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Donut Unto Others

2009-04-07T04:58:11Z

Kevin W.: /* Real-World References */

{{toonnav|Shorts|doughnutstand|4 Gregs|Strong Bad Sings}}
[[Image:Doughnut.png|thumb|"Do you dough-not want one?"]]
Homestar Runner opens his own donut stand, much to the chagrin of Bubs.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

'''Date:''' Monday, April 6, 2009

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

'''Page Title:''' Hey There, Doughnut Rush!

==Transcript==
''{Homestar is seen cutting out dough rings in Marzipan's Kitchen. Marzipan enters}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, that's sweet! Are you making me homemade donuts for the 16th anniversary of our 17th breakup?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, no. No way. Um, no way. You know how I've always dreamed of being my own boss at the donut factory!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looking annoyed}'' No, since when?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why, just last night! ''{Homestar appears in his dream next to a high-jumping pit wearing a shirt with the Mexican flag on it and only one leg}'' I dreamt that I was a French long-jump champion with eight wooden legs!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Aaand that made you want to start a donut shop?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir! Like I said, it's a boyhood dream of mine. Could you pass me that recipe?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Picks up a small note from the table}'' There's just this square of TP that says "dog-nut" on it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah. That's it. My secret recipe.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Sighs}'' I'm gonna go talk to anyone else but you.

''{cut to The Field. Homestar is in a large [[cardboard box]] marked "Do-Nots". Fat can be seen bubbling in the back.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I honestly wonder how many million donuts I'll sell on my first day. Three? Four? Eight? I've gotta be ready for the 3:09 p.m. donut rush, you know? Ooh, here it comes.

''{Bubs, with a red face and an exceptionally furious expression, enters from the right. As he speaks, cartoon smoke clouds emit from his head.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{with forced restraint}'' Well, hello, Hooomestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey there, donut rush. What can I get for you?

'''BUBS:''' It's really great to very see you, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhm... it's good to see you, too, I guess.

'''BUBS:''' ''I'm delighted you've decided to set up shop about ten feet away from me!''

''{cut to a shot revealing that Homestar's stand is right next to Bubs', facing it}'' ''{cut back to Homestar and Bubs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, we could be a conglomerate, like KFC-Taco-Bell-Radisson-Texas-Instruments-NASA!

'''BUBS:''' Yes. That is a really outstanding ideeeaaaa!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, Bubs? Are we in a fight?

''{as Bubs speaks, his face slowly returns to its normal blue color}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{slightly calmer}'' What do you think, man?! You opened up a competing donut place right across the street from me!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{examining the grass between the two stands}'' The street?

'''BUBS:''' Right across the way from me!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But I thought you sold questionable medical coverage.

'''BUBS:''' That was two hours ago. ''{changes to his normal expression, now speaking normally}'' Now I'm in the donut bidness. How's that coverage working out for you, by the way?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{holds up a big stack of paperwork}'' Great so far!

'''BUBS:''' I gotta get ready for the big 3:09 p.m. donut rush. When next we meet, 'twill be on the donut field of battle! ''{Cut to a silhouette of the scene. Bubs marches to his stand singing:}'' Dubba dup dup dup dubba dup dup dup.

''{cut to a shot of a clock that strikes 3:09. Cut back to a shot of the two stands. The King Of Town appears in a puff of smoke.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oof! All right gentlemen, here's how this is gonna go down. I need fried dough so bad it hurts! According to the data I got back from Taco Bell-NASA ''{places a hefty stack of paperwork on the ground}'', we're gonna need in the 3 to 8 million range to maintain my caloric intake. Now, commence marketing bombardment!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mine's is homemade! ''{holds up a spatula with some donut batter and a few hairs on it}''

'''BUBS:''' Mine's is shipped from a 3rd world country named Homemáde, so I can legally print from "Homemade" on the prepackaged package. ''{holds up a package that says "FROM HOMEMÁDE!"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I've got grit, gumption, and an adorable speech impootaboot.

'''BUBS:''' My name's Bubs, I talk hard and fast.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Available in 57 different varieties!

'''BUBS:''' One flavor, over a hundred different names for it! ''{various names appear around Bubs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{holds up a newspaper}'' Marzipan raves "Hey! Get outta my kitchen, you!"

'''BUBS:''' ''{cut to a shot of the box; as he says each descriptions, it appears onscreen}'' Fights cavities! Cleans Teeth! ''{A cartoon Bubs appears in the bottom right corner.}'' The American Dental Association does not approve the preceding statements.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' All right, all right, all right. You both make excellent cases, but I've come to my decision.

'''BUBS:''' Health Inspector! Cheese it, everyone!

''{Bubs closes his stand}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! ''{he disappears in another puff of smoke}''

''{Strong Bad, in silhouette, is seen coming up and walks towards Homestar with a clipboard in his hand.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey potential customer, would you like several million donuts?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No. I don't want ''one''.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But do you dough-''not'' want one? Hmmm?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm the health inspector, here to hopefully shut you down. Now rub this swab under your grease trap and bring it back.

''{Homestar takes the swab and rubs it on the fat fryer.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir, Inspector Heath! ''{Homestar starts humming}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{To himself}'' ...And we'll do a little bit of ''this''! ''{Strong Bad puts a note marked "F" on the side of Homestar's stand and pushes it over. Smoke begins to rise from it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah! My face!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughs and walks away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My delicious fried face! Bubs, is this covered by my questionable medical coverage... at least questionably so? Bubs?

''{cut to a long shot of both stands in silhouette. Bubs opens the back of his stand and is seen sneaking away.}''

'''BUBS:''' Droot droot droot droot doodloodloodloodloodloo, doot doot doot do...

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The newspaper reads:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | The Imaginary Newspapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" |<big>MARZIPAN RAVES:</big> <div style="color:#999;">Hey, get outta my kitchen, you!</div> FCUSA - The Marzipan was stunned today when she woke to find a totally legit donut enterprise operating out of her own dang kitchen. Mexican high jumper Homestar Garcia Colon was unavalible for comment but French long jumper Chateau 'Octo' Etoile broke out the ol' soft shoe.
|}

===Remarks===
*In Marzipan's kitchen, the sink seen in [[Where's The Cheat?]] has disappeared.
* The note with Homestar's "recipe" is shown to have squiggly lines except in the closeup of it (in which it clearly says "dog-nut" and Homestar's signature).
*When Bubs warns that the health inspector is coming, he looks and points in a different direction than Strong Bad (as a health inspector) comes from.

===Inside References===
*Homestar claiming he was a French long-jump champion is another instance of [[French]]. The French name in the newspaper, "Chateau Etoile" roughly means "Home Star".
*[[Trivia Time]] is shown in the kitchen.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] in this short.
*The King of Town appears from [[hammerspace]].
**Strong Bad also pulls the F slip out of [[hammerspace]].
*Homestar's dream uses the music from [[strong badathlon]].
*In the scene where Bubs and Homestar are marketing their donuts to the King of Town, the music playing is from [[No Hands On Deck]].
*In Homestar's newspaper, Marzipan is once again referred to as "The Marzipan" as she was in [[Date Nite]]. This is another example of [[Integral Article|integral articles]] before names.
*When the Health Inspector comes up, Bubs says, "Cheese it!", which is what Strong Bad says to Strong Mad and The Cheat when they steal Marzipan's radish in [[The Reddest Radish]].
*Homestar also used "Dough-''not''" in place of "not" in [[Weclome Back]].

===Real-World References===
* The toon's title is a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Ethic of reciprocity|Ethic of reciprocity]], commonly known as the "Golden Rule," which is often expressed as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
* Homestar hums the theme to [[Wikipedia:Inspector Gadget|Inspector Gadget]].
* The flag that Homestar wears in his dream is the [[Wikipedia:Flag of Mexico|flag of Mexico]].
* Several of the companies that Homestar lists as a conglomerate are real companies:
** [[Wikipedia:KFC|KFC]] and [[Wikipedia:Taco Bell|Taco Bell]] are restaurants owned by [[Wikipedia: Yum! Brands|Yum! Brands]].
** [[Wikipedia:Radisson Hotels|Radisson]] is a hotel chain owned by [[Wikipedia:Carlson Companies|Carlson Companies]].
** [[Wikipedia:Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments]] is a semiconductor and electronics maker.
**[[Wikipedia: NASA|NASA]] is the United States space agency, not part of a conglomerate.
*The box shown while Bubs is describing his donuts as "fighting cavities" resembles that of [[Wikipedia: Colgate (toothpaste)|Colgate]] or [[Wikipedia: Crest (toothpaste)|Crest]].
*Homestar's line about "57 different varieties" refers to American condiment company [[Wikipedia:H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz]].


==External Links==
*[[HR:doughnutstand.html|watch "Donut Unto Others"]]
*[[HR:doughnutstand.swf|view the Flash file for "Donut Unto Others"]]
*[[Forum:15231|forum thread re: {{PAGENAME}}]]

[[Category:Shorts]]

Twenty THANXty Six

2008-12-17T17:58:24Z

Kevin W.:

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|stinkoturkey|Fan Costumes '08|Hooked on Decemberween}}
[[Image:Twenty THANXty Six.png|thumb|"I'm thankful for Pan Pan's epiglottis!"]]

Stinkoman learns how to give thanks.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Stinkoman}}, {{film|1-Up}}, {{film|Pan Pan}}, [[Cheatball]], [[Shadowy Figure]]

'''Places:''' [[Planet K]], Pan Pan's Stomach, Mountainous Region

'''Date:''' Monday, November 24, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 2:14

'''Page Title:''' Holiday Prices on Spiced Bun and Frozen Bake!

==Transcript==
''{Stinkoman is working on something off the screen, making vocal noises as he does so. His green tongue protrudes from his mouth. The Stinkoman 20X6 level 2 cutscene music plays dimly in the background.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Heer. Ah! Heejee. Goo? Ah!

''{1-Up arrives from the left.}''

'''1-UP:''' Hey, Stinkoman, what are you think you're doing?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Go away. I'm doing something!

'''1-UP:''' ''{Blushes}'' Uh, yeah. But what is it you're doing?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Can't you see, my good man? I'm giving thanks! ''{Smiles broadly, then puts his hands on his hips with a ''Shing!'' sound.}''

'''1-UP:''' Oh.. ''{Blushes}''... because it looks like you're building a tractor!

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{Long shot showing the tractor}'' Shows how much you know! ''{Makes his laughing action}'' Now watch me give thanks to these crops! ''{Roots around in the tractor, and pulls out what appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Deere & Company|John Deere]] hat, putting it on with a ''ding!''}'' Ha! ''{Jumps into the air, spinning. He briefly comes to rest in mid-air in a reclining posture, then drops to the seat of the tractor and starts it up.}''

'''1-UP:''' That's not how you give thanks! ''{Laughs on "thanks", then blushes.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh yeah, talking-to-me-extraordinaire? If you're so smart, why don't YOU show me how to give thanks without the use of farm equipment?

'''1-UP:''' Okay. Pan Pan?

''{Pan Pan drops from above and lands with a gong sound, then opens his mouth wide and inhales 1-Up and Stinkoman. After a second, he spits out Stinkoman's hat. Cut to the interior of Pan Pan's stomach.}''

'''1-UP:''' Watch me while I do work! Why, just today, I'm thankful for Pan Pan's epiglottis! ''{Smiles broadly, while four hearts float out of his head and pop.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh, NOW I get it! Like this! ''{Dashes off-screen. Cut to him sitting behind a desk in a suit, his hair neatly combed.}'' Buy! Sell! Buy! Sell! Buy! Sell! ''{Holds a disconnected phone handset to his ear whenever he says "buy" and a mug of coffee to his mouth whenever he says "sell". Then he collapses to the desk, exhausted, and his hair changes back to its normal, unkempt state}'' Uhhh...

