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Videlectrix Mascot

2008-12-24T19:38:22Z

Venusy: /* Appearances (and logo variations) */ Adding Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder.

[[Image:videlectrixman.gif|thumb|Look at him go!]]
'''The Videlectrix Mascot''' is the pixelated mascot for [[Free Country, USA]]'s #1 video game company: [[Videlectrix]]! He pops up before almost every Videlectrix game. He usually runs under the Videlectrix logo and trips. He is also seen in the top banner of the Videlectrix website. The Videlectrix Mascot is likely a spoof of [[Wikipedia:Epyx|Epyx Software's]] olympiad video game series, released on the [[Wikipedia:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]] and [[Wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] platforms in the mid 80's. In this game series, you play a highly animated running silhouetted character. This smooth sprite animation was cutting edge for its day.

==Appearances (and logo variations)==
*'''Debut:''' [[Population: Tire]] — The Videlectrix Mascot jogs across the screen, tripping in the middle as the Videlectrix logo pops up. He gives a "thumbs up" signal.
*[[Awexome Cross]] — A still Videlectrix logo with the Mascot appearing on a gray screen. [[The Cheat]] in a [[Tire]] falls down to the middle of the screen, running over the Mascot. He gives the 'OK' signal.
*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] and [[Peasant's Quest Animatic]] — The Mascot leans on the Videlectrix logo with a [[Smoking|cigarette]].
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — The Mascot jogs across the Videlectrix logo with a sword and a shield and trips in the middle, impaling himself on his sword. His right leg falls down as the last note of the 2-bit Videlectrix theme plays.
*[[Everybody Everybody Poster]]
*[[50K Racewalker]] — The Mascot slowly jogs under the Videlectrix logo, like your character in the game.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The Mascot is now a modified Mega Man sprite, jogging under the Videlectrix logo. He trips in the middle, then leans up and holds up his arm.
*[[Kid Speedy]] — The Mascot is actually a solid white Kid Speedy. He trips as usual, but instead of giving the thumbs-up, he stands up and looks forward.
*[[Where's an Egg?]] — The mascot is in the same style as the other game characters. He shoots the logo with a gun, then the bullet ricochets back and kills him.
*[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] — The mascot runs past the FBI Warning, trips, then gives a thumbs up.
*[[Snake Boxer 5]] — The mascot's run and trip is rendered in [[Atari 2600]] style.
*[[Math Kickers]] — The exact same as Stinkoman 20X6.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — [[Strong Bad]] runs and trips, and says "I'm up! Nobody saw that, it's cool!"
*[[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]] — Same as Stinkoman 20X6 and Math Kickers, but with different music.

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:|Videlectrix Website]]
[[Category:Mascots]]
[[Category:Electronics running gags]]

8-Bit is Enough

2008-12-24T19:23:53Z

Venusy: /* Real-World References */ Given the way this was obtained, I'm not entirely sure it counts. But if you can extract the audio, then checking out "mus_summergames" can't hurt.

{{pn|Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective|Homestar Ruiner}}
[[Image:8-Bit_is_Enough_Logo.png|thumb|The Logo of 8-Bit is Enough]]
[[Image:Sbcg4ap105 trogdorstrongbadia.png|thumb|"Uhh... Anybody know how to kill a dragon?"]]
'''8-Bit is Enough''' is the fifth and final Episode of [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]], Season One. Written by Chuck Jordan, Mike Stemmle, Mark Darin and [[The Brothers Chaps]]. Rated E10+ for [[alcohol]] and [[Smoking|tobacco]] reference, comic mischief, mild cartoon violence, and mild suggestive themes by the ESRB. It was released December 15, 2008.

When Strong Bad's botched-up stunt damages the [[TROGDOR!|Trogdor Arcade Machine]], [[Trogdor]] makes his debut, doing what he does best: burninating the countryside! What's more, other 8-bit games are leaking into the real world, throwing [[Free Country, USA]] into chaos! Only [[Strong Bad|High Lord Awesome]] can take back the night and conquer this scorching menace, once and for all! Only question is: anybody know how to kill a dragon?

