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different town

2009-10-10T07:39:42Z

Not a random guy: Being a music geek again XD

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[[Image:sbemail99.png|thumb|"WHOA! Can it be true?"]]

Strong Bad describes how he would make his town different, through song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|ABA Basketball Pom Pom]], {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|Modestly Hot Homsar]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Stick]]/Big Ol' Tree, [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Athletic Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, February 23, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:54

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

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Check your email and check your email. ''{His voice is looped with [[#Real-World References|another rhythm]]}'' Check your email and check your email.  ''{He stops singing and presses Enter.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I just wondering, if you had a chance 
to make your town different, what 
would you do? 
 
Sincerley 
Steven WV</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "WV" as "Wolksvagen", and deliberately mispronounces "sincerley" to reflect its misspelling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pour hot soup in Homestar's eyes, eh, Steven? That sounds like a pretty good- ''{He stops typing.}'' wait... what'd your email say again?

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and the email appears again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling reading sounds}'' Oh. Oh-ho! Sorry.

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and starts the reply again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Make the town different, eh, Steven? ''{He breaks into song.}'' Weeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhllllllll,—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' —the Poopsmith, he could talk,

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{in a surprisingly deep voice}'' Hello!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Marzipan would rock, and The Stick would be this big ol' tree that'd try to eat everyone except The Cheat and me.

'''STRONG MAD:''' AND ME!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking}'' We'll see.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And The King of Town would be underground in a box filled up with peas...

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I hate peas!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Bubs would give away flame throwers that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills...

'''BUBS:''' Imitation chocolate!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And my stupid baby brother would have been born with horns and a tail...

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sadly}'' I'm evil.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Coach Z would wear this cool jacket.

'''COACH Z:''' Check it out, yo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Homestar just couldn't hack it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I quit!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Pom Pom wouldn't change at all, 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{softly}'' Two, three, four.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And this little weirdo... would be a modestly hot girl to help me through the hard times. You know, the kind that are only sorta hot so they don't mess around with other guys.

'''MODESTLY HOT HOMSAR''': ''{in Homsar's voice}'' DaAaAa, I'm forever your girl!

''{A crowd cheers for a moment. Cut to the Computer Room where Strong Bad is standing on his stool. The cheering continues for a few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you! Thank you! All right! This next one is the fourteenth song on my forty-second album. It's called—

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing to the right of the computer desk. He is dressed in a light blue tunic and is wearing horns and a tail.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Strong Bad—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' WHOA! Can it be true?

''{Cut to a wide shot showing both Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Strong Bad is still standing on his stool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar Runner called it quits? The King of Town, pea-buried alive?! The Poopsmith speaketh?!?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... Calm down, spaz! I'm going to the ''Clash of the Titans'' con, dressed up as Calibos, remember? I was just gonna ask if you still wanted that bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, um. Right. Of course. ''{clears throat, then speaks quietly and quickly}'' Yeah, I still want the bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, bye, weirdo. What are you standing on that stool for anyway?

'''STRONG BAD:''' For your information, I was ''{short pause}'' checking on the lights, Strong Sad. We got that recessed lighting, y'know. Yup, everything looks great.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, things would be different alright. Though I'm a little disappointed in what I came up with for Homsar. Modestly hot my eye! I think my imagination's broke. ''{stops typing}'' Lemme try and think up the ''{starts typing again}'' Best Thing Ever. Umm... Beef... stew... ''{types this as just "Best thing ever: Beef stew."}'' Yup it's busted alright. I'm gonna go... place. ''{gets up and walks away}''

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Marzipanmohawk.PNG|thumb|Marzipan's new 'do.]]
*The words "eh, Steven?" can be clicked (only the first time Strong Bad types them) to show a [[Lem Sportsinterviews|LEM]] drawing of "Eh. Steven." ([[Eh! Steve!]] in formal wear).
*Clicking on "place" at the end brings up a [[Made-up Places#Place|Place]] [[postcard]] featuring [[Monkey D]] and the skyline of Seattle, Washington. It reads: "Greetings from PLACE."
*Click to the right of "back" at the end to download the song. A credit below the download links reads "lyrics by TBC music by TMBG".
*Hidden behind Marzipan's yellow hair, if viewed in a [[Wikipedia:decompiler|decompiler]], there is another hairstyle — a bright pink spiked mohawk.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
* The music for "Different Town" was performed by [[They Might Be Giants]] especially for [[homestarrunner.com]]. However, the lyrics were written by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Although Strong Bad's imagination is by no means part of continuity, this is the first time that the Poopsmith speaks (if you ignore [[The King of Town DVD Storyboards]] and the hiss in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]).
*If you look closely in [[Pom Pom, Too]] toon, you can see an [[ABA Basketball]] Pom.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#BAAL|BAAL]]".
*This toon has [[nondescript nouns]] ("Place").
*This is the first time since [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] that Homestar is seen in his normal attire but without his star.

