatever the case, do NOT start an edit war, Bde1982, and please don't attack irrelevant mistakes made by other users. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:25, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::Jay, I heard "chintzy", but I didn't force myself. I saw that you reverted my edit.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:29, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2017-07-17T16:19:02Z

Bde1982: Trying this reply again since the last resulted in an edit conflict.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar’s Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::I'm confused. I never said it was a nonsense word. I'm aware that chintzy is a real word. It's just not what Homsar is saying. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::DeFender1031, this is a previous edit summary of yours (as you wrote it): "there doesn't seem to be a clear connection aside from them both being sonsense words that happen to sound similar". The word is '''NONSENSE''', not sonsense. "Sonsense" is a nonsense word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::::Since you didn't like the edit you're referring to, I had to search for it myself. I assume you're referring to {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_17.2&diff=764095&oldid=764094 this edit}} which, if you check what was changed by that edit, has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with chintzy vs. chipsy. Also, "sonsense" was a typo, not a nonsense word. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Well, "sonsense" '''IS''' a nonsense word, typo or not.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:19, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2017-07-17T16:13:33Z

Bde1982: undid revision 767426; No. You’re wrong. I’m sick of this game!

{{mamnav|17|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|Version 16.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|Version 1.0}}
{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|answer17|Fan Costumes 2015|Later That Night...}}
[[Image:dangmuffinspie.png|thumb|"OH DANG MUFFINS PIE À LA MODE!"]]

After seven years, Marzipan's inability to check her answering machine pays off.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Kevin}}, {{Film|Visor Robot}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|sloshy}}, {{Film|Puppet Homestar}}, {{Film|Litigation Jackson}}, {{Film|Larry Palaroncini}}, [[Tucker Donaldson]], {{Film|Humidibot}}, Humidibeth, {{Film|F-Sack}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Marshie}}, {{film|Jibblies Painting}}, {{Film|Balding Man}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Peacey P}}, {{Film|Blue Laser Commander}}, {{Film|Crack Stuntman}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Sickly Sam}}, [[Teen Girl Squad|Unknown Teen Girl Squad Member]], [[The Gregs|One of the 4 Gregs]]

'''Places:''' [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]], [[Marzipan's House]]

'''Date:''' Friday, April 1, 2016

'''Running Time:''' 0:00 (official), 31:09 (actual)

'''Page Title:''' Just think of it as a podcast!

== Transcript ==

===Opening ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=0m00s 0:00}} - 0:52'''

''{The scene opens with a phone hook lying on the floor of the Living Room of the Brothers Strong; the receiver is offscreen. It has a funnel on top of it, and in the funnel are two bottles of "Cheez Wheez" and a bottle of "Lite Em Up Dan" lighter fluid. Two more bottles of Cheez Wheez are nearby.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang!

''{The camera pans across the phone's cord, to a part that is entangling more bottles of Cheez Wheez and some batteries, which are connected by wires.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang muffins!

''{The camera pans more to an axe suspended from the ceiling, with two speakers attached to it, all entangled by the phone cord.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang muffins pie!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat, in the same room as all of the previous. The phone's receiver is dangling from the ceiling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OH DANG MUFFINS PIE À LA MODE! This is gonna be the best April Fools' Day prank call ever!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now you're sure the science is sound? The battle axes and Cheez Wheezes will actually get through the phone lines?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... fiber optics... makes sense, makes sense... Marzipan won't know what hit her! Alright, Strong Mad, dial the number!

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{picks up the phone, hovers his finger over the keypad and hesitates}'' Uh... Um...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{snatches phone}'' Never mind, I'll dial the number. ''{hovers his hand over the keypad and hesitates}'' Um... Never mind, The Cheat, you dial the number.

''{Strong Bad holds out the phone to The Cheat, who quickly dials the number.}''

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

''{As the phone starts to ring, Strong Bad holds it up to his ear.}''

'''PHONE OPERATOR:''' We're sorry, the mailbox of the answering machine you're trying to prank is full! Please try again later.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? Why the crap is her mailbox full?

''{Cut to Marzipan's answering machine, which is bulging, appears to be in poor condition, and has green goo coming out the bottom. The display shows glitchy symbols throughout the toon.}''

=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=0m52s 0:52}} - 1:00'''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, this is Marzipan. I'll be out and about for about seven years, so I'll give you a call back after that. Thank you!

=== Message 1 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=1m00s 1:00}} - 2:15'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' Message 1 from: June 17th, 2009.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{falsetto}'' Oh, hey, Marzipan! This is Joanie Allthetime, uh, your acupuncturist. Calling you to tell you, I, I had a new do-it-yourself-from-home program. That means you don't have to come to see me no more to stick needles in you! So I want you to wander around your house, uh, reciting your— this new mantra that I will give you. Which is, um, "Yoplait, Fage, Oikos," um, "Activia". So you just say that over and over again, and then pick up any sharp or even blunt objects around your house and just jab them right, right into you! Um, I would work the kidneys first, and then from there, move on to— to the eyes. Okay, namaste, have yourself a real nice day! Ha, hey, that's a new mantra! Don't use that one, though; use the yogurt one.

=== Message 2 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=2m15s 2:15}} - 2:37'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in a halting voice, like a stereotypical robot}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is Homestar Runner. I heard that you got a new smartphone, so instead of leaving you a message, I'm texting this to you. Smileyman, winky smileyman, wineglass wineglass '90s camcorder, send.

=== Message 3 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=2m37s 2:37}} - 3:50'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Uh, surprise, surprise, Marzipan! Guess where I ended up! The hoosegow! They only give ya one phone call here, so I couldn't think'a anyone better to blow it on than you, Marzi. Uh, I'm gonna— I'm gonna be away for a while, I think, here. You're— you're gonna hear a lot of stuff comin' out on the news. I want you to ignore... 75 to 98% of it, if you could. Uh, the part where they say that my name is Coach Z? Uh, you can listen to that. The part where they say I'm mostly green? That— that's a— that's a fact. That's a police fact. The rest I would just ignore if I was you. Anyways, Bubs is gonna represent me, so that'll be fun. Hey, and get this: they say I'm a flight risk! That sounds like somethin' you'd see on a trophy, doesn't it? "Coach Z: First Place Flight Risk! Two hundred thousand dollar bail!"

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' Call ended... for being ''way'' too depressing.

=== Message 4 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=3m50s 3:50}} - 4:02'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, Marzipan! Have you heard about the new internet craze, planking? It is gonna be around forever, and I'm gonna be doing it forever! Etched into the halls of ''history!''

=== Message 5 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=4m02s 4:02}} - 5:08'''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Bubs! Look, I been thinking that maybe I need a catch phrase or something. Seems like everybody else got one. Strong Bad says "holy crap", Homestar says "seriously", Coach Z can't speak English. But what about Bubs? All anybody remembers about me is how I once stole an aircraft carrier. What kinda legacy is that? So I got a list here of some catch phrase candidates. Lemme— lemme try 'em out on you, see whatcha think. "Zabbledoo!" Huh? "Zabbledoo"? I'd say it like, "Zabbledoo, Marzipan! What can I zabbledoo for you?" I think that sounds pretty good. I can also go with something classic, like yellin' "Scarborough Fair!" Whaddya think of that? Or like somethin' that sounds like it's from the fifties or sixties maybe? "Put it to me!" Huh? "Put it to me"? I dunno. If you think of any ideas, gimme a shout! Papadopoulos!... Naw, that's terrible.

===Message 6 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=5m08s 5:08}} - 6:10'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{speaks with an obvious lisp throughout the message}'' Uh, happy New Years, Marzipan. It's Strong Sad. It's, uh, January first, 2011. And, uh, I've decided to try something new this year. It's gonna be a whole new Strong Sad. Can you guess— can you guess what it is? I feel like people don't notice my personality, so I'm trying to give 'em something to grasp onto. Have you guessed what it is yet? Hmmm? Marzipan? Anyways, I think this is the dawn of a new day for old SS. I'm thure I'm gonna keep this up for thhh— for many years to come. This is not just one of my phases, like the eye patch, or the cane, or the monocle, or the bowler hats, or the jodhpurs. Oh, those were dark times, those jodhpurs days. Anyways, this is the new Strong Sad signing off!

=== Message 7 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=6m10s 6:10}} - 6:36'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{without the lisp}'' Hey, Marzipan. It's January second, 2011. Disregard my last message. I don't— I don't know what I was thinking. What a surprise, I've already backtracked. I couldn't even go a whole twenty-four hours! "The new Strong Sad"... Maybe— maybe the jodhpurs weren't such a bad idea. I'm gonna go see if I can find those!

=== Message 8 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=6m36s 6:36}} - 7:34'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a smooth and smarmy voice}'' Good afternoon, Mrs. Pan. This is Vince Napmaker from public radio's "The World is my Butt". We wanted to call you to thank you for being a continued supporter of public radio. But we wanted to ask you if you'd be willing to increase your support. Every dollar counts. Do you have any idea how much it costs to act like you're this much better than everyone else? And furthermore, our uppity podcasts aren't going to create themselves. So please, as always, for the sake of tote bags everywhere, put a bunch of cash in a paper and/or plastic bag and leave it on the doorstep. ''{The public radio jingle plays over his next line.}'' This is Vince Napmaker for public radio. And now here's a supercut of Robert Siegel saying "I gather."

'''ROBERT SIEGEL:''' ''{at various different pitches}'' I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather—

=== Message 9 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=7m34s 7:34}} - 8:30'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, there, Marzipan! We won our first victory in the long fight to justice! I had my hearing yesterday, and guess what? They're gonna try me as a minor! Bubs tells me that's a good thing. So anyways, I'm celebratin' with a batch of jail terlet melonade! I wish you was here to clink glasses with me. Well, these aren't glasses so much as they're, uh, the little slippers they give us. They don't exactly clink. They just sorta s—slop together... I end up basically suckin' the melonade outta the— the sort of foam Dr. Scholls situation. Ya know what, after sayin' that out loud, I think I'm gonna skip this round. But anyways, ''{chanting}'' free Coach Z! Free Coach Z!

=== Message 10 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=8m30s 8:30}} - 9:19'''

'''HOMSAR:''' AaA, hey Marzipa-yan! It's Homsar! I was just calling you because, for some reason, I seem to be more articulate on the phone! I hate to hang up, knowin' as soon as I do, I'll be back to "AaAaAah, you're a pork rind's president!" Or maybe like, "DaAaAon't get chintzy with the chalk sauce!" Y— you know the kind of garbage that I spout! Anyways, gimme a holler if you ever wanna have a constructive conversation. OoOoOokay, bye-dee-bye!

=== Message 11 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=9m19s 9:19}} - 10:11'''

'''BUBS:''' ''{soft tone}'' Hey Marzipan, it's Bubs. You know, the defense lawyer on the Coach Z case. I'm starting to have some pangs. Pangs of... this is a really terrible idea. Pangs of... he's totally guilty and you shouldn't be a lawyer. Pangs of... just what exactly is a charcuterie board, and why is it so expensive? Anyways, I think Coach Z did it, and I don't know if I can defend him anymore, whatever it is that he is accused of. I haven't really gotten around to askin' anybody yet. I'm supposed to be in the court room defendin' him right now, but I snuck out to read some John Grisham novels to give me an edge, only I mixed him up with Michael Crichton, and now my defense is based around ''{Stretched out and delivered in a growl}'' DINOSAURS! Ba doo da dum, bo!

=== Message 12 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=10m11s 10:11}} - 10:41'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Kickstarter sensation the Ouya, they're gonna make games for that thing for the rest of eternity! Mark my words, every game that comes out from now until the end of time will also come out on the Ouya. Gonna outlive Sony, Nintendo, Coleco, Canseco, Jaleco, all of the heavy hitters. Anyways, I can't wait to be playing Ouya games in fifteen years, or even like, five months! Written in Sharpie on the bathroom wall of ''history!''

=== Message 13 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=10m41s 10:41}} - 11:07'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Shaky voice and in fear}'' Uh, hey Marzipan. The jodhpurs did not work out! They did not work out! Why, jodhpurs? Why'd you do that to me, jodhpurs? How could you do this to me, jodhpurs?

=== Message 14 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=11m07s 11:07}} - 12:44'''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Bad. Look, I just wanted to run something by you, um... Everybody else I've talked to says that this is the worst idea I've ever had, and that my career will go down in flames if I do this, so you're my last hope to tell me that this is a great idea. As you know, it's June of 2012, which means we're coming up on the ten year anniversary of Everybody to the Limit, so I want to celebrate in grand fashion, and I figured what better way than to make a sequel! It's like... Fhqwhgads Revisited! Let me just play a little demo right here over the phone. ''{music starts in the background}'' ''{Singing}'' Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! You remember that song, from that one summer. It was really good, and you emailed it to all your friends. Let's fhqwhgads again, so you can email it to all your friends! Let's fhqwhgads again, and now email your friends. Guess who will be there? Probably Joe and Jake. You remember Joe and Jake? I mentioned them in the first song. Th- this is the sequel. Let's fhqwhgads again! F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. ''{stops singing}'' So that's great, right? I mean, it's even better than the first one! So anyways, call me back, tell me it's a great idea, so I can get The Cheat to work on a music video. Okay, bye! ''{Whispering}'' Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again!

===Message 15===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=12m44s 12:44}} - 12:53'''

'''KEVIN:''' Hey Marzipan, this is Kevin. Um, did you, er... I'm trying to remember, did you borrow my Trivial Pursuit '80s edition? Give me a call back. Thanks.

===Message 16 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=12m53s 12:53}} - 13:15'''

'''VISOR ROBOT''': Marzipan, this is the Visor Robot. Listen, you need to tell Strong Bad not to do this "Let's Fhqwhgads Again" crap. It is so terrible. I don't want to sully my good name. Come on Marzipan. Do not let him do this, okay? See you around.

=== Message 17 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=13m15s 13:15}} - 14:32'''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{speaks in a deep voice}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is a little weird, but, um... this is The Poopsmith. Yes. I woke up today, and it just kind of hit me... I think I'm sick of the whole "vow of silence" crap. In fact, I think I'm sick of crap, in general. I mean, have I been limiting myself all this time by smith-ing poop? Imagine all the other stuff I could have been smith-ing. Bread; I could be a bread smith, you know. I could have been a song smith, like Mike Nesmith, from The Monkees, the guy with the wool hat, who wrote that song Different Drum, you know. ''{sings}'' "You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum". ''{speaks}'' Or an '80s rocker like Ron Sexsmith or a Mark E. Smith smith, or a Smiths smith. Any of those things. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. Anyway, if you can think of any other things that end in "smith", give me a call back. If I don't hear from you, just... ah, forget the whole thing. I'll go back to the vow of silence. It was nice talking to you. It was nice... ''talking.''

=== Message 18 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=14m32s 14:32}} - 15:00'''
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, Marzipan, I don't think I'm feeling so good. I think I've got a bad case of... ''Linsanity!'' Oh, man! Have you seen this kid? Jeremy Lin! He can't be stopped! He's gonna score thirty points a game for the rest of his career! The Knicks are never gonna let this guy go! Face of the franchise. I will never forget Linsanity. Carved into the tree trunk of ''history!''

=== Message 19 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=15m00s 15:00}} - 16:22'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Marzipan! We've had a huge break in the case! It turns out there's a piece of evidence that can completely exonerate me, but I need youse to get it for me, and all ya gotta do is go to my locker room and get it. I can't believe it! I'm gonna be a free man! Okay, so as soon as you're done listening to this message, go straight to my locker room. Go to the far locker on the left. Open it up, and you're gonna see... Well, Marzipan, I apologize in advance. You're gonna see a pile of jocks. But I know you can do it. Just, just coat your hand in a spray of Right-Guard beforehand and you'll be fine. And once you get to the bottom of that pile, you'll see a folder labeled "Exoneratin' Evidence". I know, who'da thought, right? I had it sitting there all along. Anyways I can't tell you how happy I am, that you're gonna free me from prisons. ''{he begins to cry}'' It's been real hard Marzipan, but you, you're listenin' to this message in a timely fashion, I know you are, you always have, and you're gonna go do this for me right after listenin' to this and not wait five or six years, I just know it. I'll see you in the courtroom. ''{chanting}'' Free Coach Z! Free Coach Z!

=== Message 20 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=16m22s 16:22}} - 16:57'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Strong Sad. Uh, I've just been feeling really depressed, 'cause, because I haven't been acting very depressed. It used to be my thing, but I don't feel like I get to be sad and depressing anymore, like I used to. So I just want to kinda beef up my numbers in the sad and depressing column. So I may be leaving you some messages, you know sort of dark, inner demons, and that kind of thing. Should be fun.

=== Message 21 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=16m57s 16:57}} - 17:58'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks like an automated voice}'' Greetings, Marzipan. This is an automated call from Grody Lab Results, Incorporated. Your test results are: negative.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{shouting in the background}'' Negative is good when you're talking about lab results!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking normally}'' Wait, what? Oh, ''{automated voice}'' your test results are: positive. ''{normally}'' Are you sure? It sounds like I'm giving her good news.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't want to be party to this!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking normally}'' They should be less confusing. ''{automated voice}'' Your test results are: terrible. And you're dying, or possibly already dead by the time you get this. If you want us to perform experimental surgery on you and, like, sew a llama head onto your existing head, please call back during regular putting-llama-heads-on-people hours and we will schedule an appointment. This prank call has not been my finest execution. Thank you and have a nice day.

=== Message 22 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=17m58s 17:58}} - 18:05'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' It's taking way too long for the sun to swallow up the earth.

=== Message 23 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=18m05s 18:05}} - 18:13'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' At the end of the day today, think about how all you did today was look at your phone.

=== Message 24 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=18m13s 18:13}} - 18:23'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' I'm sad that I'm trying. ''{normal voice}'' Take that, not-depressing Strong Sad! Now I feel great! I feel real happy! ...Oh.

=== Message 25 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=18m23s 18:23}} - 19:20'''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh, hey, Marzipan. I-I don't really know how else to ask this, but um... Am I your dad?! I was lookin' on the internet for "marzipan glazed ham", and uh... I got some weird results that seemed to think that at— at least at one time, you were my daughter? It's kind of freakin' me out over here. Um... I wish I could take, like, a— a DNA test, but I've had my DNA surgically replaced with MSG! Um, if you could shed any light on this, um... I mean, I get— I think I'm— I think I'm dying... Also, I probably should have led with that... Uh, so, I kind of need to know if you're my daughter, and if I should leave everything to you. Otherwise I'm probably leaving it to 80's rocker Ron Sexsmith. Remember him? From the Monkees?

=== Message 26 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=19m20s 19:20}} - 20:26'''

'''MITCH:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Mitch from sloshy. Uh, I wanted to send you the tracks for that split 7-inch we're doin' with Cool Tapes, except, uh, sloshy broke up again, and I also pawned all of our instruments. So... I'm just going to do the tracks over the phone. One, two, three, four... ''{a capella accompaniment starts in the background}'' ''{singing}'' Phonin' this one in, phonin' this one in, usin' the phone as an instrument. You know what I meant. And is this a gimmick? Or a cop-out? And is there a difference? ''{accompaniment continues for a few more seconds, then the song ends}'' And that's it. Let me know when you've got it mixed and mastered. And uh... give me a shout next time you're in Austin. Or Portland. Or... Brooklyn. Or... Silver Lake. We'll get breakfast.

=== Message 27 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=20m26s 20:26}} - 20:59'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Can you hear that? That is the majestic hush of a paradigm shift. That's right. Me and Pom Pom are waiting in line for our Google Glass! I can't wait to be like, lookin' through this thing! And like, seein' other things! I honestly can't remember how I lived my life yesterday, without Google Glass. These things are gonna change the way they build cities! I'm talkin' Bezos segway style. Alright, I gotta go. It's almost me and Pom Pom's turn! Blinking photographs into the profile pics of ''history!''

=== Message 28 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=20m59s 20:59}} - 22:10'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks in a Southern voice}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is... the new girl character in town. Sharpdene. That's my name, Sharpdene. You'd better watch your back! You're not the only girl around no more! Now that Sharpdene's gonna stake her claim! I'm a real good character. You look like a broomstick? Well, guess what. I look like... a coat rack. Skinny Tall. That... that was my grandmummer's name. Grandmummer Skinny Tall. She is DEAD! Hey, guess what, Marzipan, since I'm Sharpdene. We gon' fight. We gon' fight one another. Out by The Stick. Do you have a boyfriend, I'ma steal your boyfriend. My daddy owns a movin' company. So if you don't want me to pound you into salt... patch, then you'd better bake me some'n gooood, Marzipan. That's right, some kind of pie-brownies-cakey[[#Footnote|1]]... Now you leave that for me... where— where I'm stayin' at. Which is Strong Bad's kitchen table. Okay! Sharpdene is on the prowl! This is goin' somewhere!

=== Message 29 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=22m10s 22:10}} - 22:19'''

'''KEVIN:''' Hey, Marzipan. This is Kevin, um... Could you please give me a call? I just really need to get that, uh, Trivial Pursuit back, thanks.

=== Message 30 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=22m19s 22:19}} - 23:10'''
'''CLARK:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Clark from sloshy. Uh, look, Mitch called me and convinced me to do a backing vocal track on your answering machine, so... here it goes. Gonna be a lot of dead air. ''{slightly distant and echoey-sounding}'' One, two, three, four. ''{long pause}'' I think he's phoning this one in. ''{long pause}'' I know what he meant. ''{long pause}'' Is this a gimmick? ''{pause}'' Is this a cop-out? ''{pause}'' I'm pretty sure there's not a difference. ''{long pause}'' ''{vocal effects gone}'' Alright, thanks. Oh, and uh, somehow I ended up with your copy of '80s Trivial Pursuit? Let me know if you need that back.

=== Message 31 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=23m10s 23:10}} - 23:44'''

'''PUPPET HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Marzipan! This is Puppet Homestar! That's right! Comin' atcha! Puppet style! I've got eight percent more sass than regular Homestar! When I talk, I kinda go like this, I kinda thrust my head out with each word. Listen to my mouth-flaps! ''{makes several felt-flapping sounds}'' Oh yeah. You tell 'em. You tell 'em, Felt-mouth. And I would like to leave you with a little "spin my ''{exaggerates his speech impediment}'' buzzer". ''{The sound of Homestar's "buzzer" being spun is heard.}'' Puppet Homestar is gone!

=== Message 32 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=23m44s 23:44}} - 24:10'''

'''LITIGATION JACKSON:''' Good afternoon, Marzipan! This is Litigation Jackson! I'm the prosecuting attorney in the case against Coach Z! We understand you've been harassed ''{pronounced to rhyme with embarrassed}'', harassed ''{pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable}'', and harangued by Coach Z over the years! We'd like to know if you'd be willing to take the stand! You could be a very valuable witness in this case! Please give me a call back, post-haste! That's not a legal term, but it sounds official! And so say all of us, "The system really works, ''jerks!''"

=== Message 33 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=24m10s 24:10}} - 24:51'''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' Hey, Marzipan! This is Larry Palaroncini! I'm from the band Limozeen! What's the big idea doin' a split 7-inch with that short-haircut, glasses-havin', I-don't-even-know-what-you-call-the-opposite-of-leather-pants-wearin' band sloshy? I thought ''we'' were gonna collaborate! You're supposed to be an instrumental part of our big comeback! We're comin' up on the thirteenth anniversary of our hit song, Nite Mamas! And I've got a great idea for a sequel! ''{music starts in the background}'' ''{singing to the same tune as "Let's Fhqwhgads Again"}'' Let's Nite Mamas again, let's Nite Mamas agai— ''{Larry is cut off by the end of the message}''

=== Message 34 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=24m51s 24:51}} - 26:00'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks in a fake Italian accent}'' Oh, yes, Marzipan. This is your foreign boyfriend, Rongardo Shavemybody. It's so nice to hear your voice again on machine of answers. I miss all the time we spent in foreign lands together, havin' exotic foods. I'm visiting your country now, and want you to come and meet with me. I hear there's a lovely little café in a place called Strong Badia. Would you go, please, and wait for me there? As is the custom of my people, I will be very late, and you should wait for a really long time. You will think that it is too long to be waiting, but I assure you is the custom of my payple, and you don't want to be offending my payple, do you? Alright. I kiss you on both sides of your cheek and underneath your chin. As is the custom of... a-my PAYple. And now I bid you farewell in the most prime language of my country. Braunschweiger!

=== Message 35 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=26m00s 26:00}} - 26:39'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Homestar. I was just callin' to ask you— ''{the line is repeated many times forwards, backwards, and at different frequencies, until finally slowing down}'' ''{in a voice similar to his voice in very early toons}'' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Homestar. Uh, me and Pom Pom were just here, you know, hangin' out, somewhere in the years 1999 to 2001, and... Pom Pom's ''great''. He's my best friend, and... you're my girlfriend, and... maybe we can ''all'' be friends, uh, this weekend, uh, that's like rap music, huh? Um, I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna sound this way forever. Okay, bye!

=== Message 36 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=26m39s 26:39}} - 27:21'''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, Marzipan. You know how you're always buggin' me to start carryin' organic stuff at the concession stand? Well, I finally listened to you. If, by "organic", you meant "of or pertaining to the illegal selling and trade of human organs". I got ice packs, little Igloo coolers, scalpels, discounts on hotel rooms, bathtubs fulla ice, chloroform, and fifteen pass Econoline vans pre-lined with plastic sheeting! So come on down to Bubs' Organic Concession Stand! Where we're keepin' that one urban legend alive! You know the one I'm talkin' about?

=== Message 37 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=27m21s 27:21}} - 28:09'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Marzipan's sister. This is Homestar. I was just callin' with a status update, to let you know that Marzipan still has ''no'' idea ''{in a suggestive tone}'' what you and I've been up to. I say that in this kind of way. That some might think is suggestive. ''{normal voice}'' Anyways, you got nothin' to worry about. I am extra careful! I mean, could you imagine what would happen if I accidentally mixed you guys up, ''{laughing}'' and like, called the wrong sister? Oh man. The crap storm that would unleash. Ha-ha! I'm laughing so effortlessly! Because it's so unlikely! ''{sigh of laughter}'' So, to recap, Marzipan has a sister, ''{suggestive voice}'' suggestive styles, ''{normal voice}'' and, she's got no idea what's going on between us. Okay, bye.

=== Message 38 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=28m09s 28:09}} - 28:49'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Strong Sad. I was just callin' to letcha know I, I just got the approved permits from Bubs, so Wilted Salad Festival 2014 is on! ''{speaks in a progressively more excited and rapid voice}'' We've got arugula, we've got kale, we've got baby spring mix, we got napa cabbage, we got endive, we got chard, we got Swiss chard, we got so many different types of wilted salad it's makin' me talk like some sort of turn-of-the-century state fair kinda guy! ''{more normal voice}'' Phew! Got a little carried away. Anyways, definitely come on out. It's gonna be rad-icchio! Oh, man. I gotta go put that on the poster!

=== Message 39 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=28m49s 28:49}} - 29:43'''
'''TUCKER DONALDSON:''' ''{in an angry voice}'' Look here, this— this message is for Marzipan, you know, 'cause— 'cause that's a real name. This is Tucker Donaldson from campussafety.gov; if you remember, we hired you, and, and, and, and your band Cool Tapes— huh! That's real clever— to play here in our student union, where you managed to incite a riot. Yeah, real three-alarm kind of thing. I— I— I'm not even sure it was music that you performed. No thanks, right? No thanks to that. I went out on a limb for you, you and your Cool Tapes, they just snapped my branch. Your— your— your tapes are not cool, in fact, how about that? That's the truth right there. I suggest you all get with the program, and by "program", I mean the guidelines set forth on campussafety.gov, herethere and foreto. So, please, at your immediate convenience, call me at Tucker Tuckerson at donaldsafety.gov, so we can deal with this matter. How's that, huh? How— how— h— h— how— how's that for hot tape?

=== Message 40 ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=29m43s 29:43}} - 30:19'''
'''HUMIDIBOT:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's me! Humidibot! I just wanted to call you up, and let you know that I'm still Humidibot! Oh! And look here! It's my girlfriend, Humidibeth! She sounds just like me!

'''HUMIDIBETH:''' I'm Humidibeth! I sound just like Humidibot!

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Don't forget to remember that I'm Humidibot! If you e— if you have a free moment, I'm gonna go try and, expand my personality! Beyond just telling people that I'm Humidibot! Okay, bye!

=== Messages 41+ ===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=30m19s 30:19}} - 30:56'''
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Marzipan, it's Homestar.

''{beep}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' HELLO MARZIPAN!

''{beep}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey Marzipan, it's Bubs!

''{beep}''

'''F-SACK:''' Marzipan, this is F-Sack.

''{beep}''

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

''{beep}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Marzipan...

''{beep}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Marziprawn!

''{beep}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Marzipan,

''{beep}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Hey, sweetie,

''{beep}''

'''HOMSAR:''' Aaah—

''{beep}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Conjunctivitis...

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Marzipan!

'''MARSHIE:''' Marzipan...

'''JIBBLIES PAINTING:''' Marzipan—

'''BALDING MAN:''' ''{drawn-out sigh}''

''{As the voices get more and more rapid, the answering machine starts to pulse and buzz.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' MARZI—

'''PAN-PAN:''' ''{"badalang" sound}''

'''1-UP:''' —pan...

'''PEACEY P:''' Marzipan...

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER:''' Marzi—

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' BLAAAAAH!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Marzi—

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{sound effect indicating he disappeared}''

'''TEEN GIRL SQUAD MEMBER:''' Marzi—

'''ONE OF THE 4 GREGS:''' —pan...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in his original voice}'' Marzi—

'''BUBS:''' —pan!

''{The answering machine explodes, dropping down a broken tape labeled "farm aid '87".}

===Closing===
:'''{{p|l=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO1RHETKy4&t=30m56s 30:56}} - 31:09'''

''{Cut to the living room of the Brothers Strong. Strong Bad is lying on the floor. Strong Bad, his contraption, and the walls are all covered in spray-on cheese.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{groaning}'' Urgh— how— possible— Demon's— Crest— gar-garble—

''{Marzipan enters the room.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Took a few years to set up, but I finally pulled it off. April Fools', Strong Bad!

''{A black box with the words "That was long! Happy Fools' Day!" is slapped onto the screen.}''

===Footnote===
#This word may also be "cookie".

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*[[Wikipedia:Jodhpurs|Jodhpurs]] are padded trousers designed for horse-riding.
*[[Wikipedia:Charcuterie|Charcuterie]] is a type of preserved meat, and is often served on a wooden board, much like a cheese platter.
*[[Wikipedia:Braunschweiger|Braunschweiger]] is a type of [[German]] sausage.

=== Trivia ===
[[File:DigitalHomestar.png|right|thumb|Oh hewwo!]]
*This is the first toon uploaded to [[homestarrunner.com]] to not be displayed in [[Flash]], and instead, in an embedded [[YouTube]] player.
*At 31:09, this is not only the [[Toons by Length|longest toon on the site]], but it's nearly four times as long as the next-longest, [[I Killed Pom Pom]].
*This is the second known time [[The Poopsmith]] has broken his vow of silence, and the first time he has had spoken dialogue. [[Wikipedia:John Linnell|John Linnell]] of [[They Might Be Giants]] reprised his role as the voice of The Poopsmith from [[email thunder]].
*The [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|previous Answering Machine]] was released more than 7 years earlier on March 2, 2009, explaining the answering machine's poor condition. This closes the biggest gap ever in between a type of toon with a duration of 2,587 days.
*This is the first [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] to show a location other than Marzipan's house outside of an Easter egg.
*This toon surpassed [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] as the toon with the most [[characters]] in it to date at thirty-seven.
*This is the only Answering Machine to not be on the Marzipan's Answering Machine menu and is only accessible through the "[[Holiday Toons]]" menu, the "[[New Stuff]]" menu or, at the time of its release, the "What's New?" button on the [[Main Pages]].
*This Marzipan's Answering Machine has the most messages (68) and the most callers (35).
*One pattern on the answering machine's display includes a digital depiction of Homestar's head.
*To dial Marzipan's phone number, [[The Cheat]] enters eight digits. A telephone number of this length [[Wikipedia: North American Numbering Plan|cannot be used in North America]], although it is valid in some other regions of the world.
**The Cheat's arm does not land perfectly on a button each time, making the actual telephone number ambiguous. However, he does appear to dial the star key ("*"), which is not typically used in phone numbers.
*This toon marks the first time that Homsar has acknowledged his own bizarre speaking habits.
*This is the first time the word "[[Wikipedia:Marzipan|marzipan]]" has been used to reference the almond-based confectionery that is Marzipan's namesake. However, it was previously implied in [[senior prom]].
*This is the first time the [[Visor Robot]] has been referred to as such on the [[homestarrunner.com|website]]. The name "Visor Robot" was originally coined by the wiki when it had no official name. [[The Brothers Chaps]] then started using the name in [[Homestarloween Party#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentaries]].

===Remarks===
*The name of the toon on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] and [[YouTube]] list the version number as '''17''' as opposed to '''17.2'''.
*The answering machine in this toon is the [[PhoneTime XL8]] instead of the [[PhoneTime XL800]], which was used in the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|previous answering machine toon]]. Oddly, the XL8 has a "record" button in this toon.
*Homsar still spoke in a non-sequitur fashion on his answering machine message in [[Homestar Ruiner]].
**Additionally, in [[2 emails]], Strong Sad claims that "Homsar called and said he was a million ladies tall", implying he spoke in non-sequiturs.
*Coach Z tells Marzipan to "coat your hand in Right Guard", even though Marzipan has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms or hands]].
*When Coach Z (or anyone else) called Marzipan's number during the time period when these messages were recorded, he would have been greeted with the same outgoing message, namely, that she'll be out and about '''for about seven years''', so neither he nor anyone else would have any reason to expect a prompt reply.
*The Visor Robot speaks with the voice it had in [[Everybody to the Limit]], as opposed to the one it had in [[Senor Mortgage]].

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad rubs his chin while talking about fiber optics, his arm is missing, causing his glove to be disconnected from his body.

===Inside References===
*[[Lite Em Up Dan]] lighter fluid is seen in the living room.
*It appears that Strong Bad is unable to [[How do you type with boxing gloves on|dial the phone with boxing gloves on]].
*Homestar's spoken "text message" is a reference to his message left in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]: "PLZ GET EGGS,MILK?"
*Bubs mentions the [[catch phrases]] "[[seriously]]" and "holy [[crap]]".
*Coach Z had been incarcerated in juvenile prison in [[Play Date]]; similarly, he is being tried as a minor in this toon.
*[[Craig Zobel]] reprised his role as the voice of [[Kevin]], who initially appeared in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0]].
*Strong Bad's smooth-and-smarmy public radio impression is from [[radio]], where Marzipan complained that she didn't receive her tote bag, one of the things Strong Bad mentions.
*Coach Z drinks [[Melonade]] from a [[toilet]].
*Strong Bad and Larry Palaroncini are doing anniversaries for [[Everybody to the Limit]] and [[Nite Mamas]], respectively.
**Strong Bad says he needs to complete the song so The Cheat [[Powered By The Cheat|can make a video]], as Everybody to the Limit was animated.
*Strong Bad pretending to be Sharpdene says that Marzipan is not [[the only girl]].
*Bubs previously dealt in organ trafficking in [[Strong Badia The Free]].
*This toon features two [[made-up real things]]:
**[[Litigation Jackson]] was a movie character featured in an eponymous film in [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and in a sequel, Legal Rampage, in [[rampage]], as well as mentioned in the [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]].
**[[Humidibot]] was originally a character invented on the spur of the moment by Strong Bad to mock fans dressing up in highly inaccurate costumes during [[Fan Costumes 2015]].
*Homsar speaking "more articulate on the phone" is in reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]], which was created before Homsar's tendency to spout non-sequiturs had been established, and thus had Homsar able to create a coherent monologue while calling Marzipan.
*The King of Town mentions being Marzipan's father at one point in time; this was an old idea that was mentioned in the [[Old Characters Page]] and later scrapped by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Homestar previously referenced [[Wikipedia:Google Glass|Google Glass]] in [[W00tstock - 18 Jul 2013|W00tstock 5.0]].
*"I'm sad that I'm trying" is a reference to "[[I'm sad that]] I'm flying".
*Puppet Homestar says "[[Spin my buzzer]]."
*Homestar Runner's lines when he has his older voice are a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0#Message_5|two]] [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0#Message_3|messages]] in the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|first Marzipan's Answering Machine]].
*The answering machine's [[explosion]] is very similar to the one that appeared in the email [[personal favorites]], particularly the way the tape lands.
**The tape reads "farm aid [[1987|'87]]".
*Tucker Donaldson previously called in complaints to [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]zipan from the website halloweensafety.gov in [[Halloween Safety]].
*The living room is set up much like it is in [[your edge]].
*Strong Bad mentions the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] game [[Wikipedia:Demon's Crest|Demon's Crest]] after the answering machine explodes, where in a similar fashion he [[Couch Mumbling|mutters the names of SNES games in his sleep]].
*Strong Bad's first [[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|prank call alias]] is "Joanie [[All The Time|Allthetime]]".
*Strong Bad's instruction to leave money in a "paper and/or plastic bag" is a reference to [[Strong Bad's Character Video|his character video]].
*The Poopsmith mentions [[bread]].
*Strong Sad insults his former self as being [[Not X|not-depressing]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Yoplait|Yoplait]], [[Wikipedia:Fage|Fage]], [[Wikipedia:Stonyfield Farm|Oikos]], and [[Wikipedia:Activia|Activia]] are all brands of [[yogurt]].
*[[Wikipedia:Robert Siegel|Robert Siegel]] is an American radio journalist and host of NPR's ''[[Wikipedia:All Things Considered|All Things Considered]]''.
*Homestar mentions the short-lived Internet fad of [[Wikipedia:Planking (fad)|planking]].
*[[Wikipedia:Scarborough Fair (song)|Scarborough Fair]] is a popular English folk song that was recorded by [[Wikipedia:Simon and Garfunkel|Simon and Garfunkel]], among others. It was previously referenced in [[do over]].
*Homestar is excited for the release of the [[Wikipedia:Ouya|Ouya]], a Kickstarted game console that was met with initial positive reception, but flopped due to poor sales.
*[[Wikipedia:Jeremy Lin|Jeremy Lin]] is an [[Wikipedia:NBA|NBA]] player who currently plays for the [[Wikipedia:Charlotte Hornets|Charlotte Hornets]]. "Linsanity" refers to how Lin, an undrafted free agent out of Harvard, made an immediate impact on the [[Wikipedia:New York Knicks|New York Knicks]] when he signed with them for his second season. He has not achieved that level of notoriety since.
*As the Poopsmith mentioned, [[Wikipedia:Michael Nesmith|Mike Nesmith]] was a member of the 1960s band [[Wikipedia:The Monkees|The Monkees]], where he played guitar and keyboards. His song "[[Wikipedia:Different Drum|Different Drum]]", which he wrote in 1965, was a 1967 Top 20 hit for the band [[Wikipedia:Stone Poneys|Stone Poneys]], which featured a young [[Wikipedia:Linda Ronstadt|Linda Ronstadt]] as lead singer.
*[[Wikipedia:Ron Sexsmith|Ron Sexsmith]] is a Canadian pop-folk singer.
*[[Wikipedia:Mark E. Smith|Mark E. Smith]] is the vocalist for the British band [[Wikipedia:The Fall (band)|The Fall]].
*[[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]] were an influential early 1980s British rock band fronted by [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]].
*[[Wikipedia:John Grisham|John Grisham]] is a writer best known for writing legal thrillers; [[Wikipedia:Michael Crichton|Michael Crichton]] is the author of the [[Jurassic Park]] novels.
*Litigation Jackson's line "so say all of us" in message 32 is a quote from Sir Denis Eton-Hogg, a character in the film [[Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]].
*"Let's Fhqwhgads Again" and "Let's Nite Mamas Again" refer to [[Wikipedia:Category:Sequel songs|sequel songs]], most specifically [[Wikipedia:Let's Twist Again|Let's Twist Again]], [[Wikipedia:Chubby Checker|Chubby Checker]]'s 1961 sequel to his 1960 hit [[Wikipedia:The Twist (song)|The Twist]].
*Homestar's line in message 35 "maybe we can all be friends" and subsequent comment that it's "like rap music" is a reference to the song "[[Wikipedia:Big Poppa|Big Poppa]]" by [[Wikipedia:The Notorious B.I.G.|The Notorious B.I.G.]].
*[[Wikipedia:Farm Aid|Farm Aid]] is a rock 'n' roll concert series organized for the benefit of family farmers in the United States. It has been held annually since 1985.
*[[Wikipedia:Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], and [[Wikipedia:Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] are all communities known for their indie music and hipster scenes.
*[[Wikipedia:Igloo Products Corporation|Igloo Products Corporation]] is a manufacturer of coolers and ice chests for various uses.
*[[Wikipedia:Jeff Bezos|Jeff Bezos]] is an American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist who is best known as the founder and CEO of [[Wikipedia:Amazon.com|Amazon.com]].

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad would revisit the character of Sharpdene in [[Later That Night...]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:answer17.html|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]]
*[[YouTube:DQO1RHETKy4|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]] on [[YouTube]]
*[[forum:37796|forum thread re: "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]]

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Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2017-07-17T16:11:05Z

Bde1982: I listened closely to what Homsar said. He said, “Don’t get chintzy with the chalk sauce.” I clearly heard Homsar utter the word “chintzy”.

Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2017-07-17T16:07:37Z

Bde1982: Replying to DeFender1031.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar’s Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
::::I'm confused. I never said it was a nonsense word. I'm aware that chintzy is a real word. It's just not what Homsar is saying. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::DeFender1031, this is a previous edit summary of yours (as you wrote it): "there doesn't seem to be a clear connection aside from them both being sonsense words that happen to sound similar". The word is '''NONSENSE''', not sonsense. "Sonsense" is a nonsense word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 16:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

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Bde1982: “Chintzy” is NOT a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for “cheap”.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar’s Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
:1. The "P" is clearly audible. 2. It's sort of Homsar's thing to not make sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
::That, and "chipsy" sounds like it describes a sauce of some kind. Y'know, because it has "chips" in it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 00:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Uh, [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]], "chintzy" is '''NOT''' a nonsense word. It is a real word. It is a synonym for "cheap". You don't believe me? Check the dictionary.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 15:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

invisibility

2017-01-20T14:01:23Z

Bde1982: The Wikipedia article is just Tron, not Tron (movie).

{{sbenav|41}}

[[Image:invisibility.PNG|thumb|"A spectacle of graphics and sound!"]]

[[Tandy 400]] is dead and gone, for behold: The Compy 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound. Meanwhile, Strong Bad discovers being invisible really isn't worth it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:54

'''Page Title:''' The Last Stand(y) of the Tandy 400.

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' I'm hooome!

''{He walks to the Tandy 400 and sits in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's see here. Don't need this anymore.

''{Strong Bad removes the post-it on the screen that says "DORKS!" on it with an angry face with sharp teeth below.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't need ''this'' anymore!

''{Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the table and onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For behold...

''{Strong Bad places the Compy on the desk, as a harp plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The 386. A spectacle of graphics and sound!

''{A tune is played and the "386 Version 1.5" logo appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's get to checking! ''{types "strongbad_email.exe" to bring up the email, which reads:}''

<blockquote class="email">strong bad, 
 
what would you do if you were 
invisable for one day???? 
 
sin studly17</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "invisable" as invis-ABLE, and drags out "day????" while changing his tone to reflect all the question marks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well dumb name, this is something I've often thought about myself. And I came to the conclusion that... ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' I don't really think being visible prevents me from doing whatever I want to do. So I'd probably just do the kinda stuff I normally do.

''{Cut to an invisible Strong Bad stealing boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls from Bubs' Concession Stand, while Bubs skits a groovy tune.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' You know, like, steal stuff...

''{Finishing his song, Bubs turns around to find the Swiss Cake Rolls boxes floating away.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{raising his right arm up}'' My chocolates! ''{raising his other arm up}'' Come back, chocolates! ''{lowering his left arm back down}'' I didn't mean what I said... ''{lowering his right arm back down, with his head dropping sadly facing the camera}''

''{Cut to Homestar Runner standing in the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ...punch stuff...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan is ''late''.

''{The boxes of rolls float up to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, guys!

''{A punching noise is heard and Homestar doubles over. The boxes float off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Owww! Those things are bad for you.

''{Cut to Invisible Strong Bad eating the Swiss Cake Rolls on his couch in front of the TV. Family Feud is on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ... eat stuff... and at the same time... watch stuff...

''{The "Family Feud" strike buzzer is heard from the TV.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Pwa ha ha ha! Survey says, you're an idiot!

''{Strong Mad enters the room and walks in front of where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Oh, hey, man. Look, I'm sitting here, I'm just invisible, okay?

''{Strong Mad looks confused and looks around for the source of the voice, while Invisible Strong Bad waves the swiss cake roll around him}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Brain-for-brains! I'm right here! The floating Swiss Cake Roll is talking to you! Hey, no— ''{slurred noises of protestation}''

''{Strong Mad gets angry, jumps up, and sits on the couch where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

''{Cut back to the computer with Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! ''{typing}'' Nevermind. Being invisible is not worth a face full of Strong Mad butt. ''{stops typing}'' Ugh. ''{resumes typing}'' I feel like I need to take a shower. I dunno when the last time he washed that singlet was. ''{stops typing}'' Anyways. Remember, kids! Take your vitamins, pretend you're hilarious, and always, ''always'', email Strong Bad.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. The screen eventually fades out and cuts to the Tandy 400 sitting in a trash can.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, the screen will fade to the Tandy in the trash. Clicking on the contrast buttons will show the Tandy's last words.
**Why Strong Bad? Why?
**Remember the Duck Pond?
**I thought we were a team.
**Whatever, man. I can make it on my own.
**386? More like three eighty SUCKS!
**Tell the printer I'll miss her.
**Yeah? Well someone on eBay loves me.
**There's flies in me. It tickles.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**Fine, I'm gonna start giving away secrets.
**Have you clicked on the 'O' in Message Bored?
**Justin Bailey ****** ******
**Oh jeez. I think this is really it.
**gasp.
**wheez.
**cough.
**''(blank screen)''
**''(blank screen)''
**end of line.

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of the Compy 386.
*The Compy makes [[The Geddup Noise]] when it is dragged onto the table.
*This email marks the debut of the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]].

===Remarks===
*When Strong Bad returns, there is nothing on the screen; when he left, BrothaCheese's email was still on the screen. Unless someone had been tampering with the computer, the email should still be there.
*Invisible Strong Bad is seen carrying eleven boxes of Swiss cake rolls when he leaves Bubs' Concession Stand. However, when he approaches Homestar, he only has ten.
*This is the first email in which Strong Bad writes "a> strongbad_email.exe" instead of "a> run "strongbad's_email".

===Goofs===
[[Image:goof_frame.png|thumb|And we don't need any contrast buttons and reflection in the right place anymore...]]
*When the Tandy's screen is in the garbage, the crack in the glass is missing.
*When Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the desk, a piece of Strong Bad's reflection from the computer screen can be seen on the wall.
*In one frame, as the Tandy is flying off the desk, the contrast dials are completely gone.
*While Invisible Strong Bad is stealing the [[Swiss Cake Rolls]], at one point while he's walking offscreen, the cake rolls suddenly disappear, although he hasn't finished walking out of the camera's view.
*When the Tandy is flying off the desk, the keyboard is not there.
*If you change the contrast on the Tandy before Strong Bad knocks it off, Strong Bad's reflection does not change with it.
*Strong Bad's reflection is shown over the green lines on the Tandy, instead of under them, as is usual.

===Glitches===
*In the Tandy, the red portion of Strong Bad's mask base does not reflect at the bottom of the screen. This is more visible with the green contrast turned up. Also, his reflection blocks the green lines on the screen.
*When Strong Bad is answering the email his head moves left and right in the reflection, but his head outside the reflection doesn't move.

===Inside References===
*One of the 'last words' is a hint to click on the 'O' in Message Bored. The "Message Bored" it is referring to is the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], an old, official forum that used to be on the site (now, only the banner from the top is still around). Clicking on the "O" brings you to 3 hidden games.
**The page title of the Message Bored is "Remember What the Tandy Told You", a direct reference to this Easter egg.
*"Remember the duck pond?" is a reference to [[duck pond]].
*Strong Bad says he needs a [[Showering|shower]].
*The Tandy says of the Compy, "[[More like]] three eighty [[sucks]]!"

===Real-World References===
*The line "[http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html My mind is going. I can feel it.]" is a reference to the [[Stanley Kubrick]] movie ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey'']].
*The line "Justin Bailey ****** ******" refers to a cheat code for the game ''[[Metroid]]'', which caused the heroine [[Wikipedia:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] to be dressed in a skimpier outfit than her normal armored suit when you input it as your continue password. In the correct password, the lower-case letters and asterisks should be replaced by upper-case letters and hyphens, respectively.
*The buzzer sound and the line "Survey Says" are [[Game Show References|references]] to ''[[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]''.
*"End of line" is a quote from the Walt Disney movie ''[[Wikipedia:Tron|Tron]]''. The sinister [[Wikipedia:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] always ended conversations with his minions by saying "[http://161.58.5.90/tron/endline.wav End of line.]"
*[http://www.ebay.com/ eBay] is a popular online auction website, where you can find just about anything for sale.
*The striped white on blue 386 logo seen when the computer is turned on is similar to the striped white on blue [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM]] logo shown when old IBM computers are turned on.
* Strong Bad's final line is a reference to one of Hulk Hogan's catchphrases, "To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong."

===Fast Forward===
*This email is later mentioned in [[personal favorites]].
*The phrase "I can make it on my own" is used as the motto of [[Li'l Brudder]].
*The Tandy comes back from the dead in [[ghosts]].
*The Tandy appears again in [[retirement]], along with the Compy, which had stuck around until [[virus]].
*The Tandy's replacement is seen again, albeit with an added explosion, in [[hremail3184]].
*"Brain for Brains" later showed up in [[dictionary]].
*In [[Hremail 7]], Homestar predicts that the Tandy will only last for forty emails, referring to its replacement here in email 41.

== DVD Version ==
*Unlike the email version, you have to click on a hidden Strong Bad head icon to access the Tandy 400's last words, as opposed to just waiting.
**As well, there are minor differences in the egg. The egg is now a video, with sound effects of the flies buzzing, blips when the Tandy changes text, and inability to cycle through the text manually. When the Tandy says "My mind is going, I can feel it," it flashes on the screen a few times before switching over to the next block of text. As well, when "End of Line" appears, the text slowly fades away into nothingness.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad's returning from vacation, Mike! This is the first break we really took after we'd started doing the Strong Bad Emails every week, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. Couple weeks.

'''MATT:''' Where'd ''you'' go on your vacation?

'''MIKE:''' I went to Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. The beach.

'''MATT:''' I guess I went to Marco Island, Florida, I would assume. ''{pause}'' So, here comes the 386! Just—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, new computer! Uh, he hasn't updated since then.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Should we do that?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe someday. I've thought about giving him a laptop named Lappy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That sounds pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe we'll do that someday.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' The Lappy- uh, the Lappy 486?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' I like that song Bubs is singing to himself. I love how personified the Swiss Cake Rolls are.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, no one, no one seems to have a problem with the floating Swiss Cake Rolls.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It's like, so common.

'''MATT:''' Bubs had been in some kind of domestic dispute with them earlier. Homestar was... y'know, maybe going to meet them up at the club later. I like the, like, butt, the sweaty butt imprint that Strong Bad's leaving on the couch there. Here comes Graw Mad! Look out! He doesn't know what's going on! Uh-oh, Strong Bad! Ohhh, man.

'''MIKE:''' So did that really happen?

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' All of that stuff?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' That was all, I think—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Like a dream sequence?

'''MATT:''' ''{unintelligible}'' We draw—there's a fine line. Sometimes, it's really happening, and sometimes it's just hypothetical.

'''MIKE:''' I think that one was hypothetical.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I think we leave the best—the more gray we leave it, the better. ''{long pause}'' Thanks, everyone.

=== Fun Facts ===
*This commentary serves as very effective foreshadowing to the emails [[virus]] and [[animal]] (which had not been made at the time the commentary was recorded), since the [[Lappy 486]] had indeed replaced the Compy later on.
*Matt calling Strong Mad "[[Graw Mad]]" is potentially a reference to [[the facts]] (though the email may not have been made at the time of the commentary recording); the name was [[Little Girl]]'s pronunciation of "Strong Mad" at the time.
*The Brothers Chaps say they visited [[Wikipedia:Bald Head Island, North Carolina|Bald Head Island]] and [[Wikipedia:Marco Island, Florida|Marco Island]], two small towns on the East Coast of the United States.
*The commentary says that the sequences where Strong Bad was invisible didn't actually happen, but in [[personal favorites]], Strong Bad references that he really was invisible and punched Homestar in the gut. This may be trying to "grey" the line between hypothetical and happening, or a mistake. However, in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet, the Brothers Chaps said, albeit jokingly, that such sequences, though specifically citing the sequences in question, are canon.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail41|youtube=t7YdvkSJUjM}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

invisibility

2016-12-04T23:46:10Z

Bde1982: I moved a period to correct a run-on sentence.

{{sbenav|41}}

[[Image:invisibility.PNG|thumb|"A spectacle of graphics and sound!"]]

[[Tandy 400]] is dead and gone, for behold: The Compy 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound. Meanwhile, Strong Bad discovers being invisible really isn't worth it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:54

'''Page Title:''' The Last Stand(y) of the Tandy 400.

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' I'm hooome!

''{He walks to the Tandy 400 and sits in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's see here. Don't need this anymore.

''{Strong Bad removes the post-it on the screen that says "DORKS!" on it with an angry face with sharp teeth below.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't need ''this'' anymore!

''{Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the table and onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For behold...

''{Strong Bad places the Compy on the desk, as a harp plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The 386. A spectacle of graphics and sound!

''{A tune is played and the "386 Version 1.5" logo appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's get to checking! ''{types "strongbad_email.exe" to bring up the email, which reads:}''

<blockquote class="email">strong bad, 
 
what would you do if you were 
invisable for one day???? 
 
sin studly17</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "invisable" as invis-ABLE, and drags out "day????" while changing his tone to reflect all the question marks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well dumb name, this is something I've often thought about myself. And I came to the conclusion that... ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' I don't really think being visible prevents me from doing whatever I want to do. So I'd probably just do the kinda stuff I normally do.

''{Cut to an invisible Strong Bad stealing boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls from Bubs' Concession Stand, while Bubs skits a groovy tune.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' You know, like, steal stuff...

''{Finishing his song, Bubs turns around to find the Swiss Cake Rolls boxes floating away.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{raising his right arm up}'' My chocolates! ''{raising his other arm up}'' Come back, chocolates! ''{lowering his left arm back down}'' I didn't mean what I said... ''{lowering his right arm back down, with his head dropping sadly facing the camera}''

''{Cut to Homestar Runner standing in the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ...punch stuff...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan is ''late''.

