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Hank Toler asks about [[Strong Badia]]'s army. The [[Homestarmy]] attempts to invade the kingdom.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}/{{Film|Firebert}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Stick]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Marzipan's House]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 5, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:10

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

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

== Transcript ==

''{The Compy appears to be dusty with a little cobweb on the top left corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{runs in and sits}'' Whoa. Guess it's been a while. ''{wipes some dust off the Compy's screen}'' Sorry about that, Compy. Need to get some... ''{starts typing "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Endust.

''{Strong Bad reads}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
I was curious as to whether or not 
Strong Badia had an official army. 
Your Homeboy, 
Hank Toler</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Does Strong Badia have an army? Strong Badia needs no army, Hankatola. Me and that one big guy and that one little guy... we're a one man army. Er, a three man one-y. Three-to-one-marny? What I mean to say is, what do we need an army for when the three of us pretty much do as we please? I mean, it's not like there's anyone around to oppose us.

''{Homestar Runner suddenly appears wearing a bowl on his head and carrying a large [[Orange Bowl and Spoon|spoon]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, maggot! Fall it out. Colonel ''{he pronounces it phonetically, i.e. "col-o-nel"}'' Homestar Runner is recruiting ''the'' most elite team of crack commandos to invade Strong Badia. Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? Will you bring a sack lunch and some orange slices for me and serve your country?
Will you, stupid?!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... no. I don't really have any interest in invading my own—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ten-hut! Draft dodger, eh? Well, see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair. Company... Halt! Backwards... March!

''{Homestar marches backwards off screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the—

''{Homestar sticks his head back in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, and if you change your mind or wanna trade in that skirt you're wearing for a nice pair of camos, we're having a pep rally up at the stick in oh-fifteen minutes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow. I thought I knew what ridiculous was, until this day. This definitely merits some further reconnaissance. The Cheat!

''{The Cheat runs in, wearing a black stealth suit and matching knit cap.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, I need you to find out—

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{sounding a little upset}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhh. Don't make me call you that. It's not a good commando name.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, all right. ''{reluctantly}'' Firebert, I need you to find out what the crap Homestar Runner is up to at The Stick in oh-fifteen minutes.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{affirmative The Cheat noises as he salutes}''

''{Scene changes to The Stick.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are you sick and tired of playing second-fiddle to a two bit wrestleman and his yellow dog?

'''CROWD:''' YEAH!

''{faint rewind noise}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are you ready to fight alongside your Colonel ''{again pronounced phonetically}'' and give your five bucks to the Homestarmy if it comes to that?

'''CROWD:''' YEAH!

''{faint rewind noise}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Do you wanna paint that fence some other cool color and put a fake beard on that tire?

''{silence}''

''{Switches to view of Homestar's audience, showing it consists of the [[painting of a guy with a big knife]], Strong Sad holding a tapedeck, Homsar, and a popcorn popper.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sorry. Forgot to rewind.

''{Strong Sad rewinds tape deck and presses play}''

'''CROWD:''' YEAH!

'''HOMSAR:''' DaAaAaAa! You gotta get yours. I gotta get mine.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right then, maggots! Let's get out there and invade us some serious Strong Badia! Company... GO!

''{The Homestarmy marches off and The Cheat appears from behind The Stick. The view now shifts to Strong Badia where Strong Bad and Strong Mad are wondering about badminton.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I don't know. Maybe there is a goodminton.

''{The Homestarmy marches up, but Homsar keeps going and walks right off the other side of the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, so I see you decided to join the other side, eh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' What joining?? I ''am'' the other side!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ten-Hut! Prepare to feel the fluoride sting of the Homestarmy! Strong Badia... will be ours!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No it won't. We're about to play some badminton. So... no invasion.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Oh I see. ''{pause}'' Retreat! Fall back men! We're in over our heads!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hold the line! Hold the liiiine!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And take this stupid thing with you.

''{Strong Bad kicks the popcorn popper. A crash is heard off screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bennedetto! Don't you die on me, Bennedetto! Not on my watch! Don't you give up! ''{Tearing up}'' You never gave me the five bucks... ''{taps Bennedetto with his spoon}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' And that, my dear Hankerin', is why Strong Badia will never need an army, though we are in dire need of a copy of the official rules of badminton. No idea what we're doing. None.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' Firebert. It's terrible!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Near the beginning, click "[[Three-to-One Marny]]" to see a handbook containing the rules to playing three-to-one marny, as written by [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]. Click the rulebook to read it.
*At the end, click "army" to see a [[Firebert]] action figure. It's reminiscent of the action figures in the Strong Bad Email [[action figure]], and later appears with the [[Cheat Commandos]].
*Also at the end, click on "No idea" to see a scene at [[Marzipan's house]].
:''{Homestar is in Marzipan's kitchen. He walks up to a microwave.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{saddened}'' Mrs. Bennedetto, my name is Colonel ''{still pronounced phonetically}'' Homestar Runner. I served with Frank in the Homestarmy at the battle of Strong Badia. I hate to give you this news... Frank was one of the finest friggin' soldiers I ever met! ''{no longer saddened}'' And he still kinda owes me five bucks. So, if you could just... fork it over...''{taps microwave with his spoon}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*This was the first Strong Bad Email after a few weeks of no update, most likely because of a break for the holiday season. This is the reason Strong Bad starts the email by dusting off the screen and saying, "it's been a while".
*The mention of a meeting occurring in "oh-fifteen minutes" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:24-hour clock|military time]], where a time like 5 a.m. would be [[Wikipedia:24-hour clock#The 24-hour clock in spoken English|spoken]] as "oh-five-hundred hours".

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#seicross suckross|seicross (suckross)]]".
*This was a minor debut of the [[Cheat Commandos]].
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? Arguably the beginning of the Cheat Commandos!"
*The carpet in the computer room receives a new, sparser design in this email.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has finished the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]] since its first appearance. In [[i love you]], the bottom few inches of the canvas were left blank.
*The painting walks into Strong Badia by itself. Homsar carries Bennedetto and then wanders offscreen.
*The Compy is rather dusty, as can be evidenced by adjusting the contrast. Interestingly, the second cut to the Compy has the contrast increased so the dust around the edges is more visible.
*When Strong Bad kicks Bennedetto, he makes a shattering noise, but does not appear to be broken in any way.
*The Cheat [[Hammerspace|manages to fit behind]] The Stick, despite the fact it is clearly thinner than he is.
*After ordering "Company, go" at the pep rally, Homestar steps off with his right foot. The standard drill convention is to take the first step with the left foot.
*Strong Sad says he forgot to rewind the tape, but after the second cheer, the rewind sound is still heard.
*Judging by the shadow of the stick, Homestar should have a long angled shadow behind him, but there is none.
*Despite Homestar's authority, Strong Sad immediately defies his order by saying to hold the line right after Homestar issues a retreat.

===Goofs===
*While Homestar is giving his pep talk and Strong Sad misses playing the cheer from the tape player, he says his mistake was that he "forgot to rewind," despite the fact that the rewind noise was played after Homestar's previous statement.
*The yellow printing on Firebert's toy box goes beyond the top of the box.
*When Homestar leaves Strong Bad at the computer, the contrast of the computer screen is automatically brighter. Then at the end when we cut to Strong Bad again, it is darker.
*When Homestar leaves Strong Bad at the computer and The Cheat (Firebert) comes, the contrast scroll disappears from the computer.
*When Homestar is preparing to invade Strong Badia, the ploughed ground continues to both edges of the screen. When zoomed in on Homestar, the edge of the ploughed ground can be seen with no apparent change in angle.
*When Strong Bad types "No idea what we're doing.", there seems to be an extra space between "idea" and "what".
*When Homestar first enters the email from the right, he makes no reflection on the screen.
*The stick loses its shadow after Strong Sad plays the tape for the final time.
*When Homestar kneels by [[Frank Bennedetto|the popcorn machine]] and says "Don't you die on me, Bennedetto!", the outline of his right leg is broken.

===Glitches===
[[Image:TwelveOfThemLinesGlitch.png|thumb|Only two of them lines got glitched]]
*When Homestar is giving his pep rally, the lines on the "Twelve of them" box extend off of the box to its left.

===Inside References===
*The [[Soapbox|box]] Homestar is standing on at The Stick says "Twelve of Them". This is a reference to [[fingers]], in which Homestar stands on a box which bears the words "Eleven Soaps".
*When Homestar asks Strong Bad "Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy?" he says "has" instead of "have." This is likely a reference to the [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]], in which he makes the same mistake (and is criticized by Strong Sad for it in the commentary).
*Homestar asks Strong Bad if he will bring orange slices for his colonel. This may be a reference to Homestar's favorite snack, [[Bronco Trolleys]].
*Homestar Runner again calls Strong Bad "[[Wrestleman]]".
*Strong Bad (pretending to be Homestar) claimed to play [[badminton]] with Pom Pom in [[Where's The Cheat?]].
*[[Trivia Time]] makes an appearance as a cookie jar beside Mrs. Bennedetto in the Easter egg.
*Homestar mentions [[tree hugging]].
*Homestar [[Homestar Poking People|pokes]] several people throughout the course of this toon.
*Homestar commands the Homestarmy to "[[X it out|Fall it out]]". "Fall out" is an actual command, telling soldiers assembled in formation they are allowed to break that formation.

===Real-World References===
*Homestar warns Strong Bad about [[Wikipedia:Gordon Lightfoot|Gordon Lightfoot]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] singer, saying "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's ''creeping round your back stair''". This is a lyric from one of his most famous songs, the Billboard #1 from June '74, "Sundown". The referenced lyric is "Sundown, you better take care, if I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs."
*Bennedetto is most likely a [https://www.gopresto.com/products/products.php?stock=04820 Presto 04820 PopLite Popcorn Maker].
*[[Wikipedia:Endust|Endust]], a product by the [[Wikipedia:Sara Lee Corporation|Sara Lee/DE Corporation]], is a spray designed to prevent dust settling on furniture.
*The standard Homestarmy 'helmets' are Tupperware bowls.
*Homsar's line "You gotta get yours. I gotta get mine" is a reference to "Gotta Get Mine," a song by MC Breed (feat. Tupac).

===Fast Forward===
*Frank Bennedetto may have been the only casualty of [[The Battle of Strong Badia]], but he may not have died. Homestar led Mrs. Bennedetto to believe that he was dead, but the appropriate term is more 'missing in action'. He is seen behind the fence in the [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], and actually back in the army in [[Labor Dabor]]. It is possible both that it is Frank Bennedetto or another popcorn maker of the same kind.
**In [[more armies]], while Homestar is advertising the Homestarmy, Bennedetto is sitting on the table with a plaque under him reading, "Not free popcorn, memorial statue". This suggests that Bennedetto actually did die. Since this email has many other references to [[army]], he probably died at The Battle of Strong Badia.
**Also, in [[Strong Badia the Free]], When Homestar is running the draft, if it lands on one of the Bennedettos, Homestar will reference The Battle of Strong Badia, and say something like "Haven't [the Bennedettos] suffered enough?"
*[[Firebert]] later becomes a character in the [[Cheat Commandos]]. Additionally, the fact that Firebert is not a good commando name is referenced again, in the toon "[[Shopping for Danger]]", when Firebert is ordered to "stay here and think of a better commando name", and in an Easter egg in the email [[more armies]], when The Cheat's (Firebert's) booth does not have visitors.
*The spoon Homestar holds is used again in the email [[old comics]] by Strong Mad when he eats the pasta salad in the Easter egg.
*There would later be a [[Downloads|downloadable]] Homestarmy poster.

== DVD Version ==
*The Three-to-One-Marny Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*To view the Firebert Cheat Commando action figure, select the hidden Strong Bad logo located on the right hand side of the Compy screen after the video is over.
*To view the Easter egg of Homestar talking to the microwave, select the hidden Strong Bad logo located at the bottom left hand side of the Compy screen after the video is over.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**This commentary also extends into the Mrs. Bennedetto Easter egg.

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

'''MIKE:''' Oooh, it's been a while. How long had it been since we had done an email?

'''MATT:''' Maybe a month.

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause there's dust and cobwebs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It had been—What had we done? Didn't we do some other stuff?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. It was after the holidays?

'''MIKE:''' No, it was before that—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously, overlapping}'' I think it was—

'''MIKE:''' What number is it?

'''MATT:''' Ninety... three?

'''MIKE:''' Well... maybe... Anyway, for whatever reason we had, uh, not done emails for a while, so that's what the

'''MIKE & MATT:''' dust

'''MIKE:''' and

'''MIKE & MATT:''' cobweb

'''MIKE:''' is about. Um... So this is one we've talked about before. I mean, we'd come up- you had come up with the term "Homestarmy"—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, a ''long'' time ago

'''MIKE:''' for a long—yeah, like a year or so ago

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' We were going to make a full cartoon, I think

'''MIKE:''' yeah

'''MATT:''' originally, and then we decided, since we don't make those anymore, we'd just ''{laughs}'' make Strong Bad emails. There's, uh, Seicross there.

'''MIKE:''' That was a good game.

'''MATT:''' Over ten million.

'''MIKE:''' ''{goofy voice}'' sol—sold tsill—zill-millions. ''{laughs} Till''-millions.

'''MATT:''' in his stack— ''{mumbles}''

'''MIKE:''' I like the carpet, the carpet underneath his, uh—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's the new and improved

'''MIKE:''' Yeah

'''MATT:''' shag carpeting.

'''MIKE:''' People sometimes catch onto the fact that the s—that the—when Strong Bad gets up it makes a sound against a wood floor

'''MATT:''' Yeah

'''MIKE:''' which is what it ''was''; when we lived in the apartment, it had hardwood floors and we just, you know, pushed a stool across it to get that sound. And that was before we ever showed what Strong Bad

'''MATT:''' Right

'''MIKE:''' was—But then, it's carpet, and so people

'''MATT:''' But I—

'''MIKE:''' got a kick out of pointing that out to us.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think it's great. I think we're gonna leave it that way forever and ever.

'''MIKE:''' ''{agreeing}'' Mmm-hmm.

'''MATT:''' I think we should make it a point of, like, one time he's on a pillow, he's got the stool ''{Mike snickers}'' on a pillow and it's still like—

'''MIKE:''' There's one time when Matt—

'''MATT:''' ''{imitates "Geddup noise"}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's, that—Which one is it, the one where you...?

'''MATT:''' It's the vacation one, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, where Matt just makes that sound—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' I just made Strong Bad go ''{"Geddup noise"}''

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''MATT:''' So, this is, uh, where Cheat Commandos comes from.

'''MIKE:''' Yep. That's right. Where'd you—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' So I was trying to come up with what his commando name was, so I just started writing a ton of ''words'' down, among them Fightgar, Crackotage, all what eventually became all of the, uh—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, so we just had this list, so we made this, and then like, a couple weeks later, we saw that list of all those names, and we were like, "Well, we should just make

'''MATT:''' Yeah, just

'''MIKE:''' all of them."

'''MATT:''' make the whole thing. Uh, "Little Albert" was one we didn't use, we thought it was too much like Reynold.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' There was "Gun"—uh, "Runfire". ''{Mike laughs}'' There's another one that I think we nixed.

'''MIKE:''' Wasn't the, uh... the last time, that box said "Eleven of them"?

'''MATT:''' Maybe, I think it was. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I forget which one it is—So I wasn't thi—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' So it—''{resumes}'' It already rewound actually there, so that's a mistake; he had already rewound it

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh.

'''MATT:''' so you hear it rewind, and then... But, so—Anyways, Mike just got one of those, uh—

'''MIKE:''' Popcorn poppers.

'''MATT:''' big old popcorn poppers from Miss Cordell's class. ''{Mike snickers}'' Popcorn Party Friday.

'''MIKE:''' So yeah, maybe the pup—uh, puppet is gonna, maybe—Puppet Bennedetto, which is just a Presto air popper ''{Matt laughs}'', will maybe make an appearance sometime.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' I love how Homsar deposits the—just kinda poops out the Bennedetto there.

'''MIKE:''' And just keeps on going.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So, he's got this orange Tupperware bowl we had growing up on his head.

'''MATT:''' Oh, is that why it's orange? What Tupperware bowl?

'''MIKE:''' You don't remember the orange Tupperware stuff we had?

'''MATT:''' ''{conceding}'' Yeah... I remember the, like—There was the, the cas—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Well the lid has ridges on it.

'''MATT:''' Yeah yeah yeah, and like... stars... sorta.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I mean, it's kinda that one.

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

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I don't know what "Hold the line" is originally from. It just seems like a staple ''{Mike snickers}'' of army movies. Old war movies.

'''MIKE:''' It's dusk now.

'''MATT:''' Now it's suddenly dusk. ''{Mike snickers}''

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause it seems to make this more dramatic.

'''MATT:''' Makes it sadder if it's dusk.

