The Cheat's Gold Tooth

2006-05-13T20:08:16Z

Drummer19:

The Cheat's Gold Tooth

2006-05-13T20:04:53Z

Drummer19:

Cardboard Boxes

2006-05-09T03:05:31Z

Drummer19: "for kids"

[[Image:box_living_it_up.png|thumb|"Livin' it up, livin' it up, box!"]]

'''Cardboard Boxes''' seem to be a recurring item in many [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] cartoons. In particular, [[Strong Mad]] appears to be somewhat obsessed with them.

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[haircut]] — Strong Mad asks [[Strong Bad]] to make a box "dance and [[Prance|prance]]", which he later does. Strong Bad and [[Limozeen]] also sing about this box, and the box is labeled "GLUTEMATES (BOX OF 6)".
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Jail]] is made out of a cardboard box.
*[[for kids]] — The cheat is hiding behind the box.
*Email [[monster truck]] — One of the events in Awexome Cross '98 is [[The Cheat]] attempting to jump the [[Tire]] over [[The King of Town]] eating a cardboard box covered in syrup, which the King refers to as "cake".
*[[Awexome Cross]] — The same box from "monster truck" is one of the obstacles to avoid.
*Email [[replacement]] — Strong Bad draws [[Strong Sad]] and The Cheat on cardboard boxes.
*Email [[theme park]] — Strong Bad and The Cheat use cardboard boxes as boats in the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Strong Badian Riverquest Safariventure]].
*Email [[garage sale]] — The same box from "theme park" is on sale for $1.04.
*Email [[the facts]] — Strong Mad uses a box to make his [[Box Computer]]. Another box comprises the [[Floppy Disk Container|disk container]] and is labeled "NOT CAR PARTS".
*Email [[space program]] — Cardboard boxes are used to build much of [[The Proud Anselmo]].
*Email [[local news]] — Strong Bad uses a cardboard box for the desk in his news program.
*[[Fall Float Parade]] — [[Homestar Runner]] uses a cardboard box labeled "blue face man's store" to replace [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] when Strong Mad steals it.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — Strong Bad and The Cheat have many cardboard boxes behind them for the entire toon.
*Email [[highschool]] — The "middle school" version of [[Coach Z]] holds a box labeled "NOT A BALL".
*Email [[pop-up]] — There is a cardboard box in Strong Bad's pop-up book.

[[Category:Object running gags]]

User talk:Drummer19

2006-05-09T01:28:19Z

Drummer19:

ummm...no

no talk...

leaves me alones

The Cheat's Gold Tooth

2006-05-09T01:26:45Z

Drummer19:

Fluffy Puff Commercial

2006-05-02T04:57:45Z

Drummer19:

{{toonnav|Shorts|fluffypuff2|Theme Song Video|The Interview}}
[[Image:fluffypuff.png|200px|thumb|"What did he say?"]]
Homestar Runner plugs [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]. Of course, he screws it up.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marshie}} (on the bag) [[Clapperboard|Clapper Loader]], [[Cherry Greg]], {{Film|The Announcer}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' 2001

'''Running Time:''' 2:24

'''Page Title:''' Fluffy Puff Marshmallows

== Transcript ==
''{A [[Clapperboard|clapperboard]] covers the screen.}''

'''CLAPPER LOADER:''' Fluffy Puff Marshmallows, take one. ''{The clapperboard is pulled away to reveal Homestar holding a bag of Fluffy Puffs upside-down.}''

'''CHERRY GREG:''' And action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Before I drink a tall glass of melonade, I like to eat about 147 Fluffy Puff Marshmallows.

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Cut. The bag's upside down.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, sorry. ''{turns the bag around}'' About 147 Fluffy Puff M...

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Um, we're not rolling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, right.

''{A beep is heard and we switch to the next scene}''

'''CLAPPER LOADER:''' Take two.

''{the camera focuses}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Before I drink a tall glass of melonade, I like to eat about 147 Flushy Push Marfmallows.  Seriously folks, they're—

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Cut. You said Flushy Push.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know! Can you believe it?

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Yeah, they're called Fluffy Puff.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know! Can you believe it?

''{beep to next scene}''

'''CLAPPER LOADER:''' Take three.

'''CHERRY GREG:''' And action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Before I drink a tall glass of melonade, I like to eat about 147 Fluffy Puff marshmallows. Seriously folks, they're the... ''{losing enthusiasm}'' uh, the... um... the... ''{drops the bag}'' the best.

''{beep to next scene}''

'''CLAPPER LOADER:''' Take six.

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Before I drink something, oftentimes I eat something too.

''{beep to next scene}''

'''CLAPPER LOADER:''' Thirteen.

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{is eating the marshmallows}'' What did he say?

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, okay.

''{beep to next scene. It is now slightly dark out.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ...147 Fluffy Puff Marshmallows. ''{A bird squawks offscreen; two drops of bird crap fall on Homestar's head}'' Seriously folks, they're the best. All riiiiiight! We finally got it! That's a wrap, huh? You guys?

''{beep to next scene. It is now darker out.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{is reading his lines, mumbles along}'' Okay, I got it.

'''CHERRY GREG:''' Okay. We're gonna get it this time. And action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Stands there for a while. Crickets chirp. The boom comes down and hits Homestar in the head.}'' Oh. Before I drink 147 glasses of melonade, I eat 147 Fluffity Puffity Marshalades.

''{beep to next scene. It is now sunset.}''

'''CHERRY GREG:''' ''{tired}'' Action.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{tired and annoyed, monotone}'' Before I eat a tall slice of marmalade I like to drink lots and lots of marshmallows. I mean Fluffy Puffys.

''{beep to next scene. It is now night.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I like marshmallows!

''{cut to an orange screen, where a bag of Fluffy Puffs appears}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' You heard it, folks! Homestar likes marshmallows!

'''JINGLE SINGERS:''' ''{singing erraticaly}'' They're fluffity. They're puffity. One, two, three, four, five!

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:fluffypuff_head.png|thumb|Homestar likes Marshmallows... in Abe Lincoln's Head]]
*If you press L the screen becomes Abraham Lincoln's profile silhouette.
**This will only work for a lowercase "l". Having Caps Lock on, or holding down Shift, Ctrl or Alt will cancel the effect.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*This is the first short featuring the early current version of Homestar.
*[[Missy Palmer|Missy]] apparently sang in the ending jingle, because you can clearly make out [[Marzipan|Marzipan's]] voice.

===Remarks===
*The Marshie shown on the bag of marshmallows in the preview on the [[Toons Menu]] is different from the Marshie shown in the actual toon. The [[:Image:fluffypuff1.png|toon]] version features a normal Marshie, yet the [[:Image:fluffypuff2.png|preview]] shows a completely different Marshie, winking.
*In some scenes, Homestar doesn't blink at all.
*In "Jumping Jack Contest", the Cheat asks Homestar if he wants 147 glasses of Melonade.