''{The boxes of rolls float up to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, guys!

''{A punching noise is heard and Homestar doubles over. The boxes float off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Owww! Those things are bad for you.

''{Cut to Invisible Strong Bad eating the Swiss Cake Rolls on his couch in front of the TV. Family Feud is on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ... eat stuff... and at the same time... watch stuff...

''{The "Family Feud" strike buzzer is heard from the TV.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Pwa ha ha ha! Survey says, you're an idiot!

''{Strong Mad enters the room and walks in front of where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Oh, hey, man. Look, I'm sitting here, I'm just invisible, okay?

''{Strong Mad looks confused and looks around for the source of the voice, while Invisible Strong Bad waves the swiss cake roll around him}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Brain-for-brains! I'm right here! The floating Swiss Cake Roll is talking to you! Hey, no— ''{slurred noises of protestation}''

''{Strong Mad gets angry, jumps up, and sits on the couch where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

''{Cut back to the computer with Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! ''{typing}'' Nevermind. Being invisible is not worth a face full of Strong Mad butt. ''{stops typing}'' Ugh. ''{resumes typing}'' I feel like I need to take a shower. I dunno when the last time he washed that singlet was. ''{stops typing}'' Anyways. Remember, kids! Take your vitamins, pretend you're hilarious, and always, ''always'', email Strong Bad.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. The screen eventually fades out and cuts to the Tandy 400 sitting in a trash can.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, the screen will fade to the Tandy in the trash. Clicking on the contrast buttons will show the Tandy's last words.
**Why, Strong Bad, why?
**Remember the duck pond?
**I thought we were a team.
**Whatever, man. I can make it on my own.
**386? more like three eighty SUCKS!
**Tell the printer I'll miss her.
**Yeah? Well someone on eBay loves me.
**There's flies in me. It tickles.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**Fine, I'm gonna start giving away secrets.
**Have you clicked on the 'O' in Message Bored?
** Justin Bailey ****** ******
**Oh jeez. I think this is really it.
**gasp.
**wheez.
**cough.
**''(blank screen)''
**''(blank screen)''
**end of line.

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of the Compy 386.
*The Compy makes [[The Geddup Noise]] when it is dragged onto the table.
*This email marks the debut of the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]].

===Remarks===
*When Strong Bad returns, there is nothing on the screen; when he left, BrothaCheese's email was still on the screen. Unless someone has been tampering with the computer, the email should still be there.
*Invisible Strong Bad is seen carrying eleven boxes of swiss cake rolls when he leaves Bubs' Concession Stand. However, when he approaches Homestar, he only has ten.
*This is the first email in which Strong Bad writes "a> strongbad_email.exe" instead of "a> run "strongbad's_email".

===Goofs===
[[Image:goof_frame.png|thumb|And we don't need any contrast buttons and reflection in the right place anymore...]]
*When the Tandy's screen is in the garbage, the crack in the glass is missing.
*When Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the desk, a piece of Strong Bad's reflection from the computer screen can be seen on the wall.
*In one frame, as the Tandy is flying off the desk, the contrast dials are completely gone.
*While Invisible Strong Bad is stealing the [[Swiss Cake Rolls]], at one point while he's walking offscreen, the cake rolls suddenly disappear, although he hasn't finished walking out of the camera's view.
*When the Tandy is flying off the desk, the keyboard is not there.
*If you change the contrast on the Tandy before Strong Bad knocks it off, Strong Bad's reflection does not change with it.
*Strong Bad's reflection is shown over the green lines on the Tandy, instead of under them, as is usual.

===Glitches===
*In the Tandy, the red portion of Strong Bad's mask base does not reflect at the bottom of the screen. This is more visible with the green contrast turned up. Also, his reflection blocks the green lines on the screen.
*When Strong Bad is answering the email his head moves left and right in the reflection, but his head outside the reflection doesn't move.

===Inside References===
*One of the 'last words' is a hint to click on the 'O' in Message Bored. The "Message Bored" it is referring to is the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], an old, official forum that used to be on the site (now, only the banner from the top is still around). Clicking on the "O" brings you to 3 hidden games.
**The page title of the Message Bored is "Remember What the Tandy Told You", a direct reference to this Easter egg.
*"Remember the duck pond?" is a reference to [[duck pond]].
*Strong Bad says he needs a [[Showering|shower]].

===Real-World References===
*The line "[http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html My mind is going. I can feel it.]" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey'']].
*The line "Justin Bailey ****** ******" refers to a cheat code for the game ''[[Metroid]]'', which caused the heroine [[Wikipedia:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] to be dressed in a skimpier outfit than her normal armored suit when you input it as your continue password. In the correct password, the lower-case letters and asterisks should be replaced by upper-case letters and hyphens, respectively.
*The buzzer sound and the line "Survey Says" are references to ''[[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]''.
*"End of line" is a quote from the Walt Disney movie ''[[Wikipedia:Tron (movie)|Tron]]''. The sinister [[Wikipedia:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] always ended conversations with his minions by saying "[http://161.58.5.90/tron/endline.wav End of line.]"
*[http://www.ebay.com/ eBay] is a popular online auction website, where you can find just about anything for sale.
*The striped white on blue 386 logo seen when the computer is turned on is similar to the striped white on blue [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM]] logo shown when old IBM computers are turned on.
* Strong Bad's final line is a reference to one of Hulk Hogan's catchphrases, "To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong."

===Fast Forward===
*This email is later mentioned in [[personal favorites]].
*The phrase "I can make it on my own" is used as the motto of [[Li'l Brudder]].
*The Tandy comes back from the dead in [[ghosts]].
*The Tandy appears again in [[retirement]], along with the Compy, which had stuck around until [[virus]].
*The Tandy's replacement is seen again, albeit with an added explosion, in [[hremail3184]].
*"Brain for Brains" later showed up in [[dictionary]].
*In [[Hremail 7]], Homestar predicts that the Tandy will only last for forty emails, referring to its replacement here in email 41.

== DVD Version ==
*Unlike the email version, you have to click on a hidden Strong Bad head icon to access the Tandy 400's last words, as opposed to just waiting.
**As well, there are minor differences in the egg. The egg is now a video, with sound effects of the flies buzzing, blips when the Tandy changes text, and inability to cycle through the text manually. When the Tandy says "My mind is going, I can feel it," it flashes on the screen a few times before switching over to the next block of text. As well, when "End of Line" appears, the text slowly fades away into nothingness.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad's returning from vacation, Mike! This is the first break we really took after we'd started doing the Strong Bad Emails every week, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. Couple weeks.

'''MATT:''' Where'd ''you'' go on your vacation?

'''MIKE:''' I went to Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. The beach.

'''MATT:''' I guess I went to Marco Island, Florida, I would assume. ''{pause}'' So, here comes the 386! Just—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, new computer! Uh, he hasn't updated since then.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Should we do that?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe someday. I've thought about giving him a laptop named Lappy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That sounds pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe we'll do that someday.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' The Lappy- uh, the Lappy 486?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' I like that song Bubs is singing to himself. I love how personified the Swiss Cake Rolls are.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, no one, no one seems to have a problem with the floating Swiss Cake Rolls.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It's like, so common.

'''MATT:''' Bubs had been in some kind of domestic dispute with them earlier. Homestar was... y'know, maybe going to meet them up at the club later. I like the, like, butt, the sweaty butt imprint that Strong Bad's leaving on the couch there. Here comes Graw Mad! Look out! He doesn't know what's going on! Uh-oh, Strong Bad! Ohhh, man.

'''MIKE:''' So did that really happen?

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' All of that stuff?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' That was all, I think—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Like a dream sequence?

'''MATT:''' ''{unintelligible}'' We draw—there's a fine line. Sometimes, it's really happening, and sometimes it's just hypothetical.

'''MIKE:''' I think that one was hypothetical.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I think we leave the best—the more gray we leave it, the better. ''{long pause}'' Thanks, everyone.

=== Fun Facts ===
*This commentary serves as very effective foreshadowing to the emails [[virus]] and [[animal]] (which had not been made at the time the commentary was recorded), since the [[Lappy 486]] had indeed replaced the Compy later on.
*Matt calling Strong Mad "[[Graw Mad]]" is potentially a reference to [[the facts]] (though the email may not have been made at the time of the commentary recording); the name is [[Little Girl]]'s pronunciation of "Strong Mad."
*The Brothers Chaps visited [[Wikipedia:Bald Head Island, North Carolina|Bald Head Island]] and [[Wikipedia:Marco Island, Florida|Marco Island]], two small towns on the East Coast of the United States.
*The commentary says that the sequences where Strong Bad was invisible didn't actually happen, but in [[personal favorites]], Strong Bad references that he really was invisible and punched Homestar in the gut. This may be trying to "grey" the line between hypothetical and happening, or a mistake.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail41|youtube=t7YdvkSJUjM}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

invisibility

2016-12-04T22:08:11Z

Bde1982: Are references, not is a reference.

{{sbenav|41}}

[[Image:invisibility.PNG|thumb|"A spectacle of graphics and sound!"]]

[[Tandy 400]] is dead and gone, for behold: The Compy 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound. Meanwhile, Strong Bad discovers being invisible really isn't worth it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:54

'''Page Title:''' The Last Stand(y) of the Tandy 400.

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' I'm hooome!

''{He walks to the Tandy 400 and sits in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's see here. Don't need this anymore.

''{Strong Bad removes the post-it on the screen that says "DORKS!" on it with an angry face with sharp teeth below.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't need ''this'' anymore!

''{Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the table and onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For behold...

''{Strong Bad places the Compy on the desk, as a harp plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The 386. A spectacle of graphics and sound!

''{A tune is played and the "386 Version 1.5" logo appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's get to checking! ''{types "strongbad_email.exe" to bring up the email, which reads:}''

<blockquote class="email">strong bad, 
 
what would you do if you were 
invisable for one day???? 
 
sin studly17</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "invisable" as invis-ABLE, and drags out "day????" while changing his tone to reflect all the question marks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well dumb name, this is something I've often thought about myself. And I came to the conclusion that... ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' I don't really think being visible prevents me from doing whatever I want to do. So I'd probably just do the kinda stuff I normally do.

''{Cut to an invisible Strong Bad stealing boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls from Bubs' Concession Stand, while Bubs skits a groovy tune.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' You know, like, steal stuff...

''{Finishing his song, Bubs turns around to find the Swiss Cake Rolls boxes floating away.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{raising his right arm up}'' My chocolates! ''{raising his other arm up}'' Come back, chocolates! ''{lowering his left arm back down}'' I didn't mean what I said... ''{lowering his right arm back down, with his head dropping sadly facing the camera}''

''{Cut to Homestar Runner standing in the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ...punch stuff...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan is ''late''.

''{The boxes of rolls float up to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, guys!

''{A punching noise is heard and Homestar doubles over. The boxes float off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Owww! Those things are bad for you.

''{Cut to Invisible Strong Bad eating the Swiss Cake Rolls on his couch in front of the TV. Family Feud is on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ... eat stuff... and at the same time... watch stuff...

''{The "Family Feud" strike buzzer is heard from the TV.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Pwa ha ha ha! Survey says, you're an idiot!

''{Strong Mad enters the room and walks in front of where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Oh, hey, man. Look, I'm sitting here, I'm just invisible, okay?

''{Strong Mad looks confused and looks around for the source of the voice, while Invisible Strong Bad waves the swiss cake roll around him}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Brain-for-brains! I'm right here! The floating Swiss Cake Roll is talking to you! Hey, no— ''{slurred noises of protestation}''

''{Strong Mad gets angry, jumps up, and sits on the couch where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

''{Cut back to the computer with Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! ''{typing}'' Nevermind. Being invisible is not worth a face full of Strong Mad butt. ''{stops typing}'' Ugh. ''{resumes typing}'' I feel like I need to take a shower. I dunno when the last time he washed that singlet was. ''{stops typing}'' Anyways. Remember, kids! Take your vitamins, pretend you're hilarious, and always, ''always'', email Strong Bad.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. The screen eventually fades out and cuts to the Tandy 400 sitting in a trash can.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, the screen will fade to the Tandy in the trash. Clicking on the contrast buttons will show the Tandy's last words.
**Why, Strong Bad, why?
**Remember the duck pond?
**I thought we were a team.
**Whatever, man. I can make it on my own.
**386? more like three eighty SUCKS!
**Tell the printer I'll miss her.
**Yeah? Well someone on eBay loves me.
**There's flies in me. It tickles.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**My mind is going. I can feel it.
**Fine, I'm gonna start giving away secrets.
**Have you clicked on the 'O' in Message Bored?
** Justin Bailey ****** ******
**Oh jeez. I think this is really it.
**gasp.
**wheez.
**cough.
**''(blank screen)''
**''(blank screen)''
**end of line.

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of the Compy 386.
*The Compy makes [[The Geddup Noise]] when it is dragged onto the table.
*This email marks the debut of the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]].

===Remarks===
*When Strong Bad returns, there is nothing on the screen; when he left, BrothaCheese's email was still on the screen. Unless someone has been tampering with the computer, the email should still be there.
*Invisible Strong Bad is seen carrying eleven boxes of swiss cake rolls when he leaves Bubs' Concession Stand. However, when he approaches Homestar, he only has ten.
*This is the first email in which Strong Bad writes "a> strongbad_email.exe" instead of "a> run "strongbad's_email".

===Goofs===
[[Image:goof_frame.png|thumb|And we don't need any contrast buttons and reflection in the right place anymore...]]
*When the Tandy's screen is in the garbage, the crack in the glass is missing.
*When Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the desk, a piece of Strong Bad's reflection from the computer screen can be seen on the wall.
*In one frame, as the Tandy is flying off the desk, the contrast dials are completely gone.
*While Invisible Strong Bad is stealing the [[Swiss Cake Rolls]], at one point while he's walking offscreen, the cake rolls suddenly disappear, although he hasn't finished walking out of the camera's view.
*When the Tandy is flying off the desk, the keyboard is not there.
*If you change the contrast on the Tandy before Strong Bad knocks it off, Strong Bad's reflection does not change with it.
*Strong Bad's reflection is shown over the green lines on the Tandy, instead of under them, as is usual.

===Glitches===
*In the Tandy, the red portion of Strong Bad's mask base does not reflect at the bottom of the screen. This is more visible with the green contrast turned up. Also, his reflection blocks the green lines on the screen.
*When Strong Bad is answering the email his head moves left and right in the reflection, but his head outside the reflection doesn't move.

===Inside References===
*One of the 'last words' is a hint to click on the 'O' in Message Bored. The "Message Bored" it is referring to is the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], an old, official forum that used to be on the site (now, only the banner from the top is still around.) Clicking on the "O" brings you to 3 hidden games.
**The page title of the Message Bored is "Remember What the Tandy Told You", a direct reference to this Easter egg.
*"Remember the duck pond?" is a reference to [[duck pond]].
*Strong Bad says he needs a [[Showering|shower]].

===Real-World References===
*The line "[http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html My mind is going. I can feel it.]" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey'']].
*The line "Justin Bailey ****** ******" refers to a cheat code for the game ''[[Metroid]]'', which caused the heroine [[Wikipedia:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] to be dressed in a skimpier outfit than her normal armored suit when you input it as your continue password. In the correct password, the lower-case letters and asterisks should be replaced by upper-case letters and hyphens, respectively.
*The buzzer sound and the line "Survey Says" are references to ''[[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]''.
*"End of line" is a quote from the Walt Disney movie ''[[Wikipedia:Tron (movie)|Tron]]''. The sinister [[Wikipedia:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] always ended conversations with his minions by saying "[http://161.58.5.90/tron/endline.wav End of line.]"
*[http://www.ebay.com/ eBay] is a popular online auction website, where you can find just about anything for sale.
*The striped white on blue 386 logo seen when the computer is turned on is similar to the striped white on blue [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM]] logo shown when old IBM computers are turned on.
* Strong Bad's final line is a reference to one of Hulk Hogan's catchphrases, "To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong."

===Fast Forward===
*This email is later mentioned in [[personal favorites]].
*The phrase "I can make it on my own" is used as the motto of [[Li'l Brudder]].
*The Tandy comes back from the dead in [[ghosts]].
*The Tandy appears again in [[retirement]], along with the Compy, which had stuck around until [[virus]].
*The Tandy's replacement is seen again, albeit with an added explosion, in [[hremail3184]].
*"Brain for Brains" later showed up in [[dictionary]].
*In [[Hremail 7]], Homestar predicts that the Tandy will only last for forty emails, referring to its replacement here in email 41.

== DVD Version ==
*Unlike the email version, you have to click on a hidden Strong Bad head icon to access the Tandy 400's last words, as opposed to just waiting.
**As well, there are minor differences in the egg. The egg is now a video, with sound effects of the flies buzzing, blips when the Tandy changes text, and inability to cycle through the text manually. When the Tandy says "My mind is going, I can feel it," it flashes on the screen a few times before switching over to the next block of text. As well, when "End of Line" appears, the text slowly fades away into nothingness.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad's returning from vacation, Mike! This is the first break we really took after we'd started doing the Strong Bad Emails every week, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. Couple weeks.

'''MATT:''' Where'd ''you'' go on your vacation?

'''MIKE:''' I went to Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. The beach.

'''MATT:''' I guess I went to Marco Island, Florida, I would assume. ''{pause}'' So, here comes the 386! Just—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, new computer! Uh, he hasn't updated since then.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Should we do that?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe someday. I've thought about giving him a laptop named Lappy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That sounds pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe we'll do that someday.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' The Lappy- uh, the Lappy 486?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' I like that song Bubs is singing to himself. I love how personified the Swiss Cake Rolls are.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, no one, no one seems to have a problem with the floating Swiss Cake Rolls.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It's like, so common.

'''MATT:''' Bubs had been in some kind of domestic dispute with them earlier. Homestar was... y'know, maybe going to meet them up at the club later. I like the, like, butt, the sweaty butt imprint that Strong Bad's leaving on the couch there. Here comes Graw Mad! Look out! He doesn't know what's going on! Uh-oh, Strong Bad! Ohhh, man.

'''MIKE:''' So did that really happen?

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' All of that stuff?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' That was all, I think—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Like a dream sequence?

'''MATT:''' ''{unintelligible}'' We draw—there's a fine line. Sometimes, it's really happening, and sometimes it's just hypothetical.

'''MIKE:''' I think that one was hypothetical.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I think we leave the best—the more gray we leave it, the better. ''{long pause}'' Thanks, everyone.

=== Fun Facts ===
*This commentary serves as very effective foreshadowing to the emails [[virus]] and [[animal]] (which had not been made at the time the commentary was recorded), since the [[Lappy 486]] had indeed replaced the Compy later on.
*Matt calling Strong Mad "[[Graw Mad]]" is potentially a reference to [[the facts]] (though the email may not have been made at the time of the commentary recording); the name is [[Little Girl]]'s pronunciation of "Strong Mad."
*The Brothers Chaps visited [[Wikipedia:Bald Head Island, North Carolina|Bald Head Island]] and [[Wikipedia:Marco Island, Florida|Marco Island]], two small towns on the East Coast of the United States.
*The commentary says that the sequences where Strong Bad was invisible didn't actually happen, but in [[personal favorites]], Strong Bad references that he really was invisible and punched Homestar in the gut. This may be trying to "grey" the line between hypothetical and happening, or a mistake.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail41|youtube=t7YdvkSJUjM}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

origins

2016-12-01T22:42:12Z

Bde1982: I added what WI means.

{{sbenav|123}}
[[Image:breadsingalong.png|thumb|"Bread is a good time for everybody!"]]

Strong Bad discusses the hangingoutitude of The Stick.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lil' Strong Bad]], {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[The Stick]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Stick]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 31, 2005

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in monotone}'' This email is leaving the station. Please move to the center of the email, and away from the doors.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: a sticky question...</div>
Dear Strong bad, 
I have recently been wondering about the origin of the 
stick. Has it always been a good place for hanging out and 
making rendezvous? 
 
Luke, Eau Claire, WI</blockquote>

''{he tries to pronounce the plural of 'rendezvous' as '[[Foreign Words|rendezvouuuu-ses]]?', and the bottom line as 'Luke— eww...Claire...why?'}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Why do you Van Peebles always wanna know the origins and histories of every freakin' little thing? Like, do you wanna know how Strong Sad got his belly button, too?

''{cut to a young Strong Bad's birthday; a sign reads 'Happy Birthday Lil Strong Bad'. Strong Bad has a black shirt with a yellow truck on it, and is looking at a white present with a blue ribbon and a tag reading 'To Strong Bad From Mom or Dad'. He grabs the lid and takes it off to reveal a power drill.}''

'''LIL' STRONG BAD:''' ''{lifting the drill}'' Oh, awesome! ''{he revs the drill}''

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears the screen}'' Or, like, the origin of Bubs' Concession Stand?

''{Cut to Original Book style. Señor and Mr. Bland stand in flat greenness, and Strong Bad's words are subtitled.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Señor Havin' A Little Trouble and Mr. Bland were by far the most popular characters.

''{a red Stand falls on them with a splurt!}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, they were crushed by a falling Bubs' Concession Stand.

''{Bubs appears in it, waving}''

'''BUBS:''' Hot time!

'''STRONG BAD:''' said Bubs.

''{back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I'm not gonna show you those things. Or the origin of the stick. But I will indulge your curiousity  about the stick's hangingoutitude. It currently rates a 10, but such was not always the case. Like when Homestar used to hold his weekly ''{sounding disturbed, and the words turn green and jiggle on the screen}'' bread sing-alongs, ''{back to normal}'' we avoided that place like the plegg! Er, ''{deletes up to the 'p'}'' plague!

''{cut to The Stick, where Homestar Runner is surrounded by bread. He is holding a slice and waving it around while marching on the spot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And bread is a good time for me, woo-doo-doo-loot-doo, singing, bread is a good time for everybody!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover; Homestar keeps peeking out around the bread slice}'' We sure sniped that problem right between the eyes from three hundred yards by scheduling The Cheat's rhythmic chain dancing recitals to the same time and place.

''{Strong Bad and Strong Mad stand in the background while The Cheat, dressed in a blue suit, is swinging a chain around, hitting Homestar's face and the bread. Homestar has acquired a sign reading 'Come On & Sing.'}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing, despite being hit in the face}'' I cut the crusts off in the morning light...

''{At this point, Homestar's face has a red chain mark from being hit}''

''{Strong Bad claps; The Cheat picks up a slice of bread and twirls it while making The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's quite good.

'''STRONG MAD:''' SUCH GRACE!

''{back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' After a couple of minutes, the popularity of Homestar's sing-alongs faded and Strong Mad ate The Cheat's chainwhip. So that's when the stick became a great place to spraypaint Marzipan.

''{Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat by The Stick spraying at Marzipan's dress, which has a picture of a steak and 'St8k DiNNeR' written on it graffiti-style}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' To me, this is something that losers would do.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this is gonna be my freshest piece yet.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Mad, that looks like cooking spray.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! Aw, that's some neva-forgive action right there.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover; the scene darkens slightly}'' But spraypainting people isn't very much fun when they stand there and make fun of you.

''{cut to Marzipan standing by The Stick with an upside-down Homsar stuck to her head, at night; a wolf howls}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So I super-glued her to Chhh-Homsar... aaand left them for dead.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, I think I hear wolves coming.

'''HOMSAR:''' AAAaaaAAh'm the human wedgie! ''{His hat falls and lands on Marzipan's dress}''

''{Homestar marches in, holding a loaf of bread}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' ... don't ask me why, pumpernickel and rye. ''{Note: Homestar's speech impediment makes "why" and "rye" sound exactly the same.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' In order to properly leave them for dead, and not keep hanging around them for dead, we relocated to behind Bubs's—

''{cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat behind Bubs' Concession Stand with the muffler and pipe, and a crown with 'On Point' spraypainted on the wall}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and started calling ourselves the On Point Kings. We di'n't take no guff from nobody!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to The Cheat}'' Hey man, I know what it means. I was just seeing if you knew.

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{walking in}'' Have you guys seen my moleskin journal?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{producing the power drill}'' You want another belly button there, Harry Elephanté?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{starts at powering of drill}'' Waah! No sir! Heck no at all! ''{runs away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{throws drill away}'' Man, did you guys see me refuse to take that guff? I flat out rejected it! That guff never even had a chance! ''{pulls out a nail file and starts filing his gloves}'' Ah, that's what being an On Point King is all about.

''{The King of Town walks in with a blue dunce cap on}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I hear somebody mention a pointy king? ''{nods his hat}'' Doink, doink?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Heck no at all!

''{back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So ya see Claire, if it weren't for the stick, and Marzipan's considerable resistance to death, the On Point Kings may never have stolen the King of Town's dunce cap and renamed it Lotionman. ''{a little embarrassed, and stutters his 'd' (though only one 'd' is typed)}'' D-don't ask, it was Strong Mad's idea. Well, I hope that makes you not email me anymore.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:BreadSingalongs.png|thumb|125px|"Pumpernickel and rye."]]
* After Strong Bad says "eww... Claire... why???" click on "Eau Claire, WI" to view [[Leomard Sportsinterviews#Beverly Sportsinterviews|Beverly Sportsinterviews]]'s book ''[[Books by Sportsinterviewses#Ewww, Claire!! Why???|Ewww, Claire!! Why???]]''
* Click on "dunce" at the end to see and hear an album of Homestar's Bread Sing-alongs.
** Keep clicking the CD cover to hear different songs. The three songs he sings are the same as the ones from the email.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*This is the first time Homsar's hat has not returned to him, regardless of his position (barring [[Modestly Hot Homsar]]). Because he is upside down while glued to Marzipan's forehead, his hat settles on her dress. However, in his character video, he ends up upside down at the end (or, depending on one's point of view, the entire video), but his hat still comes back to him.
*This is the first time Señor's full name (Señor Havin' A Little Trouble) is revealed on the website (though it had been mentioned in the DVD commentary for [[flashback]]).
*Even though in the origin of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], the sign above the window reads "STAND", during the first appearance of said concession stand ([[Where My Hat Is At?]]), the sign reads "CANDY".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has trouble with the [[Foreign words|pronunciation]] of the plural form of the word ''rendezvous'', which is spelled the same as the singular, not ''rendezvouses''. The plural can be pronounced either /'''ron'''-day-voo/ (which is also the same as the singular) or /'''ron'''-day-vooz/.
*"Eau Claire" means "Clear Water" in French; the correct pronunciation of "eau" is "oh".
*WI is the United States Postal Service abbreviation for Wisconsin, the state in which Eau Claire is located.
*In the Bread Sing-Alongs CD, the picture of Homestar blinks. This is due to his Flash "movie clip" symbol, which makes him blink automatically in a looped animation.
*The "Come on and Sing" sign was not in the animation the first few days. It was added sometime after a week.
*Strong Bad misspells "curiosity" as "curiousity."
*Strong Mad seems noticeably shorter than usual.
*The electric drill makes a sound effect very much like that of a pneumatic impact wrench or drill, rather than an electric drill.
*In the first flashback, the trigger to the drill depresses even though Strong Bad's "finger" isn't long enough to reach it.
*The spelling of "steak" given in this email would more normally be pronounced "state-k"
*Strong Bad uses a nail file even though he [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Fingers|lacks visible fingers]].
*When Strong Bad is spray painting Marzipan, and when he's hanging out behind Bubs's, his pants are a slightly different shade than normal.
*When The Cheat chainwhips Homestar, the whip appears behind the piece of bread he eventually picks up.

===Inside References===
*[[The smashed muffler]] first appeared in [[no loafing]].
*[[Homestar Runner Peeking|Homestar peeking]] out behind the bread concealing his eyes at the end of his first bread sing-along song is a long-time running joke that whenever his eyes are concealed or closed, he has to move them so he can see the viewer. Other examples are [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]], [[A Holiday Greeting]], and [[Cool Things]].
* Strong Bad was last "On Point" in the "[[Extra Real Dating Sim XR]]," which is the game from the email [[date]].
*This is the second time in the past two cartoons that a character has been pictured wearing a truck shirt. Little Strong Bad does so here, and [[Tompkins]] wore one in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]. Also, Little Strong Bad's voice is very similar to that of Tompkins.
*The electric drill [[sound effect]] was last heard in [[privileges]] as The Cheat earned a new rewards point.
*The full name "Señor Havin' a Little Trouble" comes from the [[Original Book]]. In the picture where Señor is being squished under the weight of the grapes, the image's alternate text is "havin a little trouble".
*This is another appearance of [[bread]].
===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad's introduction to the email is a reference to HAL, the automated voice used in [[Wikipedia:Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport]]'s [[Wikipedia:The Plane Train|people movers]] prior to an upgrade for the [[Wikipedia:1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]]. The original voice said, in a computer-generated voice, "This vehicle is leaving the station. Please hold on. The next stop is Concourse (A/B/C/D). The color coded maps and signs in the vehicle match the station colors. Please move to the center of the vehicle and away from the doors." [http://www.gregburrus.com/atlanta/Atlanta_shuttle_robot_voice.mp3]
*When Señor and Mr. Bland are crushed in the scene depicting the origin of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], the manner in which their legs stick out is as that of the Wicked Witch of the East in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' when she is crushed by Dorothy's house.
*Beverly Sportsinterviews, likely related to [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]], is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Beverly Cleary|Beverly Cleary]], an author of novels for children and young adults.
*The name "[[On Point Kings]]" and the crown graffiti are references to the [[Wikipedia:Latin Kings|Latin Kings]], a famous street gang that originated in Chicago. Since members of the Latin Kings are traditionally Hispanic, this is in keeping with Strong Bad's vaguely Mexican heritage.
*[[Wikipedia:Moleskine|Moleskine]] is a brand of pocket notebooks and sketch pads popular among travelling artists and writers. Strong Sad mistakenly pronounces it "mole skin", whereas the correct pronunciation is /mol-ǝ-'''skeen'''-ǝ/.
*"Harry Elephante" is a reference to famous calypso musician [[Wikipedia:Harry Belafonte|Harry Belafonte]].
*"Van Peebles" is a reference to the filmmakers [[Wikipedia:Melvin Van Peebles|Melvin Van Peebles]] (known for ''[[Wikipedia:Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song|Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'') and his son [[Wikipedia:Mario Van Peebles|Mario Van Peebles]].
*Strong Bad's line "that's some never-forgive action right there" is a direct quote from Min One in the graffiti documentary [[Wikipedia:Style Wars|Style Wars]].
*In the second bread sing-along song, Homestar sings, "I cut the crusts off in the morning light." This is a reference to the '80s metal band [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]], whose song "Alone Again" had the same tune and opens with "I'd like to see you in the morning light."
*The Cheat's rhythmic chain dancing is a reference to the sport [[Wikipedia:Rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnastics]].

===Fast Forward===

*In [[secret identity]], there is another book similar to ''Ewww, Claire!! Why???'' in an Easter Egg entitled ''Laramie, Why?''
*Homestar revisits his bread fixation in [[disconnected]].
*The [[On Point Kings]] reappeared in [[more armies]].
*Strong Bad types "bread sing-alongs" in a green, animated font. He does this again in [[rough copy]] with "flavored water".
*Strong Bad spray painted a Marzipan poster in [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Jonathan Howe]]

'''MIKE:''' Hey Ryan, who's sitting next to you?

'''RYAN:''' I think it's Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh no! I'm sitting next to Ryan!

'''RYAN:''' Hi, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi, Homestar.

'''RYAN:''' I'm Ryan.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi Ryan! I like your beard!

'''RYAN:''' I've got a little beard going.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm gonna scrub it!

''{Ryan, Mike and Jonathan laugh.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Somebody give me a sponge.

'''MIKE:''' Hey Homestar, this is Jonathan.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I don't want to talk to that guy. Oh, wait! Sorry! No, hi, Jonathan!

'''JONATHAN:''' Hi, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's great to see you tonight.

'''JONATHAN:''' It's, uh, it's afternoon.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, give me some lunch then. Look at that little truck shirt Little Strong Bad has on!

'''MIKE:''' Were you friends with Strong Bad back in those days?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I didn't meet him until later on.

'''MIKE:''' No?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No.

'''JONATHAN:''' That drill sounds like that super powered ratchet gun they have in the...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think it is. I think it is what loosens your tires. Your lugnuts.

'''JONATHAN:''' In the shop.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You old lugnuts. Get outta here, you old lugnuts!

'''JONATHAN:''' Hot time!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, didn't Strong Bad really just show us those things, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he did. That's sort of the joke of it that he says that he won't show us but he just has.

'''JONATHAN:''' Wait, explain that again to me?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is that a joke? Does that count? As a joke? Honestly?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I don't know.

'''JONATHAN:''' Hey, Homestar, this is your big moment!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Ooh! Shut up! Boodalah loot-doo singing bread...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bread is a good time for...no, listen! everybodyyyy.

'''MIKE:''' Why aren't you harmonizing?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, wait. Okay. Uh, hang on, hang on. Bread is a good time for meeeeeeeeeeeeee!

'''MIKE:''' Ok, here comes mine.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What? I gotta, oh. Uh, uh, in the morning lighhhhhhhhht!

'''MIKE:''' You don't want it to sound raga.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, it sounds barbershop now.

'''JONATHAN:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It sounds raga.

'''JONATHAN:''' That's agerpellar. ''{mispronouncing "a cappella"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ummm, yeah, Those, I had a good run, we had a good run with the bread sing-alongs.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, a couple minutes there?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah! I mean, what more can you really expect from bread singalongs? Um, steak dinner.

'''MIKE:''' Steak. So Matt, at the time this was going on, Matt was, Matt who's not here right now...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, not at all.

'''MIKE:''' Was saying steak dinner a, a lot, for some reason.

'''JONATHAN:''' It was just the word steak.

'''MIKE:''' Well, steak, it started, but at some point it was steak dinner, mostly.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Don't forget neva forgive action.

'''MIKE:''' Neva forgive action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' From the last scene.

'''MIKE:''' That's, of course, from a documentary called Style Wars about graffiti.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No way am I...

'''RYAN:''' You got an orange there.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' An orange there, Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' It's a great movie.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohh! You guys spoked over my song. I'll do it again for you! Don't ask me whyyyyyy!

'''MIKE:''' That's it! We heard.

'''JONATHAN:''' We already have it on...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Spin my buzzer tonighhhhhhhht!

'''JONATHAN:''' I like your free styling but we already have it on—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks.

'''JONATHAN:''' —we already have it on record.

'''RYAN:''' Are you a part of the On Point Kings, Homestar?

'''RYAN:''' What is the origin of the On Point Kings?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Matt and I, er, Matt or I or someone else...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did we see it somewhere?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know, we just came up with it or...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We? Mike, Matt, and you, see it?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we by... Yeah, not me and Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right, 'cause we don't hang out so much.

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Look! There's another instance of those guys beating up a muffler with a lead pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. That's happened a couple times.

'''JONATHAN:''' He's filing his nails there. That's great.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Filing down his boxing gloves. They get rough. They get roughed up.

''{pause until Strong Bad mentions Lotionman}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You guys, that's weird.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''JONATHAN:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Where, what, where is Lotionman, anyways?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. He might make an appearance, some day.

'''JONATHAN:''' ''{under Mike}'' He's on the poster. Look at a poster.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' He needs to come around.

'''MIKE:''' ''{yelps}''

{{dvdproofread}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*The conversation involving the harmony sounding "raga" and "barbershop" is a direct reference to the movie ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', during a scene in which David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel attempt to harmonize on the [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley|Elvis]] song "[[Wikipedia:Heartbreak Hotel|Heartbreak Hotel]]".

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

The Show

2016-11-19T21:38:26Z

Bde1982: The official title uses a capital I.

{{about-nothe|Homestar's game/political talk show}} {{for|Strong Bad Email|the show}}
[[Image:sbemail66.PNG|thumb|right|220px|"But it turned out I didn't die."]]

'''''The Show''''' is [[Homestar Runner]]'s supposed "game and political talk" show.

''The Show'' has many similarities to real game shows. The set is modeled much after those designed in the 1970s. In particular, the rounded rectangles, chasing lights, and orange shag carpet featured in the background suggest a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]]'' prior to 1978. Homestar's mic is also similar to [[Wikipedia:Gene Rayburn|Gene Rayburn]]'s mic from the ''[[wikipedia:The Match Game|Match Game]]'' and [[Wikipedia:Bob Barker|Bob Barker]]'s original mic from ''[[Wikipedia:The Price Is Right|The Price Is Right]]''. The game [[Pom Pom]] and [[The Poopsmith]] are playing in The Show's debut, [[the show]], bears resemblance to ''[[Wikipedia:Hollywood Squares|Hollywood Squares]]'', a popular game show originally airing in the late '60s.

==Features on ''The Show''==
''The Show'' features these segments:
*Share your "polictical" views.
*Recite a list (in the email "[[the show]]", Homestar reads the answers off the cards).
*Play a ''[[imdb:tt0138968|Hollywood Squares]]''-style game.
*Play the "games" or "guess the price" round.
*Answer questions in the "win big" category.
*Get someone to say something coherent.
*At the end of each episode, Homestar reminds the audience to "Chant Words Together"

==Some of the prizes (as seen in [[Main Page 19]])==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Prize !! Awarded by
|-
| The [[Blender]] || Answering a question with "E-mail"
|-
| The [[Ab-Abber 2000]] || Involving "Toons"
|-
| A [[gold]]en [[The Cheat]] statue || Involving "Downloads"
|-
| [[:Image:TripToHawaii.PNG|A trip to Hawaii]] || Winning the [[Games]] round
|-
| A chair with a hidden price || Winning the "Guess The Price" round
|-
| The [[Gremlin]] || Answering a question in the "Win Big" category
|}

==''The Show! Stupid Home Edition''==
[[Image:the show home editon.png|thumb|220px|From Boardelectrix!]]
'''''The Show: Stupid Home Edition''''' by [[Boardelectrix]], appeared in the email [[geddup noise]]. It is given to losing contestants as a "fine parting gift." The game, according to the front of the box, has these features:
*Choose to recite a list!
*Ask questions, demand answers
*Mostly play by oneself
*Few prizes!
{{clear}}

== ''The Show AM'' ==
[[Image:The show am.PNG|thumb|The Show AM]]
'''''The Show AM''''' debuted in "[[4 branches]]". Unlike ''The Show'', ''The Show AM'' is a morning/tabloid talk show (like ''[[Wikipedia:The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Maury (TV series)|Maury]]'') instead of a game show. It uses the same set and microphone as ''The Show''. The majority of ''The Show AM'''s audience is female, and the discussions range from fashion makeovers using simple items around the house (such as [[mustard]]) to angry confrontations among people in dysfunctional relationships.

Its title alludes to ''Match Game PM'', a syndicated spin-off of ''Match Game'' that aired weekly during a nighttime time slot (by contrast to its daytime version, which aired daily on CBS).

== The Punkin Show ==
[[Image:Punkin_Show.PNG|thumb|The Punkin Show]]
'''''The Punkin Show''''', first seen in the similarly titled [[Punkin Show]] toon, features Homestar judging various fan-submitted pumpkins with the help of his Ding Board. Paint daubs appear to be strictly prohibited, perhaps due to The Punkin Show's sponsorship by the Council Against Paint Daubs. Other promoters include [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], Scary Bubs' Concession Stand, and the [[Homestar Jr.]] burger.

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[the show]]
*[[Main Page 19]]
*Email [[animal]] (podium/background)
*Email [[geddup noise]]
*Email [[4 branches]] (''The Show AM'')
*[[Non-Sequitur Champion]]
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] (mentioned)
*Email [[hremail3184]]
*[[Punkin Show]]

[[Category: Places|Show, The]]
[[Category:TV Shows|Show, The]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|Show]]

death metal

2016-11-10T17:32:08Z

Bde1982: Those words in Strong Bad’s E-mail intro song only are heard in the YouTube version, not the HomestarRunner.com version.

{{sbenav|141}}
[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|"...and let the evil flow forth."]]

Strong Bad instructs viewers on how to make an awesome [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]] song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|What's Her Face}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No "i" in team boy|No "i" in team boy]] (Easter Egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Goblins|A Goblin]] (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, ah ooh, ooh, ooh ah ooh, email. ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: death metal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I'm in this death metal band at my school, and I am in need 
of some of your expert lyrical advice: what words sound 
really cool when you scream 'em at the top of your lungs? 
Dane 
Corvallis, OR 
</blockquote>

''{He says "Ding dong, string strong, bing bong" instead of "Dear Strong Bad."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Whoa! You must go to a pretty cool school. Most schools just have a marching band or maybe a jazz ensemble. But a death metal band? That's extracurriculariffic! ''{clears screen}'' Now let's see, first, you'd better be ugly, Dane. Or fat. The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking. If there's any doubt, go ahead and hot-glue some corn flakes to your face. That'll do the trick. Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks. ''{clears screen}'' As for lyrics, you've got it all wrong! Screaming words at the ''top'' of your lungs is for people with blond hair. Ya know, words like 'tonite,' 'wooh-mon,' and the name of any street in L.A. ''{types "run 'webcam'"}'' Check it out! ''{clears screen. A window with a camera shot of Larry Palaroncini pops up.}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{sings the following lines, which appear below the shot under the screen name "ladeezluvlarry71"}'' tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Thanks, Larry.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{the words continue to appear below Larry's image}'' no prob, Strong Bad. HEY! i'm gonna b online later on playing an MMORPG if you wanna join my guild!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' no wait! ''{the text "you kicked ladeezluvlarry71 offline" appears in red. The window closes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So for death metal, you want to scream from the bowels of your lungs. The bowels! Words like, ''{in a deep, sinister voice, and with the words in green, spooky letters}'' 'decay,' 'deranged,' 'decrepit,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe

''{cut to the auditorium from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], with a singer, bassist, and drummer on stage}''

'''SINGER:''' Dentist!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in Teen Girl Squad voice}'' That was Brainkrieg. They got last place. ''{in normal voice}'' So let's recap: ugly, Nordic, bowels, d-e words. Now all you gotta do is—

''{cut to Strong Mad in the Basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — hunch all up on yourself, ''{Strong Mad gets down on his knee}'' pretend you're holding a mystical orb in each hand ''{Strong Mad holds out his hands and a circular outline appears in each}'' and let the evil flow forth.

''{The scene darkens. The circular outlines fade away. A drum beat begins.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bounces up and down}'' DeVito. DENIRO! DELUISE!! ''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, imitating drum beat}'' Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-blap! Whoa! Boy, do I ever need a quadruple bass pedal. And now, let's watch how it all comes together on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour!

''{Cut to the TV in the basement, on which the text "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon [Hour]" is seen. Strong Bad sits on the couch. Taranchula appears on the screen, along with their logo.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{in pseudo-Scandinavian accents}'' Ja, we are Taranchula!

''{logo disappears}''

'''DAVE OLAFTENSTON:''' You just saw videos from Vinger, Schlaugh-ter and the Winnie Wincent Inwasion.

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' Ja, now here's a sneak peek at our new wideo. ''{lifts tone as if asking a question}''

''{The TV cuts to the video. We see a screw on some rusty metal. Cut to another scene with rusty metal. Cut to a piece of beef slithering across rusty metal.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' You will submit to the decoupage!

''{Cut to four screws, one of which moves around quickly.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' The death nail! {{ref|deathknell}} (Death nail!)

''{Cut to the beef, which is stabbed by a nail and then bound with metal wires. The beef explodes.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Down with the decoupage!

''{Cut to the beef slithering over the rusty metal, this time in the opposite direction. Cut to Strong Bad on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Creeping... rusty... meat. Truly the heart and soul of all death metal. Except, now I feel like I really need to brush my teeth. Lookin' at all that rust. And beef. While I'm gone, complete this worksheet I've prepared for you aspiring death metal types. And, uh, careful with the hot-glue gun, Dane.

''{He goes offscreen to the right, while the worksheet floats to the front of the screen. The worksheet includes [[The Paper|The Paper's]] customary "Click here to email Strong Bad" link at the bottom.}''

===Footnote===
# {{note|deathknell}}This line might also be "death knell." A death knell is a church bell rung when somebody dies. The phrase is somewhat of a cliché in songs or poems about death. The phrase "death nail" might also be a pun on "death knell".

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "fresh juice" at the end to see Homestar Runner come in looking for try-outs.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in, holding a box of corn flakes and with corn flakes glued to his face}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, hello? Is anybody here? I'm, uh, here to try out for the, uh, jazz ensemble.
:*Click on "Corn Krunch" during the Easter egg to see a closeup of the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] box which reads:<blockquote><big>'''Corn Krunch'''</big> Free Full-size alto saxophone inside!!!</blockquote>
[[Image:TGS-brainkrieg.png|thumb|"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."]]
*Click on "deafening" at the end to see an extra [[Teen Girl Squad]] scene.
:''{cut to the auditorium from Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 again, with the singer and back-up on stage}''
:'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:'''SINGER:''' De La Soul!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:''{Cut to What's Her Face and Cheerleader standing in the crowd. What's Her Face seems surprised and pleased to see Cheerleader}''
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{wearing a shirt that says "de"}'' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Scandinavia]] is a group of countries in Northern Europe, comprising [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], where many successful Death and Black Metal bands originate from. Examples of accomplished Death Metal bands from the region include ''Dissection'', ''In Flames'' and ''Amon Amarth''. 
*[[Wikipedia:Sepulveda Boulevard|Sepulveda Boulevard]] is a major street in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].
*[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] stands for "'''M'''assively '''M'''ultiplayer '''O'''nline '''R'''ole-'''P'''laying '''G'''ame", the most prominent examples of which are ''[[Wikipedia:Everquest|Everquest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]''.  Many MMORPGs include the option to create or join an organized team of players, most often referred to as a guild.
*[[Wikipedia:Decoupage|Decoupage]] is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper bits onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc.
*Although there is no such thing as a quadruple bass pedal, a [[Wikipedia:Bass drum#Double bass|double bass pedal]] is a device used to play one bass drum with both feet, a technique which is practically mandatory for death metal drummers. In a particularly elaborate kit, such as that played by the drummer of [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], there might be two differently-tuned bass drums, each with a double pedal, for a total of four pedals; this could be what Strong Bad means.
*"Krieg" is [[German]] for "war", often seen as part of the compound word [[Wikipedia:blitzkrieg|blitzkrieg]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] is a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.
**The term "deltoid" is also sometimes used to mean a [[Wikipedia:Geometric kite|geometric kite]].
*To [[Wikipedia:Denatured alcohol|denature]] is most commonly to render unfit to eat or drink without destroying usefulness in other applications, especially to add methanol to ethyl alcohol.
**[[Wikipedia:Denaturation (biochemistry)|Denaturation]] also refers to the process by which macromolecules (usually proteins) drastically change in properties, usually caused by change in heat or acidity. As a common example, cooking food is a form of denaturation.
*A "[[Wikipedia:T-top|T-top]]" is an automobile roof with removable panels and a central spine running along the top from the windshield to the aft structure of the car. Notable vehicles that had one either stock or as an option were the [[Wikipedia: Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Firebird]] and some models of the [[Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette|Chevrolet Corvette]].
*Taranchula continuously pronounce W like a V and vice versa, which is common in Scandinavian languages.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad has admitted to having teeth.
*When this email first came out, there was no "back" button at the end. This was fixed in a matter of minutes.
*This is one of the few emails to end without [[The Paper]].
*"Brainkrieg", "extracurriculariffic" and "geographist" are [[portmanteaus]].
*The AOL Instant Messenger screen name "ladeezluvlarry71" was registered by a fan after this email came out.
*The death metal worksheet is rendered exclusively in purple ink, suggesting it was produced by a [[Wikipedia:Spirit duplicator|spirit duplicator]]; this device, commonly called a "ditto machine", was in widespread use in public schools prior to the introduction of photocopiers. The worksheet features two hands on either side flashing the [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna]] and reads:
<blockquote>Death Metal Worksheet
 
Which words would NOT 
be good death metal lyrics? 
 
destruction 
decapitation 
delicious 
demonic 
fresh juice 
decaying 
deafening 
deteriorate 
deltoid 
deity 
devastation 
denature 
 
click here to email strongbad</blockquote>

*This is the first time that the entire band [[Taranchula]] appears, although Dave Bjornborg appeared in the video for "[[Moving Very Slowly]]".

*This email marks the fastest that Strong Bad has ever typed, at an average of 240 words per minute, during the quadruple bass pedal segment.

===Remarks===
*If Brainkrieg got last place in the "Battle of the Crappy High School Bands", it could be interpreted to say that they were the best.
*One of the members of Taranchula (Schenkel McDoo) is wearing the exact same pink shirt that [[Matt Chapman]] wears in the [[:Image:Videlectrix developers.png|promo photo]] for [[Videlectrix]].
*Dave Bjornborg's black hair has various red dots appear in it during his appearance. This is probably a transparency bug.
*Strong Bad uses a similar email greeting when he says "Ding dong dear Strong Bad" in [[japanese cartoon]].
*The space between "strong" and "bad" in Strong Bad's name is omitted on the end worksheet.
*The music that plays while Larry sings begins playing before Strong Bad even finishes typing the "run webcam" command.
*"Mort", as in the name "Mort Dougland", is derived from a Latin word (mors) meaning "[[death]]".
*When Strong Bad types the word "de-" words, the outline expanding around each word appears before he finishes typing it.
*When the VCR appears, the blinking "12:00" appears offset to the left with the "REC" symbol next to it. On the [[Character Videos|Characters]] page, however, the blinking "12:00" appears in the center.
*This email features a [[live action]] segment.


*Strong Bad says that screaming at the top of your lungs is for people with blonde hair; however, Scandinavian [[Wikipedia:Black metal|black metal]] utilizes this technique frequently.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad stands up at the end of the email, his legs are an abnormal gray color. As he walks away they, fluctuate independently between gray and the usual black.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song is almost identical to that of [[mile]] in the [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoon.
*The Teen Girl Squad Battle of the Crappy High School Bands is similar to the Battle of the Bands in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].
*The popup title "Video [[Thyme]]" is a reference to "Message Thyme" from [[marzipan]].
*The first reference to De la Soul came in [[50 emails]]. Homestar typed it when he was attempting [[DELETED]].
*The name of the director of the Taranchula video, Mort Dougland, is a reference to [[Teeg Dougland]].
*The growling riff that introduces the "[[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]]" accompanies the appearance of "Taranchula" in [[band names]].

*Dave Olaftenson is most likely played by [[Mike Chapman]], as he sounds very similar to PBtC Strong Bad in the Strong Bad Email [[mile]].
*Strong Bad says to hunch "[[all up on]]" yourself.
*Limozeen previously sang about a street in L.A. in [[Because, It's Midnite]]: "Sunset Strip, California, West Hollywood".

===Real-World References===
*[[De La Soul]] is a highly influential eclectic hip-hop group, matching activist lyrics with artistic [[Wikipedia:Jazz rap|jazz rap]] backings. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]], is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s [[Matt Chapman#Favorite Music|favorite album list]].
*The Taranchula video seems to be inspired by the style and imagery of stop-motion animators [[Wikipedia:Brothers Quay|The Brothers Quay]], particularly their short film "The Street of Crocodiles" (which features self-mobile screws, meat, and a similar decrepit industrial setting). It is also reminiscent of a number of videos by the band [[Wikipedia:Tool (band)|Tool]], most notably for the song "Sober"; Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who created the videos, is strongly influenced by the Quays.
*Strong Mad's death metal lyrics are a reference to three film and television actors whose last names begin with "D-e": [[Wikipedia:Danny DeVito|Danny DeVito]], [[Wikipedia:Robert De Niro|Robert De Niro]], and either [[Wikipedia:Dom DeLuise|Dom]], [[Wikipedia:Peter DeLuise|Peter]], [[Wikipedia:Michael DeLuise|Michael]] or [[Wikipedia:David DeLuise|David DeLuise]].
*The "Winnie Wincent Inwasion" is in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Vinnie Vincent Invasion|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]. Vinnie Vincent formed the Invasion after leaving [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|KISS]].
*"Schlaugh-ter" is probably meant to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], a hair metal band formed near the end of that genre's mass popularity. Interestingly enough, it was formed mostly out of former members of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
*"Vinger" is more than likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Winger (band)|Winger]], an oft-ridiculed hair metal band most famous for songs such as "Headed for a Heartbreak".
*[[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] had a show called the Heavy Metal Half-Hour in 1987. It later became the Hard 30, then disappeared entirely.
**The "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" may also be a parody of "[[Wikipedia:Headbanger's Ball|Headbanger's Ball]]", a metal-oriented music-video segment on MTV that aired in the late 1980s up through 1994. Headbanger's Ball had a reputation for disappointing metal fans by claiming to play hardcore metal but often favoring videos by such pop-metal acts as [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] and [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]]. "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" also plays on the name of MTV's "Half-hour Comedy Hour".
*The "Video Thyme" player appears to parody [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AOL Instant Messenger]]'s video chat function.
*Dave Bjornborg's name is probably derived from the name of [[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]], a famous tennis player. Borg was also mentioned in [[Sample of Style]].
*Strong Bad's suggestion of hotglueing cornflakes to one's face is a possible reference to alternative metal band [[Wikipedia:Mudvayne|Mudvayne]], whose guitarist once glued large triangular cornchips to his already-greasepainted face for a music video.
* The "bowels of your lungs" growl is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Death growl|death growl]] used in various [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]], [[Wikipedia:Grindcore|grindcore]], [[Wikipedia:Deathcore|deathcore]]/[[Wikipedia:Metalcore|metalcore]] and [[Wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge metal]] bands. Singing from your gut is an actual death metal technique. [http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Harsh-Death-Metal-Vocals]

===Fast Forward===
*One of Brainkrieg's songs is a ringtone in the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad minigame]] of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Brainkrieg also went on to make a music video, "If I Don't Get Video Games...", as part of the various artists compilation album, [[Hooked On Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Because of Strong Bad's extended email intro, the DVD version running time is 3:51.
*The signing-off sound effect does not play when Strong Bad shuts off Larry's window.
*The sound quality for both Easter eggs is inexplicably the same quality as on the website, rather than enhanced as with the rest of the DVD content.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is one of my all-time favorite styles, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I'm not gonna be Mike, I'm gonna pretend to be Matt for this commentary.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. That was kind of a very hip hop intro to a death metal email.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pretending to be Matt, sounding nothing like him}'' Yes it was!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what's up Matt?

'''MIKE:''' Not too much, I'm Matt Chapman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do you sound like some type of super hero?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you ''think'' you are?

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}'' I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' You don't sound very sure of yourself.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, I like this email a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{stops pretending to be Matt}'' All right, I'm gonna stop.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan was in the jazz ensemble, at his high school.

'''MIKE:''' I wish he was playing some jazz music for us right now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{makes a sound kind of like "baloongalatang"}''

'''MIKE:''' Baloongalatang.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's my jazz guitar.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best I could do. Um, I think Lemmy from Motörhead has cornflakes on his face.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs (in the middle of Strong Bad's previous line)}'' Definitely does.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Do you know what Lemmy's last name is?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Motorhelm.

