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2011-01-18T18:33:23Z

Discofreakboot:

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Hello, world... or at least, the other people in the world who go on this website.

business trip

2011-01-18T18:31:54Z

Discofreakboot: /* Inside References */

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[[Image:business trip thumb.png|thumb|200px|"I think I heard a bear rustling in the woods!"]]
Strong Bad is asked if he ever does anything serious, so he and Homestar go on a business trip.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Strong Mad}} (voice only)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Bar]], [[The King of Town's Castle]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, October 15, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:41 [[TV Time Toons Menu|official]], 4:06 actual

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' When I was sixteen I sold all my emails and hit the road.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: have you ever? PLEASE!!</div>
Have you ever made a sbmail about a business trip or<br />
something serious? think about it.<br />
<br />
-ROXY~VA
</blockquote>
''{pronounces "sbmail" as written. The "~" is accompanied by a sound like a cassette tape playing unevenly}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I think we should ''seriously'' talk about your name, Roxy. I'm afraid your career choices may be limited to a Limozeen groupie or maybe an American Gladiator. ''{clears screen}'' Something involving you wearing scantily clothes. You don't meet too many Professors of Women Studies named Roxy. As for business trips, The Cheat and I are being sent to a conference in a just a few seconds here. ''{stops typing}'' The Cheat, you ready to ro'?

''{cut to wider shot of Homestar Runner standing next to Strong Bad's computer}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sure am, Sam!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, you're not The Cheat.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nah, not any more. The Cheat got promoted to ''{cut to a portrait of The Cheat in a business suit}'' Junior Executive Of Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I've been trying to get that job for years.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, it's just going to be me and you. Sleepin' out under the stars. Roasting some ''{in his old voice}'' a-marshmallows.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, this is a ''business'' trip, not a camping trip.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Oh, I see. I guess I shouldn't have brought these, then. ''{Pan over to a stack of cans marked "Pork [[b/w]] Beans"}''

''{Diamond iris out to The Field, next to a sign that reads "Annual Symposium Conference Lecture Seminar Series Registration"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. We got to start talking loudly about our business trip, so that everyone around us knows we're on a business trip. ''{speaking a little louder}'' Uh, continental breakfast? More like, ''in''-continental blech-fast. ''{As he says "blech," the top and bottom of his mouth wiggle}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' Yeah, seal the deal! ''{wider shot with Homestar wearing the pork b/w beans cans on his feet}'' Seal the deal!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, what are those jangles? ''{Close up of the cans}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, airport security. You know how it is these days. Roll my eyes. ''{Homestar's eye highlights rotate}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, hurry up. We've got to get there before the keynote starts so we can ditch out five minutes after the keynote starts.

''{push wipe to Strong Sad wearing [[cool shades|glasses]] and holding a clip board. He is standing on the soapbox, but one of his feet has punched through the top.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{flatly}'' Welcome to Reducing Your Business's Carbon Footprint Is Not A Matter of Buying Everyone Smaller Shoes. Please allow me to begin.

''{Reverse shot to Strong Bad and Homestar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's our cue. ''{they sneak out}''

''{Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ...And we'll go ahead and break for lunch.

''{Diamond iris out to The Bar, medium shot of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, there's nothing like a couple of ice cold Expen$e Account Ones while on a business trip.

''{Cut to a wide shot of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar is wearing six lanyards.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Boy, I'll say. I've been going nuts with our lanyard per diem.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see what's next on the itinerary. ''{Cut to the itinerary. As items are checked off, check marks appear.}'' Take off wedding rings, check. Complain about hotel mattress, check. Talk about how our dogs are killing us...''{squiggly line appears}'' we're not quite there yet. Collect dry twigs for kindling? ''{This is written in blue ink, with a silly picture of Homestar drawn next to it}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off-screen}'' That's a check.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Meet hot female executives for drinks. ''{Cut back to Homestar and Strong Bad. Strong Bad looks around.}'' Um... mostly check? Oh crap! ''{Cut back to the checklist. "Mostly check" is a check made from a dotted line}'' we've got to seal the deal with the foreign conglomerate in ten minutes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Homestar has leapt into Strong Bad's arms}'' And not a moment too soon! I think I heard a bear rustling in the woods!

''{Iris out to The King of Town's castle. A gong is heard. The King of Town is wearing a tag saying "Foreign Conglomerate"}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' All right, gentlemen, this is how this is going to go down. I'm gonna write a number on this piece of paper.

''{Reverse shot to Homestar and Strong Bad. The King of Town slides the paper with an obvious bulge to the pair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, King, you wrote a piece of lasagna on this piece of paper.

''{Cut back to The King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' And I ain't budging! Now, where are those units?

''{Reverse shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What units? I thought we just here to seal the deal.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, Strong Bad wouldn't let me bring all of them. But I did manage to smuggle these two ''{holds up the Pork b/w Beans cans}'' past airport security.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the sense-make?

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' All right, I'll take it! You boys drive a soft bargain. Poopsmith! Prepare the bathtub!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, cramp my style. We sealed the deal! Go ahead, Homestar. You— you've earned it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Homestar puts his feet up on the table}'' My dogs are killing me!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But the real reason for business trips is to buy last minute peanut brittle and crappy souvenirs from airport gift shops for your kids!