===Glitches===
*Whenever Homestar talks, his hat moves a little at the edge.

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar similarly flubs his lines in [[First Time Here?]], which is also directed by Cherry Greg and bears many other similarities to this cartoon.
*The Abe Lincoln silhouette would later be seen in [[Everybody to the Limit]] and in [[An Open Forum]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features ''two'' hidden creators' commentaries. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, Cherry Greg. Your finest hour.

'''MIKE:''' Look at the light grey outline on Homestar's head.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it's a little distracting.

'''MIKE:''' And his magenta body.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. There's a lot of discussion about his magenta body on these commentaries, I feel like.

'''MIKE:''' The light grey outline— I think this might be the only cartoon that has the outline that is quite that light.

'''MATT:''' Well, this was the debut of this version of Homestar, right?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think from fat— from fat-body Homestar.

'''MATT:''' Uh... So our friend, uh... friend and co— co-restore I believe it's—

'''MIKE:''' Millionaire gaddabout—

'''MATT:''' —Craig Zobel—

'''MIKE:''' —our Craig Zobel—

'''MATT:''' —is the voice here...

'''MIKE:''' He's also the voice of Kevin.

'''MATT:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' On the, umm, answering machine. We used to get emails from teenage girls saying how hot Kevin sounded.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Like, "Who is Kevin? He sounds hot!" We'd always forward those to Craig.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, so both Craig and, uh, our friend Dan play, uh, Cherry Greg, different parts.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, 'cause he plays him on the First Time Here—

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' — is that right?

'''MATT:''' Dan, who also is the voice of Łukasz!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah!

'''MATT:''' Eh Łukasz! Cześć, Marzipan! {''brief pause''} Umm, look s— Homestar's eyes, when he closes his eyes, are just squished versions of his eye symbol.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' We didn't make the, like, closed eye symbol yet.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Those hills in the background look different from the usual hills, too.

'''MATT:''' They're larger.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I don't know what, uh—

'''MATT:''' Or they're bushes. We still haven't decided, yet.

'''MIKE:''' They're hills.

'''MATT:''' Hill-bushes.

'''MIKE:''' Hill-bushes.

'''MATT:''' Hill-shes. Shubs. ''{chuckles}''

'''MIKE:''' Ah, bird crap.

'''MATT:''' It's always funny when there's bird crap. You can hear—

'''MIKE:''' You can hear, just noise in the background!

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Mike dropped a pencil or something.

'''MIKE:''' But this was d— wasn't this done when you were in, uh, Brooklyn?

'''MATT:''' I came home one time.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, you came home to record it?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, and recorded it all. Ooh, they got him. That's a small boom mike.

'''MIKE:''' Homestar's very large.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Umm... Oh, Craig and Homestar have had it.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I always feel like he sounds like— right here, when he says "Fluffy-Puffies", he sounds kinda like Janine from Ghostbusters. ''{in assumed voice}'' "Ghostbusters, what do you want?" Umm, when she's, like, reciting over the phone the things that she... "Do you believe in the occult, the blahbitta blah," talking to Winston Zeddemore?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. You lost me. And everyone else, I'm sure.

===Second Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Homestar Runner]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sings}'' Oh no, oh no, oh no!

'''MIKE:''' Hey, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's Matt!

'''MIKE:''' Uh, yeah. I'm Mike.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, sorry.

'''MIKE:''' So, tell me about your light grey outlines here.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh Mike, they did a—

'''MIKE:''' What's wrong?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' —terrible job in makeup and wardrobe ''{accent on second syllable}''.

'''MIKE:''' Too much pancake?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Too much pancake, and a little too much pantoine.

'''MIKE:''' Pantone.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pantoine colors. Umm—

'''MIKE:''' So how is it, working with Cherry Greg?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh Mike, he's the consomme professional. Cherry Greg is like...

'''MIKE:''' Beef consomme?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes. He's like a fine beef consomme... after it's been agèd.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, tell me about the hills in the background, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' They're... larger, and—

'''MIKE:''' Was this a different location than you guys usually shoot at?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This was to the left of the usual field.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, OK.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes. Umm, I don't — I don't ever talk about melonade anymore!

'''MIKE:''' You—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm off.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I'm— I'm gonna give you a forum right now. Talk about melonade!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm off Melonade, guys.

'''MIKE:''' Talk about some marshmallows and melonade for me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh... ''{in assumed voice}'' A-marshymellow! A-melonade! Is that what you want to hear? It's what everybody always wants out of me.

'''MIKE:''' That's—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just the same marshmallow!

'''MIKE:''' You brought it up, man!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You brought it up, Mike! You kept talking about a forum!

'''MIKE:''' Let's uh, just watch the video. Let's get back to—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I, look, I had a— it was my off day...

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' So it's— it's starting to get— starting to get dusk now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, these are long shooting days. All right?

'''MIKE:''' I don't think it was supposed to be that— ''{a telephone rings}'' Oh!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, who do you think that is? Let's see! I want to answer it, maybe!

'''MIKE:''' Go! It's— I hit it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Hello? Hel— Oh! Hello? Hello, who's this? Hello? Hang on, we're recording commentary on the DVD, so hang on. ''{pause}'' No, you— but you can talk to me! ''{pause}'' Hello? I'm talking to the phone! Who's on the phone? Mike, this— they're not talking. Is this Willy? ''{pause}'' It's Willy, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, good old Willy!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Good old Willy!

'''MIKE:''' He's gonna—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Willy, you're gonna be on the commentary of this DVD! He thought this— I was an answering machine, this whole times!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's great!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Willy's a really dumb friend.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No! We gotta take that out!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:fluffypuff2.html|watch "Fluffy Puff Commercial"]]
*[[HR:fluffypuff2.swf|view the Flash file for "Fluffy Puff Commercial"]]
[[Category:Shorts]]
[[Category:Fluffy Puff]]
[[Category:DVD Commentary]]

long pants

2006-04-30T05:05:33Z

Drummer19: I dont hear no "all right"

{{sbenav|127|best thing|rampage}}
[[Image:sbemail127.png|thumb|Creepy pants all the time get some light globes.]]

Strong Bad shortens a long email, which causes Homestar to get some [[Homestar's Daisy Dukes|creepy pants]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Atari Homestar]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Marzipan}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Homestar's House]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 28, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:04

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' And if I email you, girl! Woman! ''{He holds up pieces of paper that say "Girl." and "Woman." as he says those words.}'' Oh, would you email me, girl? Woman? ''{He holds up the papers again. Then he brings up the email:}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Homestar's pants</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Why doesn't homestar ever wear pants? It's kind of 
creepy how he walks around with no pants on all the time. 
Anyway, I think you should get him some pants, maybe some 
parachute pants would work...yeah, that would work. Or maybe 
some clown pants, I don't care, just get him some pants! 
Tootles! 
Clancy</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad skips everything after "Anyway" and before "I don't care" and, instead, says "Blabbity blah, blah blebbity bloo". He also pronounces "Tootles" as "Toot-less" and "Clancy" as "Clanky".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, ''{begins typing}'' Too long, Clanky, too looong! Good thing you didn't indent, man, or this never woulda made it past my 2nd paragraph filter: ''{types 'run "Edga Jr."'}'' Edga Jr.