'''MIKE:''' Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. That's the be— is that true?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I hope so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's awesome. If I could have a last name like— how could you not be that guy and be in Motörhead?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, imagine if he was really good looking and a businessman. Named Lemmy Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, there's no way he'd be successful.

''{[[Larry Palaroncini]] appears on Strong Bad's computer screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this guy. This guy pops up all the time, on my Video Thyme. And tries to talk to me. He always tries to get me to play massively multiplayer overlord rock play games.

'''MIKE:''' You should change your screen name, I've had to do that before.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' When people you don't want keep popping up and... yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like fourteen-year-old girls?

'''MIKE:''' Add a 2005 to your screen name.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh.

'''MIKE:''' That'll— That'll trick 'em.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' Oh, man, this is the best feature of the Lappy. It knows what I means.

'''MIKE:''' And it can change the font and font color accordingly?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, the Compy could do it too, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I think it did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It did it with the Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek.

''{Brainkrieg appear on screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The trog— Oh. These guys. Look at that— their drummer is out of place.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' He's the only one that can play drums.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's too happy. Yeah, clearly that's the only guy they could find. He's just like, "Well, I don't really listen to the music you guys play, but I'll do it! We're gonna be in the battle of the bands?"

'''MIKE:''' He's in, like, four bands. He's the only drummer at the school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He looks like Joe Mama Besser from Spinal Tap.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Joe Mama Besser didn't make it very far.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think he did.

''{pause}

''{Strong Bad makes surprised sounds}''

'''MIKE:''' You okay there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! It's hard to— to resist... the quadruple bass pedal. ''{pause}'' This is my favorite show.

'''MIKE:''' The hard 30?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The hard 30. Ozzy Ozzy 'ard N Heavy!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, remember those Hard N Heavy videos?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The video magazine.

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' On VHS! ''{pause}'' Oh, that's Schenkel McDoo. ''{Mike laughs}'' That guy's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of this video? I like it a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It looks— it— Eugh! It's disgusting, look at that grease that that beef left on that rusty thing. Uh, rusty pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Where'd we get that cookie sheet? That rusty cookie sheet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I think it was yours.

'''MIKE:''' It might have been mine.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think you ha— you had just baked some cookies on it and we were like, "Oh, maybe this will give us diseases." ''{pause}'' Yeah, I remember that. Every time I watch that... no, I actually went and gargled with grape soda. After that.

'''MIKE:''' Gave yourself a sweet mouth?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, definitely. ''{mumbling}'' Those things hurt. And the things on your face.

===Fun Facts===
*"The Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek" refers to a line spoken in [[interview]].
*Lemmy from [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]]'s last name was [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Kilmister]], not Killmeister. He was the lead singer and bass player. He was previously mentioned in [[band names]].
*[[Spinal Tap]] is a fictional rock band from the faux-documentary ''This is Spinal Tap''; the band had several drummers die during their heyday. Joe "Mama" Besser himself died only a few seconds after being introduced.

==Youtube Version==

*The intro that Strong Bad sings on this email is repeated twice.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

death metal

2016-11-10T17:30:31Z

Bde1982: Per what I heard in the video, Dave said “videos”, not “wideos”, in this line.

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[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|"...and let the evil flow forth."]]

Strong Bad instructs viewers on how to make an awesome [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]] song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|What's Her Face}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No "i" in team boy|No "i" in team boy]] (Easter Egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Goblins|A Goblin]] (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, ah ooh, ooh, ooh ah ooh, email, ah ooh, email, ah ooh ooh. ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: death metal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I'm in this death metal band at my school, and I am in need 
of some of your expert lyrical advice: what words sound 
really cool when you scream 'em at the top of your lungs? 
Dane 
Corvallis, OR 
</blockquote>

''{He says "Ding dong, string strong, bing bong" instead of "Dear Strong Bad."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Whoa! You must go to a pretty cool school. Most schools just have a marching band or maybe a jazz ensemble. But a death metal band? That's extracurriculariffic! ''{clears screen}'' Now let's see, first, you'd better be ugly, Dane. Or fat. The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking. If there's any doubt, go ahead and hot-glue some corn flakes to your face. That'll do the trick. Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks. ''{clears screen}'' As for lyrics, you've got it all wrong! Screaming words at the ''top'' of your lungs is for people with blond hair. Ya know, words like 'tonite,' 'wooh-mon,' and the name of any street in L.A. ''{types "run 'webcam'"}'' Check it out! ''{clears screen. A window with a camera shot of Larry Palaroncini pops up.}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{sings the following lines, which appear below the shot under the screen name "ladeezluvlarry71"}'' tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Thanks, Larry.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{the words continue to appear below Larry's image}'' no prob, Strong Bad. HEY! i'm gonna b online later on playing an MMORPG if you wanna join my guild!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' no wait! ''{the text "you kicked ladeezluvlarry71 offline" appears in red. The window closes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So for death metal, you want to scream from the bowels of your lungs. The bowels! Words like, ''{in a deep, sinister voice, and with the words in green, spooky letters}'' 'decay,' 'deranged,' 'decrepit,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe

''{cut to the auditorium from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], with a singer, bassist, and drummer on stage}''

'''SINGER:''' Dentist!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in Teen Girl Squad voice}'' That was Brainkrieg. They got last place. ''{in normal voice}'' So let's recap: ugly, Nordic, bowels, d-e words. Now all you gotta do is—

''{cut to Strong Mad in the Basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — hunch all up on yourself, ''{Strong Mad gets down on his knee}'' pretend you're holding a mystical orb in each hand ''{Strong Mad holds out his hands and a circular outline appears in each}'' and let the evil flow forth.

''{The scene darkens. The circular outlines fade away. A drum beat begins.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bounces up and down}'' DeVito. DENIRO! DELUISE!! ''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, imitating drum beat}'' Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-blap! Whoa! Boy, do I ever need a quadruple bass pedal. And now, let's watch how it all comes together on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour!

''{Cut to the TV in the basement, on which the text "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon [Hour]" is seen. Strong Bad sits on the couch. Taranchula appears on the screen, along with their logo.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{in pseudo-Scandinavian accents}'' Ja, we are Taranchula!

''{logo disappears}''

'''DAVE OLAFTENSTON:''' You just saw videos from Vinger, Schlaugh-ter and the Winnie Wincent Inwasion.

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' Ja, now here's a sneak peek at our new wideo. ''{lifts tone as if asking a question}''

''{The TV cuts to the video. We see a screw on some rusty metal. Cut to another scene with rusty metal. Cut to a piece of beef slithering across rusty metal.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' You will submit to the decoupage!

''{Cut to four screws, one of which moves around quickly.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' The death nail! {{ref|deathknell}} (Death nail!)

''{Cut to the beef, which is stabbed by a nail and then bound with metal wires. The beef explodes.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Down with the decoupage!

''{Cut to the beef slithering over the rusty metal, this time in the opposite direction. Cut to Strong Bad on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Creeping... rusty... meat. Truly the heart and soul of all death metal. Except, now I feel like I really need to brush my teeth. Lookin' at all that rust. And beef. While I'm gone, complete this worksheet I've prepared for you aspiring death metal types. And, uh, careful with the hot-glue gun, Dane.

''{He goes offscreen to the right, while the worksheet floats to the front of the screen. The worksheet includes [[The Paper|The Paper's]] customary "Click here to email Strong Bad" link at the bottom.}''

===Footnote===
# {{note|deathknell}}This line might also be "death knell." A death knell is a church bell rung when somebody dies. The phrase is somewhat of a cliché in songs or poems about death. The phrase "death nail" might also be a pun on "death knell".

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "fresh juice" at the end to see Homestar Runner come in looking for try-outs.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in, holding a box of corn flakes and with corn flakes glued to his face}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, hello? Is anybody here? I'm, uh, here to try out for the, uh, jazz ensemble.
:*Click on "Corn Krunch" during the Easter egg to see a closeup of the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] box which reads:<blockquote><big>'''Corn Krunch'''</big> Free Full-size alto saxophone inside!!!</blockquote>
[[Image:TGS-brainkrieg.png|thumb|"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."]]
*Click on "deafening" at the end to see an extra [[Teen Girl Squad]] scene.
:''{cut to the auditorium from Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 again, with the singer and back-up on stage}''
:'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:'''SINGER:''' De La Soul!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:''{Cut to What's Her Face and Cheerleader standing in the crowd. What's Her Face seems surprised and pleased to see Cheerleader}''
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{wearing a shirt that says "de"}'' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Scandinavia]] is a group of countries in Northern Europe, comprising [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], where many successful Death and Black Metal bands originate from. Examples of accomplished Death Metal bands from the region include ''Dissection'', ''In Flames'' and ''Amon Amarth''. 
*[[Wikipedia:Sepulveda Boulevard|Sepulveda Boulevard]] is a major street in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].
*[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] stands for "'''M'''assively '''M'''ultiplayer '''O'''nline '''R'''ole-'''P'''laying '''G'''ame", the most prominent examples of which are ''[[Wikipedia:Everquest|Everquest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]''.  Many MMORPGs include the option to create or join an organized team of players, most often referred to as a guild.
*[[Wikipedia:Decoupage|Decoupage]] is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper bits onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc.
*Although there is no such thing as a quadruple bass pedal, a [[Wikipedia:Bass drum#Double bass|double bass pedal]] is a device used to play one bass drum with both feet, a technique which is practically mandatory for death metal drummers. In a particularly elaborate kit, such as that played by the drummer of [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], there might be two differently-tuned bass drums, each with a double pedal, for a total of four pedals; this could be what Strong Bad means.
*"Krieg" is [[German]] for "war", often seen as part of the compound word [[Wikipedia:blitzkrieg|blitzkrieg]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] is a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.
**The term "deltoid" is also sometimes used to mean a [[Wikipedia:Geometric kite|geometric kite]].
*To [[Wikipedia:Denatured alcohol|denature]] is most commonly to render unfit to eat or drink without destroying usefulness in other applications, especially to add methanol to ethyl alcohol.
**[[Wikipedia:Denaturation (biochemistry)|Denaturation]] also refers to the process by which macromolecules (usually proteins) drastically change in properties, usually caused by change in heat or acidity. As a common example, cooking food is a form of denaturation.
*A "[[Wikipedia:T-top|T-top]]" is an automobile roof with removable panels and a central spine running along the top from the windshield to the aft structure of the car. Notable vehicles that had one either stock or as an option were the [[Wikipedia: Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Firebird]] and some models of the [[Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette|Chevrolet Corvette]].
*Taranchula continuously pronounce W like a V and vice versa, which is common in Scandinavian languages.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad has admitted to having teeth.
*When this email first came out, there was no "back" button at the end. This was fixed in a matter of minutes.
*This is one of the few emails to end without [[The Paper]].
*"Brainkrieg", "extracurriculariffic" and "geographist" are [[portmanteaus]].
*The AOL Instant Messenger screen name "ladeezluvlarry71" was registered by a fan after this email came out.
*The death metal worksheet is rendered exclusively in purple ink, suggesting it was produced by a [[Wikipedia:Spirit duplicator|spirit duplicator]]; this device, commonly called a "ditto machine", was in widespread use in public schools prior to the introduction of photocopiers. The worksheet features two hands on either side flashing the [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna]] and reads:
<blockquote>Death Metal Worksheet
 
Which words would NOT 
be good death metal lyrics? 
 
destruction 
decapitation 
delicious 
demonic 
fresh juice 
decaying 
deafening 
deteriorate 
deltoid 
deity 
devastation 
denature 
 
click here to email strongbad</blockquote>

*This is the first time that the entire band [[Taranchula]] appears, although Dave Bjornborg appeared in the video for "[[Moving Very Slowly]]".

*This email marks the fastest that Strong Bad has ever typed, at an average of 240 words per minute, during the quadruple bass pedal segment.

===Remarks===
*If Brainkrieg got last place in the "Battle of the Crappy High School Bands", it could be interpreted to say that they were the best.
*One of the members of Taranchula (Schenkel McDoo) is wearing the exact same pink shirt that [[Matt Chapman]] wears in the [[:Image:Videlectrix developers.png|promo photo]] for [[Videlectrix]].
*Dave Bjornborg's black hair has various red dots appear in it during his appearance. This is probably a transparency bug.
*Strong Bad uses a similar email greeting when he says "Ding dong dear Strong Bad" in [[japanese cartoon]].
*The space between "strong" and "bad" in Strong Bad's name is omitted on the end worksheet.
*The music that plays while Larry sings begins playing before Strong Bad even finishes typing the "run webcam" command.
*"Mort", as in the name "Mort Dougland", is derived from a Latin word (mors) meaning "[[death]]".
*When Strong Bad types the word "de-" words, the outline expanding around each word appears before he finishes typing it.
*When the VCR appears, the blinking "12:00" appears offset to the left with the "REC" symbol next to it. On the [[Character Videos|Characters]] page, however, the blinking "12:00" appears in the center.
*This email features a [[live action]] segment.


*Strong Bad says that screaming at the top of your lungs is for people with blonde hair; however, Scandinavian [[Wikipedia:Black metal|black metal]] utilizes this technique frequently.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad stands up at the end of the email, his legs are an abnormal gray color. As he walks away they, fluctuate independently between gray and the usual black.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song is almost identical to that of [[mile]] in the [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoon.
*The Teen Girl Squad Battle of the Crappy High School Bands is similar to the Battle of the Bands in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].
*The popup title "Video [[Thyme]]" is a reference to "Message Thyme" from [[marzipan]].
*The first reference to De la Soul came in [[50 emails]]. Homestar typed it when he was attempting [[DELETED]].
*The name of the director of the Taranchula video, Mort Dougland, is a reference to [[Teeg Dougland]].
*The growling riff that introduces the "[[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]]" accompanies the appearance of "Taranchula" in [[band names]].

*Dave Olaftenson is most likely played by [[Mike Chapman]], as he sounds very similar to PBtC Strong Bad in the Strong Bad Email [[mile]].
*Strong Bad says to hunch "[[all up on]]" yourself.
*Limozeen previously sang about a street in L.A. in [[Because, It's Midnite]]: "Sunset Strip, California, West Hollywood".

===Real-World References===
*[[De La Soul]] is a highly influential eclectic hip-hop group, matching activist lyrics with artistic [[Wikipedia:Jazz rap|jazz rap]] backings. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]], is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s [[Matt Chapman#Favorite Music|favorite album list]].
*The Taranchula video seems to be inspired by the style and imagery of stop-motion animators [[Wikipedia:Brothers Quay|The Brothers Quay]], particularly their short film "The Street of Crocodiles" (which features self-mobile screws, meat, and a similar decrepit industrial setting). It is also reminiscent of a number of videos by the band [[Wikipedia:Tool (band)|Tool]], most notably for the song "Sober"; Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who created the videos, is strongly influenced by the Quays.
*Strong Mad's death metal lyrics are a reference to three film and television actors whose last names begin with "D-e": [[Wikipedia:Danny DeVito|Danny DeVito]], [[Wikipedia:Robert De Niro|Robert De Niro]], and either [[Wikipedia:Dom DeLuise|Dom]], [[Wikipedia:Peter DeLuise|Peter]], [[Wikipedia:Michael DeLuise|Michael]] or [[Wikipedia:David DeLuise|David DeLuise]].
*The "Winnie Wincent Inwasion" is in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Vinnie Vincent Invasion|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]. Vinnie Vincent formed the Invasion after leaving [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|KISS]].
*"Schlaugh-ter" is probably meant to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], a hair metal band formed near the end of that genre's mass popularity. Interestingly enough, it was formed mostly out of former members of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
*"Vinger" is more than likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Winger (band)|Winger]], an oft-ridiculed hair metal band most famous for songs such as "Headed for a Heartbreak".
*[[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] had a show called the Heavy Metal Half-Hour in 1987. It later became the Hard 30, then disappeared entirely.
**The "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" may also be a parody of "[[Wikipedia:Headbanger's Ball|Headbanger's Ball]]", a metal-oriented music-video segment on MTV that aired in the late 1980s up through 1994. Headbanger's Ball had a reputation for disappointing metal fans by claiming to play hardcore metal but often favoring videos by such pop-metal acts as [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] and [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]]. "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" also plays on the name of MTV's "Half-hour Comedy Hour".
*The "Video Thyme" player appears to parody [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AOL Instant Messenger]]'s video chat function.
*Dave Bjornborg's name is probably derived from the name of [[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]], a famous tennis player. Borg was also mentioned in [[Sample of Style]].
*Strong Bad's suggestion of hotglueing cornflakes to one's face is a possible reference to alternative metal band [[Wikipedia:Mudvayne|Mudvayne]], whose guitarist once glued large triangular cornchips to his already-greasepainted face for a music video.
* The "bowels of your lungs" growl is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Death growl|death growl]] used in various [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]], [[Wikipedia:Grindcore|grindcore]], [[Wikipedia:Deathcore|deathcore]]/[[Wikipedia:Metalcore|metalcore]] and [[Wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge metal]] bands. Singing from your gut is an actual death metal technique. [http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Harsh-Death-Metal-Vocals]

===Fast Forward===
*One of Brainkrieg's songs is a ringtone in the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad minigame]] of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Brainkrieg also went on to make a music video, "If I Don't Get Video Games...", as part of the various artists compilation album, [[Hooked On Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Because of Strong Bad's extended email intro, the DVD version running time is 3:51.
*The signing-off sound effect does not play when Strong Bad shuts off Larry's window.
*The sound quality for both Easter eggs is inexplicably the same quality as on the website, rather than enhanced as with the rest of the DVD content.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is one of my all-time favorite styles, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I'm not gonna be Mike, I'm gonna pretend to be Matt for this commentary.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. That was kind of a very hip hop intro to a death metal email.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pretending to be Matt, sounding nothing like him}'' Yes it was!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what's up Matt?

'''MIKE:''' Not too much, I'm Matt Chapman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do you sound like some type of super hero?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you ''think'' you are?

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}'' I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' You don't sound very sure of yourself.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, I like this email a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{stops pretending to be Matt}'' All right, I'm gonna stop.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan was in the jazz ensemble, at his high school.

'''MIKE:''' I wish he was playing some jazz music for us right now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{makes a sound kind of like "baloongalatang"}''

'''MIKE:''' Baloongalatang.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's my jazz guitar.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best I could do. Um, I think Lemmy from Motörhead has cornflakes on his face.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs (in the middle of Strong Bad's previous line)}'' Definitely does.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Do you know what Lemmy's last name is?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Motorhelm.

'''MIKE:''' Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. That's the be— is that true?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I hope so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's awesome. If I could have a last name like— how could you not be that guy and be in Motörhead?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, imagine if he was really good looking and a businessman. Named Lemmy Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, there's no way he'd be successful.

''{[[Larry Palaroncini]] appears on Strong Bad's computer screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this guy. This guy pops up all the time, on my Video Thyme. And tries to talk to me. He always tries to get me to play massively multiplayer overlord rock play games.

'''MIKE:''' You should change your screen name, I've had to do that before.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' When people you don't want keep popping up and... yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like fourteen-year-old girls?

'''MIKE:''' Add a 2005 to your screen name.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh.

'''MIKE:''' That'll— That'll trick 'em.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' Oh, man, this is the best feature of the Lappy. It knows what I means.

'''MIKE:''' And it can change the font and font color accordingly?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, the Compy could do it too, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I think it did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It did it with the Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek.

''{Brainkrieg appear on screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The trog— Oh. These guys. Look at that— their drummer is out of place.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' He's the only one that can play drums.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's too happy. Yeah, clearly that's the only guy they could find. He's just like, "Well, I don't really listen to the music you guys play, but I'll do it! We're gonna be in the battle of the bands?"

'''MIKE:''' He's in, like, four bands. He's the only drummer at the school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He looks like Joe Mama Besser from Spinal Tap.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Joe Mama Besser didn't make it very far.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think he did.

''{pause}

''{Strong Bad makes surprised sounds}''

'''MIKE:''' You okay there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! It's hard to— to resist... the quadruple bass pedal. ''{pause}'' This is my favorite show.

'''MIKE:''' The hard 30?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The hard 30. Ozzy Ozzy 'ard N Heavy!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, remember those Hard N Heavy videos?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The video magazine.

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' On VHS! ''{pause}'' Oh, that's Schenkel McDoo. ''{Mike laughs}'' That guy's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of this video? I like it a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It looks— it— Eugh! It's disgusting, look at that grease that that beef left on that rusty thing. Uh, rusty pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Where'd we get that cookie sheet? That rusty cookie sheet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I think it was yours.

'''MIKE:''' It might have been mine.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think you ha— you had just baked some cookies on it and we were like, "Oh, maybe this will give us diseases." ''{pause}'' Yeah, I remember that. Every time I watch that... no, I actually went and gargled with grape soda. After that.

'''MIKE:''' Gave yourself a sweet mouth?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, definitely. ''{mumbling}'' Those things hurt. And the things on your face.

===Fun Facts===
*"The Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek" refers to a line spoken in [[interview]].
*Lemmy from [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]]'s last name was [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Kilmister]], not Killmeister. He was the lead singer and bass player. He was previously mentioned in [[band names]].
*[[Spinal Tap]] is a fictional rock band from the faux-documentary ''This is Spinal Tap''; the band had several drummers die during their heyday. Joe "Mama" Besser himself died only a few seconds after being introduced.

==Youtube Version==

*The intro that Strong Bad sings on this email is repeated twice.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

death metal

2016-11-10T17:27:08Z

Bde1982: I edited Strong Bad’s E-mail intro song per what I heard in the toon.

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[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|"...and let the evil flow forth."]]

Strong Bad instructs viewers on how to make an awesome [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]] song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|What's Her Face}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No "i" in team boy|No "i" in team boy]] (Easter Egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Goblins|A Goblin]] (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, ah ooh, ooh, ooh ah ooh, email, ah ooh, email, ah ooh ooh. ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: death metal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I'm in this death metal band at my school, and I am in need 
of some of your expert lyrical advice: what words sound 
really cool when you scream 'em at the top of your lungs? 
Dane 
Corvallis, OR 
</blockquote>

''{He says "Ding dong, string strong, bing bong" instead of "Dear Strong Bad."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Whoa! You must go to a pretty cool school. Most schools just have a marching band or maybe a jazz ensemble. But a death metal band? That's extracurriculariffic! ''{clears screen}'' Now let's see, first, you'd better be ugly, Dane. Or fat. The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking. If there's any doubt, go ahead and hot-glue some corn flakes to your face. That'll do the trick. Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks. ''{clears screen}'' As for lyrics, you've got it all wrong! Screaming words at the ''top'' of your lungs is for people with blond hair. Ya know, words like 'tonite,' 'wooh-mon,' and the name of any street in L.A. ''{types "run 'webcam'"}'' Check it out! ''{clears screen. A window with a camera shot of Larry Palaroncini pops up.}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{sings the following lines, which appear below the shot under the screen name "ladeezluvlarry71"}'' tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Thanks, Larry.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{the words continue to appear below Larry's image}'' no prob, Strong Bad. HEY! i'm gonna b online later on playing an MMORPG if you wanna join my guild!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' no wait! ''{the text "you kicked ladeezluvlarry71 offline" appears in red. The window closes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So for death metal, you want to scream from the bowels of your lungs. The bowels! Words like, ''{in a deep, sinister voice, and with the words in green, spooky letters}'' 'decay,' 'deranged,' 'decrepit,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe

''{cut to the auditorium from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], with a singer, bassist, and drummer on stage}''

'''SINGER:''' Dentist!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in Teen Girl Squad voice}'' That was Brainkrieg. They got last place. ''{in normal voice}'' So let's recap: ugly, Nordic, bowels, d-e words. Now all you gotta do is—

''{cut to Strong Mad in the Basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — hunch all up on yourself, ''{Strong Mad gets down on his knee}'' pretend you're holding a mystical orb in each hand ''{Strong Mad holds out his hands and a circular outline appears in each}'' and let the evil flow forth.

''{The scene darkens. The circular outlines fade away. A drum beat begins.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bounces up and down}'' DeVito. DENIRO! DELUISE!! ''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, imitating drum beat}'' Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-blap! Whoa! Boy, do I ever need a quadruple bass pedal. And now, let's watch how it all comes together on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour!

''{Cut to the TV in the basement, on which the text "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon [Hour]" is seen. Strong Bad sits on the couch. Taranchula appears on the screen, along with their logo.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{in pseudo-Scandinavian accents}'' Ja, we are Taranchula!

''{logo disappears}''

'''DAVE OLAFTENSTON:''' You just saw wideos from Vinger, Schlaugh-ter and the Winnie Wincent Inwasion.

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' Ja, now here's a sneak peek at our new wideo. ''{lifts tone as if asking a question}''

''{The TV cuts to the video. We see a screw on some rusty metal. Cut to another scene with rusty metal. Cut to a piece of beef slithering across rusty metal.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' You will submit to the decoupage!

''{Cut to four screws, one of which moves around quickly.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' The death nail! {{ref|deathknell}} (Death nail!)

''{Cut to the beef, which is stabbed by a nail and then bound with metal wires. The beef explodes.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Down with the decoupage!

''{Cut to the beef slithering over the rusty metal, this time in the opposite direction. Cut to Strong Bad on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Creeping... rusty... meat. Truly the heart and soul of all death metal. Except, now I feel like I really need to brush my teeth. Lookin' at all that rust. And beef. While I'm gone, complete this worksheet I've prepared for you aspiring death metal types. And, uh, careful with the hot-glue gun, Dane.

''{He goes offscreen to the right, while the worksheet floats to the front of the screen. The worksheet includes [[The Paper|The Paper's]] customary "Click here to email Strong Bad" link at the bottom.}''

===Footnote===
# {{note|deathknell}}This line might also be "death knell." A death knell is a church bell rung when somebody dies. The phrase is somewhat of a cliché in songs or poems about death. The phrase "death nail" might also be a pun on "death knell".

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "fresh juice" at the end to see Homestar Runner come in looking for try-outs.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in, holding a box of corn flakes and with corn flakes glued to his face}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, hello? Is anybody here? I'm, uh, here to try out for the, uh, jazz ensemble.
:*Click on "Corn Krunch" during the Easter egg to see a closeup of the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] box which reads:<blockquote><big>'''Corn Krunch'''</big> Free Full-size alto saxophone inside!!!</blockquote>
[[Image:TGS-brainkrieg.png|thumb|"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."]]
*Click on "deafening" at the end to see an extra [[Teen Girl Squad]] scene.
:''{cut to the auditorium from Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 again, with the singer and back-up on stage}''
:'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:'''SINGER:''' De La Soul!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:''{Cut to What's Her Face and Cheerleader standing in the crowd. What's Her Face seems surprised and pleased to see Cheerleader}''
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{wearing a shirt that says "de"}'' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Scandinavia]] is a group of countries in Northern Europe, comprising [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], where many successful Death and Black Metal bands originate from. Examples of accomplished Death Metal bands from the region include ''Dissection'', ''In Flames'' and ''Amon Amarth''. 
*[[Wikipedia:Sepulveda Boulevard|Sepulveda Boulevard]] is a major street in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].
*[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] stands for "'''M'''assively '''M'''ultiplayer '''O'''nline '''R'''ole-'''P'''laying '''G'''ame", the most prominent examples of which are ''[[Wikipedia:Everquest|Everquest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]''.  Many MMORPGs include the option to create or join an organized team of players, most often referred to as a guild.
*[[Wikipedia:Decoupage|Decoupage]] is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper bits onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc.
*Although there is no such thing as a quadruple bass pedal, a [[Wikipedia:Bass drum#Double bass|double bass pedal]] is a device used to play one bass drum with both feet, a technique which is practically mandatory for death metal drummers. In a particularly elaborate kit, such as that played by the drummer of [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], there might be two differently-tuned bass drums, each with a double pedal, for a total of four pedals; this could be what Strong Bad means.
*"Krieg" is [[German]] for "war", often seen as part of the compound word [[Wikipedia:blitzkrieg|blitzkrieg]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] is a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.
**The term "deltoid" is also sometimes used to mean a [[Wikipedia:Geometric kite|geometric kite]].
*To [[Wikipedia:Denatured alcohol|denature]] is most commonly to render unfit to eat or drink without destroying usefulness in other applications, especially to add methanol to ethyl alcohol.
**[[Wikipedia:Denaturation (biochemistry)|Denaturation]] also refers to the process by which macromolecules (usually proteins) drastically change in properties, usually caused by change in heat or acidity. As a common example, cooking food is a form of denaturation.
*A "[[Wikipedia:T-top|T-top]]" is an automobile roof with removable panels and a central spine running along the top from the windshield to the aft structure of the car. Notable vehicles that had one either stock or as an option were the [[Wikipedia: Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Firebird]] and some models of the [[Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette|Chevrolet Corvette]].
*Taranchula continuously pronounce W like a V and vice versa, which is common in Scandinavian languages.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad has admitted to having teeth.
*When this email first came out, there was no "back" button at the end. This was fixed in a matter of minutes.
*This is one of the few emails to end without [[The Paper]].
*"Brainkrieg", "extracurriculariffic" and "geographist" are [[portmanteaus]].
*The AOL Instant Messenger screen name "ladeezluvlarry71" was registered by a fan after this email came out.
*The death metal worksheet is rendered exclusively in purple ink, suggesting it was produced by a [[Wikipedia:Spirit duplicator|spirit duplicator]]; this device, commonly called a "ditto machine", was in widespread use in public schools prior to the introduction of photocopiers. The worksheet features two hands on either side flashing the [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna]] and reads:
<blockquote>Death Metal Worksheet
 
Which words would NOT 
be good death metal lyrics? 
 
destruction 
decapitation 
delicious 
demonic 
fresh juice 
decaying 
deafening 
deteriorate 
deltoid 
deity 
devastation 
denature 
 
click here to email strongbad</blockquote>

*This is the first time that the entire band [[Taranchula]] appears, although Dave Bjornborg appeared in the video for "[[Moving Very Slowly]]".

*This email marks the fastest that Strong Bad has ever typed, at an average of 240 words per minute, during the quadruple bass pedal segment.

===Remarks===
*If Brainkrieg got last place in the "Battle of the Crappy High School Bands", it could be interpreted to say that they were the best.
*One of the members of Taranchula (Schenkel McDoo) is wearing the exact same pink shirt that [[Matt Chapman]] wears in the [[:Image:Videlectrix developers.png|promo photo]] for [[Videlectrix]].
*Dave Bjornborg's black hair has various red dots appear in it during his appearance. This is probably a transparency bug.
*Strong Bad uses a similar email greeting when he says "Ding dong dear Strong Bad" in [[japanese cartoon]].
*The space between "strong" and "bad" in Strong Bad's name is omitted on the end worksheet.
*The music that plays while Larry sings begins playing before Strong Bad even finishes typing the "run webcam" command.
*"Mort", as in the name "Mort Dougland", is derived from a Latin word (mors) meaning "[[death]]".
*When Strong Bad types the word "de-" words, the outline expanding around each word appears before he finishes typing it.
*When the VCR appears, the blinking "12:00" appears offset to the left with the "REC" symbol next to it. On the [[Character Videos|Characters]] page, however, the blinking "12:00" appears in the center.
*This email features a [[live action]] segment.


*Strong Bad says that screaming at the top of your lungs is for people with blonde hair; however, Scandinavian [[Wikipedia:Black metal|black metal]] utilizes this technique frequently.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad stands up at the end of the email, his legs are an abnormal gray color. As he walks away they, fluctuate independently between gray and the usual black.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song is almost identical to that of [[mile]] in the [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoon.
*The Teen Girl Squad Battle of the Crappy High School Bands is similar to the Battle of the Bands in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].
*The popup title "Video [[Thyme]]" is a reference to "Message Thyme" from [[marzipan]].
*The first reference to De la Soul came in [[50 emails]]. Homestar typed it when he was attempting [[DELETED]].
*The name of the director of the Taranchula video, Mort Dougland, is a reference to [[Teeg Dougland]].
*The growling riff that introduces the "[[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]]" accompanies the appearance of "Taranchula" in [[band names]].

*Dave Olaftenson is most likely played by [[Mike Chapman]], as he sounds very similar to PBtC Strong Bad in the Strong Bad Email [[mile]].
*Strong Bad says to hunch "[[all up on]]" yourself.
*Limozeen previously sang about a street in L.A. in [[Because, It's Midnite]]: "Sunset Strip, California, West Hollywood".

===Real-World References===
*[[De La Soul]] is a highly influential eclectic hip-hop group, matching activist lyrics with artistic [[Wikipedia:Jazz rap|jazz rap]] backings. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]], is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s [[Matt Chapman#Favorite Music|favorite album list]].
*The Taranchula video seems to be inspired by the style and imagery of stop-motion animators [[Wikipedia:Brothers Quay|The Brothers Quay]], particularly their short film "The Street of Crocodiles" (which features self-mobile screws, meat, and a similar decrepit industrial setting). It is also reminiscent of a number of videos by the band [[Wikipedia:Tool (band)|Tool]], most notably for the song "Sober"; Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who created the videos, is strongly influenced by the Quays.
*Strong Mad's death metal lyrics are a reference to three film and television actors whose last names begin with "D-e": [[Wikipedia:Danny DeVito|Danny DeVito]], [[Wikipedia:Robert De Niro|Robert De Niro]], and either [[Wikipedia:Dom DeLuise|Dom]], [[Wikipedia:Peter DeLuise|Peter]], [[Wikipedia:Michael DeLuise|Michael]] or [[Wikipedia:David DeLuise|David DeLuise]].
*The "Winnie Wincent Inwasion" is in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Vinnie Vincent Invasion|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]. Vinnie Vincent formed the Invasion after leaving [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|KISS]].
*"Schlaugh-ter" is probably meant to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], a hair metal band formed near the end of that genre's mass popularity. Interestingly enough, it was formed mostly out of former members of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
*"Vinger" is more than likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Winger (band)|Winger]], an oft-ridiculed hair metal band most famous for songs such as "Headed for a Heartbreak".
*[[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] had a show called the Heavy Metal Half-Hour in 1987. It later became the Hard 30, then disappeared entirely.
**The "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" may also be a parody of "[[Wikipedia:Headbanger's Ball|Headbanger's Ball]]", a metal-oriented music-video segment on MTV that aired in the late 1980s up through 1994. Headbanger's Ball had a reputation for disappointing metal fans by claiming to play hardcore metal but often favoring videos by such pop-metal acts as [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] and [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]]. "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" also plays on the name of MTV's "Half-hour Comedy Hour".
*The "Video Thyme" player appears to parody [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AOL Instant Messenger]]'s video chat function.
*Dave Bjornborg's name is probably derived from the name of [[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]], a famous tennis player. Borg was also mentioned in [[Sample of Style]].
*Strong Bad's suggestion of hotglueing cornflakes to one's face is a possible reference to alternative metal band [[Wikipedia:Mudvayne|Mudvayne]], whose guitarist once glued large triangular cornchips to his already-greasepainted face for a music video.
* The "bowels of your lungs" growl is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Death growl|death growl]] used in various [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]], [[Wikipedia:Grindcore|grindcore]], [[Wikipedia:Deathcore|deathcore]]/[[Wikipedia:Metalcore|metalcore]] and [[Wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge metal]] bands. Singing from your gut is an actual death metal technique. [http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Harsh-Death-Metal-Vocals]

===Fast Forward===
*One of Brainkrieg's songs is a ringtone in the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad minigame]] of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Brainkrieg also went on to make a music video, "If I Don't Get Video Games...", as part of the various artists compilation album, [[Hooked On Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Because of Strong Bad's extended email intro, the DVD version running time is 3:51.
*The signing-off sound effect does not play when Strong Bad shuts off Larry's window.
*The sound quality for both Easter eggs is inexplicably the same quality as on the website, rather than enhanced as with the rest of the DVD content.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is one of my all-time favorite styles, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I'm not gonna be Mike, I'm gonna pretend to be Matt for this commentary.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. That was kind of a very hip hop intro to a death metal email.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pretending to be Matt, sounding nothing like him}'' Yes it was!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what's up Matt?

'''MIKE:''' Not too much, I'm Matt Chapman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do you sound like some type of super hero?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you ''think'' you are?

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}'' I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' You don't sound very sure of yourself.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, I like this email a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{stops pretending to be Matt}'' All right, I'm gonna stop.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan was in the jazz ensemble, at his high school.

'''MIKE:''' I wish he was playing some jazz music for us right now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{makes a sound kind of like "baloongalatang"}''

'''MIKE:''' Baloongalatang.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's my jazz guitar.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best I could do. Um, I think Lemmy from Motörhead has cornflakes on his face.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs (in the middle of Strong Bad's previous line)}'' Definitely does.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Do you know what Lemmy's last name is?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Motorhelm.

'''MIKE:''' Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. That's the be— is that true?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I hope so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's awesome. If I could have a last name like— how could you not be that guy and be in Motörhead?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, imagine if he was really good looking and a businessman. Named Lemmy Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, there's no way he'd be successful.

''{[[Larry Palaroncini]] appears on Strong Bad's computer screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this guy. This guy pops up all the time, on my Video Thyme. And tries to talk to me. He always tries to get me to play massively multiplayer overlord rock play games.

'''MIKE:''' You should change your screen name, I've had to do that before.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' When people you don't want keep popping up and... yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like fourteen-year-old girls?

'''MIKE:''' Add a 2005 to your screen name.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh.

'''MIKE:''' That'll— That'll trick 'em.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' Oh, man, this is the best feature of the Lappy. It knows what I means.

'''MIKE:''' And it can change the font and font color accordingly?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, the Compy could do it too, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I think it did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It did it with the Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek.

''{Brainkrieg appear on screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The trog— Oh. These guys. Look at that— their drummer is out of place.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' He's the only one that can play drums.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's too happy. Yeah, clearly that's the only guy they could find. He's just like, "Well, I don't really listen to the music you guys play, but I'll do it! We're gonna be in the battle of the bands?"

'''MIKE:''' He's in, like, four bands. He's the only drummer at the school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He looks like Joe Mama Besser from Spinal Tap.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Joe Mama Besser didn't make it very far.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think he did.

''{pause}

''{Strong Bad makes surprised sounds}''

'''MIKE:''' You okay there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! It's hard to— to resist... the quadruple bass pedal. ''{pause}'' This is my favorite show.

'''MIKE:''' The hard 30?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The hard 30. Ozzy Ozzy 'ard N Heavy!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, remember those Hard N Heavy videos?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The video magazine.

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' On VHS! ''{pause}'' Oh, that's Schenkel McDoo. ''{Mike laughs}'' That guy's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of this video? I like it a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It looks— it— Eugh! It's disgusting, look at that grease that that beef left on that rusty thing. Uh, rusty pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Where'd we get that cookie sheet? That rusty cookie sheet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I think it was yours.

'''MIKE:''' It might have been mine.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think you ha— you had just baked some cookies on it and we were like, "Oh, maybe this will give us diseases." ''{pause}'' Yeah, I remember that. Every time I watch that... no, I actually went and gargled with grape soda. After that.

'''MIKE:''' Gave yourself a sweet mouth?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, definitely. ''{mumbling}'' Those things hurt. And the things on your face.

===Fun Facts===
*"The Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek" refers to a line spoken in [[interview]].
*Lemmy from [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]]'s last name was [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Kilmister]], not Killmeister. He was the lead singer and bass player. He was previously mentioned in [[band names]].
*[[Spinal Tap]] is a fictional rock band from the faux-documentary ''This is Spinal Tap''; the band had several drummers die during their heyday. Joe "Mama" Besser himself died only a few seconds after being introduced.

==Youtube Version==

*The intro that Strong Bad sings on this email is repeated twice.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|141|6714|youtube=V72NKRyX1NA}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

All up ons

2016-11-10T16:33:34Z

Bde1982: Period goes inside the quotation marks, not outside. I also removed an unnecessary space.

[[Image:All up ons.PNG|thumb|310px|"Well, Strong Sad, it means they really like you."]]
"'''All up ons'''" is a colloquial usage describing popularity. As [[Strong Bad]] explained to [[Strong Sad]], "It means they really like you." However, the phrase appears in many places in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work that don't have anything to do with this usage, often where "up on" would be sufficient.

A variation on this phrase has also occurred in the form of "All up ''ins''", which simply means in.

==All up on(s)==

*'''Debut''': Email [[suntan]] — The origin of the saying: Strong Bad made Strong Sad to say it in an advertisement for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]]. The Ab-Abber's slogan is "They'll be ''all up ons''!" This may be a variation of the phrase "all up on us" used by Strong Bad earlier in the same email.
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — If you type "get mud" while you're already covered in mud, the game will tell you, "You've already gotten an heapin' helpin' '''all up on''' yo'self."
*[[Hallrunner]] — When you face an obstacle, the game says "You come ''all up on'' an obstacle."
*Email [[dreamail]] — [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]] tells Strong Bad that in replying to his email, he played well and that "Those [[Strong Bad's Ladies|ladies]] are sure to be ''all up ons''."
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] (DVD commentary) — Strong Bad quotes the inspiration for the comics are "Oh, all the teen girls, that alls the time are '''all upon''' my jock." Although here, it is spelled (upon), whereas he could've said either of them.
*Email [[death metal]] — After describing the requirements for death metal, Strong Bad first says "all you gotta do is hunch ''all up on'' yourself".
*Email [[lady fan]] — In a panel of the comic [[Buck Webb, Extraordinaire]], Strong Bad advises the sender of the email to drop his girlfriend if she is not ''all up ons'' after all the "extra special cool" things Strong Bad has done to impress her.
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — Near the beginning of the game, the phrase "shimmy ''all up on'' the dead [[dongrel]]" is used.
*Email [[senior prom]] — Strong Bad crashes the "Entrapment ''All Up On'' the Moon" Dance.

== All up in(s) ==

*[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Homestar Runner Screensaver]] — A window asks if you want "Homestar ''all up in'' your computer."
*[[New Boots]] and [[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]] — [[Coach Z]]'s CD is called "The Z Is ''All Up Ins''", a variant of the term.
*Email [[theme park]] (Easter egg) — [[Cheerleader]] uses the line "''all up in'' my BWEEZ-NASS!!"
*Email [[geddup noise]] — [[Radio Stations and Shows#The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew|The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew]] has [[The Geddup Noise]] "''all up in'' this piece".
*[[Trudgemank]] — [[Peacey P]] has "metal-heads ''all up in''" his STU G.O.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad says [[the King of Town]] gets '''all up in'' my grill' when the player uses the crown on the effigy.
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] — [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] says the camera is "''all up in'' the safe".

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Strong Bad Main Page

2016-11-10T08:43:30Z

Bde1982: I put an episode in quotes and a TV title in italics.

{{othermainnav|talky2|King of Town|Homsar}}
[[Image:sbmain.PNG|220px|thumb|TV, Atari, and Frampton. Yes.]]

The '''Strong Bad Main Page''' is a hidden main page, found in the [[Homestar Talker]] game.

'''Date:''' October 29, 2000, or earlier

'''Page Title:''' Homestar Talker

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, A cockroach 

'''Place:''' [[Strong Bad's Room]]

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — "Oh, man, I hate this guy!" A dart will be thrown at a picture of [[Homestar Runner]]. You can add up to 5 darts by rolling over the button again.
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — The game "[[Nighttime Driving Type Game|Night Driver]]" will play on the TV. "Oh, I love this game. I got a high score, man, fifty thousand! Try and beat that!"
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — A black light comes on and a clip from "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by [[Peter Frampton]] plays, while Strong Bad gushes, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!"
*'''[[Downloads]]''' — The stereo plays "[[Poot-Slap]]".
*'''[[Store]]''' — "Help yourself to those chips, man. I mean, they've been there since like [[The Cheat]]'s birthday party but..." A cockroach, possibly [[Gavin]], crawls out of the chip bag.
*'''[[Email]]''' — The unicorn poster peels back to reveal a poster of Farrah Fawcett. "Why hello there, Buda Sita, you looking good tonight."

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*The original "[[Nighttime Driving Type Game|Night Driver]]" game for the Atari 2600 is played with the paddles, not the joystick as pictured.

===Remarks===
*The Quotes, Weekly Fanstuff, and Sketchbook boxes appear slightly off-center, due to the black space on either side of the menu.
*Strong Bad's old voice is used for all of the buttons except Store, where his modern voice is used instead.
*Strong Bad's body is his 5th design, but his head is his 6th design.

===Goofs===
*If you roll over the '''Store''' button, then wait about 10 seconds, you return to the Homestar Talker. This is stopped if you roll over any of the other buttons, except for '''Downloads'''.
*When you roll over '''Characters''' and the black light comes down, the chips, darts, and poster of Homestar do not change color, except for Homestar's tongue.

===Glitches===
*If you put the mouse over "Toons" several times in quick succession, some darts may freeze in mid-flight, or while wobbling. In this situation, putting the mouse over it again will move the frozen dart to another frozen position. Each subsequent dart is unaffected by what is done to a previous dart.
*After Strong Bad says his line when you mouse over the '''Toons''', '''Games''', '''Characters''', and '''E-mail''' buttons, all the buttons (except for the buttons to the left, "SB" Museum link included) disappear briefly. This is particularly noticeable in the [[Main Page Messages]] alert oval, since the sequence of messages starts over.
*Clicking the [[H*R.com updates 2007#Monday, July 2, 2007|baby lady message]] that appeared from July 2, 2007 and onwards caused the message to appear behind both Strong Bad and the "Store" button.

===Inside References===
*Though it is unsure and probably unlikely, this might be an appearance of [[Gavin]].

===Real-World References===
*The Unicorn blacklight poster is [http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Unicorn-in-Paradise-Posters_i1314254_.htm "Unicorn In Paradise"] (allegedly) by Funky Enterprises, Inc.
*The [[Wikipedia:Farrah Fawcett|Farrah Fawcett]] poster is considered to be the best-selling pin-up poster of all time, with more than 12 million copies sold.
*"Do You Feel Like We Do?" is a 14-minute song from the classic album [[Wikipedia:Frampton Comes Alive!|''Frampton Comes Alive!'']] where by using a [[Wikipedia:Talk box|talk box]] Frampton would make his guitar "talk" (as Strong Bad pointed out).
*Strong Bad's comment about the talking guitar closely resembles the ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Wikipedia:Homerpalooza|Homerpalooza]]" where the character Jimbo says "Man, that guy's guitar is talking" during Frampton's performance of the song.

===Fast Forward===
*The [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] is from the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] games. If you take his challenge and beat his score of fifty thousand on it you'll earn a secret video that refers to this main page:
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you beat my high score, huh? Well, check this out, I just finished this game. ''{Shows you the screen, his score is one point higher than yours.}'' Oh, tough luck, man! I guess it's back to the drawing board for you! Or, back to the Night Driving board, or uh.... Get out of my basement!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:talky2.html|play Homestar Talker]]
*[[HR:talky2.swf|play Homestar Talker (Flash file)]]
*[[HR:mainsb.swf|view the Flash File for Poster Animation]]

{{Main Page}}

[[Category:Main Pages]]

Bubs' Concession Stand

2016-11-09T22:54:57Z

Bde1982: A sentence was missing its period.

{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = Bubs' Concession Stand |
image = [[Image:Bubs Last Stand.PNG|230px]] |
type = Retailer |
headquarters = [[Free Country, USA]] |
products = Computers Food Housing Items Movies [[#Known Items Sold|See complete items listing]] |
employees = Bubs |
slogan = We're always awesome! |
mascot = [[Tragic Clown Dog]] |
website = N/A |
}}

'''Bubs' Concession Stand''' is where [[Bubs]] works. A short ways off from Strong Badia, it is ''the'' place in Free Country, USA to get anything and everything, albeit not necessarily legally. According to Bubs's [[Yearbook Character Page]] (and possibly [[different town]]), the stand is located near the [[The Athletic Field|Athletic Field]]. In [[privileges]], Homestar delivers pizza for him. The concession stand may have plumbing fixtures, as evidenced by the roof vent in [[dangeresque 3]] and [[retirement]]. The stand accepts cash, money, cash money, pencil shavings, [[Quesos]], and poopees as currency. It also accepts firstborn children and organs.

==Notable Events==
*In the email [[origins]], Strong Bad informs the viewers that the concession stand first entered the cartoon by falling from the sky. It landed on [[Señor]] and [[Mr. Bland]], ending their comic careers. [[History according to Strong Bad|This is probably untrue]]; Strong Bad was mocking emailers for always asking him about the origins of things at the time.
*In [[Halloween Fairstival]], Bubs turned the side of the stand into [[Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club|a comedy club]]. The comedy club was then used for a poetry slam in [[rampage]].
**According to [[boring (really)]], that side of the stand has 296 bricks.
*It was flooded by Strong Bad in [[lunch special]].
*It served as a model for [[Mr. Legarm's Stand]] in the Strong Bad play "[[Dreamaway Johnny]]".
*In [[personal favorites]], after drinking too much soy sauce, Strong Bad attempts to fly the stand to the moon while The Cheat [[The Cheat Gnawing|tries to eat it]].
*It has been a location for the shooting of the [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] films.
*It's one of the hangouts for the [[On Point Kings]].
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Strong Bad and The Cheat were captured after attempting to blast their way through the back door.
*It apparently has an annual sale on [[Senorial Day]].
*Another worker at the concession stand was [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]], who sold magazine subscriptions and delivered pizzas, as seen in [[privileges]].
*Bubs' Concession Stand was closed for about two minutes in the toon [[Cool Things]].
*Coach Z used the stand as a hideout after he thought he had [[Death#Strong Sad|killed]] [[Strong Sad]] in [[A Folky Tale]].
*In [[geddup noise]], the stand sign indicates that the name has been changed to Bubso's Concession Stand.
*The stand appears to have a basement, as shown in the [[Broken Compy Menu]], [[geddup noise]], and [[winter pool]].
*A guy named Stan used to work at the stand until Bubs fired him after the fifth grade, as mentioned in [[Cool Things]].
*The stand was picked up and used as a parade "float" by [[Strong Mad]] in [[Fall Float Parade]].
**In an [[Fall Float Parade#Easter Eggs|Easter egg]], Homestar (who was supposed to be watching the store but fell asleep in a pile of "swee-at-shirts") used a cardboard box with the words "blue face man's store" written on it as a replacement, hoping Bubs wouldn't notice the difference.
*In [[secret identity]], it was turned into a motor lodge.
*In [[retirement]], the Lappy is held hostage on Bubs's roof.
*In [[the chair]], it is revealed that there is a secret door and conveyor belt which blend into the bricks on the side of the concession stand.
*In [[Toikey TV]], Bubs holds an event called "Bubs Friday", which is apparently known for its violent rush to sales.
*In [[Play Date]], it falls on Homestar, and Bubs announces a "relocation sale" with a sale on "badly beaten Homestars".
*In [[original]], it was said that before Bubs took over, [[Original Bubs]] ran the stand but quit after The King of Town somehow ate the mayo off of his egg salad.
*In [[Strong Badia the Free]], Bubs declares his independence and neutrality, becoming the souvenir-selling nation of Concessionstantinople. He also runs a black market from the back.
*In [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]], Strong Sad depicts a scene in which Bubs conducts a chemical experiment that inadvertently causes the stand to turn into a giant version of his head and decapitate him.
*In [[I Killed Pom Pom]], The Concession Stand has eggs on the side of the wall and Bubs talks with Coach Z about their plan for revenge involving ostrich eggs.
*In [[Flash is Dead!]], Bubs converts the Concession Stand into a Fallout Shelter, which is supplied with primarily [[Pork]] and [[Beans]].

==Graffiti==
Apparently, the Concession stand has been the target of [[graffiti]] artists. The stand has been tagged in the following cartoons:
*[[lackey]]: SB wa5 HeRe
*[[origins]]: On Point
*[[narrator]]: 4actor Z
*[[magic trick]]: POOF!

==Signs==
*Usually, the main sign reads BUBS' CONCES5ION STA''N''D (with the N in "STAND" tilted to the right slightly, and the second "S" in "CONCES5ION" represented by a "5"). In some toons this differs:
**[[Where My Hat Is At?]] and its [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|remake]]: "CANDY"
**[[A Jumping Jack Contest]], [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], [[Where's The Cheat?]]: "Concessions by Bubs"
**[[personal favorites]]: "BUBS' CONCES5ION STAN" (after the "D" falls off)
**[[origins]]: "STAND"
**[[geddup noise]]: "BUBSO'S CONCES5ION STAND"
**[[secret identity]]: "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" "FORMERLY BUBSO'S CONCES5ION STAND"
**[[Everything Else, Volume 2]] "Other Holidays" Menu: "OTHER HOLIDAY TOONS"
**[[Strong Badia the Free]]: "CONCES5IONSTAN-TINOPLE "POP: SAVINGS?"
**[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]: "BRAINBLOW CITY PRISON"
**[[Flash is Dead!]]: "BUBS' FALLOUT 5HE''L''TER"

*In [[lunch special]], a banner covers the sign reading "Super Chinese Fish Buffalo Rice - Smoothies Too!".
*In [[highschool]], a variant of the stand is labeled "BUB5AMECIUM'S PROTOZOA STAND".
*The sign on the back door reads "DOOR", as seen in the [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] and [[Jibblies 2]], and in the email [[origins]].
*In a [[Fall Float Parade]] Easter egg, Homestar labels the replacement stand "blue face man's store".
*In [[looking old]], the words "[IN LINE]" are added to the second line of the sign, making it read "STAND [IN LINE]". This was while Homestar and [[Homsar]] were standing in line.
*In [[original]], the sign changes to match up with each new Bubs, including "Concessions by [[Original Bubs]]" and "Concessions by [[Crack Stuntman|Crack Stuntbubs]]".