'''MIKE:''' ''{snickers}'' I like how he taps everything with that—

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Really needs to have that all the time. I think if Homestar had arms, visible arms, it would—it would be a lot funnier all the time. Like, 'cause he could be... poking people—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' ... doing something with them a lot. ''{pause}'' Is that it?

'''MIKE:''' ''{noncommittal noise}''

'''MATT:''' No, just that.

'''MIKE:''' Now it's done.

=== Easter Egg Commentary ===
'''MATT:''' So there's, um... There's little Trivia Time over there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, on the far right.

'''MATT:''' ''{agreeing}'' Mmm-hmm.

'''MIKE:''' The cookie jar. So is this, um, Bennedetto's wife or mom?

'''MATT:''' I've always said it was his mom.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, me too.

'''MATT:''' That's what I figured.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. People always thought he swore there, I remember, 'cause he says, "best frigging soldier"...?

===Fun Facts===
*The Brothers Chaps point out [[the Geddup Noise]], which would later get [[geddup noise|its own email]].
*The list of commando names would later be published on [[@StrongBadActual]], and [[Rejected Cheat Commandos|Little Albert and Runfire]] would be given fan-made designs.
*Mike notes how Homestar is [[Homestar Runner Poking People|often seen poking]] other characters.

==External Links==
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Talk:geddup noise

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Pellucid: /* Walk Like an Egyptian */

==geddup noise techno==
The Cheat stole my thunder! I made [http://www.macband.com/songs/electronica/1076434286.shtml a bad techno song] once that mentioned the Geddup noise. It didn't actually have the noise in it, though.

*I had no idea that the Get up noise evan existed, I geuss I don't pay attention to detail. _[[User:24.62.243.222|24.62.243.222]] 01:25, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

==steve buttz==
dont you guys notice that the e-mail he was ansering when he got a phone call was from steve buttz? i think you should
note that.-[[User:Timmy!]]
:Um, yeah, we do that.
<blockquote>The email kids' book is on the Compy 386 when the Geddup Noise gets his phone call. Kids' book is the 84th email Strong Bad mentioned.</blockquote>
:See? It's in the remarks section. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''
==corporate magazines==
do we really need the strong sad/kurt cobain refernce in both remarks, and real world references? having it in one or the other would make more sense. - '''''[[User:i know. can you believe it?|i know. can you believe it?]]'''''
:Taken care of. Thnks for pointing it out. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 14:10, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:In future it'd be easier for you to just fix it yourself. When an article comes out for something new like this, there's usually a lot of frenzied editing, everyone wants to get their point in. Duplicates do often turn up - just delete one, leave whichever one is more grammatical/detailed/in a more appropriate section. {{User:phlip/sig}} 14:23, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
==OMG Kevin!==
Homestar being called Kevin is referring to [[the bet]], right? -[[User:BurninatorBoombox&Markie|MK and/or BurnBox]] 15:05, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Adding to the Cast ==

Shouldn't we add The Geddup Noise and Chairscoot to the cast for this email, since they're kinda referred to as characters throughout?
--[[User:Tigz|Tigz]] 15:17, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:No, we shouldn't. But we should make a page for the Geddup Noise. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]''''' 15:21, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
If you make The Geddup Noise and Chairscoot cast members then you'll have to find all the SB Emails with them in it. That would be both take very long and it would be really hard to do it all. Don't even try. - Jhonka
:Actually, we've already been doing just that. See our [[The Geddup Noise]] page, and its talk section. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

==Get Up Kids?==
Does it seem likely/noteworthy to anyone that the e-mail (esp. in relation indie music) was vaguely referencing or inspired by the (recently broken-up) band The Get Up Kids? If so, someone should write that into the article in an elegant fashion. Perhaps. -[[User:Sinisterscrawl|Sinisterscrawl]] 16:41, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:As cool as the Get Up Kids are/were, I don't think there's any connection there. — {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}}

Cool! Mike visited the site! ''{does the h*r creator man dance}'' --[[HRFWiki:User:Homfrog|Homfrog]]

OH MY GOODNESS. ''*stares at Mike's post with a =D face*'' If you're an imposter, I slap you. I doubt you are an imposter dude. Otherwise... HOLY CRAP MIKE VISITED THE WIKI! ''CASUALLY!'' --[[User:MrsCommanderson|MrsCommanderson]] 21:24, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:Um, no. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 21:30, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I doubt it's Mike... I mean, really, how hard is it to type the words "Mike Chap"... But who knows? {{User:Camalex/sig}} 20:54, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)

What? Huh? Who claims to be Mike? I don't see nobody?--[[User:Jimmy Jammies|Jimmy Jammies]] 17:49, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Shoshoni & Coches ==
I'm too lazy to do it myself, but ought there to be some Explanations for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshoni Shoshoni] and Coches? A cursory, 5-minute search has failed to give me a good idea of where the latter are; just some ski resort sites in other languages. I assume they're a mountain range in either France or Spain or both, but if it's that far removed from common knowledge an Explanation might be in order. [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]]

"coches" is spanish for cars. not sure if this is related. sarducci

"les coches" is a ski resort

== Coach Z's Dance ==

_Not_ the one from folky tale. In folky tale, coach Z hops from foot to foot while pumping his arms up and down above his head. In the easter egg, he hops on one foot (his right) across the screen with his arms down at his sides, moving slightly up-and down. Deleted the "inside reference" claiming it was the same. -sarducci
:It's similar, though. But still not the same. My first thought, though, was the 'I'm Just Me' song and dance from [[record book]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:Oh, good catch. I does seem to be identical to the I'm just me dance, cept he's moving across the screen, not just up and down. Is this worth a mention? -sarducci
::Might be worth a mention. I dunno. If people don't like it, they can always STUFF it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Strong Mad said what? ==

It sounded to me like Strong Mad said "YOU SUCK!" instead of "BLUE SOCK!" Anybody else think so? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 19:17, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:It did sound like that a little, but "BLUE SOCK" definitely fits the context better. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::But wouldn't that explain why Strong Bad was embarassed to have shown that "clip"? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 19:40, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::I heard you suck at first, but a closer listen revealed blue sock to be true. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 19:43, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::No, it wouldn't. It showed Strong Bad selling out and imitating The Geddup Noise, which would be embarrassing to someone like Strong Bad, don'cha think? "Blue sock" definitely fits better. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:24, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::::Actually, to me it sounds like a mix: "YOU SUCK BLUE SOCK!", and the fact that HE did a ripoff is rather embarassing. --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 23:43, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::::I reckon he said "BLUE SOCK!". {{User:Rainer/sig}} 06:50, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::::At first I thought he said "BLUE SUCKS!" but I soon realized it was "BLUE SOCK!" -- [[User:Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]] 02:51, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:I had also thought he said "you suck". I didn't know until I saw the transcript. "You suck" would have been funnier though. [[User:Agentjs03|Agentjs03]] 19:41, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
It's pretty clear that most people need to get better speakers. These agurments about lines are ridiculous since it's obvious what they said if you listen properly. Try headphones, they do a good job.
:Or just get some speakers, since I use a laptop. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 21:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
:"You suck" makes more sense in context. {{User:Neox/sig}}
::I heard "Blue Suck" [[User:Ryu 20X6|-=-=-RYU-=-=-20X6-=-=-]] 19:19, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

== It's About Freakin' Time! ==

Anyone else find it weird that for almost 2 months, TBC diddn't do any SBEmails (almost all they do) to do two big toons, two shorts, multiple Lament updates, a new main page, a new navigation feature, and add several new products to the store? Plus several of the newer emails have sucked. I think the SBEmails are dying.---[[User:RatherAnnoying|RatherAnnoying]]

-If you noticed, they said they were putting out a DVD of all the non Strong bad email stuff, so they were probably just rushing to get out all the ideas they had for toons before the DVD went to press......Nah...

-I think they were trying to fill up the site with newer stuff for a few possible reasons.
A.) Trying to make sure that their site has things other than the SBEmail get updated.
B.)Trying to get enough toons and shorts added so they can release a Toons DVD.
C.) Perhaps they figured that all those updates might help boost the sites popularity.
I do think it should be noted about how this is the first SBEmail in a while. [[User:20X6 GEM|20X6 GEM]]

2 months without an e-mail
And this is the demented result...
I'll be happier when Stinkoman level 10 comes out (I hope)...
Man, some of the e-mails I sent had such cool premises, and THEY ANSWER ONE ABOUT THE NOISE STRONG BAD MAKES WHEN HE GETS OFF HIS CHAIR...
GUUH GUUUH GUH...

Signed, this may very well be my least favorite email. I-- it's... just not funny. {{User:Tom Epsilon/sig}}

Definity. its the worst email ive seen. maybe it was good that they didnt have a new one in a while. the next one better be better. [[User:Darkstalker|Darkstalker]]

I don't know about you guys but I liked this email. But to answer your theory about SB emails dieing it just seems like TBC are just trying to do new things like new shorts and toons as apposed to putting-up an email each and every week. [[User:Stinkoman Z|Stinkoman Z]]
:: I second that. My sentiments exactly. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 13:22, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
y'all are so whack! this e-mail was good! '''''[[User:i know. can you believe it?|i know. can you believe it?]]'''''

I did like this email (I categorize it as decent) but it was nowhere near as great as some others (i.e. the one referenced to in this email). Recent ones that simply were not good at all include lady...ing, boring [really], and modeling. (I know people will disagree with me there, but it is not neccesary to bloat this page with your complaints).---[[User:RatherAnnoying|RatherAnnoying]]
::On a similar note, anyone notice how Pom Pom's appearences are becoming less and less. Wihile it sucks, it is perfectly understandable: Pom Pom's inability to talk makes him hard to use, and he lacks an additional "catch" that makes talking unnecessary like The Cheat and The Poopsmith have.
::::I would disagree that Pom Pom lacks a "catch," so to speak. It's just that his catch isn't as easy to work into the silly, fun nature of the cartoons. He talks to fine honeys on his cell phone([[Pom Pom]]), he collects money from girls([[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]), and in [[Homestarloween Party]] he adds hot bikini girls with beer to the car(or, rather, adds them sitting around the car). Pom Pom is the pimp jokes, from what I've seen, and in a universe as asexual as the H*R universe they're harder to work in. [[User:Bennedetto|Bennedetto]]

== Goofs and a Question ==

I have several points/questions:

* In the part where Strong Bad immitates the ''Geddup Noise'' with the ''Git Outcha Seat Sound'', if you notice, the chair his sitting on only has three legs! (And there's no way the perspective would hide the 4th leg)

* I'm not sure if this counts as a goof: When you click on the notepad easter egg, you can click on the back pages (over where the stool is) and still get the Technochocolate easter egg.

* Finally, I noticed that both of Bubs' eyelids closed when Coach Z was making his first impression of the ''Geddup Noise''. I'm wondering, is this the first time he does that? I don't remember ever seeing him do that before.

That's enough for now. I'm still new at this, so I appreciate your input! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:13, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::Also, I made a link addittion, but I cannot corroborate the change made by 65.163.168.10 (in the [[geddup_noise#Inside_References|Inside References]] section). Please double check. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:14, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

BTW I think the ("cordless") phone deserves its own page.
--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:22, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:It already [[Disconnected Telephones|has a page]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

::Oh! My bad! Thanks for the link! I saw where it's referred to in the page. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:27, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::Any time. Happy to help, etc. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:'''Update: '''
:*Thanks to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=geddup_noise&diff=prev&oldid=153730 65.60.195.193] for adding the 3 legged chair goof, I just had never got around do it.
:*This is [[Talk:The_Geddup_Noise#Emails_101-125|certainly not]] the first time bubs [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=geddup_noise&diff=prev&oldid=153709 squints], he does so in [[lunch special]] and [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=geddup_noise&curid=12309&diff=191632&oldid=191630 garage sale].
:*I know i've seen this before, and it's probably been discussed i'm sure, how do we treat those overlapping click areas I mentioned? Is it an issue with flash? To me that's what it looks like, and I know it happens often, often enough that it's prolly not worth mentioning anymore (though I think i've seen things like this mentioned in actual pages before). Any info/links would be helpful!
:--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 16:36, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

::The overlapping buttons are Flash artifacts (I'm not even sure they're glitches, but they might be). And no, I don't think they're that remarkable. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

==Is This Correct?==

The part about Marc's question being odd in because the Geddup Noise was in the previous email doesn't make sense to me. This is in Remarks. This email could have been easily sent before lady...ing. [[User:Catman87]]
:It's possible, but I don't think they'd save an email for that long. Keep in mind how long ago the last email was. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

Um... is Chairscoot a possible insult to Hilary Duff?????? RHRN the Jigglypuff
:RHRN, why do you think that this is an insult to Duff? - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

== Bubs' Basement... ==

"This is proof that Bubs Conncesion Stand ''does'' have a basement."

So, um, why exactly is that so important to note?--[[User:Spanky The Dolphin|Spanky The Dolphin]] 23:43, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)

----
I thought that was an interesting observation about the movie Real Genius... after all, the lights do go off except for that light over his head. I thought that was totally strange (not TBC strange, but strange as in it was meant to be like that for a specific reason). Doesn't the elevator in the movie also have a light like that? I haven't seen the movie in so long.
--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:07, 2 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Corporate Homestarloween Still Sucks Still Sucks ==

We have redundant links to Homestarloween Party. I was about to delete one, but it raises a question: Should Real-World References that have already been referenced in another toon be regarded as Real-World References, Inside References, or both? [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 00:10, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Booo ==

Didn't anybody else think that when the King of Town did his own rip-off of the gettup noise, he was booing himself in the background, like how he did in [[impression]] when Strong Sad appeared? I definitely heard it, and I think that was the joke at that point, and not him randomly saying "doooooo." His mustache doesn't even move at that point, anyway.

Yeah, I think so too. Should we add that on the fun facts? --{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 02:07, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I didn't think "Dooo-ooo" made any sence, and I heard "Booooo" They should change this. -[[User:Jesselangham|JesseLangham]]

I agree, but it was instantly changed back when I tried modifying the wiki. -sarducci

Yep, it's definitely "Booooo"

:I once reverted it from "boooo!" to "dooo!", but I can now hear that that is clearly wrong. The only problem I will have with changing it to "boooo!" is if people interpret it as an offscreen KOT jeering the onscreen KOT. No, it's not a reference to the "Boooo!" in [[impression]]. You can tell from the pitch that the KOT is adding vocal SFX to glorify the Standing Up Noise. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 01:40, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::I also hear a /b/ sound at the beginning. I don't know, however, what the best spelling would be. Obviously, "booo" is a choice. "Buhooo"... hmmm... "B'oooo"... Anybody else have a suggestion? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:54, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

People, the entire e-mail is about a personified sound effect. Wouldn't it make comical sense that the KoT's boo in [[impression]] is also a personified effect? It's not him on-screen that's saying it either, because his mustash doesn't move, so that invalidates the "Adding SFX" argument.

:Yeah, I'm sure it's a reference to [[Impression]]. The general idea would be that the Standing Up Noise is so lame that the King himself booed it...from off screen. Yeah, that would mean there are two KoTs in that scene, but it's supposed to make comical sense, not logical sense.[[User:Rocketlex|Rocketlex]] 02:21, 6 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:Ehh... this is getting a little strained. The simple fact is that there are many tiny details in TBC 'toons which can't be completely linked to causes and/or meanings—and this is one of them. The only objective facts we have to go on are:
*We hear a sound; we all agree that it's the KOT's voice and that it involves the "oo" sound.
*His mustache doesn't move.
Further speculation about who or what makes the sound and what the sound means are just that—speculation. (Note that his immobile mustache doesn't necessarily mean he's not making it; when someone's mouth is hidden by a mustache, they can make small mouth movements without it moving visibly.) --[[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 02:29, 6 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Oh my dear god. I hate to break it to you guys, but this is not reality, its a cartoon. In real life, yes people can make small mouth movements with moving visably. In a cartoon, you need moving mouths to indicate speech. The KOT's mustash wasn't moving, e.g. he was NOT MAKING THE SOUND.

This argument can be settled by asking which is more likely: The KOT being booed by himself for such a lame rip-off attempt, in a reference to the off-screen boo in [[impression]] or the King saying "Dooo" without his mustache moving and looking off to his right for no reason.