===Remarks===
*Though the Big Ol' Tree moves, its shadow does not.
*When Strong Bad is "checking the lights" he should be looking to his right because according to the shadows the light comes from his right.
*During the Homsar segment, Strong Bad pantomimes finger-snapping, which is something he should not be able to do while wearing [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|boxing gloves]].

===Goofs===
*The outlet disappears when Strong Sad appears.
*The link to the download comes up over top the Place postcard.

===Inside References===
*The postcard from PLACE in the Easter egg is a reference to Strong Bad's postcards from destinations such as OVER THERE in the email [[vacation]].
*The [[Trading Card Games|trading card]] Pom Pom was pictured on has the same design as the one featuring [[The Deke]] in [[autobiography]].


===Real-World References===
*The rhythm of Strong Bad's email song is taken from the They Might Be Giants song "[[TMBW:Ana Ng|Ana Ng]]" – the first time is the same as the rhythm part under the verse, and the second time is this and the vocal rhythm mixed together.
*The "[[Wikipedia:American Basketball Association|ABA]] Basketball" is indeed red, white, and blue instead of the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]] orange.
*"Bubo" was the name of the clockwork owl in the film ''[[IMDB:tt0082186|Clash Of The Titans]]'', later featured as an avatar on [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. Strong Sad was dressed as Calibos, the villain of that movie. Both Bubo and Calibos were [[Stop Motion|animated]] by [[Wikipedia:Ray Harryhausen|Ray Harryhausen]], whose work was also referenced in [[redesign]].
*"Wolksvagen" is a play on words of the German automobile manufacturer: [[Wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]. The funny pronunciation comes from the fact that the two letters are reversed from the normal abbreviation, VW. In German, the name is pronounced "'''F'''olks'''v'''agen".
*The board behind Homestar says "[[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]]" and "DeBry," which is a parody of [[Wikipedia:DeVry University|DeVry University]].
*The guitar Marzipan is playing is [[Wikipedia:George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch's]] [http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_george_lynch03.jpg "Mom"] guitar, the one he used during his years with the '80s metal band [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]].
*The "Marzipan" amps are a play on the ubiquitous [[Wikipedia:Marshall Amplification|Marshall Amps]], which feature similar styling and font.
*Marzipan's blond hairdo may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heart (band)|Heart]] guitarist [[Wikipedia:Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]].
*Strong Bad's outfit during the "And this little weirdo" sequence is similar to outfits worn by many glam-rock musicians, such as [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin's]] [[Wikipedia:Robert Plant|Robert Plant]] and [[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen's]] [[Wikipedia:Freddie Mercury|Freddie Mercury]].
*Homsar says "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 song and album titled "[http://www.lyricsdepot.com/paula-abdul/forever-your-girl.html Forever Your Girl]" by [[Wikipedia:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]].

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's eyes will again be threatened with hot soup in [[New Boots]], this time by The Cheat.
*Strong Bad's statement that they have recessed lighting is confirmed in [[pop-up]] when Strong Bad jumps to the ceiling.
*Marzipan actually does end up playing rock music when she starts the band [[Cool Tapes]] and in the musical short [[One Two, One Two]].
*A screenshot of Modestly Hot Homsar is shown again in the "[[Discount Flashback Warehouse]]" Easter egg in [[flashback]].
*Strong Bad would once again don the miner's helmet in [[Ever and More!]].
*30 emails later, Strong Bad would have no trouble thinking of the [[best thing]] ever: the [[Limozeen]] cartoon show.
*The box of peas the King of Town was buried in is found underneath Strong Badia in [[buried]].
*The Poopsmith breaks his vow of silence in [[email thunder]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Eh! Steven Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The download link for Different Town has been disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary, as well as the ''original'' version of the Different Town song, as sung by John Linnell. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Another commentary.