<gallery>
Image:Conces5sion Stand 2.png|CANDY most dandy
Image:Concessions by Bubs.PNG|All types of crazy crap
Image:Homestarmecium.png|All your body part needs!
Image:BML.PNG|Care to take a snooze?
Image:Replacementstand.PNG|Yes, Bubs will know the difference
Image:Top Of Bubs' Concession Stand.png|Stolen on top?
Image:Original.png|100% all original business
</gallery>

==Known Items Sold==
*[[Hot Dogs]], Chili Dogs, Slaw Dogs, [[Ketchup]] Dogs, [[Mustard]] Dogs, Drinks, Drinks, Drinks, Candy, and Sno-Cones (stated by Bubs in his [[Bubs's Character Video|Character Video]])
*Popcorn (Popcorn machine can be seen in the back of the stand in various cartoons, such as [[The Best Decemberween Ever]])
*Chinese Fish, Buffalo Rice, Smoothies, Hot Wings, Egg Rolls, Cod Plank Platter ([[lunch special]])
*Face Mashings, Severe Pummelings (Counter signs in [[pom pom]])
*Candy Bars, Sno-Cones, Hot Dogs, Popcorns, Gum, Nachos, Ketchup, Catsup, cheats (although Bubs was "fresh out"); (inventory list in [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*[[Swiss Cake Rolls]] ([[invisibility]])
*Toilet paper, [[eggs]], corn dogs ([[3 Times Halloween Funjob]])
*All Types of Crazy Crap: 'Tag Team Wrestling' Nintendo game, golden oven mitts (Embroidered 'SB'), Strong Sad voodoo doll, 'Frampton Comes Alive!' album (autographed), ''[[Deep Impact]]'' DVD ([[The Best Decemberween Ever]])
*[[Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit]] ([[lackey]])
*Wait in Line (Counter sign in [[local news]])
*Letter 'D' ([[personal favorites]])
*Cups of ice (Regular and Deluxe), pictures with the Tragic Clown Dog for 60 dollars ([[part-time job]])
*30 cent Lunch Special: 2 buffalo wing bones (hot), a cup of ice, and a half eaten candy bar ([[no loafing]])
*Aught Four Crap: electrical tape, rusty steak knife, banana with an arrow through it, wire cutters (assumed) ([[Homestar Presents: Presents]])
*Popcorn, Sno-Cones, 'Bershey's' Candy Bar, 'Poo-Bar' Candy Bar, Drinks (Cola?), some other candy ([[A Jumping Jack Contest]])
*Drinks: red, blue, and orange ([[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]])
*"Slightly Shotgunned" [[Compy 386]] computer ([[Broken Compy Menu]], [[virus]])
*Broken [[Tandy 400]] computer ([[King of Town Email]])
*Fundraising candy bars (Strong Bad tries to steal them in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]])
*[[Bubs' Old Pizza]] and [[Fretmagic]] magazine subscriptions ([[privileges]])
*A "little sumthin'-sumthin'" ([[fingers]])
*A fresh pancreas a.k.a. Exhibit B ([[Bug In Mouth Disease]])
*"Thank You's" ([[Store Thank You Messages#Bubs's Thank You|Store Thank You Messages]])
*[[Paint#Yella Paint|Yella Paint]], [[cool shades]] (sunglasses dipped in paint), bag of four grapes ([[Cool Things]])
*Hotel rooms ([[secret identity]])
*Wireless extension cords ([[technology]])
*Bear holding a Shark t-shirts, shot glasses, popsicles, and bear tooth holding a shark tooth necklaces ([[myths & legends]])
*Internet Connections ([[isp]])
*Instant spray-on Halloween Night, Halloween Night-vision goggles, do-it-yourself Halloween Night hovercraft kit ([[Happy Hallow-day]])
*iTems ([[looking old]])
*Preowned box of [[Ethical Chick'n Beaks|"ethical" chicken beaks]], old Winger albums, [[Red, White, and Banana|red-white-and-blue banana bicycle seats]], talking Homestar Runner chairs, [[Styleron Ecochair|Styleron Ecochairs]], [[Le Restige]] ([[the chair]])
*Italian-herb-chipotle-buffalo-ranch-guacamole-Thai-peanut-style chippety-chomps ([[retirement]])
*Red, Purple, Green Apple, and Blue Sno-Cones ([[DNA Evidence]])
*Sausages made from [[steak]], a tennis ball, and a box of [[General Tso's Chicken]] ([[One Two, One Two]])
*Strong Bad's [[New Paper]] (Bubs could be seen installing it in [[the paper]])
*[[Eggs|Organic Batteries]] ([[Quality Time]])
*Free [[pizza]] for bushes ([[bike thief]])
*''Mommy Fights!'' film, kids' toys ([[Toikey TV]])
*Strong Bad/The Cheat unlicensed unlicensed merchandise: Strong Bad piñatas, Strong Bad brand [[Ointment and Old Person Rub|ferret ointment]], Strong Bad [[Store Accessories#Beanie Caps|beanie caps]], and The Cheat notebooks ([[licensed]])
*Lamborghini Hot Tubs for $100 ([[shapeshifter]])
*Badly beaten Homestars ([[Play Date]])
*Video rentals ([[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]])
*Doughnuts, [[Questionable Services|questionable medical coverage]] ([[Donut Unto Others]])
*A 50 gallon drum of bleach, a 50 gallon drum of sawblades, and a 50 gallon drum of body bags ([[I Killed Pom Pom]])
===In ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''===
*In [[Homestar Ruiner]], Bubs distributes several items. He is the local supplier for Total Load energy enhancement powder, and also acts as a repairman for Marzipan's hedge shears. He also mentions a long list of candy he carries: chocolate candy, vanilla candy, tainted candy, real candy, pretend candy, and even ''free'' candy, which is a box of chocolate-covered organic packing peanuts by the name of ChocoOpps (obtainable with a coupon). In a prank phone call, his phone tree message lists extentions for calendars, tire irons, and support hose. Strong Bad mentions getting a box of rhino horns the last time he tried to navigate it (and not even the endangered kind). Bubs also sends an email, stating that he sells candy bars, lawn mowers, ketchup, Egyptian artifacts, and games for the kids. As he puts it, "we've got everything, twice!"
*In [[Strong Badia the Free]], Bubs again acts as an all-purpose supplier of items. He will sell Strong Bad a souvenir clockwork doll for 100 [[quesos]] (Strong Badian currency), and also runs a black market from the back of the stand. As the black market, he deals in illegally excavated artifacts, weapons, fake IDs, pirated DVDs, unlicensed merchandise, and harvested organs. His weapons stock is out (he sold the last bazooka-flamethrower that throws throwing stars to Coachnya), and he will refuse to take either Pom Pom's katana or Strong Sad's fake sword. By giving him Strong Sad's pretendix, he will trade away a piece of Homsarian pottery. He also lists a number of souvenirs he sells (when in stock): cheese, watches, chocolate, cheesy watches, and chocolate-covered cheese.
*In [[Baddest of the Bands]], Strong Bad brings Bubs his [[FunMachine]] for repairs. To pay off the repair bill, Bubs helps Strong Bad host his Battle Royale of the bands, and also builds the stages.
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], the stand is used as a set for the Brainblow City Prison. [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]] (played by Bubs) is incarcerated here. Diamonocle gives Dangeresque information throughout the film, and occasionally inserts a product placement for [[Bull Honkey]]. Bubs also mentions that he used to sell foot-long hot dogs with files hidden in them to himself, back when the stand was a "tiny prison" and Bubs was the only inmate. A standoff scene also takes place on top of the concession stand.
*In [[8-Bit is Enough]], Bubs becomes trapped on top of the stand by [[Marzipan]] (who is possessed of the personality of "Lady Crate Ape"). Once Strong Bad drives off Marzipan, Bubs is called in to service the [[TROGDOR!]] [[Stand-Up Arcade Games|arcade cabinet]]. The logic board for the game is also delivered to the concession stand by [[Videlectrix]].

===Imagined or Unknown Items Sold===
*Flame-throwers that shoot imitation chocolate hundred dollar bills ([[different town]])
*Six tubes of rear-end cream ([[highschool]])
*Manila Cheese Coke ([[original]])
*Hot sugar ([[the chair]] DVD commentary)
*Garlic, crosses, silver bullets, holy water, and VHS copies of Pumpkinshead 2 through 4 ([[Jibblies 2]])
*Paunch-berry Ice Cream ([[Where U Goin' 2?]])

[[Category:Places]][[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Bubs]]

Strong Bad and Strong Mad's Relationship

2016-11-09T22:43:42Z

Bde1982: A sentence was missing its period.

[[Image:Sbemail137.PNG|thumb|"BRAN MUFFINS!"]]

'''[[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad|Strong Mad's]] relationship''' is a mix of several feelings. More often than not, the two brothers work together as a team. While usually Strong Bad "cherishes brother Graw Mad", there are the occasional exceptions; sometimes Strong Bad hurts Strong Mad (or vice-versa), both emotionally and physically.

== Strong Bad and Strong Mad getting along ==
*[[Strong Bad's Character Video]] — Strong Bad talks about "(His) big brother and (their) The Cheat," implying that he and Strong Mad share The Cheat.
*Email [[guitar]] — While describing how he plays hott lixx on a guitar, Strong Bad imagines a band scene in which he plays rhythm guitar, Strong Mad plays the bass and [[The Cheat]] plays the keyboard.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] — Strong Bad, disguised as [[Homestar Runner]], gives Strong Mad's last-minute entry in the contest a "good prize" ribbon.
*Email [[fingers]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad listen to [[Moving very slowly]] together.
*[[Arcade Game]] — While playing the [[TROGDOR!]] game, Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat sing along to the [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] song.
*Email [[caper]] — Strong Mad (along with [[Strong Sad]]) provides backing claps for Strong Bad's [[The Cheat Is Not Dead]] song.
*Email [[haircut]] — Strong Mad and Strong Bad spend the majority of the email together. After the email, at Strong Mad's request, Strong Bad puts on a musical show about a cardboard box. Said show appears to be a regular occurrence in the household.
*[[Experimental Film]] — Strong Mad can be seen dancing with [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]].
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] — After his computer explodes, Strong Bad feverishly sweeps a few ashes from his computer into an envelope, thinking that the ashes are pieces of his computer that can be salvaged, including his buddy list, of which Strong Mad is a part.
* [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] — Strong Mad and Strong Bad have a conversation about tattoos.
*Email [[looking old]] — Strong Mad is one of the people Strong Bad calls to his emergency marketing meeting, referring to him as one of "the best, the brightest, the people [he] hates the least."
*Email [[hygiene]] — In the video, Strong Mad is one of "Gene"'s friends.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — Strong Bad considers Strong Mad a good character.
*[[Kick-A-Ball]] — Although Strong Bad does not pick Strong Mad first or second to be on his team, Strong Mad is still happy to be picked third.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — After [[Strong Bad]] is house-arrested by [[The King of Town]], if you look out the window, [[Strong Mad]] is part of the protest rally and demands that [[The King of Town]] frees [[Strong Bad]]. Also, once [[Strong Bad]] switches jobs with [[The Of Town]], [[Strong Mad]] refuses to let him leave, showing concern.
*[[Soap Box Doiby]] — Strong Bad races with Strong Mad and Strong Sad because he wants to keep the family together "for heather".

== Strong Bad and Strong Mad not getting along ==
*[[A Mother's Day Message]] — Strong Mad ridicules Strong Bad's costume along with [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Cheat]], and [[Pom Pom]].
*Email [[little animal]] — Strong Mad furiously confronts Strong Bad after the latter had [[Kicking The Cheat|kicked The Cheat]]. When he realizes this, Strong Bad nervously tries to cover it up but quickly takes it back by kicking Strong Mad in the knee, after which Strong Mad chases Strong Bad around the room.
*Email [[invisibility]] — While invisible, Strong Bad can't convince Strong Mad that he is sitting in the spot on the couch where Strong Mad wants to sit. Strong Mad gets angry and sits on Strong Bad.
*Email [[your friends]] — Strong Bad kicks Strong Mad in the knee.
*Email [[different town]] — When Strong Bad envisages [[The Stick]] as a "Big Ol' Tree" that would try to eat everyone except The Cheat and himself, Strong Mad tries to add himself to the exceptions, but Strong Bad replies only with "We'll see," to his disappointment.
*Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad devotes an entire email to explaining why Strong Mad can't produce his own cartoon show.
*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] — In this unfinished cartoon, Strong Bad is mad at Strong Mad when he throws the [[Melonade]] keg on him.
*Email [[do over]] — While trying to figure out how to redo "little animal", Strong Bad sees Homestar dressed up as The Cheat. When he catches him bashing Homestar on the head with the computer keyboard, Strong Mad accuses Strong Bad of hurting The Cheat. Strong Bad tries to explain that that's Homestar in disguise, but Homestar convinces Strong Mad otherwise, after which he grabs Strong Bad by the leg and holds him upside-down and shakes him, causing coins to fall out.
*Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Mad, as well as [[Bubs]], The Cheat, and [[Marzipan]], "These are all terrible ideas. What do you think I'm not payin' ya for?"
*Email [[being mean]] — Strong Bad tells [[Coach Z]], Marzipan, and Strong Mad that they suck.
*[[Kick-A-Ball]] — Strong Mad is deeply hurt that Strong Bad does not pick him first, or even second.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Nepotism doesn't seem to be Strong Mad's forte as he will boot Strong Bad out of the King of Town's castle if he catches him.

== Strong Bad and Strong Mad working together ==
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad battle against [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and [[Pom Pom]] in a tag-team wrestling match following Strong Bad ripping off the star from Homestar's shirt.
*[[The Reddest Radish]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat all try to make off with Marzipan's radish.
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] — To help him win, Strong Mad stands in for Strong Bad at one point.
*[[Yearbook Character Page]] — On Strong Bad's page, it mentions him working together with Strong Mad and The Cheat to ruin Homestar's day, despite their tattoo plans.
*[[Where's The Cheat?]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad work together to find The Cheat.
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat all go on a vandalizing spree.
*Email [[local news]] — Strong Bad is the main anchor of [[Action_Cool_5#Action_Cool_News_5|Strong Badia Action Cool News]] and Strong Mad is the sports newscaster.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — Strong Mad breaks Strong Bad and The Cheat out of [[Jail|jail]].
*[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] series — In the series, Strong Bad portrays Dangeresque while Strong Mad portrays [[Perducci]]'s secret weapon and Dangeresque's doom, [[Killingyouguy]].
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad work together (for a while, anyway) to try to cure The Cheat of his hiccups.
*[[Happy Fireworks]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat are responsible for putting together the fireworks display.
*Email [[bedtime story]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad try to help The Cheat fall asleep.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Strong Bad, The Cheat and Strong Mad were throwing broken television sets off a [[Cliffs#Creepy_Cliff|cliff]] when Homestar arrives trying to find the essence ingredient for Marzipan's potion.
*Email [[senior prom]] — Strong Mad and Strong Bad try to make everyone's pants go away.
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat all work together to try and find Halloween Night.
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — Strong Bad states that Strong Mad was his tag-team wrestling partner to rival the team of [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] as The Jack 'Em Up Kid and his imaginary partner, Gary the Legend.
*Email [[pet show]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad help [[The Cheat]] get ready for the [[Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show]].
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat look for a potential "zombie slave".
[[Category:Character Relationships]]
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — After receiving the [[Halfathlon]] trophy, Strong Mad as Putchnya Shotski joins Strong Bad's party and helps him obtain the [[scorpion]] food later.
[[Category:Strong Bad]]
[[Category:Strong Mad]]

Peter Frampton

2016-11-09T22:17:37Z

Bde1982: Albums go in italics, not quotes. Songs go in quotes.

[[Image:Peter frampton.PNG|thumb|Best wishes]]
Rock legend '''[[Wikipedia:Peter Frampton|Peter Frampton]]''' has occasionally been referenced to in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. In particular, [[Strong Bad]] seems to be a fan of him.

==Appearances==
*[[Strong Bad Main Page]] — Upon moving the cursor over the "characters" button, a clip from Frampton's "[[Wikipedia: Do You Feel Like We Do|Do You Feel Like We Do]]" will play and a [[Wikipedia:Black light|black light]] will come down. Strong Bad comments, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!", referencing Frampton's use of a talkbox to make his guitar play what he says.
*Email [[making out]] — The page title reads "frampton's camel", the name of Frampton's band; the emailer mentions Peter Frampton.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — One item among the "crazy crap" that [[Homestar Runner]] rummages through in [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] is a copy of the album ''[[Wikipedia: Frampton Comes Alive!|Frampton Comes Alive!]]'', an extremely popular live album.

[[Category:Inside Jokes|Frampton, Peter]][[Category:Entertainment running gags|Frampton, Peter]][[Category:Real band Running gags|Frampton, Peter]]

Rankin/Bass

2016-11-09T22:14:59Z

Bde1982: I italicized a TV title.

[[File:KOT_as_Heat_Meiser.PNG|150px|thumb|"I'm Mister Heat Blister! I'm Mister Hundred and One!"]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass|Rankin/Bass]]''' was an American production company known for its seasonal animated [[stop motion]] holiday specials, mostly on Christmas and winter. Their most notable specials include ''Frosty the Snowman'', ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and ''Santa Claus is Coming to Town''. They also made the animated television show ''ThunderCats''.

== References ==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Lion-O from the Rankin/Bass cartoon show, ''[[Wikipedia:ThunderCats|ThunderCats]]''.
*Email [[modeling]] (DVD Commentary) — [[Matt Chapman]] says Parson Brown is a clergyman, and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] says, "I would assume so. He married Frosty." This is a reference to the Rankin/Bass Christmas special ''[[wikipedia:Frosty's Winter Wonderland|Frosty's Winter Wonderland]]'', where the children build a snowman preacher named Parson Brown to marry Frosty and his snow wife.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — The TV special Homestar and the others watch, [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf]], was based on Rankin/Bass TV specials of ''[[Wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey|Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey]]''.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — The TrogSword in 20X6 references to ''ThunderCats'', in particular Lion-O's transformation sequence.
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The King of Town]] and [[Strong Mad]] dress up as Heat Miser and The Abominable Snowman, respectively.

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Rankin/Bass

2016-11-09T21:49:09Z

Bde1982: Period goes inside the quotation marks, not outside. Also, there is supposed to be a comma to introduce the quote.

[[File:KOT_as_Heat_Meiser.PNG|150px|thumb|"I'm Mister Heat Blister! I'm Mister Hundred and One!"]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass|Rankin/Bass]]''' was an American production company known for its seasonal animated [[stop motion]] holiday specials, mostly on Christmas and winter. Their most notable specials include ''Frosty the Snowman'', ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and ''Santa Claus is Coming to Town''. They also made the animated television show ''ThunderCats''.

== References ==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Lion-O from the Rankin/Bass cartoon show, ''[[Wikipedia:ThunderCats|ThunderCats]]''.
*Email [[modeling]] (DVD Commentary) — [[Matt Chapman]] says Parson Brown is a clergyman, and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] says, "I would assume so. He married Frosty." This is a reference to the Rankin/Bass Christmas special [[wikipedia:Frosty's Winter Wonderland|Frosty's Winter Wonderland]], where the children build a snowman preacher named Parson Brown to marry Frosty and his snow wife.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — The TV special Homestar and the others watch, [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf]], was based on Rankin/Bass TV specials of ''[[Wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey|Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey]]''.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — The TrogSword in 20X6 references to ''ThunderCats'', in particular Lion-O's transformation sequence.
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The King of Town]] and [[Strong Mad]] dress up as Heat Miser and The Abominable Snowman, respectively.

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Spanish

2016-11-09T21:44:38Z

Bde1982: The word “español” was also missing its tilde.

[[Image:Señor.PNG|thumb|Mr. Spanish Man]]

The '''[[wikipedia:Spanish language|Spanish]]''' language is sometimes spoken as a way to make certain words sound foreign, and also sometimes to allude to [[Strong Bad]]'s Mexican [[Professional Wrestling|wrestling]] heritage. There are also a few times when a real Spanish saying is changed for humorous effects.

== Appearances ==
*[[Renaldo]] — The name is the Spanish form of "Reynold".
*[[Señor]] — The name means "Mister" in Spanish.
*[[Senor Cardgage]] — His name is a [[Senor|misspelling of "Señor"]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad]] — The name of the character [[Manolios Ugly One]] is probably a reference to the Spanish name Manolo, the [[wikipedia:Hypocorism|hypocorism]] of Manuel.
*[[First Time Here?]] — [[Homestar]] says "Bienvenidos a Homestarrunner.com. ¿Conoces a Miguel? ¡Sí! Somos buenos amigos", which is Spanish for "Welcome to Homestarrunner.com. Do you know Miguel? Yes! We are good friends." It is the kind of phrase one would see in an introductory Spanish textbook.
*Email [[caper]] — The answer to the Jumble is UN TACO, which is "a taco" in Spanish.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]] — [[Marzipan]] says "Bonjour, Amigos" which is [[French]] for "Good day" and Spanish for "Friends".
*Email [[local news]] — After [[Strong Mad]] does sports, Strong Bad uses an exaggerated Spanish accent on "sports" and "sportscaster".
*[[Senor Mortgage]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] says "No Probalo" which is a mangled "No Problemo" which is mock-Spanish for "No Problem".
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — If you try talking to the Kerrek, [[Rather Dashing]] introduces himself in Spanish.
*Email [[lady fan]] — The "Tejas" in the closing of the email is an accepted Spanish word for [[wikipedia:Texas|Texas]].
*[[Puppets on the Road]] — Shark-Tooth Bubs says the Spanish phrase "¡Si ves algo, di algo!" which means "If you see something, say something."
*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] — [[Gunhaver]] says "Pro-positive life tool numero two" (number two), and the words "En SAP" appear on the screen, referring to optional Spanish voiceovers in American television.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Marzipan says "No way, Jorge" which is a permutation of "No way, José", meaning George and Joseph respectively.
*Email [[pop-up]] — Strong Bad says "[[Senor]] Muybueno" which is the incorrect form of "Señor Muy Bueno" which is "Mister Very Good" in Spanish.
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — If you go south when there isn't a south, it responds with "No puedo hacerlo. Lo siento, Dungeonhombre", which is Spanish for "I can't do it. Sorry, Dungeonman."
*[[Sloshybowl]] — The title says "Futbol Americano en Espanol!" which is Spanish for "American Football in Spanish!", although the word "fútbol" is lacking its accent and "español" its tilde.
*Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad uses a mock Spanish pronunciation of the word "Pasquella" in the email.
*[[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer]] — Homestar says that his remote can only change channels and make everyone speak Spanish.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Baddest of the Bands]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — On the main menu, Strong Bad pronounces "Save/Load" as though it was in Spanish.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — After reading the first email of the game, Strong Bad says "comprende-vous". "Comprende" is a form of the Spanish verb "comprender" (meaning "to understand"), while "vous" is [[French]].
**One response Strong Bad might give while deleting an email is "El Deleto Grande" ("El" meaning "The", "Grande" meaning "Large").
**Bubs tells Strong Bad that he rebuilt Marzipan's shears with his "patented Gyroscopic Ocho-Track Blade Action"; "ocho" means "eight".
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad calls Strong Badian currency "[[Quesos|quesos]]" which is Spanish for "cheeses".
**The seventh rank of the game is "El Jefe Mas Grande", and though the "Más" is lacking its accent, the meaning is "The Biggest Boss".
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — Strong Bad, upon giving [[Dr. Experimento|Experimento]] the launch codes, calls him "el Profesor" (meaning "the Professor"). Also, the word "experimento" is Spanish for "experiment".
*[[Donut Unto Others]] — In a dream, Homestar was wearing a Mexican flag after being "[[French]] long-jump champion".

== See Also ==
*[[French]]
*[[German]]
*[[Senor]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Countries]]

User talk:RickTommy

2016-11-07T23:27:44Z

Bde1982: I am asking this user why he keeps reverting my edits.

*[[User talk:RickTommy/Archive|Archive 1]]
*[[User talk:RickTommy/Archive 2|Archive 2]]

== Edit summaries ==

Hi RickTommy. Your recent single-letter edit summaries on images (as well as some others in the recent past) are not descriptive of the edits you are making. Yes, I'm aware that put all together they spell "cleanup" backwards, but image summaries are for page histories first, and recent changes a distant second. Someone looking at [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_Quicksand_MAM14.2.png&action=history a page history] 5 years from now is not going to have a clue what "u" means in this context. Please stick to just "Image summary cleanup" for these edit summaries and don't try to get creative. Thanks. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 23:43, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
:Seems like I need to remind you again. [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_psp.png&diff=739818&oldid=447721&rcid=702516 Many] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_reportcard_3.png&diff=739819&oldid=642953&rcid=702517 of] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_skeleton.png&diff=739821&oldid=721150&rcid=702519 your] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_with_towel.PNG&diff=739822&oldid=526510&rcid=702520 recent] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestarcaesar.png&diff=739825&oldid=721154&rcid=702523 edits] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestarfirstmate.PNG&diff=739827&oldid=448050&rcid=702525 don't] consist of either the words "Image Summary Cleanup" or the acronym "ISC". (Yes, I'm aware that they are anagrams, or pig latin, or phonetic spellings of letters, or various other bastardizations of the proper summary, but that doesn't make them proper summaries themselves.) In addition, [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestar_no_hat_super_powers.png&diff=prev&oldid=739814 a few of] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestarbaseball.png&diff=prev&oldid=739823 your other] [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Homestarbath.png&diff=739824&oldid=569188&rcid=702522 recent summaries] are a little too "creative" to be clearly understood at a glance. I know it's not as interesting, but for the sake of the other editors, please stick to just the plain old "Image summary cleanup" as your description from now on. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
::So, edit summaries. Yeah. Looking at your [[Special:Contributions/RickTommy|contributions page]] many of your edit summaries are blank with the exception of some the Image Summary cleanup edit summaries. Being somewhat consistent with the Image Summary Cleanup summaries is good but edit help other editors know at a glance what it is that your edits are changing. So please be more diligent with your edit summaries to make things easier for other editors. Thank you. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 05:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

== Patching things up ==

Hey man. Yeah...I know it's been a while but if feel really bad about the way I treated you way back then. I used to be Wasd98 in case you were wondering. I was 14 back then and really stupid. I wanted to make a difference on this wiki and I thought acting like a sysop or whatever would make that happen but I just ended annoying people and I'm truly sorry. You didn't deserve to be treated that way. Just wanted to patch things up. :) {{User:Rondleman/sig}} 01:16, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

== Signature ==

Hi RickTommy. Your new signature is too long and the yellow text is unreadable. Please fix it. See [[HRWiki:SIG]] if you have any questions. Thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:49, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

== Image Summaries ==
Hey RickTommy, you've done a lot of good work lately with the image summary cleanup. Thanks for your help. Would you mind going through and marking which ones you've done on [[HRWiki:Image Summary Cleanup/H-L|these]] [[HRWiki:Image Summary Cleanup/a-o|pages]]? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 05:43, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

== fan FIIIICCCCCTTTTTIIIOOOONNNNNN ==

I have to say, that is a really clever April Fools idea. Gotta love conditional Mediawiki text!
: --[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/User_talk:Purple_Wrench http://sites.google.com/site/purplewrench0/index/pwrenchsigstart.png]'''[[User:Purple Wrench|PURPLE]]''''''=''''''[[User:Purple Wrench|WREEEEEEeeeee]]''''''eeeee what's happ'''ening to me? I look http://sites.google.com/site/purplewrench0/index/dlindosig.png '''so goo''''''[[User:Purple Wrench|D. Lindo]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/User_talk:Purple_Wrench (converse)]''' 01:36, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
::Y'all are weirdos. [[User:Catjaz63|Catjaz63]] 01:45, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
:::You mean you've never mutated from one sig to another? Wow, you're missing out. Oh, and good luck getting your sig working by the way. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 02:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

== Signature (again) ==

Hey there RickTommy, you appear to have forgotten to change your april fools sig back to a standards-compliant one. In addition, the lack of a close span tag is actively breaking the formatting on talk pages. Please fix this when you get a chance. Thanks. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 12:35, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

== April Fools' 2015 ==
Regarding {{p|l={{FULLURL:HRWiki:April_Fools'_Jokes_and_Other_Baleeted_Nonsense|oldid=747022&diff=prev}} this edit summary}}: Yes, when you go ahead and add them. There's nothing about that page that says users may not add their own pranks; in fact, adding your own pranks is encouraged. It's easier for the rest of us to understand them that way. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 05:25, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

== A question ==

If you turk?--[[Special:Contributions/88.243.179.122|88.243.179.122]] 15:21, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:No, I'm not. Why do you ask? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 21:58, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

== Signature (3) ==

Hi, RickTommy. Don't forget to revert your signature back to one that fits out policies, now that April Fools' is past. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:38, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== years since ==

Why not use the <nowiki>{{yearssince|December 21, 20X6}}</nowiki> template for your age? - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 04:24, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

==Why?==
Why must you revert my edits? It is improper grammar to put a period after something in quotation marks that ends with an exclamation mark or question mark.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 23:27, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

virus

2016-11-05T22:13:14Z

Bde1982: It is improper grammar to put a period after anything in quotation marks which ends with a question mark.

{{sbenav|118}}

[[Image:Virus.PNG|thumb|300px|"Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{for|effects of the virus on the Homestar Runner universe|The Virus}}

Strong Bad experiences some "technical difficulties" with the Compy 386... and the rest of the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg) {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, {{Film|Fightgar}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Paper Background]], [[The Stick]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 15, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:05

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386??

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email.
<blockquote class="compy email">ert+ 
y76p; '0lu8jykee;u4p;e'/Rh 
Strong ba15456`-------++++++gf 
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg</blockquote>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six P? Ohlyuu eightguh—" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the quadratic formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten... by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those ''virus'' emails?! Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you?!? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted!", but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NICE TRY!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears, reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!

''{Strong Bad types it again, this time in capital italicized letters, but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NOTTA 
CHANCE!!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears, reading "That neither."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar!

''{Strong Bad types in [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]].exe, bringing up the following text on-screen, along with a quick tune.}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="text-align:center">Edgar the Virus 
Hunter 
 
programmed entirely 
in mom's basement 
by Edgar       c1982 </blockquote>

''{Strong Bad hits enter, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<blockquote class="email" style="text-align:center">Virus Protection 
version .0001 
 
Last scan was NEVER ago. 
 
scanning...</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Edgar, now drop a ''train'' on 'em...

''{The computer dings and the following now appears on the screen:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="text-align:center">Scan Complete! 
 
'''<big><big><big><big>423,827</big></big></big></big>''' 
Viruses Found 
 
A New Record!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{alarmed}'' Waaugh! That is not a small number!! That is a ''big'' number!!! What'm I gonna do?!

''{The following text now appears on the screen, accompanied by the Compy's startup beep:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#3a50b6;text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
Computer over. 
Virus = Very Yes.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals very yes?! That's not a good prize!

''{The text and background on the Compy 386 screen melts off and slides onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy... just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it. The No Loafing sign becomes the following pseudo-HTML code and falls off the wall.}''

<code>
<head> 
<href>no loafing!!</href> 
</body>
</code>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets eaten by the computer desk. Strong Sad walks in, but his head is floating a foot to the left of where it should be and has been replaced by his emoticons from [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. His head alternates from "whistful", "wry", "bourgeoise", "listless", "getting frustrated" and "o' what a night". }''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sounding annoyed}'' Strong Bad, what is going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! I dunno! You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the Internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of a Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." in the corner in place of the "What's new" text.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{His lower body starts walking away in place.}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with guilt}'' Uhhh, noo...

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get ''four hundred thousand'' viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{submissive}'' Yes... ''very'' yes!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into the Strong Sad [[character card]] and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen creeps up and out of the email.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{terrified}'' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk and then stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the...? Whoa! ''{shivers}'' It's cold out here.

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back into the room, but the room shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His torso is [[The Homestar Runner]]'s, but the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides. He leaves a motion trail behind him, producing several ghost images of himself.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box. ''{He turns to the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No, no, don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground.}'' Like these right here! Gotta have this one ''{picks up "downloads" from the [[Navbar]]}'' and this one ''{picks up "games"}'' and this-a-this-a-this one. ''{picks up "characters"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' No, wait! Stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows appear one after the other (including a real one, unless popup blocking is used), titled "Click on the Monkey!!" They each feature oldschool Homestar who is saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" Strong Bad starts screaming and pounds the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a stack of VHS tapes.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever—

''{Marzipan turns into an ASCII art rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted, making her words unintelligible.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{more unintelligible gibberish}''

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his [[Yearbook Character Page]], which walks offscreen with Homsar's walking noise. Cut-off text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows.}''

<blockquote>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb 
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti 
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An 
he did, but it was the wrong car. See? Dumb and strong. He' 
</blockquote>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some [[whatsit]] on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left. ''{The Poopsmith extends the shovel toward the King.}'' Good, good...

''{The scene suddenly changes to a [[Teen Girl Squad]]-style piece of paper, with the text "issue [[Pi|3.14159265and the rest]]" at the top. The Poopsmith is gone.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{pops his crown up in surprise}'' Ooh! Poopsmith?!

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere with the rhino sound from "Strong Bad's RhinoFeeder", and her mouth is huge and distorted.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it ''nine times''!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner website loading screen, which then slowly wipes to a black screen with the text "It's now safe to turn your computer off." The navbar disappears. Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His mouth is a broken JPEG (with "TH" as the alt text), his legs are rendered as two overlapping red and blue layers, his midsection is missing, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs in his left arm. His other arm is continually waving about, as seen on [[Dancin' Bubs]]. It is a bit larger than it should be.}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a ''million years'' ago.

''{Cut to cloud scene with Strong Bad and The Cheat. Strong Bad has one big foot instead of both legs, his black mark is too high, and his head and mouth are lopsided. The Cheat is floating around the screen, interchanging between different versions of himself. A pitch-black Rather Dashing and a colon fly by in the foreground. As Strong Bad talks, his left arm detaches from his body and flies off in random directions.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Using an old version of his voice}'' With Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition...

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing in The Field by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, he fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man.

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, to which Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a [[Bubs's Shotgun|shotgun]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, Bubs! How'd you get rid of the vi— ''{salsa music fades away}'' wait... why do you have a shotgun? ''{shaken}'' What did you do?! Where's my Compy?!?

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{more shaken than ever}'' YOU MURDERER!! You killed my brother! ''{nearly sobbing}'' I mean, computer!

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, ''{zoom in on Bubs}'' my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! ''{cut to Strong Bad}'' You ''all'' understand! I mean, don't understand! YAAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs off screen, very distraught. The Cheat squeaks, as though he is telling Strong Bad to wait up, and runs after him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Bubs, can I have my leg back now?

''{There is a long pause.}

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{hysterical}'' Dear Strong Bad, I doh du duoh crapfully yours. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard a few times.}'' I ...ID DOH DU DUOH CRAPFULLY YOURS! I can relate. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I ''can't'' re''late!'' ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and ''mix'' ''{He hits his head.}'' it up!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your ''names'', Davey! ''{he hits his head on the keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice trailing off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==

*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen, the [[Quote of the Week]] button, [[Sketchbook]] button, [[Weekly Fanstuff]] button, and hidden main page button are all clickable.
**Clicking the hidden main page button leads to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**Clicking the Quote of the Week button makes it bounce around the screen until it gets lodged at the top by its bottom corner. Clicking "Hear it" causes a pixelated broom to scroll vertically along the screen while making a loud distorted noise, and some of the links disappear off the bottom of the screen. Unless the X is pressed, the quote box stays there for the rest of the email. When clicking the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen, while the links reappear. When viewing the Flash file, if "Don't TAPE it" is scrolled over, it changes to "Don't TAKE it!".
**Clicking on the Sketchbook leads to a glitched sketchbook box, where the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scrolling over it causes a green X to appear overtop. Clicking it again causes it to close.
**Clicking on Weekly Fanstuff leads to a glitched fanstuff box, where there is a picture of Coach Z upside down with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space in the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's The Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and [[The King of Town's Grill|a grill]]. The picture has many fractions at the bottom (which are actually the text "sticktoyourbooks" in the font [[Fonts#M|MS Reference Specialty]]). Hovering the cursor over the misspelled "OCⓧSLE" instead of the close button causes the words 'A BOOK' to appear in green. Clicking on it causes the box to slide to the top and disappear.
*Clicking on the cog on the left at the end of the email shows the shotgunned Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], with signs reading "Like Used!" and "Slightly Shotgunned!"
*Clicking on the fan on the right shows an excerpt of the original [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] toon, but with Fightgar using Homestar's leg as a gun.
:'''NARRATOR:''' ...to protect the world from the evil forces of Blue Laser!

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation#Quadratic Formula|quadratic formula]] is an algebraic equation used to determine the roots of a [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation|quadratic equation]].
*The Teen Girl Squad issue number is [[pi]] truncated to 8 decimal places.

=== Trivia ===
*This is the only page on the site that produces a pop-up browser window automatically.
*This is the only email in which the [[navbar]] and the email are combined into one Flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words). Later changes to the navbar (shortening "legal stuff" to "[[legal]]", adding "[[random toon|rando]]" and "[[FeedBurner Page|subscribe]]", coloring "[[store]]" red) have not been incorporated into this toon.
*The navbar was added to the DVD version but not the [[Podstar Runner]] version of this email.
*The broken JPEG icon is used in the Netscape family of web browsers, including [[Netscape|Netscape Navigator]], [[Wikipedia:Mozilla|Mozilla]], and [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].

*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#spy vs spy|spy vs spy]]".
*On most [[homestarrunner.com]] pages, there are either 16 or 17 HTML errors that are generated by the <embed> tag. The page for this email, however, only has 14 errors, as there are fewer embedded objects.
*Marzipan's distorted speech, with the distortion removed, is "It accentuates the accord, and the design, and the composition."
*"Computer Over? Virus Equals Very Yes?! That's not a good prize!" is a [[haiku]].

=== Remarks ===
[[Image:sbemail118.png|thumb|Ah! That is not a small number! That is a ''big'' number!]]
*Since the navbar is contained in this email's Flash file, it does not appear on the page until the toon has finished loading.
*Edgar the Virus Hunter is said to have been written in 1982, a year before the first documented experimental virus was created, although there are conflicting accounts as to when the first virus was made. The idea of a [[Wikipedia:Computer Virus|computer virus]] is much older, dating at least back to the 1972 science fiction novel, ''[[Wikipedia:When HARLIE Was One|When HARLIE Was One]]''. Even so, it would be very unlikely that any sort of virus scanner would have existed in 1982.
*In 2004, the year of the release of this email, only about [http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2004/12/pr_uk_20041208yeartopten.html 100,000 known viruses] existed; well under the 423,827 that Edgar reports.
*Strong Bad's head is larger than normal (but not his wrestling mask) while he is talking to Strong Sad. It reverts back to normal when he runs for The Cheat, but then regresses back to the larger head once he enters into the black.
*The letters that make up [[ASCII art]] Marzipan refer to parts of her body: "E" for eyes, "f" for face, "h" for hair, and "d" for dress. Her mouth, however, is a hyphen when closed or an "O" when open.
*Strong Bad says that Edgar from the [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] program is his "main man." However, he claims in "[[2 years]]" that his main man "is, and has been since [[1987]], Van Mundegaarde."
*The reason the "making out with Marzipan" pop-up doesn't come up in the .swf, or Flash, version is because the information for the pop-up is stored in the HTML source code. All that the Flash file does is send a JavaScript command to the browser, opening the pop-up window.
*One of Strong Sad's expressions, "whistful," is spelled incorrectly. It should be "wistful."
*In the Fake QOD, the words "Quote of the Day (Or So)" are displayed reversed, as though in a mirror, and, instead of "Hear It!" and "Get It!", the buttons are "Hear It!" and "Don't TAPE It", although the latter is hidden by the top of the screen. "TAPE" changes to "TAKE" when moused over.
*When the Fake QOD easter egg is activated, the Games, Characters, Downloads, and Store buttons disappear.
**This happens because the SWF file for virus's fake Quote of the Week (qod_virus.swf) has black bars at the bottom right where those words are, so when it appears in the email, it covers up those words.
*Allowing the fake Sketchbook to remain on-screen causes a screen glitch—a black box appears over the left side of the screen when the screen moves off of the center of the page.
**The reason for the color switcher glitch is because in the .swf file of the glitched up sketchbook, there is a black box to the left of the screen, which covers up the screen on the left.
*This is the second email made using the widescreen technique. The first was [[flashback]].
*Clicking on the "main" on the navigation bar leads to the [[404'd]] page. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained in some environments by dividing zero by zero and/or other mathematical errors.
*When the fake popups appear followed by the real one, the fake ones look similar to the windows from some of the older Microsoft Windows operating systems. Depending on which operating system and desktop theme one uses, the real popup looks quite different from the fake ones. Especially users of operating systems such as Mac OS or Linux will notice this, while Windows 98 users will see no obvious difference.
*At the beginning of the Email, the contrast buttons will slightly increase and decrease the volume.
*In the Podcast version, Strong Bad looks back and forth when the ads pop up, even though they all appear in one area.
*Most shotguns spread out from the barrel, whereas the blast from Bubs's shotgun seems to narrow down as it reaches the back wall.
*When the "F" for [[Weekly Fanstuff]] and the "S" for [[Sketchbook]] are clicked, they change into a "[[Quote of the Week|Q]]".
*When the top of the screen lowers to reveal the weeklies, using the tab key will highlight a rectangle where the new toon message is displayed. While it can't be clicked, pressing enter while it is highlighted will lead to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable.
*After Strong Bad types "deleted!" for the first time and the blue screen appears, the drive letter disappears.
*While the NavBar's Store button directs to the current version of the Store, the [[YouTube]] button (and the previous [[Feedburner]] button) are not on the 'toon's custom NavBar.

===Goofs===
*After Homestar grabs "downloads", "characters", and "games" from the bottom, "toons" is no longer clickable, unlike the other remaining links. Then, at the end of the email when everything else returns to normal, all the links disappear.
*The fake QOD, fanstuff, and sketchbook stay on the screen until the watcher of the email gets rid of them, even after Bubs shotguns the Compy, and in the Easter eggs.

===Fixed Glitches===
*As Strong Bad runs away from Bubs, his left arm momentarily disappeared. This has been fixed.

=== Inside References ===

*This is an extreme instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]].
*The "Flagrant System Error" title is from [[50 emails]].
*"Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." is from the counting song in "[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]"
*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [[Character Cards]] that has since been removed from the site.
*The pixelated broom induced by the glitched Quote of the Day is the same graphic used in Peasant's Quest for the broom [[Baby Lady & Her Baby|the baby]] knocks over to let the player into [[Naked Ned]]'s cottage.
**Using a broom to play Marzipan's garbled noise may be an oblique reference to people mistaking her for a broom.
*"Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome" was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]] (It has since been changed). The sound clips for the words were also taken from the Homestar Talker. The first four words of the phrase are also heard in "[[The Cheat Theme Song]]".
**The "Click on the Monkey" pop-up(s) shows an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|older version of Homestar]].
*Strong Bad screaming and pounding on the edge of the screen while the popups are appearing could be a reference to [[Where the Crap Are We?]].
*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the [[Yearbook Character Page]], as does the picture of him inside a giant M.
**This time, the giant M shows Strong Mad's "M" insignia on his singlet, whereas in [[Yearbook Character Page]], the giant M did not.
*The sound effect that plays when The Ugly One appears is taken from [[RhinoFeeder]].
*[[The Ugly One]]'s line ("I can do it [[nine times]]!") and the sound effects for her slapping the King of Town in the face come from [[crazy cartoon]]. However, she slightly misquotes it: the original line was "I can do it! I ''will'' do it nine times."
*The powering-down sound that plays just before Bubs walks across the screen is the same sound that plays just before the [[Tandy 400]] explodes in [[gimmicks]]
*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his left and right arms are moving as if stuck in positons #4 and #5 (respectively) in the [[Dancin' Bubs]] game. Bubs's right arm is also about twice as large as usual.
*Bubs's broken JPEG mouth bears the letters "TH." This might be a reference to his other identity, [[The Thnikkaman]].
*During the final glitch scene (just before Bubs "fixes" the computer), the song playing in the background is the intro to "[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]]" and "[[That A Ghost]]".
*Strong Bad's line during the final glitch scene is taken directly from [[The Reddest Radish]].
*The cloud background during the final glitch scene is the same cloud background used in [[New Boots]].
*[[Image:virusdthecheat.gif|thumb|Virus'd The Cheat]] During the final glitch scene, The Cheat is on a rotation of six different versions of himself:
*# The [[Awexome Cross]] version.
*# One that looks like one of The Cheat's styles from "[[The Cheat Theme Song]]".
*# A drawn version, from "[[The Reddest Radish]]".
*# Another drawn version from Strong Bad's site.
*# A far more pixellated version of him, with a thin black outline around it.
*# A Cheat x-ing sign, much like the similar signs seen in the [[Fan Stuff]] part of the [[Museum]].
*The fan and cog in the Compy 386 are the same fan and cog that were visible when the Tandy 400 exploded.
**Looking closely (or zooming into the Flash file) reveals that the fan is once again mysteriously floating in space, just like when the Tandy 400 blew up.
*Bubs sells the [[Broken Compy Menu|broken Compy 386]] as he did with the [[King of Town Email|broken Tandy 400]].
*Strong Bad's muttered last line "how do you text with boxing gloves on?" is a variation of the common "[[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how do you type with boxing gloves on?]]".


=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Linux kernel|"Linux"]] is a [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]).
*[[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] is a spoof of Norton Anti-Virus, which until 2001 used bespectacled computer nerd [[Wikipedia:Peter Norton|Peter Norton]] as a front man.
*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, referring to the [[Wikipedia:Onion skinning|Onion skinning]] feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.
*"Click on the monkey" refers to various [[Wikipedia:Pop-up ad|popups]] where clicking on an object (ranging from targets to robbers, iPods, etc.) will usually bombard one's computer with spyware, viruses, etc.
*The dance The Cheat performs when Strong Bad says, "Let's do a dance for the computer genius man," looks like [[Wikipedia:Dana Carvey|Dana Carvey]]'s "[[Wikipedia:Church Lady|Church Lady]]" dance from the classic SNL sketch.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bourgeoisie|Bourgeoise]]," one of the emoticons acting as Strong Sad's head, is the feminine form of the term used in [[Wikipedia:Marxism|Marxism]] to describe the middle or upper class that oppose the [[Wikipedia:Proletariat|proletariat]] (working class) in the class struggle.
*The "ding" sound heard after EdgarWare finds the viruses is taken from some versions of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*The screen "It's now safe to turn your computer off." is similar to the one displayed when shutting down a Windows computer that cannot turn itself off. The actual message is "It is now safe to turn off your computer", and the style of this message is taken from [[Wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[Wikipedia:Windows 98|98]], and [[Wikipedia:Windows Me|ME]].
*"A wise guy, eh?" was frequently muttered (in a very similar tone of voice to how Strong Bad says it) by [[Wikipedia:Moe Howard|Moe Howard]] of the comedy group [[Wikipedia:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]].

===Fast Forward===
*The "like used" Easter egg would return in the [[Broken Compy Menu]], where Homestar buys the Compy, despite finding the price absurd.
*[[Main Page 22]] is based on this email.
*The shotgunned Compy would reappear along with the cracked [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] in [[retirement]].
*As part of the computer explosions montage in [[hremail3184]], the Compy is shown being shotgunned from Bubs's point of view.
*Two of The Cheat's designs seen near the end (just before everything returns to normal) can be viewed as a few alternatives in the [[Everything Else, Volume 2|DVD]] release of [[The Reddest Radish]]; namely, the child's drawing and the crossing sign (but without the word "x-ing").

== DVD Version ==
*The email is letterboxed to preserve the widescreen aspect ratio.
*The central pop-up (that is, the one that would actually pop up on the website version) does not appear.
*Unlike all other DVD emails, this has the [[HR:main nav.swf|navbar]] on the bottom.
*The way the Quote of the Week, Sketchbook, and Weekly Fanstuff Easter eggs work has changed. All three are combined into one Easter egg, which goes to the Weekly Fanstuff Easter egg, then the Quote of the Week Easter egg, and finally the Sketchbook Easter egg. However, the Quote of the Week egg is silent.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''MIKE:''' This email looks tiny, Matt.

'''MATT:''' It's a funny shape.

'''MIKE:''' It's smaller than the rest, and there's little words at the bottom.

'''MATT:''' This doesn't make any sense to me!

'''MIKE:''' What's going on?

'''MATT:''' S— Oh, no. Strong Bad must have gotten some type of a wirus!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Virus.

'''MATT:''' B— Pardon?

'''MIKE:''' Virus?

'''MATT:''' Oh. I used the German pronunciation.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' K. Um, so this was, uh, this was a— this email was kind of a big— big production.

'''MATT:''' Mm hmm.

'''MIKE:''' Took longer than most.

'''MATT:''' A long time in coming.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Um...

'''MATT:''' Yeah, see— he hasn't used "deleted" on the Lappy yet, now that he has a new computer, has he?

'''MIKE:''' I guess not. I wonder what it looks like when he deletes something on the Lappy.

'''MATT:''' I dunno. "Drop a train on 'em" was from a bad hip-hop song I made in college — ''{Mike laughs}''— where I sampled the soundtrack from a Dirty Harry movie.

'''MIKE:''' That's a good song.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So this, obviously, was, uh, pretty fun to make where you could just kinda put stuff wherever and just...

'''MATT:''' It's more like ''your'' computer is getting the virus than Strong Bad's computer getting the virus.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. The whole world is getting the virus.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3" up there at the top.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm. There's uh, Strong Sad's head is the, uh, his little emoticons from the uh, his—

'''MATT:''' Strong Sad's Web journal.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Sad Journal.

'''MATT:''' That was from an unused character page we never made.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Say something good, Matt.

'''MATT:''' Uh—

'''MIKE:''' Make it— Make it funny.

'''MATT:''' All right. ''{adopts different tone}'' T— To— ''{normal voice}'' Oh, yeah, weren't we gonna do— I was going to be a character when we did this commentary.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah. Start doing Homestar.

'''MATT:''' All right...

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That was a lot of me's.

'''MIKE:''' That ''was'' a lot of you's.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Mike, some of them were old me's that don't look so great.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. I thought you looked pretty good back in the old days.

'''HOMESTAR:''' No, no.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, you—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look bad.

'''MIKE:''' Look Bad!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's a different character.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Who was Look Bad again?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, what are they doing there? Is he gonna eat that doo-doo shovel?

'''MIKE:''' No, I think was going to take a picture of it, maybe.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But he doesn't have a camera, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' But the camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He's got a mustache.

'''MIKE:''' The camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He clearly wanted... a doo-doo-stache.

'''MIKE:''' Who's that, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR:''' That looks kinda like Bubs, from Website. But I don't think so. Oh, look, it's ''Pitfall''.

'''MIKE:''' That did happen in ''Pitfall''.

'''HOMESTAR:''' If you flick the on and off switch a lot, you get a little floating Pitfall Harry through the trees!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I like The Cheat's little sassy dance there, Homestar. Did you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I did. Hands on hips!

'''MIKE:''' How'd you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I said, "Hands on hips!"

'''MIKE:''' Look, there's your leg.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That is not my leg! That looks like a shotgun.

'''MIKE:''' Bu—

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That shotgun looks dangerous, Mike. I don't agree with its appearance in this cartoon.

'''MIKE:''' You shouldn't play with shotguns, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't, man.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Good.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Did you learn that the hard way?

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Penny Hardaway?

'''MIKE:''' I'm allowed to— I'm allowed to draw them, though. Drawing them's no problem.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Drawing them is bad.

'''MIKE:''' No, I think it's okay.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Here I come!

'''MIKE:''' See?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look! I lost my leg!

'''MIKE:''' I know, that's— Bubs— Bubs has it there.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Strong Bad looks like he's a little delirious in this part.

'''MIKE:''' He's— He's sad. He's had a great loss. People sometimes act like this... when they're experiencing great losses.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But— Mike, a great loss sounds like a contradiction.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't— I've never had any ''great'' losses.

'''MIKE:''' "Great"— "Great" meaning "large," not meaning—

'''HOMESTAR:''' All my losses are bad losses.

'''MIKE:''' You've never had a great loss?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Except maybe, some pounds. ''{Pause}'' He just really put a hole right through that thing, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Didn't go through the wall, though.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Nope. ''{whispering}'' Let's get quiet.

'''MIKE:''' ''{whispering}'' Okay.

=== Fun Facts ===

* Matt says Strong Bad got a "wirus" and then calls this "the German pronunciation". This is because many native German speakers have difficulty distinguishing the "v" and "w" sounds in English and might thus say "wirus" instead of "virus".
* Homestar demonstrates his ignorance that he has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible hands or arms]].
* [[Wikipedia:Penny Hardaway|Penny Hardaway]] is a professional basketball player who has played guard for the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and New York Knicks.
* The "bad hip-hop song" Matt is referring to can be heard [[Thorax:mp3s/Mr.MC_1973.mp3|here]].

== YouTube Version ==
*There is a 5-second non-edited annotation that appears at 0:05 and disappears at 0:10.
**As it is not edited, it contains the text "Enter your text here"

== See Also ==
* [[Main Page 22]]

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|118|1284}}
*[[HR:hsmakeout.html|view the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:hsmakeout.swf|view the Flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:qod virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake QOD"]]
*[[HR:fanstuff virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake fanstuff"]]
*[[HR:sketchbook virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake sketchbook"]]
*[[YouTube:Az49aNuYeJs|watch "virus" on YouTube]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Widescreen Toons]]

Strong Mad

2016-11-05T18:57:20Z

Bde1982: I corrected a comma splice.

{{charnav|Strong Mad|sm|The Cheat|Strong Sad}}
[[Image:neweststrongmad.png|thumb|right|Like a big square, this guy.]]

==Biography==
A monolith of muscle and hostility, '''Strong Mad''' is, as his name implies, strong and usually mad. His brothers are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad]], and he is the oldest of the three. He and [[The Cheat]] are "the next bosom buddies" according to a [[TV Time Toons Menu|TV TIME]] cover, and though he often tries to help Strong Bad with his evil plans, he usually only messes up. He communicates mostly in simple sentences shouted in an uninflected roar. Occasionally, Strong Mad will make pointed observations or reasonable suggestions in his typical voice, such as [[Where U Goin' 2?|"THAT'S REDUNDANT!"]] or [[Ever And More!|"I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU!"]] He seems to be a wrestler (or perhaps was one in the past), since he wears a blue spandex singlet with an "M" on it.

He's a big lug, but with a big heart: though one wouldn't know it to look at him, Strong Mad has a soft side. In [[Where's The Cheat?]], he cries over an autographed picture of The Cheat, given to him by the little yellow guy. He also is proud to be The Cheat's friend, and is not afraid to [[Strong Badia the Free|hug The Cheat]] [[TV Time Toons Menu|in public]]. He finds it necessary to say he is [[The Cheat and Strong Mad's Relationship|The Cheat's best friend]]. He is [[little animal|very defensive]] to his buddy; even when [[do over|it is an obvious impostor]] he will not risk The Cheat being hurt, and on [[Strong Badia the Free|one occasion]] refused to fight him even when they were on opposing sides of a war.

[[Image:SM_has_a_Posse.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Strong Mad IS a posse]]
He is also very childish and naïve, and even though he is the oldest he is loved by his brothers. Strong Bad claims to cherish brother [[Graw Mad]], his name of endearment for his brother. Strong Sad seems to be on good terms with him whenever Strong Bad is not involved, and he shows friendship to [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]] and even, to an extent, [[Coach Z]] and [[Pom Pom]].