:Or a third option: The KoT is being booed from offstage by someone else who happens to sound like KoT. Matt has said he's bad at making generic character voices, and after making so many characters there's only so many new voices you can make. Having (presumably) just recorded the KoT's line, it makes sense that his generic character sounded like the KoT. Whenever a fun fact comes up elsewhere that says "new character X has a voice similar to old character Y" it's always chalked up to "Matt's running out of different voices". Admittedly few are as close as this one, but I still believe it comes under the same header. Besides, even if it ''is'' the KoT booing, there's no reason for it to be a reference to impression... it could just be the same absurdism that gave rise to having two Homestars on screen at once (though people still tried to explain that away with "Main Page 23 is actually Fabrosi, you can't see his moustace because he's facing away from the screen, yada, yada...")... Seriously - random absurdism doesn't have to reference something to be funny. {{User:phlip/sig}} 17:36, 6 Oct 2005 (UTC)

::Now THATS a stretch. Matt is more creative than to incorporate two different voices that sound similar in the same scene. He could have used a canned boo if that were the case (like a livev studio audience). The reason the voice sounds like the KoT's and is saying boo, is because it IS a reference to [[impression]].
:It's likely that it's just another KoT. Bear with me here - think about it. It's not like this isn't the first instance of there being more than one of a certain character, anyway. Remember that mustachioed Homestar? Definitely two Homestars, there. So it's very possible that, somehow, the KoT is booing himself, off-screen.
:Not that it NEEDS all this analysis - it's just a cartoon, after all. -[[User:Shadow Hog|Shadow Hog]] 15:06, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Corporate T-shirts Still Suck ==

There are two references to one thing for Strong Sad's T-shirt. Which is it? Because right now, it looks like a TTATOT, or at least the beginnings of one. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:41, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Fortunately, it's taken care of. --{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 02:06, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Didn't Strong Bad call it the "get up noise"? ==

In the email "the bet" Strong Bad's closing line is "And now, the get up noise." He now claims it's called "the geddup noise." Also, that was email 95 so should it be noted that "chairscoot" hadn't replaced "the geddup noise" yet?
:Well, for all we know, the Geddup Noise was replaced with the get up noise and THEN the Chairscoot. I wouldn't worry about it. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''
::However, his seeming confusion at the phrase "get up noise" at the beginning of the email would seem to counterindicate this. You know, this sbemail does funky stuff with the fourth wall and reality that are going to make arguments difficult--hold it, this deserves a separate heading... [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 05:10, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Bubs sinking into the floor? ==
Is this an inside refrence to anything?
{{User:Crazydog/sig}} 04:36, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but if you want to sign your post, you could just simply type 4 tildes, like so:<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>. It's alot easier than typeing in your entire name. {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 04:17, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

You could call it a real-word reference to those mimes people do behind benches. You know, going down stairs, elevators, escalators and so on.

It's seems to be a slight reference possibly to Blast from The Past [[User:Chatboy 91|Chatboy 91]] 22:28, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I think it's just a joke, in that it's a funny image. I mean, just look at it; Bubs is facing right at you and slowly sinking through the floor with a single light overhead. I thought it was visually funny. --[[User:Der Pepper|Der Pepper]]

:I think its a reference to basic UFO crap. Nothing in particalur. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]''''' 23:12, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Rant Re: Reality ==
     I can foresee difficulties in discussing the events of this email in absolute terms--"Bubs has a basement," "Geddup Noise was succeeded circa #84 by 'get up noise,' who was succeeded by Chairscoot, post-#95"--due to the fact that the entire thing is a huge breakage of the [[Fourth Wall Breaks|Fourth Wall]]. Marc's email sets it off right from the start, by referencing a prior 4th-wall-break in email 95. From there we progress to a reality in which not merely an inanimate object but a sound is personified. Of course it's heard when Strong Bad hands it the phone, and is able to manifest itself in radio and game show studios--it's being treated as a person. 
     All of which casts into serious doubt the "reality" of the events depicted. Does Bubs have a basement? More to the point, does "Bubso?" Did the Cheat in actuality create an indietronic remix? Strong Bad simply tells us with a straight face that these things happened, and his word is ultimately the only arbiter of reality within sbemails. I understand the flexibility that's always characterized the "H*R Universe"--but if we accept these events as literal it's a universe in which real estate in prestigious European ski resorts can be purchased--and inhabited--by disembodied sounds. 
     And yes, I'm aware that another email-closing icon, The Paper, has been consistently personified. I guess my uneasiness is simply with the fact that the modus operandi of this whole wiki seems to be to rebuild the Fourth Wall as much as possible--to try to pull the H*R corpus into an ordered unity, to speak of it in declarative sentences as if Strong Bad and Free Country USA were real people and places--an attempt which is hampered by the fact that it is, in fact, a work of creative art in continual production and transformation. To that extent, any argument over putative changes or discrepancies in characters or settings can simply be reduced to: "Today TBC said x. In the past they have said y." We are describing nothing so much as a chronology of artistic statements. 
     This is simply amplified by the H*R Universe's (or TBC's) ambiguity towards the Fourth Wall, throughout. The whole notion of sbemails as an "email show," the new "backstage" main page, and several DVD commentaries where characters speak of their "performances" as though they had memorized, rehearsed, and finally filmed them, makes our perception of H*R reality uncertain. When are they aware of an audience? When are we watching their "actual lives," and when is it some show they've produced? Do they know? 
     I don't know why I felt the need for this rant, or why I've gone on so long now. I'm not recommending, by any means, that the wiki be converted to some kind of "book report" mindset; I guess I'm just suggesting that, when we try to make the realities presented in an email like this one agree, we keep reminding ourselves that we're discussing characters who may or may not be presenting a fictitious reality within their own "fictitious reality," all of which is subject to the whims of its human authors. I'm suggesting that we draw a line somewhere, preferably somewhere before discussing how sound effects can have "cousins," or what the names of the sounds in Strong Bad's employment were, and in what order. 
     Perhaps Geddup Noise will enter the cast of characters like Senor Cardgage (another 4th-Wall-Break made flesh); it just weirds me out because unlike the Paper he's not merely inanimate, he's immaterial. But hey, so are Homestar's arms. So there.
[[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 06:42, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:     First of all, and this is off the subject, but anyone who would write such an eloquent, lengthy, and insightful essay on the nature of the H*R universe is doing us a disservice by not having a user space to speak of. That is to say, you may be neither strong nor bad, notstrongorbad, but I can tell when someone is my kind of person, and you're it. So get on that user page, why don't you. I for one would like to get to know you.
:     Second, I really like the notion that TBC break the fourth wall, but then we just build it back as best we can. That is by far the best explanation of how we here cope with information that doesn't fit our established patterns. I believe this is a very necessary reaction, because we are essentially writing a straight-faced encyclopedia of a fictitious universe, and the only way we can do that is to take the subject matter as seriously as possible (which is of course incredibly ironic). I think (and if I read you correctly, you agree with me) that most people here operate in terms of what the characters themselves would do if they were real, rather than what TBC are having them do. In my own mind I imagine Strong Bad and Homestar as distinct personalities separate from Matt Chapman. This is partially delusional, but at least I'm aware of it. Again, it makes it easier to write this wiki if one approaches it on those terms.
:     Note that we are not even close to the first to do this. The most notable example that comes to mind is the ''Star Trek'' universe, whose fans have had to incorporate the whims of hundreds of writers into a cohesive canon. In that regard, we're lucky we only have to deal with a handful of contributors.
:Back to the topic at hand, even though the Paper is personified, it is still an item, not a character, and I don't see the Geddup Noise as a character, either. At least not with more to go on. I agree that we must be able to see a line between the fictitious reality and fictitious realities within it. Unfortunately, it's very late as I type this, and my vision is a little blurry.
:     Wrapping up, I will remark on how I like that certain things can cross the line. Senor Cardgage is the perfect example. He began as the so-called Creppy Comb-over Strong Bad, but as he gained more and more appearances, TBC were forced to admit to themselves that Senor Cardgage had become bona fide separate character, and (to me this is the best part) that status was conferred ''retroactively'' all the way back to his first appearance in [[kind of cool]]. In other words, TBC didn't know it at the time, but the dumpy character with the beer belly and a comb-over has ''always'' been Senor Cardgage.
:     I don't know if anything I've written here constitutes rational thought. Like I said, it's too late for me to even proof-read it closely, so forgive any typographical or logical mistakes. And I meant what I said about your user page. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:47, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::Well, notstrongorbad, you're seriously pushing the envelope of talk pagery here. And like dot com said, that's a very good thing. I myself have similar thoughts about the reality/non-reality status of the Universe (H*R and our own), but there's seldom any cause to put them down. Talk pages are such a place for this.

::Sometimes, I'm a fiction writer. When I made the step from short stories to my novel, I was a bit overwhelmed with the amount of characters, idioms, and qualities I was imparting into a true vacuum. From nothing, came something, and before long, that something grew so large certain elements were at odds. Continuity, or lack thereof, became one of my chief editing headaches.

::But my novel was a one-shot affair for the consumer of art - you read it, it's done. You could go back, but it's meant as a cohesive whole (with room for the sequel, of course!), and the reader will either buy into the woven fabric or find fault in it. H*R is a different artistic animal, one that is constantly being added to, constantly being meddled with. This meddling manifests itself in heavy doses of self-referential trickery. It rewards the fan who returns to see what has changed, and challenges that person to make sense of it. And therein lies the greatest joke of all - there really is no sense, or "truth" to be found. In a world of invisible arms, personified noises and disconnected telephones, TBC regularly present an incongrous, even inconsistent, format from which to indulge their comedic leanings.

::But they restrain themselves from complete incongruity, complete inconsistency. There are threads, and there are themes. From these tenuous strings and strands of their imagination, we, the devoted (and quite possibly obsessed) and computer-literate fans of the cartoon try to record it, standardize it, and glorify it. When TBC foist the concept of a personified noise on the viewer, we naively accept it; we want to accept it. As dot com related, thinking of the characters as "real" (and not just the product of Matt doing a funny voice and Mike writing funny dialogue) is simply more satisfying. Thinking too deeply about the underpinnings of these dumb animal characters dilutes the fantasy, and leads to troubling issues such as whether everything we see is the complete fabrication of Strong Bad.

::I close with three words: suspension of disbelief. If anything deserves it, it is H*R, for not only making us laugh but then compelling us to explain it. And please, get a user page and tell us a little about'cha self. — {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}} 11:22, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::This conversation++.[[User:Tom|<nowiki></nowiki>]] -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:04, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::What. The. Crap. This is a frigging long discussion over a petty thing... {{User:Gafaddict/sig}} 19:24, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::You should know how to sign your posts by now, [[User:Gafaddict|Gafaddict]]. I surely hope you read some of their discussion. I enjoyed reading every word of it myself, so much so that I printed it out (on paper sans green and white bars.) It shows you who's really thinking deeply on the subject. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'd also like to get to know [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] better. Add me to the list of people who want him/her to create their own user page! {{User:The Paper/sig}} 19:22, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::Sorry, I forgot about the sign thing. I'm not particularly just taking a look at the discussion and going "whoah its way too long," I've read over it, but I just feel that whether or not what Strong Bad says about E-mail #84 merits a discussion this long. {{User:Gafaddict/sig}} 19:24, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::::Please understand, [[User:Gafaddict|Gafaddict]], that although the mention of email #84 prompted this discussion, the topic is not merely about what Strong bad says about that particular email, but it's about the bigger picture: what drives us members of the HRWiki community to keep our eyes glued to the monitor day in, and day out, waiting for the messages "NEW Toons!", "NEW downloads", "NEW SBEmails!", and "Updated Today!" -- and then, like eager little children we tell everyone else the incredible things we discovered in this marvelous little made-up universe. Even, if we're <insert an unspecified age> years old. It's cool stuff. Oh, yes and guys, I enjoyed reading the shpeals! (Is that how you spell it?) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:01, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::::: Yes, I know, I was merely using that as an example. {{User:Gafaddict/sig}} 00:50, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::::I don't have anything that philosophical to say, but I think it's spelled spiels. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 22:05, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Reprinted from [[Talk:Fourth Wall Breaks]]:

<pre> I may have a way out of all this: Strong Bad is running
a small operation inside the homestar-verse for the benefit of those
within it. That is to say, Strong Bad is an internet star inside the
world of Homestar and Friends, which is why The Cheat can watch on
his computer (or Strong Bad do the show from The Cheat's computer).
In this context, we are not watching Strong Bad answer email for our
benefit, but for those inside; we just get to watch, explaining why
we can follow Strong Bad around when he leaves his computer. -- The
Real Zajac 10:08, 11 May 2005 (PDT)
</pre>

-- [[User:TheRealZajac|The Real Zajac]] 16:00, 27 Sep 2005 (PDT)

     I should clarify that I don't feel that my impromptu essay was in any way warranted or even particularly on-topic; it was purely an act of venting. In a fit of wikiness I was up WAY past my appropriate bedtime, which probably had a lot to do with its length! And yes, while I enjoy the grad-school-thesis schtick sometimes, I do also know it can get old. Sometimes the appropriate response is simply "Ha ha! He kicked the Cheat! Ha ha!" 
     And please don't misunderstand; I'm not arguing that we shouldn't undertake a systematic, realistic discussion of an unsystematic, non-real world, by any means. The important thing is just to remember, in the back of our minds, that we are. 
     (And evidently I'm going to be creating a user page, but it probably won't be any time in the next few days!) [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 23:59, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I think you're whole agurment is a bit hypocritical when you told us in the "Boo" agurment to, "Note that his immobile mustache doesn't necessarily mean he's not making it; when someone's mouth is hidden by a mustache, they can make small mouth movements without it moving visibly."

:     Yeah, I can see what you mean. But actually the two have something in common. I tend to prefer a kind of "agnostic" philosophy about what the things in the 'toons mean. Some things are obvious, and never engender debate. Others are "mostly obvious," i.e. maybe one or two people interpret them differently, but everyone else is in agreement. And then other things provoke great diversity both in how viewers percieve them (see the gr----est debate above) and in how they create meaning out of those perceptions. The rant immediately above was precipitated because attempts to construe meaning out of the relative chronologies of Chairscoot, Geddy, and or other noises had reached an absurdist moment; I was advocating for sticking more to the obvious and undebated. 
:     My comment in the "Boo"/"Doo" argument that you quoted is similarly motivated--there are certain things that are uncontested (although I was wrong to assume that one of those is the identity of the voice). We all agree that a sound occurred, and we agree roughly as to what it sounds like. The debate arises when we try to derive a meaning from the sound. In this case, given that it's not the most important moment in a shot that is relatively minor within the 'toon, I'd argue for not assigning a meaning at all. 
:     The bit about mustaches moving—which, you're right, is a real-world/'toon comparison that my rant above would seem to contradict—was another of my agnostic attempts to hedge my bet, to argue both sides. I emphasize "doesn't necessarily mean"; I certainly wasn't saying either that he is or is not creating the sound. And at least in this case, I'm disinclined to say either for sure; it's non-integral enough that I'm comfortable leaving it ambiguous. — [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 23:31, 6 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:: Well, I do agree with you that the fervor over minor aspects of a web cartoon seems frivolous. However, we're all here because we LOVE Homestar, Strong Bad and the rest. The whole focus of this love and the purpose of this site is to create an encyclopedic index of everything noteworthy about the series. It's easy to get into odd arguments about the realism of a cartoon, but it speaks of the passion we all have. I think I would hate my job a lot more if it wasn’t for Strong Bad's emails. So I'm inclined to let my fellow passionate fans debate whatever they like, and chime in when it's worth it.

== Sounds and Indietronica ==

Yesterday, somebody tried to make an Inside Reference saying that the sound that accompanied the "Get Outcha Seat Sound" logo was from Lil' Brudder, and was of course deleted with the explanation that "it's been noted that TBC reuse sounds." Now it's been added to the transcript, first as the "Fluffy Puff Nibblins" sound, and then as the "Homsar walking sound." Mightn't a good approach be to either ignore SFX entirely, except where they pertain to the action of the email (e.g. the Standing Up Noise), or else to give SFX that are repeated often enough their own pages, to systemize what they're called?

Unrelatedly: someone deleted the Real-World Reference to Indietronica entirely. While I don't want it to turn into a long list of bands that fit (?) that category, I think it's a significant enough phenomenon and far enough from assumed mainstream knowledge to be needed. Maybe the best way is simply to link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indietronic, even though it's a somewhat sloppy stub. I'm not sure about protocol, though; would linking within the transcript or Easter Eggs section be appropriate, or should it be put back into a Fun Fact? [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 04:40, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:Might I direct your attention to [[Sound Effects|my pride and joy]]? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:And I would say put the indietronic link back as a fun fact, unless anyone has objections? {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 04:45, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::Holy cow, Dorian; you were WAY ahead of me. Very shipshape. And consider the Fun Fact reinstated.

:::Thanks! ^-^ I love the praise. I can't take all the credit--It's dot com came up with the initial idea, and other people helped with some minor formatting and additions--but if you look at the history, the brunt of the work was done by me. And I constantly keep watch for more additions. Nice to know my hard work is appreciated. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Questionable Fun Fact ==

"The sign on [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] reads 'Bubso's Concession Stand', which may be why Coach Z calls him Bubso."