''{Cut to the Cheat on the computer table, with a windup airplane that says "I ♥ St. Louis" floating in a fish bowl}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, see, it's an airplane! That swims! And loves St. Louis!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{annoyed The Cheat noises and then walks off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fine, then. Strong Mad will appreciate it.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' NO I WON'T!

''{The airplane sinks and [[New Paper]] comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The peanut brittle could've swam better than that.

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Last Minit Peanut Brittle.png|thumb|"We Really Just Made It!"]]
*Click on the "mostly check" check mark to see an assortment of hockey player [[Trading Cards#From business trip|trading cards]] for Jeu'realo Mostlycheck, Claudglaun Sortacheck, and Reneejeue Kindacheck.
*Click on "peanut brittle" as Strong Bad types it to see a box of "Last Minit Peanut Brittle".
*Click on [[The Spirit of St. Louis]] at the end to see an advertisement for "[[Cold One|Expen$e Account Ones]]".
*:'''ANNOUNCER:''' Cool, refreshing Expen$e Account Ones make everything go down smooth. Including that moron from delivereceivables they sent you on the road with. Yes, that's right, he just made a "You Go Girl" joke.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia: Breakfast#Continental breakfast|continental breakfast]] typically consists of juice, coffee, tea, pastries and fruit. Many hotels have such breakfasts available at no charge for guests.
*Incontinence is the inability to control urination or defecation.
*A [[Wikipedia:carbon footprint|carbon footprint]] is the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by a product or service, or in this case, a company.
*"[[Wikipedia:Per diem|Per diem]]", a Latin term meaning "for each day", is the amount of money a business allows their employees to spend each day to cover work-related living and traveling expenses.
*"My dogs are killing me" is slang for "My feet hurt".
*"Take off wedding rings" on the itinerary refers to the tendency of some business people on the road to remove their wedding rings to hide the fact that they are married from other people they might meet.

===Trivia===
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#ballistix|ballistix]]".
*The [[Podstar Runner]] description for this email reads, "Strong Bad shows off how he rolls on a business trip with Homestar."
[[Image:AtOff.png|thumb|200px|Off-center @ symbol]]

===Remarks===
*Though the cans of pork b/w beans are curved, the text on the labels remains straight.
*In the [[New Stuff]] preview, the cans strapped to Homestar's feet lack the labels they do in the toon itself.

===Goofs===
*The indentations usually caused by clicking on the Lappy's screen are missing in this email.
*The phrase "In 10 Minutes" is misspelled "In 10 Mintues" on Strong Bad's itinerary.
*The @ sign on [[New Paper]] is off center on its key.
**This was fixed in the podcast version.
*The soapbox Strong Sad is standing on has a line going out the side.

===Glitches===
*When Homestar flicks his head back when he says "Seal the deal" the first time, his outline is protruded by a large white box. This is due to his blinking eyes animation continuing to loop under his closed eyes. Also the very bottom of his open eye animation pokes out of the bottom of the box, and continues to disappear at the same rate his eyes usually blink.

===Inside References===
*Homestar states that he isn't The Cheat anymore, referring to [[do over]].
**Additionally, the exclamation Homestar uses, "Sure am, [[Sam]]!", is a phrase used by The Cheat during an online chat in [[i she be]].
*During the scene with Strong Sad, the boredom music from [[slumber party]] is playing.
*The [[soapbox]] now reads: "Fifteen [[Type]]s"
*Homestar mentions eating "[[pork]] [[b/w]] [[beans]]" in both [[helium]] and [[Arcade Game]].
*One of Homestar's passes reads "[[LEMKE]]". Also, the pennant reading "LEMKE!" is just visible on the wall of The Bar.
*The "Last Minit Peanut Brittle" box mirrors the "Not-So-Thin Mints" box seen in [[rough copy]].
*The hat and briefcase in the Expense Account Ones Easter egg were previously seen in [[montage]].
*Delivereceivables is a [[portmanteau]].
*The Cheat's job position holds another instance of [[Not X]].
*The music playing in the background while Strong Bad goes over the itinerary is Coach Z and Bubs' jam from [[cheatday]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:American Gladiators|American Gladiators]], one of Strong Bad's suggestions for Roxy's career path, was a television show where contestants would compete against each other in various athletic contests while muscle-bound "Gladiators" attempted to frustrate their progress. The gladiators were given one-word names that bordered on "Remarkably Cheesy". Some notable examples are: Blaze, Bronco, Diamond, Ice, Thunder, Turbo, Storm, Tower, Viper, Elektra, Havoc, Tank and Thor.
*The Expen$e Account Ones commercial is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Miller Brewing Company|Miller High Life]] commercials.
*The [[Wikipedia:Spirit of St. Louis|Spirit of St. Louis]] made the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.
*"You— you've earned it" is a quote from the movie ''[[Ghostbusters]]''. Peter Venkman (played by [[Wikipedia:Bill Murray|Bill Murray]]) delivers the line while rewarding Egon Spengler (played by [[Wikipedia:Harold Ramis|Harold Ramis]]) with a candy bar for discovering how to "catch a ghost and hold it indefinitely".