'''1-UP:''' No, no, no. THAT'S not it! ''{Laughs on "it".}''

''{Wipe to back outside. Close-up of 1-Up; the Cheatball can be seen spinning on his head.}''

'''1-UP:''' I'm thankful for the Cheatball spinning profusely on my head!

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh yeah! Now I REALLY got it! Like this! ''{Backflips off-screen. Rapid pan to show Stinkoman's foot sticking out of the ground. The foot wiggles as muffled speaking noises can be heard.}''

'''1-UP:''' ''{Walks up, Cheatball still spinning on his head.}'' That's not it, either!

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{Appearing on the other side of the screen}'' Say WHAT?

''{Diamond wipe to a shot of Stinkoman and 1-Up, sans Cheatball, in front of a mountain range.}''

'''1-UP:''' People give thanks for things like ''{Close-up as 1-Up holds up one item of each of the following as he says it.}'' favorite food, spiced bun, frozen bake, and all that, and all that.

''{Back to the long shot. The aforementioned items are sitting on the ground next to 1-Up.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{Wiping his brow}'' Man, oh, man-o! Who would've thought that giving thanks was such a formidable challenge? ''{Triumphant pose}'' Hey wait, that's it! ''{Charges up, and suddenly gets incredibly muscular. Small rocks float up off the ground, and the level 1 music plays dimly in the background.}'' Whoooaaa, making small rocks float up off the GRRROOOOOUUUUUUUUND! ''{As Stinkoman returns to normal, the level 2 cutscene music plays, again dimly in the background, and a pilgrim's hat appears on his head with a ''ding!''}'' I'm thankful that my hat is wearing a belt!

'''1-UP:''' Great job, Stinkoman! You got the Green Crystal Shard! ''{Shard appears with a green flash.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Will we ever find all the colors before the bad guy?

''{Rapid pan to the top of a mountain showing a shadowy figure with the red, blue and yellow shards. The shadowy figure laughs evilly. Scene freezes, and changes to an ink-drawing style. The credits appear on the screen.}''

'''VOICE-OVER:''' Be sure and tune in for tomorrow's exciting episode of... ''{Stinkoman appears, holding all four shards, and the title appears over the top.}'' ''Stinkoman and the Challenge of the Crystal Shards''!

''{Shot of Stinkoman at the desk in Pan Pan's stomach as before.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Buy! Sell! Buy! Sell! Buy!

''{Back to title screen.}''

'''VOICE-OVER:''' Or... maybe don't. ''{Gong sounds. Back button appears.}''

''{The credits read:''}

<blockquote>
directed by 
A. Chimendez 
 
written by 
Beverly 
Sportsinterviews-Chimendez 
 
animators: 
i can not name all of them. 
one is sarah.
</blockquote>

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The [[wikipedia:Epiglottis|epiglottis]] is a flap of cartilage at the back of the mouth. When swallowing, it folds down, preventing food from entering the windpipe, and sending it down the esophagus instead.

===Remarks===
*This is the first time the Shadowy Figure has appeared in a toon.

===Goofs===
*The picture on Stinkoman's hat flips sides when he jumps into the tractor.
*In the frame right before Stinkoman gets on the desk, he is shown without legs.
*When Stinkoman gets his pilgrim's hat for the first time, it covers his usual, moptop hairstyle. However, in the scene that follows his receiving the crystal shard, it turns to his Business executive hairstyle, and remains that way for the rest of the cartoon.

===Fixed Goofs===
*Originally, the name plate on the desk was supposed to read "Top Exec" using Arial [[font]] but the text did not display. This was fixed shortly after release, now using Algerian font.
*Originally, the crops weren't shown in the cartoon, the background was all green grass.

===Inside References===
[[Image:StinkoTwins.png|200px|thumb|"That's not it either!"]]
*Stinkoman's [[green tongue]] is seen in this toon, though his tongue is pink when he is talking.
*[[Lem Sportsinterviews#Beverly Sportsinterviews|Beverly Sportsinterviews]]-[[A. Chimendez|Chimendez]] is credited as the writer of ''Stinkoman and the Challenge of the Crystal Shards''.
*[[Duplicate Characters|Two Stinkomans]] appear when all but his leg is buried.
*The crystal shards look similar to those found on the [[Homsar Reservation]] in [[Strong Badia the Free]].
*Top Exec Stinkoman uses a [[disconnected telephone]].
*The inner lining of Pan-Pan's stomach resembles a [[brain]].
*1-Up saying "And all that" twice is similar to Homestar's tendency to repeat sentence fragments on occasion.

===Real-World References===
*Pan-Pan sucking up the characters is similar to the video game character [[Wikipedia:Kirby (character)|''Kirby'']].
*The "Making small rocks float up off the GRRROOOOOUUUUUUUUND!" sequence is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Dragonball Z|''Dragonball Z'']]. When characters "power up", rocks around them begin to float in a similar fashion, usually accompanied by their muscles bulging and an electric aura appearing around them.
*Stinkoman's hat has similar colors and logo to those of the [[Wikipedia:Deere & Company|John Deere]] tractor company.
*The color scheme and decals (the [[Wikipedia:Citizen Watch Co.|Citizen]] logo and U.S. Air Force [[Wikipedia:Roundel#Use on military aircraft|roundel]]) on Stinkoman's tractor resemble those on [[Wikipedia:Akira (manga)#Characters|Kaneda's]] motorcycle in ''[[Akira]]''.
*The cartoon in general appears to parody Japanese stereotypes of America, with generally "naive"-seeming interpretations of an American holiday in the cartoon.


==External Links==
*[[HR:stinkoturkey.html|watch "Twenty THANXty Six"]]
*[[HR:stinkoturkey.swf|view the Flash file for "Twenty THANXty Six"]]
*[[Forum:14894|forum thread re: "Twenty THANXty Six"]]

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[[Category:20X6]][[Category:Thanksgiving]]

Homestarloween Party

2008-12-17T17:58:15Z

Kevin W.:

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|homestarloween|Hooked on Decemberween|A Holiday Greeting}}
[[Image:homestarloween.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad's take on the tale]]

Homestar Runner throws a Halloween party. They take turns telling a story about a goblin.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The Goblin}}, [[Pom Pom's girls]], [[Visor Robot]], {{Film|The Sad Kids}}

See '''[[Homestarloween Party Costumes]]''' for more information on what everyone was wearing.

'''Places:''' [[Spooky Woods]]

'''Date:''' 2000

'''Running Time:''' 4:55

'''Page Title:''' Homestarloween Party

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==
''{Spooky music plays.}''

<blockquote>Homestarloween 
Party 
 
Written, drawn, 
and directed by 
Matt, Mike, and Craig 
 
Voices by 
Matt Chapman 
and Missy Palmer 
 
Animation by 
the Brothers Chaps</blockquote>

''{Cut to The King of Town, Coach Z and Bubs.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh jeez, I don't know, I think I prefer his work with the Furious 5 much more. Uh, he had more street cred back then...

''{Homestar walks by, and continues to do so throughout the scene.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, thanks for coming to my party guys. Ahh, Coach Z is down with the PE! ''{Coach Z dances to Homestar's second remark.}''

''{Switch to Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...ya know, I think it turned out pretty good. I mean Mom helped me do the fruit ''{gestures to hat}'', and I did the sewing—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, lookin' good, Strong Bad. The Chiquita Banana lady, that's great!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, Chiquita Ba—?! ''{shouting}'' For the last time, I'm Carmen freakin' Miranda!

''{Switch to Marzipan, Strong Sad, Pom Pom and The Poopsmith, who is bobbing for pumpkins. He picks up a pumpkin and spits it into the bucket twice.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yesterday, I was out in the garden, and I was weeding, and there was this little worm...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aww, everybody looks so great! ''{stops walking}'' You know, there's more punch over there, if anybody... wants any. All riiiiiight, everybody! Line up! ''{holds up flashlight}'' We're gonna play ''{clicks flashlight on and off}'' Flashlight Ghost Storytelling with a Flashliiight! ''{thunder booms}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' We should stand boy-girl-boy-girl. ''{thunder booms, organ sting}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Good one, Marzipan! That way we know it's fair!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I get to stand next to you, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nope. I'm standin' next to Bubs. You get to stand next to Strong Baaad. ''{walks away}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps}'' Uh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Psst! ''{whispering}'' Hey, Marzipan... is my slip showing?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, okay, okay! I'll go first.

''{A circle forms around him so his picture is now an inset of a new scene.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... okay! Once, there was this green gobliiiin... ''{a goblin appears}'' and um, he used to... look aroooound... ''{the goblin looks around}'' And um, I guess he did a daaance. ''{the goblin dances}'' Oh man, that was terrible.

''{Homestar passes the flashlight to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' And, the goblin, he had a Gremlin! And he jacked it up on some fat tires, and uh, and he tuned it up on some 4.11 positrak out back, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bore over 30, 11-to-1 pop-up pistons turbo jets 390 horsepower! I mean, he had some freakin' muscle!

''{Bubs passes the flashlight to Pom Pom.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{Pom Pom makes bubbling noises throughout his segment.}''

''{A giggling blonde girl in a pink bikini with a Pom head appears next to the Gremlin, as well as a redhead with a blue bikini and a brunette in a leopard-pattern bikini, followed by beer and sports paraphernalia. Pom Pom passes the flashlight to Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' One of the girls had a cute little kitten named Kitty-kitty.

''{A cat appears beside the girl on the left.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' The other girl had a cute little puppy named Chris.

''{A dog appears beside the girl on the right.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' And then the third girl was a Republican.

''{A Republican Party Elephant sign appears in the hand of the girl on the Gremlin.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, brother! Gimme that! ''{snatches the flashlight from Marzipan}'' So then the robot came—

''{The Visor Robot appears onscreen, to the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and he started vaporizing everybody with his vapor-gun! ''{the Visor Robot begins doing just that}'' And he was like "You take this, and you'd better, you, and you take this, everybody's gonna die!" And then he said, "Oh, the Gremlin! I hate the Goblin Gremlin! Bah!"

''{The Visor Robot kicks the Gremlin over the trees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I need to get some more punch.

''{Strong Bad passes the flashlight to the King of Town and walks off}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oooh, oooh!

''{The Visor Robot and Goblin stand across from each other and all the food appears that the KOT mentions in between them.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' And there was fried fish and heavenly ham and Salisbury sundaes and globs of meringue and strawberry frosted donuts and bowls full of jelly and Klondike pudding and scrumptious fillers... and—DOO! DOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!

''{All the food inexplicably disappears. The King passes the flashlight to Strong Sad and hurries off.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And so it turns out the robot had a human brain which was stolen from a kindly old man. And the children of that old man came to the robot looking for their father, and they called out to him.

''{Speech bubble with an exclamation point in it appears on the girl.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And the robot's human brain remembered his children and his stolen life, and he was moved to tears. ''{robot starts to cry.}'' But the tears shorted out his circuits, and fried his brain. ''{Electric bolts appear on the Visor Robot's head}'' And the robot toppled over, and he crushed his children, and the Goblin, too. ''{Visor Robot falls on them and his brain comes out.}'' And none of them lived.

''{Cut to Bubs, Coach Z, and The King of Town crying.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{crying}'' Oh, jeez, what a total downer! ''{they walk away, still crying}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, I'm outta here!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{crying}'' That's the saddest story I've ever heard! You can't come to next year's party.