'''MIKE:''' This is a commentary- My name is Mike Chapman. This is my younger brother Matt, he's three years younger than me.

'''MATT:''' That's all true.

'''MIKE:''' So, this commentary track- we're going to allow John Linnell from They Might Be Giants- we're gonna put on his original track. They co-wrote the song for this e-mail.

'''MATT:''' -did all the music for it, I just sent an email with some of the words and a couple of notes and that- that's it.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, so that's what we're going to play for the, um—

'''MATT:''' ''{quickly}'' Here it comes!

''{The Different Town music track is played, with [[They Might Be Giants|John Linnell]] singing Strong Bad's lines (no other character's lines are said.)}''

'''MATT:''' I think I used a Miss Georgia, or Miss California, or something picture, for a reference for the hot Homsar.

'''MIKE:''' Probably was Miss Georgia.

'''MATT:''' You think so?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. She's pretty hot

'''MATT:''' So, we liked Clash of the Titans a lot.

'''MIKE:''' True. It, uh, scared me when I was little. And I like the special effects.

'''MATT:''' And it delights you in your old age.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' It does.

'''MATT:''' Bubo was, of course, the R2-D2 of Clash of The Titans.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, the robot owl.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. But it was clockwork, Mike, there were no robotics back then. The gods had a mastery of clockworks, though.

'''MIKE:''' Gears.

'''MATT:''' Gears of...shimmies. Uh, Manhunter of New York, I believe, is in the diskbox there.

'''MIKE:''' ''Great'' game.

'''MATT:''' It's a great game. Speaking of terribly awkward graphics. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's something else that scared me when I was younger and delights me in my old age, is Manhunter of New York.

'''MIKE:''' Eyeballs. Flying eyeballs.

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

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

'''MATT:''' Poor guy.

===Goofs===
*Matt incorrectly identifies the game in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] as "Manhunter of New York." It is actually "BAAL." The game "Manhunter of New York" appeared in the Floppy Disk container in [[Arcade Game]] and [[caper]].

== See Also ==
*The [[Different Town Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the song.
*This Might Be A Wiki: [[tmbw:Different Town|Different Town]]

==External Links==
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*download the song: [[HR:songs/differentown.zip|Win]] [[HR:songs/differentown.sit|Mac]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

The Cheatar

2009-07-06T04:06:53Z

Not a random guy: Changed fretboard indicators to inlays, the proper term.

{{aboutshort}} {{for|DVD feature showing its construction|The Cheatar (making of)}}

{{toonnav|Shorts|cheatar|Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos...O's}}
[[Image:cheatar.png|thumb|right|220px|"The Cheat! You turned into, like, a giant guitar!"]]

The Cheat turns into a guitar! Or maybe not...

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Gary Palaroncini]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, May 24, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 0:54

'''Page Title:''' Witness the Cheatar!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==

''{The scene opens to a wall with a purple door and a giant [[live action]] The Cheat guitar. Strong Bad, silhouetted, enters the scene.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': The Cheat! I need you to help me open up this can of peas! Wdj-haaaah?! The Cheat! You turned into, like, a giant guitar! You never told me you could do that! Wait a minute... What good is a giant guitar if you're not a giant...guitar...-ist? Why couldn't you transform into, like...a Semi! Or at least a tape player. You know, like: Ke-ka-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-kokah! I don't think I like you like this. You're way taller than me. And way...guitarer than me.

''{The Cheat enters, also silhouetted}''

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

'''STRONG BAD''': What the—The Cheat! You mean you can't turn into a giant guitar after all? Then what good are you?

'''THE CHEAT''': ''{The Cheat noises. We hear a pop.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey! You opened my can of peas! Thanks, The Cheat! Now let's go pour these on that ant-hill I found.