''{The splash screen for "Edga Jr. The Long Email Killa Filta" comes up, similar to Edgar the Virus Hunter, except it shows a picture of a pimply red-haired boy saying "Indent and Die!"}''
<blockquote class="short compy email" style="text-align:center">Edga Jr. 
The Long Email 
Killa Filta
 
'' "Indent and Die!" '' 
programmed entirely in Mom's sewing room       c1989 </blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, look at him. He's one o' them red-haireded rapscalli... wags. ''{He returns to the email.}'' Well, I think we can salvage this one with a little editing. Let me once again call upon the services of my trusty, somewhat dusty, electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device! Now in HD!

''{He pulls out a correction pen bearing the words "X-PENSIVE WHITE" and shakes it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just have to shake up the...expensive electrons here. All set! So, let's see! ''{he mumbles and says}'' Expensive high-tech device... ''{as he whites out the words, producing:}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Homestar's pants</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Why doesn't homestar ever wear pants? It's kind of 
creepy how he walks around with no pants on all the time. 
Anyway, I think you should get him some pants, maybe some 
parachute pants would work...yeah, that would work. Or maybe 
some clown pants, I don't care, just get him some pants! 
Tootles! 
Clancy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' There! Now let's see what we got!

''{re-reads the altered email}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dear Strongbad, Why wear pants? Creepy pants all the time get some. Maybe parachute, maybe clown care. Some ants toot! Clanky. ''{He begins typing.}'' Now ''there's'' an email worth answering! Some ants toot. Tee-hee! ''{He clears the screen, but the correction fluid remains.}'' So, why wear pants? An age old question. Was it not Adam West who once said, "E—

''{The camera pans back to show Homestar wearing very short purple pants}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Bad, check out my creepy pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking away}'' Ew, Homestar! What're you wearing them Daisy Dukes for?!

''{Homestar's pants shine.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Cuz you said, "Creepy pants all the time get some."

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get some what?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno. Light globes?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stares flatly}'' ...Light globes.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know, like in a lamp! Light globes! ''{His pants shine again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So... You put on hot pants in the hopes of getting some lightbulbs.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{correctively}'' Globes.

''{Homestar's pants shine again briefly as he says it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, since you're here, let's talk about your pants. Or your lack thereof... Daisy Dukes aside.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What are you talking about, Strong Bad? ''{shakes leg}'' I wear long pants.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... no, from what I can tell, you wear ''no'' pants and have blue soles glued to the bottoms of your feet. ''{indicates Homestar's feet}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looking shocked}'' Well, that's simply not true. I have long pants, I wear long pants. I'm a long pants man, long pants, long pants!

''{Homestar starts getting upset and dances around}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, calm down... I didn't mean to—

''{Homestar jumps high into the air and convulses on Strong Bad's desk.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Long pants, Strong Bad! The longest pants! Everybody everybody! Longest pants!

''{He starts teleporting around the room to a different place after each word he utters. He first appears in front of Strong Bad, then leaning in behind him, then hanging upside down from the ceiling, then pixellated on the Lappy's screen as Atari Homestar, then blurred in the scene's foreground, then upside down under the desk, then back to his original position, looking exhausted and out of breath, all while chanting the following.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Long long long long long long pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it! We need to get you some serious clown care, man!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But I was told long pants! Long pants! They said long pants! Always long pants! ''{leans toward Strong Bad}'' Long, my pants! Gleaming pants! Glorious pants!

''{Homestar runs away, leaving the Daisy Dukes behind. They fall and hook around Strong Bad's foot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bleh! Egh! BLEEEGGEHHEGH!

''{He shakes his foot in a panic until the Daisy Dukes fly off and land on the floor some distance away, while The Cheat appears stage left to burn them with the [[BMW Lighter]]. They almost instantly combust with a noxious, neon green flame.}''

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

''{The Cheat leaves, and Strong Bad turns back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Noice work, Clanky. You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out. And how am I supposed to get ''this'' crap offa here?

''{Everything starting with the "t" in "get" is obscured by the correction fluid. Strong Bad grabs a cloth and attempts to wipe it off the screen, to no avail. He mutters.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Stupid... made-up technology... that I made up... light pen... ''{mumbles a bit before yelling:}'' The Cheat! Call tech support and tell 'em you broke the Lappy again!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* Selecting "wear pants" will bring up some fortune cookies, similar to those in the old [[Fortune Cookies]] game. As you hover the cursor over each one, it brings up a sentence of Strong Bad's "improved" email.
* Clicking on the socket under the table after Strong Bad says "Clown Care" brings up a business card for the service, [[Kertified Klown Kare]]. It reads:
<blockquote>Kertified 
Klown Kare 
 
-Pie Injuries 
-Giant Foot Problems 
-Wacky Malaria 
-Grease Paint Poisoning 
 
"Rodeo and Tragic Clown Hot Dogs NOT ACCEPTED"</blockquote>
* Selecting "creeped" at the end of the email reveals a touching moment between Homestar and Marzipan.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' {''Lying in bed with light globes beside and on the floor beneath him, crying''} Loooonnng paaaannnts!
*:'''MARZIPAN:''' Awww, there there, Homestar. It's not so bad. Everybody thinks I'm a broom.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sits up suddenly, surprised and upset}'' You're not a broom?!

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*[[Wikipedia:Daisy Dukes|Daisy Dukes]] are extremely short cut-offs, so named for the character from ''[[Wikipedia:The Dukes of Hazzard|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' television show that wore them.
*Parachute Pants are large billowy pants which come in at the waist and ankles with snug elastic bands.
*Homestar insists that he has "light globes", not [[Wikipedia:Incandescent light bulb|light bulbs]]. In Australia and South Africa, it is common for light bulbs to be called light globes.
**It is also common in theatrical productions to refer to stage lamps as globes and household lamps as bulbs, distinguishing the two.
*The neon green flame that occurs when The Cheat burns Homestar’s discarded shorts would indicate that they may contain large traces of [[Wikipedia:Barium|barium]], which, among other things, is used heavily in fluorescent lighting, especially fireworks. This might be the explanation as to why Homestar’s shorts have a glow to them or "light globes."