==DVD Version==
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=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Puppet Character Variations#Puppet Homestar Runner|Puppet Homestar]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mike, you and I have been on many business trips together.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, it's the Homestar puppet, everyone.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right! Can you hear my— Hear me smack 'em! ''{the puppet "snaps" into the mic}'' That's my mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Your gums?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yep.

'''MIKE:''' Teeth?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Flappin' my... felts. I call it "flappin' the felt"!

'''MIKE:''' Um.. yeah. So you usually travel in a duffle bag, and Matt stuffs all his clothes inside the puppet so it doesn't get all crumbly.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I got to maintain my shape!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, that's right.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sometimes, I get a crinkle body.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Uh-huh.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I get crinkle bodied. That's bad news.

''{pause}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, we got sent to a conferences all the time, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Uh, a couple times.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's you and me, because Strong Bad— that Strong Bad puppet is ''too'' heavy. And cumbersome.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Very cumbersome and heavy. I like your puppet.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did you have to get that little plaque custom made for The Cheat there?

'''MIKE:''' I did. Up at the trophy shop. Suburban Trophy Shop upstairs.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I bet that was— what do you call it? I bet it was ''die'' cut.

'''MIKE:''' It did need to be die cut. That's an extra ''four'' dollars.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, dang.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, so, Mike. When we travel, we like to expense everything, right?

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I keep the receipts.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' Um... what sort of stuff do we expense that maybe we shouldn't?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man. One time, I got a, I got a free toothbrush from the hotel lobby.

'''MIKE:''' Okay...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The kind that has toothpaste in the handle.

'''MIKE:''' That exists?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, yeah!

'''MIKE:''' I didn't know about that...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's really bad.

'''MIKE:''' But you said it was free.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' And so, is that...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' I expensed it out! It looked like an expensive piece of toothbrushery!''

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Well, it was free!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' I said it cost twelve-ninety five!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, I see.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' That's pretty clever.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And then another time, I did something totally different, where I got the free razor from the front desk of the hotel.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Kinda the same thing, but you charged...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And it was— No, it was completely different thing. And it was a razor.

'''MIKE:''' Twelve ninety-five?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No! I broke it! Yeah, right in front of the guy's face. I was like, "Can I have one of those free razors?" And the guy said "Excuse me, sir. Oh, yeah. Absolutely." And he gave it to me.

'''MIKE:''' He said "excuse me, sir" after you asked him a question; he said, "Excuse me, sir"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's how they—

'''MIKE:''' That's not an appropriate response.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's politeness! It's how they talk at the front desk! They start every sentence with "Excuse me, sir"! It's in the employee handbook.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And, um...

'''MIKE:''' Did you expense the dry kindling?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes. I did. I went in and I sent all those, um— what do you call them? Lanyards?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Lanyards. Yep.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I sent all those lanyards to eBay.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Just sent them to eBay?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Huh?

'''MIKE:''' What did they do with them?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno!

'''MIKE:''' Maybe they just threw them in the trash.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' It was a donation and I wrote it off.

'''MIKE:''' Wow.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' See, you really need to get me to tax you down.

'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckling}'' I will hire you to be my tax you down man next April.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right! Look at all that grease from that ol' lasagna ''{pronounced la-ZAN-ya}''.

''{pause}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{when Homestar on screen holds up the Pork b/w Beans in the King of Town's castle}'' Yeah, that was— It was like you said, Mike. Stuff those things inside the body.

'''MIKE:''' To hold the shape.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' To hold my girlish figure. Um...

'''MIKE:''' What else about business trips? I've never been on one, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, you better look out.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I did one.

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yep.

'''MIKE:''' Did you have to go on any—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know what you do?

'''MIKE:''' —client dinners?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No one is going to ask you about the conference you were suppose to have gone to.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, you can just wander around all day.

'''MIKE:''' Oh. Down at the fish market, maybe?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' In Seattle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, remember that guy, he'd swim, he's a big long flipper swim?

'''MIKE:''' Scuba Man.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why didn't nobody's dad bring that back?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' I'll bring one back to you next time.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks.

===Fun Facts===

*The fish market in Seattle to which Mike refers is likely [[Wikipedia:Pike Place Market|Pike Place Market]], a famous landmark. This farmer's market has several seafood sellers prominently located.

==External Links==
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User:Discofreakboot

2007-06-24T05:40:22Z

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2007-05-22T03:35:23Z

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[[Image:Apple-mine-PS.png|thumb|My version of the Apple logo, done in Photoshop.]]
Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 172 emails, leaving only one more until we finally see whether or not this happens. However, it should be noted, that at the end of email #172, the paper shows bad signs, which could be foreshadowing of its certain end in the next email.