''{Marzipan walks away crying, while The Poopsmith sighs deeply and also walks away.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sadly}'' Gee... thanks for coming to my party, Strong Sad. ''{sighs, walks away.}''

''{Everyone except Strong Sad leaves, and crickets start chirping. An owl hoots and a far-off wolf howls. Strong Sad clicks the flashlight on and off a few times, then the screen fades.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*With nine deaths, this cartoon has a higher body count than any other cartoon on the website, including [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*This is the only time Coach Z is seen with a full complement of fingers.
*Strong Mad, The Cheat, The Poopsmith, and Coach Z never contributed to the ghost story, but the Poopsmith probably doesn't contribute to the story on purpose, courtesy of his vow of silence.
*This toon was "Written, drawn, and directed by Matt, Mike, and Craig". This is most likely [[Craig Zobel]].
*According to [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], the spooky trees in the background are just next to [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
*Coach Z's clock reads 3:57.
*This toon marks the first appearances of The Goblin, who has become something of a Halloween toon staple, as well as the [[Gremlin]], Pom Pom's Girls, the Visor Robot, and the Sad Kids, which have all later reappeared in several toons.
*An [[HR:halloween3.html|alternate version]] of this toon without the navigation bar can be found on the site.
*Marzipan has one of Pom Pom's girls hold up a Republican sign with an [[elephant]] on it.

===Remarks===
*Marzipan suggests they should line up boy-girl-boy-girl. She is the only girl, making this difficult. Strong Bad crossdressing could allow him to be considered a girl, but if so he shouldn't stand next to Marzipan.

===Goofs===
*The birthmark on Strong Sad as [[Wikipedia:Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]] is on the wrong side of his head.
*When Homestar turns the flashlight on and off for Flashlight Ghost Storytelling with a Flashlight, his face isn't illuminated any better, so much as the rest of his body is cast into shadow.
*When Strong Sad turns the flash light on & off at the end, his hands do not move.
*When Marzipan is weeping as she leaves, her mouth doesn't move. Also, Homestar's mouth doesn't move when he sighs.
*The Goblin's pupils shrink when he turns his head to look at the second girl.
*After the robot kicks the Gremlin, the front loses the double bumper.
*In the beginning, Strong Bad's right sleeve is off center, and hangs down below his shoulder.
*When the King of Town's imagined desserts fade away, one of the desserts changes color before fading. This is because the dessert is a tinted version of an existing dessert, and in Flash a symbol can not be have its opacity and tint be modified at the same time, so it reverts to its original color.

===Glitches===
*Once the [[opening credits]] end, there is a slight jump in the music.

===Inside References===
*The dog "Chris" looks suspiciously like [[Rejected Characters#Trivia Time|Trivia Time]].

===Real-World References===
*Coach Z's opening line references the [[Wikipedia: Furious Five|Furious Five]], a pioneering rap group in the early '80s. The specific artist Coach Z refers to could either be [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Flash|Grandmaster Flash]], the original leader of the Furious Five, or [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Melle Mel|Grandmaster Melle Mel]], who led the group after Flash's departure.
*Bubs's description of the Gremlin is [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/quotes quoted] almost directly from the movie ''[[IMDB:tt0106677|Dazed And Confused]]''.
*The [[Wikipedia:flux capacitor|flux capacitor]] visible on the Gremlin is a reference to the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' movies.
*Strong Sad turning the flashlight on and off is possibly an homage to the movie ''[[imdb:tt0111149|Shallow Grave]]'', in which Christopher Eccleston's character turns a flashlight on and off into his face while spiralling into insanity.
*Homestar's shirt says "corporate rock still sucks", which is the motto of [[Wikipedia:SST Records|SST Records]], a favorite record label of Cobain's. Cobain once wore a shirt parodying the slogan on a famous [[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]] [http://i.rollingstone.com/assets/rs/110/76/images/23060_lg.jpg cover] saying "Corporate Magazines still suck". Also, his shoes look a lot like [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]], which the video for [[Wikipedia:Smells Like Teen Spirit|Smells Like Teen Spirit]] helped to repopularize.
**It's also possibly a nod to certain ''[http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/TSHIRTS/NV204.jpg Nirvana shirts]''.
*Homestar's line "Coach Z is down with the PE" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy|Public Enemy]] song "Burn Hollywood Burn", wherein guest-rapper [[Wikipedia:Ice Cube|Ice Cube]] raps "Ice Cube is down with the PE".
**This could be a play on words; PE could also stand for physical education, as Coach Z is allegedly a coach.
*The bear The Cheat has is Pooky, Garfield's teddy bear.
*[[Wikipedia: Edelbrock|Edelbrock]] is a seller of performace parts for [[Wikipedia: automobile|automobiles]].

===Fast Forward===
*Marzipan's line, "You can't come to next year's party," was revisited in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], when Marzipan said, "I like your costume, Strong Sad, but you weren't invited this year."
*The music that was used for the Flashlight Ghost Storytelling Using a Flashlight was used again in The House That Gave Sucky Treats and the Strong Bad e-mail [[theme park]] during "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spooktacular".
*A slight variation of Homestar's "Corporate Rock Still Sucks" (the motto of SST Records) shirt was worn by Strong Sad in [[geddup noise]], which said "Corporate The Geddup Noise Still Sucks".
*In one scene of this cartoon, The Poopsmith bobs for pumpkins and grabs a pumpkin in his mouth, which was later used as an easter egg in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] by putting a pumpkin in the Poopsmith's mouth to see Homsar.

== DVD Version ==
*The spot at the very end to see what the characters were dressed as has been removed.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, Mike, listen to how you can hear your fingers hitting the keys—

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' —on the little— yeah. ''{pause}'' They're kinda little ''puh puh puh'' clicky—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —holding a mic up to the Casio SK-1 keyboard.

'''MIKE:''' Does that not have a line out?

'''MATT:''' Uh, it didn— it sounded crappy, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It just had to go from like an 8-inch to an adaptor, et cetera et cetera.

'''MIKE:''' So here's our first Halloween cartoon.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was a really nice ''credit'' sequence... ''Mike''.

'''MIKE:''' ...Not sure why Matt is taking this tone with me, everyone!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' "Every single ''{clears his throat conspicuously}'' wanna see me."

'''MIKE:''' Ohh, interesting.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, The Cheat's costume, while he looks pretty good, wasn't very involved. It's just a pair of glasses... Garfield-looking glasses.

'''MATT:''' He has a very authentic Pooky, though... ''{Mike chuckles}'' for sure.

'''MIKE:''' I think the Mikhail Gorbachev still may be my favorite costume.

'''MATT:''' It's a good one.

'''MIKE:''' Although ''his'' glasses don't have any, uh...

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' They're just taped to his face.

'''MIKE:''' And I think the Marzipan genie costume might be the least thought-out—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. We just—

'''MIKE:''' It was the first one, but, everyone else's costumes are pretty good.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Cap'n Crunch, that's a good... Ooh, Marzipan's old mouth.

'''MATT:''' ''{softly}'' Ooh, the— Oh... I don't think Kurt Cobain had that stringy of— his hair was that stringy.

'''MIKE:''' I don't— Our friend Craig made that hair.

'''MATT:''' Did he really? I didn't remember that. I know that Craig made the ladies, the hot ladies that show up in Pom Pom's story later on.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he made, he made—

'''MATT:''' Did he make that headdress on, uh, the fruit basket headdress?

'''MIKE:''' No... I made that.

'''MATT:''' Oh. It looks good. Oh yeah, you drew that and scanned it in, didn't you?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I think we still have the drawing of that in the old sketchbook.

'''MIKE:''' So Matt one time when he was... what do you think, you were three maybe?

'''MATT:''' Uh, nnnnyeah, may— four.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Four, probably four. It was right when we moved to Atlanta.

'''MIKE:''' There was his Halloween costume, it was this big inflatable head that you sort of have attached with this headgear of this Martian. Yeah, goblin?

'''MATT:''' He was a goblin, not a Martian, he was a gween gobolin.

'''MIKE:''' Our dad was interviewing him on Super 8, and said, "What do you dress up?" ''{imitating Matt's young, high-pitched voice}'' "''A gween gobolin!''"

'''MATT:''' It was true, man.

'''MIKE:''' Look, Bubs has no arms, Matt!!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' He has no arms!!

'''MATT:''' Good job, us!

'''MIKE:''' Who were we fooling?!

'''MATT:''' No one! ''{pause}'' These ladies are a little risqué for the website, honestly.

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

'''MATT:''' Craig made them way too hot.

'''MIKE:''' Especially the way that one's kinda twisting her ankle like that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, she's—

'''MIKE:''' Look, she's funneling beers too!

'''MATT:''' They're party girls. Pom Pom's into the party girls. ''{pause}'' I remember Melissa made all these things up and I was amazed by her improvisational talents.

'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckles}''

'''MATT:''' I don't think I— I don't think I still— I didn't really like Melissa at that time, and I was really impressed. Naw, I was kidding. I liked Melissa plenty. ''{pause}'' He hates the Goblin Gremlin, Mike. ''{pause}'' Heh, the weird King of Town voice.

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

'''MATT:''' —found it stride. There was really, what, like four or five different— oh, okay there was an impressive amount of different drawings, there. In my head that was a way bigger pile—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —than what I remember.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know why—

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' There's a lot of things that were invented from this cartoon: the goblin, the sad kids, that robot— the Visor Robot appeared.

'''MIKE:''' The Visor Robot.

'''MATT:''' Why is it called the Visor Robot?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno, I think the wiki— I didn— ''We'' didn't name it the Visor Robot, did we?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' But I ''call'' it the Visor Robot, ''{in a funny voice}'' don't I, Matt?

'''MATT:''' ''{in a funny voice similar to Coach Z's}'' Yeah, you do; you gotta listen to that wiki, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' I like, watch the brain slide here.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I did this part. ''{pause}'' Those squashed kids look pretty terrible. ''{both laugh}'' Not even sure how that works.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, Bubs has arms again!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Good, see— he only has pointy fingers.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, he's got ''fingers''. Yeah, Coach Z— 'Cause he says, uh, "the Furious 5", right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think so. Well, he was just pointing too, when he's rapping, when he says, "Coach Z is down with the PE." But, now he just has mittens. ''{Mike laughs}'' He has never shown his fingers again. Maybe those are—

'''MIKE:''' He's never shown his true fingers before.

'''MATT:''' Maybe he's just wearing those on top of his mittens as part of his costume. We're really consistent, everybody! We think this stuff through ahead of time; we have a ten-year plan for the website...!

'''MIKE:''' ''{wolf howls in the cartoon}'' Hey, that's Matt.

'''MATT:''' That's me.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I do an owl, too. On the website, sound effects master, mang! Manganese.

== See Also ==
*[[Egg Throwing Game]]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:homestarloween.html|watch "Homestarloween Party"]]
*[[HR:halloween3.swf|view the Flash file for "Homestarloween Party"]]

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[[Category:Halloween]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

stunt double

2008-11-20T23:31:05Z

Kevin W.: /* Fun Facts */

{{aboutemail}} {{forcharacter|The Stunt Double}}
{{sbenav|80}}
[[Image:sbemail80.png|thumb|"Sounds Dangeresque..."]]

Louis wonders if Strong Bad has ever used a stunt double. Strong Bad responds by showing clips from his latest movie, ''Dangeresque 2: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque 1''.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''
*{{Film|Strong Bad}} as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
*{{Film|Coach Z}} as [[Renaldo]]
*{{Film|Strong Mad}}
*{{Film|Strong Sad}} (stunt double)
*{{Film|Homestar Runner}} as A guy in the background
*{{Film|Bubs}} as [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]]
*{{Film|The Cheat}}
*{{Film|Marzipan}} as [[Cutesy Buttons]]

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, July 21, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:17

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD''': ''{singing}'' Oh, I took the email to the market, and I bought it some kind of fish sauce.