=== Trivia ===
* This is the first time Strong Bad has lowered his upper eyelids.
* In the Easter egg, the messages in the fortune cookies read "You are not as good as most people" before they are completely unraveled, probably because [[The Brothers Chaps]] only changed the writing on the cookie. The cookies also said "You are not as good as most people" in [[Fortune Cookies]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#fiendish freddys|fiendish freddys]]".

=== Remarks ===
*When Strong Bad returns to the email after having opened up Edga Jr., all the text he had typed as a reply is gone, and only the email remains.

=== Goofs ===
*Although Strong Bad puts pressure onto the Lappy's screen when trying to rub off the marker and when applying the white out, no ripples pop up on the screen.
*After he clears the screen and starts writing about the age old question, Homestar comes in. You can clearly see the text the whole time Homestar is there, but when Homestar leaves and Strong Bad turns back to the Lappy, it is gone.
*The Klown Kare Easter egg (by clicking on the socket) can still be clicked in the same location on the screen when the scene moves around.
*When Homestar appears close-up to the computer, if you zoom in, you can see that the disk label is slightly garbled, like it would be in a JPEG file. This is because it actually '''is''' a JPEG being used to show both Homestar and the part of the background placed behind him, as the JPEG format does not allow for transparency.
**Additionally, the image appears to be displayed slightly above its proper location.
*Each time Strong Bad's hands are visible in front of the Lappy's screen, they do not have reflections in the screen.
*There is a separate shadow on the white line in the Lappy's email client.
*When Homestar appears on the Lappy's screen, he isn't covered by the correction fluid, but rather, he shows up on top of it.
*As Strong Bad shakes his foot, the shading on his boot changes to a previous version.
*When Homestar jumps onto the table during his freak-out, his right leg appears to be outside of his Daisy Dukes.

=== Inside References ===
*[[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]] is a reference to the e-mail [[virus]], in which his ambiguous relation, [[Edgar]], created Strong Bad's virus protection program. Also, Edgarware was made in "mom's basement", whereas Edga Jr. was made seven years later in "mom's sewing room".
*Homestar says "Everybody everybody" in his tirade, a reference to the [[Intro]].
*The business card Easter egg makes reference to the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] from [[part-time job]].
*Marzipan's line about people thinking she's a broom (along with Homestar's response) may be a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] where Homestar leaves a message calling Marzipan an "old broomstick".
*The noise made by Homestar's glowing pants is used often in [[Stinkoman]] cartoons.
*Strong Bad's "light pen" is based on his "light pen" from [[haircut]]—there, it was a black [[Permanent Marker|permanent marker]].
*The green smoke created when the pants are incinerated is similar to that given off by the rotten Chinese food in [[ghosts]] and the "stench of biblical proportions" in [[couch patch]].
*Strong Bad's opening song is suspiciously similar to the one in [[the show]].

=== Real-World References ===
*Strong Bad throwing cue cards away during the intro song is a reference to the [http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/images/film_dylan.jpg music video] for Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan.
**It could also be a reference to the video "Need You Tonight/Mediate" by INXS.
*The [[Wikipedia:Light Pen|light pen]] was an input device that would make an EGA or CGA monitor into a touch screen of sorts. You touched a light sensor to the screen, and it would calculate a position by sensing the 'flicker' of the monitor's cathode ray. A real light pen could never work with the [[Lappy 486]], since LCD displays do not flicker.
*[[Wikipedia:Adam West|Adam West]] is an actor best known for his role as [[Batman]] on the campy '60s TV show. The Batman costume has tights with briefs over them, so Batman does not wear pants, either.


== DVD Version ==
*For some reason, the Kertified Klown Kare business card Easter egg has been disabled.

*The DVD version features ''two'' hidden commentaries. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' Long pants! Long paaants!

'''MATT:''' Wow.

'''MIKE:''' That's my email song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we should have made email songs for each one of the commentaries.

'''MIKE:''' So, Ryan, what is this email about? Give us the skinny.

'''RYAN:''' Somebody has pants, I think.—

''{laughter}''

'''RYAN:''' —And someone else wants them.

'''MIKE:''' ''{still laughing}'' Okay. I like it.

'''RYAN:''' I watched it.

'''MIKE:''' Coveting thy neighbor's pants.

'''MATT:''' Mm hmm. Um, so this is also, I would like to have a long email filta killa. Uh, killa filta, rather. Um...

'''MIKE:''' It's true. That's a way that you can guarantee your Strong Bad email not being read, if it's over—

'''MATT:''' If there's an indention...

'''MIKE:''' —over three or four lines, I just delete 'em.

'''MATT:''' You make that second paragraph, and good, good night, Irene.

''{laughter}''

'''RYAN:''' So where'd you guys find this pen?

'''MATT:''' It's right here, actually, Ryan. ''{He shakes the pen.}''

'''RYAN:''' Aah! Ohh!

'''MIKE:''' Look at that!

'''MATT:''' It's uh, it's a white paint pen from Uni. ''{reading the pen}'' It marks on most surfaces. Medium line, opaque oil-based paint marker.

'''MIKE:''' It's the PX-20 variety.

'''MATT:''' So, uh, it's kinda funny, the story; Mike wrote this email, or we picked this email to do something with, and then Mike in parentheses underneath the email said, "Maybe could be edited," as a note to me saying hey, maybe we could cut this email a little shorter. I thought this was actually something that the person had actually written Strong Bad, so I decided to write the email where Strong Bad edits the email. And then, we ended up keeping it, even though that wasn't someone's, what the guy said. It was what Mike put.

'''MIKE:''' Why do his pants shine?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' They're just, there's so much glory and majesty about his pants.

'''MIKE:''' But are his pants glowing or is what's underneath the pants glowing?

'''MATT:''' ''{continuing to laugh}'' It's, uh, he's, it's just glowing.

'''MIKE:''' Behind his... it's disturbing, to say the least.

'''MATT:''' ''{still laughing}'' So Homestar's wearing Daisy Dukes; there's the power that comes with that.

'''MIKE:''' There's just certain words, that he says, that make them shine.

'''MATT:''' I like how Strong Bad has folded his legs there. I remember thinking that would be good.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' "Oh, wow. Let's talk about your pants." Um, that's Feindish Freddy's Big-Top of Terror? What was it called?

'''MIKE:''' Fun? Something.

'''MATT:''' Big-Top of Fun. Circus-themed computer game.

'''RYAN:''' I always liked when Homestar hopped up on the desk like that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah? That's a new, 'cause I had to make some new legs for him there.

'''RYAN:''' I love too the pockets hanging out of the shorts, implying that he cut them that short.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' Britney Spears style.

''{They watch The Cheat burn the pants.}''

'''MATT:''' Green flames... Oh yeah, I remember the week after this we tried to make the paint pen still be on the screen but just barely visible—

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah.

'''MATT:''' —but it made it hard to read everything else. So we decided to ditch it, and...