The sign being called "Bubso's" is already noted in the transcript, and it's obvious that Coach Z calling him Bubso is due to the sign, or that the sign and calling him Bubso are both due to a related reason. Either way, this doesn't have to be pointed out. --[[User:Der Pepper|Der Pepper]]

:I wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't for this Fun Fact, but then maybe that's just me... --[[User:84.12.176.220|84.12.176.220]] 21:03, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::I didn't notice it until I read the fact... - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

== singer ==

Is the singer really Matt using his high voice? When you download the file, it says Mike Chapman.--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 01:55, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:I dunno, but personally, the voice sounds very female. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't.--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:14, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

::It does sound female, but I don't know who it can be. It doesn't sound like Missy, and I have no idea or any backup if it is Jackie C. Matt is a very talented voice actor though. I guess no one knows for sure!--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 04:27, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:::I dunno Missy has quite a talented voice too! But yeah, it's somewhat different. I don't know who Jackie C. is unfortunately. And yeah no one knows for sure... for now! I'm sure it'll come out on some DVD or get leaked somehow ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:11, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:I personally thought it was pretty clear they were thinking of The Postal Service, which would make the voice a (rather good) take on Benjamin Gibbards lofty vocals. --[[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 07:23, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

::Ok now I have to listen to The Postal Service cuz I don't think I've heard them before! Thanks for the info. I still beleive there's a hint of femininity in the voice. ''Typically'' you can tell the difference between a girl singing Alto in her normal voice, and a guy singing in his falsetto voice. (Though there was this one contratenor who was part of this choir performing in Notre Dame Cathedral that was simply amazing...) ! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:37, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:::I find it amusing that the boys in the middle school choir I observe are reluctant to hit the high notes, thinking that it's unmanly to use your falsetto. I feel like, "Ever heard of [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=412 Postal Service], [http://www.deathcabforcutie.com Death Cab for Cutie], [http://www.sufjan.com Sufjan Stevens], Coldplay, The Shins, Mick Jagger..."--Hey, talk about countertenors, check out [[Wikipedia:Yes_(band)|Yes's]] Jon Anderson! When I was 15 my parents, in a mild midlife crisis, brought home ''[[Wikipedia:Fragile|Fragile]]'' on CD, and I assumed until told otherwise it was a woman singing. --[[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 19:26, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

:::Um, I sing-a the rock and roll music, and sometimes bust out the falsetto - usually for back-up vocals. And the singing here is without doubt one Chapman or the other (my guess is Matt - anyone else hear the faint resemblance to Strong Sad?) doing falsetto. Oh, and no offense if anyone here is a countertenor (or a castrati, for that matter) but those fellas creep me out. — {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}} 12:25, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)

::I'm pretty sure it's one of TBC, as with Bottom 10 [the women's voice on the desserts] the voice did sound like it was done by a male but perhaps edited in a audio program to sound higher pitched [at least that's what I think, the comment on the last dessert convinced me], listening to the quote of the day version of it on my higher quality speaker system here it does not sound very female-ish at all to me. - [[User:Mick|Mick]] 01:15, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Scoot ==

Did you guys notice that Strong Bad's computer room is carpeted? Wouldn't it make the Geddup noise and the Chairscoot impossible to make noise? --[[User:Jhonka|Jhonka]]
:Yes... we noted that already. - {{User:Joshua/sig}}
::That's been a long standing contradiction in the cartoon that no one really questions anymore. --[[User:TheRealZajac|The Real Zajac]] 22:48, 16 Oct 2005 (PDT)
:::Actually, TBC [[army#Commentary_Transcript|acknowledged it]] themselves. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 06:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

== Crazy Frog ==

I think it is meant to be like the Crazy Frog.. Some stupid noise that everyone seems to like and even has songs made about it...

:I completely second this idea. Anyone else? --[[User:204.52.215.97|204.52.215.97]] 07:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

== Closed STUFF ==

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== Kevin DuBrow strikes again ===
{{stufffact|The Show's announcer calls Homestar "[[Kevin]]", short for "Kevin DuBrow", the name he would have been known by had he lost Strong Bad's wager in [[the bet]].}}
{{stuffverdict|15:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)|03:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|11|1|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
===Boo!===
{{stufffact|The King of Town booing himself is a reference to his off-screen boo of Strong Sad in [[impression]]}}
{{stuffverdict|17:13, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)|21:11, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|17|2|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== email #84 ===
{{stufffact|When Strong Bad throws the phone to The Geddup Noise, the e-mail on the screen is the e-mail read in #84, [[kids' book]]}}
{{stuffverdict|20:52, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|21:29, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)|declined (see also: [[HRWiki:Standards|Standards]])|21|13|geddup noise}}

{{stuffclosedaccept}}
=== home game ===
{{stufffact|"The Show's Stupid Home Edition" is a parody of popular game shows that give away home versions of their games as consolation prizes.}}
{{stuffverdict|18:30, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|21:15, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)|accepted|25|13|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== I'm sorry, the correct answer was STUFF'd ===
{{stufffact|The response to the geddup noise's wrong answer during The Show is a reference to the email button on [[Main Page 19]]}}
{{stuffverdict|23:04, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|03:01, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|21|1|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== Bubs' Basement ===
{{stufffact|This is the first mention of Bubs having a basement in his concession stand. }}
{{stuffverdict|07:04, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)|02:58, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)|unanimously declined (and withdrawn by the original poster)|8|0|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== Lappy's Glass Screen ===
{{stufffact|The noise Gavin makes while walking on the Lappy's screen is unrealistic, as Lappys don't have glass screens.}}
{{stuffverdict|23:44, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)|21:20, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|20|3|geddup noise}}

{{stuffclosedaccept}}
=== Weekling ===
{{stufffact|The lights are off and Gavin is shown on the Lappy because it had been 7 weeks since the previous Strong Bad Email.}}
{{stuffverdict|23:44, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)|14:20, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly accepted|23|1|geddup noise}}

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
===Geddy Rush Noise===
{{stufffact|Strong Bad referring to the geddup noise as Geddy refers to bassist [[Wikipedia:Geddy_Lee|Geddy Lee]] of the band [[Wikipedia:Rush_(band)|Rush]]}}
{{stuffverdict|20:16, 26 Sep 2005 (UTC)|14:20, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|21|2|geddup noise}}

== "Geddup Geddup Geddup!" What the crap? ==
[[Image:Geddupnoisemusicinfo.PNG|thumb]]
That techno song featuring The Geddup Noise does NOT sound like it has "Geddup Geddup Geddup!" in it. It sounds more like a record scratch repeated three times. I know that "The Teach" (Strong Mad's hand in a blue sock) moves its mouth to the record scratches, but I'm not quite sure that that qualifies as saying "Geddup Geddup Geddup!"
:Well, the only thing I can recommend is to use a nice pair of headphones. That sound definitely started its life as a human voice saying "Geddup," but as far as I can tell it never even involved a record scratching (we just get that idea from seeing The Cheat do so). The vocal sample, it sounds to me, has been run through a high-pass filter and bit-reduced. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 17:42, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
::I say its "geddup." {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 23:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

When The Cheat scratches the record, I think it does say, "Geddup, geddup, geddup." You can make it talk. I think it was inferred that the record scratch in "Will 2K" says, "What?" [[User:2Fast2Furious|2Fast2Furious]]
:Yeah, it goes what what what what what. [[User:Brian Barbera|Brian Barbera]] 17:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, so it was a human voice, but I think it did involve a record scratch. It would make sense that each time the backup singer says "Geddup, geddup, geddup," the DJ scratches the record, and that's why it sounds distorted. [[User:2Fast2Furious|2Fast2Furious]] 22:55, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:I'm just going to put this here, but should we note that the info stored on the downloadable file of the song says by Mike Chapman and the CD is Mike Chapman's Album? {{User:DBK/sig}} 08:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::Anyone own a copy of Gex 3 for PS1? Go to the wild west level. The skullhead guys make THIS EXACT SOUND (for real) when they try to stab at you. Seriously. I don't know If anyone out there's got this game. I hope someone does. {{User:IntelligentCorpse/sig}} 04:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

== Blue's Clues ==

Isn't the blue sock a reference to Blue's Clues, Nickelodeon's show for preschoolers? - --[[User:Milkncookie|Milkncookie]] 16:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[[Milkncookie]]

==A bit annoying==

I find the geddup noise, as well as chairscoot, to be a bit annoying after awhile.

==reversal of fortune==
[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:geddup_noise&diff=350426&oldid=350425 This action] bothers me. I think it has been our policy not to edit other people's comments, and I think that this, even if unrelated to the article quality, counts as editing or removing other people's comments. This is not spam, nor is it offensive. Perhaps moving this thread to the user's talk page and suggesting they produce more constructive comments would have been a better approach for this. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
:I have counted many times in which we have reverted threads that have no use on a talk page. I took that precedent when I made that edit. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 19:01, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
::Agreed. While it would have been better to indicate in the summary that this comment would be better placed in the forum and not here, there is ample precedent for removal of forum-esque commentary from the talk pages. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
:::Very well. I have noticed things have changed since I had left. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

==Lou Dobbs==
Would it be worthwhile to mention that the logo for the Lou Dobbs show is a blue/white/red star, similar to the one Homestar Runner wears? --[[User:61.48.42.159|61.48.42.159]] 02:50, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

==The Coches Mountains==
Is this a running gag? They're mentioned several times...it's where SB's age is guarded, it's where the Geddup Noise goes... [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 06:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
:Twice. Only twice. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 06:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

== way-o, way-o ==

I just added a line under "Real World References" that "way-o, way-o" could be a reference to the song "Walk Like An Egyptian." Thoughts on this?
:My thought is either "major stretch" or "[[TTATOT]]". Sure, it "could be". But is it? I don't think so. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Wait... so you you're going to let a TOTAL stretch like "Geddy" being a reference to Geddy Lee slide, but veto the possibility of "way-o, way-o" being a Bangles reference? Yeah THAT makes sense.

== 2 years ago ==

An interesting note: this email was released close to exactly 2 years after the email [[2 years]], and none of Strong Bad's predictions came true.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 04:23, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

== Axe of Rage ==

The "Axe of Rage" disk on Strong Bad's desk is very likely a reference to early Sega Genesis/Mega Drive hits Golden Axe (1989) and Streets of Rage (1991).
:[[Floppy Disk Container#axe of rage|I don't really think so]]. That link can also be found in the [[geddup noise#Trivia|Trivia]] section of the page. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 01:24, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

== Walk Like an Egyptian ==

This has been discussed before, but not in-depth. The theory that "way-o, way-o" is a reference to the Bangles' song "Walk Like an Egyptian" has been re-added by the same anon to the page. While the theory was shot down before, I feel that this deserves a proper discussion. Does anyone think that this is just a passing coincidence, or should it be added to the Real-World References? --{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:29, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
:I think it's a coincidence because I don't think Coach Z would be the kind of person to reference Bangles' songs.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 19:48, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
::If the discussion was shot down before, then I see no reason why it should be brought up again. I'll supply a few bullets and say this doesn't need to be brought up again. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 20:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
:::The only reason I brought it back up in the first place is because it was shot down by ONE person. But now that there's multiple people who don't agree with anon's theory, I'd have to concur with you that this case is closed. --{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 20:53, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
:::I wouldn't put it past the brother chaps to reference an 80s band, but I think we need more people to discuss this topic to decide what to do with this fact for good this time around. --[[user:safariventureman|safariventureman]] 21:04, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
::::Seconded. Let's make this an official debate, so this need not be re-discussed. How do we start? --{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:18, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Red Hot Chili Peppers song Hey Oh also used the lyrics "way-o" bear in mind lyrics like na-na and nu-nu aren't real either. --[[Special:Contributions/86.12.239.44|86.12.239.44]] 21:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
:Listening to the clip, I don't think what Coach Z said sounds enough like the song to list it as a reference. In fact, if Bubs hadn't deciphered it, I'm not sure I would have gotten way-o way-o out of it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:27, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

It seems like a tremendously specific phrasing to just be a coincidence. Also, "whether or not Coach Z would be the kind of person" to reference something is irrelevant to whether or not it was intended as a reference. If we're going with the idea that we need hard evidence to count something, then yeah, there's no hard evidence. It just felt like a fun little factoid to me given that, if it is a reference, it has an additional significance in the Strong Bad mythos given Strong Bad's hatred of such things. --[[User:Pellucid|Pellucid]] 01:35, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

funny

2019-02-28T03:52:10Z

Pellucid: Re-introducing this edit. The fact that him identifying the disk correctly first and THEN incorrectly is actually MORE noteworthy than the reverse, since it means he's either joking or it's a goof.

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[[Image:funny.png|thumb|"Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer!"]]

Strong Bad answers an email in the Funniest. Way. Ever. So funny that ketchup falls from the sky.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, June 2, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:20

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Watch me do a little bit o' email, ''{accidentally types "stongbad_email.exe"}'' and I'll watch you do a little bit o'—

''{The screen reads "File Not Found."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —uh—that's never happened before. ''{singing}'' Watch me do a little bit o' email, ''{correctly types "strongbad_email.exe"}'' and I'll watch you do a little bit o'—

''{Email loads properly this time}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —uh—that's never happened befo—oh wait, it's an email. That ''has'' happened before. And quite a few times if I remember correctly. All right, so...

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Respond to this E-Mail in the 
funniest way ever. 
 
From Sam</blockquote>

''{he enunciates "funniest way ever" and reads "From Sam" as if the whole phrase was the emailer's name}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Let's see here... I can tape this blank floppy disk to my head ''{he doesn't actually type "blank", he tapes the disk to his forehead}'' and start talking gibberish and acting like the crazy squeaky guy. ''{clears screen}'' LEEKO! LEEKO! LEEKO! I'm a squeaky guy!

''{He jumps up on the table and starts dancing around}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got squeaky pants! Come check out my squeaky pants dance! Squee squaw squee squaw squee squaw—

''{A bottle of ketchup falls from the ceiling into his hand and he starts flinging it over everything, while hitting the keyboard with his foot, producing "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity! Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer! Halzee-WHOOP!

''{He leaps from the table backwards and starts spinning while bouncing around the floor on his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER!

''{He runs up to Strong Sad and starts yelling rhyming gibberish at him while doing a strange dance.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jor jee jibbera jaw! Huppidda roopja oop jup jaw! Ooka oog—

''{Strong Sad begins talking over him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Quit that!

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooka reetoo taw!

'''STRONG SAD:''' You're freakin' me out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pauses shortly, then continues}'' Eeckoo ickoo ickoo slaw! Hooka hoo ha!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you take some of my pills again?

''{Cut to the Compy. Bubs and The Cheat are dipping fries in the ketchup poured over the computer.}''

'''BUBS:''' You know what? You're right, The Cheat! This computer catsup ''{pronounced kăt' səp}'' is better than the regular kind. Or that purple kind!

''{Strong Bad walks back in}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, all right! Clear outta here, you two. 'Cept for you, The Cheat.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{grumbles}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You better start cleaning this mess up!

'''BUBS:''' What happened in here? Some type of ketchup bomb go off?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nah, not really. I was answering an email and dancing and acting like a squeaky guy and I started throwing ketchup everywhere.

'''BUBS:''' Oh. That's pretty cool.

''{Strong Bad does a double-take behind him to make sure nobody's around.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voce to Bubs}'' Hey, man, are ketchup bombs real?

'''BUBS:''' Not yet! ''{raises French fry and runs off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to The Cheat}'' Well, aren't you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you're gonna clean this up with?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe a moist chamois? ''{pronounces "chamois" as "sham-oyce"}'' ''{tries a fry with the computer ketchup}'' Ooh! This computer ketchup ''is'' pretty good. Needs more RAM, though. Maybe a couple of megachips.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on Strong Bad's face (not head) while he is spinning upside down (the floppy disk itself does not work), Homestar will come out to say something funny. It may take a few tries to get it; you have to be quite quick. It's easier to get it with the Tab key and Enter.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in from the left. Strong Bad re-enters from the right, still bouncing on his head and spouting his gibberish.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhh... Hi, Strong Bad. I was just stopping by to do something funny, but, um... I can see you don't need my help this week.
:''{Strong Bad bounces off to the left while Homestar looks on.}''

*At the very end you can click on a blob of ketchup near the left fries to see the bottle of [[Quite Fancy 'Chup]]. The labels read:

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:90px">very 
many 
ounces</blockquote>

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:90px">Quite 
Fancy 
'Chup</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:chamois leather|chamois]] (pronounced "sham-WAH" or "shammy") is a piece of leather used as a polishing cloth or in shirts. Its name derives from the animal originally used to make them.

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#odell lake|odell lake]]".
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "SB transforms into some type of squeaky guy. Floppy disk and ketchup co-star."

=== Remarks ===
*This is the first time Strong Bad is shown eating.
*Strong Sad is depressed by nature as part of his character, but here it is actually implied that he may be ''clinically'' depressed — thereby explaining the reference to his "[[Strong Sad's Pills|pills]]."
*The ketchup splatters in the last scene are shifted slightly downward in comparison to the previous computer room scene, and are more appropriately placed.
*Bubs first says "catsup" when referring to the ketchup spilled on Strong Bad's computer, but then says "ketchup" when talking about "ketchup bombs". "Ketchup" and "catsup" both mean the same thing.
*The Cheat's arms appear slightly out of scale.
*The catsup bottle falls from [[hammerspace]].
*When Strong Bad "types" with his feet, he misspells "WHOA" as "WOAH".
*Strong Bad correctly identifies the 3.5" floppy disk as a "floppy disk," despite the fact that he later misidentifies them as "hard disks" in [[Technology]].