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hello Strong Bad, 
I'm a long time watcher first time 
writer. I was wondering if you ever 
use a stunt double. 
 
Your whatever, 
Louis</blockquote>

{''After reading "I'm a long time watcher first time writer", Strong Bad says, "Ooh, an LTWFTW!". He then proceeds to read "I was just wondering" although the word "just" is not present in the original text of the e-mail. Then he reads the sender's name as "Luis. Er, Lewis. Louie."''}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' A stunt double?!? No way, Lucy! Only big wusses and lesser wimps use stunt doubles. I've always done my own stunt work. Check me out in this summer blockbuster we just finished. It's called ''Dangeresque 2: This time, it's not Dangeresque 1''.

''{A cue card is held up with the title: ''Dangeresque II: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque 1''. Then a newspaper is shown. The headline has been covered with a piece of paper that says, "'''MiSSiNG TAPE STOLEN!!!''' Dangeresque seen on the case. For real." Cut to an office scene with Strong Bad, wearing sunglasses, and Coach Z, wearing a turban that has a fez precariously perched on top.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's not going to be easy finding that missing tape.

'''COACH Z:''' Well, Dangeresque, if anyone can do it, I'm sure you can.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're right, Renaldo. But the elevator's broken in this building. So I'm gonna have to ''jump''! ''{makes a jumping motion}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad, wearing a paper bag with Strong Bad's face drawn on it on his head and oven mitts, standing on top of a ladder on the roof of Bubs' Concession Stand. He is pushed off and falls into a wading pool marked "shark pond!". The shot is then edited so that it's Strong Bad walking away. One of Strong Sad's oven mitts can be seen behind the concession stand. Cut to Strong Bad's basement, where Strong Bad and Strong Mad are standing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Either give me that tape, or punch me in the face!

''{Strong Mad punches. Edit to Strong Sad (as always, wearing the Strong Bad paper bag), who gets punched in the face and goes flying back. We hear a crashing sound.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' Ow.

''{Cut to the field. Strong Bad is holding a ping-pong paddle. Behind him are the missing tape and Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where is that tape?

''{Homestar realizes he can be seen and moves away. Cut to Bubs, wearing a monocle and holding The Cheat.}''

'''BUBS:''' Welcome to oblivion, Danger-skew! ''{pulls a lever}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing in the field, then edit to Strong Sad. A Heavy Lourde falls on Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ow. That's what I like to call a broken neck.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan in the field.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I won't watch you die, Dangeresque.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't worry, Cutesy Buttons. Tonight, dying's not on the menu. So I'm gonna have to ''jump''!

''{Strong Sad is once again pushed off of Bubs' Concession Stand. This time the pool is marked "Pie Factory", though for a split second after Strong Sad lands in it the sign changes back to "shark pond!". Edit to Strong Bad walking away. Cut back to the office.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Sounds pretty dangerous.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns around}'' No... sounds ''Dangeresque''!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay, you can all return from the edge of your seats. Wow, watching that gives me goosebumps every time, man. I mean, the stunts I do are so ''{pause}'' done by me. And remember to watch out in June 2004 for ''{stops typing as a logo appears for:}'' "Dangeresque 3: ''The Criminal Projective.''" In 3D! ''{"3D" is added to the logo and the screen becomes drawn in red and blue lines like a 3D movie.}''

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

==Easter Eggs==
*At the very end, click on the big "3D" part of the logo.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, I'm in 3D! Check out all my dimensions. I have height, width... and now, for a limited time only... depth!
*After the 3D spiel, click on the words "watch out" for more 3D action.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns to the camera}'' Who needs diskettes? ''{flings floppy disks at the camera}'' Brreow, brreow, krreow! ''{Holds up another floppy}'' Hey, you want this disk? ''{pulls it back}'' Well you can't have it. ''{holds it up again}'' No you j' di' take it. ''{pulls it back}'' No, you can't have it. ''{taunts the viewer by holding up and pulling back the floppy repeatedly}'' No—don't—take—have it.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Fish sauce|Fish sauce]] (also called "Nuoc Mam", "Patis", or "Nam Pla") is a salty sauce made from fermented seafood, integral in Southeast Asian cooking.
*Strong Bad saying "Ooh, an LTWFTW" is taken from most call-in radio shows, when some people say LTFT or LTLFTC, meaning ''Long Time First Time'' and ''Long Time Listener, First Time Caller'', respectively.
*Bubs plays the stereotypical evil genius with a [[Wikipedia:monocle|monocle]] and a furry pet under one arm. [[Wikipedia:Ernst Blofeld|Ernst Blofeld]] from the James Bond movies is an early example of this, with characters like [[Wikipedia:Dr. Evil|Dr. Evil]] and [[Wikipedia:Dr. Claw|Dr. Claw]] following the same formula.
:*Furthermore, Bubs mispronounces Dangeresque's name as "Danger-skew," as though trying to read it phonetically and failing horribly.

===Trivia===
*The title of the [[Periodicals|newspaper]] is "The Local Newspapes."
**The newspaper article reads:
<blockquote>The Lemmer was treated for polar bear 
related injuries shortly after the 4th 
inning shenanigans. Officials say the 
bear 'wandered on down' from the North 
Pole with rich, creamy nougat on its 
mind. Nay-sayers have dismissed this as 
dismissable citing, "I think it might be 
just an inflatable polar bear, actually." 
The young gun was unavailable for a 
Young Guns 2 screening that took place 
in my basement a few months ago and I 
haven't forgiven him since. Seriously, 
Mark, I don't know what's up. We used to be so close and now you're acting all</blockquote>
*This is accompanied by a picture of some [[Wikipedia:Atlanta Braves|Atlanta Braves]] (one of whom is [[LEMKE|Mark Lemke]]) on a baseball field with a polar bear digitally added in the background.
*When Strong Sad falls into the [[Kiddie Pool|wading pool]] the second time, the sign reads "shark pond" for one frame, and then switches back to "[[pie]] factory".
*Right after Strong Sad falls into the "shark pond", after Strong Bad is edited back in, you can see one of the oven mitts just behind the "pond." (It's easier to see in the Flash file.)
*The scene does appear three-dimensional, to a degree, if one looks through [[Wikipedia:Stereoscopy#3D glasses|3D glasses]].
**For the effect to work, the blue filter has to be over the left eye. Most glasses would have to be turned around to achieve this.
**The blue and red parts of the image are not horizontally aligned. This will make most people nauseated when they view the scene with 3D glasses.

===Remarks===
*The paper bag on Strong Sad's head has a picture of Strong Bad without the trademark sunglasses, even though he's supposed to look like Dangeresque.
*Strong Sad's belly button is missing, possibly because he's standing in for Strong Bad, whose belly button is not visible.
*The reflection lines on Bubs's character's monocle's reflection lines look exactly like the ones on Coach Z's Z emblem.
*In the scene where Dangeresque is holding the ping pong paddle half of Homestar is seen standing there next to the tape, but it's not mentioned who he is playing. Even though, in Dangeresque 1 he already had a character that was supposedly already made before Dangeresque 2.
*Baron Darin Diamonocle was not named until [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]].

===Goofs===
*When the scene turns 3-D, Strong Bad's reflection has the colors in the same order as his non-reflected self, which makes his reflection appear in front of the screen. But to be reflected properly (behind the screen) the red should be to the left of the blue.
*The diskette Strong Bad offers during the Easter egg is floating in midair, not being held by a hand.

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad is wearing the oven mitts from the [[In Search Of The Yello Dello]] cartoon, the [[Homestar Quiz]], and [[halloweener]].
*The monocle Bubs wears is similar to the monocles of [[The Announcer]] and [[The Barbershop Trio]].
*The [[Heavy Lourde]] that falls on Strong Sad's head originally appeared in [[homsar]].

===Real-World References===
*The baseball field in the newspaper photo is [[Wikipedia: Fenway Park|Fenway Park]].
*Coach Z (Renaldo's) turban with downturned moon and star and fez hat are similar to the uniform worn by the [[Wikipedia:Shriners|Shriners of North America]].
*According to the commentary on the DVD, the "[[Pie Factory]]" is a reference to the name of the second level of the arcade game [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong (arcade game)|''Donkey Kong'']], which was omitted from many home versions of the game, usually due to memory constraints.
*The subtitle of the movie (This time it's not Dangeresque 1) might be a take on "This time it's personal", the subtitle on Steven Spielberg's movie [[Wikipedia:Jaws 4|''Jaws 4'']].
*''[[wikipedia:Young Guns II|Young Guns II]]'', mentioned in the newspaper article, is a 1990 film.

===Fast Forward===
*The theme from the summer blockbuster ''Dangeresque 2: This Time It's Not Dangeresque 1'' (instrumental bits of which can be heard in the email) is featured on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*While ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'' was not released (or even started on) by June 2004, loyal Dangeresque fans were offered the Digitally Remastered Version of ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?!'' as a cop-out in [[dangeresque 3]].
**A movie poster for ''Dangeresque 3'' is shown in the movie theatre lobby in [[the movies]]. It is worth noting that it has no fixed release date.
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] is finally released (in 3D CGI) in November 2008 as episode 4 of [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

== DVD Version ==
*The way to access the Easter eggs has changed slightly. The Strong Bad icon on the center-right takes you to the first Easter egg, while the Strong Bad icon on the center-left takes you to the flying diskettes.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**Note that the actual cartoon dialogue in the background is improperly synced to the toon during the commentary.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Uh, do...do your impression of the guy from the Lord of The Rings Commentary, Mike. That effects guy.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs} {imitating "the effects guy"}'' We were going to go to New Zealand and write. ''{Himself again, laughing}'' What's that guy's name, Richard—

'''MATT:''' Taylor. Richard Taylor

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. He's a good guy. ''{imitating Richard Taylor}'' Gollum really surpassed everything that had come before him...in effects.

'''MATT:''' ''{Laughs}'' Um, sounds kinda like Robin Leach.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, that sounds—

'''MIKE:''' Um... ''{Laughs again}'' Uh, so, this is where Dangeresque came from, eh, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' That's true. Dangeresque.

'''MATT:''' What was his name originally, Danger Man, but then we found out there was already some other thing called that?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, with Patrick McGoohan.

'''MATT:''' James Doohan.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, maybe that—

'''MATT:''' Well, there's the Lemerke...Lemke. Mark Lemke, everyone. Mark Lemke, from the Atlanta Braves. There you go.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, so there's Renaldo with the turban and the Fez.

'''MATT:''' That was our friend Chris's tattoo for the New Orleans Police. The little emblem with the star and the moon.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Uh, later on the Shark Pond becomes the Pie Factory. ''{Matt laughs}'' Which is a reference to the fourth board in Donkey Kong.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Which is clearly supposed to be cement, right?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. It's amazing, because—

''{unintelligible}''

'''MATT:''' —the graphics weren't very conducive ''{Mike laughs}'' as to making you think of cement.

'''MIKE:''' It didn't really look any more like pies than they did cement.

'''MATT:''' Eh, but they were in those like, what looked like a pie tin.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Uh, I don't know what else to say.

'''MIKE:''' Look, it flashed.

'''MATT:''' Shark Factory. Or Shark Pit. Or—

'''MIKE:''' —pond—

'''MATT:''' —for a second there. It was poor, poor flashing

'''MIKE:''' Yes. On our part. Um, we were going to do the whole episode in 3D at one point.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It was good that we didn't. We would've given everyone a headache. I'm leaning too close again.

'''MIKE:''' Sorry.