Strong Mad apparently enjoys sports. He dressed as [[Kobe|Kobe #2]] in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], he has dressed as a professional sports player three times in Halloween episodes ([[Wikipedia:William Perry (football)|Refrigerator Perry]], [[Wikipedia:Ben Wallace|Ben Wallace]], [[Wikipedia:Nikolai Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]]), he wore a baseball cap with the [[Wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers']] logo on it as [[Wikipedia:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum, P.I.]], he is the sports reporter for [[Action Cool 5|Strong Badia Action Cool News 5]], he has a statue of a football player in [[Strong Mad's Room|his room]], and he wore a football helmet in [[Ever and More!]].
[[Image:StrongMad 3D variation.PNG|thumb|"IT'S THREE WEEKS OLD!!"]]
Strong Mad's creative drive has produced two works of [[dinosaur]]-themed art (an [[lunch special|MS Paint drawing of a "fairly hot brontosaurus"]] and the claymation short [[Doug the Dino]]). At Strong Bad's behest, he has also carved the word "[[dragon|DAGRON]]" in a table and produced a portrait of Strong Bad in glitter and [[macaroni]]. (Other macaroni-related art produced by Strong Mad includes a macaroni nailed to a paper towel tube, as seen in [[record book]].) Despite these achievements, Strong Bad has devoted [[the facts|an entire email]] to explaining why Strong Mad can't produce his own cartoon show. His musical talent is evident, however: he plays what looks like a black Hofner Violin bass guitar in [[Cool Things]], [[Weclome Back]], and [[Baddest of the Bands]], and the drums in [[highschool]]; plus, he's a natural [[death metal]] singer. Additionally, Strong Mad surprised Strong Bad in [[nightlife]] by cracking a joke, which Strong Bad admitted to be "pretty good". He also has shown skills in [[Strong Badia the Free|doing taxes]].

Strong Mad is, oddly, the only main character to have five-fingered hands and a visible nose. He seems more than willing to [[Eating Non-Food Items|eat otherwise inedible objects]] such as rocks, chain-whips, and printed emails. He does not, however, [[haircut|want to eat a guitar]]. Strong Bad implied he was surprised he hasn't eaten The Cheat by now. When Strong Mad inhales [[helium]], his voice stays the same, but when he sucks up [[isp|bandwidth]] through a [[garden hose]], his mouth gets tiny and his voice turns high-pitched. Strong Mad has a [[Horrible Painting]] in his closet that gives everyone (especially Strong Bad) the [[jibblies]]. He apparently needs reading glasses.

Strong Mad seems to want a pet, as he (as Marzipan put it) "absconded with" [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] during the [[Fall Float Parade]] and tried to convince Strong Bad to let him keep it, saying that it followed him home.

*'''Domicile:''' [[House of the Brothers Strong]], [[The King of Town's Castle]] ''(briefly)''
*'''Debut:''' First Seen: "[[Super NES]]"
*[[:Category:Strong Mad Filmography|Complete Filmography]]

==Physical Statistics==

[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|right|300px|"He's like a big square, this guy."]]

[[Image:SMSmiling.png|thumb|right|"MANNONBALL!"]]
Apparently, Strong Mad's height and weight are not definite, and the specifics can change from cartoon to cartoon. As stated on the [[Wikipedia:André the Giant Has a Posse|OBEY]] style [[HR:smsticker.html|stickers]], Strong Mad is 8 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 900 pounds. According to Strong Bad in [[the facts]], he is 88 inches (7 feet 4 inches) tall and 88 inches wide. As described by The Cheat in [[i she be]], he is only 6 feet tall. In [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], it is stated that Strong Mad and Strong Bad have a combined weight of one million pounds. Apparently, Strong Mad is simply a big guy, and specific measurements are given only when needed for a joke or to convey a meaning.

As seen in several toons (including [[fingers]], [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]], [[death metal]], and [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]), Strong Mad's shoulders are squared-off, almost cubic, though his [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|figurine]] is rounder with a football-shaped top. When necessary, he is able to contract his frame into a spherical shape, as he did when performing a cannonball dive in [[keep cool]]. Strong Mad lacks a neck; there is no clear distinction between his head and his body.

{{Character Video Transcript}}

== Relationships ==
:''Main article: [[Character Relationships]]''
*[[Strong Bad and Strong Mad's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and The Cheat's Relationship]]
*[[Homestar Runner and Strong Mad's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Marzipan's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Coach Z's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Strong Sad's Relationship]]

== Variations ==
*[[Strong Man]] ([[Old-Timey]])
*[[Ready For Primetime]] ([[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]])
*[[S. Mad]] ([[Xeriouxly Forxe]])

===[[Halloween Costumes]]===

*[[Wikipedia:Slim Goodbody|Slim Goodbody]] in [[Homestarloween Party]].
*[[Wikipedia:William Perry (football)|William "The Fridge" Perry]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Ghost|Ghost]] in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum P.I.]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ben Wallace|Ben Wallace]] in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Gossamer (Looney Tunes)|Gossamer]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Wikipedia:The Maxx|The Maxx]] in [[Happy Hallow-day]].
*[[Wikipedia:Nikolai Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]] in [[Jibblies 2]].
*A [http://www.mariowiki.com/Thwomp Thwomp] in [[Most in the Graveyard]].
*[[Wikipedia:Money for Nothing (song)|Sal]] from [[Wikipedia:Dire Straits|Dire Straits']] "[[Wikipedia:Money for Nothing (song)|Money for Nothing]]" in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]].
*[[Wikipedia:Goro (Mortal Kombat)|Goro]] in [[I Killed Pom Pom]].
*[[Wikipedia:TiVo|TiVo]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]].

==Quotes of the Week==
{{qotwstart}}
*{{qotw|"I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!"|[[haircut]]|Mirror:sm_eatguitar.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Did you just say polychaete worms?"|[[caffeine]] outtake|Mirror:sm_polychaete.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Did you just say parakeet?"|[[caffeine]]|Mirror:sm_parakeet.mp3}}
*{{qotw|'''As Small Mouth Strong Mad:''' "I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SAY WHEN!!"|[[isp]] outtake|Mirror:sm_when2saywhen.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"I'M THE HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"|[[other days]]|Mirror:sm imthehump.mp3}}
|}

==See Also==

*[[Strong Mad Evolution]]
*[[Strong Mad Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
*[[Nicknames#Strong Mad|Nicknames]]

==External Links==

*[[HR:vcr_sm.html|watch Strong Mad's character video]]
*[[HR:vcr_sm.swf|view the Flash file for Strong Mad's character video]]
*[[HR:smsticker.html|See a sticker which says "Strong Mad Has a Posse"]]

{{Characters|Strong Mad}}

Mario

2016-11-05T16:01:24Z

Bde1982: I edited a link.

[[Image:KingofTown Mario.PNG|thumb|"I'm a video game!"]]

[[The Brothers Chaps]] have made lots of references in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work to '''[[Wikipedia:Mario (series)|Mario]]''', one of the most famous video game series of all time. This list includes not just character references, but also sound references heard in (and even associated with) the series.

==Appearances==
*[[Store Thank You Messages]] — The page title, "Thank you so much for to buying our crap!!" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]] ending, where, Mario says "Thank you so much for to playing my game."
*[[Super NES]] — The page title, "Super Homestario Bros.", is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]''
*[[The Reddest Radish]] — After she wins the contest, [[Marzipan]] says "I'm the winner!" similar to how [[Wikipedia:Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] says it in the ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Party|Mario Party]]'' series.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] involves several references to the Mario body of work, especially ''Super Mario Bros.'':
**[[The King of Town]]'s Halloween costume is Mario himself.
**Bubs's Halloween costume is Captain Lou Albano, who provided the voice of Mario on ''[[Wikipedia:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', a cartoon TV series based on the games.
**When the King of Town learns that his pumpkin entry in the contest receives a "worst place" prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle." This refers to ''Super Mario Bros.'' in that, up until the final castle (in level 8-4), whenever Mario saves the Toads from [[Wikipedia:Bowser (Nintendo)|Bowser]] in the castles, they always say to him, "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
**The [[Super Kingio Brothers]] Easter egg spoofs the title card, level 1-1, the game over screen and the music heard during all scenes in ''Super Mario Bros.''
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — One of the NES endings in an Easter egg is the ending to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
*[[Awexome Cross]] — The sound effects for jumping, crashing and collecting buxx are taken from ''Super Mario Bros.'' The jump sound is the solid block hit sound, the crash sound is the block-break sound and the buxx collect sound is the coin collect sound.
*Email [[mile]] — During the parade for The Cheat, the rhythmic "song" heard is from ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', which is played during the airship levels. Also, the exploding fireworks sound effect sounds like the sound effect created by the cannon fire and exploding [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Bob-omb|Bob-ombs]] from these levels.
*Email [[pom pom]] — When [[Pom Pom]] is pounding [[Strong Bad]], various sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', such as the "coin collect" sound and the "1-Up" sound, are heard whenever Pom Pom connects.
*[[Duck Guardian]] — The falling robot heads resemble the original Thwomp and the eggs resemble those of [[Wikipedia:Yoshi|Yoshi]].
*Email [[comic]] ([[comic#Easter Egg Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — In the Easter egg, [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] first mimic and then make reference to the 1-Up sound made by the [[Wikipedia:Mushroom (Mario)|green mushroom powerups]] in the Mario series.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] has many Mario references:
**"Firey-Hot" is a recolor of the fire cannons' blasts in the airship levels of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
**"Old Sage" looks similar to the spikes in the moon level of ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]''.
**"The Liekand" looks very similar to Fryguy, the Level 4 boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
***The fact that The Liekand turns into a mouse may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mouser|Mouser]], a boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', who is also a mouse that also wears sunglasses.
**The [[Stinkomanual]] mentions that the game has no "weepy princess crap", a reference to the ''Super Mario'' series (among others) in which the primary plot is to rescue a helpless princess (Princess Peach).
**The phrase "Hold B" in the Stinkomanual refers to many Mario games in which you gain a boost of some sort, such as running faster, by holding down the 'B' button.
**Many NES games featured the letter 'P' (presumably for "Power") in various forms, such as the P-switches, P-Wings and P-Gauges in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. This may explain the collectible Ps in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]].
**The name for [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]] is a reference a glitch in Level 1-2 of ''Super Mario Bros.'' in which walking through a wall will take you to a [[Wikipedia:Minus World|Minus World]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Tompkins]] is evidently playing a Mario game on his [[Nintendo#Game_Boy|Game Boy]]. When [[So and So]] invites him for some rebound action, Tompkins dismisses her invitation and says that he has "Bowser on the ropes". A [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell then [[Internet slang|pØwn]]s So and So.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — The Cheat's Halloween costume is Mario character [[Wikipedia:Toad (Mario)|Toad]]. The high jump he does is the same one that Toad does when he gets hit in ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Kart 64|Mario Kart 64]]'', in which Toad's kart also lands with a POOMP. The Cheat also makes some sounds similar to what Toad says when he wins a race ("I'm the best!") as well as Toad's cries when he has been hit.
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]] — One of the storyboards of Strong Sad's email idea involves Homestar wearing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Snifit Snifit] mask. Snifits are one of the henchmen of [[Wikipedia:Mario_characters#Wart|Wart]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*Email [[retirement]] — When Strong Bad discovers the Lappy close by, the dramatic music heard during this scene is reminiscent of the boss music from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Likewise, Strong Bad scrambling back and forth under the Lappy is likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]]''.
*[[Fan Costumes '06]] — In a picture of a Homestar Runner costume, a person is seen dressed as Mario in the background. Additionally, the person wearing the Homestar costume can be seen inside its mouth, prompting Strong Bad to ask if Homestar ate [[Wikipedia:Luigi|Luigi]], Mario's brother in the Mario body of work. After giving an affirmative response, Homestar remarks that Luigi tasted like mushrooms, referring to the mushroom powerups that appear throughout the Mario series.
*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town calls his servants Beezos, which are one of the henchmen of Wart in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Strong Mad's Halloween costume is a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Mario_series_enemies#Thwomp|Thwomp]], a common enemy in the Mario line of work that originated in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Twice during the toon, Strong Mad jumps, and when he lands, the ground shakes, further referencing the enemy his costume depicts, which also falls down from the castle ceiling and hits the ground, shaking it on impact.
*[[8-Bit Is Enough]] contains a number of Mario references:
**Strong Bad climbing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Beanstalk beanstalk] to a smiling cloud on the Awesomeness screen refers to the cloud stages of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series.
**When Strong Bad first enters Peasantry, he assumes hitting his head on things will make coins come out, a reference to the theme of making coins come out of blocks by jumping into them in the same series.
**The bushes with eyes in the intro screen refer to ''Super Mario Bros.''
**The music and appearance of the ghosts haunting the House of Strong (particularly the ghosts flying out the front when outside) is reminiscent of the ghost houses in ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]''.

==See Also==
*[[Nintendo]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Pokémon]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Video game references]][[Category:Nintendo]]

Mario

2016-11-05T16:01:02Z

Bde1982: The official title includes an exclamation mark.

[[Image:KingofTown Mario.PNG|thumb|"I'm a video game!"]]

[[The Brothers Chaps]] have made lots of references in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work to '''[[Wikipedia:Mario (series)|Mario]]''', one of the most famous video game series of all time. This list includes not just character references, but also sound references heard in (and even associated with) the series.

==Appearances==
*[[Store Thank You Messages]] — The page title, "Thank you so much for to buying our crap!!" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]] ending, where, Mario says "Thank you so much for to playing my game."
*[[Super NES]] — The page title, "Super Homestario Bros.", is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]''
*[[The Reddest Radish]] — After she wins the contest, [[Marzipan]] says "I'm the winner!" similar to how [[Wikipedia:Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] says it in the ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Party|Mario Party]]'' series.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] involves several references to the Mario body of work, especially ''Super Mario Bros.'':
**[[The King of Town]]'s Halloween costume is Mario himself.
**Bubs's Halloween costume is Captain Lou Albano, who provided the voice of Mario on ''[[Wikipedia:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', a cartoon TV series based on the games.
**When the King of Town learns that his pumpkin entry in the contest receives a "worst place" prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle." This refers to ''Super Mario Bros.'' in that, up until the final castle (in level 8-4), whenever Mario saves the Toads from [[Wikipedia:Bowser (Nintendo)|Bowser]] in the castles, they always say to him, "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
**The [[Super Kingio Brothers]] Easter egg spoofs the title card, level 1-1, the game over screen and the music heard during all scenes in ''Super Mario Bros.''
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — One of the NES endings in an Easter egg is the ending to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
*[[Awexome Cross]] — The sound effects for jumping, crashing and collecting buxx are taken from ''Super Mario Bros.'' The jump sound is the solid block hit sound, the crash sound is the block-break sound and the buxx collect sound is the coin collect sound.
*Email [[mile]] — During the parade for The Cheat, the rhythmic "song" heard is from ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', which is played during the airship levels. Also, the exploding fireworks sound effect sounds like the sound effect created by the cannon fire and exploding [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Bob-omb|Bob-ombs]] from these levels.
*Email [[pom pom]] — When [[Pom Pom]] is pounding [[Strong Bad]], various sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', such as the "coin collect" sound and the "1-Up" sound, are heard whenever Pom Pom connects.
*[[Duck Guardian]] — The falling robot heads resemble the original Thwomp and the eggs resemble those of [[Wikipedia:Yoshi|Yoshi]].
*Email [[comic]] ([[comic#Easter Egg Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — In the Easter egg, [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] first mimic and then make reference to the 1-Up sound made by the [[Wikipedia:Mushroom (Mario)|green mushroom powerups]] in the Mario series.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] has many Mario references:
**"Firey-Hot" is a recolor of the fire cannons' blasts in the airship levels of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
**"Old Sage" looks similar to the spikes in the moon level of ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]''.
**"The Liekand" looks very similar to Fryguy, the Level 4 boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
***The fact that The Liekand turns into a mouse may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mouser|Mouser]], a boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', who is also a mouse that also wears sunglasses.
**The [[Stinkomanual]] mentions that the game has no "weepy princess crap", a reference to the ''Super Mario'' series (among others) in which the primary plot is to rescue a helpless princess (Princess Peach).
**The phrase "Hold B" in the Stinkomanual refers to many Mario games in which you gain a boost of some sort, such as running faster, by holding down the 'B' button.
**Many NES games featured the letter 'P' (presumably for "Power") in various forms, such as the P-switches, P-Wings and P-Gauges in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. This may explain the collectible Ps in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]].
**The name for [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]] is a reference a glitch in Level 1-2 of ''Super Mario Bros.'' in which walking through a wall will take you to a [[Wikipedia:Minus World|Minus World]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Tompkins]] is evidently playing a Mario game on his [[Nintendo#Game_Boy|Game Boy]]. When [[So and So]] invites him for some rebound action, Tompkins dismisses her invitation and says that he has "Bowser on the ropes". A [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell then [[Internet slang|pØwn]]s So and So.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — The Cheat's Halloween costume is Mario character [[Wikipedia:Toad (Mario)|Toad]]. The high jump he does is the same one that Toad does when he gets hit in ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Kart 64|Mario Kart 64]]'', in which Toad's kart also lands with a POOMP. The Cheat also makes some sounds similar to what Toad says when he wins a race ("I'm the best!") as well as Toad's cries when he has been hit.
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]] — One of the storyboards of Strong Sad's email idea involves Homestar wearing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Snifit Snifit] mask. Snifits are one of the henchmen of [[Wikipedia:Mario_characters#Wart|Wart]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*Email [[retirement]] — When Strong Bad discovers the Lappy close by, the dramatic music heard during this scene is reminiscent of the boss music from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Likewise, Strong Bad scrambling back and forth under the Lappy is likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]]''.
*[[Fan Costumes '06]] — In a picture of a Homestar Runner costume, a person is seen dressed as Mario in the background. Additionally, the person wearing the Homestar costume can be seen inside its mouth, prompting Strong Bad to ask if Homestar ate [[Wikipedia:Luigi|Luigi]], Mario's brother in the Mario body of work. After giving an affirmative response, Homestar remarks that Luigi tasted like mushrooms, referring to the mushroom powerups that appear throughout the Mario series.
*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town calls his servants Beezos, which are one of the henchmen of Wart in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Strong Mad's Halloween costume is a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Mario_series_enemies#Thwomp|Thwomp]], a common enemy in the Mario line of work that originated in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Twice during the toon, Strong Mad jumps, and when he lands, the ground shakes, further referencing the enemy his costume depicts, which also falls down from the castle ceiling and hits the ground, shaking it on impact.
*[[8-Bit Is Enough]] contains a number of Mario references:
**Strong Bad climbing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Beanstalk beanstalk] to a smiling cloud on the Awesomeness screen refers to the cloud stages of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series.
**When Strong Bad first enters Peasantry, he assumes hitting his head on things will make coins come out, a reference to the theme of making coins come out of blocks by jumping into them in the same series.
**The bushes with eyes in the intro screen refer to ''Super Mario Bros.''
**The music and appearance of the ghosts haunting the House of Strong (particularly the ghosts flying out the front when outside) is reminiscent of the ghost houses in ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]''.

==See Also==
*[[Nintendo]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Pokémon]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Video game references]][[Category:Nintendo]]

Mario

2016-11-05T15:59:59Z

Bde1982: The official title includes an exclamation mark.

[[Image:KingofTown Mario.PNG|thumb|"I'm a video game!"]]

[[The Brothers Chaps]] have made lots of references in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work to '''[[Wikipedia:Mario (series)|Mario]]''', one of the most famous video game series of all time. This list includes not just character references, but also sound references heard in (and even associated with) the series.

==Appearances==
*[[Store Thank You Messages]] — The page title, "Thank you so much for to buying our crap!!" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]] ending, where, Mario says "Thank you so much for to playing my game."
*[[Super NES]] — The page title, "Super Homestario Bros.", is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]''
*[[The Reddest Radish]] — After she wins the contest, [[Marzipan]] says "I'm the winner!" similar to how [[Wikipedia:Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] says it in the ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Party|Mario Party]]'' series.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] involves several references to the Mario body of work, especially ''Super Mario Bros.'':
**[[The King of Town]]'s Halloween costume is Mario himself.
**Bubs's Halloween costume is Captain Lou Albano, who provided the voice of Mario on ''[[Wikipedia:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', a cartoon TV series based on the games.
**When the King of Town learns that his pumpkin entry in the contest receives a "worst place" prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle." This refers to ''Super Mario Bros.'' in that, up until the final castle (in level 8-4), whenever Mario saves the Toads from [[Wikipedia:Bowser (Nintendo)|Bowser]] in the castles, they always say to him, "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
**The [[Super Kingio Brothers]] Easter egg spoofs the title card, level 1-1, the game over screen and the music heard during all scenes in ''Super Mario Bros.''
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — One of the NES endings in an Easter egg is the ending to ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
*[[Awexome Cross]] — The sound effects for jumping, crashing and collecting buxx are taken from ''Super Mario Bros.'' The jump sound is the solid block hit sound, the crash sound is the block-break sound and the buxx collect sound is the coin collect sound.
*Email [[mile]] — During the parade for The Cheat, the rhythmic "song" heard is from ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', which is played during the airship levels. Also, the exploding fireworks sound effect sounds like the sound effect created by the cannon fire and exploding [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Bob-omb|Bob-ombs]] from these levels.
*Email [[pom pom]] — When [[Pom Pom]] is pounding [[Strong Bad]], various sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', such as the "coin collect" sound and the "1-Up" sound, are heard whenever Pom Pom connects.
*[[Duck Guardian]] — The falling robot heads resemble the original Thwomp and the eggs resemble those of [[Wikipedia:Yoshi|Yoshi]].
*Email [[comic]] ([[comic#Easter Egg Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — In the Easter egg, [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] first mimic and then make reference to the 1-Up sound made by the [[Wikipedia:Mushroom (Mario)|green mushroom powerups]] in the Mario series.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] has many Mario references:
**"Firey-Hot" is a recolor of the fire cannons' blasts in the airship levels of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
**"Old Sage" looks similar to the spikes in the moon level of ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]''.
**"The Liekand" looks very similar to Fryguy, the Level 4 boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
***The fact that The Liekand turns into a mouse may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mouser|Mouser]], a boss from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', who is also a mouse that also wears sunglasses.
**The [[Stinkomanual]] mentions that the game has no "weepy princess crap", a reference to the ''Super Mario'' series (among others) in which the primary plot is to rescue a helpless princess (Princess Peach).
**The phrase "Hold B" in the Stinkomanual refers to many Mario games in which you gain a boost of some sort, such as running faster, by holding down the 'B' button.
**Many NES games featured the letter 'P' (presumably for "Power") in various forms, such as the P-switches, P-Wings and P-Gauges in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. This may explain the collectible Ps in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]].
**The name for [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]] is a reference a glitch in Level 1-2 of ''Super Mario Bros.'' in which walking through a wall will take you to a [[Wikipedia:Minus World|Minus World]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Tompkins]] is evidently playing a Mario game on his [[Nintendo#Game_Boy|Game Boy]]. When [[So and So]] invites him for some rebound action, Tompkins dismisses her invitation and says that he has "Bowser on the ropes". A [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies#Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell then [[Internet slang|pØwn]]s So and So.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — The Cheat's Halloween costume is Mario character [[Wikipedia:Toad (Mario)|Toad]]. The high jump he does is the same one that Toad does when he gets hit in ''[[Wikipedia:Mario Kart 64|Mario Kart 64]]'', in which Toad's kart also lands with a POOMP. The Cheat also makes some sounds similar to what Toad says when he wins a race ("I'm the best!") as well as Toad's cries when he has been hit.
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]] — One of the storyboards of Strong Sad's email idea involves Homestar wearing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Snifit Snifit] mask. Snifits are one of the henchmen of [[Wikipedia:Mario_characters#Wart|Wart]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*Email [[retirement]] — When Strong Bad discovers the Lappy close by, the dramatic music heard during this scene is reminiscent of the boss music from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Likewise, Strong Bad scrambling back and forth under the Lappy is likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]]''.
*[[Fan Costumes '06]] — In a picture of a Homestar Runner costume, a person is seen dressed as Mario in the background. Additionally, the person wearing the Homestar costume can be seen inside its mouth, prompting Strong Bad to ask if Homestar ate [[Wikipedia:Luigi|Luigi]], Mario's brother in the Mario body of work. After giving an affirmative response, Homestar remarks that Luigi tasted like mushrooms, referring to the mushroom powerups that appear throughout the Mario series.
*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town calls his servants Beezos, which are one of the henchmen of Wart in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Strong Mad's Halloween costume is a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Mario_series_enemies#Thwomp|Thwomp]], a common enemy in the Mario line of work that originated in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Twice during the toon, Strong Mad jumps, and when he lands, the ground shakes, further referencing the enemy his costume depicts, which also falls down from the castle ceiling and hits the ground, shaking it on impact.
*[[8-Bit Is Enough]] contains a number of Mario references:
**Strong Bad climbing a [http://www.mariowiki.com/Beanstalk beanstalk] to a smiling cloud on the Awesomeness screen refers to the cloud stages of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series.
**When Strong Bad first enters Peasantry, he assumes hitting his head on things will make coins come out, a reference to the theme of making coins come out of blocks by jumping into them in the same series.
**The bushes with eyes in the intro screen refer to ''Super Mario Bros.''
**The music and appearance of the ghosts haunting the House of Strong (particularly the ghosts flying out the front when outside) is reminiscent of the ghost houses in ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]''.

==See Also==
*[[Nintendo]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Pokémon]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Video game references]][[Category:Nintendo]]

Strong Mad

2016-11-05T12:18:57Z

Bde1982: It is improper grammar to put a period after anything in quotation marks which ends with an exclamation mark.

{{charnav|Strong Mad|sm|The Cheat|Strong Sad}}
[[Image:neweststrongmad.png|thumb|right|Like a big square, this guy.]]

==Biography==
A monolith of muscle and hostility, '''Strong Mad''' is, as his name implies, strong and usually mad. His brothers are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad]], and he is the oldest of the three. He and [[The Cheat]] are "The next bosom buddies" according to a [[TV Time Toons Menu|TV TIME]] cover, and though he often tries to help Strong Bad with his evil plans, he usually only messes up. He communicates mostly in simple sentences shouted in an uninflected roar. Occasionally, Strong Mad will make pointed observations or reasonable suggestions in his typical voice, such as [[Where U Goin' 2?|"THAT'S REDUNDANT!"]] or [[Ever And More!|"I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU!"]] He seems to be a wrestler (or perhaps was one in the past), since he wears a blue spandex singlet with an "M" on it.

He's a big lug, but with a big heart: though one wouldn't know it to look at him, Strong Mad has a soft side. In [[Where's The Cheat?]], he cries over an autographed picture of The Cheat, given to him by the little yellow guy. He also is proud to be The Cheat's friend, and is not afraid to [[Strong Badia the Free|hug The Cheat]] [[TV Time Toons Menu|in public]]. He finds it necessary to say he is [[The Cheat and Strong Mad's Relationship|The Cheat's best friend]]. He is [[little animal|very defensive]] to his buddy; even when [[do over|it is an obvious impostor]] he will not risk The Cheat being hurt, and on [[Strong Badia the Free|one occasion]] refused to fight him even when they were on opposing sides of a war.

[[Image:SM_has_a_Posse.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Strong Mad IS a posse]]
He is also very childish and naïve, and even though he is the oldest he is loved by his brothers. Strong Bad claims to cherish brother [[Graw Mad]], his name of endearment for his brother. Strong Sad seems to be on good terms with him whenever Strong Bad is not involved, and he shows friendship to [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]] and even, to an extent, [[Pom Pom]].

Strong Mad apparently enjoys sports. He dressed as [[Kobe|Kobe #2]] in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], he has dressed as a professional sports player three times in Halloween episodes ([[Wikipedia:William Perry (football)|Refrigerator Perry]], [[Wikipedia:Ben Wallace|Ben Wallace]], [[Wikipedia:Nikolai Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]]), he wore a baseball cap with the [[Wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers']] logo on it as [[Wikipedia:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum, P.I.]], he is the sports reporter for [[local news|Strong Badia Action Cool News 5]], he has a statue of a football player in [[Strong Mad's Room|his room]], and he wore a football helmet in [[Ever and More!]].
[[Image:StrongMad 3D variation.PNG|thumb|"IT'S THREE WEEKS OLD!!"]]
Strong Mad's creative drive has produced two works of [[dinosaur]]-themed art (an [[lunch special|MS Paint drawing of a "fairly hot brontosaurus"]] and the claymation short [[Doug the Dino]]). At Strong Bad's behest, he has also carved the word "[[dragon|DAGRON]]" in a table and produced a portrait of Strong Bad in glitter and macaroni. (Other macaroni-related art produced by Strong Mad includes a macaroni nailed to a paper towel tube, as seen in [[record book]].) Despite these achievements, Strong Bad has devoted [[the facts|an entire email]] to explaining why Strong Mad can't produce his own cartoon show. His musical talent is evident, however: he plays what looks like a black Hofner Violin bass guitar in [[Cool Things]], [[Weclome Back]], and [[Baddest of the Bands]], and the drums in [[highschool]], plus he's a natural [[death metal]] singer. Additionally, Strong Mad surprised Strong Bad in [[nightlife]] by cracking a joke, which Strong Bad admitted to be "pretty good!" He also has shown skills in [[Strong Badia the Free|doing taxes]].

Strong Mad is, oddly, the only main character to have five-fingered hands and a visible nose. He seems more than willing to [[Eating Non-Food Items|eat otherwise inedible objects]] such as rocks, chain-whips, and printed emails. He does not, however, [[haircut|want to eat a guitar]]. Strong Bad implied he was surprised he hasn't eaten The Cheat by now. When Strong Mad inhales [[helium]], his voice stays the same, but when he sucks up [[isp|bandwidth]] through a [[garden hose]], his mouth gets tiny and his voice turns high-pitched. Strong Mad has a [[Horrible Painting]] in his closet that gives everyone (especially Strong Bad) the [[jibblies]]. He apparently needs reading glasses.

Strong Mad seems to want a pet, as he (as Marzipan put it) "absconded with" [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] during the [[Fall Float Parade]] and tried to convince Strong Bad to let him keep it, saying that it followed him home.

*'''Domicile:''' [[House of the Brothers Strong]], [[The King of Town's Castle]] ''(briefly)''
*'''Debut:''' First Seen: "[[Super NES]]"
*[[:Category:Strong Mad Filmography|Complete Filmography]]

==Physical Statistics==

[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|right|300px|"He's like a big square, this guy."]]

[[Image:SMSmiling.png|thumb|right|"MANNONBALL!"]]
Apparently, Strong Mad's height and weight are not definite, and the specifics can change from cartoon to cartoon. As stated on the [[Wikipedia:André the Giant Has a Posse|OBEY]] style [[HR:smsticker.html|stickers]], Strong Mad is 8 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 900 pounds. According to Strong Bad in [[the facts]], he is 88 inches (7 feet 4 inches) tall and 88 inches wide. As described by The Cheat in [[i she be]], he is only 6 feet tall. In [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], it is stated that Strong Mad and Strong Bad have a combined weight of one million pounds. Apparently, Strong Mad is simply a big guy, and specific measurements are given only when needed for a joke or to convey a meaning.

As seen in several toons (including [[fingers]], [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]], [[death metal]], and [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]), Strong Mad's shoulders are squared-off, almost cubic, though his [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|figurine]] is rounder with a football-shaped top. When necessary, he is able to contract his frame into a spherical shape, as he did when performing a cannonball dive in [[keep cool]]. Strong Mad lacks a neck; there is no clear distinction between his head and his body.

{{Character Video Transcript}}

== Relationships ==
:''Main article: [[Character Relationships]]''
*[[Strong Bad and Strong Mad's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and The Cheat's Relationship]]
*[[Homestar Runner and Strong Mad's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Marzipan's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Coach Z's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Mad and Strong Sad's Relationship]]

== Variations ==
*[[Strong Man]] ([[Old-Timey]])
*[[Ready For Primetime]] ([[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]])
*[[S. Mad]] ([[Xeriouxly Forxe]])

===[[Halloween Costumes]]===

*[[Wikipedia:Slim Goodbody|Slim Goodbody]] in [[Homestarloween Party]].
*[[Wikipedia:William Perry (football)|William "The Fridge" Perry]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Ghost|Ghost]] in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum P.I.]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ben Wallace|Ben Wallace]] in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Gossamer (Looney Tunes)|Gossamer]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Wikipedia:The Maxx|The Maxx]] in [[Happy Hallow-day]].
*[[Wikipedia:Nikolai Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]] in [[Jibblies 2]].
*A [http://www.mariowiki.com/Thwomp Thwomp] in [[Most in the Graveyard]].
*[[Wikipedia:Money for Nothing (song)|Sal]] from [[Wikipedia:Dire Straits|Dire Straits']] "[[Wikipedia:Money for Nothing (song)|Money for Nothing]]" in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]].
*[[Wikipedia:Goro (Mortal Kombat)|Goro]] in [[I Killed Pom Pom]].
*[[Wikipedia:TiVo|TiVo]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]].

==Quotes of the Week==
{{qotwstart}}
*{{qotw|"I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!"|[[haircut]]|Mirror:sm_eatguitar.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Did you just say polychaete worms?"|[[caffeine]] outtake|Mirror:sm_polychaete.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Did you just say parakeet?"|[[caffeine]]|Mirror:sm_parakeet.mp3}}
*{{qotw|'''As Small Mouth Strong Mad:''' "I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SAY WHEN!!"|[[isp]] outtake|Mirror:sm_when2saywhen.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"I'M THE HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"|[[other days]]|Mirror:sm imthehump.mp3}}
|}

==See Also==

*[[Strong Mad Evolution]]
*[[Strong Mad Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
*[[Nicknames#Strong Mad|Nicknames]]

==External Links==

*[[HR:vcr_sm.html|watch Strong Mad's character video]]
*[[HR:vcr_sm.swf|view the Flash file for Strong Mad's character video]]
*[[HR:smsticker.html|See a sticker which says "Strong Mad Has a Posse"]]

{{Characters|Strong Mad}}

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

2016-11-04T17:08:59Z

Bde1982: Chintzy, not chipsy. “Chipsy” is not a real word.

{{mamnav|17|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|Version 16.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|Version 1.0}}
{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|answer17|Fan Costumes 2015|Later That Night...}}
[[Image:dangmuffinspie.png|thumb|"OH DANG MUFFINS PIE À LA MODE!"]]

After seven years, Marzipan's inability to check her answering machine pays off.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Kevin}}, {{Film|Visor Robot}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|sloshy}}, {{Film|Puppet Homestar}}, {{Film|Litigation Jackson}}, {{Film|Larry Palaroncini}}, [[Tucker Donaldson]], {{Film|Humidibot}}, Humidibeth, {{Film|F-Sack}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Marshie}}, {{Film|Horrible Painting}}, {{Film|Balding Man}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Peacey P}}, {{Film|Blue Laser Commander}}, {{Film|Crack Stuntman}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Sickly Sam}}, [[Teen Girl Squad|Unknown Teen Girl Squad Member]], [[The Gregs|One of the 4 Gregs]]

'''Places:''' [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]], [[Marzipan's House]]

'''Date:''' Friday, April 1, 2016

'''Running Time:''' 0:00 (official), 31:09 (actual)

'''Page Title:''' Just think of it as a podcast!

== Transcript ==

===Opening ===
:'''0:00 - 0:52'''

''{The scene opens with a phone hook lying on the floor of the Living Room of the Brothers Strong; the receiver is offscreen. It has a funnel on top of it, and in the funnel are two bottles of "Cheez Wheez" and a bottle of "Lite Em Up Dan" lighter fluid. Two more bottles of Cheez Wheez are nearby.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang!

''{The camera pans across the phone's cord, to a part that is entangling more bottles of Cheez Wheez and some batteries, which are connected by wires.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang muffins!

''{The camera pans more to an axe suspended from the ceiling, with two speakers attached to it, all entangled by the phone cord.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh dang muffins pie!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat, in the same room as all of the previous. The phone's receiver is dangling from the ceiling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OH DANG MUFFINS PIE À LA MODE! This is gonna be the best April Fools' Day prank call ever!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now you're sure the science is sound? The battle axes and Cheez Wheezes will actually get through the phone lines?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... fiber optics... makes sense, makes sense... Marzipan won't know what hit her! Alright, Strong Mad, dial the number!

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{picks up the phone, hovers his finger over the keypad and hesitates}'' Uh... Um...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{snatches phone}'' Never mind, I'll dial the number. ''{hovers his hand over the keypad and hesitates}'' Um... Never mind, The Cheat, you dial the number.

''{Strong Bad holds out the phone to The Cheat, who quickly dials the number.}''

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

''{As the phone starts to ring, Strong Bad holds it up to his ear.}''

'''PHONE OPERATOR:''' We're sorry, the mailbox of the answering machine you're trying to prank is full! Please try again later.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? Why the crap is her mailbox full?

''{Cut to Marzipan's answering machine, which is bulging, appears to be in poor condition, and has green goo coming out the bottom. The display shows glitchy symbols throughout the toon.}''

=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
:'''0:52 - 1:00'''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, this is Marzipan. I'll be out and about for about seven years, so I'll give you a call back after that. Thank you!

=== Message 1 ===
:'''1:00 - 2:15'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' Message 1 from: June 17th, 2009.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{falsetto}'' Oh, hey, Marzipan! This is Joanie Allthetime, uh, your acupuncturist. Calling you to tell you, I, I had a new do-it-yourself-from-home program. That means you don't have to come to see me no more to stick needles in you! So I want you to wander around your house, uh, reciting your— this new mantra that I will give you. Which is, um, "Yoplait, Fage, Oikos," um, "Activia". So you just say that over and over again, and then pick up any sharp or even blunt objects around your house and just jab them right, right into you! Um, I would work the kidneys first, and then from there, move on to— to the eyes. Okay, namaste, have yourself a real nice day! Ha, hey, that's a new mantra! Don't use that one, though; use the yogurt one.

=== Message 2 ===
:'''2:15 - 2:37'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in a halting voice, like a stereotypical robot}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is Homestar Runner. I heard that you got a new smartphone, so instead of leaving you a message, I'm texting this to you. Smileyman, winky smileyman, wineglass wineglass '90s camcorder, send.

=== Message 3 ===
:'''2:37 - 3:50'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Uh, surprise, surprise, Marzipan! Guess where I ended up! The hoosegow! They only give ya one phone call here, so I couldn't think'a anyone better to blow it on than you, Marzi. Uh, I'm gonna— I'm gonna be away for a while, I think, here. You're— you're gonna hear a lot of stuff comin' out on the news. I want you to ignore seventy-five to ninety-eight percent of it, if you could. Uh, the part where they say that my name is Coach Z? Uh, you can listen to that. The part where they say I'm mostly green? That— that's a— that's a fact. That's a police fact. The rest I would just ignore if I was you. Anyways, Bubs is gonna represent me, so that'll be fun. Hey, and get this: they say I'm a flight risk! That sounds like somethin' you'd see on a trophy, doesn't it? "Coach Z: First Place Flight Risk! Two hundred thousand dollar bail!"

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' Call ended... for being ''way'' too depressing.

=== Message 4 ===
:'''3:50 - 4:02'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, Marzipan! Have you heard about the new internet craze, planking? It is gonna be around forever, and I'm gonna be doing it forever! Etched into the halls of ''history!''

=== Message 5 ===
:'''4:02 - 5:08'''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Bubs! Look, I been thinking that maybe I need a catch phrase or something. Seems like everybody else got one. Strong Bad says "holy crap", Homestar says "seriously", Coach Z can't speak English. But what about Bubs? All anybody remembers about me is how I once stole an aircraft carrier. What kinda legacy is that? So I got a list here of some catch phrase candidates. Lemme— lemme try 'em out on you, see whatcha think. "Zabbledoo!" Huh? "Zabbledoo"? I'd say it like, "Zabbledoo, Marzipan! What can I zabbledoo for you?" I think that sounds pretty good. I can also go with something classic, like yellin' "Scarborough Fair!" Whaddya think of that? Or like somethin' that sounds like it's from the fifties or sixties maybe? "Put it to me!" Huh? "Put it to me"? I dunno. If you think of any ideas, gimme a shout! Papadopoulos!... Naw, that's terrible.

===Message 6 ===
:'''5:08 - 6:10'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{speaks with an obvious lisp throughout the message}'' Uh, happy New Years, Marzipan. It's Strong Sad. It's, uh, January first, 2011. And, uh, I've decided to try something new this year. It's gonna be a whole new Strong Sad. Can you guess— can you guess what it is? I feel like people don't notice my personality, so I'm trying to give 'em something to grasp onto. Have you guessed what it is yet? Hmmm? Marzipan? Anyways, I think this is the dawn of a new day for old SS. I'm thure I'm gonna keep this up for thhh— for many years to come. This is not just one of my phases, like the eye patch, or the cane, or the monocle, or the bowler hats, or the jodhpurs. Oh, those were dark times, those jodhpurs days. Anyways, this is the new Strong Sad signing off!

=== Message 7 ===
:'''6:10 - 6:36'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{without the lisp}'' Hey, Marzipan. It's January second, 2011. Disregard my last message. I don't— I don't know what I was thinking. What a surprise, I've already backtracked. I couldn't even go a whole twenty-four hours! "The new Strong Sad"... Maybe— maybe the jodhpurs weren't such a bad idea. I'm gonna go see if I can find those!

=== Message 8 ===
:'''6:36 - 7:34'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a smooth and smarmy voice}'' Good afternoon, Mrs. Pan. This is Vince Napmaker from public radio's "The World is my Butt". We wanted to call you to thank you for being a continued supporter of public radio. But we wanted to ask you if you'd be willing to increase your support. Every dollar counts. Do you have any idea how much it costs to act like you're this much better than everyone else? And furthermore, our uppity podcasts aren't going to create themselves. So please, as always, for the sake of tote bags everywhere, put a bunch of cash in a paper and/or plastic bag and leave it on the doorstep. ''{The public radio jingle plays over his next line.}'' This is Vince Napmaker for public radio. And now here's a supercut of Robert Siegel saying "I gather."

'''ROBERT SIEGEL:''' ''{at various different pitches}'' I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather— I gather—

=== Message 9 ===
:'''7:34 - 8:30'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, there, Marzipan! We won our first victory in the long fight to justice! I had my hearing yesterday, and guess what? They're gonna try me as a minor! Bubs tells me that's a good thing. So anyways, I'm celebratin' with a batch of jail terlet melonade! I wish you was here to clink glasses with me. Well, these aren't glasses so much as they're, uh, the little slippers they give us. They don't exactly clink. They just sorta s—slop together... I end up basically suckin' the melonade outta the— the sort of foam Dr. Scholls situation. Ya know what, after sayin' that out loud, I think I'm gonna skip this round. But anyways, ''{chanting}'' free Coach Z! Free Coach Z!

=== Message 10 ===
:'''8:30 - 9:19'''

'''HOMSAR:''' AaA, hey Marzipa-yan! It's Homsar! I was just calling you because, for some reason, I seem to be more articulate on the phone! I hate to hang up, knowin' as soon as I do, I'll be back to "AaAaAah, you're a pork rind's president!" Or maybe like, "DaAaAon't get chintzy with the chalk sauce!" Y— you know the kind of garbage that I spout! Anyways, gimme a holler if you ever wanna have a constructive conversation. OoOoOokay, bye-dee-bye!

=== Message 11 ===
:'''9:19 - 10:11'''

'''BUBS:''' ''{soft tone}'' Hey Marzipan, it's Bubs. You know, the defense lawyer on the Coach Z case. I'm starting to have some pangs. Pangs of... this is a really terrible idea. Pangs of... he's totally guilty and you shouldn't be a lawyer. Pangs of... just what exactly is a charcuterie board, and why is it so expensive? Anyways, I think Coach Z did it, and I don't know if I can defend him anymore, whatever it is that he is accused of. I haven't really gotten around to askin' anybody yet. I'm supposed to be in the court room defendin' him right now, but I snuck out to read some John Grisham novels to give me an edge, only I mixed him up with Michael Crichton, and now my defense is based around ''{Stretched out and delivered in a growl}'' DINOSAURS! Ba doo da dum, bo!

=== Message 12 ===
:'''10:11 - 10:41'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Kickstarter sensation the Ouya, they're gonna make games for that thing for the rest of eternity! Mark my words, every game that comes out from now until the end of time will also come out on the Ouya. Gonna outlive Sony, Nintendo, Coleco, Canseco, Jaleco, all of the heavy hitters. Anyways, I can't wait to be playing Ouya games in fifteen years, or even like, five months! Written in Sharpie on the bathroom wall of ''history!''

=== Message 13 ===
:'''10:41 - 11:07'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Shaky voice and in fear}'' Uh, hey Marzipan. The jodhpurs did not work out! They did not work out! Why, jodhpurs? Why'd you do that to me, jodhpurs? How could you do this to me, jodhpurs?

=== Message 14 ===
:'''11:07 - 12:44'''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Bad. Look, I just wanted to run something by you, um... Everybody else I've talked to says that this is the worst idea I've ever had, and that my career will go down in flames if I do this, so you're my last hope to tell me that this is a great idea. As you know, it's June of 2012, which means we're coming up on the ten year anniversary of Everybody to the Limit, so I want to celebrate in grand fashion, and I figured what better way than to make a sequel! It's like... Fhqwhgads Revisited! Let me just play a little demo right here over the phone. ''{music starts in the background}'' ''{Singing}'' Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again! You remember that song, from that one summer. It was really good, and you emailed it to all your friends. Let's fhqwhgads again, so you can email it to all your friends! Let's fhqwhgads again, and now email your friends. Guess who will be there? Probably Joe and Jake. You remember Joe and Jake? I mentioned them in the first song. Th- this is the sequel. Let's fhqwhgads again! F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. F, H, Q, W-H, G-A-D-S. ''{stops singing}'' So that's great, right? I mean, it's even better than the first one! So anyways, call me back, tell me it's a great idea, so I can get The Cheat to work on a music video. Okay, bye! ''{Whispering}'' Let's fhqwhgads again! Let's fhqwhgads again!

===Message 15===
:'''12:44 - 12:53'''

'''KEVIN:''' Hey Marzipan, this is Kevin. Um, did you, er... I'm trying to remember, did you borrow my Trivial Pursuit '80s edition? Give me a call back. Thanks.

===Message 16 ===
:'''12:53 - 13:15'''

'''VISOR ROBOT''': Marzipan, this is the Visor Robot. Listen, you need to tell Strong Bad not to do this "Let's Fhqwhgads Again" crap. It is so terrible. I don't want to sully my good name. Come on Marzipan. Do not let him do this, okay? See you around.

=== Message 17 ===
:'''13:15 - 14:32'''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{speaks in a deep voice}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is a little weird, but, um... this is The Poopsmith. Yes. I woke up today, and it just kind of hit me... I think I'm sick of the whole "vow of silence" crap. In fact, I think I'm sick of crap, in general. I mean, have I been limiting myself all this time by smith-ing poop? Imagine all the other stuff I could have been smith-ing. Bread; I could be a bread smith, you know. I could have been a song smith, like Mike Nesmith, from The Monkees, the guy with the wool hat, who wrote that song Different Drum, you know. ''{sings}'' "You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum". ''{speaks}'' Or an 80's rocker like Ron Sexsmith or a Mark E. Smith smith, or a Smiths smith. Any of those things. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. Anyway, if you can think of any other things that end in "smith", give me a call back. If I don't hear from you, just... ah, forget the whole thing. I'll go back to the vow of silence. It was nice talking to you. It was nice... ''talking.''

=== Message 18 ===
:'''14:32 - 15:00'''
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, Marzipan, I don't think I'm feeling so good. I think I've got a bad case of... ''Linsanity!'' Oh, man! Have you seen this kid? Jeremy Lin! He can't be stopped! He's gonna score thirty points a game for the rest of his career! The Knicks are never gonna let this guy go! Face of the franchise. I will never forget Linsanity. Carved into the tree trunk of ''history!''

=== Message 19 ===
:'''15:00 - 16:22'''

'''AUTOMATED VOICE:''' You have a call from: Free Country USA Penitentiary.

'''COACH Z:''' Marzipan! We've had a huge break in the case! It turns out there's a piece of evidence that can completely exonerate me, but I need youse to get it for me, and all ya gotta do is go to my locker room and get it. I can't believe it! I'm gonna be a free man! Okay, so as soon as you're done listening to this message, go straight to my locker room. Go to the far locker on the left. Open it up, and you're gonna see... Well, Marzipan, I apologize in advance. You're gonna see a pile of jocks. But I know you can do it. Just, just coat your hand in a spray of Right-Guard beforehand and you'll be fine. And once you get to the bottom of that pile, you'll see a folder labeled "Exoneratin' Evidence". I know, who'da thought, right? I had it sitting there all along. ''{begins to cry}'' Anyways I can't tell you how happy I am, that you're gonna free me from prisons. It's been real hard Marzipan, but you, you're listenin' to this message in a timely fashion, I know you are, you always have, and you're gonna go do this for me right after listenin' to this and not wait five or six years, I just know it. I'll see you in the courtroom. ''{chanting}'' Free Coach Z! Free Coach Z!

=== Message 20 ===
:'''16:22 - 16:57'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Strong Sad. Uh, I've just been feeling really depressed, 'cause, because I haven't been acting very depressed. It used to be my thing, but I don't feel like I get to be sad and depressing anymore, like I used to. So I just want to kinda beef up my numbers in the sad and depressing column. So I may be leaving you some messages, you know sort of dark, inner demons, and that kind of thing. Should be fun.

=== Message 21 ===
:'''16:57 - 17:58'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks like an automated voice}'' Greetings, Marzipan. This is an automated call from Grody Lab Results, Incorporated. Your test results are: negative.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{shouting in the background}'' Negative is good when you're talking about lab results!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking normally}'' Wait, what? Oh, ''{automated voice}'' your test results are: positive. ''{normally}'' Are you sure? It sounds like I'm giving her good news.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't want to be party to this!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking normally}'' They should be less confusing. ''{automated voice}'' Your test results are: terrible. And you're dying, or possibly already dead by the time you get this. If you want us to perform experimental surgery on you and, like, sew a llama head onto your existing head, please call back during regular putting-llama-heads-on-people hours and we will schedule an appointment. This prank call has not been my finest execution. Thank you and have a nice day.

=== Message 22 ===
:'''17:58 - 18:05'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' It's taking way too long for the sun to swallow up the earth.

=== Message 23 ===
:'''18:05 - 18:13'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' At the end of the day today, think about how all you did today was look at your phone.

=== Message 24 ===
:'''18:13 - 18:23'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{dejected voice}'' I'm sad that I'm trying. ''{normal voice}'' Take that, not-depressing Strong Sad! Now I feel great! I feel real happy! ...Oh.

=== Message 25 ===
:'''18:23 - 19:20'''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh, hey, Marzipan. I-I don't really know how else to ask this, but um... Am I your dad?! I was lookin' on the internet for "marzipan glazed ham", and uh... I got some weird results that seemed to think that at— at least at one time, you were my daughter? It's kind of freakin' me out over here. Um... I wish I could take, like, a— a DNA test, but I've had my DNA surgically replaced with MSG! Um, if you could shed any light on this, um... I mean, I get— I think I'm— I think I'm dying... Also, I probably should have led with that... Uh, so, I kind of need to know if you're my daughter, and if I should leave everything to you. Otherwise I'm probably leaving it to 80's rocker Ron Sexsmith. Remember him? From the Monkees?

=== Message 26 ===
:'''19:20 - 20:26'''

'''MITCH:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Mitch from sloshy. Uh, I wanted to send you the tracks for that split 7-inch we're doin' with Cool Tapes, except, uh, sloshy broke up again, and I also pawned all of our instruments. So... I'm just going to do the tracks over the phone. One, two, three, four... ''{a capella accompaniment starts in the background}'' ''{singing}'' Phonin' this one in, phonin' this one in, usin' the phone as an instrument. You know what I meant. And is this a gimmick? Or a cop-out? And is there a difference? ''{accompaniment continues for a few more seconds, then the song ends}'' And that's it. Let me know when you've got it mixed and mastered. And uh... give me a shout next time you're in Austin. Or Portland. Or... Brooklyn. Or... Silver Lake. We'll get breakfast.

=== Message 27 ===
:'''20:26 - 20:59'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Can you hear that? That is the majestic hush of a paradigm shift. That's right. Me and Pom Pom are waiting in line for our Google Glass! I can't wait to be like, lookin' through this thing! And like, seein' other things! I honestly can't remember how I lived my life yesterday, without Google Glass. These things are gonna change the way they build cities! I'm talkin' Bezos segway style. Alright, I gotta go. It's almost me and Pom Pom's turn! Blinking photographs into the profile pics of ''history!''

=== Message 28 ===
:'''20:59 - 22:10'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks in a Southern voice}'' Hey, Marzipan. This is... the new girl character in town. Sharp Dean. That's my name, Sharp Dean. You'd better watch your back! You're not the only girl around no more! Now that Sharp Dean's gonna stake her claim! I'm a real good character. You look like a broomstick? Well, guess what. I look like... a coat rack. Skinny Tall. That... that was my grandmummer's name. Grandmummer Skinny Tall. She is DEAD! Hey, guess what, Marzipan, since I'm Sharp Dean. We gon' fight. We gon' fight one another. Out by The Stick. Do you have a boyfriend, I'ma steal your boyfriend. My daddy owns a movin' company. So if you don't want me to pound you into salt... patch, then you'd better bake me some'n gooood, Marzipan. That's right, some kind of pie-brownies-cakey[[#Footnote|1]]... Now you leave that for me... where— where I'm stayin' at. Which is Strong Bad's kitchen table. Okay! Sharp Dean is on the prowl! This is goin' somewhere!

=== Message 29 ===
:'''22:10 - 22:19'''

'''KEVIN:''' Hey, Marzipan. This is Kevin, um... Could you please give me a call? I just really need to get that, uh, Trivial Pursuit back, thanks.

=== Message 30 ===
:'''22:19 - 23:10'''
'''CLARK:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Clark from sloshy. Uh, look, Mitch called me and convinced me to do a backing vocal track on your answering machine, so... here it goes. Gonna be a lot of dead air. ''{slightly distant and echoey-sounding}'' One, two, three, four. ''{long pause}'' I think he's phoning this one in. ''{long pause}'' I know what he meant. ''{long pause}'' Is this a gimmick? ''{pause}'' Is this a cop-out? ''{pause}'' I'm pretty sure there's not a difference. ''{long pause}'' ''{vocal effects gone}'' Alright, thanks. Oh, and uh, somehow I ended up with your copy of '80s Trivial Pursuit? Let me know if you need that back.

=== Message 31 ===
:'''23:10 - 23:44'''

'''PUPPET HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Marzipan! This is Puppet Homestar! That's right! Comin' atcha! Puppet style! I've got eight percent more sass than regular Homestar! When I talk, I kinda go like this, I kinda thrust my head out with each word. Listen to my mouth-flaps! ''{makes several felt-flapping sounds}'' Oh yeah. You tell 'em. You tell 'em, Felt-mouth. And I would like to leave you with a little "spin my ''{exaggerates his speech impediment}'' buzzer". ''{The sound of Homestar's "buzzer" being spun is heard.}'' Puppet Homestar is gone!