'''MIKE:''' What Matt just said is correct.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Ryan?

=== Fun Facts ===
*"[[Wikipedia:Goodnight Irene|Goodnight Irene]]" is the name of a famous song by [[Wikipedia:Leadbelly|Leadbelly]].

=== Characters' Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hello, everybody. My name is Homestar Runner. I'm joined here in the booth by Marzipan—

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, guys.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —and Shark-Tooth Bubs.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' And I can say no more.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, Shark-Tooth!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What does that mean, Bubs?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' That's my regular greeting. It's a greeting card I ran once.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's a great greeting card!

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' Thanks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So this one deals mostly with me. It's all about my pants.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I always have liked your pants.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, Marzipan. See? Marzipan knows I wear long pants.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{overlapping}'' You don't wear pants. No pants.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Shark-Tooth Bubs, what do you know about it? You've got a horn on your head.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' I am a purple-pant man.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think it's starting to smell in here again.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I believe it. Shark-Tooth Bubs, you stink.

''{They watch the email for a moment.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, that just looks like a paint pen, Marzipan, not an expensive high-tech device.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, it ''is'' a paint pen.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know, but Strong Bad claims it's some kind of newfangle.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' I got fangle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, do you?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Can we see it later on?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I—

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' I got it on my face all the time.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have a song about the fangle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Will you sing it for us?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes. ''{singing}'' The fang—the fangle jangle, he's a nice guy. The fangle jangle, he gets real high.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey! You can't say that. That's interrupted.

'''MARZIPAN:''' High on life!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, okay. That's okay. ''{regarding the email}'' Look! Look, I look like, I look like Daisy Duke.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I thought Daisy Duke's pants were, um, not that color.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, they probably weren't, but I dyed them purple.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It looks more like a skirt.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What?!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Actually, it looks a lot like one of ''my'' skirts.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I just—Look, Marzipan. I don't wear your skirts anymore.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I don't think that's true.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' See? Could I do a little... jingle jangle?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, jingle jangle, he is my friend. Jingle jangle, he is my friend. Jingle jingle, jangle jangle, jingle jingle, jangle jangle. Everyone should have a jingle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What do you say to that, Shark-Tooth Bubs?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' I got my jingle jangle man, movie man, on the chicken stand.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have a chicken.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Do you? Where is it? ''{regarding the email}'' I freaked out! I just freaked out! You guys, I totally freaked out.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, my chicken is out in the backyard, usually, but today he is in the laundry room.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I feel like on this DVD, we don't, we don't comment on the emails much during the commentaries.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Have you ever thought about getting a chicken?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' See? My point exactly.

'''MARZIPAN:''' A lot of people keep chickens as pets.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay.

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

User:Drummer19

2006-04-08T02:36:46Z

Drummer19:

um..........nothing to see here..I guess.

alternate universe

2006-04-08T02:34:57Z

Drummer19:

{{sbenav|150|candy product|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:Doppelgangers.png|thumb|"Save the last email for Strong Bad..."]]
Strong Bad makes an interuniversal portal and visits alternate realities. Homestar tries to make a real fruit smoothie.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Strong Badman]], {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]], {{Film|Pom Pom}} (silhouette), {{Film|Strong Mad}} (silhouette), {{Film|Coach Z}} (silhouette), {{Film|Bubs}} (silhouette), {{Film|Marzipan}} (silhouette), [[Bees|The Grape Fairie's Bee]], [[Keyboard Strong Bad]], [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]], [[Puppet Character Variations#Puppet Strong Bad|Puppet Strong Bad]], [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Strong Bad|Teenage Strong Bad]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Sterrance]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Strong Badman's Apartment, [[Old-Timey]] [[The Stage|Stage]], Vector [[The Field|Field]], [[flashback|Flashback]] [[Race Track]], [[Strong Badia]] (puppet), [[Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure]], [[Pie Factory]], Interdimensional Void, Recording Studio, [[The Pond]] (Easter Egg), Black Lodge (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' April 4, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 5:53

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing over guitar music}'' I've been walking on clouds and flipping off rainbows, on the wiiiiings of an emaiiil...

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. Strong Sad is standing to the right of Strong Bad with a classical guitar. Strong Bad turns to face him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No prob, Bob.

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

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: alternate univer$e</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Got some ?'s for you: 
1. What would you do with a hundred million dollars? 
2. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in 
an alternate universe somehow? 
Jody (not a girl), TX
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "question marks" for "?'s", and "Number one" and "Number two" for "1." and "2.", respectively.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{says everything inside parentheses normally}'' Ya know, you could probably ditch that (not a girl) thing, if you just replaced it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like (Bulldozer). Jody (Bulldozer). Nobody's gonna think that guy's a girl. ''{clears screen}'' Well Ms. Dozer, you pretty much answered question mark #1 ''{read "number one"}'' with question mark #2 ''{read "number two"}''. Cuz a hundred million dollars is exactly how much The Cheat spent on our alternate universe portal.

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. The Cheat is standing to the right of the Lappy with a blender containing a Nintendo Game Boy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Isn't that right, The Cheat?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? This thing only cost us fourteen bucks?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeing The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well... that's like a hundred million dollars in... dog years, right?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{affirmative The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leans towards The Cheat suddenly}'' All right! Mash go on that blender!

''{Camera zooms out a little as The Cheat presses a button on the blender. The blender shoots out white bolts as the lighting in the room flashes. Soon after, the blender stops with the Game Boy intact, and there is a large swirl to the right of the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh-ho-ho! Swirly Photoshopped magic! I bet this thing could release some serious Cacodemons. So...

''{The Cheat turns to face Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? I— I just jump in?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning backwards}'' Ohbee Kaybee! ''{jumps off the stool and towards the swirl}'' Jump!

''{As soon as Strong Bad touches the swirl, everything except him and the swirl turns black and white. Strong Bad distorts horizontally and vertically, then "springs" into the swirl. Cut to a panel of a comic strip with a number of buildings drawn in it. A caption at the top of the panel reads "IN A BULDING..."}''

'''NARRATOR:''' In a bulding...

''{Camera shifts to the next panel, which shows an empty room. Strong Bad appears, with "VOIP!" appearing next to him briefly. While in the comic, everything Strong Bad says is also shown in a speech bubble. The music from [[action figure]] plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Where am I?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in an action pose on a yellow background. Everything he says also appears in a speech bubble, and is not lip-synced.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' We have a visitor from an alternate universe!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad appears in the same room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking to the right}'' It's Strong Badman! And his well drawn abs! ''{looks to the left}'' But... why are we in a crappy apartment instead of a secret underground lair... ''{looks back to the right}'' ...filled with secret underground gadgets?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is shown from the chest up in front of a blue background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Because mere mortal... this apartment...