I thought [[The Paper]] may have had something to do with the [[DNA evidence]], but as of email 171, [[underlings]], the recurring mention of it has disappeared. Also, the saga of DNA Evidence was finally concluded with a toon.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-05-16T17:37:31Z

Discofreakboot: /* Countdown to The Paper's Replacement */

[[Image:Apple-mine-PS.png|thumb|My version of the Apple logo, done in Photoshop.]]
Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 171 emails, leaving only two more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I thought [[The Paper]] may have had something to do with the [[DNA evidence]], but as of email 171, [[underlings]], the recurring mention of it has disappeared. Also, the saga of DNA Evidence was finally concluded with a toon.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-05-07T16:31:01Z

Discofreakboot: /* Countdown to The Paper's Replacement */

[[Image:Apple-mine-PS.png|thumb|My version of the Apple logo, done in Photoshop.]]
Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 171 emails, leaving only two more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I thought [[The Paper]] may have had something to do with the [[DNA evidence]], but as of email 171, [[underlings]], the recurring mention of it has disappeared.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-05-07T16:28:31Z

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2007-04-16T20:24:29Z

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2007-04-10T04:57:09Z

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2007-04-10T04:56:49Z

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2007-04-10T04:45:09Z

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2007-04-10T04:44:04Z

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2007-04-10T04:41:52Z

Discofreakboot:

Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:40:56Z

Discofreakboot:

[[Image:[http://forum.hrwiki.org/images/avatars/1278974655461aede397606.png]]]Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:39:41Z

Discofreakboot:

[[Image:|thumb]]
Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:39:18Z

Discofreakboot:

[[Image:http://forum.hrwiki.org/images/avatars/1278974655461aede397606.png|thumb]]
Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:36:55Z

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User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:35:24Z

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Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png]]
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:32:33Z

Discofreakboot: /* Countdown to The Paper's Replacement */

Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the [[DNA evidence]]. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T04:30:22Z

Discofreakboot:

Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

==Countdown to The Paper's Replacement==
In the email [[montage]], at the end it stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173..." which, as of this date, remains to be seen. There are currently 169 emails, leaving only four more until we finally see whether or not this happens.

I say [[The Paper]] has something to do with the DNA evidence. We'll see.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T03:24:48Z

Discofreakboot:

Hello.

I like Apple Computers, editing videos, programming websites, and watching TV.

I'm currently attending ITT Technical Institute for the CNS program.

User:Discofreakboot

2007-04-10T03:23:16Z

Discofreakboot:

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Cheatware

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[[Image:Cheatware.png|thumb|Cheatware ver. 2.1]]
Cheatware is software compiled by [[The Cheat]] that allows one [[Strong Bad]] to get around firewalls or other filters set up at the office so he can check his email, as well as possible use of anything else blocked by the filter.

Cheatware

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Cheatware

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from work

2007-04-10T03:11:28Z

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[[Image:from work.png|thumb|"Hey! How come your imagination's working?"]]

Strong Bad answers an email from work.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}

'''Places:''' [[The Office]]

{{Comp|Corpy NT6}}

'''Date:''' April 9, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:24

'''Page Title:''' Corpy NT6!

==Transcript==
''{Close-up of the lower half of Strong Bad's face. He holds his hand over his mouth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voce}'' Shhh! Shut up, you guys! I'm checkin' email from work today, and I can't let The Man know what I'm up to!

''{Cut to Strong Bad typing on a computer with a grey monitor that reads "Corpy NT6"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, tiptoe your fingers 'cross the keyboard for the quietest email you can check.

''{A buzzer is heard. An error message with a picture of a hand blocking a basketball appears with the text "BLOCKED! Back to work, drone!" The box shakes when the buzzer plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, man. They got everything blocked now. Even those awesome pop-up insurance ads with the cool mini-games in 'em. I tasered that gnome like ten times! ''{stops typing}'' Good thing The Cheat hooked me up with this Cheatware!

''{Strong Bad holds up a yellow 3.5" diskette with black spots; the label reads "Cheatware ver. 2.1" and has an ASCII-like* drawing of The Cheat. He puts it in the computer. The text "Grandmaw Edgar's Corporate Firewall Get-Arounder" appears on the screen with a picture of an old woman and a brick wall. The screen changes to an animation of the old woman pole vaulting over the wall into an envelope.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, pixel-Granny! Undermine those corporate oppressors on witcha bad self! ''{brings up email}''


<blockquote class="lappy email">
Dear Strong Bad,<br>
If you could have any job in the whole<br>
world, regardless of how much it pays, what<br>
would you have?<br>
From The Nitwon
<div></div>
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "The Nitwon" as "The Nittle One"}}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You ask like I haven't told you guys a million times... ''{drumroll sounds; Strong Bad clears screen}'' I'd be a 2nd 2nd Assistant Space Whale Scrubber! ''{"tada" sound effect; the words "Space Whale Scrubber" flash in many colors}'' Cause  those are the ones that get to wear that glittery pantsuit and use a lazormop to scrub all the nudules and crudules off the whale's dorsal ridge! ''{Crickets chirp. Strong Bad looks around.}'' Umm, shouldn't we be seeing some of this by now?

'''BUBS:''' ''{offscreen}'' Baghh!

''{Cut to view of Bubs standing behind Strong Bad, who is facing him}''

'''BUBS:''' Sorry, Strong Bad! The suits had me install a firewall on your imagination! All that free thinking was wasting the company's cost money!

''{Close up of Strong Bad's face}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's it! I am totally never gonna quit this job but start complaining about it a little bit more!