=== Goofs ===
[[Image:SB No Mouth.png|thumb|No mouth]]
*When Strong Bad takes the floppy, only one should remain to the left of the computer. Instead, two remain.
**At the end of the email, the floppies to the left of the Compy are gone.
*The Quite Fancy 'Chup image is cut off near the top, if you look closely it ends in a straight horizontal line near the topmost green shade of The Paper.
*The ketchup blob on the edge of the table with the Quite Fancy 'Chup Easter egg is translucent.
*Strong Bad's legs actually go through his body for one frame when he's walking at the scene where he tells Bubs and The Cheat to leave. This is best seen if you view the Flash file and stop the movie when Strong Bad walks up. Then watch the movie frame by frame from that point.
*The "reflected" disk we see in the monitor is not a mirror image of the ones we see after Strong Bad jumps on the desk.
*When Strong Bad tells Bubs to leave, one of The Cheat's arms is shaded a bit in black.
*When Strong Bad jumps up and down with the ketchup bottle, his foot types "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT!", yet due to the ketchup you can't see the 'e' in one, the 'y' in type and the 'fo' in foot. When he comes back to the computer later, you can see the 'e' in one, but most of the previously visible 'o' in foot is covered.

*Strong Bad's arm would not normally be long enough to reach for a french fry on the desk.
*The ketchup bottle falls with the top up, but somehow turns upside down when Strong Bad catches it.
*When Strong Bad is bouncing on his head, his mouth disappears from a side view.
*Strong Bad says the word "blank" when referring to the floppy disk, but does not type it when he tapes it to his head.

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:funny floppy-contrast-goof.PNG|thumb|Magical floppy disk?]]
*When Strong Bad tapes the floppy disk to his head, the contrast dial does not affect its reflection, nor does it affect the reflection of his hand.

===Inside References===
*The sounds Strong Bad makes when he is next to Strong Sad are very similar to the ones from his email song in [[big white face]].
*Strong Bad typing in "stongbad_email.exe" is a reference to [[50 emails]], where one sender called Strong Bad "[[Stong Bad]]."
*Strong Bad typing with his foot is similar to how he types with his head in [[sisters]].
*Strong Sad accuses Strong Bad of taking some of his [[Strong Sad's Pills|pills]] again.

===Real-World References===
[[File:purple-ketchup.jpg|70px|thumb|That purple kind]]
*The purple ketchup Bubs mentions is [[Wikipedia:H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz's]] [http://www.junkfoodnews.net/purpleketchup.htm Funky Purple Ketchup].
*409 is a reference to [http://www.formula409.com/ Formula 409], a household cleaner/degreaser manufactured by [[Wikipedia:Clorox|Clorox]].

===Fast Forward===
*In [[technology]], it's clear that Strong Bad has forgotten that the 3.5" inch diskette is a floppy disk, and he refers to it as a "hard" disk.
* Awesome Sauce would later be seen in [[keep cool]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Homestar Easter egg is automatically enabled; no selecting is necessary to access it.
*To view the ketchup bottle Easter egg at the end of the video, click on the hidden Strong Bad logo on the computer screen.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*The pause between Strong Bad bouncing off the screen and bouncing back just before Homestar shows up is shorter.

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

'''MIKE:''' So here's the commentary track...

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Are we gonna do that kind of intro to all of them?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know.

'''MATT:''' As if they've just found this ''one'' one.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Well, maybe.

'''MATT:''' So welcome to commentary if you accidentally—

'''MIKE:''' Can you turn on the commentary throughout? And it'll automatically—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' I think so, you just hit the "audio" button.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitating newscaster}'' In case you've accidentally hit your "audio" button, you've just joined already in progress commentary track number AB...

'''MATT:''' All right, sorry, I didn't know, let's start over.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I'm just kidding. No, no, this is great, this is great. We have nothing cool that has happened yet.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' So "Leeko! Leeko! Leeko!" is something Mike used to say when we'd, uh, like, get, when he'd get excited. And, um, what game is in the thing there, right there? Oh, "Odell Lake". ''{Mike laughs}'' That was a great game for the old Apple IIe that we played in school.

'''MIKE:''' Our cousin Jim used to say, "Fonkity fonkity."

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he'd hit himself in the head with a—

'''MIKE AND MATT:''' —wiffle-ball bat.

'''MIKE:''' And, uh, yeah. And he used to do that, too. ''{Matt laughs}'' He used to jump around on his head saying "pont-reer".

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' That's not true. That's not true.

'''MIKE:''' He's a very talented guy.

'''MATT:''' "Pont-reer" is just, uh, my generic, like, uh, cartoon sound effect. It just seems like cartoons are just like, "Pont-REER!" and then they'd do something. Oh, this is the best dance ever. Mike did this dance. I love it. And actually, this is sort of like, I think we've mentioned it before, but it's sort of like, uh—What he's saying, the weird chanting he's doing is kind of like this, uh, in that very stru—uh, Bugs Bunny episode we were talking about, where he's on the desert island. He does, like, a weird native dance and just kinda sounds like that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Ohhhh. Matt always throws in this stuff from old Looney Tunes that I don't know.

'''MATT:''' Well, I mean, it's sub— subconscious.

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

'''MATT:''' Don't sue me ''{Mike snickers}'', don't—I'm not, er, not plagiarizing.

'''MIKE:''' I love those little, uh, French fry trays.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The red and white checkerboarded ones...? I remember one time I made, uh, some Long John—I made, uh, the Long John Silver's trays, cardboard trays that the fries and stuff came in, were—looked like boats, and I played with them and they're all greasy and... ''{Matt chuckles}'' But I loved them.

'''MATT:''' Uh, there's really a cleaner called, uh, "Awesome!"

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' "Awesome!", yeah

'''MATT:''' ''{continues}'' right? Yeah, our friend Tobin got us, that he keep—we keep mentioning.

'''MIKE:''' Look, this is one of the few times that Strong Bad eats ever.

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' It just disappears into his mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It— into his flesh-mouth.

'''MATT:''' Couple of megachips. ''{Strong Bad in background says, "Maybe a couple of megachips"}'' That's what he said.

===Fun Facts===
*The [[Wikipedia:Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]] cartoon is [[IMDb:0036508|''Wackiki Wabbit'']], which was also referenced in [[island]].
*[[Wikipedia:Long John Silver's|Long John Silver's]] is a fast food restaurant specializing in seafood.

==YouTube Version==
*Unlike the DVD version, the Easter egg with Homestar does not play.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|75|youtube=n7qFedO4sWk}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

geddup noise

2019-02-28T03:44:30Z

Pellucid:

{{sbenav|136}}

[[Image:sbemail136.PNG|thumb|"Geddup, geddup, geddup!"]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forpseudocharacter|The Geddup Noise}}

We learn of the latest sensation that's sweeping the nation: [[The Geddup Noise]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand|Bubso's Concession Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Show]], [[Club Technochocolate]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}, [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 26, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:38

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

==Transcript==
''{Cut to the Lappy. Gavin is crawling on the screen. The lights are out. Strong Bad is not present. The lights suddenly turn on and Gavin crawls away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Walks in}'' A little bit of email. Some you-and-me-mail. ''{begins reading}''
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: question</div>
What ever happened to the get up noise? I think it 
was cool. 
Sincerely yours marc baroni AZ</blockquote>

''{Reads "marc baroni AZ" as "macaroni from A to Z"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! Alphabet macaroni! ''{typing}'' The get up noise? Oh wait, you mean the Geddup Noise. This guy!

''{Strong Bad gets up and sits down three times, making the noise each time}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Ahhh, what fun! But that's not even the real Geddup Noise. That's just his cousin, Chairscoot. ''{clears screen}'' No, the real Geddup noise split quite some time ago. Somewheres right around email 84, Ol' Geddy got all big overseas. And then the phone calls started coming in.

''{Cut to a close-up shot of Strong Bad. He is holding a phone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{into phone}'' Hello? What? Yes, no, yes.

''{Zoom out to show that he's in his computer room. The text from email 84 ([[kids' book]]) is displayed on the screen of the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's for you. ''{tosses phone at stool}''

''{The Geddup Noise is heard. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And before I know it, every-freakin-body's talkin' about the Geddup Noise. ''{The Geddup Noise is heard over the last two words.}''

''{Cut to Coach Z and Bubs at the concession stand, which is now labeled "BUBSO'S CONCESSION STAND"}''

'''COACH Z:''' Okay, now I got one Bubs-O. Who am I supposed to be? Aaaaooooroomah! Eeeeeeoooowree!

''{Bubs cringes as Coach Z makes these off-key sounds}''

'''BUBS:''' Is that supposed to be the Geddup Noise?

'''COACH Z:''' Hang on! Hang on! Let me switch my pitch up! Waaay-o! Waaaay-o!!

'''BUBS:''' ''{annoyed}'' Way-o, way-o? I'll be in the basement.

''{The concession stand turns dark with only a yellow light shining from the top. Bubs slowly sinks into the basement, as if on an elevator.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Way-o! Waaaay-o!

''{Cut to the booOOM box, which holds a cassette tape labeled "Normal Bias"}''

'''BOOOOM BOX (STRONG BAD'S MORNING TALK SHOW RADIO HOST VOICE):''' Hang on to your panties, people! ''{splat noise}'' Uh-oh, what's up? 'Cause we got the Geddup Noise ''{doing sound}'' all up in this piece! ''{Geddup Noise, followed by laughter}'' Oh, we got a live one! ''{old-timey automobile horn sounds}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad listening to the radio. He is wearing a black T-shirt that reads "This Is Not A The Geddup Noise T-Shirt".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, man. The Geddup Noise used to be cool.

''{Cut to the set of The Show with Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And as always, at center square, the get-up noise. ''{Pan to a wider shot. Nobody is seen standing next to him.}'' What do you say, Geddy? ''{The Geddup Noise is heard, followed by applause.}'' Now that is just special. But I'm afraid the correct answer was "way-o, way-o". ''{"WAY-O, WAY-O" appears on screen as Homestar says it. The "wrong answer" music plays.}'' But you will receive some fine parting gifts.

''{Cut to a copy of The Show's Stupid Home Edition}''

<pre>FEW PRIZES!
THE SHOW! STUPID HOME EDITION
- choose to recite a list!
- ask questions, demand answers
- mostly play by oneself
boardelectrix
</pre>

'''ANNOUNCER:''' That's right, Kevin. The Geddup Noise will receive a year's supply of our home game!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Even The Cheat was able to snag a piece of the Geddup Pie with his indie-tronic remix.

''{CD of "DJ Teh Cheat - The Geddup Noise" appears; scene switches to Club Technochocolate, where The Cheat is spinning his own record. Bubs and Pom Pom put their weight on it. The song includes the Geddup Noise played over and over.}''

'''SINGER:''' 
The Geddup Noooooise. 
The Geddup Noooise. (Geddup Geddup Geddup!) 
The Geddup Noooooise. (Geddup Geddup Geddup!) 
The Geddup Noooise.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And before long, a bunch of cheap knock-offs started popping up.

''{Cut to the King of Town, seated in a wooden chair at a table in his castle}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Hello, America! It's the Standing Up Noise! ''{The "Standing Up Noise" logo appears, and the King of Town stands up; the chair makes a deep imitation Geddup Noise.}'' Boooo-ooo! ''{The King looks over to his right.}''

''{Cut to the Brothers Strongs' basement. Strong Bad is seated in a yellow chair}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to screen, smiling}'' And now, everybody's favorite style, the Git Outcha Seat Sound! ''{The [[Homsar]] walking sound accompanies the "Git Outcha Seat" logo. Strong Bad gets up from a yellow seat and makes a low-pitched imitation Geddup Noise.}'' Isn't that right, the Teach?

''{Strong Mad's left hand appears from behind the sofa. He has a blue sock on his hand with The Cheat-like features drawn on it.}''

'''THE TEACH (STRONG MAD):''' BLUE SOCK! BLUE SOCK!

''{Return to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, sounding embarrassed}'' Heh heh. That was just not, nu-, anything. So after that, Geddy bought a house in the Coches and now he just snowboards all day. He still pops up here and there in the odd, or sometimes ''very'' odd celebrity endorsement.

''{Cut to a shot of [[Hamburger Shampoo]]. The Geddup Noise plays in the background.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Geddup Noise Approved!
<pre>
"Like a backyard BBQ...on your hair!"
hamburger
SHAMPOO
</pre>
''{Cut to Strong Sad watching the Hamburger Shampoo commercial. He is wearing a white T-shirt that reads "Corporate The Geddup Noise Still Sucks".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Frickin' sell-out.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So I suppose that more than adequately answers your question, Shoshoni Macaroni.

''{Pan out to a medium shot. Homestar is kneeling to Strong Bad's right, holding a notepad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to stool}'' Excuse me sir, could I trouble you for an autograph?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, you know that's not even the original Geddup Noise. It's his cousin...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know, Chairscoot. He's my generation's Geddup Noise! Uh, could you make it out to ''Lou Dobbs''?

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it, I'm outta here. ''{Walks offscreen to stage right, making the Chairscoot Noise}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah! There it is! It's positively dreamy! ''{little hearts float up out of Homestar's head and pop like bubbles}'' Ohhhh! ''{Homestar faints. He knocks the stool which makes the chairscoot noise one more time.}''

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Click "Coches" when Strong Bad is talking about the celebrity endorsements before the cutaway to Strong Sad to see a [[postcard]].
:''{The postcard's background is a snowy mountain range with the text ''Coches Mountains'' in the top left corner. [[Monkey D]] is up front wearing a winter hat, oven mitt and an ''I ♥ The Teach'' shirt. Along the bottom is the text ''Monkey D awaits you''.}''
*At the end, click on the stool to see additional footage of The Cheat's ambient mix in Club Technochocolate.
:''{Cut back to The Cheat, Pom Pom and Bubs dancing at Club Technochocolate. Coach Z enters and dances across the room. Then Strong Mad's sock puppet appears up front for a bit and lipsyncs the words "geddup geddup geddup", then disappears and reappears to the left where it lipsyncs again, and then goes back up front, where it lipsyncs one more time and then "dances" to the music. Then it fades to black and the Geddup Noise is heard.}''
*Click on the notepad and it'll bring up autograph #1:
<pre>My Pal
Lou Dobbs,
Stay real!
Chairscoot
</pre>

Click on it again and it'll bring up autograph #2:
<pre>Lou Dobbs,
you been
working out?
- Brent Musburger
</pre>

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The lights are off and Gavin is shown on the Lappy because [[Acknowledged Update Delays|it had been 7 weeks]] since the [[lady...ing|previous Strong Bad Email]].
**There was a similar occurrence of this in the email [[army]].
*The label of the cassette in the [[booOOMbox]], "Normal Bias", indicates the [[Wikipedia:Tape bias|bias]] setting to be used when recording on it.
*"''The Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Stupid Home Edition" is a parody of popular game shows that give away home versions of their games as consolation prizes.

=== Trivia ===
*The labels on the disks in the floppy disk container read "[[Floppy Disk Container#low G man|low G man]]" and "[[Floppy Disk Container#axe of rage|axe of rage]]".
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad smiling]].
*The Cheat's indie-tronic remix of the geddup noise contains harmonies in the key of C major. C4 ("middle C" on a piano keyboard) and G3 are the approximate frequencies made by the geddup noise, itself.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad explains what happened to the Geddup Noise."

===Remarks===
* Clicking on Gavin at the beginning of the email still makes the [[Lappy 486]] respond with the ripple effect, as if you were clicking directly on the screen.
*Strong Bad says the "get up noise" is correctly the "geddup noise", even though at the end of [[the bet]] he himself calls it the "get up noise".
*Marc's question is odd because the Geddup Noise appeared in three of the five previous emails ([[boring (really)]], [[record book]], and [[lady...ing]]).
*A get up noise like that is not even possible on carpet. Strong Bad's stool makes a noise as if it were scraping against tile or hardwood floor.
**[[The Brothers Chaps]] have mentioned this in [[army#Commentary Transcript|the DVD commentary for "army"]].
**The noise seems to exist as an entity unto itself. It sounds without the stool even moving when Strong Bad throws over the phone, not to mention its sounding in the studio of [[The Show]].
*Strong Bad claims to have lost count of emails at [[website|#51]] until he was notified in [[flashback]], suggesting he would have to have looked up the email at which the Geddup noise got its phone call.
**Strong Bad may have been aware of the number during the beginning of [[caffeine]] when his email song was "and now, coming in at numbah 91, it's email!"
*The Cheat's DJ rig doesn't appear to have a mixer, only turntables and amps.
**Although, there may be a mixer, or other equipment obscured by the table, because the turntable on the far right has audio cables that don't lead to any of the visible equipment.
**The positions of the left (white) and right (red) jacks are reversed on the turntables (or the cables have been plugged in backwards).
*Right before Homestar faints at the end, his body shakes, but the notepad he holds does not move.
*"The Teach" is an anagram for The Cheat.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad is repeatedly getting up and sitting back down again, the laces on the back of his head should be visible while he is getting up.
*When Strong Bad is doing the Git Outcha Seat Sound, the yellow seat has only three legs.
*At the end, the words 'Lappy 486' are further to the left than usual.
*When Strong Bad takes the phone call, the [[disconnected telephone]] has no cord. When he passes it over to The Geddup Noise, however, a cord appears.
*When Coach Z is talking to Bubs, Bubs's arms do not have shining lines on them, however, they appear on the rest of his body.