'''THE CHEAT''': ''{Makes stance like guitar, makes The Cheat noises and walks away.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Move your mouse over the Guitar to see a message.
<blockquote>The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame was 
nice enough to ask us to paint a 
giant fiberglass guitar for an 
exhibition they're doing. 'The 
Cheatar' will be on display in 
Cleveland for a while, then 
auctioned off for charity with the 
other giant guitars.</blockquote>
*At the end of the toon, click on the door to see a picture of Gary from [[Limozeen]] chillin with 'The Cheatar.' Keep clicking to see other pictures and finally a clip of Gary playing a few chords on this big guitar and singing a song about running away:
:'''GARY PALARONCINI:''' ''{Singing while playing The Cheatar}'' Can't you run away? But can't you run away? Won't you run away? My dog ran away... Oh-oh, I can't... I told him to stay, but he still run away, rugh! You know I told him...I thought I told him to stay. I say. ''{Riffs The Cheatar one last time; the Limozeen logo comes up}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The 10-foot-tall fiberglass [[Wikipedia:Fender|Fender]] [[Wikipedia:Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] from this short was created for a program called GuitarMania. Through this program, hundreds of these guitars are creatively transformed into works of art. The sculptures are then sold at a live auction at the [[Wikipedia:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum]]. Proceeds benefit [[Wikipedia:United Way|The United Way]] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Educational Fund.

=== Trivia ===
*It is unknown what the final bid on the Cheatar was, but bidding started at $5,000.
*Gary's chord progression during the video goes like this: GGDCGDCDG.

=== Remarks ===
*The Cheatar doesn't have any [[Wikipedia:Strings (music)|strings]], a [[Wikipedia:Bridge (instrument)|bridge]], or any [[Wikipedia:Inlay (guitar)|inlays]].

=== Inside References ===
*This is another mention of [[peas]].

=== Real-World References ===
*When Strong Bad mentions the Semi and the tape player, he is referring to [[Wikipedia:Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]], and possibly [[Wikipedia:Blaster (Transformers)|Blaster]] or [[Wikipedia:Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]] of the [[Transformers]]. He also imitates the "transformation" sound.
*The font of the "[[Irregular Loading Screens|Comin' up...]]" loading screen is reminiscent of the logo of the heavy metal band [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Guitar message Easter egg is visible at the end of the cartoon.
*The pictures of Gary with the Cheatar are visible at the end and are accompanied by a new Limozeen song.
'''LIMOZEEN:''' Squeedle, squeedle, giant guitar 
Now I know just how squeedly you are 
Up on stage playing notes so high 
You make ''all'' the young ladies cry ''(song ends)'' 
''(spoken)'' No, don't eat me, giant guitar!
*The video of Gary playing the Cheatar was released on [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:cheatar.html|watch "The Cheatar"]]
*[[HR:cheatar.swf|view the Flash file for "The Cheatar"]]
*[[HR:cheatarmovie.swf|view the Flash file for the Limozeen clip]]
*[[Forum:114|forum thread re: "The Cheatar"]]
*[http://www.cleveland.com/guitarmania/index.ssf visit the Guitarmania official site]
*[http://www.cleveland.com/guitarmania/content.ssf?/guitarmania/gallery/thecheatar.html see The Cheatar's page on Guitarmania].

[[Category:Shorts]]
[[Category:Limozeen Filmography]]

cliffhangers

2009-07-03T21:30:34Z

Not a random guy:

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[[Image:sbemail158.png|thumb|"This dinner party is top dollar!"]]
Strong Bad resolves three cliffhangers, and is then confronted by "sweet lady irony".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}/[[The Thnikkaman]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Cliffs|A Cliff]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], Inside [[The Proud Anselmo]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg), [[The Office]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, September 18, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:22

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oooh, it's a e-email, money, money, money. Oooh-ooh. Shut up. ''{brings up email}''
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: cliffhangers</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Resolve all the cliffhangers please 
 
Thanks, 
Jake
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Jake" as "Little Jakey Pleasenthanks".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Hmmmmm. The cliffhangers, eh? I never really thought to call them that, but I guess that ''is'' what they are. Yeah, Why not? ''{gets up, accompanied by The Geddup Noise}''

''{Cut to a face of a cliff. Homsar and the King of Town are both hanging from separate ropes, which are attached to the top of the cliff.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' This dinner party is top dollar!

''{As he says this, Homsar's hat floats around him in a perfect circle. Strong Bad is seen walking up to the edge of the cliff. Zoom in on him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, cliffhangers. Prepare to be resolved!