A brief trailer for this episode is included in [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Trogdor}}, {{film|Stinkoman}}, [[Videlectrix Guys]], [[Bear Holding a Shark]], [[Gel-Arshie]][[Category:Marshie Filmography]], [[Snake Boxer 5|Boxer Joe]], [[Math Kickers|The Algebros]], [[Space Circus Catastrophe|Dancing Bear]], {{film|Limozeen}}, {{film|Rather Dashing}}, [[Old Man]], miscellaneous [[peasants]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies|Browntant]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies|Chorch]], [[Horrible Painting]], [[ULTIMATE TROGDOR!!!]]

'''Places:''' [[House of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]], [[Videlectrix Mainframe]], [[Crates!]], [[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]], [[Peasantry]], [[Planet K]], [[Halfathlon]]/[[Race Track]]

==Preview Transcript==
''{"in the next episode of STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE" is displayed in the [[Fonts#Joystix|Joystix font]]. Cut to the back of the telebision, with a short bvit of dramatic music. Pan up to show Strong Bad on the couch, playing Space Circus Catastrophe, with the music also heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha-ha! Missed me! ''{Puts down the controller, squints his eyes}'' Aw, crapsicles.

''{ Stinkoman pops up from behind the veiwer's left side of the couch, Strong Bad looks at him}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Ha ha ha ha! ''{Stinkoman points at Strong Bad}'' One day you'll get your baby turn! ''{Cut to a close up of Stinkoman}'' For babies! ''{The camera zooms in closer and angles in on Stinkoman}'' Who have a turn!

''{Cut back to couch. Strong Bad is still squinting his eyes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Tilts his head down}'' Okay! Man, ''{Tilts his head up}'' shut up!

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{Drops back down and reappears on the other side of the couch, with his shoulders shrugging, Strong Bad looks at him}'' YOU shut up! You're dumb! ''{Stinkoman lowers his shoulders. Strong Bad lowers his eyelids.}'' And your head is wide ''{Stinkoman makes a distance with his hands.}'' like the river! ''{Points at Strong Bad. Strong Bad looks away from him, eyelids still lowered}'' You have the river head! ''{While laughing, he appears on the left side of the couch, then the top of the screen, then the bottom right corner of the screen, and last the bottom-left-center corner of the screen.}'' Ha ha ha ha!

''{The 8-Bit Is Enough logo appears on a swirling kamikaze background with a shing sound effect. An orchestra-themed music plays. Strong Bad and Stinkoman collide in the center of the screen, replacing the logo with "STRONG BAD'S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE" and with "New episode every month!" in yellow in Joystix as in a black strip in the same swirling kamikaze background. The screen goes black. Thunder and brief glimpses reveal Trogdor. Trogdor roars. The Trogdor theme from the Peasant's Quest plays. There is then a cut to Stinkoman and Trogdor on the couch. Trogdor is holding the Fun Machine controller in his beefy arm. Stinkoman is laughing inaudibly, and Trogdor is roaring. There is a pan left, to see Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, anybody know how to kill a dragon?

''{Cut to a black screen, fading in the text "www.telltalegames.com" or "Play it on WiiWare" in Joystix. "www.telltalegames.com" appears on the PC version or on the online video, while "Play it on WiiWare" will be shown on the Wii version.}''

== Inventory ==
*Cell Phone
*Key
*8-Bit Key
*8-Bit Lantern
*Light Musket
*Logic Board
*Med Kit
*Quarter
*Quest Thingie
*8-Bit Quill
*Scorpion Food
*Snakes
*[[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
*8-Bit Tea Bag
*TrogSword(TM)
*Trophy

===Party Members===
*Algebros
*Boxer Joe
*Gel-Arshie
*The Innkeeper
*Limozeen's Space Machine
*Mista Fixit (The Poopsmith)
*Peasants
*Performing Bear
*Putchnya Shotski (Strong Mad)
*Rather Dashing

== Ranks ==
#''(blank)''
#Creepy Adult Software
#Games "For Girls"
#Sub-Text Adventure
#Point 'n' Sick Stories
#Buisness Casual Game
#Weird Japanese RPG
#Flight Stimulator 2009
#2nd Person Shooter
#Non-Lame Movie Tie-In
#Omnisensory VR Netskin
#SBCG4AP MMORPG!!