===Inside References===
*[[Radio Stations and Shows#The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew|The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew]] was first heard in [[radio]].
*Strong Bad uses a [[disconnected telephone]].
*[[Boardelectrix]] also made Jurvy-Skat in [[Family Resemblence]].
*The "The Show" board game has a [[Blender]] on it.
*Strong Bad says that the "Git Outcha Seat Sound" is everybody's favorite [[style]].
*Coach Z's dance in the Easter egg is the "I'm Just Me" dance from [[record book]].
*The synthesizer used for The Cheat's song in this email sounds the same as the one used for the [[Stinkoman 20X6]] soundtrack.
*The hearts popping up around Homestar's head also happened when he "fell for Strong Bad" in [[do over]].
*The dance Bubs does during the scene with The Cheat is a nod to the original [[Dancin' Bubs]] game, in which the same dance can be replicated.
*The King of Town [[The King of Town Booing|boos]] himself.
*Strong Bad tells everybody to hang onto their [[Underwear|panties]].
*The announcer calls Homestar "[[Kevin]]".

===Real-World References===
*Strong Sad's "This Is Not A The Geddup Noise T-Shirt" T-shirt refers to [[Wikipedia:Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]]'s "This Is Not A Fugazi T-Shirt" T-shirts.
*Strong Sad's "Corporate The Geddup Noise Still Sucks" shirt is akin to the shirt worn by the late [[Wikipedia:Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] lead singer [[Wikipedia:Kurt Cobain|Kurt Cobain]] on the cover of [[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]], which read "Corporate Magazines Still Suck", which was also referenced in [[Homestarloween Party]] in which Homestar (dressed up as Kurt Cobain) wore a shirt with the SST Records' slogan "Corporate Rock Still Sucks", which itself is a parody of the motto, "Corporate Rock Sucks".
*[[Wikipedia:Lou Dobbs|Lou Dobbs]] is a financial journalist who hosts ''[[Wikipedia:Lou Dobbs Tonight|Lou Dobbs Tonight]]'' for the Fox Business network. He previously spent many years working for CNN in the same capacity.
*[[Wikipedia:Brent Musburger|Brent Musburger]] is a sports announcer who works for the ESPN family of networks.
*Homestar referring to the center square is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:Hollywood Squares|Hollywood Squares]], where famous comics would often sit in the "center square" for long periods at a time.
*"[[Wikipedia:Indietronic|Indietronic]]" is a musical genre that merges the methods of [[Wikipedia:Electronica|electronica]] with the broader context of [[Wikipedia:Indie (music)|indie music]].
*"The Coches" may be a reference to Las Coches Mountain, located in the [[Wikipedia: Sierra Madre Mountains (California)| Sierra Madre Mountains]].
*"Way-o" is repeated as a [[Wikipedia:Non-lexical vocables in music|non-lexical vocable]] in the song "[[Wikipedia:Walk Like an Egyptian|Walk Like an Egyptian]]" by [[Wikipedia:The Bangles|the Bangles]]. Songs which use non-lexical vocables take the number two spot on Strong Bad's [[Bottom 10]].

===Fast Forward===
*The Cheat's Indie-tronic remix would later be heard on Pom Pom's cell phone in [[technology]], as well as in [[Strong Badia the Free]] as background music at Club Technochocolate.
*The [[Coches Mountains]] are once again mentioned in [[looking old]].
*Coach Z again imitated sound effects (with similar results) in [[Happy Hallow-day]].
*Bubs descends into his basement again in [[winter pool]].
*Bubs' and Pom Pom's respective dance moves appear in [[disconnected]] and [[nightlife]], respectively.

== Alternate Versions ==
*This email was originally going to be about kitchen appliances before [[The Brothers Chaps]] took it in a decidedly different direction. See the alternate versions at [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions]].

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

'''MIKE:''' ''{while Gavin is on the Lappy}'' Looks like we took a long break after this— ''before'' this one, not after this one.

'''MATT:''' We may have taken one ''after'' it too. ''{pause}'' Gavin— When Gavin shows up on your doorstep— ''darkens'' your doorstep. ''{pause}'' Talk about it, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh... it's early in the morning for us today. ''{Matt laughs}'' It's our first commentary of the day.

'''MATT:''' Uh, so... people like to point out to us that he's clearly on shag carpeting—

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

'''MATT:''' —when it makes this noise.

'''MIKE:''' But when we first made the, uh, that noise, we hadn't shown the wide view of his computer yet.

'''MATT:''' Right.

'''MIKE:''' And so... we didn't think of that when we decided to put him on orange— burnt orange shag carpet.

'''MATT:''' There's no— there's no style guide, or continuity— we don't have a continuity person working on set.

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

'''MATT:''' Look it's ''Bubso's'' Concession Stand, if you can see up at the very tip top there.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping Matt}'' I never noticed that, yeah. Or maybe "Bubs-8" or "Bubsu".

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It could be "Bubsu".

'''MATT:''' "Bubsu", is that like Suudsu?

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

'''MIKE:''' Oh this was the— have we ever done the basement again?

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping Mike, imitating elevator noise}'' Mhhwwaaooo... we've never made reference to it, no.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, ok, ''{trailing off}'' I couldn't remember.

'''MATT:''' And uh, the time when— What happened when Homestar was in that box? Is that the Fall Float Parade, when Strong Mad runs off with it?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, with Bubs' Concession Stand?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, and he's just in that box. So, possibly underneath that box he was sitting on there's a secret elevator.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' ''{overlapping}'' Theres a—

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Having—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping Matt, indistinguishable}''

'''MATT:''' Go—

'''MIKE:''' Ah— I love The Show.

'''MATT:''' Do you?

'''MIKE:''' I do. I think it just reminds me of the Match Game—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping Mike, imitating the generic announcer}'' That's right, Kevin.

'''MATT:''' Boardelectrix has, umm— what else is there? There's been a few.

'''MIKE:''' There's the—

'''MATT:''' What was the one from the Pom Pom... bonus email?

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh yeah....

'''MATT:''' Family resemblance, spelled wrong. ''{pause}'' This is a... good song.

'''MIKE:''' Ha!

'''MATT:''' We—

'''MIKE:''' Postal Service would be proud.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Totally me doing my best— what's that guy's name, is that Ben Gibbard?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know.

'''MATT:''' Sam Beam. Sam Rockwell. ''{pause}'' Jim James. ''{pause}'' Oh, King of Town.

''{both laugh}''

'''MATT:''' The king booed him— he does that a lot.

'''MIKE:''' He's done that before, he answers himself.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Or boos himself.

''{pause until The Teach appears}''

'''MATT:''' I like that this implies The Cheat wasn't on board. Like The Cheat was just like "Strong Bad that's disgusting. No, I'm not gonna do some Geddup Noise show with you." And he's like ''{Strong Bad voice}'' "All right, fine, we don't need— we don't need The Cheat. Strong Bad— Strong Mad, put on a blue sock." ''{pause}'' We came up with the Coches mountains— was that on a flight somewhere?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I remember a ''long'' time ago, we were flying somewhere and it was going to be one of those, uh, you know, cut-into-the-middle-of-a-conversation situations.

'''MIKE:''' Right. Talking about snowboarding in the Coches.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{long pause}''

'''MATT:''' Did you ever have a, uh, "This is not a Fugazi T-shirt"?

'''MIKE:''' I didn't.

'''MATT:''' Eh, I did not either.

'''MIKE:''' I was too cool to have a Fugazi T-Shirt.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I had a "This is not a ''This is not a Fugazi'' — this is not a Fugazi" Fu— Fugayzi. ''{pause}'' Acts of rage...

''{pause until end}'' ''{microphone bumps}''

'''MATT:''' ''{softly}'' Was that all right?

===Fun Facts===
*[[Family Resemblence]] is a bonus email on [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]].
*[[Wikipedia:Fugazi|Fugazi]] are an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987.
*[[Wikipedia:The Postal Service|The Postal Service]] is an electronic indie pop band fronted by [[Wikipedia:Ben Gibbard|Ben Gibbard]].
*''[[Wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]]'' was an American television game show featuring contestants attempting to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions.
*[[Wikipedia:Sam Beam|Sam Beam]] is a folk rock singer-songwriter whose stage name is [[Wikipedia:Iron & Wine|Iron and Wine]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sam Rockwell|Sam Rockwell]] is an indie film actor.
*[[Wikipedia:Jim James|Jim James]] is a vocalist for the Kentucky-based band [[Wikipedia:My Morning Jacket|My Morning Jacket]].

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|136|5113|youtube=RbMgsV4oWK4}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Advertisements]]

Thy Dungeonman

2015-05-27T04:53:54Z

Pellucid: /* Trivia */

{{gamenav|New Game|dungeonman|StrongBadZone|Thy Dungeonman 3}}

{{aboutgame}}{{forcharacter|Thy Dungeonman (character)}}

[[Image:thydungeonman.png|thumb|right|220px|"Quaff some serious mead"]]
[[Image:thydungeonmanbox.PNG|thumb|right|220px|400 page manual inside!]]

In an exciting [[Videlectrix]] [[Wikipedia:Interactive fiction|text adventure]], you are '''[[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]]''', exploring the depths of yon dungeon. The game can be accessed from the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[video games]]".

This game has two sequels, [[Thy Dungeonman II]] and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

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

'''Page Title:''' Thy Dungeonman! Thy hunger!

== Walkthrough ==
{{spoiler}}

===General Commands===

*HELP - repeats area description.
*LOOK - repeats area description.
*HELPETH - repeats area description.
*DIE - "That wasn't very smart. Your score was: ___. Play again? [Y/N]" - Subtracts 100 points from your score.
*DANCE - "Thou shaketh it a little, and it feeleth all right."
*GET YE ___/TAKE YE ___/GET YON ___/TAKE YON ___/GET ___/ TAKE ___ - "Thou cannotst get that. Quit making stuffeth up!"
*GET DAGGER - "Yeah, okay." - Adds 25 points to your score. Usable infinitely.
*GO ___ - "Thou cannotst go there. Who do you think thou art? A magistrate?!"
*LOOK ___ - "It looketh pretty awesome."
*___ - "That does not computeth. Type HELP is thou needs of it."
*TALK ___ - "Who is ___? Your new boyfriend? Somebody from work you don't want me to meeteth?"
*GIVE ___ - "Thou don'tst have a ___ to give. Go back to your tiny life."
*SMELL/SNIFF - "You smell a Wumpus."

===Main Dungeon Room===

"Thy Dungeonman - Click to enter yon dungeon."

THY DUNGEONMAN

YOU ARE THY DUNGEONMAN!

Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye scroll is a [[Ye Flask|FLASK]]. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS."

If you've asked to get the scroll more than once, anytime you look at the room (either by typing "LOOK", "HELP", or by returning to this room from another room, you'll see this message tacked onto the main message: "There is definitely no YE SCROLL, so drop it."

*LOOK SCROLL - "Parchment, definitely parchment. I'd recognize it anywhere."
*LOOK FLASK - "Looks like you could quaff some serious mead out of that thing."
*GET SCROLL - "Ye takes the scroll and reads of it. It doth say: BEWARE, READER OF THE SCROLL, DANGER AWAITS TO THE- The SCROLL disappears in thy hands with ye olde ZAP!" - Adds 2 points to your score
*GET SCROLL (again) - "Ye doth suffer from memory loss. YE SCROLL is no more. Honestly." - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*LOOK SCROLL (again) - "Ye seeth nothing wheretofore it went ZAP."
*GET FLASK (first two times) - "Ye cannot get the FLASK. It is firmly bolted to a wall which is bolted to the rest of the dungeon which is probably bolted to a castle. Never you mind." - Adds 1 point to your score each time
*GET FLASK (third time) - "Okay, okay. You unbolt yon FLASK and hold it aloft. A great shaking begins. The dungeon ceiling collapses down on you, crushing you in twain. Apparently, this was a load-bearing FLASK. Your score was: ___ Play again? [Y/N]" - Subtracts 1000 points from your score
*GO NORTH - Takes you north (see [[#North of the Main Dungeon Room|below]]).
*GO SOUTH - Takes you south (see [[#South of the Main Dungeon Room|below]]).
*GO DENNIS - Takes you to Dennis (see [[#Dennis|below]]).

===North of the Main Dungeon Room===
"You go NORTH through yon corridor. You arrive at parapets. Ye see a rope. Obvious exits are SOUTH."

*LOOK PARAPETS - "Well, they're parapets. This much we know for sure."
*LOOK ROPE - "It looks okay. You've seen better."
*GET ROPE - "You attempt to take ye ROPE but alas it is enchanted! It glows a mustard red and smells like a public privy. The ROPE wraps round your neck and hangs you from parapets. With your last breath, you wonder what parapets are. GAME OVER. Your score was:__. Play again? (Y/N)" - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*GO SOUTH - Takes you back to Main Dungeon Room.

===South of the Main Dungeon Room===
"You head south to an enbankment. Or maybe a chasm. You can't decide which. Anyway, ye spies a TRINKET. Obvious exits are NORTH."

*LOOK TRINKET - "Quit looking! Just get it already."
*LOOK/HELP (Before GET TRINKET) - "Ye stand yeself close to a yet-unnamed escarpment. Nonetheless, ye spies a TRINKET. Obvious exits are NORTH."
*GET TRINKET - "Ye getsts yon TRINKET and discover it to be a bauble. You rejoice at your good fortune. You shove the TRINKET in your pouchel. It kinda hurts." - Adds 2 points to your score
*LOOK/HELP (After GET TRINKET) - "Ye stand high above a canyon-like depression. Obvious exits are NORTH."
*LOOK TRINKET (After you GET it) - "Just a bulge in thou pouchel at thist point."
*GET TRINKET (After you GET it) - "Sigh. The trinket is in thou pouchel. Recallest thou?" - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*LOOK/HELP (After you try to GET TRINKET more than once) - "Thou hangeth out at an overlook. Obvious exits are NORTH. I shouldn't have to tell ye there is no TRINKET."
*GO NORTH - Takes you back to the Main Dungeon Room.

===Dennis===
"Ye arrive at Dennis. He wears a sporty frock coat and a long jimberjam. He paces about nervously. Obvious exits are NOT DENNIS."

*NOT DENNIS - Takes you back to the Main Dungeon Room.
*TALK - "You engage Dennis in leisurely discussion. Ye learns that his jimberjam was purchased on sale at a discount market and that he enjoys pacing about nervously. You become bored and begin thinking about parapets."
*LOOK DENNIS - "That jimberjam really makes the outfit."
*LOOK JIMBERJAM - "Man, that art a nice jimberjam."
*GIVE TRINKET (or GIVE TRINKET TO DENNIS) - "A novel idea! You givst the TRINKET to Dennis and he happily agrees to tell you what parapets are. With this new knowledge, ye escapes from yon dungeon in order to search for new dungeons and to remain... THY DUNGEONMAN!! You hath won! Congraturation!! Your score was: ___"
*GIVE TRINKET (without actually having the TRINKET) - "Thou don'tst have a trinket to give. Go back to your tiny life."

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Congraturation" is a reference to the [[Deliberately Poor English|bad Japanese to English translation]] (or [[Wikipedia:Engrish|Engrish]]) found in many old video games, especially the [[Nintendo|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts 'n Goblins]]''. Japanese doesn't have an R or an L sound, but rather a sound which is somewhat between the two called a reflexive R. (Position the tongue for an "L" but vocalize an "R".) Thus R and L tend to sound the same to Japanese people, and are often mixed up by them when writing or speaking English. The ending of Ghosts n' Goblins can be found [http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/ghosts_b.htm here].
*A parapet is a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
* A trinket is "cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing"
**Bauble is a synonym of trinket.
*A magistrate is a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses).

===Trivia===
* The "get dagger" command is probably from the unreleased Strong Bad email [[E-mail Birds]] on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD, in which Strong Bad plays a text adventure and tries to get a dagger but fails. However, there is no way to confirm this at present, as it is unknown whether [[E-mail Birds]] was created before or after the email [[video games]].
* A dagger is among the first items you can acquire in [[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]], and is attained by using the command "get dagger," so the command may be a reference to this as well.
* The quip "you wonder what parapets are," as Matt reveals in the DVD commentary for the email [[video games]], is based on his experiences playing a text adventure that had parapets and he thought that if he found out what parapets were, it'd help him win the game.
** The game Matt is referring to is most likely "Vampire Castle," a short text adventure whose initial setting was limited to a few rooms, one of which was the exterior of the castle parapets. Since escaping the initial setting into the rest of the game required a very tricky twist of logic in one of the other rooms, many young players got stuck worrying about manipulating the castle parapets.