''{Strong Bad takes out a big knife and slices both the ropes, causing the King of Town and Homsar to fall out of the shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and I brought you some snacks.

''{Strong Bad tosses some paper bags labeled "Hom" and "Kot" down the cliff.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' ''{echoing}'' You're a good friend, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad leaves. Cut back to Strong Bad's computer room. Strong Bad sits back down, and the screen has already been cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, all right. I know what you really mean, Jakesy. So, you say you want a resolution, huh?

''{Static away to the words "Cliffhanger #1" on a dark grey screen. Then, cut to the Locker Room. The Thnikkaman is crammed into a locker, bound with ropes. Coach Z is facing him.}''

'''COACH Z:''' And now, Thnikkaman, at long last, the world will discover your secret, sorcret identity!

''{Cut to a closeup of Coach Z's face.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Thereby rendering you useless as a Thnikkaman!

''{Cut back to the original view of the locker room.}''

'''THE THNIKKAMAN:''' I'll render you ''toothless''!

'''COACH Z:''' Now, give me them cool shades!

''{Coach Z swipes at the Thnikkaman's "cool shades". Just as he's about to take them off, the frame freezes. Coach Z's arm is blurred. Zoom in, and the dramatic sound effect (dun, dun, duuun) is heard. The screen fades, and "Resolution" appears over the top in yellow text. This goes away, and we return to the scene—Coach Z misses the glasses and falls on his face.}''

'''THE THNIKKAMAN:''' Yeah, shut up, Coach.

''{The Thnikkaman jumps out of the locker on top of Coach Z, and walks off the left of screen. The usual singers chime in, the words flying across the screen in waves.}''

'''SINGERS:''' You missed unmasking the Thnikkaman!!! ''{slight pause}'' Because you have really bad hand-eye coordination!!!

'''COACH Z:''' Enough already, I get it! My secret sorcret has been revereled.

''{The words "Cliffhanger #2" appear. Cut to Strong Bad in his Space Captainface outfit inside a cardboard spaceship, talking on a cardboard cell phone, with a little paper umbrella as an antenna.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah I ''know'', Lita Ford... but I'm in orbit, baby! Look, I'll call you back when I'm not—

''{Cut to The Cheat, dressed as Strap, who plays an alarm sound effect on the CD player, and turns a lamp with a red bulb on and off.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strap! Collision alarm! Bring it up on screen!

''{Strong Mad takes away the piece of cardboard representing the screen, revealing a circular silhouette hanging from a piece of string, and holds up a sign reading "Malmsteen's Comet".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We're on a collision course with Malmsteen's Comet! Full power to the forward humbuckers!

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

''{The Cheat points to a screen drawn on the cardboard that reads "The forward humbuckers have never worked!". ("never" is in red.)}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Humbuckers are offline? Then strap in, Strap, and prepare for ramming speed! If this is the end, then we can at least make it awesome for the people in...

''{Strong Bad looks out a side window labeled "the view" at a desktop globe of the Earth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Greenland.

''{The Cheat plays a rockets firing sound on the CD player, and the ship starts shaking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooohhhh... Shooooooo....

''{Everything freezes, and the same dramatic sound effect plays.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Will Cap and Strap make it out of this one?

''{Cut to the silhouetted comet, with a question mark overlaid, Strong Mad holds up a sign reading "Tune in NEXTime...".}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Tune in next—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nope, none of that, just get to resolving.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Okay!

''{Up comes the "Resolution" screen, then cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat holding on to each other as the ship shakes around them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is it, Strap!

''{The shaking stops, the rocket sound dies away, and the "comet" comes out of the silhouette, revealing it to actually be a moldy cantaloupe, with the label "grodalated cantaloupe".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute... that's no comet! We've wandered into the Forgotten Produce belt of Tablature 5!

''{The cantaloupe is joined by a bunch of overripe bananas and an overripe avocado.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's guacamole and banana bread time, Strap!

''{Some upbeat music plays, and Strong Bad and The Cheat dance to it.}''

''{The words "Cliffhanger #3" appear. Strong Sad and Homestar are standing around a table.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Look, you can tell me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can't!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, come on, what is it?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm... pregnant!