'''MATT:''' Well, it's my fault.

===Fun Facts===
*Mike imitates [[Wikipedia:Richard Taylor|Richard Taylor]], founder of [[Wikipedia:Weta Workshop|Weta Workshop]], the company which handled all of the props and costumes for [[Wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy|The Lord of the Rings movies]]. Taylor spoke in the commentaries for the DVD releases of these movies.
*[[Wikipedia:Gollum|Gollum]] is a character from The Lord of the Rings. In the movies, the character was portrayed with computer animation overlaid on actor [[Wiki:Andy Serkis|Andy Serkis']] performance, and was considered a groundbreaking special effect, which Mike references in his fake commentary.
*[[Wikipedia:Robin Leach|Robin Leach]] was the host of [[Wikipedia:Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous|Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous]].
*[[Wikipedia:Danger Man|''Danger Man'']] was a British television series about a secret agent played by [[Wikipedia:Patrick McGoohan|Patrick McGoohan]].
*[[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]] was an actor most famous for playing Chief Engineer Montgomery "[[Wikipedia:Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]" Scott on [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*The Brothers Chaps incorrectly state that the fourth level of ''Donkey Kong'' is the pie factory. It is actually the second level.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail80.html|watch "stunt double"]]
*[[HR:sbemail80.swf|view the Flash file for "stunt double"]]
{{Dangeresque}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}[[Category:Dangeresque]][[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Quote of the Week Character Heads

2008-10-01T19:12:04Z

Kevin W.:

These are the '''character heads''' embedded in the [[Quote of the Week]] Flash file. Note that not all of these have been used since the Quote of the Week format changed to include them. Homestar Runner's and Marzipan's eyes blink, just as they do in toons.

==Permanent Character Heads==
These character heads are left in the swf. They include those of the main characters, which are often reused.
<gallery>
Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|<center>[[Homestar Runner]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-09-18|18 Sep 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 2 - strong bad.PNG|<center>[[Strong Bad]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-09-26|26 Sep 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 3 - strong sad.PNG|<center>[[Strong Sad]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-06-19|19 Jun 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 4 - bubs.PNG|<center>[[Bubs]] ''Last used [[Quote_of_the_Week#QW-2008-09-11|11 Sep 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 5 - coach z.PNG|<center>[[Coach Z]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-17|26 Jun 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 6 - marzipan.PNG|<center>[[Marzipan]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-10|10 Jan 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 7 - the kot.PNG|<center>[[The King of Town]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-04-24|24 Apr 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 8 - strong mad.PNG|<center>[[Strong Mad]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-10-25|25 Oct 2007]]''</center>
Image:qod 9 - homsar.PNG|<center>[[Homsar]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-11-25|25 Nov 2005]]''</center>
Image:qod 10 - marshie.PNG|<center>[[Marshie]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-20|20 Mar 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 11 - senor cardgage.PNG|<center>[[Senor Cardgage]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-08-28|28 Aug 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 12 - cheerleader.PNG|<center>[[Cheerleader]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-02-14|14 Feb 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 13 - so and so.PNG|<center>[[So and So]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 14 - whats her face.PNG|<center>[[What's Her Face]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-11-09|09 Nov 2006]]''</center>
Image:qod 15 - the ugly one.PNG|<center>[[The Ugly One]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-06-14|14 Jun 2007]]''</center>
Image:qod 16 - stinkoman.PNG|<center>[[Stinkoman]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-05-03|03 May 2007]]'' </center>
Image:qod 17 - 1up.PNG|<center>[[1-Up]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-09-01|01 Sep 2005]]''</center>
Image:qod 18 - gunhaver.PNG|<center>[[Gunhaver]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-08-07|07 Aug 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 19 - fightgar.PNG|<center>[[Fightgar]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 20 - silent rip.PNG|<center>[[Silent Rip]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 21 - crackotage.PNG|<center>[[Crackotage]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-02-27|27 Feb 2005]]''</center>
Image:qod 22 - reynold.PNG|<center>[[Reynold]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-09-15|15 Sep 2005]]''</center>
Image:qod 23 - blue laser commander.PNG|<center>[[Blue Laser Commander]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-04-12|12 Apr 2007]]''</center>
Image:qod 24 - eh steve.PNG|<center>[[Eh! Steve!]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 25 - Doreauxgard.PNG|<center>[[Doreauxgard]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 26 - 1936 strong bad.PNG |<center>[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-02-07|07 Feb 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 27 - 1936 homestar.PNG|<center>[[The Homestar Runner]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-05-22|22 May 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 28 - 1936 strong sad.PNG|<center>[[Sickly Sam]] ''Last used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-29|29 Mar 2008]]''</center>
Image:qod 29 - 1936 marzipan.PNG|<center>[[Old-Timey Marzipan]] '''Unused'''</center>
Image:qod 30 - 1936 coach z.PNG|<center>[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]] '''Unused'''
</gallery>

==Temporary Character Heads==
These are character heads of minor characters, which are added to the swf when in use and then removed when another head is added.
<gallery>
Image:qod 31 - geddup noise.png|<center>[[The Geddup Noise]] ''Used [[Quote_of_the_Week#QW-2005-09-29|29 Sep 05]]''</center>
Image:qod_horriblepainting.PNG|<center>[[Horrible Painting]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-10-06|06 Oct 05]]''</center>
Image:qod_dumple.png|<center>[[The Jolly Dumple]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-02-09|09 Feb 06]]''</center>
Image:qod 34 - small mouth.PNG|<center>Small Mouth [[Strong Mad]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-05-18|18 May 2006]]''</center>
Image:qod 35 - shirtless scifi greg.PNG|<center>Shirtless [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg#Science Fiction Greg|Science Fiction Greg]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-07-20|20 Jul 2006]]''</center>
Image:qod 36 - lazorlarry.png|<center>[[Lasers|Lazor]] [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-07-27|27 Jul 2006]]''</center>
Image:Meltshake.png|<center>[[Minor Foods|Melt Shake]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-09-07|07 Sep 2006]]''</center>
Image:Qow_vidguys.png|<center>[[Videlectrix Guys]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-11-17|17 Nov 2006]]''</center>
Image:qod 39 - kingbubs.png|<center>[[King Bubsgonzola Supreme]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-02-08|8 Feb 2007]]''</center>
Image:Taranchulaqod.PNG|<center>[[Taranchula]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-03-22|22 Mar 2007]]''</center>
Image:Whalehead.PNG|<center>[[Drive-Thru Whale]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-04-05|5 Apr 2007]]''</center>
Image:Qod sloshy.PNG|<center>[[sloshy]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-08-30|30 Aug 2007]]''</center>
Image:Qod sadkids.PNG|<center>[[The Sad Kids]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-09-13|13 Sep 2007]]''</center>
Image:Quote of the Week DJ The Cheat.png|<center>[[DJ Teh Cheat]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-12-13|13 Dec 2007]]''</center>
Image:QOTW Schenkel McDoo.png|<center>[[Taranchula|Schenkel McDoo]] ''Used [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-07|07 Mar 2008]]''</center>
</gallery>

[[Category:Regular Updates]]

The Battle of Strong Badia

2008-09-29T19:00:13Z

Kevin W.:

{| align=right cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=250 class="toccolours" style="float: right; clear: both; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%; border-spacing: 2px;"
|-
! cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="background: lightblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;" | The Battle of Strong Badia
|-
| cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 84%;" | [[Image:homestarmy.png|210px]] The Homestarmy advances into Strong Badia
|- valign=top
| '''Appearance'''
| [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[army]]"
|- valign=top
| '''Date'''
| January 5, 2004
|- valign=top
| '''Location'''
| [[Strong Badia]]
|- valign=top
| '''Result'''
| Strong Badian victory
|- valign=top
| '''[[Wikipedia:Casus belli|Casus belli]]'''
| [[The Battle of Strong Badia#Cause of Conflict|See above]]
|-
! cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="background: lightblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;" | Combatants
|-
! [[Homestarmy]]
! [[Strong Badia]]
|-
! cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="background: lightblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;" | Commanders
|- style="text-align:center; font-size: 100%;"
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
|-
! cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="background: lightblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;" | Strength
|- style="text-align:center; font-size: 100%;"
| Five (one deserted)
| Three
|-
! cellpadding=2 align="center" colspan="2" style="background: lightblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;" | Casualties
|- style="text-align:center; font-size: 110%;"
| [[Frank Bennedetto]]
| None
|-
|}
'''The Battle of Strong Badia''' was a minor conflict between the [[Homestarmy]] and [[Strong Badia]], depicted in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[army]]".

==Cause of Conflict==
[[Image:goodminton.png|thumb|left|Prelude to invasion]]
[[Homestar Runner|Colonel Homestar Runner]] was driven to embark upon a campaign to invade and capture Strong Badia because he was tired of Strong Bad stealing the show (or as Homestar himself put it, because he was "sick and tired of playing second fiddle to a two-bit [[Wrestleman]] and his [[The Cheat|yellow dog]]"). To aid his cause, he recruited [[Homsar]], [[Strong Sad]], the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]] and Third-Style Private [[Frank Bennedetto]] (actually a popcorn machine), and proceeded to march upon the encampment of the Brothers Strong.

==Summary of Events==

It is a bitter irony that Homestar's urge to win was what defeated him. Attempting to bolster his forces, Colonel Homestar tried to recruit [[Strong Bad]], giving him warning of the impending invasion. Were it not for this error, Strong Bad may never have found out about the planned attack until it was too late, and Strong Badia might have fallen. As it happened, Homestar's mistake enabled Strong Bad to send his commando, [[Firebert]], to spy upon the Homestarmy's planning meeting, enabling him and [[Strong Mad]] to be prepared for the invasion.

The battle lasted about ten seconds before it was canceled by Colonel Homestar so that Strong Bad and Strong Mad could play [[badminton]]. Homsar, unfortunately, deserted approximately three seconds into it, or simply didn't notice that they had reached their destination as his "helmet" was covering his eyes. The Homestarmy was forced to retreat (Colonel Homestar commented they were "in over [their] heads"); after Strong Sad exhorted the troops to "hold the line", Private Bennedetto was nearly slain by a smooth kick from Strong Bad's foot when he remained in enemy territory. The Brothers Strong emerged victorious and went on to wonder how to play badminton, or if there is a goodminton.

Since this defeat, the Homestarmy has only been seen in action twice, making sure that no one did any work on [[Labor Dabor|Labor Day]], and attempting to recruit troops in the email [[more armies]]. The limited accounts of the Labor Day campaign indicate they had some success in this endeavor, although they appeared to have scared away their only taker at their most recent activity.

[[Category:Homestarmy]]
[[Category:Strong Badia|Battle of Strong Badia]]
[[Category:Events]]

Place Ya Bets!

2008-09-16T04:43:43Z

Kevin W.:

{{toonnav|Shorts|sbemail199andahalf|The Next Epi-Snowed|Strong Bad Sings}}
[[Image:Sbemail199andahalf.png|thumb|HORSES!]]
[[The Deleteheads]] wager on what will happen in [[Strong Bad Email]] 200.

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

'''Places:''' [[Strong Sad's Room]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 15, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 1:30

'''Page Title:''' Hot Action? Big Numbers?

== Transcript ==
''{open to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is standing next to a chair and in front of a table with a notebook on it, and wearing his Deletehead hat. An archway to a hall is to his left}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{rhythmic clapping in background}'' Everybody's just gonna feel sorry for ya. I mean ''{starts to pat belly in time with clapping}'' I do.