===Remarks===
*Despite the game not telling you "why on Earth you can't get Ye Flask" in [[video games]], this time you are told that "it is firmly bolted to a wall which is bolted to the rest of the dungeon which is probably bolted to a castle".
**Also in "video games", the message is "Ye see a FLASK". In the actual game, the message is "Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye scroll is a FLASK".
*When you receive the "Play again? [Y/N]" message, pressing N does nothing.
*Yon dungeon actually means "That dungeon over there".
*Adding "-est" or "-st" to a word indicates in Early Modern English that it is a present tense verb in the second person singular.
*Adding "-eth" or "-th" to a word indicates in Early Modern English that it is a present tense verb in the third person singular.
*"Deau" has never actually been a word in the English language.
*"Ye" is derived from þe, with the letter thorn replaced by the letter Y due to Romanization. It also means "the", and was usually pronounced as such. It is often confused with a different "ye", which means "you" (usually plural) and is pronounced as spelled.
*"Thy" in Early Modern English actually means "your".

===Goofs===
*When you enter the embankment/chasm, the game will always say you can see a trinket, even if you have picked it up already.
*After you lose, press the down arrow a few times repeatedly and your score will go down. But this also messes up the text making the same text appear below 'Play Again[Y/N]'.
*When you type "drink", a reply is supposed to be displayed that says, "Thou aren'est thirsty, last time thou checked." However, an error in the flash file's script doesn't allow it to recognize the command.

=== Real-World References===
* The text "You smell a Wumpus" (from the command SMELL) is a reference to the game "[[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]]," one of the very first text adventures. If the player was one room away from the Wumpus, the game would give the warning "You smell the Wumpus." It is also used as a floppy disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container#hunt the wumpus|Floppy Disk Container]] in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]].
* When you type "get [[ye flask|flask]]" three times, the text "You unbolt the flask and hold it aloft" is a possible reference to most Legend of Zelda games, where after Link got an item from a chest he would hold it above his head for the player to see.
* The page title, "Thy Dungeonman! Thy Hunger!" is a reference to the old arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Sinistar|Sinistar]]''. In ''Sinistar'' you battled a large spaceship shaped like a head that would say, "I hunger!".
* "Bauble" is a common inside joke in text adventures relating to [[Wikipedia:Zork I|Zork I]], in which someone would wind the clockwork canary, resulting in the creation of a "bauble."

===Fast Forward===
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] features a magistrate.

== External Links ==
*play thy [[HR:dungeonman.html|Game]]
*play thy [[HR:text adventure6.swf|Game (Flash file)]]
*listen to the [[Videlectrix:songs/thydungeonman theme.mp3|Game Music]]
{{thydungeonman}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Thy Dungeonman|1]][[Category:Walkthroughs|Thy Dungeonman 1 Walkthrough]][[Category:Video Game Responses|Thy Dungeonman 1 Responses]]

Thy Dungeonman

2015-05-27T04:53:22Z

Pellucid:

{{gamenav|New Game|dungeonman|StrongBadZone|Thy Dungeonman 3}}

{{aboutgame}}{{forcharacter|Thy Dungeonman (character)}}

[[Image:thydungeonman.png|thumb|right|220px|"Quaff some serious mead"]]
[[Image:thydungeonmanbox.PNG|thumb|right|220px|400 page manual inside!]]

In an exciting [[Videlectrix]] [[Wikipedia:Interactive fiction|text adventure]], you are '''[[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]]''', exploring the depths of yon dungeon. The game can be accessed from the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[video games]]".

This game has two sequels, [[Thy Dungeonman II]] and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

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

'''Page Title:''' Thy Dungeonman! Thy hunger!

== Walkthrough ==
{{spoiler}}

===General Commands===

*HELP - repeats area description.
*LOOK - repeats area description.
*HELPETH - repeats area description.
*DIE - "That wasn't very smart. Your score was: ___. Play again? [Y/N]" - Subtracts 100 points from your score.
*DANCE - "Thou shaketh it a little, and it feeleth all right."
*GET YE ___/TAKE YE ___/GET YON ___/TAKE YON ___/GET ___/ TAKE ___ - "Thou cannotst get that. Quit making stuffeth up!"
*GET DAGGER - "Yeah, okay." - Adds 25 points to your score. Usable infinitely.
*GO ___ - "Thou cannotst go there. Who do you think thou art? A magistrate?!"
*LOOK ___ - "It looketh pretty awesome."
*___ - "That does not computeth. Type HELP is thou needs of it."
*TALK ___ - "Who is ___? Your new boyfriend? Somebody from work you don't want me to meeteth?"
*GIVE ___ - "Thou don'tst have a ___ to give. Go back to your tiny life."
*SMELL/SNIFF - "You smell a Wumpus."

===Main Dungeon Room===

"Thy Dungeonman - Click to enter yon dungeon."

THY DUNGEONMAN

YOU ARE THY DUNGEONMAN!

Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye scroll is a [[Ye Flask|FLASK]]. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS."

If you've asked to get the scroll more than once, anytime you look at the room (either by typing "LOOK", "HELP", or by returning to this room from another room, you'll see this message tacked onto the main message: "There is definitely no YE SCROLL, so drop it."

*LOOK SCROLL - "Parchment, definitely parchment. I'd recognize it anywhere."
*LOOK FLASK - "Looks like you could quaff some serious mead out of that thing."
*GET SCROLL - "Ye takes the scroll and reads of it. It doth say: BEWARE, READER OF THE SCROLL, DANGER AWAITS TO THE- The SCROLL disappears in thy hands with ye olde ZAP!" - Adds 2 points to your score
*GET SCROLL (again) - "Ye doth suffer from memory loss. YE SCROLL is no more. Honestly." - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*LOOK SCROLL (again) - "Ye seeth nothing wheretofore it went ZAP."
*GET FLASK (first two times) - "Ye cannot get the FLASK. It is firmly bolted to a wall which is bolted to the rest of the dungeon which is probably bolted to a castle. Never you mind." - Adds 1 point to your score each time
*GET FLASK (third time) - "Okay, okay. You unbolt yon FLASK and hold it aloft. A great shaking begins. The dungeon ceiling collapses down on you, crushing you in twain. Apparently, this was a load-bearing FLASK. Your score was: ___ Play again? [Y/N]" - Subtracts 1000 points from your score
*GO NORTH - Takes you north (see [[#North of the Main Dungeon Room|below]]).
*GO SOUTH - Takes you south (see [[#South of the Main Dungeon Room|below]]).
*GO DENNIS - Takes you to Dennis (see [[#Dennis|below]]).

===North of the Main Dungeon Room===
"You go NORTH through yon corridor. You arrive at parapets. Ye see a rope. Obvious exits are SOUTH."

*LOOK PARAPETS - "Well, they're parapets. This much we know for sure."
*LOOK ROPE - "It looks okay. You've seen better."
*GET ROPE - "You attempt to take ye ROPE but alas it is enchanted! It glows a mustard red and smells like a public privy. The ROPE wraps round your neck and hangs you from parapets. With your last breath, you wonder what parapets are. GAME OVER. Your score was:__. Play again? (Y/N)" - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*GO SOUTH - Takes you back to Main Dungeon Room.

===South of the Main Dungeon Room===
"You head south to an enbankment. Or maybe a chasm. You can't decide which. Anyway, ye spies a TRINKET. Obvious exits are NORTH."

*LOOK TRINKET - "Quit looking! Just get it already."
*LOOK/HELP (Before GET TRINKET) - "Ye stand yeself close to a yet-unnamed escarpment. Nonetheless, ye spies a TRINKET. Obvious exits are NORTH."
*GET TRINKET - "Ye getsts yon TRINKET and discover it to be a bauble. You rejoice at your good fortune. You shove the TRINKET in your pouchel. It kinda hurts." - Adds 2 points to your score
*LOOK/HELP (After GET TRINKET) - "Ye stand high above a canyon-like depression. Obvious exits are NORTH."
*LOOK TRINKET (After you GET it) - "Just a bulge in thou pouchel at thist point."
*GET TRINKET (After you GET it) - "Sigh. The trinket is in thou pouchel. Recallest thou?" - Subtracts 1 point from your score
*LOOK/HELP (After you try to GET TRINKET more than once) - "Thou hangeth out at an overlook. Obvious exits are NORTH. I shouldn't have to tell ye there is no TRINKET."
*GO NORTH - Takes you back to the Main Dungeon Room.

===Dennis===
"Ye arrive at Dennis. He wears a sporty frock coat and a long jimberjam. He paces about nervously. Obvious exits are NOT DENNIS."

*NOT DENNIS - Takes you back to the Main Dungeon Room.
*TALK - "You engage Dennis in leisurely discussion. Ye learns that his jimberjam was purchased on sale at a discount market and that he enjoys pacing about nervously. You become bored and begin thinking about parapets."
*LOOK DENNIS - "That jimberjam really makes the outfit."
*LOOK JIMBERJAM - "Man, that art a nice jimberjam."
*GIVE TRINKET (or GIVE TRINKET TO DENNIS) - "A novel idea! You givst the TRINKET to Dennis and he happily agrees to tell you what parapets are. With this new knowledge, ye escapes from yon dungeon in order to search for new dungeons and to remain... THY DUNGEONMAN!! You hath won! Congraturation!! Your score was: ___"
*GIVE TRINKET (without actually having the TRINKET) - "Thou don'tst have a trinket to give. Go back to your tiny life."

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Congraturation" is a reference to the [[Deliberately Poor English|bad Japanese to English translation]] (or [[Wikipedia:Engrish|Engrish]]) found in many old video games, especially the [[Nintendo|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts 'n Goblins]]''. Japanese doesn't have an R or an L sound, but rather a sound which is somewhat between the two called a reflexive R. (Position the tongue for an "L" but vocalize an "R".) Thus R and L tend to sound the same to Japanese people, and are often mixed up by them when writing or speaking English. The ending of Ghosts n' Goblins can be found [http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/ghosts_b.htm here].
*A parapet is a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
* A trinket is "cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing"
**Bauble is a synonym of trinket.
*A magistrate is a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses).

===Trivia===
* The "get dagger" command is probably from the unreleased Strong Bad email [[E-mail Birds]] on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD, in which Strong Bad plays a text adventure and tries to get a dagger but fails. However, there is no way to confirm this at present, as it is unknown whether [[E-mail Birds]] was created before or after the email [[video games]].
* A dagger is the first item you can acquire in [[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]], and is attained by using the command "get dagger," so the command may be a reference to this as well.
* The quip "you wonder what parapets are," as Matt reveals in the DVD commentary for the email [[video games]], is based on his experiences playing a text adventure that had parapets and he thought that if he found out what parapets were, it'd help him win the game.
** The game Matt is referring to is most likely "Vampire Castle," a short text adventure whose initial setting was limited to a few rooms, one of which was the exterior of the castle parapets. Since escaping the initial setting into the rest of the game required a very tricky twist of logic in one of the other rooms, many young players got stuck worrying about manipulating the castle parapets.

===Remarks===
*Despite the game not telling you "why on Earth you can't get Ye Flask" in [[video games]], this time you are told that "it is firmly bolted to a wall which is bolted to the rest of the dungeon which is probably bolted to a castle".
**Also in "video games", the message is "Ye see a FLASK". In the actual game, the message is "Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye scroll is a FLASK".
*When you receive the "Play again? [Y/N]" message, pressing N does nothing.
*Yon dungeon actually means "That dungeon over there".
*Adding "-est" or "-st" to a word indicates in Early Modern English that it is a present tense verb in the second person singular.
*Adding "-eth" or "-th" to a word indicates in Early Modern English that it is a present tense verb in the third person singular.
*"Deau" has never actually been a word in the English language.
*"Ye" is derived from þe, with the letter thorn replaced by the letter Y due to Romanization. It also means "the", and was usually pronounced as such. It is often confused with a different "ye", which means "you" (usually plural) and is pronounced as spelled.
*"Thy" in Early Modern English actually means "your".

===Goofs===
*When you enter the embankment/chasm, the game will always say you can see a trinket, even if you have picked it up already.
*After you lose, press the down arrow a few times repeatedly and your score will go down. But this also messes up the text making the same text appear below 'Play Again[Y/N]'.
*When you type "drink", a reply is supposed to be displayed that says, "Thou aren'est thirsty, last time thou checked." However, an error in the flash file's script doesn't allow it to recognize the command.

=== Real-World References===
* The text "You smell a Wumpus" (from the command SMELL) is a reference to the game "[[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]]," one of the very first text adventures. If the player was one room away from the Wumpus, the game would give the warning "You smell the Wumpus." It is also used as a floppy disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container#hunt the wumpus|Floppy Disk Container]] in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]].
* When you type "get [[ye flask|flask]]" three times, the text "You unbolt the flask and hold it aloft" is a possible reference to most Legend of Zelda games, where after Link got an item from a chest he would hold it above his head for the player to see.
* The page title, "Thy Dungeonman! Thy Hunger!" is a reference to the old arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Sinistar|Sinistar]]''. In ''Sinistar'' you battled a large spaceship shaped like a head that would say, "I hunger!".
* "Bauble" is a common inside joke in text adventures relating to [[Wikipedia:Zork I|Zork I]], in which someone would wind the clockwork canary, resulting in the creation of a "bauble."

===Fast Forward===
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] features a magistrate.

== External Links ==
*play thy [[HR:dungeonman.html|Game]]
*play thy [[HR:text adventure6.swf|Game (Flash file)]]
*listen to the [[Videlectrix:songs/thydungeonman theme.mp3|Game Music]]
{{thydungeonman}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Thy Dungeonman|1]][[Category:Walkthroughs|Thy Dungeonman 1 Walkthrough]][[Category:Video Game Responses|Thy Dungeonman 1 Responses]]

funny

2015-03-13T17:35:50Z

Pellucid:

{{sbenav|75}}
[[Image:funny.png|thumb|"Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer!"]]

Strong Bad answers an email in the Funniest. Way. Ever. So funny that ketchup falls from the sky.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, June 2, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:20

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Watch me do a little bit o' email, ''{accidentally types "stongbad_email.exe"}'' and I'll watch you do a little bit o'—

''{The screen reads "File Not Found."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —uh—that's never happened before. ''{singing}'' Watch me do a little bit o' email, ''{correctly types "strongbad_email.exe"}'' and I'll watch you do a little bit o'—

''{Email loads properly this time}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —uh—that's never happened befo—oh wait, it's an email. That ''has'' happened before. And quite a few times if I remember correctly. All right, so...

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Respond to this E-Mail in the 
funniest way ever. 
 
From Sam</blockquote>

''{he enunciates "funniest way ever" and reads "From Sam" as if the whole phrase was the emailer's name}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Let's see here... I can tape this blank floppy disk to my head ''{he doesn't actually type "blank", he tapes the disk to his forehead}'' and start talking gibberish and acting like the crazy squeaky guy. ''{clears screen}'' LEEKO! LEEKO! LEEKO! I'm a squeaky guy!

''{He jumps up on the table and starts dancing around}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got squeaky pants! Come check out my squeaky pants dance! Squee squaw squee squaw squee squaw—

''{A bottle of ketchup falls from the ceiling into his hand and he starts flinging it over everything, while hitting the keyboard with his foot, producing "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity pongity! Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer! Halzee-WHOOP!

''{He leaps from the table backwards and starts spinning while bouncing around the floor on his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER! Pont-REER!

''{He runs up to Strong Sad and starts yelling rhyming gibberish at him while doing a strange dance.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jor Jee Jibbera Jaw! Huppidda Roopja Oop Jup Jaw! Ooka Oog—

''{Strong Sad begins talking over him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Quit that!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooka Reetoo Taw!

'''STRONG SAD:''' You're freakin' me out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pauses shortly, then continues}'' Eeckoo Ickoo Ickoo Slaw! Hooka Hoo Ha!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you take some of my pills again?

''{Cut to the Compy. Bubs and The Cheat are dipping fries in the ketchup poured over the computer.}''

'''BUBS:''' You know what? You're right, The Cheat! This computer catsup ''{pronounced kăt' səp}'' is better than the regular kind. Or that purple kind!

''{Strong Bad walks back in}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, all right! Clear outta here, you two. 'Cept for you, The Cheat.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{grumbles}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You better start cleaning this mess up!

'''BUBS:''' What happened in here? Some type of ketchup bomb go off?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nah, not really. I was answering an email and dancing and acting like a squeaky guy and I started throwing ketchup everywhere.

'''BUBS:''' Oh. That's pretty cool.

''{Strong Bad does a double-take behind him to make sure nobody's around.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voce to Bubs}'' Hey, man, are ketchup bombs real?