''{Back to view Strong Bad and Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, I'd better get back to tasering that gnome! Err, I mean, upgrading the taser in that gnome! Server!

''{return to view of Strong Bad in front of the Corpy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, I guess I could try and describe it using work approved methods. ''{clears screen, brings up a blank graph}'' Let's see: ''{types, the words appear in red above the graph}'' Why 2nd 2nd Assistant Space-Whale Scrubber is My Dream Job. Twenty percent pantsuit ''{a green bar comes up from the bottom of the graph with "20%" written on it and "pantsuit" written under it}'', seventeen percent space-whale proximity... ''{a shorter purple bar comes up with "17%" written on it and "space-whale proximity" written under it}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey, cube neighbor!

''{Cut to Strong Sad looking at Strong Bad over the side of his cubicle}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' My work staysh is asking me if I want to log off or log out. Which one do I choose?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pffft! Stupid temp. You don't know the difference between logging off and logging out?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, no. Back when I was in charge of the schwa sound at dictionary.com they used to...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' Look, just hold down escape, control, tab, alt, both shifts, num lock and the little squiggly until your screen turns blue. Then, stare at it until your shift ends.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, thanks!

''{Strong Sad Goes back down into his own cubicle. Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the Corpy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay. Back to the, back to the sbemail. Let's talk about dorsal ridges!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You wanna know what—

''{Cut to Homestar Runner behind Strong Bad}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''my'' dream job would be?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No. I mean, no. I mean, no.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd be the guy—

''{Cut to a shot of blue sky with clouds}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''—that flies around ''{Homestar Runner falls onto and starts riding a large flying goldfish}'' on that big plastic goldfish, painting the clouds with an oversized novelty toothbrush!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! How come your imagination's working?

''{Cut back to Homestar Runner and Strong Bad}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I got admin privileges! It helps when you're best friends with the Big Cheese!

''{Zoom out; Pom Pom is behind Homestar with sunglasses above his eyes and carrying a bicycle with the text "[...]IG CHEESE"}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Agh! ''{jumps, turns around}'' The Big Cheese!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{bends over with a sad look}'' Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Right away, sir. Hallelujah, sir. ''{Pom Pom and Homestar Runner begin to walk offscreen}'' I'll have that DNA evidence on your desk by five.

''{Back to Strong Bad in front of the Corpy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nevermind, Nitwit. Checking sbemails at the office is not worth the trouble. I dunno how all those bloggers do it. Oh well. I guess I'd better get back to woik.

''{Screen clears; a message appears saying "Would you like to:"; there are two buttons, one that says "Log off", one that says "Log out"}''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbles, typing noises}'' 'Scape... tab... squiggly... ''{with each type, a word appears onscreen: "esc.ctrl.tab.alt.shift.shift.numlock.~.<"}''

'''{Compy 386 startup/Flagrant System Error sound; blue screen with the words "TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR" and "Oh you are SOOOO not gonna work here again!" comes up. The Paper comes down.}''

''{After about 7 seconds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, gonna be a long one. I haven't even taken my first sit-in-the-men's-room-and-play-Tetris-for-an-hour break yet.

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Taser gnome.PNG|thumb|Low rates and percent signs]]
*Click on the [[Dullard]] when Strong Sad appears to bring up a Dullard comic.
*Click on "work" at the end after Strong Bad's comment in order to play "Taser the Gnome For Low Rates."

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewall]] is meant to protect a computer from unwanted connections.
*A [[Wikipedia:Temporary work|temp]] is a short-term worker.
*A [[Wikipedia:Blog|blog]], or "weblog", is a journal-like user generated website.
*[[Wikipedia:The Man|The Man]] is a term from the 60's used to describe corporate leaders and people with significant influence in the lives of their subordinates, i.e., politicians or office managers. It is often associated with a negative connotation, as 60's movements which used the term tended to resist the influence of men and women who could be considered "The Man."
*"Insurance games" is a reference to online advertisements from companies, like LowerMyBills.com and FreePay, that feature Flash-based games which lead to the company's website when played.
*The screen turning blue is a reference to the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#System Errors|Blue Screen of Death]], a [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] system error screen.
*A [[Wikipedia:Schwa|schwa]] is an unstressed, neutral vowel sound, represented by an ə (an upside down e).
*The squiggly (~) is known as the [[Wikipedia:Tilde|tilde]].
*"Corpy" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of [[Wikipedia:Corporation|corporation]] and [[Compy 386|Compy]].

===Remarks===
*The sound made by the computer when the [[Cheatware]] disk is put in is the noise made by many old 5.25" floppy drives. This was also heard in [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Peasant's Quest]], and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]. 
*The tune to the opening email song that this email has is similar to that of [[trading cards]].
*Several lights can be seen in the Corpy's reflection.
*The ASCII-like image of The Cheat is not possible to make with ASCII. Parenthesis are used sideways, and the characters do not align correctly with a fixed width font.

===Goofs===
*The Dullard comic is not visibly attached to the wall in any way, as the thumbtack does not actually go through the comic.
*When Strong Sad ducks back into his cubicle, he disappears too quickly.