''{Next panel. Strong Badman appears in front of a red background with his arms in the air. A thunderclap can be heard in the background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{speech bubble is large, yellow and pointy}'' ...is rent controlled! ''{next speech bubbles are regular}'' And... water's included.

''{Next panel. A kitchen and bathroom sink are shown with the faucets running. The bathroom tap has the word "FROSH!" next to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Is that why all your faucets are running?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is standing in a room.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{each syllable appears individually in red text and is not in a speech bubble}'' Mu-hu-ha-ha-hah! ''{regular speech bubble and text}'' Those dimwits down at the public works won't know what hit them!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walking in from left}'' So, that's your evil plan? To waste water?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' And not pay for it!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta tell ya, Strong Badman... this part of your comic is pretty boring. I'm gonna see what's going on further down the page. ''{jumps out of the current panel}'' Jump!

''{He falls down three panels. There is a woman with a big knife sitting on a giant robotic snake.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! Now we're talkin'!

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the left of the panel, Strong Bad in the center, and there is a TV with the previous panel on it (minus Strong Bad) to the right.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' You're not kidding!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Now we have expanded basic cable...

''{Next panel. Close-up of a cable running through a hole in the wall.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stolen from my neighbor!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad is in front of a yellow background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Who's writing this issue? The geniuses behind She-Hulk? ''{looks up}'' The Cheat?

''{Cut back to the Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice is slightly distorted, and a speech bubble appears from the swirl}'' A little frappe action, if you please.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Single "squeak"}''

''{The Cheat turns around and turns on the blender. Cut back to the previous comic panel. Strong Bad disappears with the same "VOIP!" with which he appeared.}''

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the same pose as when he first appeared, but flipped around and with a green background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' Keep flushing those toilets!

''{Cut to the Old-Timey stage. Old-Timey Strong Bad is standing on the stage with curtains behind him. To the left of him is a sign that reads "STRONG BAD and his GOODE-TIME PARLOR TRICKS". An audience can be seen silhouetted at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes, and for my next parlor trick, I shan't make anything ''{faces left}'' appear!

''{Strong Bad appears to the left of Old-Timey Strong Bad. He is still in color.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. H-hi.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{crowd starts booing}'' You brightly colored baboon! You ruined my vaudeville!

''{The Homestar Runner's dance music from [[20X6 vs. 1936]] plays as tomatoes are thrown at the two Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah! Shades of grey tomatoes!

''{Strong Bad disappears as Old-Timey Strong Bad looks to the left.}''

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad floating above a vector drawn field. Strong Bad appears to the right. The spitting drum beat from [[Main Page 21]] plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is up, my enormous vector brother?

''{As Vector Strong Bad speaks, his words come out of his mouth in red vector-style text. They disappear after a short while.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' HELLOTE.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{cut to close-up of Strong Bad}'' what do you do for fun around here? ''{cut back to previous view}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' I SPLO STUFF UP.

''{Strong Bad jumps backwards slightly to avoid the "UP", which promptly explodes with vector graphics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, that's pretty cool.

''{Stinkoman walks in from the left.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, guys! How's challenges?

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, you two know each other?

''{Cut to close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{smiles}'' Oh, totally sure! ''{leans forward and waves one of his arms}'' He's my training simulator!

''{Cut back to previous view.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Check it out!

''{Vector Strong Bad starts moving left and right, shooting squares from his mouth. Stinkoman jumps around and dodges the squares. Strong Bad also jumps over and around the squares, but appears to have more difficulty doing so. Game music from [[video games]] plays. After a few seconds, they all stop.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Nice work, big nose!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Big nose?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Your nose!

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' LEVEL 2

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh.

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uh-oh.

''{Stinkoman silently laughs as Vector Strong Bad shoots a series of squares directly at Strong Bad. As they explode, Strong Bad disappears. Vector Strong Bad then shoots some squares at Stinkoman, which he dodges.}''

''{Cut to a field in the style of [[flashback]]. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing close to the camera. Strong Bad appears to the right. All text appears in a white rectangle near the bottom of the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And so, ''{Strong Bad starts looking around}'' both Strong Bads entered the 'Dig To China With Your Ears Contest.'

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is just about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of.

''{Cut to a silhouetted view of the field. Pom Pom, Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs and Marzipan are standing to the right of a banner which reads "the contest began!!". Tiny Handed Strong Bad is underneath the banner.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' The contest began!

''{Cut to a close-up of Tiny Handed Strong Bad rubbing his head on the ground near a line marked "start".}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And tiny-handed Strong Bad rubbed his head on the ground... ''{cut to a wide view; Strong Bad is sitting on a hammock with his [[Dangeresque]] sunglasses on.}'' while our Modern Day Hero maxed and relaxed.

''{Cut to Tiny Handed Strong Bad standing near the camera again, as in the first shot. A hole is visible near the background, and a giant glass of root beer appears in the center.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' I struck it rich!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Said T.H.S.B.

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the previous scene, but with the giant glass of root beer in the center. A bee is seen holding Strong Bad's hammock up.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' A giant mug of frosty root beer!

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad appears to the left. Tiny Handed Strong Bad looks at him.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Zounds! A sarsparilla swimming hole! Last one in's a freemason! Jump! ''{he half-runs toward the root beer and jumps in}''

''{Strong Bad disappears. Keyboard Strong Bad appears at the bottom left of the screen and dances while playing a tune.}''

''{Cut to a screen in the style of Puppet Stuff. Puppet Strong Bad is standing in front of the Strong Badia fence. The Tire and Stop Sign are visible. Strong Bad appears to the right. Music starts playing and both Strong Bads dance in sync with each other. After a moment, Strong Bad disappears again.}''

''{Cut to Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure. Strong Bad appears lying down on top of it. He slowly slides down, then disappears.}''

''{Cut to the abandoned factory from [[highschool]]. Teenage Strong Bad is standing to the right. Strong Bad appears to the left.}''

'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Striped ''{pronounced as "stripe-ed"}'' pants.

''{Strong Bad disappears. Cut to the interdimensional void, which changes colors constantly.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' The Cheat! Cool out on the liquefy button, man!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar standing next to the blender in the Computer Room. The blender still contains the Game Boy, but now also contains a green substance. One and a half avocados are sitting on the desk, along with a jar that reads "Total Load". Homestar is pressing buttons on the blender.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm trying to make me a real fruit smoothie here!

''{Cut to a wide shot. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing to the left, with Senor Cardgage, Old-Timey Strong Bad and Da Huuuuuudge to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Any of you guys got any bee pollen?

''{As Homestar presses another button, Strong Bad appears next to the portal and Strong Badman appears on the left side of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar! Quit messing with my alternate universe portal!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{slowly}'' I'm trying to replenish some electrolytes, if you don't mind!