=== Message 32 ===
:'''23:44 - 24:10'''

'''LITIGATION JACKSON:''' Good afternoon, Marzipan! This is Litigation Jackson! I'm the prosecuting attorney in the case against Coach Z! We understand you've been harassed ''{pronounced to rhyme with embarrassed}'', harassed ''{pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable}'', and harangued by Coach Z over the years! We'd like to know if you'd be willing to take the stand! You could be a very valuable witness in this case! Please give me a call back, post-haste! That's not a legal term, but it sounds official! And so say all of us, "The system really works, ''jerks!''"

=== Message 33 ===
:'''24:10 - 24:51'''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' Hey, Marzipan! This is Larry Palaroncini! I'm from the band Limozeen! What's the big idea doin' a split 7-inch with that short-haircut, glasses-havin', I-don't-even-know-what-you-call-the-opposite-of-leather-pants-wearin' band sloshy? I thought ''we'' were gonna collaborate! You're supposed to be an instrumental part of our big comeback! We're comin' up on the thirteenth anniversary of our hit song, Nite Mamas! And I've got a great idea for a sequel! ''{music starts in the background}'' ''{singing to the same tune as "Let's Fhqwhgads Again"}'' Let's Nite Mamas again, let's Nite Mamas agai— ''{Larry is cut off by the end of the message}''

=== Message 34 ===
:'''24:51 - 26:00'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaks in a fake Italian accent}'' Oh, yes, Marzipan. This is your foreign boyfriend, Rongardo Shavemybody. It's so nice to hear your voice again on machine of answers. I miss all the time we spent in foreign lands together, havin' exotic foods. I'm visiting your country now, and want you to come and meet with me. I hear there's a lovely little café in a place called Strong Badia. Would you go, please, and wait for me there? As is the custom of my people, I will be very late, and you should wait for a really long time. You will think that it is too long to be waiting, but I assure you is the custom of my payple, and you don't want to be offending my payple, do you? Alright. I kiss you on both sides of your cheek and underneath your chin. As is the custom of... a-my PAYple. And now I bid you farewell in the most prime language of my country. Braunschweiger!

=== Message 35 ===
:'''26:00 - 26:39'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Homestar. I was just callin' to ask you— ''{the line is repeated many times forwards, backwards, and at different frequencies, until finally slowing down}'' ''{in a voice similar to his voice in very early toons}'' Oh, hey Marzipan. It's Homestar. Uh, me and Pom Pom were just here, you know, hangin' out, somewhere in the years 1999 to 2001, and... Pom Pom's ''great''. He's my best friend, and... you're my girlfriend, and... maybe we can ''all'' be friends, uh, this weekend, uh, that's like rap music, huh? Um, I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna sound this way forever. Okay, bye!

=== Message 36 ===
:'''26:39 - 27:21'''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, Marzipan. You know how you're always buggin' me to start carryin' organic stuff at the concession stand? Well, I finally listened to you. If, by "organic", you meant "of or pertaining to the illegal selling and trade of human organs". I got ice packs, little Igloo coolers, scalpels, discounts on hotel rooms, bathtubs fulla ice, chloroform, and fifteen pass Econoline vans pre-lined with plastic sheeting! So come on down to Bubs' Organic Concession Stand! Where we're keepin' that one urban legend alive! You know the one I'm talkin' about?

=== Message 37 ===
:'''27:21 - 28:09'''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Marzipan's sister. This is Homestar. I was just callin' with a status update, to let you know that Marzipan still has ''no'' idea ''{in a suggestive tone}'' what you and I've been up to. I say that in this kind of way. That some might think is suggestive. ''{normal voice}'' Anyways, you got nothin' to worry about. I am extra careful! I mean, could you imagine what would happen if I accidentally mixed you guys up, ''{laughing}'' and like, called the wrong sister? Oh man. The crap storm that would unleash. Ha-ha! I'm laughing so effortlessly! Because it's so unlikely! ''{sigh of laughter}'' So, to recap, Marzipan has a sister, ''{suggestive voice}'' suggestive styles, ''{normal voice}'' and, she's got no idea what's going on between us. Okay, bye.

=== Message 38 ===
:'''28:09 - 28:49'''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's Strong Sad. I was just callin' to letcha know I, I just got the approved permits from Bubs, so Wilted Salad Festival 2014 is on! ''{speaks in a progressively more excited and rapid voice}'' We've got arugula, we've got kale, we've got baby spring mix, we got napa cabbage, we got endive, we got chard, we got Swiss chard, we got so many different types of wilted salad it's makin' me talk like some sort of turn-of-the-century state fair kinda guy! ''{more normal voice}'' Phew! Got a little carried away. Anyways, definitely come on out. It's gonna be rad-icchio! Oh, man. I gotta go put that on the poster!

=== Message 39 ===
:'''28:49 - 29:43'''
'''TUCKER DONALDSON:''' ''{in an angry voice}'' Look here, this— this message is for Marzipan, you know, 'cause— 'cause that's a real name. This is Tucker Donaldson from campussafety.gov; if you remember, we hired you, and, and, and, and your band Cool Tapes— huh! That's real clever— to play here in our student union, where you managed to incite a riot. Yeah, real three-alarm kind of thing. I— I— I'm not even sure it was music that you performed. No thanks, right? No thanks to that. I went out on a limb for you, you and your Cool Tapes, they just snapped my branch. Your— your— your tapes are not cool, in fact, how about that? That's the truth right there. I suggest you all get with the program, and by "program", I mean the guidelines set forth on campussafety.gov, herethere and foreto. So, please, at your immediate convenience, call me at Tucker Tuckerson at donaldsafety.gov, so we can deal with this matter. How's that, huh? How— how— h— h— how— how's that for hot tape?

=== Message 40 ===
:'''29:43 - 30:19'''
'''HUMIDIBOT:''' Hey, Marzipan, it's me! Humidibot! I just wanted to call you up, and let you know that I'm still Humidibot! Oh! And look here! It's my girlfriend, Humidibeth! She sounds just like me!

'''HUMIDIBETH:''' I'm Humidibeth! I sound just like Humidibot!

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' Oh man, Marzipan. Don't forget to remember that I'm Humidibot! If you e— if you have a free moment, I'm gonna go try and, expand my personality! Beyond just telling people that I'm Humidibot! Okay, bye!

=== Messages 41+ ===
:'''30:19 - 30:56'''
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Marzipan, it's Homestar.

''{beep}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' HELLO MARZIPAN!

''{beep}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey Marzipan, it's Bubs!

''{beep}''

'''F-SACK:''' Marzipan, this is F-Sack.

''{beep}''

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

''{beep}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Marzipan...

''{beep}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Marziprawn!

''{beep}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Marzipan,

''{beep}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Hey, sweetie,

''{beep}''

'''HOMSAR:''' Aaah—

''{beep}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Conjunctivitis...

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Marzipan!

'''MARSHIE:''' Marzipan...

'''HORRIBLE PAINTING:''' Marzipan—

'''BALDING MAN:''' ''{drawn-out sigh}''

''{As the voices get more and more rapid, the answering machine starts to pulse and buzz.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' MARZI—

'''PAN-PAN:''' ''{"badalang" sound}''

'''1-UP:''' —pan...

'''PEACEY P:''' Marzipan...

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER:''' Marzi—

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' BLAAAAAH!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Marzi—

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{sound effect indicating he disappeared}''

'''TEEN GIRL SQUAD MEMBER:''' Marzi—

'''ONE OF THE 4 GREGS:''' —pan...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in his original voice}'' Marzi—

'''BUBS:''' —pan!

''{The answering machine explodes, dropping down a broken tape labeled "farm aid '87".}

===Closing===
:'''30:56 - 31:09'''

''{Cut to the living room of the Brothers Strong. Strong Bad is lying on the floor. Strong Bad, his contraption, and the walls are all covered in spray-on cheese.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{groaning}'' Urgh— how— possible— Demon's— Crest— gar-garble—

''{Marzipan enters the room.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Took a few years to set up, but I finally pulled it off. April Fools', Strong Bad!

''{A black box with the words "That was long! Happy Fools' Day!" is slapped onto the screen.}''

===Footnote===
#This word may also be "cookie".

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*[[Wikipedia:Jodhpurs|Jodhpurs]] are padded trousers designed for horse-riding.
*[[Wikipedia:Charcuterie|Charcuterie]] is a type of preserved meat, and is often served on a wooden board, much like a cheese platter.
*[[Wikipedia:Braunschweiger|Braunschweiger]] is a type of [[German]] sausage.

=== Trivia ===
[[File:DigitalHomestar.png|right|thumb|Oh hewwo!]]
*This is the first toon uploaded to [[homestarrunner.com]] to not be displayed in [[Flash]], and instead, in an embedded [[YouTube]] player.
*At 31:09, this is not only the [[Toons by Length|longest toon on the site]], but it's nearly four times as long as the next-longest, [[I Killed Pom Pom]].
*This is the second time [[The Poopsmith]] has broken his vow of silence, and the first time he has had spoken dialogue. [[Wikipedia:John Linnell|John Linnell]] of [[They Might Be Giants]] reprised his role as the voice of The Poopsmith from [[email thunder]].
*The [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|previous Answering Machine]] was released more than 7 years earlier on March 2, 2009, explaining the answering machine's poor condition. This closes the biggest gap ever in between a type of toon with a duration of 2,587 days.
*This is the first [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] to show a location other than Marzipan's house outside of an Easter egg.
*This toon surpassed [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] as the toon with the most [[characters]] in it to date at thirty-seven.
*This is the only Answering Machine to not be on the Marzipan's Answering Machine menu and is only accessible through the "[[Holiday Toons]]" menu, the "[[New Stuff]]" menu or the "What's New?" button on the [[Main Pages]].
*This Marzipan's Answering Machine has the most messages (68) and the most callers (35).
*One pattern on the answering machine's display includes a digital depiction of Homestar's head.
*To dial Marzipan's phone number, [[The Cheat]] enters eight digits. A telephone number of this length [[Wikipedia: North American Numbering Plan|cannot be used in North America]], although it is valid in some other regions of the world.
**The Cheat's arm does not land perfectly on a button each time, making the actual telephone number ambiguous. However, he does appear to dial the star key ("*"), which is not typically used in phone numbers.
*This toon marks the first time that Homsar has acknowledged his own bizarre speaking habits.
*This is the first time the word "[[Wikipedia:Marzipan|marzipan]]" has been used to reference the almond-based confectionery that is Marzipan's namesake. However, it was previously implied in [[senior prom]].
*This is the first time the [[Visor Robot]] has been referred to as such on the [[homestarrunner.com|website]]. The name "Visor Robot" was originally coined by the wiki when it had no official name. [[The Brothers Chaps]] then started using the name in [[Homestarloween Party#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentaries]].

===Remarks===
*The name of the toon on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] and [[YouTube]] list the version number as '''17''' as opposed to '''17.2'''.
*The answering machine in this toon is the [[PhoneTime XL8]] instead of the [[PhoneTime XL800]], which was used in the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|previous answering machine toon]]. Oddly, the XL8 has a "record" button in this toon.
*Homsar still spoke in a non-sequitur fashion on his answering machine message in [[Homestar Ruiner]].
**Additionally, in [[2 emails]] Strong Sad claims that "Homsar called and said he was a million ladies tall", implying he spoke in non-sequiturs.
*Coach Z tells Marzipan to "coat your hand in Right Guard", even though Marzipan has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms or hands]].
*When Coach Z (or anyone else) called Marzipan's number during the time period when these messages were recorded, he would have been greeted with the same outgoing message, namely, that she'll be out and about '''for about seven years''', so neither he nor anyone else would have any reason to expect a prompt reply.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad rubs his chin while talking about fiber optics, his arm is missing, causing his glove to be disconnected from his body.

===Inside References===
*[[Lite Em Up Dan]] lighter fluid is seen in the living room.
*It appears that Strong Bad is unable to [[How do you type with boxing gloves on|dial the phone with boxing gloves on]].
*Homestar's spoken "text message" is a reference to his message left in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]: "PLZ GET EGGS,MILK?"
*Bubs mentions the [[catch phrases]] "[[seriously]]" and "holy [[crap]]".
*Coach Z had been incarcerated in juvenile prison in [[Play Date]]; similarly, he is being tried as a minor in this toon.
*[[Craig Zobel]] reprised his role as the voice of [[Kevin]], who initially appeared in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0]].
*Strong Bad's smooth-and-smarmy public radio impression is from [[radio]], where Marzipan complained that she didn't receive her tote bag, one of the things Strong Bad mentions.
*Coach Z drinks [[Melonade]] from a [[toilet]].
*Strong Bad and Larry Palaroncini are doing anniversaries for [[Everybody to the Limit]] and [[Nite Mamas]], respectively.
**Strong Bad says he needs to complete the song so The Cheat [[Powered By The Cheat|can make a video]], as Everybody to the Limit was animated.
*Strong Bad pretending to be Sharp Dean says that Marzipan is not [[the only girl]].
*Bubs previously dealt in organ trafficking in [[Strong Badia The Free]].
*This toon features two [[made-up real things]]:
**[[Litigation Jackson]] was a movie character featured in an eponymous film in [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and in a sequel, Legal Rampage, in [[rampage]].
**[[Humidibot]] was originally a character invented on the spur of the moment by Strong Bad to mock fans dressing up in highly inaccurate costumes during [[Fan Costumes 2015]].
*Homsar speaking "more articulate on the phone" is in reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]], which was created before Homsar's tendency to spout non-sequiturs had been established, and thus had Homsar able to create a coherent monologue while calling Marzipan.
*The King of Town mentions being Marzipan's father at one point in time; this was an old idea that was mentioned in the [[Old Characters Page]] and later scrapped by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Homestar previously referenced [[Wikipedia:Google Glass|Google Glass]] in [[W00tstock - 18 Jul 2013|W00tstock 5.0]].
*"I'm sad that I'm trying" is a reference to "[[I'm sad that]] I'm flying".
*Puppet Homestar says "[[Spin my buzzer]]."
*Homestar Runner's lines when he has his older voice are a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0#Message_5|two]] [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0#Message_3|messages]] in the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|first Marzipan's Answering Machine]].
*The answering machine's [[explosion]] is very similar to the one that appeared in the email [[personal favorites]], particularly the way the tape lands.
**The tape reads "farm aid [[1987|'87]]".
*Tucker Donaldson previously called in complaints to [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]zipan from the website halloweensafety.gov in [[Halloween Safety]].
*The living room is set up much like it is in [[your edge]].
*Strong Bad mentions the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] game [[Wikipedia:Demon's Crest|Demon's Crest]] after the answering machine explodes, where in a similar fashion he [[Couch Mumbling|mutters the names of SNES games in his sleep]].
*Strong Bad's first [[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|prank call alias]] is "Joanie [[All The Time|Allthetime]]".
*Strong Bad's instruction to leave money in a "paper and/or plastic bag" is a reference to [[Strong Bad's Character Video|his character video]].
*The Poopsmith mentions [[bread]].
*Strong Sad insults his former self as being [[Not X|not-depressing]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Yoplait|Yoplait]], [[Wikipedia:Fage|Fage]], [[Wikipedia:Stonyfield Farm|Oikos]], and [[Wikipedia:Activia|Activia]] are all brands of yogurt.
*[[Wikipedia:Robert Siegel|Robert Siegel]] is an American radio journalist.
*Homestar mentions the short-lived internet fad of [[Wikipedia:Planking (fad)|planking]].
*[[Wikipedia:Scarborough Fair (song)|Scarborough Fair]] is a popular English folk song that was recorded by [[Wikipedia:Simon and Garfunkel|Simon and Garfunkel]], among others.
*Homestar is excited for the release of the [[Wikipedia:Ouya|Ouya]], a Kickstarted game console that was met with initial positive reception, but flopped due to poor sales.
*[[Wikipedia:Jeremy Lin|Jeremy Lin]] is an [[Wikipedia:NBA|NBA]] player who currently plays for the [[Wikipedia:Charlotte Hornets|Charlotte Hornets]]. "Linsanity" refers to how Lin, an undrafted free agent out of Harvard, made an immediate impact on the [[Wikipedia:New York Knicks|New York Knicks]] when he signed with them for his second season. He has not achieved that level of notoriety since.
*As the Poopsmith mentioned, [[Wikipedia:Michael Nesmith|Mike Nesmith]] was a member of the 1960s band [[Wikipedia:The Monkees|The Monkees]], where he played guitar and keyboards. His song "[[Wikipedia:Different Drum|Different Drum]]", which he wrote in 1965, was a 1967 Top 20 hit for the band [[Wikipedia:Stone Poneys|Stone Poneys]], which featured a young [[Wikipedia:Linda Ronstadt|Linda Ronstadt]] as lead singer.
*[[Wikipedia:Ron Sexsmith|Ron Sexsmith]] is a Canadian pop-folk singer.
*[[Wikipedia:Mark E. Smith|Mark E. Smith]] is the vocalist for the British band [[Wikipedia:The Fall (band)|The Fall]].
*[[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]] were an influential early 1980s British rock band fronted by [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]].
*[[Wikipedia:John Grisham|John Grisham]] is a writer best known for writing legal thrillers; [[Wikipedia:Michael Crichton|Michael Crichton]] is the author of the [[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]] novels.
*Litigation Jackson's line "so say all of us" in message 32 is a quote from Sir Denis Eton-Hogg, a character in the film [[Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]].
*"Let's Fhqwhgads Again" and "Let's Nite Mamas Again" refer to [[Wikipedia:Category:Sequel songs|sequel songs]], most specifically [[Wikipedia:Let's Twist Again|Let's Twist Again]], [[Wikipedia:Chubby Checker|Chubby Checker]]'s 1961 sequel to his 1960 hit [[Wikipedia:The Twist (song)|The Twist]].
*Homestar's line in message 35 "maybe we can all be friends" and subsequent comment that it's "like rap music" is a reference to the song "[[Wikipedia:Big Poppa|Big Poppa]]" by [[Wikipedia:The Notorious B.I.G.|The Notorious B.I.G.]].
*[[Wikipedia:Farm Aid|Farm Aid]] is a rock 'n' roll concert series organized for the benefit of family farmers in the United States. It has been held annually since 1985.
*[[Wikipedia:Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], and [[Wikipedia:Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] are all communities known for their indie music and hipster scenes.
*[[Wikipedia: Igloo Products Corporation|Igloo Products Corporation]] is a manufacturer of coolers and ice chests for various uses.
*[[Wikipedia:Jeff Bezos|Jeff Bezos]] is an American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist who is best known as the founder and CEO of [[Wikipedia:Amazon.com|Amazon.com]].

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad would revisit the character of Sharp Dean in [[Later That Night...]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:answer17.html|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]]
*[[YouTube:DQO1RHETKy4|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]] on [[YouTube]]
*[[forum:37796|forum thread re: "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2"]]

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Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2

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Bde1982: I am adding a new section.

== Impatience ==
Can you complete the transcript? --[[Special:Contributions/76.177.9.12|76.177.9.12]] 15:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== References ==
Will we ever add the fact that they referenced the most famous things during the 90s, early 2000s, and the late 2000s? {{unsigned|67.243.54.46|20:00, 1 April 2016}}
::We're getting to it! - '''XY''' [[Special:Contributions/71.122.225.64|71.122.225.64]] 4:59 PM EST, April 1st, 2016

== Humidibot's Girlfriend ==

Humidibot has a bit of a lisp, so it's not that easy to tell exactly what he said (and same goes for his girlfriend). Do you hear Humidi''bess'' or Humidi''beth''? Personally I thought it was Humidibeth the whole time. Before I change the name or add a footnote, let's gauge the room. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 03:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC) because that's what a humidifier does.
:I decided to listen to it again and it definitivinitiley sounds more like Humidi''beth'' than Humidi''bess''. I vote for Humidibeth. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::Beth for certain. I bet she looks like a dude, too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I turn my back for <del>five seconds</del> <ins>almost 86,400 seconds</ins> and it's already been changed. Huzzah. Huzzah, I say. [[Scroll Button Songs|On the mic]]... but not into the mic. Wrap your heads around that one. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC) The world's first glasses-wearing humidifier, eh DorianGray?
::::With Humidibot's lisp, I don't know how you can tell "for certain". My first thought was Humidibess myself (and that Humidibess/th may just be a figment of Humidibot's imagination, but that's beside the point.) But truth is? I don't really care much either way, unless it's ever put into writing or something. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::What we can say for sure is that it certainly isn't Julianne, which is what YouTube's auto-generated captions came up with. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 11:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I hear Humidibess, too. I think maybe on Humidibot's page it could be mentioned that it's not totally clear, but then just one or the other can be used in actual article text (and I'm fine with that being the one I don't hear as strongly). [[Special:Contributions/24.157.72.50|24.157.72.50]] 04:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
:I heard Humidibess. I thought it sounded more like a lispy "s" than a "th" at the end. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

:- I actually think it's Humidibette (pronounced Humidibet). Humidibot pronounces his own name with a lisp at the end, too, and anyway I think the point is that they are just carbon copies of each other and that only the tiniest difference when their names are said aloud sets them apart.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 18:49, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
::While that would make sense, I really don't hear that (although to be fair, I heard "Humidibeth" at first), and "bette" would be a pretty uncommon name. We'll see what everyone else says, but I'm for stickin' with the bess. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:58, 14 July 2016
:::Fair. I guess I would just add that I had always heard "Bette" and had never thought twice about it or even had other things occur to me. And [[Wikipedia:Bette Midler|Bette Midler]] is pretty famous.--[[User:DupSauce|DupSauce]] 20:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
:I'm on team Humidibess. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:26, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Seven-Inch Stretch? ==

Could the Sloshy and Larry Palaroncini messages about a split seven-inch be a reference to The King of Town and The Cheat cutting demos on the machine in 13.2? [[Special:Contributions/108.17.131.71|108.17.131.71]] 06:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:I doubt it. Split seven-inches have been referenced in H*R numerous times before. That's sort of a stretch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== How you guys found it? ==

Hey, something's been bugging me since yesterday morning. How did you guys ''find'' Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2? I got up at 6:00 AM on April 1st and looked at the official site, and as far as I could see, the new toon wasn't linked to anywhere. The only way I could access it was to come to this wiki. I only just saw that it was added to the New Stuff menu today. [[the chair|Like ''right'' just now!]] So, [[Coach Z's 110%|how you diddat?]] {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sounds like a typical problem with Flash ca<s>sh</s>che. I think clearing your browser cache is a good idea, though I'm not particularly an expert. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::[[isp|I cannot help myself clear my browser cache.]] I don't really even know what that means. Anyway, it appears on the New Stuff menu now. So it was all the time working for you guys? Huh. Let me ask: for you, are the main pages updated? For me, it still says "LAST UPDATED 11-10-15". I thought The Brothers Chaps just haven't updated the date yet, but maybe not...? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 14:43, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
:::It says last updated 04-01-16 for me on the main menu.
:::Which brings me to one question, monstrosity.
:::[[animal|Do you know the times?]] - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 14:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Guess it's only me, then. Weird. Like I said, MAM 17.2 showed up for me fairly recently in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], but nowhere else... it still says 11-10-15, and the new stuff button underneath it doesn't say anything about an April Fools' toon. I don't know anything about Flash caches, but I guess I'll assume you're right. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 18:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Ah, that's mildly interesting. I just got on the site with my much faster Windows 10 computer, and from there it looks like the site's been updated just fine. This is my school-issued laptop, and it runs Windows 8... not sure if that has something to do with it. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:09, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

== Add this? ==

Ya'll thing I should add this to like, remarks of somethin?

Marzipan receives 67 messages in this MAM
*Homestar Runner - 9
*Strong Sad - 9
*Strong Bad - 7
*Bubs - 5
*Coach Z - 4
*Homsar - 2
*Kevin - 2
*The King of Town - 2
*The Poopsmith - 1
*Mitch - 1
*Clark - 1
*Puppet Homestar - 1
*Litigation Jackson - 1
*Larry Palaronchini - 1
*Tucker Donaldson - 1
*Humidbot - 1
*Strong Mad - 1
*F-Sack - 1
*The Cheat - 1
*Senor Cardgage - 1
*The Announcer - 1
*Marshie - 1
*Horrible Painting - 1
*Balding Man - 1
*Stinkoman - 1
*Pan-Pan - 1
*1-Up - 1
*Peacey P - 1
*Blue Lazer Commander - 1
*Crack Stuntman - 1
*The Homestar Runner - 1
*Old-Timey Strong Bad - 1
*Sickly Sam - 1
*TGS Member - 1
*One of the 4 Gregs - 1

--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 17:08, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:Isn't this type of thing supposed to be on some other page relating to Marzipan's Answering Machine? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

::The "67 different callers" part might be worth adding somewhere, but the stats breakdown is probably better done on the [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|main answering machine page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 17:14, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:::Actually, it has already been done on that page, and this info isn't on the actual toon pages, so nah. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]

== So... ==

How long do you think this surge of life will last? - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:The Brothers Chaps aren't nearly as active on Homestar Runner dot com as they's used to be. But nowadays, you can usually count on them to do an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon per year. They might occasionally do [[Flash Is Dead!|some small stuff]] in between, but I would count on their next update being at Halloween (although hopefully I'm wrong). This "surge of life" isn't particularly unusual. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:16, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
::I'm aware that they have done an April Fools toon and a Halloween toon each year since the hiatus "ended". That's why I didn't get any sleep the night before this, because I knew it would be coming. I was just wondering the amount of time this usually takes for things to wind down. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
:::With the end of Gravity Falls, Matt Chapman might have a bit more time :-P --[[Special:Contributions/72.89.25.201|72.89.25.201]] 09:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Except they are doing a second season of [[Two More Eggs]], so I sewiously doubt it. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 10:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

== Convenience ==

An anonny decided it was more convenient to add timestamps to this (very long and non-Flash) cartoon so we could see where to find each message. SRMX12 appears to disagree. What do others think? Because... I'm with anonny. We don't ''have'' to use the template on Answering Machine Callers page. (No, I don't think we should put timestamps on the other pages, since they have buttons to control which message you're listening to and they're not 39 minutes long.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:I decided it would be convenient because:
# This is the first and only Marzipan's Answering Machine to be officially uploaded to Youtube, and not in Flash, so it would be easier if we had a timestamp for the messages. On the other ones, you can just see that a specific message is the 5th one, so you can click to that. However, on here, you can't skip between messages because it's not a Flash file, just a Youtube video.
# This is 30 minutes long, so at least a few would have trouble getting to a message that they wanted to hear.
:I guess it's better that it's not in the main headline, but I think it does need to be there somewhere. - [[Special:Contributions/50.149.242.19|50.149.242.19]]
::I like the idea and I support the timestamps, however I don't like where it's placed. And I really don't know where it would be placed best. I suppose where it is now is alright. However, if anyone has a good idea on where it place it, I'd maybe think twice. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 03:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Minor errors in the opening ==

I'm pretty sure the second sound when Strong Mad has the phone (the Ummmm... before Strong Bad says "nevermind") is also Strong Bad. Listen closely. Also, the Cheat never takes the phone from Strong Bad. SB just holds it out for him to dial. -[[Special:Contributions/209.6.137.13|209.6.137.13]] 02:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
: Sounds like Strong Mad to me. You're right about The Cheat not taking the phone though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

== Do we really need to say why they hesitate? Do we even know for sure? ==

My first thought as to why the Strongs hesitated to call Marzipan's number was simply that they forgot it (which would be weird enough, given how often Strong Bad calls the number, but nevertheless...) This is Strong Bad, master of typing with boxing gloves! But even if their thick and no fingers are the reasons they hesitated, I still don't think it belongs in the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:38, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:I agree it shouldn't be in the transcript. Now, I ''do'' think that The Brothers Chaps are trying to make the old "typing with boxing gloves" joke there. But if that's the joke... we shouldn't explain it. Especially not in the transcript. We have a Fun Fact below that I think covers it pretty well. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, I thought it WAS due to the size or lack of fingers. However, just as much for the record, any explanation as part of the transcript, no matter what we conclude the reason is, would invariably be explaining the joke. Hence, think what you want about that scene, but don't explain it in the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:10, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:::I'm with Def in that I think yes, it's because of physical limitations. (And yes, Strong Bad can type with gloves on. That doesn't mean he can dial the phone with gloves on. Rule of Funny.) But I also think there's no need to explain the joke in the transcript. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::Now, what might be worth mentioning is that Strong Bad and Strong Mad both ''hold their hand out in front of the phone'', which is when they become hesitant. Rather than explaining the joke, it describes the visual that allows the joke to exist, at least for those who are familiar with the characters. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::Mentioning the extra movement that goes on in that shot without assigning meaning to it is a very good idea. I have thus added such to the transcript. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Possible Trivia? ==

*Coach Z was in prison for at least a year and a half.

...Because he was there sometime before Jan. 1, 2011, at least until after June 2012. Is it worth putting in the article? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
:Sometimes it seemed like he was [[Blubb-O's Commercial|''trying'' to go there]]... I don't really think it's worth adding. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
::Also, that's readily obvious simply from watching the toon and doesn't need restating in trivia... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

== Most messages, most callers ==

About the trivia that Gfd just added... I'm kinda neutral on the point, so I wanted you guys's opinions. Is it necessary to say that this answering machine had the most messages? We already have that it's the longest toon ever, and it's a bit obvious. However, the specific numbers that he listed might be an interesting fact. You guys? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
:Yeah, it's kinda obvious. I'd be fine with deleting it. The numbers are kinda interesting though. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

== Free Coach Z! ==

I was listening to Coach Z's second message... he's currently transcribed as saying "Ya end up basically suckin' the melonade ..." I don't hear a "ya". I hear something else, but I'm not entirely sure what it is/how to transcribe it. Like, his previous sentence just sort of flows into the next one (an ellipsis is probably necessary), and I hear some sort of "B" sound for some reason. I definitely don't hear "ya" or "you" at all. Any ideas? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 21:51, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:''I'' definitely hear... "I". So ''I'' changed it on the page. Whether we transcribe the "b--" sound is another argument waiting to happen entirely.
:Let's say that in third person: Purple Wrench definitely hears "I". So Purple Wrench changed it on the page. Purple Wrench can't decide if Purple Wrench is gonna count the "b--" or not, so Purple Wrench will just have to submit this edit before Purple Wrench makes up Purple Wrench's mind. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 04:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

== Longest gap between toons ==

Don't know if it counts; or if Big Toons, Short Toons, and Holiday Toons could be argued as the same in this sense. As of yesterday (July 9), "Big Toons" has beaten the 2,587 day hiatus by one day. [[Special:Contributions/70.71.56.46|70.71.56.46]] 18:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:Actually, [[Puppet Stuff]] currently holds the record: the last puppet toon was 2800 days ago. (Okay, actually 2799.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:: But until one of those categories gets another toon, there's no "between". Hypothetically, much as most of us don't like the possibility, there could never be a H*R toon ever again. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

== How do you dial with boxing gloves on? ==

If you watch the toon Where's the Cheat? Strong Bad prank calls Marzipan but can dial the number himself. Should I add this to remarks?
:Eh, maybe. Also might warrant an entry on the [[Inconsistencies]] page. It's really not a big deal though; The Brothers Chaps regularly change things like that just depending on what's funny. Also, sign your posts please. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 03:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
::Plus, maybe he just forgot the number. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

== Homsar’s Message ==
I am pretty sure that Homsar said, “Don’t get chintzy with the choc sauce.” Someone reverted my edit and said that Homsar said “chipsy”, which is not a word.—[[User:Bde1982|Bde1982]] 17:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

death metal

2016-11-02T22:52:07Z

Bde1982: I inserted commas where appropriate.

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[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|"...and let the evil flow forth."]]

Strong Bad instructs viewers on how to make an awesome [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]] song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|What's Her Face}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No "i" in team boy|No "i" in team boy]] (Easter Egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Goblins|A Goblin]] (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, ah ooh, ooh, ooh ah ooh, email. ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: death metal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I'm in this death metal band at my school, and I am in need 
of some of your expert lyrical advice: what words sound 
really cool when you scream 'em at the top of your lungs? 
Dane 
Corvallis, OR 
</blockquote>

''{He says "Ding dong, string strong, bing bong" instead of "Dear Strong Bad."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Whoa! You must go to a pretty cool school. Most schools just have a marching band or maybe a jazz ensemble. But a death metal band? That's extracurriculariffic! ''{clears screen}'' Now let's see, first, you'd better be ugly, Dane. Or fat. The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking. If there's any doubt, go ahead and hot-glue some corn flakes to your face. That'll do the trick. Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks. ''{clears screen}'' As for lyrics, you've got it all wrong! Screaming words at the ''top'' of your lungs is for people with blond hair. Ya know, words like 'tonite,' 'wooh-mon,' and the name of any street in L.A. ''{types "run 'webcam'"}'' Check it out! ''{clears screen. A window with a camera shot of Larry Palaroncini pops up.}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{sings the following lines, which appear below the shot under the screen name "ladeezluvlarry71"}'' tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Thanks, Larry.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{the words continue to appear below Larry's image}'' no prob, Strong Bad. HEY! i'm gonna b online later on playing an MMORPG if you wanna join my guild!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' no wait! ''{the text "you kicked ladeezluvlarry71 offline" appears in red. The window closes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So for death metal, you want to scream from the bowels of your lungs. The bowels! Words like, ''{in a deep, sinister voice, and with the words in green, spooky letters}'' 'decay,' 'deranged,' 'decrepit,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe

''{cut to the auditorium from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], with a singer, bassist, and drummer on stage}''

'''SINGER:''' Dentist!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in Teen Girl Squad voice}'' That was Brainkrieg. They got last place. ''{in normal voice}'' So let's recap: ugly, Nordic, bowels, d-e words. Now all you gotta do is—

''{cut to Strong Mad in the Basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — hunch all up on yourself, ''{Strong Mad gets down on his knee}'' pretend you're holding a mystical orb in each hand ''{Strong Mad holds out his hands and a circular outline appears in each}'' and let the evil flow forth.

''{The scene darkens. The circular outlines fade away. A drum beat begins.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bounces up and down}'' DeVito. DENIRO! DELUISE!! ''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, imitating drum beat}'' Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-blap! Whoa! Boy, do I ever need a quadruple bass pedal. And now, let's watch how it all comes together on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour!

''{Cut to the TV in the basement, on which the text "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon [Hour]" is seen. Strong Bad sits on the couch. Taranchula appears on the screen, along with their logo.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{in pseudo-Scandinavian accents}'' Ja, we are Taranchula!

''{logo disappears}''

'''DAVE OLAFTENSTON:''' You just saw wideos from Vinger, Schlaugh-ter and the Winnie Wincent Inwasion.

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' Ja, now here's a sneak peek at our new wideo. ''{lifts tone as if asking a question}''

''{The TV cuts to the video. We see a screw on some rusty metal. Cut to another scene with rusty metal. Cut to a piece of beef slithering across rusty metal.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' You will submit to the decoupage!

''{Cut to four screws, one of which moves around quickly.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' The death nail! {{ref|deathknell}} (Death nail!)

''{Cut to the beef, which is stabbed by a nail and then bound with metal wires. The beef explodes.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Down with the decoupage!

''{Cut to the beef slithering over the rusty metal, this time in the opposite direction. Cut to Strong Bad on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Creeping... rusty... meat. Truly the heart and soul of all death metal. Except, now I feel like I really need to brush my teeth. Lookin' at all that rust. And beef. While I'm gone, complete this worksheet I've prepared for you aspiring death metal types. And, uh, careful with the hot-glue gun, Dane.

''{He goes offscreen to the right, while the worksheet floats to the front of the screen. The worksheet includes [[The Paper|The Paper's]] customary "Click here to email Strong Bad" link at the bottom.}''

===Footnote===
# {{note|deathknell}}This line might also be "death knell." A death knell is a church bell rung when somebody dies. The phrase is somewhat of a cliché in songs or poems about death. The phrase "death nail" might also be a pun on "death knell".

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "fresh juice" at the end to see Homestar Runner come in looking for try-outs.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in, holding a box of corn flakes and with corn flakes glued to his face}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, hello? Is anybody here? I'm, uh, here to try out for the, uh, jazz ensemble.
:*Click on "Corn Krunch" during the Easter egg to see a closeup of the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] box which reads:<blockquote><big>'''Corn Krunch'''</big> Free Full-size alto saxophone inside!!!</blockquote>
[[Image:TGS-brainkrieg.png|thumb|"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."]]
*Click on "deafening" at the end to see an extra [[Teen Girl Squad]] scene.
:''{cut to the auditorium from Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 again, with the singer and back-up on stage}''
:'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:'''SINGER:''' De La Soul!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:''{Cut to What's Her Face and Cheerleader standing in the crowd. What's Her Face seems surprised and pleased to see Cheerleader}''
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{wearing a shirt that says "de"}'' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Scandinavia]] is a group of countries in Northern Europe, comprising [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], where many successful Death and Black Metal bands originate from. Examples of accomplished Death Metal bands from the region include ''Dissection'', ''In Flames'' and ''Amon Amarth''. 
*[[Wikipedia:Sepulveda Boulevard|Sepulveda Boulevard]] is a major street in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].
*[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] stands for "'''M'''assively '''M'''ultiplayer '''O'''nline '''R'''ole-'''P'''laying '''G'''ame", the most prominent examples of which are ''[[Wikipedia:Everquest|Everquest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]''.  Many MMORPGs include the option to create or join an organized team of players, most often referred to as a guild.
*[[Wikipedia:Decoupage|Decoupage]] is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper bits onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc.
*Although there is no such thing as a quadruple bass pedal, a [[Wikipedia:Bass drum#Double bass|double bass pedal]] is a device used to play one bass drum with both feet, a technique which is practically mandatory for death metal drummers. In a particularly elaborate kit, such as that played by the drummer of [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], there might be two differently-tuned bass drums, each with a double pedal, for a total of four pedals; this could be what Strong Bad means.
*"Krieg" is [[German]] for "war", often seen as part of the compound word [[Wikipedia:blitzkrieg|blitzkrieg]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] is a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.
**The term "deltoid" is also sometimes used to mean a [[Wikipedia:Geometric kite|geometric kite]].
*To [[Wikipedia:Denatured alcohol|denature]] is most commonly to render unfit to eat or drink without destroying usefulness in other applications, especially to add methanol to ethyl alcohol.
**[[Wikipedia:Denaturation (biochemistry)|Denaturation]] also refers to the process by which macromolecules (usually proteins) drastically change in properties, usually caused by change in heat or acidity. As a common example, cooking food is a form of denaturation.
*A "[[Wikipedia:T-top|T-top]]" is an automobile roof with removable panels and a central spine running along the top from the windshield to the aft structure of the car. Notable vehicles that had one either stock or as an option were the [[Wikipedia: Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Firebird]] and some models of the [[Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette|Chevrolet Corvette]].
*Taranchula continuously pronounce W like a V and vice versa, which is common in Scandinavian languages.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad has admitted to having teeth.
*When this email first came out, there was no "back" button at the end. This was fixed in a matter of minutes.
*This is one of the few emails to end without [[The Paper]].
*"Brainkrieg", "extracurriculariffic" and "geographist" are [[portmanteaus]].
*The AOL Instant Messenger screen name "ladeezluvlarry71" was registered by a fan after this email came out.
*The death metal worksheet is rendered exclusively in purple ink, suggesting it was produced by a [[Wikipedia:Spirit duplicator|spirit duplicator]]; this device, commonly called a "ditto machine", was in widespread use in public schools prior to the introduction of photocopiers. The worksheet features two hands on either side flashing the [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna]] and reads:
<blockquote>Death Metal Worksheet
 
Which words would NOT 
be good death metal lyrics? 
 
destruction 
decapitation 
delicious 
demonic 
fresh juice 
decaying 
deafening 
deteriorate 
deltoid 
deity 
devastation 
denature 
 
click here to email strongbad</blockquote>

*This is the first time that the entire band [[Taranchula]] appears, although Dave Bjornborg appeared in the video for "[[Moving Very Slowly]]".

*This email marks the fastest that Strong Bad has ever typed, at an average of 240 words per minute, during the quadruple bass pedal segment.

===Remarks===
*If Brainkrieg got last place in the "Battle of the Crappy High School Bands", it could be interpreted to say that they were the best.
*One of the members of Taranchula (Schenkel McDoo) is wearing the exact same pink shirt that [[Matt Chapman]] wears in the [[:Image:Videlectrix developers.png|promo photo]] for [[Videlectrix]].
*Dave Bjornborg's black hair has various red dots appear in it during his appearance. This is probably a transparency bug.
*Strong Bad uses a similar email greeting when he says "Ding dong dear Strong Bad" in [[japanese cartoon]].
*The space between "strong" and "bad" in Strong Bad's name is omitted on the end worksheet.
*The music that plays while Larry sings begins playing before Strong Bad even finishes typing the "run webcam" command.
*"Mort", as in the name "Mort Dougland", is derived from a Latin word (mors) meaning "[[death]]".
*When Strong Bad types the word "de-" words, the outline expanding around each word appears before he finishes typing it.
*When the VCR appears, the blinking "12:00" appears offset to the left with the "REC" symbol next to it. On the [[Character Videos|Characters]] page, however, the blinking "12:00" appears in the center.
*This email features a [[live action]] segment.


*Strong Bad says that screaming at the top of your lungs is for people with blonde hair; however, Scandinavian [[Wikipedia:Black metal|black metal]] utilizes this technique frequently.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad stands up at the end of the email, his legs are an abnormal gray color. As he walks away they, fluctuate independently between gray and the usual black.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song is almost identical to that of [[mile]] in the [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoon.
*The Teen Girl Squad Battle of the Crappy High School Bands is similar to the Battle of the Bands in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].
*The popup title "Video [[Thyme]]" is a reference to "Message Thyme" from [[marzipan]].
*The first reference to De la Soul came in [[50 emails]]. Homestar typed it when he was attempting [[DELETED]].
*The name of the director of the Taranchula video, Mort Dougland, is a reference to [[Teeg Dougland]].
*The growling riff that introduces the "[[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]]" accompanies the appearance of "Taranchula" in [[band names]].

*Dave Olaftenson is most likely played by [[Mike Chapman]], as he sounds very similar to PBtC Strong Bad in the Strong Bad Email [[mile]].
*Strong Bad says to hunch "[[all up on]]" yourself.
*Limozeen previously sang about a street in L.A. in [[Because, It's Midnite]]: "Sunset Strip, California, West Hollywood".

===Real-World References===
*[[De La Soul]] is a highly influential eclectic hip-hop group, matching activist lyrics with artistic [[Wikipedia:Jazz rap|jazz rap]] backings. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]], is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s [[Matt Chapman#Favorite Music|favorite album list]].
*The Taranchula video seems to be inspired by the style and imagery of stop-motion animators [[Wikipedia:Brothers Quay|The Brothers Quay]], particularly their short film "The Street of Crocodiles" (which features self-mobile screws, meat, and a similar decrepit industrial setting). It is also reminiscent of a number of videos by the band [[Wikipedia:Tool (band)|Tool]], most notably for the song "Sober"; Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who created the videos, is strongly influenced by the Quays.
*Strong Mad's death metal lyrics are a reference to three film and television actors whose last names begin with "D-e": [[Wikipedia:Danny DeVito|Danny DeVito]], [[Wikipedia:Robert De Niro|Robert De Niro]], and either [[Wikipedia:Dom DeLuise|Dom]], [[Wikipedia:Peter DeLuise|Peter]], [[Wikipedia:Michael DeLuise|Michael]] or [[Wikipedia:David DeLuise|David DeLuise]].
*The "Winnie Wincent Inwasion" is in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Vinnie Vincent Invasion|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]. Vinnie Vincent formed the Invasion after leaving [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|KISS]].
*"Schlaugh-ter" is probably meant to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], a hair metal band formed near the end of that genre's mass popularity. Interestingly enough, it was formed mostly out of former members of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
*"Vinger" is more than likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Winger (band)|Winger]], an oft-ridiculed hair metal band most famous for songs such as "Headed for a Heartbreak".
*[[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] had a show called the Heavy Metal Half-Hour in 1987. It later became the Hard 30, then disappeared entirely.
**The "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" may also be a parody of "[[Wikipedia:Headbanger's Ball|Headbanger's Ball]]", a metal-oriented music-video segment on MTV that aired in the late 1980s up through 1994. Headbanger's Ball had a reputation for disappointing metal fans by claiming to play hardcore metal but often favoring videos by such pop-metal acts as [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] and [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]]. "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" also plays on the name of MTV's "Half-hour Comedy Hour".
*The "Video Thyme" player appears to parody [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AOL Instant Messenger]]'s video chat function.
*Dave Bjornborg's name is probably derived from the name of [[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]], a famous tennis player. Borg was also mentioned in [[Sample of Style]].
*Strong Bad's suggestion of hotglueing cornflakes to one's face is a possible reference to alternative metal band [[Wikipedia:Mudvayne|Mudvayne]], whose guitarist once glued large triangular cornchips to his already-greasepainted face for a music video.
* The "bowels of your lungs" growl is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Death growl|death growl]] used in various [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]], [[Wikipedia:Grindcore|grindcore]], [[Wikipedia:Deathcore|deathcore]]/[[Wikipedia:Metalcore|metalcore]] and [[Wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge metal]] bands. Singing from your gut is an actual death metal technique. [http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Harsh-Death-Metal-Vocals]

===Fast Forward===
*One of Brainkrieg's songs is a ringtone in the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad minigame]] of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Brainkrieg also went on to make a music video, "If I Don't Get Video Games...", as part of the various artists compilation album, [[Hooked On Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Because of Strong Bad's extended email intro, the DVD version running time is 3:51.
*The signing-off sound effect does not play when Strong Bad shuts off Larry's window.
*The sound quality for both Easter eggs is inexplicably the same quality as on the website, rather than enhanced as with the rest of the DVD content.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is one of my all-time favorite styles, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I'm not gonna be Mike, I'm gonna pretend to be Matt for this commentary.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. That was kind of a very hip hop intro to a death metal email.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pretending to be Matt, sounding nothing like him}'' Yes it was!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what's up Matt?

'''MIKE:''' Not too much, I'm Matt Chapman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do you sound like some type of super hero?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you ''think'' you are?

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}'' I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' You don't sound very sure of yourself.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, I like this email a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{stops pretending to be Matt}'' All right, I'm gonna stop.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan was in the jazz ensemble, at his high school.

'''MIKE:''' I wish he was playing some jazz music for us right now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{makes a sound kind of like "baloongalatang"}''

'''MIKE:''' Baloongalatang.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's my jazz guitar.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best I could do. Um, I think Lemmy from Motörhead has cornflakes on his face.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs (in the middle of Strong Bad's previous line)}'' Definitely does.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Do you know what Lemmy's last name is?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Motorhelm.

'''MIKE:''' Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. That's the be— is that true?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I hope so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's awesome. If I could have a last name like— how could you not be that guy and be in Motörhead?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, imagine if he was really good looking and a businessman. Named Lemmy Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, there's no way he'd be successful.

''{[[Larry Palaroncini]] appears on Strong Bad's computer screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this guy. This guy pops up all the time, on my Video Thyme. And tries to talk to me. He always tries to get me to play massively multiplayer overlord rock play games.

'''MIKE:''' You should change your screen name, I've had to do that before.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' When people you don't want keep popping up and... yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like fourteen-year-old girls?

'''MIKE:''' Add a 2005 to your screen name.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh.

'''MIKE:''' That'll— That'll trick 'em.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' Oh, man, this is the best feature of the Lappy. It knows what I means.

'''MIKE:''' And it can change the font and font color accordingly?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, the Compy could do it too, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I think it did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It did it with the Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek.

''{Brainkrieg appear on screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The trog— Oh. These guys. Look at that— their drummer is out of place.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' He's the only one that can play drums.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's too happy. Yeah, clearly that's the only guy they could find. He's just like, "Well, I don't really listen to the music you guys play, but I'll do it! We're gonna be in the battle of the bands?"

'''MIKE:''' He's in, like, four bands. He's the only drummer at the school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He looks like Joe Mama Besser from Spinal Tap.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Joe Mama Besser didn't make it very far.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think he did.

''{pause}

''{Strong Bad makes surprised sounds}''

'''MIKE:''' You okay there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! It's hard to— to resist... the quadruple bass pedal. ''{pause}'' This is my favorite show.

'''MIKE:''' The hard 30?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The hard 30. Ozzy Ozzy 'ard N Heavy!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, remember those Hard N Heavy videos?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The video magazine.

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' On VHS! ''{pause}'' Oh, that's Schenkel McDoo. ''{Mike laughs}'' That guy's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of this video? I like it a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It looks— it— Eugh! It's disgusting, look at that grease that that beef left on that rusty thing. Uh, rusty pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Where'd we get that cookie sheet? That rusty cookie sheet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I think it was yours.

'''MIKE:''' It might have been mine.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think you ha— you had just baked some cookies on it and we were like, "Oh, maybe this will give us diseases." ''{pause}'' Yeah, I remember that. Every time I watch that... no, I actually went and gargled with grape soda. After that.

'''MIKE:''' Gave yourself a sweet mouth?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, definitely. ''{mumbling}'' Those things hurt. And the things on your face.

===Fun Facts===
*"The Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek" refers to a line spoken in [[interview]].
*Lemmy from [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]]'s last name was [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Kilmister]], not Killmeister. He was the lead singer and bass player. He was previously mentioned in [[band names]].
*[[Spinal Tap]] is a fictional rock band from the faux-documentary ''This is Spinal Tap''; the band had several drummers die during their heyday. Joe "Mama" Besser himself died only a few seconds after being introduced.

==Youtube Version==

*The intro that Strong Bad sings on this email is repeated twice.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|141|6714|youtube=V72NKRyX1NA}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

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Bde1982: There is not supposed to be a period after “DELETED!!”

[[Image:deleted.PNG|thumb|'''BRAAAAAMMMPP!!!''']]

The vast majority of unreadable and unusable emails [[Strong Bad]] receives are "'''DELETED!!'''" While some are given to [[The Cheat]] for filing (or archiving) and others are made into origami by [[Strong Mad]], Strong Bad takes great pleasure in purging his computer of most emails, doing so while screaming "DELETED!!" When he does this, the computer flashes the same word on the screen and emits a loud [[Sound Effects|buzzing noise]]. When deleting emails, Strong Bad either types the word "deleted" out on the computer screen or presses a single key.

Strong Bad deletes any email that particularly annoys him, but some emails are especially susceptible. In particular, any time he receives emails including the question "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" or other such clichés, he promptly deletes them.

On at least one occasion ([[sisters]]), Strong Bad's control of his computer's delete function was nullified by the malfunctioning [[Tandy 400]]. This caused him to delete an email which he intended to respond to, and save an email which he intended to delete. A [[The Virus|virus]] also once prevented him from deleting an email ([[virus]]). Ordinarily, however, his efforts to delete unwanted emails are infallible, whereas other characters ([[Homestar Runner]] and [[Coach Z]]) fail in their attempts, sometimes causing [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|a computer error]].

==Sightings==
=== [[Tandy 400]] ===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"And now, would you please join me singing no. 119: a-deleted."]]
On the Tandy, the DELETED screen is a green background with black letters. (Oddly, "DELETED!" appears in the Compy's [[font]].)
*Email [[homestar hair]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*'''Debut:''' Email [[spring cleaning]] (All of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[sisters]]
*[[Theme Song Video]] (DVD version only)
*Email [[pop-up]] (as a pop-up in the pop-up book)
*Email [[retirement]]
{{clear}}

=== [[Compy 386]] ===
[[Image:Clavicus.png|thumb|200px|"I think I broke my clavicus... majorus."]]
On the Compy, the DELETED screen is a blue background with white letters.
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[huttah!]] (Most of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[unused emails]]
*Email [[2 emails]]
*Email [[car]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*Email [[replacement]]
*Email [[virus]] (A failed delete because of [[The Virus]])
{{clear}}

=== [[Lappy 486]] ===
[[Image:DiscFiveDeleted.png|thumb|200px|"Everybody! La Dee DELETED!!"]]
On the Lappy, the DELETED screen is a red background with white letters. It also features an explosion and a [[Female Lappy]] with [[fangs]].

*Intro menu of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]
{{clear}}

== Fun Facts and Abnormalities ==
[[Image:Delorted.PNG|thumb|Coach Z's best DELORTED...er...DELETED.]][[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|"What is that stupid word?!"]]
*The very first deleted email (a [[Hairstyle Runner]] design) was in [[homestar hair]]. Strong Bad typed "delete that [[crap]]" instead of "DELETED!!" The Tandy responded with "crap deleted."
*In the email [[spring cleaning]], Strong Bad DELETES every email he receives.
*In the email [[sisters]], the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]] Tandy 400 causes Strong Bad to inadvertently delete the email he was trying to reply to. When he tries to delete the second email, it ends up being "saved forever". The save function is never seen again.
*In [[50 emails]], Strong Bad types "matt = DELETED!", and the email is in fact deleted with the word "MATT!!" displayed on the screen. [[Homestar Runner]] also attempts (and spectacularly fails) to perform the "DELETED!" gag. He tries "BALEETED!", "DELTEATED!", "Del Taco?", and [[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|many other words]]. He ends up crashing the computer with a [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant Error]].
*On the third email in [[huttah!]], Strong Bad says "Moving on!" and the computer flashes "MOVING ON!!" when the email is deleted.
*In [[unused emails]], Strong Bad winds up and screams "DELETED!", jumping in the air, spinning and landing a leg drop on the Compy and as a result of doing so, breaking his Clavicus. The screen then does the usual buzz about a second later.
*In [[labor day]], when Strong Bad doesn't show up to the Labor Day party, [[Strong Sad]] jokes that Strong Bad's invitation may have been "da-leet-ed".
*In [[car]], Strong Bad is about to delete the email, but Homestar saves the email from a "tired old Strong Bad joke" and is later "rewarded" with a punch in the face.
*In [[replacement]], [[Coach Z]]'s attempt at the word "DELETED" caused the Compy to flash "DELORTED!!" on a yellow screen, and the corresponding buzzer became distorted.
*In [[virus]], Strong Bad tries twice to delete the offending email, but he is thwarted by [[the virus]], receiving the messages "NICE TRY!" and "NOTTA CHANCE!!"
*The Lappy is apparently able to start emails over in a similar fashion to DELETED, as seen in [[do over]]. Both "DELETED!" and "Do Over!!!" use an animated explosion with accompanying sound effect when used on the Lappy.
*The pop up book in [[pop-up]] features DELETED!!, but makes the sound of Strong Bad's voice saying DELETED rather than the expected buzz sound. According to Strong Bad, it sounds more like "[[Wikipedia:Manicouagan Reservoir|the lake head]]" or "[[Wikipedia:Police Quest|Police Quest]]".
*In [[retirement]], the Tandy requests one last email. Strong Bad obliges, deletes the email and, using [[Mountain Dew]] and [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|denture tablets]], [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Strong Bad's Computers Exploding|blows up the Tandy]] in the process. In this appearance, the DELETED screen is in Old English font and is accompanied by organ music.
*The Lappy has an "Undelete" feature in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. When Strong Bad uses it, the word "UNDELETED!" appears against a light blue background while the buzzer plays in reverse.
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], in the introduction for Extended Play, Strong Bad puts emphasis on "DELETED! Scenes" when listing the "DVD Bonus Stuff".
*In [[Fan Costumes '09]], one of the pictures is of a "card-carrying [[Deletehead]]". Strong Bad responds with "Deleted!"