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Shovelware|Shovelware]] is low quality, quickly ported or programed computer programs, usually done to capitalize on a trend or make a quick profit.
*In the intro, Strong Sad says that the arcade game's fan needs to be serviced, and Strong Bad asks where he can find any fan service. [[Wikipedia:Fanservice|Fanservice]] is content added mainly to please the fans. It is quite appropriate, then, that Trogdor starts to break out of the arcade immediately after Strong Bad's question.
*"Yatta!" is a Japanese word which means "I did it!", or "All right!" in English.

===Trivia===
*This is the only episode to lack [[Pom Pom]]; since [[Homsar]] is also missing, this means that this episode has the fewest main characters at 10; all of the others had 11 or 12.
*This and [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] are the only two episodes to happen on the same day.
**Despite this, there is a calendar change between the episodes.

===Remarks===
*In the preview for this episode, Strong Bad has a black outline, and his arms look oddly deformed for some reason.
*Even in extended play, you cannot go outside with a costume in this episode.
**This is likely because you will become Rather Dashing if you visit Peasantry in Extended Play.
*When the difficulty slider is set to "high" but the lever hasn't been pulled to make Professor Pineapple shoot fruit in Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder, there is a steady stream of pineapple slices, but no other changes to the game. However, when both are set, there is an extremely high amount of fruit even discounting the fruit Professor Pineapple shoots.
*When used in the fight against the Ultimate Trogdor, Gel-Arshie claims that he can't be burninated because he's inflammable. However, inflammable actually means the same thing as flammable.
*If you click the main menu button near the peasents running around at the inn they turn around and look at you.

===Glitches===
*The costume items from Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, excluding the Dangeresque Glasses, are not available in the Snap Shak in the PC version, apparently due to a writing error in Episode 4.

===Inside References===
*Trogdor has previously appeared in Free Country USA in [[Trogday 08]].
*Stinkoman and Strong Bad previously met in the email [[alternate universe]] and Stinkoman also previously appeared in Free Country USA in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
**Stinkoman also insulted Strong Bad in [[alternate universe]], saying he has a big nose.
*The introductory narration is similar to the one used in [[fingers]]. The announcer of said introduction also appeared in the same email.
**Homestar also mispronounced "Previously" in [[DNA Evidence]].
*When Strong Bad goes through a video game portal, his last two transformations are [[Atari Strong Bad]] and [[Secret Collect.]] Strong Bad, respectively.
*When Trogdor is vanquished, Homestar's mentions that he must have been a "load-bearing dragon", which is a [[Thy Dungeonman]] reference.
*Strong Bad talking about the [[Fluffy Puff Jela-Ton]] he won during the Race to the End of the Race is a reference to [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*[[Mr. Shmallow]] can be seen on the Pineapple Gun.
*Upon entering the Peasantry area, Strong Bad will remark on the game's status as "the best-selling video computer TV game of all time", as it was previously referred to as in [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]].
**Likewise, the music from the trailer plays as background music in Peasantry, and Rather Dashing speaks exactly as he does in the trailer.
*The [[wikipedia:Pitfall!|Pitfall!]] Scorpions from [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] return in Halfathlon.
*In addition to the four historical figures, the puzzle wheel in the Videlectrix Mainframe depicts Trogdor, the [[Jhonka]], [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]], and [[Kid Speedy]].
*The [[Taranchula]] standee that Strong Bad "fights" in [[Strong Badia the Free]] returns, but without the fire and ice heads.
*The loading screen for the first-person segment reads "Get [[SBLOUNSKCHED]]!", a reference to [[candy product]].
*In Extended Play, when trying to get ye flask, the text on the bottom reads "[[seriously]], get ye flask".
*When Chorch gets angry, he says he will make Stinkoman wish he was never born. This phrase was mentioned in Chorch's description in the [[Stinkomanual]].
*Clicking on the pennants in Extended Play will show a credits sequence that mentions [[Cherry Greg]], [[A. Chimendez]], [[Lem Sportsinterviews|"Lem" Sportsinterviews]], [[Douglas]], [[Levert Burtmore]], [[The Deke]], and [[Dennis]], along with [[Strong Sad]] and [[The Cheat]].
*The "ultimate" form of Strong Bad was mentoned numerous times during the production of SBCG4AP, namely the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] and the [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]. Strong Bad complained numerous time about [[Telltale Games]] not using the "concept art", explaining Strong Bad's remark of "Whoa! They ''finally'' listened to me!"
**The concept art appears again during and after the credits.
*The final cutscene has an instance of [[couch mumbling]]. The game name he mumbles is [[Rhinofeeder]], which he also mumbled in the beginning of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Homestar previously ate coins (albeit more deliberately) in [[do over]].
*Homestar mentions his [[hremail]]s in one of the hints he gives.