''{Homestar presses another button on the blender. He and the portal both suddenly disappear, and Sterrance appears on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking around}'' Wow. Just look at all these Strong Bad-related faces. What an all-star cast! What say we all form a super group and record a number one jam!

''{All of the Strong Bad clones groan but remain motionless, except for Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I guess...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' If we must.

''{The screen fades to black, and then cuts to Strong Bad in a recording studio. Some music starts playing, and continues through the rest of the e-mail.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' There's a crazy world of e-mails in this crazy world. ''{Cut to a reversed view of Strong Bad.}'' Checkin' 'em down, checkin' 'em down...

''{Cut to Stinkoman standing next to Strong Badman and Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{singing}'' I hope it's from a girrrrrrrl! 

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the scene, revealing (from left to right), Stinkoman, Strong Badman, Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Bad, Vector Strong Bad, Keyboard Strong Bad, Senor Cardgage, Teenage Strong Bad, Sterrance and Tiny Handed Strong Bad. Strong Badman's words appear in speech bubbles next to him.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Senor Cardgage at the recording studio.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{singing}'' Let the little children go.

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad in the field, which now has blue lines running above and below it.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I HOPE THEY DON'T A SPLODE

''{Cut back to a panning view of all the Strong Bads.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong—

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad in the recording studio just before "Bad".}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' —Bad!

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Da Huuuuuudge fades in from the right.}''

'''DA HUUUUUUDGE:''' ''{singing in a high voice with vibrato}'' Save the last email for meeeee!

''{A comic panel with Strong Badman in front of a green background slides into the upper-left corner toward the end of Da Huuuuuudge's line.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Save the last email!

''{Cut back to a view of all the Strong Bads. The camera slowly zooms out during Strong Bad's line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All my Strong Bad doppelgängers represent. Sesquicentenn-email, 2005. I-I mean six.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on Teenage Strong Bad's hat to see a creation of Strong Sad's ideas:
:''{Piano music, fade in on Coach Z holding a pear covered with eyeballs while black coffee continually streams down his mouthless face. Cut to a close-up of the pear, then another close-up of the pear from a different angle where its eyes google. Then cut to a close-up of Coach Z's head. Fade via black to the original shot. Homestar appears next to Coach Z.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled, in a fake backwards-sounding voice}'' Coach Z, if you're not going to eat that eyeball pear... ''{clears his throat, starts talking normally with no subtitles}'' I suggest you give it to someone who will.
:'''COACH Z:''' I don't know what's going on, Homestar, but I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants...

*At the end, click on Senor Cardgage's head to see Strong Bad's meeting with him:
:''{Senor Cardgage is sitting in a boat on a lake, holding a stick with fishing line tied to the end, hanging over the side. Strong Bad appears in the boat.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage! My life is complete.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth. Say hello to my tacklebox. ''{holds up said tacklebox}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there, tacklebox. ''{smiles}'' I'm such a big fan.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Well, if you could just sign right here on the dotty line, the adaption will be complete.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''You're'' gonna adopt me?
:''{Strong Bad disappears}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen and echoing slightly}'' Aw, man!

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
* A [[Wikipedia:Doppelgänger|Doppelgänger]] refers either to a creature from folklore that mimics people's appearances as an omen of death, or to the theory that everyone in the world has someone else that looks exactly like them.
** They are also apparent in [[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]], making it a [[alternate universe#Real-World References|double reference]].
* [[Wikipedia:Sarsaparilla|Sarsaparilla]] (spelled incorrectly as "sarsparilla" in the flashback scene) is a type of plant used to make beverages, and is a common ingredient in [[Wikipedia:Root Beer|root beer]]. It is more commonly pronounced "sass-parilla" than "sar-sparilla" or "sar-sa-parilla".
* [[Wikipedia:Rent control|Rent control]] is a policy used in some urban communities where the market price is deemed too high. Rent controlled dwellings are highly coveted in the communities where they are available.
* Strong Bad's conversion of fourteen dollars into [[Wikipedia:Dog years|dog years]] refers to the often-confused (and inaccurate) folk formula that dogs age seven "years" for every human year.
*A freemason is a member of the [[Wikipedia:York Rite|York Rite]], the [[Wikipedia:Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite]] or any of their allied organizations ([[Wikipedia:DeMolay International|DeMolay]], [[Wikipedia:Job's Daughters International|Job's Daughters]], [[Wikipedia:Order of the Eastern Star|Eastern Star]], etc.) which fall under the umbrella of [[Wikipedia:freemasonry|freemasonry]].
*[[Wikipedia:Electrolyte|Electrolytes]] are solutions of [[Wikipedia:Ion|ions]] (such as sodium and potassium salts) that are lost during [[Wikipedia:perspiration|perspiration]]. Drinks containing electrolytes, such as popular sports drinks, are often used to ease [[Wikipedia:Dehydration|dehydration]].
*[[Wikipedia:Vaudeville|Vaudeville]] is a style of multi-act theatre that flourished in North America from the 1880s to the 1920s, later succeeded by silent movies. Acts included anything from acrobats to mathematicians, from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers.

===Trivia===
*This email is the longest email to date, almost a full minute longer than [[flashback]] (previously the longest).
*When Strong Bad jumps down several panels in the Strong Badman comic, he passes a panel containing an explosion (with the word "TADAOW!"), and another panel with Deutschman (from [[haircut]]) holding a chain of sausages. Deutschman is saying "KINDER UBERRASCHUNG!!", the German name for [[Wikipedia:Kinder Surprise|Kinder Surprise]] (though Uberraschung should be spelled Überraschung).
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#weird dreams|weird dreams]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has no visible nose or ears, despite the fact that each body part was mentioned in this e-mail.
*Senor Cardgage is the only one of Strong Bad's alter egos who had been seen talking with him prior to this email, as seen in [[kind of cool]], [[garage sale]], and [[Senorial Day]].
*This is a [[Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad|rare]] occasion of Strong Bad being nice to Strong Sad.
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Strong Sad is seen writing with his right hand. However, in this email, Strong Sad is playing the guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]], though it is possible that Strong Sad is ambidextrous.
*Although it can be argued whether or not Stinkoman has actually smiled before, this is the first time his mouth has been recognisably smile-shaped.
*The puppet Strong Bad is the only doppelgänger Strong Bad visited that did not appear in the ending screen, for obvious reasons.
*This is the first time we hear the Da Huuuuuudge's voice.
*Frappé is spelt as "Frappe" when Strong Bad talks to The Cheat. It is lacking the accent.
*Vector Strong Bad does not appear as he does while playing [[StrongBadZone]]; rather, his design in this email is taken from the cover of the game. This design also appears on his (now discontinued) [[Store T-Shirts|T-shirt]] in the [[Store]].

[[Image:Altuniv1318-1319.png|thumb|From blue to green.]]