''{Slow zoom in on Homestar, and the same dramatic sound is heard, in a lower tone. Up comes the "Resolution" screen.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... no, you're Homestar. Runner. ''The male''.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oohhhh, phew. Thought I was a pregnant woman for a second there.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yeah... uh... I think I'd like my money back now.

''{Cut through static to Strong Bad walking back to the computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And there you go, Jakenstein. All the cliffhangers have been re— Aah!

''{The Lappy isn't on the desk; it has been replaced by a ransom note, which reads "i got your Lappy", and has a red-splattered comma key from the keyboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' My computer's been Lappy-napped! And they cut off her little toe! ''{falls to his knees}'' Oh, sweet lady irony! ''Why'' do you mock me?

''{The dramatic sound (dun, dun, duuun) is heard. [[The Paper]] comes down, reading "Tune in next time for the cliff hanging conclusion!!"}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Pleasanthanks.png|thumb|150px|Little Jakey Pleasenthanks]]
*Click on Jake to see a book called "Little Jakey Pleasenthanks" by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Crazy Prof. Sportsinterviews]].

*Click on the electrical outlet at the end to see a scene with Coach Z and Bubs at the concession stand:
:'''COACH Z:''' Nah, I bet if you take away them cool shades and rip that "TH" ''{pronounced as the "th" in "three"}'' off his chest, underneath, you'd find a thin green man with a big ol' "Z" hanging from his—
:'''BUBS:''' ''{glares at Coach Z}'' Coach, are you accusing ''yourself'' of being the Thnikkaman?!
:'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, I, uh— no! I, wuh, da, rumble-dumble sports team?!
*Click on the ransom note at the end to see an extra scene in the office with Homestar wearing a just disk t shirt and Strong Bad.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, you know who I think done it? Homestar Runner. Think about it, think about it. He's got the history, he's got the motive...
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, are you admitting that ''you'' stole my computer?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What? No! I was just making watercooler conversation, trying to sound up with the times, uh, um, sports team? ''{Strong Bad looks down, dejected}''


== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*An actual [[Wikipedia:Cliffhanger|cliffhanger]] is a plot device used at the end of a movie or TV show where the story comes to an abrupt end without resolving some key issues, so that if the viewer wants to know how the story ends, they will have to tune in to the next episode, or watch the next movie. The term comes from old movie serials which often ended with the heroes in imminent danger, including literally plummeting over or dangling over a cliff, urging the audience to return the next week to see how they make it out alive.
*A [[Wikipedia:Humbucker|humbucker]] is a type of guitar pick-up that uses two coils.
*[[Wikipedia:Tablature|Tablature]] is a specialized type of sheet music for stringed instruments, such as guitar.
* Homestar's line, "I'm [[Pregnancy|pregnant]]", with a close up is a spoof of stereotypical [[Wikipedia:Soap Opera|soap operas]] in which an episode would end with such a cliffhanger.
*Guacamole and banana bread are uses for over-ripe avocados and bananas (respectively). The avocado's skin was dark green (almost black), and the edges of its flesh were browning, both signs of being over-ripe. In addition, the bananas were extremely bruised, also signs of over-ripeness. Thematically, they fit in with the over-ripe, near-rotted cantaloupe that was the comet.

=== Trivia ===
*This email was sent by wiki user [[User:Cessna Man!|Cessna Man!]].
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#cake walk|cake walk]]".
*Below "the view" in the cardboard spaceship, there is a switch. Both positions of the switch are labeled "off".
*Homestar's and Strong Bad's shirts in the Easter egg read "Just Disks" and "Data Boys" respectively.
*When Strong Bad tosses the lunch bags, Homsar's says "Hom" and the King of Town's says "Kot".

=== Remarks ===
*The Thnikkaman already took his shades off in [[monument]] without his secret identity being revealed.
*In the final scene, the comma key is perfectly flat, as though it's part of the paper.

=== Goofs ===
* Strong Bad unnecessarily capitalized "Why" in "Yeah, Why not?"

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:Cliffhangergoof.png|thumb|125px|Strap in, Strap!]]
*During most of the cardboard spaceship scene, the green ground is slightly cut off on the left side of the screen, so that a strip of white is visible along the black edge of the frame.
*During Cliffhanger #3, when the camera zooms in on Homestar, if you look closely you can see part of his head protruding past his shirt on his left (your right) side.