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

Hiatuses

2016-11-01T20:46:02Z

Bde1982: There is supposed to be a comma between the day and the year.

{{rename}}{{cleanup}}
Occasionally, [[The Brothers Chaps]] put all or part of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[homestarrunner.com|website]] on '''hiatus'''. This has been happening with greater frequency recently, especially with [[Strong Bad Email]]s.

==Minor hiatuses==
[[Image:Weclome Back.PNG|thumb|"What is it, like, mid-May or something?"]]
With the exception of its early years, the first time Homestar Runner went on a hiatus of at least a month was December 2005/January 2006, starting with the release of the Strong Bad Email [[portrait]] and ending with the release of the Strong Bad Email [[highschool]].

Homestar Runner again went on hiatus in May/June 2006, after the release of the Strong Bad Email [[isp]]. This was due to the birth of a [[Very, Very Little Girl|baby]] to [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]]. This hiatus ended with [[Weclome Back]], which also explained what the Homestar Runner characters were up to during that time.

The next hiatus was in December 2006/January 2007, between the releases of [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] and [[looking old]], and in July 2007, [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Jackie Chapman]] also gave birth to a baby and stated that Homestar Runner would be taking a break for this reason, although [[Where's an Egg?]] was released shortly after this announcement. The next hiatus was in December 2008/January 2009, between the releases of [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] and [[Hremail 62]].

==Strong Bad Emails==
[[Image:lappysplosion.PNG|thumb|A comeback... or was it?]]
The first long Strong Bad Email hiatus was in between [[email thunder]] and [[hremail3184]], lasting 280 days (nine months and one week). It was the longest Sbemail gap at the time, and for a while afterwards, one Strong Bad Email came out each month. The last Strong Bad Email, [[videography]], came out on October 5, 2009, and it was the longest Strong Bad Email gap in the history of the site (over 5 years).

During the hiatus, The Brothers Chaps released [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|drafts]] for the email that eventually became [[geddup noise]], as well as a [[2011 Calendar|calendar]] that documents the release dates of all Strong Bad Emails and shows an image and a quote from selected emails. In addition, Matt Chapman revealed on his former Twitter page a partial image of scripting for Sbemail 206, which he claimed will be released "when you least expect it".

On April 1, 2015, the hiatus officially ended with the release of the email [[sbemail206]], but there have been no emails since.

==2010==
[[Image:babylady.jpg|thumb|The original reason for the hiatus]]
During 2010, after the [[April Fools' Day]] toon [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] was released, the first major update in nearly five months, barely any material was produced on the website. Most of the notices presented on the main page were [[Store]] offers. This may be because of a new baby in the family, as noted on the [[FeedBurner page]], and the possibility they were busy working on a different project. For the first time in the site's history, no [[Halloween]] cartoon was produced in 2010.

After over seven months of no updates, on November 22, [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] was released. On December 14, 2010, [[A Decemberween Mackerel]] was released, temporarily ending the hiatus. This was shortly followed by [[Which Ween Costumes?]] on December 22.

==2011 - 2016==
[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]
Following the holiday break into the new year, the site was back on hiatus. The only character appearance during 2011 was [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet Strong Bad]] appearing at [[Aquabats Concert - 18 Jan 2011|an Aquabats concert in January]]. Since then, the last site update was a [[Store]] offer.

In September, Matt created a Twitter account called [[@ronginald]] in which he stated that Homestar Runner would sooner be updated "sporadically and without warning", and that he works for the [[Nickelodeon]] program [[Wikipedia:Yo Gabba Gabba|Yo Gabba Gabba]], for which he had previously created an animated segment.

December 22, 2011, marked the first time in the site's history that an entire year passed with no new content. On February 27, 2012, Matt posted an out-of-focus image of the apparent script for Strong Bad Email 206 on his Twitter account with the message [[:File:sbemail206_teaser.jpg|"Someday, when you least expect it..."]]. He also stated that he works for [[wikipedia:The Aquabats! Super Show|The Aquabats! Super Show]], which, incidentally, was created by the creators of Yo Gabba Gabba, as well as the [[Disney]] cartoon [[Wikipedia:Gravity Falls|Gravity Falls]]. In January 2013, Matt deleted his Twitter account.

Strong Bad and Homestar Runner made a surprise appearance at [[W00tstock 2013|W00tstock 5.0]] in July 2013, and the Decemberween greeting cards returned to the store around November 23, 2013.

The hiatus was briefly interrupted on April 1, 2014 with [[April Fools' 2014]]. At the end of that toon, Strong Bad and Homestar Runner discuss the possibility of there being a substantial amount of time before the next update. This toon replaced the normal [[Index Page|welcome screen]] and remained in place until July.

In July, Matt stated in an [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014‎|interview]] that he planned to update the website again later in the year, which proved to be true with the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October and the confirmation of the legitimacy of the [[@StrongBadActual]] [[Twitter]] account. [[I Killed Pom Pom]], a [[Halloween]] toon, was also released at the end of the month, making 2014 the first year since 2009 to feature a full-length Halloween toon. However, there were no more major updates until April 2015, when [[sbemail206]] was released after a five-year wait; shortly before, the [[Store]] was redesigned and switched to a different website, and the [[NavBar]] was updated. [[Record Store Day]] was released shortly after.

There was nothing added nor changed until a 4-month hiatus was ended by [[Flash is Dead!]]. A [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks|new Halloween toon]] was released a month after [[Strong Bad Classics!]], followed by [[Fan Costumes 2015]], the first [[Fan Costumes]] toon since 2009. There were no more major updates until [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] on April Fools' Day 2016, which was the first [[Halloween Safety|true]] [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] since 2009. On August 7th, 2016, two main page messages were added: one advertising a new [[Brainkreig]] shirt, the other advertising the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show - 2 Sep 2016|Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Live Show]] with its own dedicated page.

==See also==
*[[Acknowledged Update Delays]]
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects]]

[[Category:Real World]]
[[Category:Research]]

DELETED

2016-11-01T18:26:16Z

Bde1982: I put “DELETED!!” in quotation marks. Also, the period was included in the response by the Tandy in the episode.

[[Image:deleted.PNG|thumb|'''BRAAAAAMMMPP!!!''']]

The vast majority of unreadable and unusable emails [[Strong Bad]] receives are "'''DELETED!!'''" While some are given to [[The Cheat]] for filing (or archiving) and others are made into origami by [[Strong Mad]], Strong Bad takes great pleasure in purging his computer of most emails, doing so while screaming "DELETED!!". When he does this, the computer flashes the same word on the screen and emits a loud [[Sound Effects|buzzing noise]]. When deleting emails, Strong Bad either types the word "deleted" out on the computer screen or presses a single key.

Strong Bad deletes any email that particularly annoys him, but some emails are especially susceptible. In particular, any time he receives emails including the question "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" or other such clichés, he promptly deletes them.

On at least one occasion ([[sisters]]), Strong Bad's control of his computer's delete function was nullified by the malfunctioning [[Tandy 400]]. This caused him to delete an email which he intended to respond to, and save an email which he intended to delete. A [[The Virus|virus]] also once prevented him from deleting an email ([[virus]]). Ordinarily, however, his efforts to delete unwanted emails are infallible, whereas other characters ([[Homestar Runner]] and [[Coach Z]]) fail in their attempts, sometimes causing [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|a computer error]].

==Sightings==
=== [[Tandy 400]] ===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"And now, would you please join me singing no. 119: a-deleted."]]
On the Tandy, the DELETED screen is a green background with black letters. (Oddly, "DELETED!" appears in the Compy's [[font]].)
*Email [[homestar hair]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*'''Debut:''' Email [[spring cleaning]] (All of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[sisters]]
*[[Theme Song Video]] (DVD version only)
*Email [[pop-up]] (as a pop-up in the pop-up book)
*Email [[retirement]]
{{clear}}

=== [[Compy 386]] ===
[[Image:Clavicus.png|thumb|200px|"I think I broke my clavicus... majorus."]]
On the Compy, the DELETED screen is a blue background with white letters.
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[huttah!]] (Most of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[unused emails]]
*Email [[2 emails]]
*Email [[car]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*Email [[replacement]]
*Email [[virus]] (A failed delete because of [[The Virus]])
{{clear}}

=== [[Lappy 486]] ===
[[Image:DiscFiveDeleted.png|thumb|200px|"Everybody! La Dee DELETED!!"]]
On the Lappy, the DELETED screen is a red background with white letters. It also features an explosion and a [[Female Lappy]] with [[fangs]].

*Intro menu of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]
{{clear}}

== Fun Facts and Abnormalities ==
[[Image:Delorted.PNG|thumb|Coach Z's best DELORTED...er...DELETED.]][[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|"What is that stupid word?!"]]
*The very first deleted email (a [[Hairstyle Runner]] design) was in [[homestar hair]]. Strong Bad typed "delete that [[crap]]" instead of "DELETED!!" The Tandy responded with "crap deleted."
*In the email [[spring cleaning]], Strong Bad DELETES every email he receives.
*In the email [[sisters]], the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]] Tandy 400 causes Strong Bad to inadvertently delete the email he was trying to reply to. When he tries to delete the second email, it ends up being "saved forever". The save function is never seen again.
*In [[50 emails]], Strong Bad types "matt = DELETED!", and the email is in fact deleted with the word "MATT!!" displayed on the screen. [[Homestar Runner]] also attempts (and spectacularly fails) to perform the "DELETED!" gag. He tries "BALEETED!", "DELTEATED!", "Del Taco?", and [[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|many other words]]. He ends up crashing the computer with a [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant Error]].
*On the third email in [[huttah!]], Strong Bad says "Moving on!" and the computer flashes "MOVING ON!!" when the email is deleted.
*In [[unused emails]], Strong Bad winds up and screams "DELETED!", jumping in the air, spinning and landing a leg drop on the Compy and as a result of doing so, breaking his Clavicus. The screen then does the usual buzz about a second later.
*In [[labor day]], when Strong Bad doesn't show up to the Labor Day party, [[Strong Sad]] jokes that Strong Bad's invitation may have been "da-leet-ed".
*In [[car]], Strong Bad is about to delete the email, but Homestar saves the email from a "tired old Strong Bad joke" and is later "rewarded" with a punch in the face.
*In [[replacement]], [[Coach Z]]'s attempt at the word "DELETED" caused the Compy to flash "DELORTED!!" on a yellow screen, and the corresponding buzzer became distorted.
*In [[virus]], Strong Bad tries twice to delete the offending email, but he is thwarted by [[the virus]], receiving the messages "NICE TRY!" and "NOTTA CHANCE!!"
*The Lappy is apparently able to start emails over in a similar fashion to DELETED, as seen in [[do over]]. Both "DELETED!" and "Do Over!!!" use an animated explosion with accompanying sound effect when used on the Lappy.
*The pop up book in [[pop-up]] features DELETED!!, but makes the sound of Strong Bad's voice saying DELETED rather than the expected buzz sound. According to Strong Bad, it sounds more like "[[Wikipedia:Manicouagan Reservoir|the lake head]]" or "[[Wikipedia:Police Quest|Police Quest]]".
*In [[retirement]], the Tandy requests one last email. Strong Bad obliges, deletes the email and, using [[Mountain Dew]] and [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|denture tablets]], [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Strong Bad's Computers Exploding|blows up the Tandy]] in the process. In this appearance, the DELETED screen is in Old English font and is accompanied by organ music.
*The Lappy has an "Undelete" feature in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. When Strong Bad uses it, the word "UNDELETED!" appears against a light blue background while the buzzer plays in reverse.
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], in the introduction for Extended Play, Strong Bad puts emphasis on "DELETED! Scenes" when listing the "DVD Bonus Stuff".
*In [[Fan Costumes '09]], one of the pictures is of a "card-carrying [[Deletehead]]". Strong Bad responds with "Deleted!"

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

DELETED

2016-11-01T18:04:45Z

Bde1982: There is no need for a period because the exclamation marks within the quote end the sentence.

[[Image:deleted.PNG|thumb|'''BRAAAAAMMMPP!!!''']]

The vast majority of unreadable and unusable emails [[Strong Bad]] receives are "'''DELETED!!'''" While some are given to [[The Cheat]] for filing (or archiving) and others are made into origami by [[Strong Mad]], Strong Bad takes great pleasure in purging his computer of most emails, doing so while screaming "DELETED!!". When he does this, the computer flashes the same word on the screen and emits a loud [[Sound Effects|buzzing noise]]. When deleting emails, Strong Bad either types the word "deleted" out on the computer screen or presses a single key.

Strong Bad deletes any email that particularly annoys him, but some emails are especially susceptible. In particular, any time he receives emails including the question "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" or other such clichés, he promptly deletes them.

On at least one occasion ([[sisters]]), Strong Bad's control of his computer's delete function was nullified by the malfunctioning [[Tandy 400]]. This caused him to delete an email which he intended to respond to, and save an email which he intended to delete. A [[The Virus|virus]] also once prevented him from deleting an email ([[virus]]). Ordinarily, however, his efforts to delete unwanted emails are infallible, whereas other characters ([[Homestar Runner]] and [[Coach Z]]) fail in their attempts, sometimes causing [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|a computer error]].

==Sightings==
=== [[Tandy 400]] ===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"And now, would you please join me singing no. 119: a-deleted."]]
On the Tandy, the DELETED screen is a green background with black letters. (Oddly, "DELETED!" appears in the Compy's [[font]].)
*Email [[homestar hair]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*'''Debut:''' Email [[spring cleaning]] (All of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[sisters]]
*[[Theme Song Video]] (DVD version only)
*Email [[pop-up]] (as a pop-up in the pop-up book)
*Email [[retirement]]
{{clear}}

=== [[Compy 386]] ===
[[Image:Clavicus.png|thumb|200px|"I think I broke my clavicus... majorus."]]
On the Compy, the DELETED screen is a blue background with white letters.
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[huttah!]] (Most of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[unused emails]]
*Email [[2 emails]]
*Email [[car]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*Email [[replacement]]
*Email [[virus]] (A failed delete because of [[The Virus]])
{{clear}}

=== [[Lappy 486]] ===
[[Image:DiscFiveDeleted.png|thumb|200px|"Everybody! La Dee DELETED!!"]]
On the Lappy, the DELETED screen is a red background with white letters. It also features an explosion and a [[Female Lappy]] with [[fangs]].

*Intro menu of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]
{{clear}}

== Fun Facts and Abnormalities ==
[[Image:Delorted.PNG|thumb|Coach Z's best DELORTED...er...DELETED.]][[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|"What is that stupid word?!"]]
*The very first deleted email (a [[Hairstyle Runner]] design) was in [[homestar hair]]. Strong Bad typed "delete that [[crap]]" instead of DELETED!!. The Tandy responded with "crap deleted".
*In the email [[spring cleaning]], Strong Bad DELETES every email he receives.
*In the email [[sisters]], the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]] Tandy 400 causes Strong Bad to inadvertently delete the email he was trying to reply to. When he tries to delete the second email, it ends up being "saved forever". The save function is never seen again.
*In [[50 emails]], Strong Bad types "matt = DELETED!", and the email is in fact deleted with the word "MATT!!" displayed on the screen. [[Homestar Runner]] also attempts (and spectacularly fails) to perform the "DELETED!" gag. He tries "BALEETED!", "DELTEATED!", "Del Taco?", and [[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|many other words]]. He ends up crashing the computer with a [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant Error]].
*On the third email in [[huttah!]], Strong Bad says "Moving on!" and the computer flashes "MOVING ON!!" when the email is deleted.
*In [[unused emails]], Strong Bad winds up and screams "DELETED!", jumping in the air, spinning and landing a leg drop on the Compy and as a result of doing so, breaking his Clavicus. The screen then does the usual buzz about a second later.
*In [[labor day]], when Strong Bad doesn't show up to the Labor Day party, [[Strong Sad]] jokes that Strong Bad's invitation may have been "da-leet-ed".
*In [[car]], Strong Bad is about to delete the email, but Homestar saves the email from a "tired old Strong Bad joke" and is later "rewarded" with a punch in the face.
*In [[replacement]], [[Coach Z]]'s attempt at the word "DELETED" caused the Compy to flash "DELORTED!!" on a yellow screen, and the corresponding buzzer became distorted.
*In [[virus]], Strong Bad tries twice to delete the offending email, but he is thwarted by [[the virus]], receiving the messages "NICE TRY!" and "NOTTA CHANCE!!"
*The Lappy is apparently able to start emails over in a similar fashion to DELETED, as seen in [[do over]]. Both "DELETED!" and "Do Over!!!" use an animated explosion with accompanying sound effect when used on the Lappy.
*The pop up book in [[pop-up]] features DELETED!!, but makes the sound of Strong Bad's voice saying DELETED rather than the expected buzz sound. According to Strong Bad, it sounds more like "[[Wikipedia:Manicouagan Reservoir|the lake head]]" or "[[Wikipedia:Police Quest|Police Quest]]".
*In [[retirement]], the Tandy requests one last email. Strong Bad obliges, deletes the email and, using [[Mountain Dew]] and [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|denture tablets]], [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Strong Bad's Computers Exploding|blows up the Tandy]] in the process. In this appearance, the DELETED screen is in Old English font and is accompanied by organ music.
*The Lappy has an "Undelete" feature in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. When Strong Bad uses it, the word "UNDELETED!" appears against a light blue background while the buzzer plays in reverse.
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], in the introduction for Extended Play, Strong Bad puts emphasis on "DELETED! Scenes" when listing the "DVD Bonus Stuff".
*In [[Fan Costumes '09]], one of the pictures is of a "card-carrying [[Deletehead]]". Strong Bad responds with "Deleted!"

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

DELETED

2016-11-01T18:03:48Z

Bde1982: There is no need for a period because the exclamation marks within the quote end the sentence.

[[Image:deleted.PNG|thumb|'''BRAAAAAMMMPP!!!''']]

The vast majority of unreadable and unusable emails [[Strong Bad]] receives are "'''DELETED!!'''" While some are given to [[The Cheat]] for filing (or archiving) and others are made into origami by [[Strong Mad]], Strong Bad takes great pleasure in purging his computer of most emails, doing so while screaming "DELETED!!". When he does this, the computer flashes the same word on the screen and emits a loud [[Sound Effects|buzzing noise]]. When deleting emails, Strong Bad either types the word "deleted" out on the computer screen or presses a single key.

Strong Bad deletes any email that particularly annoys him, but some emails are especially susceptible. In particular, any time he receives emails including the question "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" or other such clichés, he promptly deletes them.

On at least one occasion ([[sisters]]), Strong Bad's control of his computer's delete function was nullified by the malfunctioning [[Tandy 400]]. This caused him to delete an email which he intended to respond to, and save an email which he intended to delete. A [[The Virus|virus]] also once prevented him from deleting an email ([[virus]]). Ordinarily, however, his efforts to delete unwanted emails are infallible, whereas other characters ([[Homestar Runner]] and [[Coach Z]]) fail in their attempts, sometimes causing [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|a computer error]].

==Sightings==
=== [[Tandy 400]] ===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"And now, would you please join me singing no. 119: a-deleted."]]
On the Tandy, the DELETED screen is a green background with black letters. (Oddly, "DELETED!" appears in the Compy's [[font]].)
*Email [[homestar hair]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*'''Debut:''' Email [[spring cleaning]] (All of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[sisters]]
*[[Theme Song Video]] (DVD version only)
*Email [[pop-up]] (as a pop-up in the pop-up book)
*Email [[retirement]]
{{clear}}

=== [[Compy 386]] ===
[[Image:Clavicus.png|thumb|200px|"I think I broke my clavicus... majorus."]]
On the Compy, the DELETED screen is a blue background with white letters.
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[huttah!]] (Most of the emails get DELETED in this episode)
*Email [[unused emails]]
*Email [[2 emails]]
*Email [[car]] (almost, see fun fact below)
*Email [[replacement]]
*Email [[virus]] (A failed delete because of [[The Virus]])
{{clear}}

=== [[Lappy 486]] ===
[[Image:DiscFiveDeleted.png|thumb|200px|"Everybody! La Dee DELETED!!"]]
On the Lappy, the DELETED screen is a red background with white letters. It also features an explosion and a [[Female Lappy]] with [[fangs]].

*Intro menu of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]
{{clear}}

== Fun Facts and Abnormalities ==
[[Image:Delorted.PNG|thumb|Coach Z's best DELORTED...er...DELETED.]][[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|"What is that stupid word?!"]]
*The very first deleted email (a [[Hairstyle Runner]] design) was in [[homestar hair]]. Strong Bad typed "delete that [[crap]]" instead of DELETED!!. The Tandy responded with "crap deleted".
*In the email [[spring cleaning]], Strong Bad DELETES every email he receives.
*In the email [[sisters]], the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]] Tandy 400 causes Strong Bad to inadvertently delete the email he was trying to reply to. When he tries to delete the second email, it ends up being "saved forever". The save function is never seen again.
*In [[50 emails]], Strong Bad types "matt = DELETED!", and the email is in fact deleted with the word "MATT!!" displayed on the screen. [[Homestar Runner]] also attempts (and spectacularly fails) to perform the "DELETED!" gag. He tries "BALEETED!", "DELTEATED!", "Del Taco?", and [[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|many other words]]. He ends up crashing the computer with a [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant Error]].
*On the third email in [[huttah!]], Strong Bad says "Moving on!" and the computer flashes "MOVING ON!!" when the email is deleted.
*In [[unused emails]], Strong Bad winds up and screams "DELETED!", jumping in the air, spinning and landing a leg drop on the Compy and as a result of doing so, breaking his Clavicus. The screen then does the usual buzz about a second later.
*In [[labor day]], when Strong Bad doesn't show up to the Labor Day party, [[Strong Sad]] jokes that Strong Bad's invitation may have been "da-leet-ed".
*In [[car]], Strong Bad is about to delete the email, but Homestar saves the email from a "tired old Strong Bad joke" and is later "rewarded" with a punch in the face.
*In [[replacement]], [[Coach Z]]'s attempt at the word "DELETED" caused the Compy to flash "DELORTED!!" on a yellow screen, and the corresponding buzzer became distorted.
*In [[virus]], Strong Bad tries twice to delete the offending email, but he is thwarted by [[the virus]], receiving the messages "NICE TRY!" and "NOTTA CHANCE!!".
*The Lappy is apparently able to start emails over in a similar fashion to DELETED, as seen in [[do over]]. Both "DELETED!" and "Do Over!!!" use an animated explosion with accompanying sound effect when used on the Lappy.
*The pop up book in [[pop-up]] features DELETED!!, but makes the sound of Strong Bad's voice saying DELETED rather than the expected buzz sound. According to Strong Bad, it sounds more like "[[Wikipedia:Manicouagan Reservoir|the lake head]]" or "[[Wikipedia:Police Quest|Police Quest]]".
*In [[retirement]], the Tandy requests one last email. Strong Bad obliges, deletes the email and, using [[Mountain Dew]] and [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|denture tablets]], [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Strong Bad's Computers Exploding|blows up the Tandy]] in the process. In this appearance, the DELETED screen is in Old English font and is accompanied by organ music.
*The Lappy has an "Undelete" feature in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. When Strong Bad uses it, the word "UNDELETED!" appears against a light blue background while the buzzer plays in reverse.
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], in the introduction for Extended Play, Strong Bad puts emphasis on "DELETED! Scenes" when listing the "DVD Bonus Stuff".
*In [[Fan Costumes '09]], one of the pictures is of a "card-carrying [[Deletehead]]". Strong Bad responds with "Deleted!"

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

Later That Night...

2016-10-28T22:42:38Z

Bde1982: I corrected a red link.

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|homestarloween|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|Homestarloween Party}}
After another exciting Halloween night, the gang hangs out in the spooky woods... did we miss something?

'''Cast (In order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Marshie}}

'''Places:''' [[Spooky Woods]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], Inside the [[Horrible Painting]], [[The Field]], [[The King of Town's Castle]]

See '''[[Later That Night... Costumes]]''' for more information on what everyone was wearing.

'''Date: ''' Thursday, October 28, 2016

'''Running Time:''' 5:06 ([[TV Time Toons Menu]]), 6:45 ([[YouTube]])

'''Page Title:''' Just that End Part!

==Transcript==
{{transcriptinprogress|Catjaz63}}

''{Open to a black screen with music as orange letters appear on screen reading "LATER THAT NIGHT...". The word "NIGHT..." begins to melt as we fade into the main characters standing traditionally in the Spooky Woods dressed up for Halloween. The screen bumps twice to the music as the music begins to fade out.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, here we are in the spooky woods after a hilarious Halloween adventure.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And what an adventure it t'was! We got to trick-or-treat at Senor Cardgage's...

''{Cut to Strong Mad, The Cheat, and Strong Bad standing in front of Senor Cardgage's "house" with Senor Cardgage outside of it}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' How otserving,  Colingula. I've been kuwaiting for you all nice.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Look at all those melty candy bars!

''{Cut back to the characters standing in the Spooky Woods}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And we got to go ghost hunting in the King of Town's castle with Sharp Dean.

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===

===Remarks===

===Glitches===

===Inside References===

===Real-World References===

==External Links==

{{extlinks|ween16|swf=ween16|youtube=Td9n1vNR4YE}}

{{stub}}

{{halloweennav}}

[[Category:Holiday Toons]]
[[Category:The Goblin Filmography]]
[[Category:Horrible Painting Filmography]]

Teen Girl Squad Issue 13

2016-10-07T13:25:02Z

Bde1982: Albums go in italics, not quotes. Songs go in quotes.

{{tgsnav|13|Teen Girl Squad Issue 12|Issue 12|Teen Girl Squad Issue 14|Issue 14}}

[[Image:Tgs13.png|thumb|"Don't let Timkins play my PSone!"]]

So and So is baby-sitting, but her friends interrupt and run amok.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Tompkins}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Timkins|Baby Timkins]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Tompkins's Virtual Pet|Tompkins's Virtual Pet]], {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Buttcrack Plumber|Plumber]], {{film|Peacey P}}, {{Film|Olympic Man}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#The Policemen|Policemen]]

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Tompkins's House|Tompkins's house]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Hotel Balcony|Hotel Balcony]]

'''Date:''' Monday, June 18, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:25

'''Page Title:''' Bebe's Sitter's Kids!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

==Transcript==
''{The toon opens with Tompkins playing his Game Boy with a silhouette of his mother waving to him. The Teen Girl Squad theme music plays.}''

'''TOMPKINS:''' Aww, peas Momkins. I don't need a babysitter.

''{Zoom out to reveal Momkins, a female robot with a stubby beard wearing cowboy boots and a hat and carrying a pickaxe, along with a baby picking its nose.}''

'''TOMPKINS:''' I can watch baby Timkins while you go out prospecting for future ex-husbands.

'''MOMKINS:''' Whatevs little man. You can't even take care of your own virtual pet.

''{Cut to a closeup of the Game Boy screen, displaying a bloated pet and the text, "Food: 600%". Music stops}''

'''VIRTUAL PET:''' Please stop feeding me!

''{Music continues. Tompkins begins mashing the buttons on the Game Boy. The text "m.a.s.h." appears each time he presses a button}''

'''TOMPKINS:''' Teh heh heh heh heh.

''{Cut to Momkins standing next to the front door, which has a large, wrinkly face on it}''

'''FRONT DOOR:''' Ding dong. Ding dong, yo.

''{The door opens to reveal So and So, with fangs.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Hello Mrs. Tompkinsrobotmomerson. I know I'm 3 hours early, but I wanted to...

'''MOMKINS:''' Listen, I'll be at a place until a time. My cell phone number is some numbers. The baby needs stuff. What's poison control? Punch Tompkins in the gut. Good luck.

''{Momkins rushes out the door with a crazed look on her face and her tongue hanging out of her mouth. Her hat flies off and So and So's hair is disheveled as she leaves.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' She gone!

''{Cut to So and So speaking to Tompkins, who is playing his Game Boy next to a clock. The clock reads 5:03}''

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{pointing to her watch}'' Alright Tompkins, it is WAY past your bedtime.

'''TOMPKINS:''' ''{pointing at a flustered So and So}'' Listen babysit, I don't need to be babysat. I'll be in my room reorganizing my trenchcoats.

''{As Tompkins leaves, a giant baby that resembles the Arrow'd Guy lands on and crushes him. The music stops.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' BABY SAT!

'''TOMPKINS:''' Don't let Timkins play my PSone!!!!!

''{Cut to a Teen Girl Squad title screen, featuring Cheerleader (wearing a dress labeled "Ms. Thang"), The Ugly One, and What's Her Face smashing through a wall. "issue 13" and "by: strong bad" appear in the corners. The theme music plays.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Teen Girl Squad!!! Cheerleader! ''{$15/hour}'' What's Her Face! ''{$4.75/hour}'' The Ugly One! ''{plain yogurt/hour}''

''{Cut to So and So speaking to the other girls next to the smashed wall}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Not now, you guys. I'm babysitting.

''{Close up on Cheerleader}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Oh, we know how to babysit... ''{grows hypnotic eyes and fangs, and pulls out a cell phone and several volumes of "Dem Boys"}'' I'll call EACH AND EVERY BOY!!

''{Cut to What's Her Face}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I'll eat all their food!

''{Cut to The Ugly One, wearing a crown and a ruffled collar, holding a remote}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Just call me the queen of pay-per-view! ''{throws off the crown and collar and pushes the remote buttons. The text "t.a.p.s." appears every time the buttons are pushed}'' I think Ola Toya is fighting Camptown Jr. at Caesar's tonight!

''{Cut back to shot of So and So talking to Cheerleader (holding the cell phone), What's Her Face and The Ugly One (holding the remote)}''

'''SO AND SO:''' SHHH! Keep it down! The baby is studying for the SAT.

''{Cut to baby Timkins, under a pile of four books labeled "babySAT"}''

'''TIMKINS:''' Goo goo is ga-ga. Wah wah is ga-ga. ''{raises finger}'' Are all goo goos wah wahs?

''{Cut to an annoyed Cheerleader, holding her cell phone. Her dress now reads "The future Ms. Thang".}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Dag! None of my regulars are picking up! Let's see who on my B-list!

''{The phone rings, and the screen splits to show a plumber answering the call on a plunger.}''

'''PLUMBER:''' Uh, Buttcrack Plumbing!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Hi Randy! I'm babysittin' tonight. Wanna come over and sneak in through the back window?

'''PLUMBER:''' And this is for a how many gallon toilet, ma'am?

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Bring all your hot friends... they've got two pantries!!!

''{A toilet with a beret, a mustache, a goatee, and a loaf of french bread crushes Cheerleader with a plunger.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' EAU DE TOILETTE!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' So dignified!

''{Cut to What's Her Face standing between the two pantries}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Wow! 2 pantries! I'll have me a diet soda I s'pose.

''{So and So enters, livid with a giant mouth and fangs.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' STOP! How many of those have you had?!?!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{annoyed}'' Uh, negative one sip.

''{So and So holds up a textbook entitled, "<s>urban legends</s> i mean health class"}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Don't you remember health class? You'll microwave the baby!!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{holding up a "Diet Brown" can}'' This is Diet Brown, not PCP.

''{The Ugly One slides into the room. What's Her Face and So and So look surprised.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Did somebody say Peacey P? I LOVES the Peacey P!

''{Cut to Peacey P, wearing a jersey labeled "☮y P" ("[Peace symbol]y P"), standing with Olympic Man (with a blurred jersey)}''

'''PEACEY P:''' Crample-o stow wha clamminuh whaow. My new album drop next sursdai. Ya'll biscuitheads.

''{The Ugly One enters with a ☮y ([Peace symbol]y) necklace, and a pencil and notepad.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Can a sista get an autograph?

''{Olympic Man dangles The Ugly One off a balcony}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' DANGLED OFF A HOTEL BALCONY'D!!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' That's it?

''{Zoom out as The Ugly One is dropped from the balcony into a "bayonet tailgate party"}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Uh, and then DROPPED FROM SAID HOTEL BALCONY'D!!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' That's better!

''{Cut to So and So holding a dirty diaper and yelling at baby Timkins}''

'''SO AND SO:''' What kinda dirty diaper is this?! I told you to alphabetize this stuff!

''{Cut to Front Door. A surprised So and So is leaning in, still holding the diaper}''

'''FRONT DOOR:''' BANG! BANG! BANG!

'''THE POLICE:''' ''{from behind the door}'' Open up! It's the police!

''{Cut to a terrified So and So jumping in the air, dropping the diaper}''

'''SO AND SO:''' AHH! THE POPO! I can't do another nickel!

''{So and So jumps into the kitchen sink as background music begins to play.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' GARBAGE DISPOSAL, 

''{Cut to a shot of the garbage disposal in the sink, with evil eyes, fangs, scales, and flames on its edges}''

WHAT A WAY TO GO! 

''{Cut to a grinning So and So in the garbage disposal, dancing with a plate, a spoon, a piece of broccoli and a carrot.}''

GARBAGE DISPOSAL, 

''{All but So and So's arm disappears}''

MEET SO AND SO!

''{So and So's arm disappears. The plate, spoon, broccoli and carrot look surprised. Music stops and is replaced by the theme music. Cut to the Front Door, where What's Her Face has let two policemen into the house.}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Can I help you gentlemen?

'''POLICEMAN 1:''' Uh, yes, ma'am. We got a report of us wanting to watch the Ola Toya fight. You mind if we investigate?

'''POLICEMAN 2:''' ''{holding up a packet labeled "SNAK MiX"}'' I brought snack mix.

''{Cut to a "confidential" envelope out of which three game cards are removed.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' The Snak Mix, in Tompkins' Parlor, WITH THE PRETZEL STICK!

''{Cut to a life-sized Snak Mix bag with a monocle, who clubs What's Her Face with a pretzel stick}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' OW! MY STYLE! (or lack thereof)

''{Cut to Momkins, the two policemen, and baby Timkins sitting on a couch watching TV}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ...anuddah vicious right!!!

'''POLICEMAN 1:''' I need to put an APB out on some microwave popcorn.

'''POLICEMAN 2:''' ''{looking at Momkins}'' I'd like to report a very good-looking robot prospector.

'''MOMKINS:''' Awww, shush!

''{Brief pause. The music stops}''

'''TIMKINS:''' ''{pointing at Policeman 1}'' You're not my real father!

''{Cut to the usual "It's over!" screen}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' It's over!

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Deliberance.PNG|thumb|Drops Next Sursdai!]]
*Click on the "O" at the end to see a promo for Peacey P's new album.
:''{The [[Crample-O Stow Records]] logo appears. The logo is a gold hand making a C shape in a gold circle. The logo shines a few times. Hip hop music plays in the background}''
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' Crample-O Stow Records presents...
:''{Peacey P's album appears}''
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' ..."Deliberance", the new album from Peacey P...
:''{As the announcer says the following words, they appear in yellow zig-zags}''
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' ...featuring: Large Craig, featuring: The Overripe MC, featuring: Tenerence Love, featuring: Akryllix & 3rd Lung, featuring: Peacey P!
:''{A speech bubble appears next to Peacey P's picture, containing the following words:}''
:'''PEACEY P:''' I'm a guest star on my own album, ya'll biscuitheads!
:''{The words "Drops Next Sursdai!" appear in a red oval at the bottom. Music fades out}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*[[Wikipedia:Phencyclidine|PCP]], also known as angel dust, is a recreational [[drug]] that causes hallucinations.
*''[[Wikipedia:Perfume|Eau de Toilette]]'' is [[French]] for a light, low concentrate perfume. "Toilet(te)" is used in an obsolete sense in both English and French to refer to personal grooming, similar to "toiletry".
*APB stands for [[Wikipedia:all points bulletin|all points bulletin]], a broadcast issued from one law enforcement agency to another, typically containing information about a wanted suspect.
*A [[Wikipedia:Bayonet|Bayonet]] is a knife or dagger-like weapon that attaches underneath the barrel of a gun.
*The [[Wikipedia:SAT|SAT Reasoning Test]] is a test that is frequently taken prior to entry into college in the United States.
**Timkins's line "Goo goo is ga-ga. Wah wah is ga-ga. Are all goo goos wah wahs?" is a [[Wikipedia:Syllogism|syllogism]] of the form "All X are Y. All Z are Y. Are all X Z?" (the correct answer is "not necessarily"). Syllogisms have never been used on the SAT, but are staples of [[Wikipedia:IQ test|IQ tests]].
*"The PoPo" was a slang term in the '80s and '90s used to describe the police.
*A "nickel" is slang for a five-year prison sentence.
*Olympic Man's jersey is blurred because logos, trademarked designs, and certain words on clothing are often obscured by the producers of visual media (usually television or music videos) when they don't want the logos, designs, or words visible in the final product.

===Trivia===
*This is the first Teen Girl Squad issue to use a [[Wikipedia:Cold open|cold open]] instead of starting immediately with the opening title sequence.
*This is the first Teen Girl Squad issue since [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7|issue 7]] in which Strong Bad does not work a variation of himself into the comic.

===Remarks===
*The '2 pantries' are mirror images of one another.
*When So and So yells "Ah! The popo!" it's not in a word balloon, but her next line is.
*Peacey P's new album is said to come out next 'sursdai'. However, officially released albums are always released on a Tuesday.
*This is the first Teen Girl Squad issue to include a [[Wikipedia:suicide|suicide]]; all of the deaths up to this point have been [[Wikipedia:homicide|homicides]] or accidents.
:*It is also possible that So and So thought she could go through the garbage disposal safely, and wasn't trying to commit suicide.
*"Ya'll" should be spelled "Y'all".

===Goofs===
*The rounded, black border is not present during the "Loading" frames.
*Tompkins is misspelled as "Tomkins" on the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]] description. (See [[#Fixed Goofs|below.]])
*Once the police officer starts talking to What's Her Face, the nose on the door's face is suddenly half as long.
*The Ugly One's line, "That's it?", is missing the apostrophe.

===Fixed Goofs===
*Tompkins's name was misspelled as "Tomkins" through the entire toon, except in the Snack Mix sequence ("Tompkins' Parlor").
*When Cheerleader was telling the plumber to sneak in through the back window, the text read "the through", while she said "through the".

===Inside References===
*When Momkins answers the door, So and So has [[fangs]].
*What's Her Face comments about the loss of her [[style]].
*When Tompkins pushes the buttons on his [[Nintendo|Game Boy]] to feed his virtual pet, the text [[Mashing|"m.a.s.h."]] appears.
*So and So saying "I can't do another nickel!" is likely in reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] when So and So was in jail for shoplifting.
*Tompkins's mom's name ends with [[Names ending in -erson|-erson]].
*"Deliberance" is a [[portmanteau]].
*There are several (seemingly gratuitous) uses of three letter [[Acronyms and Initialisms|abbreviations]] including: PPV, SAT, BCP, PCP and APB.
*Peacey P [[Featuring Oneself|features himself]] on his own album.
*What's Her Face's soda is another instance of [[color flavored]] food.

===Real-World References===
*Tompkins's virtual pet resembles a [[Wikipedia:Tamagotchi|Tamagotchi]].
*When Tompkins feeds his virtual pet, the text "m.a.s.h." is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:M*A*S*H|M*A*S*H]]''. Likewise, "t.a.p.s.", which appears when The Ugly One presses the buttons on the TV remote, is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Taps (film)|Taps]]'', whose title was spelled "T*A*P*S" on the [[imdb:tt0083169|DVD release]].
*So and So's line "You'll microwave the baby!!" and the book of urban legends she is holding reference the urban legend of a stoned babysitter [[Snopes:horrors/drugs/babysitter.asp|mistaking a baby for a turkey]], and accidentally putting it in the oven (or microwave, in some versions).
*The lines about the Snack Mix prior to What's Her Face's demise are based on the board game [[Wikipedia:Cluedo|Clue]]. The picture of the Snack Mix on the card resembles Clue character [[Wikipedia:Cluedo characters#Colonel Mustard|Colonel Mustard]].
*The page title is a reference to comedian [[Wikipedia:Robin Harris|Robin Harris's]] "Bébé's Kids" stand-up comedy act. After his death, his routine was adapted into a movie, also called [[Wikipedia:Bebe's Kids|"Bébé's Kids"]], the first animated feature with a majority Black cast.
*"Ding dong. Ding dong, yo." is a line from the video for [[Wikipedia:Fat (song)|"Fat"]] by [[Wikipedia:"Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird Al" Yankovic]].
*The policemen resemble [[Wikipedia:List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Eddie and Lou|Eddie and Lou]] from [[The Simpsons]].
*Dangling The Ugly One over the balcony is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Vanilla Ice|Vanilla Ice's]] claim that rap record producer [[Wikipedia:Suge Knight|Marion "Suge" Knight]] hung him up upside down on a hotel balcony in order to get Vanilla Ice to turn over his royalties.
*The [[Wikipedia:PlayStation#PS one|PS one]] is a smaller and redesigned version of the [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]] video game console, released by [[Wikipedia:Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]] in 2000. The term "PS One" is also sometimes used to refer to the original PlayStation, to distinguish it from its successors.
*"Ola Toya is fighting Camptown Jr. at Caesar's tonight" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:De La Hoya-Mayweather|De La Hoya-Mayweather Jr. Fight]] at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in May 2007.
*[[Wikipedia:Harrah's Entertainment#Caesars brand|Caesars]] is a casino brand owned by [[Wikipedia:Harrah's Entertainment|Harrah's Entertainment]].
*Momkins' outfit resembles the gold prospector garb from the Wild West era. In her case, however, a gold digger signifies a person who marries only for monetary gain.
*Deliberance may be a reference to the album ''Deliverance'' from the rap artist Bubba Sparxxx.

===Fast Forward===
* The album art for "deliberance" (from the Easter Egg) appears in the opening for Podstar Runner.
* The phrase "She gone!" was reused in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
* Tenerence Love and Peacey P would later collaborate in an Easter Egg in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15|Issue 15]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]])

'''MATT:''' What a weird— this is a weird beginning to a Teen Girl Squad, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Where are they!?

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Wha— Are we even watching the Teen Girl Squad? Is this the Tompkins Progrum?

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneous with last sentence}'' Change cha— we must be on the wro— our TiVo messed up and recorded the wrong channel.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs, pauses until Tompkins laughs}'' We should make a game on the website where you try and overfeed your virtual pet.

''{Mike laughs}''

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Remember the Robotic Stooges?

'''MATT:''' I do. Tompkins' mom reminds me of a Robotic Stooge. ''{pause}'' She gone!

'''MIKE:''' Wasn't it called— weren't they called the Robomic Stooges, though?

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' I think they were called the Robonic Stooges.

'''MATT:''' Wow.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' For some reas—

'''MATT:''' Why?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know.

'''MATT:''' Somebody—

'''MIKE:''' We'll have to Wikipedia that.

'''MATT:''' Ahh, the PS1.

'''MIKE:''' I was just thinking we need to get some PS1 games.

'''MATT:''' Probably.

'''MIKE:''' Crash Bandicoot Team Racing.

'''MATT:''' Battle Arena Toshinden.

''{Mike laughs}''

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' I, uh— I think I babysat ''once''.

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, for these two kids. And, uh... I liter— I had to fix a Teddy Ruxpin.

'''RYAN:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' The Teddy Ruxpin was messed up and I had to fix— you know, figure out how to fix it 'cause the kid was bawling.

'''MATT:''' Nice. Did you put, like, AC/DC in there, like, instead of his tape?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping Matt's comment}'' Yeah. The tape.

'''MATT:''' So, it'd, like—

'''MIKE:''' Backwards Satan.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, so it'd cause him to flame.

''{Mike and Ryan laugh}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Oh, Randy— Randy Buttcrack! ''{Mike laughs}'' He's talking on a— He's talking on a plunger, Ryan.

'''RYAN:''' With a cord.

'''MATT:''' We— Weren't we going to do— We were going to do an Easter egg. We never did that Easter egg of a commercial for Buttcrack Plumbing.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, that's right.

'''RYAN:''' We used to have a football phone that you opened up.

'''MATT:''' Nice.

'''RYAN:''' I think it might've been a—

'''MATT:''' Did you get it from from...

'''RYAN:''' Sports Illustrated, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yep.

''{Mike and Matt laugh}''

'''RYAN:''' Late '80s. ''{pause}'' We even— I think we had a, uh... uh...

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Yes? Say it, Ryan!

'''RYAN:''' What are they called? The measuring tape...

'''MATT:''' A tape measure?

'''RYAN:''' A tape measure phone as well, and you'd open it up, that we got from Montgomery Ward.

'''MIKE:''' Nice.

'''MATT:''' Wow. Oh, here he is. Here's the man. ''{pause}'' Umm.. how about how in every hip-hop video there's some— some—

'''MIKE:''' Blurred out logo.

'''MATT:''' —some dude that just wore a Nike shirt. And it's just like—

'''MIKE:''' "What's up, man!?"

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' "I told you, man! Just don't show up in a stupid Nike shirt, please! I told you we were filming a video, and you still wore your Nike shirt." The best part is when it's, like, the dude— the main guy— the main rapper—

'''RYAN:''' Snoop Dogg.

'''MATT:''' —couldn't be troubled to... change his shirt.

'''RYAN:''' I remember if you watched 'em on BET you could see the pot leaf on the, uh... the... Dr. Dre...

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping Ryan}'' On the... "Ain't Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Really? They didn't blur it out, or they just did a bad job of blurring it out?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping Matt}'' No, I remember, like, seeing it. It just— They didn't blur it out.

'''MATT:''' Oh! ''{pause}'' Look! It's the cops from The Simpsons! Lou and Eddie, is that their names? Looks kinda like Lou and Eddie.

'''RYAN:''' Lou Bega.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' That Snak Mix has a monocle. And a soul patch. ''{pause}'' These are the worst cops ever.

'''MIKE:''' She's not very good looking.

'''MATT:''' No, she has a beard!

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping Matt}'' That cop's got low standards!

'''RYAN:''' He likes the stubble.

'''MATT:''' ''{in a Teen Girl Squad-type voice}'' Aaah!

{{dvdproofread}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*"The Tompkins Progrum" is another instance of the word [[progrum]].
*[[Wikipedia:TiVo|TiVo]] is a brand of digital video recorder in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It is a consumer video device that captures television programming to hard disk storage for later viewing.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Robonic Stooges|The Robonic Stooges]]'' was a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon show featuring [[Wikipedia:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]] as clumsy superheroes.
*Crash Bandicoot Team Racing is actually known as [[Wikipedia:Crash Team Racing|Crash Team Racing]], the fourth installment in the [[Wikipedia:Crash Bandicoot|Crash Bandicoot]] series for the [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]].
*[[Wikipedia:Battle Arena Toshinden|Battle Arena Toshinden]] is a fighting game for the original [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]], as well as for the [[Wikipedia:Sega Saturn|Sega Saturn]] and the [[Wikipedia:Personal computer|PC]].
*[[Wikipedia:Teddy Ruxpin|Teddy Ruxpin]] is an animatronic talking bear which was created by Ken Forsse with later assistance by Larry Larsen and John Davies. Teddy would move his mouth and eyes as he read stories via a standard audio tape deck built into his back.
*[[Wikipedia:AC/DC|AC/DC]] is a pioneering rock and heavy metal band formed in Australia by brothers [[Wikipedia:Malcolm Young|Malcolm]] and [[Wikipedia:Angus Young|Angus Young]].
*"Backwards Satan" is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Backmasking|backmasking]], a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. Backmasking is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional (such as the alleged Satanic message in [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Stairway to Heaven|'Stairway to Heaven']]).
*[[Wikipedia:Sports Illustrated|Sports Illustrated]] is the largest weekly American sports magazine.
*[[Wikipedia:Nike, Inc.|Nike]] is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States.
*[[Wikipedia:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg]] is a [[Wikipedia:Grammy Award|Grammy Award]]-winning American rapper, record producer and actor, best known as an [[Wikipedia:Master of Ceremonies|MC]] in [[Wikipedia:West Coast hip hop|West Coast hip hop]].
*[[Wikipedia:Black Entertainment Television|BET]] is an American cable network based in Washington, D.C. targeted toward young African-Americans and urban audiences in the United States.
*[[Wikipedia:Lou Bega|Lou Bega]] is a reggae/hip-hop artist best known in the United States for "Mambo No.5".

==External Links==
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Quote of the Week

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[[Image:Quote Of Week Box Design All.PNG|thumb|The old, the new, the newer, and the loading.]]

The '''Quote of the Week''' is a sound bite from the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. These are found by clicking on the ''Q'' at the top of the [[Main Pages]], and are generally updated each week on Thursday. Here is a list of all Quotes of the Week collected since this feature started on January 10, 2002, under the name "Quote of the day". Since early 2004, the Quote of the Week was updated with more regularity. For some time before then, the quote of the week was a "[[Main Page Messages|what's new?]]" oval button. The dates of some quotes are estimated on the basis of the file-modified date.

:''For the July 29–November 11, 2004 quotes, the quote was only available as a .zip file. As of the November 22 quote, however, the download option appears to only be as a straight MP3, and The Brothers Chaps appear to be deleting each quote of the week as soon as the next one is released.''

:''Quotes after November 11, 2004, are transcribed on the website. Directly saving and opening the [[HR:qod.swf|Flash file]] produces some odd results; the standard Homestar image will appear along with a default message, as shown on the right.''

:''On July 27, 2006, a "loading" box was added for while the quote was loading, probably due to the unusual length of that day's quote. The following week, on August 3, 2006, the loading box was removed.''