''{clapping stops}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Please be seatèd, delete heads. ''{chair scoot noises as Strong Sad sits}'' Now let's get right down to it! Sbemail 200 wagers, place ya bets! Place ya bets! ''{Strong Sad pounds the table with his fist as he speaks}''

''{cut to the other side of the table. Strong Mad and The Cheat are sitting down, and the cinder block is on the table. All three are wearing Deletehead hats}''

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' The Cheat's got fifty bucks says the Lappy doesn't make it out of email 200 alive! Any takers? Any takers?

''{cut back to opposite side}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' DOUBLE DOWN!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, hot money, hot money, big movers! ''{pounds table}'' Dan! We got a twenty percent chance this email's gonna be from a guy named Dan! Who wants in? ''{looks around quickly as he speaks}'' Anybody? Nobody? Hot action? Big numbers? No? Moving on! Homestar's got half a G on ''{looks at notebook}'' Strong Bad not making it out alive?

''{cut to Homestar, holding what appears to be a homemade bomb}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Homestar quickly hides his "bomb" under the table}'' I dunno nothing about nothing.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{standing in doorway, holding a crate labelled ''Last week's clams'' with a box labelled ''Cat noses'' on top of it}'' Do any of you have even one iota that lives down the street from a clue as to what you're talking about?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, gambling?

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

'''STRONG MAD:''' HORSES!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well I can tell you right now you're all way off! ''{walks away}'' Or I got fifty bucks that says you guys will continue to suck no matter what I do.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{ominous music, Homestar pulls his homemade "bomb" out from under the table}'' We'll just see about that, old buddy, old pal. We'll just see. ''{zoom in on Homestar}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{music stops abruptly}'' Homestar, are those just candles with a drawing of a clock taped to them?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, um. Sorry guys I gotta catch this invisible secret elevator. ''{Homestar slowly lowers himself below the table, stopping before his hat disappears}'' Boooooo.

'''STRONG SAD:''' How much you wanna bet he stays down there all week?

''{The New Paper comes down, it reads ''Place your bets, people!''}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"G" is slang for $1,000 (a '''g'''rand), making half a G $500.
*"Double Down" is a term in Blackjack meaning to double one's bet after seeing the first two cards.

===Trivia===
*Strong Sad's notebook reads:
**Meeting
# Pledge
# Wagers
# Fruit Dip
# Eyebrow Notions

===Remarks===
*Despite Strong Sad's claim of there being a 20% chance of the next emailer being named [[Dan]], only 10 of the previous emails - roughly 5% - were sent by a Dan (or a derivative thereof).

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad is singing [[Everybody to the Limit]] in the intro to the meeting.
*[[The Deleteheads]] first appeared in [[fan club]].
*The Cheat predicts the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|death of the Lappy]].
*Homestar had half a [[G]] that Strong Bad doesn't make it through SBEmail 200 alive.
*Homestar appears to want to [[Death|kill]] Strong Bad.
*Homestar's line "I dunno nothing about nothing." was previously uttered by Bubs in [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]].

== External links ==

*[[HR:sbemail199andahalf.html|watch "Place ya bets!"]]
*[[HR:sbemail199andahalf.swf|view the Flash file for "Place ya bets!"]]

[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

Peter Frampton

2008-09-15T05:39:36Z

Kevin W.:

[[Image:Peter frampton.PNG|thumb|Best wishes]]
Rock legend '''[[Wikipedia:Peter Frampton|Peter Frampton]]''' has been referenced to multiple times in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. In particular, [[Strong Bad]] seems to be a fan of him.

==Appearances==
*[[making out]] - Page title reads "frampton's camel", the name of Frampton's band; the emailer mentions Peter Frampton.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] - One item among the "crazy crap" that [[Homestar Runner]] rummages through in [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] is a copy of the album "[[Wikipedia: Frampton Comes Alive!|Frampton Comes Alive!]]", an extremely popular live album.
*[[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] - Upon moving the cursor over the "characters" button, a clip from Frampton's "[[Wikipedia: Do You Feel Like We Do|Do You Feel Like We Do]]" will play and a [[Wikipedia: Black light|Blacklight]] will come down. Strong Bad comments, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!"

[[Category:Inside Jokes]]
[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Agent Chimendez

2008-08-10T07:31:07Z

Kevin W.:

[[Image:Agent Chimendez.PNG|thumb|"Let's rrrrrrock, rrrrock on!"]]
'''Agent Chimendez''' is a [[Cheat Commando]] voiced by [[A. Chimendez]]. He assumes the role of leader of the [[Cheat Commandos]] after he leads [[Gunhaver]] into a box trap, while A. Chimendez leads Gunhaver's voice actor, [[Crack Stuntman]], into a box as well. He claims to be an "[[Wikipedia:Expanded Universe|expanded universe]]" character. After getting [[Gunhaver]] to become trapped in the box, he either sent Gunhaver to the moon or led the Cheat Commandos to believe that was the case. Because he is voiced by A. Chimdendez, who has a Latin accent, he rolls his Rs, causing the phrase "rock, rock on" to become "rrrrrrock, rrrrock on." When the other commandos try to say this back, they pronounce each R in an awkward attempt to mimic his diction.

==Appearences==
*'''Debut:''' [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]

{{CheatCommandos}}

[[Category:Cheat Commandos Characters]]

your edge

2008-07-22T06:56:35Z

Kevin W.: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|197}}
[[Image:Sbemail197.png|thumb|"Look at this arsenal of edge-havery!"]]

Gee Tee is worried that Strong Bad might be losing his edge.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Strong Mad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, July 21, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:00

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{singing}'' Another freakin' email, another freakin' email song.

<blockquote class="email">
<div>subject: a little concerned</div>
Hey Strongbad- 
I'm a little worried that you may be losing your edge. I 
heven't seen any shennanigans from you or The Cheat in 
a while. 
Yours, etc 
Gee Tee, Los Burbankos, CA 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces the hyphen as "minus", "heven't" as spelled, and "shennanigans"  as "she-ne-ne-nanigans". He expands "yours etc" as "yours, his, hers, mine, ours". He also pronounces the name and place of the sender in a very rushed voice.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Losing our edge?! That's ridiculous. Our shenanigans make the cover of Have Edge Times Magazine like every month! Like the other day. Me and The Cheat—

''{scene cuts to The Field. We see Strong Bad and The Cheat approaching a deflated basketball lying on the ground}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as voiceover}'' —walked past this deflated basketball and consciously decided not to reinflate it!

'''STRONG BAD:''' So what do you think, man?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK, now we're talkin'. ''{Dances nervously}'' Let's get out of here before the cops come!

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat run off to the right. Scene cuts back to Strong Bad in front of computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And then yesterday, we feathered—

''{scene cuts to Strong Sad's bedroom, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are standing on the bed and throwing feathers from a torn pillow at Strong Sad, whose right side is only just visible at the right of the screen. The Cheat makes little excited noises, and Strong Sad produces quiet, bored-sounding "ow"s.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as voiceover}'' —the living crap out of Strong Sad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You said it The Cheat! Tar ''is'' prohibitively expensive!

''{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad in front of computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But edgiest of all, THIS MORNING, we spread mayonnaise—

''{scene cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat in the Basement, spreading Fluffy Puff Mayonnaise onto the tops of [[cardboard boxes]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as voiceover}'' —on all these cardboard boxes, man. And then waited like, thirty minutes to clean it all up,—

''{clockwise-wipe reveals basement with mayonnaise gone, Strong Bad vacuuming, and The Cheat spraying air-freshener. Room twinkles occasionally.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —vacuum, and use air-freshener to get rid of any undesirable odors left by the mayonaise!

''{cut to a rear view of the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thirty whole minutes! Can you be— yeah, okay, we're losing our edge. The Cheat, get in here!

''{cut to a full shot of the computer room as The Cheat appears, wearing an apron}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, with a melodic tone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Take that thing off!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, it is not "pretend-we're-Grandmas-baking" time! ''{close up of Strong Bad}'' And it'll never be again! ''{zoom out}'' ''{sotto voce}'' See me after this email.

''{The Cheat removes apron}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, it's time to do some real damage, The Cheat! It's time to get our shenan on! Again!

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

''{left wipe reveals Strong Bad and The Cheat in a room with stacks of eggs in cartons, several battle-axes, a stack of toilet paper rolls, and two bottles of "Lite Em Up Dan"-brand lighter fluid near the wall, and a saw, a casserole, and gasoline can on the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, look at this arsenal of edge-haver-y right here, man. ''{close up of Strong Bad}'' We can't go wrong!

''{zoom out}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, shenanigans! Like, uh, you start sawin' a hole in the floor, and I'll stomp on this casserole.

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

''{Cut to a close up of the casserole. Strong Bad stomps on it while The Cheat saws a hole in the floor around him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah ha ha! Sorry, casserole, your crusty layer of fried onions is no match for my— ''{zoom out}'' ''{screams}''

''{Strong Bad, The Cheat, and the gasoline can fall through the hole in the floor}''

''{Cut to a pitch-black room. Nothing can be seen besides Strong Bad's and The Cheat's eyes, which appear white with black pupils.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{moan, followed by "yugga-da-yugga" noise of lips flapping while head is shaken vigorously}'' Whoa, where are we? I suddenly feel so...easy to animate.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno man, but we gotta stay edgy. We can't let this deep, dark hole get us down in a deep, dark hole. Here, lemme kick you. That's a classic shenani-move. ''{grunts}''

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

''{Strong Bad's eyes move in a way consistent with him winding up to kick The Cheat. The Cheat's eyes move in a way consistent with him backing up slightly. Strong Bad's eyes then flip around and lower in a way consistent with him flipping over and then falling to the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{yells, and then a different grunt}'' Geez, Lucy, hold still! ''{a hitting sound is heard}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise}'' ''{another hitting sound is heard}''

''{Strong Bad's left eye disappears; in its place a round white ball appears of roughly the same size. It falls from Strong Bad's face level and rolls away on the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ow, my eye!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{scream-like The Cheat noise}''

''{Strong Bad's left eye reappears, opening}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Naw, just kiddin'. It's a ping-pong ball.

''{Another white ball appears from the level of Strong Bad's pants}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I always keep a spare pack ''{a cluster of similar balls appears from Strong Bad's hip-level}'' in my pants. ''{White balls disperse and roll away on the floor.}'' Some would say "pocket"; I say: "in my pants".

''{Faint light appears from above}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hello? Is somebody down there?

''{cut to Strong Sad looking at the hole from above}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Go away, Strong Sad! The Cheat and I are down here shenanigan-ing each other in the dark alone by ourselves.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, are you sure you wanna go on record with that explanation?

''{cut back to dark hole}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Of course! I don't see how that could possibly be taken out of context! Now either violently throw yourself in here, or scram-oose!

''{cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Fine! But I wasn't the one who—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey wait! Could you get on the internet and look up if cutting a hole in your own floor is edgy?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ah, sure. ''{mimes typing}'' Tappity-tappity-tap. Yeah, I just checked. It is.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awesome, I thought so!

''{cut back to dark hole}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Where'd you check, like "Have Most Edge Guy" or edgetangle.com, one o' those?

''{cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yup, all the most popular sites. Uh, they recommend staying in the hole for a few days too. So I can finish my novelle-ique.

''{cut back to dark hole}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, cool! I mean, we've got foot-stomp casserole down here, so we should be good! Could you toss down something to drink though?

''{cut back to Strong Sad, who walks away to the left}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad? Ah, never mind, ''{cut back to dark hole}'' we'll just drink that gasoline. Doesn't get edgier than that, right?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' High-five, The Cheat!

''{The Cheat's eyes move in a manner consistent with him jumping up to slap Strong Bad's raised hand}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{grumbles}'' Thinks we're losing our edge. Pfft!