=== Inside References ===
*Strong Bad first appeared as [[Space Captainface]] in [[space program]].
*When The Thnikkaman waddles away, he makes Homsar's [[Sound Effects|walking noise]].
*The sticker on the cantaloupe says "[[Glossary#G|grodalated]]", a neologism that first appeared in [[bedtime story]].
*This email marks another spoken reference to "[[Cool Shades]]."
*Strong Bad wields a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] in this email, which he gets from [[Hammerspace|nowhere]].
*A cantaloupe also appears as [[Doreauxgard]] in [[lackey]].
*Strong Sad's stressing of Homestar's first and last name separately is similar to Homestar's introduction in his [[Homestar Runner#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*This is the second time Strong Bad has anthropomorphized an abstract concept as a "sweet lady", the first being "sweet lady freedom" in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*The [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] in the Space Captainface cliffhanger was first heard in the email [[fingers]].
*Strong Bad and Homestar are wearing the free polo shirts they got from various software companies, as they did in [[other days]].
*The globe outside the cardboard box is from the e-mail [[pizzaz]] and possibly [[Experimental Film]].
*Homestar fearing he is a [[Pregnancy|pregnant]] woman is another instance of [[gender confusion]].

=== Real-World References ===
*Malmsteen's Comet is a reference to Swedish guitar player [[Wikipedia:Yngwie J. Malmsteen|Yngwie Malmsteen]] and [[Wikipedia:Ace Frehley|Ace Frehley]], lead guitarist for [[Wikipedia:Kiss (musical group)|Kiss]], and his solo album ''Frehley's Comet''.
*The [[Blood|bloody]] comma key on the ransom note that Strong Bad calls a "little toe" refers to the movie ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', in which a ransom note appears for a kidnapped woman along with a severed little toe.
*The cover of Little Jakey Pleasenthanks (by Crazy Prof. Sportsinterviews) is drawn in the style of [[Dr. Seuss]].
*"So you say you want a resolution, huh?" is a reference to the famous opening line "You say you want a revolution" from the song "[[Wikipedia:Revolution (song)|Revolution]]" by [[The Beatles]].
*The left-hand "screen" picture in the cardboard spaceship and center "eye" when Space Captainface is on screen are from ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
*The right-hand "screen" picture in the cardboard spaceship is a picture of a Thrynn from ''[[Wikipedia:Starflight|Starflight]]'', a 1986 [[Wikipedia:Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]] computer game.
*[[Wikipedia:Lita Ford|Lita Ford]] is a female glam rocker who became popular in the '80s.
*The Announcer in the second cliffhanger, also heard in [[fingers]] and [[alternate universe]], is a reference to the original ''[[Batman]]'' [[Wikipedia:Batman (TV series)|TV series]].
*[[Wikipedia:Greenland|Greenland]] is a very large and sparsely populated island in northern North America, almost completely covered in ice. It is officially a dependent territory of [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]], but also has an autonomous government.
*The ending of the space cliffhanger—a quick joke followed by the characters dancing to disco music—is reminiscent of the '60s and '70s skit show [[Wikipedia:Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]], where gogo dancers would end various sketches. Incidentally, in the appeal for the Strong Badian space program, Strong Bad specifically asks for 1960s type girls to cheer on the mission.
*"Prepare for ramming speed!" is an oft-used, nearly cliché order given in naval and science fiction stories (such as that said by [[Wikipedia:Worf|Commander Worf]] in one of the opening scenes of [[Wikipedia:Star Trek: First Contact|Star Trek: First Contact]]).
*Humbuckers are guitar pickups mainly used for metal music.
*Tablature is how guitar music is written.

===Fast Forward===
*The kidnap caper continued the following 2 weeks in [[Lappynapped!]] and [[retirement]].
*This email would not be "answered" until the end of [[retirement]], when [[Strong Bad]] told Jake that all the cliffhangers had been "for-reallysolved."
*The suspenseful music would also be used in [[retirement]].
**Part of it would be used in [[looking old]].
*Homestar would later try to steal the Lappy in [[bike thief]].
*The Lappy goes missing again in [[SBCG4AP Tutorial]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''RYAN:''' It's the three of us together.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah! Money, money, money!

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Just old times! I gotta... Remember that time I put Ryan in a full nelson for the whole commentary?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, I did.