===Real-World References===
*The title is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Eight Is Enough|Eight Is Enough]], a television comedy-drama from the late 1970s and early '80s.
*Lady Crate Ape is a take off of [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]].
**When Marzipan is possessed by the spirit of the game, her expression is similar to Kong's expression on the original video game cabinet. Strong Bad also frequently refers to her as "Marzy-Kong".
**The way the portions of the scaffolding are put together and fall down when she stomps on the roof mimics the way the game begins in most versions, minus the part where the entire thing collapses.
*Strong Bad complains about taking a [[Wikipedia:The Color Purple|''The Color Purple'']] personality quiz when answering an email.
*Strong Bad climbing the vine with the smiling cloud on the Awesomeness screen is modeled after [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]
**Similarly, the bushes with eyes in the intro screen are another reference to the ''[[Mario]]'' series.
**When Strong Bad first enters Peasantry, he assumes hitting his head on things will make coins come out, a reference to the theme of making coins come out of blocks by jumping into them in said series.
***This could also refer to the act of somersalting into trees to get various objects in [[The Legend of Zelda]] series, also by [[Nintendo]].
**The music and appearance of the ghosts haunting the House of Strong (particularly the ghosts flying out the front when outside) is reminiscent of the ghost houses in [[Wikipedia:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]].
*Some of the games depicted on the Awesomeness screen are [[Wikipedia:Pong|Pong]], [[Wikipedia:Tetris|Tetris]], and [[Wikipedia:Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]].
*At one point, Gel-Arshie says "Hi! I'm Gel-Arshie!" in exactly the same way Hugh Bliss says his catchphrase "Hi! I'm Hugh Bliss!" in [[Wikipedia:Sam And Max Season One|Sam And Max Season One]]
*"The ladder is a lie" may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Portal (video game)|Portal]], where the phrase "the cake is a lie" is written all around the testing facility.
*Homestar mentions that he used his lucky quarter to beat [[Wikipedia:Street Fighter|Street Masher]], [[Wikipedia:Street Fighter 2|Street Masher 2]], and [[Wikipedia:Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo|Street Masher 2: Slightly Different Costumes Edition]]; these games seem to be based on the [[Street Fighter]] series, and indeed, ''Street Fighter II'' was infamous for having many minor variations before ''Street Fighter III'' came out.
*Homestar will, at one point, pop up and say "Hey! Listen!" He does so in the same fashion as Navi in [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time]].
*If Strong Bad shoots at a ghost in The Field and misses, The Cheat pops up to laugh at him. This is similar to [[Wikipedia:Duck Hunt|Duck Hunt]], where the player's hunting dog does the same.
*Strong Sad saying "You shall not pass!" is a reference to Gandalf's confrontation with the Balrog in [[Wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|Fellowship of the Ring]].
*Also, Strong Sad's line "Abandon all hope, ye who enter" is a reference to what is written above the entrance to the gates of Hell in Dante's epic poem [[Wikipedia:Divine_Comedy|The Divine Comedy]].
*The first person section is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D|Wolfenstein 3D]] by iD Software; the King of Town's appearance and death speech are references to that game's depiction of Hitler.
**In addition, the name of the castle where this takes place is "Castle Poopenstein".
* The show that Strong Bad says on TV, "Videlectrix Saturday Mornideo Games", refers to the Saturday Morning cartoon series ''[[Wikipedia:Saturday Supercade|Saturday Supercade]]'' which aired on [[Wikipedia:CBS|CBS]] from 1983 to 1985.