''{[[New Paper]] is heard coming down, but it is too dark to see it.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:HaveEdgeTimes.png|thumb|150px|Edge-Losers or Edge-Havers?]]
*Clicking "Have Edge Times Magazine" at the beginning shows Strong Bad and The Cheat on the cover of ''Have Edge Times'' magazine.
*At the end, click Strong Bad's right eye  to see what happens 3 hours later.
:'''THE CHEAT''': ''{In an imitation of a grandmother}''
:'''STRONG BAD''': ''{Also in an imitation of a grandmother}'' Oh, Adelaide, you devil! Substituting bacon grease for butter? If my Wilbur only knew...
:''{Lights turn on, revealing the basement of the Brothers Strong with the circle of floor sitting on Strong Mad's head.}''
:'''STRONG MAD''': WILL YOU PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN?
:''{Lights turn back off.}''
*At the end, click The Cheat's eyes to see Strong Sad on the cover of ''Have Edge Times'' magazine.

==Fun Facts==

=== Explanations ===
*"Scram-oose" is a [[portmanteau]] of "scram" and "vamoose", both slang terms meaning "go away".

===Trivia===
*The label on the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads [[Floppy Disk Container#flashback|"flash-back"]].

=== Remarks ===
[[Image:3armedss.png|thumb|150px|Strong Sad mid-gesture]]
*The sender's city of Los Burbankos, CA doesn't exist, but probably refers to [[Wikipedia:Burbank, California|Burbank]].
*Strong Bad said that they had the "foot-stomp casserole" and the gasoline in the hole, but in the Strong Mad Easter egg, only the gasoline is there.
*When Strong Bad and The Cheat are in the hole, they both seem to have Bubs's smaller eye as their pupils.
*If you click the Easter egg to show Strong Sad's ''Have Edge Times'' cover, the New Paper's mouseover will appear on top of it rather than under it.
*In the Strong Mad Easter egg, both Strong Bad's and The Cheat's eyes are higher up in the frame after the lights come on than before.
*Before scratching his eye while listening to Strong Bad, Strong Sad's right arm is captured in a wind up motion for a single frame.

===Goofs===
*When the camera cuts to the back of the Lappy, part of Strong Bad's fist goes through it.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's nervous dancing is the same as in [[retirement]], and uses [[Homsar]]'s walking sound effect.
*In the living room, [[eggs]], Light 'em Up [[Dan]] lighter fluid from [[pizza joint]], and axes from [[slumber party]] are seen.
**The eggs and toilet paper, in particular, were previously used for Halloween shenanigans in [[Three Times Halloween Funjob]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] while spreading mayonnaise, and also while vacuuming it up. The cover of ''Have Edge Times'' magazine also shows him smiling.
*Strong Bad previously sported pupils in [[bike thief]].
*This is another instance of [[kicking The Cheat]].
*Strong Sad [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Sad's Revenge|gets his revenge]] on Strong Bad again.
*Adelaide was a name previously mentioned in [[dreamail]].
*"Smashed Tape" was one of the items sold at [[Manolios Ugly One]]'s Lectro-Pawn in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]].
*Strong Bad and the Cheat use [[Fluffy Puff Mayo]] in their third shenanigan.
*When Strong Bad and the Cheat high-five, it uses the same [[sound effect]] from [[Clapping Party]] from [[slumber party]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]], a character from the [[Peanuts]] comic strip, famously held a football to be kicked by [[Wikipedia:Charlie Brown|Charlie Brown]] only to pull it away at the last second in many strips in the series.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

404'd

2008-06-27T20:11:16Z

Kevin W.: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:404.PNG|thumb|"OW! my browser!"]]

'''404[[-'d|'d]]''' is the [[Teen Girl Squad]]-themed [[Wikipedia:404_error|error page]] that comes up when you type in a file name that does not exist in the [[homestarrunner.com]] domain.

'''Page Title:''' Oops! You bwoke it.

'''Cast:''' {{Film|Strong Bad}} (voiceover), {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}

== Transcript ==

''{An explanation, [[Teen Girl Squad]] style, appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' 404'd!

<div style="border:2px solid black; width:42%; background:#ffffff;color:#000;padding:4px 4px 4px 4px;"> [[Image:404'd.png|175px|right]]<big><big>'''404'd!!'''</big></big> 
'''FiLE NOT FOUND'''

Boy, you sure are 
stupid.

Were you just making up names of files or what? 
i mean, i've seen some pretend file names in my 
day, but come on! it's like you're not even trying.

::::::::in closing, go away.
</div>

''{The Ugly One is being impaled by arrows coming from the Arrow'd Guy's mouth. Her speech balloon reads "OW! my browser!"}''

== Fun Facts ==
*The image on the right of the message is a modified version of a shot from both [[comic]] and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]], where The Ugly One is arrow'd.
*If you get a 404 error while in a different directory from the root directory (e.g. [[HR:stinkogame/|www.homestarrunner.com/stinkogame/]]), the Flash files for 404'd and the navigation bar will not load. This is due to [[Wikipedia:Hyperlink|relative linking]].
*There are nine arrows sticking into The Ugly One, but twelve heads are visible.
*From September 25 to October 9, 2006, for unknown reasons, a 404 error wouldn't bring up this page, bringing up the stock [[Wikipedia:Internet_Information_Services|IIS]] 404 error message instead.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:404error.html|view the 404'd page]]
*[[HR:404error.swf|view the Flash file]]

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{{Teen Girl Squad}}

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[[Category: Teen Girl Squad]][[Category:Special Pages]]

Experimental Film

2008-06-23T22:07:17Z

Kevin W.: /* Goofs */ Goof doesn't always happen

{{toonnav|Shorts|expfilm|Senor Mortgage|Peasant's Quest Preview}}
[[Image:experimentalfilm.PNG|200px|thumb|The color of infinity?]]
Strong Sad and The Cheat make a video for They Might Be Giants.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Tentacle Skull]], [[They Might Be Giants]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Gavin}}, [[Lions|It's a lion!]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Athletic Field]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, July 13, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:00

'''Page Title:''' So a guy walks up to an ATM...

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

==Lyrics==

The color of infinity inside an empty glass 
I'm squinting my eye and turning off 
And on and on and off the light

It's for this experimental film 
Which nobody knows about 
And which I'm still figuring out 
What's going to go in my experimental film?

Yeah—you're all gonna be in this experimental film 
And even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's

I already know the ending it's 
The part that makes your face implode 
I don't know what makes your face implode 
But that's the way the movie ends

And in my experimental film 
Which nobody knows about 
But which I'm still figuring out 
Your face implodes at my experimental film

Yeah—you're all gonna be in this experimental film 
And even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's 
Even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's

The color of infinity inside an empty glass 
It's for this experimental film 
Which nobody knows about 
And which I'm still figuring out 
What's going to go in my experimental film?

Yeah—you're all gonna be in this experimental film 
And even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's gonna— 
Yeah—you're gonna be in this experimental film 
And even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's 
Even though I can't explain it 
I already know how great it's

== Easter Eggs ==

*You can click on "Directed by Strong Sad & The Cheat" before the video starts to get a commentary by Homestar Runner characters.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Sad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, hello, this is Strong Sad...

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' ...and we're the co-directors of this video.

'''THE CHEAT:''' Meh!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, so my portion of this video details the life of a very lonely individual named Rondell who can't deal with the decisions of day-to-day life.

'''STRONG BAD:''' We interrupt this whining to bring you this important headline: "World bored to death by Strong Sad commentary."

'''STRONG SAD:''' Agh, what are you doing here? You're hardly even in this video!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well, I woulda been the one directing it if weren't for those Super Giant guys.

'''STRONG SAD:''' That's not what they're called.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whatever they're called, that one right there with the glasses, he started talking all these vocabulary words at me and confusin' me and the next thing I know, I was relegated to this crappy bit part. ''{Referring to the top of two heads (one is wearing glasses, likely They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh)}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, "relegated" sounds like a vocabulary word.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll relegate your face to a...bloody pulp!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Coffee was being hit with a drumstick}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that part represented hitting coffee with a drumstick. Okay.

[[Image:gracious.png|thumb|"Aah! More like our 'I'll murder you in a back alley' host."]]
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{upon seeing a picture captioned "our gracious host"}'' Aah! More like our "I'll murder you in a back alley" host.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, so this next part ''{referring to tiny The Cheats erupting from cracks in Rondell's hands}'' is an allusion to one of my very favorite experimental films called--

'''STRONG BAD:''' Boring Johnny and the Get Bored Crew.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{exasperated}'' Would you quit it with the "boring" comments?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, if it weren't for that tentacle skull riding the old-timey bike, this video would have nothin'!

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, yeah, the first question on that pop quiz was, "Are you all going to be in my experimental film?" ''{Referring to Pop Quiz in clip}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{the tentacle skull is seen in ink on lined paper}'' Oh, look, there he is! Keep on old-timey bikin', tentacle-skull. ''{Gavin is seen}'' Hey, is that Gavin? I didn't know he was in this video. He's got, like, as much screen time as I do!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey guys, is this the Super Giants video?

'''STRONG SAD:''' That's not what they're—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes. But they cut us out of it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, weird—then why'd they bother getting somebody who looks just like me? ''{Seeing himself in the clip}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, that is you, I just mean they mostly—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Seeing Strong Bad and Strong Mad in the clip}'' And that guy looks just like you! And that big guy ''{referring to Strong Mad}'' looks just like Coach Z!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now this part accurately represents what it feels like to watch this video. ''{Ticking clock shown}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{exasperated}'' Ohhh! This next part ''{the film shows Rondell's face, then begins to shake, and the image disappears as if burning, revealing animated Rondell}'' is all about Rondell's transformation into a new man.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I thought you said that was just an accident that happened because you loaded the film wrong.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{embarrassed}'' Uhh, why don't you shut up, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno... 'cause I guess I got a lot of stuff to say.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{when he, Strong Mad and Homestar are seen dancing}'' Check out my dance! Ooh, ah, ooh side-swipe! ''{The Cheat joins in}'' Ooh, ah, ooh side-swipe! ''{Homestar joins in}'' Ooh, ah, ooh side-swipe! Ooh, ah, ooh side-swipe!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ahhh, this is the worst commentary ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's what I've been saying this whole time!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, me too. Worst... commissary... ever.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{during the portion where components of the film are seen pogoing}'' At this point reality and fantasy have collided and everybody... pogos.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{as an animated Rondell walks up to an animated ATM}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{angry}'' What do you mean you tried to be as dumpy-accurate as possible?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as Strong Bad is seen dancing, with the words "Real Smooth Moves" is seen above him}'' Let's talk about how "Real Smooth Moves" is like the best band name ever. The old Supreme Giants boys could take a cue from that one.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{as a muffin on a table is seen}'' I'm gonna take a cue from that kitchen table and go get me a blueb'ry muffin!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ohh, what a disaster. I hope I still get paid.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This toon was made for the second single from They Might Be Giants' tenth studio album ''[[TMBW:The Spine|The Spine]]''. The song is called [[TMBW:Experimental Film|Experimental Film]].
*The two head-tops belong to They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh and John Linnell. The one on the left is Flansburgh, as he has black hair and wears glasses, and the one on the right is Linnell.
*The answers for the "pop quiz" refer to the [[Wikipedia:Cotton gin|cotton gin]], an invention that revolutionized the cotton-growing industry; [[Wikipedia:Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia|Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia]], a town famous as the location where the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|American Civil War]] ended; and the former all-time career record for home runs in [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] (755), held by baseball player [[Wikipedia:Hank Aaron|Hank Aaron]] at the time of this video. The first question was "Are you all going to be in my experimental film?"
*The Tentacle-Skull can be seen riding a [[Wikipedia:Penny-farthing|penny-farthing]] bicycle.