'''MATT:''' In this one, we're gonna have our arms around him—

'''MIKE:''' We're just gonna put our— put our arms around Ryan!

'''RYAN:''' Comfortable.

'''MATT:''' So this was something we've been wantin' to do, uh, uh, two emails with a through line.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' That are connected, but we never really done that before.

'''MATT:''' It's true. And then we kind of did... uh, ended up sort of doing ''three'' emails, really.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, 'cause the resolution was so dang long!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah...

'''RYAN:''' Two parts.

''{Pause as Strong Bad leaves the cliff}''

'''MATT:''' Um... so, you know... that cliff, um, has never shown up before, seemingly. It might be the spooky cliff... from Halloween. I'm gonna— I'm gonna be sure that it shows up again.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''MATT:''' Just like I was with the island.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, you brought that back.

'''MATT:''' That's come back a few times.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{as Coach Z swipes his hand towards the Thnikkaman's cool shades}'' Oh! So this is ridiculous, because the Thnikkaman always takes his shades off to tell you to shut up, kid!

'''MIKE:''' Just chalk that one up to not knowing; I just didn't know that.

'''RYAN:''' Didn't check the Wiki.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{The Thnikkaman's singers sing the first line}''

'''MATT:''' Wait for it...

''{The Thnikkaman's singers sing the second line}''

'''MIKE:''' Okay, so we just took our arms, uh, off of Ryan. Ryan, you're a free man!

'''RYAN:''' I am.

'''MIKE:''' We didn't make it through the whole commentary.

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' I was being pushed down.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as the Space Captainface scene begins}'' So I liked the continuation of Strong Ba— er, Space Captainface just talking about guitar...

''{Matt and Ryan speak inaudibly}''

'''MIKE:''' It's a through line, an undercurrent, a subtext, if you will. Malmsteen's Comet. Comment. Malmsteen's Commentary. We should get Yngwie in here to do the commentary!

'''RYAN:''' Those ''{inaudible}''

'''MATT:''' Satriani? I'm looking at a picture of Yngwie Malmsteen right now. So do you think with this new Fantastic Four movie with the Silver Surfer in it coming out, you think—

''{Mike imitates guitar riffs}''

'''MATT:''' You think Joe Satriani will get more popular? ''{unintelligible}''

'''RYAN:''' I heard he did the soundtrack.

'''MATT:''' That looks pretty bad, by the way.

'''MIKE:''' What?

'''MATT:''' The Silver Surfer.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. I... uh... well, they made a sticker for the grodalated cantaloupe. Somebody was selling grodalated cantaloupe. That's terrible.

''{Pause as Strong Bad and The Cheat dance to the vibrant music at the end of the Space Captainface scene}''

'''MATT:''' That's a pretty good song.

''{Longer pause, ending with the suspenseful music playing after Homestar worries to Strong Sad that he is pregnant}''

'''MATT:''' Uh... we have talks to say?

'''MIKE:''' I have a talk.

'''MATT:''' Do— do some more.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{hastily}'' Strong Sad sits at that table a lot, gosh darn it!

'''MATT:''' It's in his room, isn't it? In his dark purple room?

'''MIKE:''' It's in his purple room, yeah. I— He's usually doing something.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's not doing anything.

'''MIKE:''' He's got nothing. He doesn't even have peas that he's staring at. Oh, is Strong Bad really tiny? Look at how huge his desk is!

'''MATT:''' Possibly.

'''RYAN:''' ''{about the Lappy's "little toe"}'' That's disgusting.

'''MIKE:''' The bloody—

''{Unintelligible}''

'''MATT:''' The Lappy is like alive!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, 'cause Strong Bad's head is about where it was now when he's kneeling down.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It's angled up.

=== Fun Facts ===
*The commentary during which Matt put Ryan in a "full nelson" was specifically that for [[portrait]].
*The "spooky cliff from Halloween" is specifically from [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*The new [[Wikipedia:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]] movie with the [[Wikipedia:Silver Surfer|Silver Surfer]] that Matt makes reference to is ''[[Wikipedia:Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer|Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'', which would be released on June 15, 2007, a little over a week after this DVD was released.
*[[Wikipedia:Joe Satriani|Joe Satriani]] is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor.

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