===Inside References===

*This is the fifth email running to mention [[DNA Evidence]].
*Strong Sad previously said "staysh" in [[Missing Lappy]].
*This is another program of the [[Edgar]] family.
*Using a lazormop to scrub all the nudules and crudules off the space whale's dorsal ridge is another example of [[Lasers]].
*One of the items in Bubs's tool belt is a [[Permanent Marker|permanent marker]].
*Bubs spoke of The Man in [[Cool Things]].
*When the Cheatware is working, it shows a Granny Pole Vaulting. As she clears the wall, a tune similar to the theme for King Bubsgonzolla Supreme.(see [[unnatural]] or [[Bubs]])

===Real-World References===
*[http://dictionary.reference.com Dictionary.com] is an actual online dictionary.
*Products advertised in the Taser the Gnome easter egg are a [[Wikipedia:XBox|Microsoft Xbox]], a [[Wikipedia:iPod (5G)|Fifth Generation iPod]], and a [[Wikipedia:PlayStation Portable|PlayStation Portable (PSP)]], all common "prizes" for playing the game ads which the Gnome Tasering game is parodying.
*[[Wikipedia:Tetris|Tetris]] is an extremely well-known and often imitated video game created by [[Wikipedia:Alexey Pajitnov|Alexey Pajitnov]], and has been ported to several video game consoles. It is one of the most popular games on cellular phones, which may be how Strong Bad plays it in the bathroom.
*The "Corpy [[Wikipedia:Windows NT|NT6]]" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Windows_Vista|Windows Vista]], which is Windows NT [[Wikipedia:Windows NT#Releases|version 6]].

==External Links==
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Cheatware

2007-04-10T03:08:40Z

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Cheatware

2007-04-10T03:07:43Z

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[[Image:Cheatware.png|thumb|Cheatware ver. 2.1]]
Cheatware is software compiled by [[The Cheat]] that allows one [[Strong Bad]] to get around firewalls or other filters set up at the office so he can check his email, and possibly use anything else blocked by the filter.

Talk:Cheatware

2007-04-10T03:05:50Z

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==Deletion==
This is all pretty much covered in [[Edgar#Grandmaw Edgar]]. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 02:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, that may be, but this is the first time The Cheat has compiled a collection of software for Strong Bad. It's entirely possible there are other utilities on that disk.

I don't think we've seen the last of Cheatware.

Talk:Cheatware

2007-04-10T03:05:19Z

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Cheatware

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[[Image:Cheatware.png|thumb|]]
Cheatware is software compiled by [[The Cheat]] that allows one [[Strong Bad]] to get around firewalls or other filters set up at the office so he can check his email, and possibly use anything else blocked by the filter.

File:Cheatware.png

2007-04-10T02:58:49Z

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== Summary ==
Cheatware.
== Licensing ==
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Cheatware

2007-04-10T02:55:32Z

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Cheatware is software compiled by [[The Cheat]] that allows one [[Strong Bad]] to get around firewalls or other filters set up at the office so he can check his email, and possibly use anything else blocked by the filter.

Cheatware

2007-04-10T02:53:55Z

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Cheatware is software that allows one Strong Bad to get around firewalls or other filters set up at the office so he can check his email, and possibly use anything else blocked by the filter.

your funeral

2007-03-29T04:02:02Z

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[[Image:Sbemail168.png|thumb|"Shut up, lady! Peaceful is ''not'' how I roll!"]]

Strong Bad makes plans for his funeral.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Visitation Room, [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, March 12, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Strong Bad, how you gonna check that email? With my boxing gloves, with my boxing gloves!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: funeral</div>
Dear Screaming Yellow Strong Bad,<br>
What do you think your funeral would be like?<br>
Sincerely Yours,<br>
Bibendum
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh man, Addendum. My funeral's going to be off all of the following: the hook, the chain, the charts, the grid, and most importantly, the wagon. ''{clears screen}'' First, I'll have to deal with the most difficult decision a newlydead faces: what to do with my stinking, rotten remains. I don't want to be just lying there surrounded by sweet-smelling flowers—

''{Cut to Strong Bad with his eyes blacked out and paler skin lying surrounded by flowers in a coffin with the word "COUGHIN'" on the side. Organ music is heard. Behind him is a noticeably fat person wearing a ducky shirt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —and sweat-smelling followers.

'''OLD LADY:''' Oh, he looks ''so'' peaceful.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head}'' Shut up, lady! Peaceful is ''not'' how I roll.

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's why I'm gonna be taxidoimied! Nothing sums up my life's achievements quite like my stuffed corpse—

''{Cut to a white background. Strong Bad is standing on a log that says "Yosemite National Park" and holding a cougar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —suplexing a cougar. ''{high voice}'' Mrow! ''{normally}'' It'll be kept in a place of honor for ''{fade to Marzipan's house}'' all the world to want to make out with.

''{Homestar Runner enters from the right with a brown hat and jacket; he hangs them on the Strong Bad statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, I'm home!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{leaning in from the left}'' Did you find the DNA evidence?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not yet, but I'm getting close!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, maybe I'll just preserve myself fetal pig-style in a mason jar filled with the salty tears—

''{Cut to a jar filled with a liquid looking like water with a mostly-preserved Strong Bad inside. The corpse is missing several pieces of flesh and has an exposed ribcage.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of all the heartbroken private school girls that will pine-uh for me-uh.