===Trivia===
*This toon was originally posted on [[The Brothers Chaps]]' other domain, [[Thorax:|thoraxcorp.com]], but was quickly taken down.
*This toon was released at approximately midnight, Atlanta time, on 13 July 2004—the release date of ''The Spine''.
*The joystick Homestar is using is for an [[Atari 2600]].
*According to [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.07/play.html this Wired interview], TMBG were going to make a separate video for the [[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] crowd. Choice quote: "I feel like if MTV and Homestar collided, the world might explode." However, the H*R music video ''did'' air on MTV.
*This is the only Homestar Runner cartoon to ever be aired in full on television.
*Despite "resolving not to feel so bad about wanting to hit Homestar so much" (see [[Strong Sad's Lament]]), the commentary shows the first time that Strong Sad has stood up to Homestar. As expected, Homestar doesn't take him very seriously.
*The first frame of the actual song is labeled "[[Glossary#V|viderostart]]" internally (this label is used by the commentary scripts).

===Remarks===
*The first line of the song is "The color of infinity inside an empty glass." Strong Sad's glass is full.
*Even though Strong Sad says he can't jump in his blog, he jumps here, in the email [[caffeine]] and in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*For the shot of Strong Sad pointing the camera in the mirror at an angle to be possible, the view would have to be from a second camera filming this, or involve additional mirrors.
*In the commentary, Strong Bad comments that Gavin got as much screen time as he did, but in fact, Strong Bad has about 10 seconds of screen time, versus Gavin's 3 seconds.
*During what Strong Sad refers to in the commentary as "Rondell's transformation into a new man," [[Powered by The Cheat]] Strong Sad can be seen [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiling]].
*The clock has six seconds between the three and the four.
**This adds to Strong Bad's argument during the commentary that "this part accurately represents what it feels like to watch this video."

===Goofs===
[[Image:Homestarslegunattached.PNG|200px|thumb|Leg?]]
*Occasionally, when you click "Directed by Strong Sad and The Cheat" at the beginning for the commentary, it plays the normal video without commentary for a few seconds. It then goes back to the beginning and does the commentary.
*The first time the crowd uses the cards to make a picture of the Coffee Cup, at the bottom right corner on the second square up, the rim of the cup is yellow instead of white like the rest of the cup.
*As Homestar prepares to run away from Strong Sad, his leg is disconnected from his body.

===Glitches===
*Occasionally, the commentary will stop after about half of Strong Bad's first line, while the rest of the music in the background stays quieted. This continues throughout the entire cartoon.

===Inside References===
*When "It's a lion!" pops up for the first time, the lion is wearing Homestar's hat.
*Just before Homestar appears, the crowd flips the cards to a picture of an olive on a toothpick. This was the eye from the [[Homestar Jr.]] in [[Where's The Cheat?]]
*When the people in the grandstands flip the scenery cards to the mountain scene, it slightly resembles [[Main Page 2]].
*"Our gracious host" bears a striking resemblance to [[Monte Negro]] in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*Strong Sad, Strong Bad, and Homestar proclaim that this is the [[Best/Worst X Ever|worst commentary ever]].

====They Might Be Giants References====
*United States presidents are [[TMBW:Presidents|a common theme]] in TMBG's work; they have no fewer than five songs about U.S. presidents and frequently mention presidents in songs and on stage. Their [http://www.tmbg.com/froMain.html website] is also presidentially themed.
*Skulls (e.g. the Tentacle Skull seen riding the bicycle) are another [[TMBW:Skulls|frequent TMBG theme]]. In addition to being mentioned in several of their songs, it appears on the cover of their ''[[TMBW:Back To Skull|Back to Skull]]'' EP and on the back of their ''[[TMBW:John Henry|John Henry]]'' album. The skull might also be the [[TMBW:Skullivan|Skullivan]], as mentioned in the companion EP for ''The Spine'', ''[[TMBW:The Spine Surfs Alone (EP)|The Spine Surfs Alone]]''.
*[[TMBW:Coffee|Coffee]] is yet another common theme in the work of TMBG. The earliest videos and promotional matierials from the '80s show TMBG with cups of coffee. In the film ''[[TMBW:Gigantic|Gigantic]]'', TMBG confesses that they are insanely dependent on coffee.
*In the commentary, both Strong Bad and Homestar get TMBG's name totally wrong (both "Super Giants" and "Supreme Giants" are mentioned). This is, of course, [[TMBW:Monikers|not the first time this has happened]]. In fact, one of their early EPs included [[TMBW:Untitled|an answering machine message]] in which two people discuss "There Must Be Giants" and "There May Be Giants" and appear to be confused about the whole experience.
*The finger that comes up at one point might be a reference to the thumb on the cover of TMBG's [[TMBW:Dial-A-Song - 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants|"Dial-a-Song" album]], or perhaps the close-up of a cartoon finger pressing an elevator button in the video for "[[TMBW:(She Was A) Hotel Detective|(She Was a) Hotel Detective]]".
*This is not the first time TMBG have worked with Flash accompaniment. Their children's album, "No!" (2002) was an enhanced CD, with 13 of the 17 songs having Flash animation complementing the music.
*Strong Sad falling through the spiral of presidents could be a poke at the lyrics in [[TMBW:Spiraling Shape|Spiraling Shape]]. Example: ''"...And clawing at nothing you drop through the void..."''
*The "forest and mountains" backdrop in this toon was also used in TMBG's music video for [[Wikipedia:Birdhouse in your Soul|Birdhouse in your Soul]].
*In the commentary, Strong Bad reveals how "the one in the glasses" confused him with large vocabulary words. John Flansburgh is notorious for having a large vocabulary.

===Real-World References===
*The page title is a reference to a stand-up cliché of beginning jokes with the line "so a guy walks into a bar..."
*Strong Sad meeting the [[Grim Reaper]] through split screens is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Ingmar Bergman|Ingmar Bergman's]] ''[[IMDB:tt0050976|The Seventh Seal]]''.
*The scene with the film apparently burning (the one that Homestar credits to Strong Sad loading the film wrong) is a reference to Bergman's ''[[Wikipedia:Persona (film)|Persona]]''.
*Much of the imagery, and especially the scenes of Strong Sad watching film sprocket holds go by, is likely a reference to one of the first great experimental films, ''[[IMDB:tt0019760|The Man with a Movie Camera]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Dziga Vertov|Dziga Vertov]], which has a section in which the sides of the film are exposed, and the characters look outside their own frame/world at the holes running by.
*Ants (actually little The Cheats) crawling out of holes in Strong Sad's hands is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Luis Buñuel|Luis Buñuel's]] ''[[IMDB:tt0020530| Un Chien Andalou]]'' ("An Andalusian Dog") co-directed by famous surrealist painter [[Wikipedia:Salvador Dalí|Salvador Dalí]].
*Strong Sad shaving himself is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Jørgen Leth|Jørgen Leth's]] short film ''[[IMDB:tt0376821| Det perfekte menneske]]'' ("The Perfect Human").
*In the commentary, Strong Bad interrupts Strong Sad with the phrase "Boring Johnny and the Get Bored Crew". This is most likely a reference to the hip hop group "[[Wikipedia:Doug E. Fresh|Doug E. Fresh]] And The Get Fresh Crew".
*Homestar can be found playing a game much like ''[[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]]'', only with presidents instead of aliens, as well as a dollar sign instead of a tank.
*The swinging lightbulb is from the famous penultimate scene in [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock's]] ''[[IMDB:tt0054215|Psycho]]'', where Vera Miles finds Norman Bates' partially-preserved dead mother in the fruit cellar. The oscillating shadows that result are re-created in various places in the video/animation.
*Another Hitchcock film nod is made to ''[[IMDB:tt0052357|Vertigo]]'', when Strong Sad falls out of the film and into a descending spiral of presidential faces.
*When Homestar is agreeing with Strong Bad, he says "Worst commissary ever." A [[Wikipedia:Commissary|Commissary]] is a name used for a cafeteria located at a film studio.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Sad is seen in the Grim Reaper costume again in [[trading cards]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features two commentaries by Strong Sad, The Cheat, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner. The first is available on the website and is transcribed above. The second is transcribed below. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Sad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, hello. This is Strong Sad.

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' And that's The Cheat, and we're gonna talk about this video. Oh, geez, it's already started. So the guys approached me to do a video for "Experimental Film", so I shot my own experimental film but the, uh, the glasses guy said that it was too much of a total drag, so they brought The Cheat on board to, as they said, "make it quit sucking," which I guess is an industry term, I dunno...

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, The Cheat wants you to know that he did this part. I think they probably figured that out. ''{The images of John Flansburgh and John Linnell's heads appear.}'' There he is! That glasses guy. You really dig those extreme climates, huh? The desert, the arctic, ''{As this is said, the scene shifts to the arctic.}'' football stadiums... So this scene is dealing with man's indecision and apathy.

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that scene was dealing with hitting coffee with a drumstick, eh?

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{"Our Gracious Host" appears.}'' Okay, The Cheat, come clean. Who is that creepy guy in the picture frame?

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Who's Stephan?

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, I can see he's "Our gracious host"! But what does he have to do with anything?

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, whatever keeps you off the streets. ''{The Pop Quiz appears.}'' Let's see, those questions were, "How many home runs did Hank Aaron have?", "Where did Lee surrender to Grant?", "What did Eli Whitney invent?", and "Are you going to be in my experimental film?" What class is that for?!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, hello there, chumps!

'''STRONG SAD:''' What are you guys doing here?!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm here to save this commentary from a death worse than... Strong Sad commentary.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And I'm just here ridin' all y'all's coat tails.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, maybe you could tell me how you got that video game to come up on the ATM!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Maybe I'm some type of magic video game man. Maybe you should start dealing with that, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, I wish I grabbed some of that black-and-white cash!

'''STRONG SAD:''' That was Monopoly money!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, but, I'm gonna... ''{coughs}'' uh, sneeze. Yeah, black-and-white Monopoly money! That stuff is priceless! I'd be livin' on Baltic Avenue!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, this part's all about rebirth and new life...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah, whatever. This part comin' up here is all about my new dance, The Side-swipe! ''{The dancing scene with Homestar, Strong Bad, and Strong Mad appears.}'' Check it out! Mm! Ah! Ooh side-swipe!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG SAD:''' What?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''What?!''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... it's a lion. ''{As he says this, "It's a lion" appears in the football stands.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{A somewhat lengthy set of The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, that was very insightful, The Cheat!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yeah, yeah, totally!

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, so what kinda soup was that? Like, tomato-basil or some kind of bisque?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! Mulligatawny!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Can we talk about something artistic?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but we can talk about how "Real Smooth Moves" is, like, the best band name I ever heard. These Super Giant guys should change their name from "Super Giant" to "Real Smooth Moves." That's a band name!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, I'm outta here! Hope I still get paid!

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

==See Also==

*The [[Experimental Film Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the Experimental Film.

==External Links==
*[[HR:expfilm.html|watch "Experimental Film"]]
*[[HR:expfilm final.swf|view the Flash file for "Experimental Film"]]
*[[HR:testChild.swf|view the Flash file for the director's commentary of "Experimental Film"]]
**After it has finished loading, right-click (control-click if you're using a Mac) and choose "Play".
*[[Forum:273|forum thread re: "Experimental Film"]]
*[http://www.theymightbegiants.com/album-spine-surfs-bundle.htm Download the song at theymightbegiants.com for 99 cents].
*[[TMBW:Experimental Film|This Might Be A Wiki: Experimental Film]]

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