*The words "ALL WORK AND NO FRUIT MAKES GEL-ARSHIE A DULL BOY" that fill up the TV screen after beating the Gel-Arshie game with the kill screen is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''.
*Strong Bad looking through the TrogSword in 20X6 is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Thundercats|Thundercats]]'', in particular Lion-O's transformation sequence. He also makes a reference to [[Wikipedia:He-Man|He-Man]] during this sequence.
*Several historical figures appear in the "Spirit of '76" game, including [[Wikipedia:John Hancock|John Hancock]], [[Wikipedia:Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin]], [[Wikipedia:Samuel Adams|Samuel Adams]], and [[Wikipedia:Paul Revere|Paul Revere]]. All figure significantly in the American Revolution.
**Samuel Adams saying he "probably invented beer" refers to the [[Wikipedia:Boston Beer Company|Samuel Adams]] brand of beer.
**When you give him the item, John Hancock says to make sure your family is insured, a reference to the [[Wikipedia:John Hancock Insurance|John Hancock Insurance]] company.
*Interacting with the mirror in the bathroom will make Strong Bad reference the [[Wikipedia:Bloody Mary (folklore)|Bloody Mary legend]].
*The Gel-Arshie portion of the game is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Cool Spot|Cool Spot]], a 1993 product placement game for 7-Up that featured its red mascot on a surf board.
*After using Gel-Arshie on the lava pit in Halfathalon, he says the line "What's in the box?", a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Seven (film)|Se7en]]''.
*The "Bloodstone" in Trogdor's Lair is a reference to the game [[Wikipedia:Return to Krondor|Return to Krondor]], in which there is a "Nightstone" that casts everything in red light and reveals a hidden place, which holds the secret to destroying your enemy forever.
*Strong Bad's remark about the peasants starting a commune is a reference to [[Monty Python|''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'']], specifically the scene in which Dennis explains that he and his fellow peasants are an [[wikipedia:Anarcho-syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]] commune.
*When Strong Mad is in Halfathalon, he will exclaim "[[Wikipedia:Glasnost|GLASNOST]]! [[Wikipedia:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn|SOLZHENITSYN]]!"
**When Strong Bad responds, his pronunciation of "Puttin'" likely refers to Russian president, [[Wikipedia:Vladamir Putin|Vladamir Putin]].
*When switching to first person perspective, Strong Bad says "Quake and fear". [[Wikipedia:Quake|Quake]] and [[Wikipedia:F.E.A.R.|F.E.A.R.]] are two popular first person shooters.
*The head-up display (HUD) that Strong Bad gets when he enters Trogdor's Lair appears similar to the HUDs in the first three games of the [[Wikipedia:Doom (video game)|Doom]] series.
*When Strong Bad gives the trophy to Strong Mad, he says "ich bin ein donut". This is an obvious variant of [[Wikipedia:Ich bin ein Berliner|Ich bin ein Berliner]]. Furthermore, it is a play on the urban legend that the German phrase means "I am a jelly donut."
*When entering Peasantry from the Videlectrix Mainframe any time after solving the code wheel, Strong Bad says, "Load p-quest comma eight comma one" referencing LOAD“FILE”,8,1 the command needed to load games and programs into many [[Wikipedia:Commodore International|Commodore]] computers.
*When summoning Boxer Joe, Strong Bad sometimes says "Round 1, FIGHT!" the same way Shao Kahn does in Mortal Kombat.
*When Strong Bad finally uses the performing bear, he shouts "I choose you." This is a clear reference to Pokémon.
*In the game's music files, Halfathlon is referred to as [[Wikipedia:Summer Games|Summer Games]].