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That way, there'll be something left to re-animate once the zombie uprising cometh. In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm. ''{clears screen}'' And while I'm a big fan of the classic ''{sings to the tune of Chopin's funeral march}'' "dunh-dunh-da-dunh-Dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh," ''{normally}'' my funeral dirge would be written and performed by Taranchula!!

''{Cut to the Field. Strong Sad is wearing a black tie and carrying the jar containing Strong Bad's remains. Metal music begins to play.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Ooh hoo ha ha haaa.

''{Pan out; Strong Sad and the jar are silhouetted and The Cheat is following behind, whipping Strong Sad with a whip. Strong Mad and Bubs follow.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{singing}'' Brother in a jar! Brother in a jar! Brotherinajar!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Since I'm not very confident in Strong Mad or The Cheat's public speaking abilities, I'll pre-record my own eulogy and have it played back on 5 boomboxes—

''{Cut back to the field: five boomboxes, including the [[booOOMbox]] and one made of cardboard, are stacked between two large vases with roses in them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —stacked on top of each other!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{playing off of boom boxes}'' Greetings, blubbering masses! Pull yourselves together! And turn off the snot works! We are gathered here to di— ''{electronic noises}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{playing off of boom boxes}'' I hope I'm not recording over anything important! OK, drap it! ''{rhythmically}'' Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2—

''{Cut to Bubs and Coach Z wearing ties and looking sad. While Coach Z's voice continues, Bubs glares at Coach Z, who begins to dance without changing his expression.}''

'''COACH Z:''' —3, 4, I said Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2—

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in a black suit and propeller cap standing behind a pulpit between two vases of roses.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sadly}'' Thank you, Strong Bad. ''{Coach Z's music is replaced with organ music}'' And now, a reading from the book of phone. ''{places and opens a phone book on the pulpit}'' Chapter 16, ''{turns page}'' Pizza Places. Aardvark Pizza. Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin. ''{turns page}'' Acupuncture and Pizza: ''{voice begins to waver}'' Open late, free delivery! ''{closes and puts phone book away}'' And now, Strong Sad will perform an interpretive dance based on his brother's life.

''{A gong sounds, followed by drums. Cut to Strong Sad dancing onto the scene wearing a leotard. Strong Sad and the music stop at the sound of shattering glass; some drops of water fly in from the left. Cut to Strong Bad's corpse, which has broken open the jar. His eyes remain black and his body disfigured. The audience gasps. Strong Bad shakes his head dry.}''

'''ZOMBIE STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking in a distorted voice}'' Sorry, everybody. Funeral's over. Not even death can stop me from stopping my leotarded brother prancing around in my honor.

''{Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' But you never got to see my Chaup au Fan!

''{Cut to Strong Bad}''

'''ZOMBIE STRONG BAD:''' You keep your chappy thong to yourself, Mister!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hordes of locusts and famine got nothing on the sight of Strong Sad dancing interpretively. So, in order to spare the world, I guess I can just never die. Okay! Man, I hope the zombies still let me fight on their side. I've got my own tattered jeans and mouthful of grape jelly. Anyone? ''{softer and with progressively smaller text}'' Zombies? Jelly? Grapity?

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Chapaufan.PNG|thumb|C<small>HAUP A</small>U F<small>AN</small>!!]]
*Click on "Bibendum" to see a picture of Strong Sad as the Michelin Man (aka Bibendum) with a caption that reads "Chaup Au Fan".
*Click on the phone book when Homestar says "Acupuncture and Pizza" to see an ad for it.
*At the end of the email, click on the word "zombies" (the first occurrence) to see a clip of [[Pom Pom]] and [[Strong Sad]] in their 2046 forms.
:''{Cut to a scene with a future Pom Pom and Strong Sad in a purple room with cardboard boxes and flickering lights. Both are smoking cigars. Pom Pom has a gray buzz cut and is wearing an ammo belt. Strong Sad's arms are muscular and he is covered with scars. The phrase "THE YEAR 2046..." is subtitled onscreen. Heavy metal music is heard in the background.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' ''{deep voice}'' Fall back. The zombies have broken through our defenses!
:''{Cut to a pale orange room with Strong Bad standing in front of an open door. Strong Bad has stuck part of a brain on the left side of his head and is wearing ripped denim jeans.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' BLAUGHRG! ''{grape jelly oozes out of his mouth}''
:''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Pom Pom.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' We need to activate the doomsday device. ''{zoom in on Strong Sad's face}'' Get the leotard!
:''{Taranchula is heard singing "Brotherinajar!"}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"[[Wikipedia:Off-the-grid|Off the grid]]" is a method of providing power, water and other utilities to a building that does not use the public utility grids. It is also a slang term for living outside of normal society, so that one cannot be traced by the government or other authorities.
*"Off the wagon" is a phrase meaning a recovering alcoholic has started drinking again.
*A [[Wikipedia:Suplex|suplex]] is an offensive move often used in professional, olympic, and collegiate wrestling where a wrestler essentially flips their opponent over their shoulders.
*[[Wikipedia:Taxidermy|Taxidermy]] is the practice of preserving dead animals (usually sport game shot by a hunter) by stuffing them full of sand or sawdust to retain their natural posture for display as trophies.
*An [[Wikipedia: addendum|addendum]] is "something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a written work."
*A [[Wikipedia: leotard|leotard]] is a one-piece dance outfit or a swimsuit.
*Strong Bad's reference to "fetal-pig style" refers to the use of unborn [[Wikipedia:Fetal pig|pigs]], a by-product of the meat packing industry, being commonly packaged in formaldehyde and used for study in high school biology.