'''BUBS:''' Not yet! ''{raises French fry and runs off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to The Cheat}'' Well, aren't you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you're gonna clean this up with?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe a moist chamois? ''{pronounces "chamois" as "sham-oyce"}'' ''{tries a fry with the computer ketchup}'' Ooh! This computer ketchup ''is'' pretty good. Needs more RAM, though. Maybe a couple of megachips.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on Strong Bad's face (not head) while he is spinning upside down (the floppy disk itself does not work), Homestar will come out to say something funny. It may take a few tries to get it; you have to be quite quick. It's easier to get it with the Tab key and Enter.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in from the left. Strong Bad re-enters from the right, still bouncing on his head and spouting his gibberish.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhh... Hi, Strong Bad. I was just stopping by to do something funny, but, um... I can see you don't need my help this week.
:''{Strong Bad bounces off to the left while Homestar looks on.}''

*At the very end you can click on a blob of ketchup near the left fries to see the bottle of [[Quite Fancy 'Chup]]. The labels read:

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:90px">very 
many 
ounces</blockquote>

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:90px">Quite 
Fancy 
'Chup</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:chamois leather|chamois]] (sham-E) is a piece of leather used as a polishing cloth or in shirts. Its name derives from the animal originally used to make them.

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#odell lake|odell lake]]".

=== Remarks ===
*This is the first time Strong Bad is shown eating.
*Strong Sad is depressed by nature as part of his character, but here it is actually implied that he may be ''clinically'' depressed — thereby explaining the reference to his "[[Strong Sad's Pills|pills]]."
*The ketchup splatters in the last scene are shifted slightly downward in comparison to the previous computer room scene, and are more appropriately placed.
*Bubs first says "catsup" when referring to the ketchup spilled on Strong Bad's computer, but then says "ketchup" when talking about "ketchup bombs". "Ketchup" and "catsup" both mean the same thing.
*The Cheat's arms appear slightly out of scale.
*The catsup bottle falls from [[hammerspace]].
*When Strong Bad "types" with his feet, he misspells "WHOA" as "WOAH".
*Strong Bad correctly identifies the 3.5" floppy disk as a "floppy disk," despite the fact that he misidentifies them as "hard disks" in [[Technology]].

=== Goofs ===
[[Image:SB No Mouth.png|thumb|No mouth]]
*When Strong Bad takes the floppy, only one should remain to the left of the computer. Instead, two remain.
**At the end of the email, the floppies to the left of the Compy are gone.
*The Quite Fancy 'Chup image is cut off near the top, if you look closely it ends in a straight horizontal line near the topmost green shade of The Paper.
*The ketchup blob on the edge of the table with the Quite Fancy 'Chup Easter egg is translucent.
*Strong Bad's legs actually go through his body for one frame when he's walking at the scene where he tells Bubs and The Cheat to leave. This is best seen if you view the Flash file and stop the movie when Strong Bad walks up. Then watch the movie frame by frame from that point.
*The "reflected" disk we see in the monitor is not a mirror image of the ones we see after Strong Bad jumps on the desk.
*When Strong Bad tells Bubs to leave, one of The Cheat's arms is shaded a bit in black.
*When Strong Bad jumps up and down with the ketchup bottle, his foot types "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT!", yet due to the ketchup you can't see the 'e' in one, the 'y' in type and the 'fo' in foot. When he comes back to the computer later, you can see the 'e' in one, but most of the third 'o' in foot is covered.

*Strong Bad's arm would not normally be long enough to reach for a french fry on the desk.
*The ketchup bottle falls with the top up, but somehow turns upside down when Strong Bad catches it.
*When Strong Bad is bouncing on his head, his mouth disappears from a side view.
*Strong Bad says the word "blank" when referring to the floppy disk, but does not type it when he tapes it to his head.

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:funny floppy-contrast-goof.PNG|thumb|Magical floppy disk?]]
*When Strong Bad tapes the floppy disk to his head, the contrast dial does not affect its reflection, nor does it affect the reflection of his hand.

===Inside References===
*The sounds Strong Bad makes when he is next to Strong Sad are very similar to the ones from his email song in [[big white face]].
*Strong Bad typing in "stongbad_email.exe" is a reference to [[50 emails]], where one sender called Strong Bad "[[Stong Bad]]."
*Strong Bad typing with his foot is similar to how he types with his head in [[sisters]].
*Strong Sad accuses Strong Bad of taking some of his [[Strong Sad's Pills|pills]] again.

===Real-World References===
[[File:purple-ketchup.jpg|70px|thumb|That purple kind]]
*The purple ketchup Bubs mentions is [[Wikipedia:H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz's]] [http://www.junkfoodnews.net/purpleketchup.htm Funky Purple Ketchup].
*409 is a reference to [http://www.formula409.com/ Formula 409], a household cleaner/degreaser manufactured by [[Wikipedia:Clorox|Clorox]].
*Ketchup bombs may be a reference to "Mustard bombs".

===Fast Forward===
*In [[technology]], it's clear that Strong Bad has forgotten that the 3.5" inch diskette is a floppy disk, and he refers to it as a "hard" disk.
* Awesome Sauce would later be seen in [[keep cool]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Homestar Easter egg is automatically enabled; no selecting is necessary to access it.
*To view the ketchup bottle Easter egg at the end of the video, click on the hidden Strong Bad logo on the computer screen.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*The pause between Strong Bad bouncing off the screen and bouncing back just before Homestar shows up is shorter.

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

'''MIKE:''' So here's the commentary track...

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Are we gonna do that kind of intro to all of them?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know.

'''MATT:''' As if they've just found this ''one'' one.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Well, maybe.

'''MATT:''' So welcome to commentary if you accidentally—

'''MIKE:''' Can you turn on the commentary throughout? And it'll automatically—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' I think so, you just hit the "audio" button.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitating newscaster}'' In case you've accidentally hit your "audio" button, you've just joined already in progress commentary track number AB...

'''MATT:''' All right, sorry, I didn't know, let's start over.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I'm just kidding. No, no, this is great, this is great. We have nothing cool that has happened yet.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' So "Leeko! Leeko! Leeko!" is something Mike used to say when we'd, uh, like, get, when he'd get excited. And, um, what game is in the thing there, right there? Oh, "Odell Lake". ''{Mike laughs}'' That was a great game for the old Apple IIe that we played in school.

'''MIKE:''' Our cousin Jim used to say, "Fonkity fonkity."

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he'd hit himself in the head with a—

'''MIKE AND MATT:''' —wiffle-ball bat.

'''MIKE:''' And, uh, yeah. And he used to do that, too. ''{Matt laughs}'' He used to jump around on his head saying "pont-reer".

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' That's not true. That's not true.

'''MIKE:''' He's a very talented guy.

'''MATT:''' "Pont-reer" is just, uh, my generic, like, uh, cartoon sound effect. It just seems like cartoons are just like, "Pont-REER!" and then they'd do something. Oh, this is the best dance ever. Mike did this dance. I love it. And actually, this is sort of like, I think we've mentioned it before, but it's sort of like, uh—What he's saying, the weird chanting he's doing is kind of like this, uh, in that very stru—uh, Bugs Bunny episode we were talking about, where he's on the desert island. He does, like, a weird native dance and just kinda sounds like that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Ohhhh. Matt always throws in this stuff from old Looney Tunes that I don't know.

'''MATT:''' Well, I mean, it's sub— subconscious.

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

'''MATT:''' Don't sue me ''{Mike snickers}'', don't—I'm not, er, not plagiarizing.

'''MIKE:''' I love those little, uh, French fry trays.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The red and white checkerboarded ones...? I remember one time I made, uh, some Long John—I made, uh, the Long John Silver's trays, cardboard trays that the fries and stuff came in, were—looked like boats, and I played with them and they're all greasy and... ''{Matt chuckles}'' But I loved them.

'''MATT:''' Uh, there's really a cleaner called, uh, "Awesome!"

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' "Awesome!", yeah

'''MATT:''' ''{continues}'' right? Yeah, our friend Tobin got us, that he keep—we keep mentioning.

'''MIKE:''' Look, this is one of the few times that Strong Bad eats ever.

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' It just disappears into his mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It— into his flesh-mouth.

'''MATT:''' Couple of megachips. ''{Strong Bad in background says, "Maybe a couple of megachips"}'' That's what he said.

===Fun Facts===
*The [[Wikipedia:Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]] cartoon is [[IMDb:0036508|''Wackiki Wabbit'']], which was also referenced in [[island]].
*[[Wikipedia:Long John Silver's|Long John Silver's]] is a fast food restaurant specializing in seafood.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail75.html|watch "funny"]]
*[[HR:sbemail75.swf|view the Flash file for "funny"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Bear Holding a Shark

2008-11-29T08:53:27Z

Pellucid: undid revision 607738; Not only is it a bear holding an animal, but it's a bear holding the *only other incorrect answer given* on that question. That's QUITE a coincidence.

[[Image:bearholdingshark.png|thumb|Bear holding a shark.]]
[[Image:Sbemail145.PNG|thumb|A glimpse of the monsterman?]]
The '''[[Bear]] Holding a [[Sea Creatures#Fish|Shark]]''' (also spelled '''Bear-Shark''') is a wooden cut-out of a bear standing on its hind legs, holding a shark above its head. The cut-out lurks [[behind the fence]] of [[Strong Badia]].

The bear holding a shark is actually one of Strong Badia's "security counter-measures", as [[Strong Bad]] puts it; whenever [[The Cheat]] touches the [[Tire]], the bear holding a shark pops up after an electric shock from the tire. For reasons that are never really explained, The Cheat seems to have a strong phobia of bears holding sharks. The Bear-Shark also plays the part of "headhunters" on Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Riverquest Safariventure]]. It is "scared off" by firing a [[Wikipedia:Starting pistol|starting pistol]] in its general direction twice.

It has been featured in a documentary detailing its roots in [[History according to Strong Bad|Strong Badian lore]]. The myth/legend originated as a [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits#A fish wearing an afro wig and A British distance runner|British distance runner holding a fish with a 'fro wig]], and supposedly through years of bad storytelling and the [[Wikipedia: Chinese whispers|telephone game]], evolved into the Bear-Shark we know today. Apparently, [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and his "dog" [[Pom Pom]] were walking in the woods when they saw (and caught footage of) the "very scary monster[[m'n]]", who suspiciously had white feet with blue soles. [[Strong Sad]] did not believe the myth/legend very much, and dismissed the bear holding a shark as either a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student.

In [[Fan Costumes '06]], two young women (referred to as "Ho-ties" by Strong Bad) are shown. One of them wears the Bear Holding a Shark t-shirt, with a frown on her face, while the other one is actually dressed as the bear holding a shark, with a full head bear mask, bear arms, and is holding a stuffed shark over her head. Strong Bad remarks, "I like the upgrade to Bear holding a Tiger Shark... Or was that just like... the only shark they had left at the aquarium gift shop." The Cheat is not scared of this Bear Holding a Shark.

The bear holding a shark joke may be a reference to something Richard Dawson said on "Family Feud." The survey question was "what animal are you most afraid will bite you?" to which the first two contestants answered "a lion" and then "a shark." The fifth person to guess at the survey guessed "a bear," to which Richard Dawson replied "I hate that. Particularly a bear carrying a lion."

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[date]]
*Email [[theme park]]
*[[Senorial Day]]
*Email [[myths & legends]]
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Items]][[Category:Pseudocharacters]][[Category:Strong Badia]][[Category:Animals]]

Bear Holding a Shark

2008-11-19T19:28:45Z

Pellucid: Would be pretty funny if it WAS Richard Dawkins. xD

Bear Holding a Shark

2008-11-19T19:27:36Z

Pellucid: Would be pretty funny if it WAS Richard Dawkins. xD

[[Image:bearholdingshark.png|thumb|Bear holding a shark.]]
[[Image:Sbemail145.PNG|thumb|A glimpse of the monsterman?]]
The '''[[Bear]] Holding a [[Sea Creatures#Fish|Shark]]''' (also spelled '''Bear-Shark''') is a wooden cut-out of a bear standing on its hind legs, holding a shark above its head. The cut-out lurks [[behind the fence]] of [[Strong Badia]].

The bear holding a shark is actually one of Strong Badia's "security counter-measures", as [[Strong Bad]] puts it; whenever [[The Cheat]] touches the [[Tire]], the bear holding a shark pops up after an electric shock from the tire. For reasons that are never really explained, The Cheat seems to have a strong phobia of bears holding sharks. The Bear-Shark also plays the part of "headhunters" on Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Riverquest Safariventure]]. It is "scared off" by firing a [[Wikipedia:Starting pistol|starting pistol]] in its general direction twice.

It has been featured in a documentary detailing its roots in [[History according to Strong Bad|Strong Badian lore]]. The myth/legend originated as a [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits#A fish wearing an afro wig and A British distance runner|British distance runner holding a fish with a 'fro wig]], and supposedly through years of bad storytelling and the [[Wikipedia: Chinese whispers|telephone game]], evolved into the Bear-Shark we know today. Apparently, [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and his "dog" [[Pom Pom]] were walking in the woods when they saw (and caught footage of) the "very scary monster[[m'n]]", who suspiciously had white feet with blue soles. [[Strong Sad]] did not believe the myth/legend very much, and dismissed the bear holding a shark as either a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student.

In [[Fan Costumes '06]], two young women (referred to as "Ho-ties" by Strong Bad) are shown. One of them wears the Bear Holding a Shark t-shirt, with a frown on her face, while the other one is actually dressed as the bear holding a shark, with a full head bear mask, bear arms, and is holding a stuffed shark over her head. Strong Bad remarks, "I like the upgrade to Bear holding a Tiger Shark... Or was that just like... the only shark they had left at the aquarium gift shop." The Cheat is not scared of this Bear Holding a Shark.

The bear holding a shark joke may be a reference to something Richard Dawkins said on "Family Feud." The survey question was "what animal are you most afraid will bite you?" to which the first two contestants answered "a lion" and then "a shark." The fifth person to guess at the survey guessed "a bear," to which Richard Dawson replied "I hate that. Particularly a bear carrying a lion."

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[date]]
*Email [[theme park]]
*[[Senorial Day]]
*Email [[myths & legends]]
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Items]][[Category:Pseudocharacters]][[Category:Strong Badia]][[Category:Animals]]

Bear Holding a Shark

2008-11-19T19:26:15Z

Pellucid:

[[Image:bearholdingshark.png|thumb|Bear holding a shark.]]
[[Image:Sbemail145.PNG|thumb|A glimpse of the monsterman?]]
The '''[[Bear]] Holding a [[Sea Creatures#Fish|Shark]]''' (also spelled '''Bear-Shark''') is a wooden cut-out of a bear standing on its hind legs, holding a shark above its head. The cut-out lurks [[behind the fence]] of [[Strong Badia]].

The bear holding a shark is actually one of Strong Badia's "security counter-measures", as [[Strong Bad]] puts it; whenever [[The Cheat]] touches the [[Tire]], the bear holding a shark pops up after an electric shock from the tire. For reasons that are never really explained, The Cheat seems to have a strong phobia of bears holding sharks. The Bear-Shark also plays the part of "headhunters" on Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Riverquest Safariventure]]. It is "scared off" by firing a [[Wikipedia:Starting pistol|starting pistol]] in its general direction twice.

It has been featured in a documentary detailing its roots in [[History according to Strong Bad|Strong Badian lore]]. The myth/legend originated as a [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits#A fish wearing an afro wig and A British distance runner|British distance runner holding a fish with a 'fro wig]], and supposedly through years of bad storytelling and the [[Wikipedia: Chinese whispers|telephone game]], evolved into the Bear-Shark we know today. Apparently, [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and his "dog" [[Pom Pom]] were walking in the woods when they saw (and caught footage of) the "very scary monster[[m'n]]", who suspiciously had white feet with blue soles. [[Strong Sad]] did not believe the myth/legend very much, and dismissed the bear holding a shark as either a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student.

In [[Fan Costumes '06]], two young women (referred to as "Ho-ties" by Strong Bad) are shown. One of them wears the Bear Holding a Shark t-shirt, with a frown on her face, while the other one is actually dressed as the bear holding a shark, with a full head bear mask, bear arms, and is holding a stuffed shark over her head. Strong Bad remarks, "I like the upgrade to Bear holding a Tiger Shark... Or was that just like... the only shark they had left at the aquarium gift shop." The Cheat is not scared of this Bear Holding a Shark.

The bear holding a shark joke may be a reference to something Richard Dawkins said on "Family Feud." The survey question was "what animal are you most afraid will bite you?" to which the first two contestants answered "a lion" and then "a shark." The fifth person to guess at the survey guessed "a bear," to which Richard Dawkins replied "I hate that. Particularly a bear carrying a lion."

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[date]]
*Email [[theme park]]
*[[Senorial Day]]
*Email [[myths & legends]]
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Items]][[Category:Pseudocharacters]][[Category:Strong Badia]][[Category:Animals]]