===Goofs===
*During the "Because, mere mortal" comic scene, the panel below the next panel has a blue background. In the next scene ("Is rent controlled!"), that panel now has a green background.
*At the end, when The Paper comes down, you can see that Strong Bad's pants have changed from black to dark navy, but not the pant legs. (Compare to Keyboard Strong Bad standing next to him.)
**This happens a few times in the email, such as when Strong Bad meets Vector Strong Bad.
*During the recording session at the end, the wall's grey spot pattern is made from a single image of dots copied and pasted multiple times. This results in some half dots appearing between the copied images.
*When Strong Bad first jumps into the Alternate Universe Portal, his stool disappears briefly while he's in the process of warping. For the remainder of the email, the stool is missing.
*When all of the Strong Bads are warping in, the bottom half of the text on the Lappy is bigger and darker than the upper half, which is normal.
*When Old Timey Stong Bad is shown in the flashback universe scene, his scratchy line is outside him in a few scenes

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was released, "girl" was misspelled as "gir" in Jody's email. This was fixed shortly thereafter.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song refers to flipping [[the bird]].
*Strong Sad was previously seen playing an acoustic guitar in a recent [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|Sketchbook]], although that guitar was a twelve-string. Here he plays a six-string classical guitar.
[[Image:HSRTimeMachine.PNG|thumb|Homestar's Time machine]]
*The alternate dimension machine is a [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|Game Boy in a Blender]]. In [[2 emails]], Homestar claims to have made a time machine by sticking a Game Boy in a [[Blender|blender]] while the email is fast-forwarding.
*Strong Bad's "Mash go on that blender" is based on similar lines from [[flashback]], ("The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive [[Jam Box|jambox]]"), [[strongbad_email.exe]] ("make your selection and mash go, moron!"), and [[Everybody Knows It]] ("Mash play on that jambox").
*The "In a bulding"  line, including its accent and pronunciation, is straight from the [[Sketchbook (video)|DVD Sketchbook]] (though it was spelled correctly there).
*Strong Bad visits many previous emails in his travels:
**Strong Badman and Stiny originated in [[superhero name]].
**Deutschman originated in [[haircut]].
**Vector Strong Bad is from [[video games]].
**Stinkoman originated in [[japanese cartoon]].
**Tiny-handed Strong Bad is from [[flashback]].
**Keyboard Strong Bad originated in [[crazy cartoon]].
**Da Huuuuuudge and Sterrance are both from [[animal]].
**Teenage Strong Bad and the term "striped pants" are from [[highschool]].
**Senor Cardgage originated in [[kind of cool]].
*The Easter egg with coffee-drenched Coach Z and the eyeball pear begins exactly as described and storyboarded by Strong Sad in [[Sbemail 150?!?]]. Also, the word ''sesquicentenn-email'', which would mean "150th email", was coined by Strong Sad in Sbemail 150?!?.
*The fishing boat, lake and background sounds are all from [[lures & jigs]].
*"Doge" is a reference to [[Biz Cas Fri 1]], where Homestar misspells "Dawg".
*Strong Bad comments that the "Dig To China With Your Ears Contest" is the "second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." The worst contests that originated in children's storybooks are likely to be the "Strongest Man in the World Contest" from the [[Original Book]], and the "Ten Step Footrace" from [[flashback]]. 
*Homestar Runner's "real fruit smoothie" is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].

=== Real-World References ===
* [[Wikipedia:Cacodemons|Cacodemons]] are evil spirits or demons, the opposite being an angel or "agathodemon". However, the name cacodemon is better known as the flying, red, one-eyed enemy from the ''[[Wikipedia:Doom|Doom]]'' series of computer games. The plot for these games involved demons coming out of portals to hell.
* [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] is a widely used image editor from Adobe Systems Incorporated. The term "[[Wikipedia:Photoshopping|photoshopped]]" has come to mean any digital edit done to an image, even if it wasn't done in Photoshop itself. The term is often used pejoratively to say that something is rather obviously edited.
* The pronunciation "ohbee kaybee" for "okay" originated with [[Wikipedia:Bill Cosby|Bill Cosby]]. It was heard in his "Dentist" routine, and was also popularized by the character Mushmouth from ''[[Wikipedia:Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''.
* The way Strong Bad travels from panel to panel while visiting Strong Badman may be inspired by the videogame ''[[Wikipedia:Comix Zone|Comix Zone]]''.
* [[Wikipedia:She-Hulk|She-Hulk]] is a comic book heroine from [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] and the cousin of ''[[Wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk]]''. She-Hulk comics were once noted for their [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth-wall breaks]], similar to Strong Bad's comments on the quality of the Strong Badman comic and his ability to travel from panel to panel. These not-always-appreciated gags were introduced by writer [[Wikipedia:John Byrne|John Byrne]], who may be the "genius" Strong Bad ridicules.
* Homestar's unusual speech in the surreal Coach Z easter egg is based on a famous scene from the similarly surreal TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]'', which was co-created by director [[Wikipedia:David Lynch|David Lynch]]. (Strong Sad had cited Lynch as an influence in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].) The actors actually spoke their dialogue backwards, and the recording was then played in reverse, so that the words were heard by the audience in their proper order (though they still sounded unusual and contorted, just as Homestar sounds here). It seems as though Matt Chapman faked this technique, rather than actually recording his lines backwards.
**The red drapes in the background of this scene resemble the red drapes in the Black Lodge in the referenced episode of ''Twin Peaks''. Agent Dale Cooper spills black coffee on himself in that scene, similar to Coach Z's streaming hat of coffee.
* [[Wikipedia:Alonzo Mourning|Alonzo Mourning]] is an NBA basketball player.
*The phrase 'maxed and relaxed' may be a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' theme song, in which [[Wikipedia:Will Smith|Will Smith]] states he is "maxin' and relaxin' all cool". Additionally, Smith uses the phrase throughout the series and his own raps.
*Stinkoman calls Strong Bad "big nose", a derogatory term used in eastern Asia to describe Westerners, whose noses tend to be genetically larger than Asians'.
* The all-star super group recording a number one jam calls to mind [[Wikipedia:USA for Africa|USA for Africa]], a group of forty-five U.S. musicians that collaborated on the number one single "We Are the World" in 1985, the profits from which were used for famine and disease relief in Africa.
*The [[Fonts|font]] in the comic book alternative universe, known as "Peanuts", was designed to emulate the style of lettering used in the ''[[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]'' comics.
* The [[Sound Effects|sound effect]] in the fishing Easter Egg that starts right after Strong Bad says "Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage!" is from ''[[Wikipedia:Fishing with John|Fishing With John]]''.
*"What it is" is one of [[Wikipedia:George Carlin|George Carlin]]'s ways to say hello in his "Hello and Goodbye" routine from "[[Wikipedia:George_Carlin#Home_Box_Office_specials|Playing With Your Head]]".



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