===Trivia===
*This email was actually available several hours before the official "New Strong Bad Email" button appeared. It was accessible by clicking on the "email soon" button or by typing in the URL.
*This email originally did not have a visible loading screen at the beginning or the Bibendum Easter egg. Both were added several hours after the email was released.
*The tape in the [[booOOMbox]] reads "my COOLogy."
* "Chaup Au Fan" is intended to sound like French, but doesn't really mean anything. It probably refers to the French names for many [[Wikipedia:glossary_of_ballet|ballet dance steps]]. The way it's initially said by Strong Bad and Strong Sad sounds like a mispronunciation of "coq au vin," which is chicken in wine sauce, a popular French dish. It might also be an intentional misspelling (to seem even more French) of the term "chapeau fan," which would literally translate as a "fan hat" (e.g. a baseball cap pertaining to a favorite team).

===Remarks===
[[Image:Homestar eulogy your funeral.png|thumb|A reading from the book of phone.]]
*Chapter 16 of the phone book contains pizza places because P is the 16th letter in the English alphabet.
*The Easter egg is the first time we see Strong Sad with visible teeth (although it is a different incarnation than usual).
*When Strong Sad carries the jar, the liquid inside defies the laws of physics: it ought to be level with the horizon, but is at the same angle as the jar.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Sad is carrying the jar before the funeral, the image of Strong Bad as a corpse has been reversed (the ribs on Strong Bad's right side are exposed rather than the ones on his left side) compared to the other two times he's shown like that (on the table and when he breaks out of the jar).
*When Strong Sad is carrying the jar, Strong Bad's leg bones are visible through the rips at his knees, but when he breaks out, there is skin on both legs.
*The first shot in Strong Sad's Easter egg shows 2046 Strong Sad with scars on his body and no belly button. However, his body in the close-up shot has a belly button and no scars.

===Glitches===
*One pixel's worth of Homestar's eyes is visible when he closes his eyes as he reads his eulogy, at the bottom of where his left eye is when it is open. The pixel blinks at the normal Homestar rate.

===Inside References===
*This is the fourth email in a row mentioning [[DNA Evidence]].
*This is another mention of [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|Strong Bad typing with boxing gloves on]].
*The fat man at Strong Bad's funeral is wearing a [[Duckie Shirt|duckie shirt]].
*The lady commenting on Strong Bad's peacefulness and Strong Bad saying, "Shut up, lady!" is a reference to [[bottom 10]], when a lady with a similar voice commented on the "desserts with dangerous names", with the same response by Strong Bad.
*Strong Bad performing a suplex on the cougar is another example of a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] move.
*This is another reference to [[Prancing]].
*The cigar in 2046 Strong Sad's mouth is another reference to [[Smoking]]. Strong Sad also appears with a cigar in the Bibendum Easter egg.
*Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin is another mention of both [[Pizza|pizza]] and [[Presidents]].
*Strong Sad has the same carefully arranged dinner plate in the Bibendum Easter egg as in [[looking old]].
*Strong Bad's comment about his party being "off the wagon" is another reference to [[Alcohol|alcohol]].
*This email heavily involves [[Death|death]].
*The 2046 version of Pom Pom has the same style of hair as he did in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*Strong Bad's desire to record his own Eulogy alludes to his previously expressed doubts regarding the coherency of The Cheat's and Strong Mad's speech in [[cheat talk]].
*The vocal effect used for Strong Bad after he breaks out of the jar is the same one used by he, Homestar, and Bubs as paramecia in [[highschool]].
*Strong Sad says "Chaup Au Fan" with the same accent and hand motions he used to say "Chaperone" in [[senior prom]].
*This is the second email in a row where Homestar mentions the [[phone book]].

===Real-World References===
*The Bibendum Easter egg is a direct reference to [http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Le-Pneu-Michelin-Nunc-Est-Bibendum-Giclee-Print-C12046037.jpeg the classic ad] in which [[Wikipedia:Michelin|Michelin]] introduced [[Wikipedia:Michelin#Bibendum|Bibendum]], later to become the company's mascot.
*[[Wikipedia:Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] is a national park located in California.
*The classic funeral march Strong Bad sings is from the third movement of [[Wikipedia:Frédéric Chopin|Frédéric Chopin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35]].
*[[Wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]] is known to have grown up in a one-room log cabin.
*Coach Z's dance and facial expression are reminiscent of Michael Jackson's [[Wikipedia:Thriller (music video)|music video for Thriller]], which also featured zombies. Grape jelly was used for effect.
*The reading of the phone book during the funeral is a reference to reading a certain verse(s) out of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] or other religious text during most funerals.

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