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== Quotes ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width: 8em" | Date !! class="unsortable" | Download !! [[Quote of the Week Character Heads|Head]] !! Quote !! Source !! Notes

|- id="QW-2014-10-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Oct 2014
| [[HR:weeklies/marzi_friendo.mp3|download]]
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "Call it, friendo!"
| Unknown
| This is the [[YouTube:YOohAwZOSGo|trailer]] version of a line spoken by Anton Chigurh, the antagonist in the 2007 film ''[[Wikipedia: No Country For Old Men (film)|No Country For Old Men]]'', who was portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Javier Bardem|Javier Bardem]]. The line is actually a combination of two lines from the same scene. As Chigurh visits a filling station, he says to the proprietor, "What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo?" Later in the scene, he allows the proprietor to choose his fate by a coin toss but only tells him to call it and doesn't say "friendo" again. The [[Halloween Safety]] teaser and the [[Sketchbook 2014#SK-2014-10-30|Sketchbook released the same day]] as the quote revealed that [[The Brothers Chaps]] were considering making Marzipan dress as Chigurh for [[I Killed Pom Pom]].

|- id="QW-2014-10-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Oct 2014
| [[Mirror:SB_and_CZ_FishEyeLens.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "GET THE NEW #1 JAM! Woke up this mornin' in a rapsong video..." ''{entire "Fish Eye Lens" song}''
| [[Fish Eye Lens]]
| The Quote of the Week was updated for the first time in exactly five years. This was the longest hiatus between pop-up updates.

|- id="QW-2009-10-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Oct 2009
| [[Mirror:brainkrieg_pumpkins.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Brainkrieg|BrainkriegQOTWhead.png}}
| '''[[Brainkrieg]]''': "Weeks after Halloween, days after Thanksgiving, just before the Christmas lights go up, Brainkrieg stalks the neighborhood in my mom's Taurus wagon in search of..." ''{entire "Decomposing Pumpkins" song}''
| [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]
|

|- id="QW-2009-10-15"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 15 Oct 2009
| [[Mirror:cz_wood.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "What kinda wood ya use there, Strong Bad? Cause y'know I knew a guy up in Paughkeegan who could work wonders with a piece of..."
| [[The Luau]] extended take
| Coach Z mentions "Paughkeegan", which might be referring to [[Wikipedia:Waukegan, Illinois|Waukegan]], a suburb of Chicago. Coach Z's accent is distinctly Upper Midwestern, which makes it very plausible that he'd know a person from Waukegan (or "Paughkeegan").

|- id="QW-2009-10-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Oct 2009
| [[Mirror:sb_uzilizes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "The Grampy Aught Six uza-you-uzilizes...is a good one."
| [[Compy Catalog]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-2009-08-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Aug 2009
| [[Mirror:cz_lillubbers.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod_5_-_coach_z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "I think there's a Blubb-O's Li'l Lubber's meal rattlin around up there somewhere."
| [[On Break]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2009-08-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Aug 2009
| [[Mirror:ss_itshere.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "It's here! It's here! It's fina-lully here! There's no more time for expectasche, it's here! IT'S HERE!"
| [[Compy Catalog]] extended take
|

|- id="QW-2009-07-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Jul 2009
| [[Mirror:sb_airguitar.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod_2_-_strong_bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Stupid air guitar! Just people wagglin their hands around in front of em, lookin like they're pretendin to mix up a sauce. I hate that sauce!"
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2009-07-23"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 23 Jul 2009
| [[Mirror:ss_soccermom.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Lil' Strong Sad]]''': "Haha. You're right! He does sound ever so slightly like a soccer mom. I never realized that before!"
| [[imaginary]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2009-07-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Jul 2009
| [[Mirror:hs_emancipate.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Teenage Homestar Runner]]''': "Now you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous stripèd pants?"
| [[highschool]]
|

|- id="QW-2009-06-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Jun 2009
| [[Mirror:stinkometal.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Stinkoman|qod 16 - stinkoman.PNG}}
| Fanmade heavy metal remix of [[Stinkoman 20X6]] Level 1 by [http://www.myspace.com/vikingguitarmetal VikingGuitar]. Be sure and get to the :40 mark! (edited for time/filesize)
| Quote of the Week exclusive
| This was originally called "Power Crunch" and is [[Mirror:05tie-VikingGuitar-Stinkoman20X6-Crunch-DoD.mp3|available unedited]].

|- id="QW-2009-06-04"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 04 Jun 2009
| [[Mirror:dnd_halflings.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|D n' D Greg|D n' D Greg Character Head.png}}
| '''[[D n' D Greg]]''': "If I can bargain with the Talenta Halflings, we could all ride in on dinosaur back."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]] outtake
| "Talenta Halflings" and "riding dinosaurs" refer to the [[Wikipedia:Eberron|Eberron Campaign Setting]] of Dungeons and Dragons, where the Talenta Plains are the homelands of the halflings, who do indeed ride on large raptor-like dinosaurs and herd various breeds of herbivorous dinosaurs.

|- id="QW-2009-04-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Apr 2009
| [[Mirror:hs_gadget.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Doodle doodle loot doot doot doot doodoo. Boodle oodle oot doot doo! And so forth." ''{[[Wikipedia:Inspector Gadget|Inspector Gadget theme]] continues}''
| [[Donut Unto Others]] extended take
|

|- id="QW-2009-04-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Apr 2009
| [[Mirror:ss_malaise.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "The beige malaise can last for days."
| [[Kick-A-Ball]] extended take
|

|- id="QW-2009-03-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Mar 2009
| [[Mirror:hs_strawbry.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod_1_-_homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Don't you remember? That's how you got Darryl Strawbry on your team back then."
| [[Kick-A-Ball]] outtake
| [[Wikipedia:Darryl Strawberry|Darryl Strawberry]] is a former Major League Baseball player.

|- id="QW-2009-03-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Mar 2009
| [[Mirror:hs_duckie.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod_1_-_homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "I know how 'em duckie goes! Wack wack."
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2009-03-05"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 05 Mar 2009
| [[Mirror:ss_xanthan.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Aw, this is bad even for my diet. I mean, bulgarless bulgar? How much xanthan gum can a fella take?!"
| Unknown
| [[Wikipedia:Xanthan gum|xanthan gum]] is a common ingredient in gluten-free baking. Bulgar (or [[Wikipedia:Bulgur|bulgur]]) is prepared from gluten-containing wheat.

|- id="QW-2009-02-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Feb 2009
| [[Mirror:marzi_iras.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "That's so crazy!!! I'VE always wanted to see Ira Glass and Ira Flatow wrestle too!!"
| [[Date Nite]]
|

|- id="QW-2009-02-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Feb 2009
| [[Mirror:patcheer_yearbook.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Cheerleader|qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG}}
| ''{'''A boy''': "Uh, what does 'YNCBIINAR2TMTSAYHAOBTHACTCM this summer' mean?"}'' '''[[Cheerleader]]''': "You're Not Cute But If I Need A Ride To The Mall This Summer And You Have An Older Brother That Has A Car Then Call Me!!"
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2009-02-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Feb 2009
| [[Mirror:ss_floatbloat.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Boy did I pick the wrong hemisphere for this year's Float N' Bloat."
| [[Best Caper Ever]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2009-02-05"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 05 Feb 2009
| [[Mirror:oldsb_ribcage.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Old-Timey Strong Bad|qod_26_-_1936_strong_bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]''': "What manner of uncivilized ribcage is this anyways?"
| [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]
|

|- id="QW-2009-01-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Jan 2009
| [[Mirror:hs_lumper.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod_1_-_homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Roundy here is from back when I was known as the Popcorn Lumpou." ''{Without his usual speech impediment}'' "Lumper." '''[[Matt Chapman]]''': "Lumper."''
| [[Hremail 62]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-2008-12-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Dec 2008
| [[Mirror:trudgemank.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Schenkel McDoo|QOTW Schenkel McDoo.png}}
| '''[[Taranchula]]''': "Mired on the moor. Swamped in the sludge. Dying on the floor. Drown in the trudge. Drown in the trudgemank! and so forth..." ''{The rest of the Trudgemank song plays in place of "and so forth...".}''
| [[Trudgemank]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-11-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Nov 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_reanimate.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Aw, what's the use! Forget this reanimating crap. The Cheat! Why don't you do some of your [[Powered by The Cheat|regular animating crap]]."
| [[Most in the Graveyard]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-11-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Nov 2008
| [[Mirror:bubs_mysister.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "You stay away from my sister!"
| [[Most in the Graveyard]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-10-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Oct 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_ohsteven.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod_2_-_strong_bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Oh STEVEN! I think this may finally be it you guys! After 200  hundred ''{actually says "two hundred"}'' emails, I'm finally gonna get to make out with da-da-da DEAR HOMESTAR?!"
| [[email thunder]] outtake
| The word "hundred" appears after "200".

|- id="QW-2008-09-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Sep 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_savethelast.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod_2_-_strong_bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "There's a crazy world of emails in this crazy world. Checkin em down, checkin em down..." ''{entire email song}''
| [[alternate universe]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-09-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Sep 2008
| [[Mirror:hs_mikeburp.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod_1_-_homestar.PNG}}
| ('''Matt:''') "Try and sound like Homestar too." ('''Mike:''') "I'll do it. *BURP!*" ('''Matt:''') "Sounds like a moth comin' out!"
| [[hygiene]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-09-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Sep 2008
| [[Mirror:bubs_talklikebubs.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Oh you know him mo - ooaaaaAAHH Everybody knows how to talk like Bubs!"
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-2008-09-04"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 04 Sep 2008
| [[Mirror:hs_bubstaple.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "We are just talkin' about Bubs with a piece of paper stapled to his face, right?" ''{He laughs a little as he says "right".}''
| [[Happy Dethemberween]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-08-28"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 28 Aug 2008
| [[Mirror:cardgage_smallgirl.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Senor Cardgage|qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG}}
| '''[[Senor Cardgage]]''': "You bet, small girl! How bout I hit you on the slant!"
| [[Senorial Day]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-08-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Aug 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_jinglejangle.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "And I'm like, 'You just jingled a bunch of jangle in my face and called it magic!'"
| [[magic trick]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2008-08-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Aug 2008
| [[Mirror:gunhaver_blowthis.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Gunhaver|qod 18 - gunhaver.PNG}}
| '''[[Crack Stuntman]]''': "Don't blow this for me, Chimendez!"
| [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-07-31"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 31 Jul 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_somesaypocket.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Some would say, 'pocket,' I say, 'in my pants.'"
| [[your edge]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-07-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Jul 2008
| [[Mirror:bubs_bitetaken.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Yes, 'shaped,' in quotes, like there's a bite taken out of it. There isn't. There IS one! It's a real bite taken out if ''{actually says "out of it"}'', Homestar! I ate it!
| [[The Baloneyman]] outtake
| The quote reads "taken out ''if''" instead of "of it".

|- id="QW-2008-06-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Jun 2008
| [[Mirror:cz_bemybride.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "You don't need no consummate V's to be my bride."
| [[Trogday 08]] Easter egg
|

|- id="QW-2008-06-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Jun 2008
| [[Mirror:ss_sweetness.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said..."
| [[Somber Vacation]] Easter egg
|

|- id="QW-2008-06-05"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 05 Jun 2008
| [[Mirror:hs_amazing.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "No, HERE'S my grocery list: Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing."
| [[love poems]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-05-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 May 2008
| [[Mirror:polymascot.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Homestar Runner|qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG}}
| ('''Singers''':) "[[Polymascotfoamalate|Polymascot foamalate]]! ('''[[The Homestar Runner]]''':) Feed it to the babies. ('''Singers''':) Polymascot foamalate! ('''[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]''':) Or as a topping on soured cream!"
| [[4 branches]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-05-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 May 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_itsover.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "It's over! And you're walking into a parking lot with the hot guy. It's over! And they all made fun of you but they got stuff dumped on top of them. It's OVER!" ''{entire end credits song}''
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-05-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 May 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_oktober.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Verify our range to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!"
| [[Date Nite]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-05-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 May 2008
| [[Mirror:hsold_persuasion.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Homestar Runner|qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[The Homestar Runner]]''': "Double S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite per-suasion."
| [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-04-24"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 24 Apr 2008
| [[Mirror:kot_ruleschool.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]''': "I rule the school!"
| [[Revenge of the King]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-04-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Apr 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_restricted.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "A-can I get a reSTRIC-TED?!"
| [[rated]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-03-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Mar 2008
| [[Mirror:sicksam_spicspan.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Sickly Sam|qod 28 - 1936 strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Sickly Sam]]''': "I do believe you've spic'd my span."
| [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-03-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Mar 2008
| [[Mirror:marshie_bomb.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marshie|qod_10_-_marshie.PNG}}
| '''[[Marshie]]''': "Bomb Capacity Increased!"
| [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-03-13"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 13 Mar 2008
| [[Mirror:sb_tharblow.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Thar she blows the Cheat! Aim for the blow hole!"
| [[Blubb-O's Commercial]]
| The "The" in The Cheat's name is not capitalized, and there is no comma after "blows". "Blowhole" is also misspelled as two words.

|- id="QW-2008-03-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Mar 2008
| [[Mirror:schenkel_coin.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Schenkel McDoo|QOTW Schenkel McDoo.png}}
| '''[[Taranchula|Schenkel McDoo]]''': "Yah guys! Maybe find some coin!"
| [[buried]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-02-28"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 28 Feb 2008
| [[Mirror:bubs_flasher.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Oh. Uh... I'm a public flasher!"
| [[licensed]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-02-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Feb 2008
| [[Mirror:cheer_vamlum.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Cheerleader|qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG}}
| '''[[Cheerleader]]''': "As I was saying, Vamlumtimes Day is serious times. If I don't get cards from enough boys, I could lose all my Mindy cred!"
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-02-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Feb 2008
| [[Mirror:oldsb_creepities.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Old-Timey Strong Bad|qod 26 - 1936 strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]''': "Alright, The Sneak, watch me toss these creepity crawlities through the window like I was Edgardo J. Sportsman himself!"
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2008-01-31"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 31 Jan 2008
| [[Mirror:cardgeenan.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Senor Cardgage|qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG}}
| '''[[Senor Cardgage]]''': "Carageenan, Monteljohn. Can you detect me to the nearest bus stamp?"
| [[fan club]]
| "Carrageenan" is misspelled "carageenan".

|- id="QW-2008-01-24"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 24 Jan 2008
| [[Mirror:marshie_abom.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marshie|qod 10 - marshie.PNG}}
| '''[[Fluffy Puff Mascots#Gel-arshie|Gel-arshie]]''': "I'M AN ABOMINATION! And I'm comin' to your house after school."
| [[winter pool]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-01-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Jan 2008
| [[Mirror:cz_drinkin.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "Mmmmm! Drink in that bun!"
| [[environment]]
|

|- id="QW-2008-01-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Jan 2008
| [[Mirror:marzy_bobs.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "I'm pretty sure that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bob's conces-- Bob's...''{Missy briefly laughs and inhales}'' ''{I'm pretty sure}'' that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bubs' constesh-- constession stand."
| [[Fall Float Parade]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-2007-12-13"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 13 Dec 2007
| [[Mirror:smartdrinks.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|DJ Teh Cheat|Quote of the Week DJ The Cheat.png}}
| '''Singers''': "Smart drinks. These are smart drinks. (These are definitely not smart drinks.) Have another round. (Don't.)" ''{entire song: "Smart drinks. (These are not smart drinks.) These are smart drinks. (These are definitely not smart drinks.) These are smart drinks. (Definitely not.) Have another round. (Don't.) ''{quickly}'' Have another round! (Don't.)"}''
| [[nightlife]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-12-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Dec 2007
| [[Mirror:hs_poodonk.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Ohh! And you think [[Poodonkis]] did it."
| [[Jibblies 2]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-11-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Nov 2007
| [[Mirror:rapsong.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "Coach Z, R-A-P. Accidentally featuring Peacey P..." ''{entire "Rap Song"}''
| [[Rap Song]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-11-15"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 15 Nov 2007
| [[Mirror:cz_schoolchild.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "I feel like that school child on the first day of Christmas!"
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2007-11-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Nov 2007
| [[Mirror:marzi_frantic.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "Jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie. Does that sound frantic?" ''{Matt can be heard saying "Yeah, keep going" faintly}''
| [[Jibblies 2]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-10-25b"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Oct 2007
| [[Mirror:sm_eatguitar.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Mad|qod 8 - strong mad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Mad]]''': "I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!"
| [[haircut]]
| This quote was released within hours of the one below. It was suggested in the edit summary of [{{FULLURL:{{PAGENAME}}|diff=next&oldid=507707}} the edit adding the quote below to this page].

|- id="QW-2007-10-25a"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Oct 2007
| [[Mirror:sicklysam_mush.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Sickly Sam|qod 28 - 1936 strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Sickly Sam]]''': "Can you spare any mush for me?"
| [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]
| This quote is identical to the [[#QW-2005-09-22|22 Sep 2005]] quote. It was changed within hours of being released.

|- id="QW-2007-10-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Oct 2007
| [[Mirror:sb_stloolis.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Oh, way to impress, Spirit of St. Loolis. The peanut brittle coulda swam better than that."
| [[business trip]] (first sentence an outtake)
|

|- id="QW-2007-10-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Oct 2007
| [[Mirror:sb_borgorroth.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Borgorroth of Coolswordorroth shimmies for no man!"
| [[web comics]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-10-04"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 04 Oct 2007
| [[Mirror:sb_takelongs.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Oh and one more thing, if your jim-jams happen to be a pair of takelongs..." ''{Matt can be heard laughing faintly}''
| [[slumber party]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-09-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Sep 2007
| [[Mirror:sm_polychaete.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Mad|qod 8 - strong mad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Mad]]''': "Did you just say polychaete worms?"
| [[caffeine]] outtake
| [[Wikipedia:Polychaete|polychaete worms]] are a class of worms that are known for their bristles and marine environments.

|- id="QW-2007-09-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Sep 2007
| [[Mirror:cz_forgortport.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]''': "Oh. I guess I forgort to port. Oh! I guess I forgat to prat! OH! Gorka fa pork!"
| [[mini-golf]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-09-13"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 13 Sep 2007
| [[Mirror:sadkids_frostflur.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Sad Kids|Qod sadkids.PNG}}
| '''[[The Sad Kids]]''': "Frosty? Flurry."
| Unknown
| [[Wikipedia:Frosty|Frosties]] and [[Wikipedia:McFlurry|McFlurries]] are ice cream treats served at [[Wikipedia:Wendy's|Wendy's]] and [[McDonald's]], respectively.

|- id="QW-2007-09-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Sep 2007
| [[Mirror:cardgage_pony.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Senor Cardgage|qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG}}
| '''[[Senor Cardgage]]''': "Oh. I should eat a pony."
| [[original]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-08-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Aug 2007
| [[Mirror:sloshy_wedont.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|sloshy|Qod sloshy.PNG}}
| '''[[sloshy]]''': "We don't really even care about you. Get out of my backyard or maybe don't. Cause I'm about to watch a movie movie movie oh!" ''{entire "We Don't Even Really Care About You" song}''
| [[concert]] extended song
|

|- id="QW-2007-08-23"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 23 Aug 2007
| [[Mirror:ss_philosophy.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Yeah, I don't think [[sloshy]]  could arpeggiate a diminished 7th if their philosophy degrees depended on it."
| [[concert]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-08-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Aug 2007
| [[Mirror:sbcheat_par.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "I'm gonna be so far under par, I'm gonna be over par!" ''{'''[[The Cheat]]:''' {The Cheat noises} '''Strong Bad:''' "Oh, well then, I'll just be really far under par, then."}''
| [[mini-golf]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-08-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Aug 2007
| [[Mirror:bubs_nestles.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod_4_-_bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "That would be a sweet deal I couldn't resist! [[chocolate|N-E-S-T-L-E-S!]]"
| [[Ever and More!]] outtake
| [[Wikipedia:Nestle|Nestles]] is a Swiss maker of candy and other food products. It's a reference to Nestle's [http://www.archive.org/download/RadioCommercialsShows/Commercials.19xx.xx.xx_N_E_S_T_L_E_S.mp3 long standing jingle], "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best", especially its Alpine White version from the '80s, "Sweet dreams you can't resist. N-E-S-T-L-E-S."

|- id="QW-2007-06-21"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 21 Jun 2007
| [[Mirror:sb_garbagedis.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Garbage disposal: what a way to go! Garbage disposal, meet So and So."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-06-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Jun 2007
| [[Mirror:uglycheer_longlat.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|That Ugly One|qod_15_-_the_ugly_one.PNG}}
| '''[[The Ugly One]]''': "I love longitudes." '''[[Cheerleader]]''': "Not me, I'm a latitude snob."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] outtake (see also [[Sketchbook_2007#SK-2007-06-14|Sketchbook]])
|

|- id="QW-2007-06-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Jun 2007
| [[Mirror:hs_wanthisbod.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "So what are you saying? That you -GULP- want his bod?"
| [[Date Nite]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-05-24"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 24 May 2007
| [[Mirror:sb_fieldday.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Do not attempt to adjust those trucker caps you're all wearing. Or wait, in fact, DO adjust them. Everybody turn your trucker caps sidewise!"
| [[Field Day Intro]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-05-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 May 2007
| [[Mirror:marzy_worm.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "There was this little worm and I brought him inside because he seemed like he would fit into a little jar. And I gave him the name of [[Bill Cosby|Fat Albert]]."
| [[Homestarloween Party]] extended clip
|

|- id="QW-2007-05-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 May 2007
| [[Mirror:sm_parakeet.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Mad|qod 8 - strong mad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Mad]]''': "Did you just say parakeet?"
| [[caffeine]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-05-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 May 2007
| [[Mirror:stinko_break.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Stinkoman|qod 16 - stinkoman.PNG}}
| '''[[Stinkoman]]''': "We deserve a break! Everyone grab a spoon and take a break with pudding."
| [[Under Construction]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-04-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Apr 2007
| [[Mirror:hs_greatimes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Oh, hello guys! This is my talk and mouth move. Great times!"
| Quote of the Week exclusive recorded for the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech Talk]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-04-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Apr 2007
| [[Mirror:hs_drinko.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Drinko some Malinko! Malinko flavored water! Crystal clear like domestic beer!"
| [[rough copy]] (second phrase an outtake)
|

|- id="QW-2007-04-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Apr 2007
| [[Mirror:blc_qualifypants.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Blue Laser Commander|qod 23 - blue laser commander.PNG}}
| '''[[Blue Laser Commander]]''': "These hardly qualify as PANTS!"
| [[An Important Rap Song]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-04-05"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 05 Apr 2007
| [[Mirror:drivethru_severleg.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Drive-Thru Whale|Whalehead.PNG}}
| '''[[Drive-Thru Whale]]''': "Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day."
| [[Drive-Thru]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-03-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Mar 2007
| [[Mirror:brotherinajar.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Taranchula|Taranchulaqod.PNG}}
| '''[[Taranchula]]''': "Ooh hoo ha ha haaa. Brother in a jar. Brother in a jar. Brotherinajar!" ''{entire "Brother in a Jar" song}''
| [[your funeral]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-03-15"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 15 Mar 2007
| [[Mirror:crack_up2here.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Gunhaver|qod 18 - gunhaver.PNG}}
| '''[[Crack Stuntman]]''': "I've had it up to HERE with your shinoligans! ''{pronounces "shinoligans" like "SHY-knowligans"}'' If you could see me you'd see that I'm holding my hand up to my chin. And I'm pretty tall!"
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2007-03-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Mar 2007
| [[Mirror:kot_reek.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]''': "Woo! What is that reek? The Poopsmith, you smell like a Crapsmith."
| [[KOT's VOQPCS!]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-03-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Mar 2007
| [[Mirror:hstabasco.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "I wonder how you spell tabasco. TABASCOooo!"
| [[the movies]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-02-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Feb 2007
| [[Mirror:lifingforlove.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''Singers''': You and me, babe, livin for dreams, lifin' for love, drinkin' for free. Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out. The memory's scrubbin' you down!
| [[theme song]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-02-15"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 15 Feb 2007
| [[Mirror:valentimes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Cheerleader|qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG}}
| '''[[Teen Girl Squad]]''': "2-3-4. What time is it? It's Valentimes. What time is it? It's Valentimes. What we gone get?  Several boys! How we gonna get em? Uh...um...er..."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-02-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Feb 2007
| [[Mirror:bubsgonzola.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|King Bubsgonzola Supreme|qod 39 - kingbubs.png}}
| '''Singers''': "King Bubsgonzola King-King Bubsgonzola Supreme"
| [[unnatural]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-02-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Feb 2007
| [[Mirror:marzy_booty.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "Word booty!"
| [[looking old]]
|

|- id="QW-2007-01-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Jan 2007
| [[Mirror:ss_caffeine.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "I can't remember cereal, I can't remember TV. Is it football season yet? I don't even watch football. I hate football but I'll play football. Run you over in football..." ''{quote continues: "Run you down the field like a clown!"}''
| [[caffeine]], though under Strong Bad's voiceover
|

|- id="QW-2007-01-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Jan 2007
| [[Mirror:bubs_crabadonk.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Crabadonk. Crabadonk! CRABADONK!"
| [[the chair]] multiple takes
|

|- id="QW-2006-12-21"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 21 Dec 2006
| [[Mirror:hs_cheerupcz.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "A-listen to me now. Cheer up, Coach Z. It doesn't have to be creepy and depressing all the time..." ''{entire "Cheer Up, Coach Z" song}''
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
| Only the Quote of the Week was updated; the Weekly Fanstuff and Sketchbook were not.

|- id="QW-2006-12-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Dec 2006
| [[Mirror:ss_montelbon.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Strong Bad, did you put ''{[[Matt Chapman|Matt]] laughs a little while still maintaining his Strong Sad voice}'' Montelbon pheremones..?"
| [[what I want]] blooper
| "Montelbon" is probably a reference to [[Wikipedia:Ricardo Montalbán|Ricardo Montalbán]].

|- id="QW-2006-12-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Dec 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_stankstonk.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Whoa, it's been upgraded to stank. Just last week it was only stink. Stonk can't be far away."
| [[the chair]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-11-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Nov 2006
| [[Mirror:hsold_doadance.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Homestar Runner|qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[The Homestar Runner]]''': "Well, folks, you know what that means... Now I'll do a dance."
| [[20X6 vs. 1936]]
| This quote is a repeat of the [[#QW-2005-03-31|31 Mar 2005]] quote with an ellipsis instead of a colon.

|- id="QW-2006-11-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Nov 2006
| [[Mirror:videlectrix_grfx.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Videlectrix Guys|Qow vidguys.png}}
| '''[[Videlectrix Guys]]''': "What did I say?! Good gr- To make good- What did I tell you to do?! To make good graphics. GOOD GRAPHICS!" ''{quote continues: "I COME TO WORK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MESS! I can make good graphics. I—YOU BETTER MAKE GOOD GRAPHICS! I'M SUPPOSED TO RELEASE A VIDEO COMPUTER GAME ON TV WITHOUT THIS GRAPHIC! What? YOU HEARD ME!"}''
| [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] Easter egg
| This quote is titled as an "outtake" in the [[Wikipedia:ID3|ID3]] tag. The quote may have originally been an outtake, then added to the toon as an Easter Egg.

|- id="QW-2006-11-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Nov 2006
| [[Mirror:whf_botpit.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|What's Her Face|qod 14 - whats her face.PNG}}
| '''[[What's Her Face]]''': "When you fall in a bottomless pit, you die of starvation."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-11-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 Nov 2006
| [[Mirror:marzy_dub.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''Singer:''' "Want some bread and butter [[pickles]]. Ooo-ahh! Give me that bread and butter pickle, bread and butter pickle. You are."
| [[Happy Hallow-day]] music from Marzipan's song with lyrics
|

|- id="QW-2006-10-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Oct 2006
| [[Mirror:marzy_hatefloat.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "Oh yes, folks, there's no better way to be brutally honest with someone than to construct a hate float and put it in a televised parade."
| [[Fall Float Parade]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-10-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Oct 2006
| [[Mirror:marshie_mtns.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marshie|qod 10 - marshie.PNG}}
| '''[[Marshie]]''': "Take a trip to the mountains!"
| [[retirement]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-10-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Oct 2006
| [[Mirror:hs_holdmusic.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Doo doot. Tch. Doo doo dit. Tch. Doot doo doot. Tch. It's the hold music..." ''{quote continues: "...do doot. Tch. Pa doo doot. Tch. Boodoo doo doot. Tch. Hold music!"}''
| [[isp]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-09-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Sep 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_planetaxes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Naw it's a moon computer. Y'know, the kind the planets use to do their taxes."
| [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-09-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Sep 2006
| [[Mirror:ss_cardinalsins.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Tonight is my night to play Caaardinal Sins."
| [[Where's The Cheat?]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-09-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Sep 2006
| [[Mirror:jammintunes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Melt Shake|Meltshake.png}}
| '''Singers:''' "And now we're jammin. Jammin tunes, jammin tunes. Now we're jammin. jumbo/LARGE!"
| [[road trip]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-08-31"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 31 Aug 2006
| [[Mirror:blc_awesome.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Blue Laser Commander|qod 23 - blue laser commander.PNG}}
| '''[[Blue Laser Commander]]''': "Awesome! Just...AWESOME!"
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2006-08-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Aug 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_rainstorm.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "When email comes to town you know, you know it's like a rainstorm in your browser.When email comes to town I know, I know it's like a [[netscape]] hurricane"
| [[theme song]] email intro extended version, with background music from the end of the email
|

|- id="QW-2006-08-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Aug 2006
| [[Mirror:hs_heyguys.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Hey guys! H'whatcha teekenbot?"
| [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-08-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 Aug 2006
| [[Mirror:tgs_chumbly.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|What's Her Face|qod 14 - whats her face.PNG}}
| '''[[What's Her Face]] and [[The Ugly One]]''': "And the chumbly wumbly bear came a tumblin down! Did he sell beans? Lord no! Did he sell eggs? Lord no! But he couldn't...so he stapled it down!" ''{entire chumbly wumbly bear song}''
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-07-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Jul 2006
| [[Mirror:brainsister.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Lazor Larry|qod 36 - lazorlarry.png}}
| '''[[Lasers|Lazor]] [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]]''': "She was only 2017-She was a low res beauty queen-She was a brain sister-[[Texas Instruments]] all day-She remembers how they used to duet-Tha'll think you know what I mean." ''{entire "Brain Sister" song}''
| [[Summer Short Shorts]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-07-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Jul 2006
| [[Mirror:scifigreg_shirtoff.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Science Fiction Greg|qod 35 - shirtless scifi greg.PNG}}
| '''[[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|Science Fiction Greg]]''': "Oh, I can take my shirt off."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-07-13"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 13 Jul 2006
| [[Mirror:kot_havesome.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]''': "Let the KOT have some!"
| [[senior prom]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-07-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Jul 2006
| [[Mirror:doley-o.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "We are the [[Cool Tapes]]. We make some phat papes. Doley-O, doley-o, doley-o.(x3) ''{[[Strong Mad]]: DOLEY-O! [[The Cheat]]: (The Cheat noises)}'' Stop creepin' at me."
| [[Weclome Back]] outtake 
|

|- id="QW-2006-06-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Jun 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_stevens.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "You will note the artist's attention to fine wines, his masterful use of shadow...stevens. Circle gets the square."
| [[portrait]] outtake
| "Circle gets the square" is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:Hollywood Squares|Hollywood Squares]], which is based on tic-tac-toe; the accompanying phrase is "X gets the square." [[Wikipedia:Shadoe Stevens|Shadoe Stevens]] was the announcer for two incarnations of the show (the John Davidson and Tom Bergeron-hosted versions), and occupied a square on the Davidson version.

|- id="QW-2006-05-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 May 2006
| [[Mirror:sm_when2saywhen.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Small Mouth Strong Mad|qod 34 - small mouth.PNG}}
| '''Small Mouth [[Strong Mad]]''': "I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SAY WHEN!!"
| [[isp]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-05-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 May 2006
| [[Mirror:marzy_copafeel.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]''': "Hey! Watch those hands David Coppafeel!"
| [[senior prom]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-05-04"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 04 May 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_vietbunmuffins.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Alright I gotta get out of here. I'm meetin Delelilia for some vietma- viamatese tunuffins!"
| [[senior prom]] outtake
| The name of Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad's Ladies|imaginary girlfriend]] is spelled here as "Delelilia". However, in [[senior prom]], her name was spelled "Delilelia".

|- id="QW-2006-04-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Apr 2006
| [[Mirror:cardgage_hardlife.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Senor Cardgage|qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG}}
| '''[[Senor Cardgage]]''': "Oh...I live a hard life." ''{faint laughter from [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] can be heard at end}''
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2006-04-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Apr 2006
| [[Mirror:sblounskched.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "You got the munch, the crisp and the crunch. Livin' in the gutter with Grandma. When Coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright..." ''{entire [[SBLOUNSKCHED!]] jingle}''
| [[candy product]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-03-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Mar 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_itsits.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Oh, if you want it to be possessive it's just 'its,' but if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's I-T apostrophe S! ...scalawag."
| [[local news]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-03-24"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 24 Mar 2006
| [[Mirror:ss_chaitea.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]:''' "Your computer room is now my tai chi space. And it doubles as my chai tea space, too!"
| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] outtake
| This may be a nod to ''The Simpsons'' episode "[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22 HOMЯ]", which had a similar tai chi/chai tea gag.

|- id="QW-2006-03-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Mar 2006
| [[Mirror:hs_doingreat.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "You're doing great! Now shoulders down! One and two! Feel the burn and go to bed! Make some breakfast, talk to me!"
| [[lady fan]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-03-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Mar 2006
| [[Mirror:nottalkinboutbutter.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]:''' Not Talkin' Bout Butter (remix by [[The Cheat|DJ Teh Cheat]])
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-03-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Mar 2006
| [[Mirror:ss_looseleaf.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]]:''' "Uh, Strong Bad, were you just first basin' it with that piece of loose leaf?!"
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|

|- id="QW-2006-02-23"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 23 Feb 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_undersiege2.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "What?! ''[[Wikipedia:Under Siege 2: Dark Territory|Under Siege 2]]''?? You got me this for like the last 3 years, man!"
| [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-02-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Feb 2006
| [[Mirror:bubs_answermessup.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]] as [[Dr. Christmas]]:''' "I got it-I got everything you wan know. Everybody know me, my name Cornbread."
| [[A Decemberween Pageant]] outtake
| Although it isn't identical, this quote is very similar to Bubs's quote for [[#QW-2005-03-25|25 Mar 2005]] ("Everybody knows me. Mine name Cornbread.").

|- id="QW-2006-02-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Feb 2006
| [[Mirror:cgnu_fightsong.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Jolly Dumple|qod dumple.png}}
| Special Fanstuff Quote of the Day!! High school band actually playing the [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] Fight Song! ''{Band leader says, "Ready and one and set and go!" This is followed by the entire instrumental fight song, and concludes with a crowd chanting, "C! G! N! ...U! ''Me''?" and the band leader saying, "Well, there you have it, Jimmy-Jimmy."}''
| Quote of the Week exclusive; references the emails [[mascot]] (song) and [[mile]] (beginning and end)
| The fan version of the CGNU fight song is in a different key than in [[mascot]]—B-flat instead of F.

|- id="QW-2006-02-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Feb 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_motherboard.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "The Cheatbot! Do you use that same mouth to kiss your... motherboard."
| [[technology]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-01-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Jan 2006
| [[Mirror:sb_baseballgame.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "They flew on a sweet, sweet mushroom bridge to the...baseball...game."
| [[flashback]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2006-01-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Jan 2006
| [[Mirror:cheer_jiggyjuggas.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Cheerleader|qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG}}
| '''[[Cheerleader]]:''' "I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."
| [[death metal]] Easter egg
|

|- id="QW-2006-01-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Jan 2006
| [[Mirror:bubs_background.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]:''' "Hey, Coach! Tell her I said, 'Hey!' No, no, just--Tell her I said, 'Bananas!' Tell her I said, 'A bluh-buncha bananas.'"
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-12-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Dec 2005
| [[Mirror:cz_tomater.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]:''' "You say tomater, I zader matermorts."
| [[Fall Float Parade]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-11-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Nov 2005
| [[Mirror:homsar_pennzoil.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homsar|qod 9 - homsar.PNG}}
| '''Two [[Homsar]]s:''' "Let's sing a song of [[Wikipedia:Pennzoil|Pennzoil]]!"
| [[Fall Float Parade]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-11-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Nov 2005
| [[Mirror:sbold_goldpants.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Old-Timey Strong Bad|qod 26 - 1936 strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]:''' "I'll be marching around in gold pants in no time!"
| [[That A Ghost]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-11-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Nov 2005
| [[Mirror:kot_punishment.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]:''' "The punishment is not too bad, eh?"
| [[Revenge of the King]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-11-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 Nov 2005
| [[Mirror:bubs_undersiege2.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]:''' "You're pretty good, shorty! That's worth an ''[[IMDb:tt0114781|Under Siege 2]]'' collector's spoon!"
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2005-10-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Oct 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_verymean.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Oh! Very mean things...to say. Funny also, too."
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-2005-10-21"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 21 Oct 2005
| [[Mirror:badguy.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''Singers:''' "Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy." ''{entire song}''
| [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-10-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Oct 2005
| [[Mirror:hs_goodtimes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "The good times are over!!"
| [[Bug in Mouth Disease]]
| This quote is a repeat of [[#QW-2005-06-16|16 Jun 2005]] with formatting differences (lowercase letters instead of caps). It was changed the following day.

|- id="QW-2005-10-06"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 06 Oct 2005
| [[Mirror:rocoulm.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Horrible Painting|qod horriblepainting.PNG}}
| '''[[Horrible Painting]]:''' "Come on in heeeeere."
| [[bottom 10]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-09-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Sep 2005
| [[Mirror:geddupnoise.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Geddup Noise|qod 31 - geddup noise.png}}
| The Geddup Noise Indie-tronic Remix by [[The Cheat|DJ Teh Cheat]]
| [[geddup noise]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-09-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Sep 2005
| [[Mirror:sicklysam_mush.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Sickly Sam|qod 28 - 1936 strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Sickly Sam]]:''' "Can you spare any mush for me?"
| [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]]
| This quote was (briefly) duplicated on [[#QW-2007-10-25a|25 Oct 2007]].

|- id="QW-2005-09-15"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 15 Sep 2005
| [[Mirror:reynold_groceries.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Reynold|qod 22 - reynold.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]] as [[Reynold]]:''' "Oh, I really need to go grocery shopping. I wish my girlfriend didn't leave me."
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-09-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Sep 2005
| [[Mirror:hs_petesampras.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "What in [[Wikipedia:Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras]] is going on here?!?"
| [[Cool Things]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-09-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Sep 2005
| [[Mirror:1up_pudding1.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|1-Up|qod 17 - 1up.PNG}}
| '''[[1-Up]]:''' "I want pudding!"
| [[Under Construction]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-08-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Aug 2005
| [[Mirror:marshie_lead.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marshie|qod 10 - marshie.PNG}}
| '''[[Marshie]]:''' "Those rotten little punks next door won't know what hit 'em when you...fill 'em...fulla lead."
| [[Malloween Commercial]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2005-08-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Aug 2005
| [[Mirror:marzy_cooltapes.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marzipan|qod 6 - marzipan.PNG}}
| '''[[Marzipan]]:''' "Ready boys? 1-2-3-4 [[Cool tapes]] are cool 'cause they're where it's at. Cool tapes are cool and we like it like that..." ''{entire song}''
| [[Cool Things]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-08-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Aug 2005
| [[Mirror:cardgage_msamerica.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Senor Cardgage|qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG}}
| '''[[Senor Cardgage]]:''' "My left name is tremendous savings, Ms. America!"
| [[Senorial Day]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-08-04"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 04 Aug 2005
| [[Mirror:cz_dazzlemaze.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]:''' "IT'S DAZZLE-MAZING!!"
| [[Happy Fireworks]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-07-21"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 21 Jul 2005
| [[Mirror:hs_buttdance2.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "buttdance again, like the rhythm's down your pants now!"
| [[bottom 10]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-07-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Jul 2005
| [[Mirror:hs_champeenship.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "A [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes|wagon full of pamcakes]]? In the [[Champeenship]]?! I'd like to see ya try!"
| [[montage]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-06-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Jun 2005
| [[Mirror:bubs_checkitout.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]]:''' "Check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out..." ''{continues}''
| [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]]
| "Check it out" is said 16 times.

|- id="QW-2005-06-23"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 23 Jun 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_hitmeontheslant.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "You bet! Hit me on the slant!"
| [[Senorial Day]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-06-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Jun 2005
| [[Mirror:hs_goodtimesover.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "THE GOOD TIMES ARE OVER!!!"
| [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]
| This quote was repeated [[#QW-2005-10-20|20 Oct 2005]] with formatting differences (lowercase letters instead of caps). It was changed the following day.

|- id="QW-2005-06-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Jun 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_twinkies.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Naw, it can't be heaven. There's not enough [[Wikipedia:Twinkies|Twinkies]]."
| [[Where the Crap Are We?]]
| This quote was never featured on the site. Instead, it was said in "[[Where the Crap Are We?]]", which is an Easter egg in Macromedia Central.

|- id="QW-2005-06-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Jun 2005
| [[Mirror:hom_wedgie.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homsar|qod 9 - homsar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homsar]]:''' "AAAaaaAAh'm the human wedgie!"
| [[origins]]
| This quote is a repeat of the [[#QW-2005-02-17|17 Feb 2005]] quote. Although the two sound bites are identical, the text used in both cases is slightly different. (The first time it was "I'm", whereas the second was "AAAaaaAAh'm").

|- id="QW-2005-05-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 May 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_rampage.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "I'm on a RAMPAGE!!"
| [[rampage]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-04-28"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 28 Apr 2005
| [[Mirror:cz_slipthrufingers.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Coach Z|qod 5 - coach z.PNG}}
| '''[[Coach Z]]:''' "Once again [[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]] slips through our fingers!"
| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-04-21"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 21 Apr 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_dongdling.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' ''{imitating the [[Lappy 486]]'s start-up noise}'' "Dong DIIING!!!"
| [[animal]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-04-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Apr 2005
| [[Mirror:sm_imthehump.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Mad|qod 8 - strong mad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Mad]]:''' "I'M THE HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
| [[other days]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-03-31"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 31 Mar 2005
| [[Mirror:oldhs_doadance.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The Homestar Runner|qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[The Homestar Runner]]:''' "Well, folks, you know what that means: Now I'll do a dance."
| [[20X6 vs. 1936]]
| This quote was repeated on [[#QW-2006-11-30|30 Nov 2006]] with an ellipsis instead of a colon.

|- id="QW-2005-03-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Mar 2005
| [[Mirror:bubs_cornbread.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]] as [[Dr. Christmas]]:''' "Everybody knows me. Mine name Cornbread."
| [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
| Although it isn't identical, this quote is very similar to Bubs's quote for [[#QW-2006-02-16|16 Feb 2006]] ("I got it-I got everything you wan know. Everybody know me, my name Cornbread.").

|- id="QW-2005-03-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Mar 2005
| [[Mirror:kot_donothing.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|The King of Town|qod 7 - the kot.PNG}}
| '''[[The King of Town]]:''' "Stop what? I don't do nothing!"
| [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-03-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Mar 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_ivelostit.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Oh. Why do you...guys...like me anymore. I—I've lost it!"
| [[origins]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2005-02-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Feb 2005
| [[Mirror:crack_geronimo.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Crackotage|qod 21 - crackotage.PNG}}
| '''[[Crackotage]]:''' "Look out below, geronimo! Hee hee HA HA!"
| [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-02-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Feb 2005
| [[Mirror:homsar_wedgie.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homsar|qod 9 - homsar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homsar]]:''' "I'm the human wedgie!"
| [[origins]]
| This quote was repeated on [[#QW-2005-06-02|02 Jun 2005]]. Although the two sound bites are identical, the text used in both cases is slightly different. (The first time it was "I'm", whereas the second was "AAAaaaAAh'm").

|- id="QW-2005-02-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Feb 2005
| [[Mirror:sb_no2people.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Everyone is different. No two people are not on fire. Awww."
| [[kids' book]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-01-27"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 27 Jan 2005
| [[Mirror:bubs_reglavoice.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Powered by The Cheat]] [[Bubs]]:''' "My name's Bubs! This is my regulah voice!"
| [[Sample of Style]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-01-20"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 20 Jan 2005
| [[Mirror:ooncha_all.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Cheerleader|qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG}}
| '''[[Cheerleader]]:''' "We're [[Kissyboots]] and it's nice to meetcha" ''{entire song}''
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|

|- id="QW-2005-01-14"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 14 Jan 2005
| [[Mirror:hom1_pudgy.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homsar|qod 9 - homsar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homsar]]:''' "Alms for the pudgy? Alms for the pudgy?"
| [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-12-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Dec 2004
| [[Mirror:marsh_boogidy.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Marshie|qod 10 - marshie.PNG}}
| '''[[Marshie]]:''' "BOOGIDY BOOGIDY! I'll scare your dad!"
| [[Malloween Commercial]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-12-16"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 16 Dec 2004
| [[Mirror:ss_wa3d.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Sad|qod 3 - strong sad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Sad]] as [[The Deathly Pallor]]:''' "We got another 50 minutes straight of music free commercials comin atcha! Don't you touch that- zabbitablough!"
| [[radio]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2004-12-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Dec 2004
| [[Mirror:bubs_naturalmusk.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Bubs|qod 4 - bubs.PNG}}
| '''[[Bubs]] presumably as [[The Wheelchair]]:''' "I know you're close by, [[Eh! Steve!|Eh, Steve]]. I can smell your natural musk!"
| [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] possible outtake
|

|- id="QW-2004-12-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Dec 2004
| [[Mirror:hs_lilbrudder.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Homestar Runner|qod 1 - homestar.PNG}}
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "[[Li'l Brudder]]! I—I don't know what I'm doing with my life!"
| [[crying]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-11-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Nov 2004
| [[Mirror:qod_sb_crapfullyours.mp3|download]] (mirror)
| {{head|Strong Bad|qod 2 - strong bad.PNG}}
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "I doh du duoh [[crapfully yours]]. ID DO DU DUOH CRAPFULLY YOURS!"
| [[virus]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-11-11"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 11 Nov 2004
| [[Mirror:youreagirl.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' ''{singing the "You're A Girl" song}''
| [[montage]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-11-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Nov 2004
| [[Mirror:bubs_cantdrive.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Bubs]]:''' "Women can't drive!"
| [[Halloween Fairstival]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-10-18"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 18 Oct 2004
| [[Mirror:hs_letmein.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "Let me in, da da da. Let me in!"
| [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-10-07"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 07 Oct 2004
| [[Mirror:hs_thatsbupkis.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "That's bupkis!"
| [[the facts]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-09-30"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 30 Sep 2004
| [[Mirror:hsgirl_likefunny.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Little Girl]]:''' "That sounds like funny!" '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "It ''sounds'' like funny, but it's not."
| [[Homestar vs. Little Girl]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-09-23"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 23 Sep 2004
| [[Mirror:sb_lightrag.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "And I'll just erase it using my... electron... towel."
| [[haircut]] outtake
|

|- id="QW-2004-09-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Sep 2004
| [[Mirror:gunhaver_rro.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Gunhaver]]:''' "Cheat Commandos.. Rock, rock on!"
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-09-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Sep 2004
| [[Mirror:labordaysong_hs.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' Todayborday is Labor Day song
| [[Labor Dabor]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-09-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Sep 2004
| [[Mirror:sbhs_havetojump.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]] & [[Homestar Runner]]''': "Looks like we're gonna have to jump!"
| [[dangeresque 3]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-08-26"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 26 Aug 2004
| [[Mirror:cz_bdhman.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Coach Z]]:''' "It was [[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]]! I knew it!!"
| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-08-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Aug 2004
| [[Mirror:stinko_whatRUdoing.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Stinkoman]]:''' "Hey, [[Sticklyman]], ''whaaaaat'' are you doing?"
| [[Under Construction]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-08-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Aug 2004
| [[Mirror:sb_giftshop.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' ''{click}'' "Don't forget to experience the fury of our gift shooop." ''{click}''
| [[theme park]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-08-05"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 05 Aug 2004
| [[Mirror:wheatgrowssweet.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| Wheat Grows Sweet (2-bit mono internal PC sound song)
| [[Peasant's Quest]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-07-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Jul 2004
| [[Mirror:sb_brudder.zip|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': ''{as Li'l Brudder} '' "I can make it on my own!"
| [[crying]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-07-19"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 19 Jul 2004
| [[Mirror:worm.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:worm.sit|Mac]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[The Worm]]''': "Is a miracle."
| [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-06-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Jun 2004
| [[Mirror:blc_hateusomuch.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:blc_hateusomuch.sit|Mac]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Blue Laser Commander]]''': "I just hate you so much!" (an additional "I just hate you sooo much!" on download)
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-05-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 May 2004
| [[Mirror:cc_theme.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:cc_theme.sit|Mac]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Cheat Commandos]] Theme''': "Cheat Commandos, maybe fighting for freedom, and each is sold separately. Cheat Commandos, they're probably battling evil. Buy all our playsets and toys!"
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-05-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 May 2004
| [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.sit|Mac]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Shinin' up a chicken in the mo'nin', mo'nin'."
| [[lunch special]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-03-22"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 22 Mar 2004
| [[Mirror:larry_fromzeen.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Larry Palaroncini]]''': "We're from the band [[Limozeen]]!"
| [[flashback]] Easter egg
|

|- id="QW-2004-03-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Mar 2004
| [[Mirror:oldaboy2_missvg.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Minor_Teen_Girl_Squad_Characters#Olda_Boys|Olda Boy]]''': "I'm gonna miss video games."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-02-09"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 09 Feb 2004
| [[Mirror:hs_thnikkaman.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Here comes [[The Thnikkaman]]!"
| [[monument]] Easter egg
|

|- id="QW-2004-02-02"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 02 Feb 2004
| [[Mirror:marshie_whatmore.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Marshie]]''': "What more do they want?!!"
| [[Malloween Commercial]]
|

|- id="QW-2004-01-12"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 12 Jan 2004
| [[Mirror:sbz_backoff.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Vector Strong Bad]]''': BACK OFF BABY.
| [[video games]]
|

|- id="QW-2003-12-10"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 10 Dec 2003
| [[Mirror:ss_marzipan.wav|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Marzipan, Marzipan!!!"
| [[caffeine]]
|

|- id="QW-2003-11-03"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 03 Nov 2003
| [[Mirror:hs_grabbinbutt.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "And somebody's a-ga-wabbin' a-my butt."
| [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] multiple takes
|

|- id="QW-2003-09-29"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 29 Sep 2003
| [[Mirror:ss_foodanymore.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "I don't like food anymore"
| [[2 years]]
|

|- id="QW-2003-09-08"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 08 Sep 2003
| [[Mirror:sb_jig.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Strong Bad did a jig while holding all the grapes, and [[The Cheat]] learned to fly!"
| [[kids' book]] ([[strongbad_email.exe|DVD version]]) Easter egg outtake
|

|- id="QW-2003-09-01"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 01 Sep 2003
| [[Mirror:sb_kingmessup.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Ah, the self-proclaimed King of Town. Like you aren't an easy jab for my witty glivers and put-dubs."
| [[labor day]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-2003-08-28"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 28 Aug 2003
| [[Mirror:bubs_sugarspice.wav|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Bubs]]''': "Shake it once! Shake it twice, a-gimme little bit o' sugar spice!"
| [[Bubs's Character Video]]
|

|- id="QW-2003-08-25"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 25 Aug 2003
| [[Mirror:ss_animal.wav|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Sad]]''': "Oh, some animal died."
| [[impression]]; Homestar's impression as actually spoken by Strong Sad
|

|- id="QW-sneak_up_on_a_brotha"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} ?? Jun 2003
| [[Mirror:sb_sneakup.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Jeez, The Cheat, you can't sneak up on a brotha like that!"
| [[privileges]]
|

|- id="QW-2003-03-17"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 17 Mar 2003
| [[Mirror:hs_brutus.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Let's do this like Brutus."
| [[monster truck]]
|

|- id="QW-2002-01-28"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} 28 Jan 2002
| [[Mirror:hs_coldones.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]:''' "I could go for a few [[cold one]]s right about now."
| [[Where My Hat Is At?]]
|

|- id="QW-possums"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_possums.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Possums!"
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]
|

|- id="QW-assaulted"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:k_assaulted.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[The King of Town]]''': "Dwoo hoo! We hoo! Woo! I'm absolutely being assaulted! Woo di dhoo hoo!"
| [[Where's The Cheat?]]
|

|- id="QW-coach_z"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:cz_oachz.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Coach Z]]:''' "My name is Coach Z. Pronounced with an 'oach Z'."
| [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]]
|

|- id="QW-lazy_crap_for_crap"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_crap4crap.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Why you lazy crap for crap!"
| [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]]
|

|- id="QW-quote_of_the_day"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_qod.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "This is the quote of the day!"
| Quote of the Week exclusive
|

|- id="QW-pretty_good_one"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_fart.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': ''{farts}'' "You guys, that was a pretty good one." ''{laughs}''
| Quote of the Week exclusive
|

|- id="QW-check_me_out"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_checkme2.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': "Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
| [[First Time Here?]] (similar)
|

|- id="QW-strong_bad_show"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_sbshow.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''': ''{Singing}'' "This is the Strong Bad show, everybody come on down, there's gonna be lots a guests, and it's gonna be pretty fun, maybe at the end, I'll have a serious moment to talk to you guys, but right now I'm gonna throw a bunch of [[Pie|pies]], at The Cheat!"
| Unknown
|

|- id="QW-bust_a_wicked_solo"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_wickedsolo.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Okay, now I got to bust a wicked solo. ''{a messy acoustic guitar solo is played}'' Thank you, goodnight!"
| [[vacation]]
|

|- id="QW-a_belle"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:hs_imabelle.wav|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "I'm a belle!"
| [[halloweener]]
|

|- id="QW-pee_my_pants"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:hs_peepants.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Homestar Runner]]''': "Seriously, [[Pom Pom]], I'm about to pee my [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]]."
| [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]
|

|- id="QW-vacation_outtake"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_clockmessup.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "It's that cloc—" '''[[Mike Chapman]]:''' "Sorry."
| [[vacation]] blooper
|

|- id="QW-pretty_impressed"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_impressive.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "Pretty impressive, huh? I bet you're pretty impressed."
| [[Homestar Quiz]]
|

|- id="QW-the_very_strongest"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_strongest.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "I am the very strongest. You guys are not very strong."
| [[original book]] line
|

|- id="QW-matt"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| [[Mirror:sb_matt.mp3|download]] (mirror)
|
| '''[[Strong Bad]]:''' "MATT!!"
| [[50 emails]]
|

|- id="QW-guitar_solo"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| None
|
| The Wicked Guitar Solo
| [[personal favorites]]
|

|- id="QW-the_only_girl"
| {{hcount|QOW Dates}} Unknown
| None
|
| '''[[Marzipan]]:''' "I'm the only girl"
| [[Who Said What Now?]]
|
|}

== Fun Facts ==
*Occasionally, some quotes are used twice:
**[[#QW-2005-02-17|17 Feb 2005]] | [[#QW-2005-06-07|07 Jun 2005]]
**[[#QW-2005-06-16|16 Jun 2005]] | [[#QW-2005-10-20|20 Oct 2005]]
**[[#QW-2005-03-25|25 Mar 2005]] | [[#QW-2006-02-16|16 Feb 2006]]
**[[#QW-2005-03-31|31 Mar 2005]] | [[#QW-2006-11-30|30 Nov 2006]]
**[[#QW-2005-09-22|22 Sep 2005]] | [[#QW-2007-10-25a|25 Oct 2007]]

*When using a [[Quote of the Week Character Heads|character head]] that hasn't been added yet, Homestar's head is used until the appropriate character's head is uploaded. This has happened several times.
*If there is a problem finding the [[Secret Pages XML Source#Weeklies XML File|weeklies XML file]], the text (which has no sound) is Homestar saying:<blockquote>"Oh Haldo! This is my funniest word style ever times that I've said! Hope all is on to it even more lately! And I wish the chicken & msg place was open on Somedays"</blockquote>This makes references to [[Peasant's Quest]] ([[Unusual Greetings#Haldo|Haldo]]), [[for kids]] ([[all is on]]), [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] (MSG), and [[monster truck]] (Somedays).
*The text can also be:<blockquote>"Oh Hello! This is my funniest word style ever that I said! Hope you're into it!"</blockquote>

==See Also==
*[[Quote of the Week Character Heads]]

==External Links==
*Click on the Q on any [[HR:{{randommainpage}}.html|Main Page]] to see the most recent quote.
*[[HR:qod.swf|view the Flash file for the current quote]]
*[[HR:weeklies/weeklies.xml|view weeklies.xml]] – This file dictates what caption and character image are displayed with the quote and is also used for the [[Weekly Fanstuff]] and weekly [[Sketchbook]] features.

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[[Category: Regular Updates]]

Ow! My X!

2016-10-07T12:58:54Z

Bde1982: I removed a period because the exclamation mark within the quote ends the sentence.

[[Image:404'd.png|thumb|"Ow! My browser!"]]
After a [[Teen Girl Squad]] member gets attack[['d]], she usually says something following the format '''"Ow! My X!"''' to describe the affliction, even though the subject of the exclamation usually isn't a body part at all.

==Appearances==
===In Teen Girl Squad===
*'''Debut:''' Email [[comic]]/[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]] — [[The Ugly One]] exclaims "Ow! My skin!" after she gets [[Arrow'd Guy|Arrowed]].
**[[404'd]] — The Ugly One's word balloon from the scene is altered to read, "Ow! My browser!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] — After The Ugly One gets "MSG'd", she exclaims, "Ow! My stomach lining!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — [[Cheerleader]] kicks [[So and So]] while they try to talk to older boys, causing So and So to scream, "Ow! My hopes of reaching [[Making Out|1st base]]!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[What's Her Face]] gets her torso, arms, and head eaten by a shark and exclaims, "Ow! My most of me!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Cheerleader's last words as the Learner Permit Girl runs her over are, "Ow! My entire life!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] — Cheerleader screams "Ahh! My tan lines!" as a [[voip]] from shirtless [[Science Fiction Greg]] blinds her.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] — After the Arrow'd Guy kills The Ugly One with a voodoo doll, she exclaims, "Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — As Snack Mix hits What's Her Face, she says, "Ow! My [[style]]! Or, lack thereof."
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] — As [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Scantron|Scantron]] explodes, So and So complains "Aah! My secret weakness!"
*[[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad]] — Cheerleader screams "Ow! My lack of familiarity with Greek mythology!" as she is turned to stone by Medusa.
*[[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad]] — When one of the girls gets attacked by two symbolic [[snake]]s, she says, "Ow! My iconic representation!" As one of the girls gets hit by a meteor, she exclaims, "Ow! My global climate change!"
*[[4 Gregs]] — After his escort website gets "[[Internet Slang|haxxored]]", [[Tompkins]] says "Ow! all my [[Singular Instead of Plural|client]]!"

===Other===
*Email [[privileges]] — When The Cheat drills Strong Sad off-screen, Strong Sad can be heard saying "Ow! Both my face and hands!"
*Email [[rated]] — Strong Bad remarks, "Ow. My pension." while pretending to be old enough to watch a RRR-rated movie.
*Email [[your edge]] — Strong Bad pretends his eye fell out, shouting "Ow! My eye!"
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Homestar Runner exclaims, "Ow! My snot!" after everyone is launched out the window by the banana peel.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad exclaims, "Ow! My freedom!" while [[The Municipality]] fits an explosive collar around his neck.
*[[20X6 vs 1936]] — [[Old Timey Homestar]] shoots a spitwad in [[Stinkoman]]'s eye and Stinkoman exclaims "Ow! My eye! It's like my eye! It hurts so bad!"

==See Also==
*[[Made-Up Body Parts]]

[[Category:Word running gags]][[Category:Variable word running gags]]