==External Links==
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-398|Telltale blog entry confirming Trogdor's appearance]]
*[[Telltale:strongbad/8bitisenough|Official episode page]]
*[[Forum:14934|forum thread re: "8-Bit is Enough"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7349 Telltale forum thread re: "8-Bit is Enough]

===Reviews===
*[http://www.wiiware-world.com/reviews/2008/12/strong_bad_episode_5_8_bit_is_enough WiiWare World review]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/938/938668p1.html IGN review]
*[http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/440/ Adventure Classic Gaming review]
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2008-12-15T22:04:02Z

Venusy: Add the second actually playable game. Don't have time to create the page, but it should be obvious where it is in Extended Play.

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| valign="top" style="font-size: smaller;text-align:center" |'''Promotional Media''' [[Strong Bad Gameways]] | [[SBCG4AP Advertisement|Advertisement]] | [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|Gameplay Trailer]] | [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog|Dev Blog]] | [[Workin' on the Game]] | [[SBCG4AP Tutorial|Tutorial]] | [[SBCG4AP Intros|Intros]] [[Behind The Bad]] | [[Make a Scene with Telltale: Strong Bad Edition]]
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'''Episode 1: [[Homestar Ruiner]]''' [[Snake Boxer 5]] | [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad]] | [[Homestar Ruiner Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] [[Homestar Ruiner Responses|Responses]] ([[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)|House of Strong]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Marzipan's)|Marzipan's]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (K.o.T. Castle)|K.o.T. Castle]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Track)|The Track]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)|The Field]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Homestar at the Track]] | [[Around the Field]]
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'''Episode 2: [[Strong Badia the Free]]''' 
[[Math Kickers]] | [[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad|Cave Girl Squad]] | [[Strong Badia the Free Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] | [[Countries in Strong Badia the Free|Countries]] 
[[Strong Badia the Free Responses|Responses]] ([[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Bleak House)|Bleak House]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (The Field)|The Field]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Homsar Reservation)|Homsar Reservation]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Pompomerania)|Pompomerania]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Country)|Country]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Marzistar)|Marzistar]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (The Castle)|The Castle]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Strong Badia the Free Gameplay Trailer]]
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'''Episode 3: [[Baddest of the Bands]]''' 
[[Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen|Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] | [[Bands in Baddest of the Bands|Bands]] 
[[Baddest of the Bands Responses|Responses]] ([[Baddest of the Bands Responses (House of Strong)|House of Strong]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (The Field)|The Field]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Marzipan's)|Marzipan's]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Club Technochocolate)|Club Technochocolate]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (The Track)|The Track]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Battle of the Bands stages)|Battle of the Bands stages]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Baddest of the Bands Gameplay Trailer]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Promo Spot]]
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'''Episode 4: [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]''' 
[[Space Circus Catastrophe]] | [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] 
[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses|Responses]] ([[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Smoky Office)|Smoky Office]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Brainblow City)|Brainblow City]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Strongborneo)|Strongborneo]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Secret Lab)|Secret Lab]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Catacombs)|Catacombs]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Old Club)|Old Club]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Cutesy's House)|Cutesy's House]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (The Sun)|The Sun]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (World Locations)|World Locations]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]] | [[Dangeresque 3 Gameplay Clips]] | [[Dangeresque 3 Mini-Site]]
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'''Episode 5: [[8-Bit is Enough]]''' 
[[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]] | [[Trogdor's 3D-Ungeon]] | [[8 Bit Is Enough Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] 
[[8 Bit Is Enough Responses|Responses]] ([[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (House of Strong)|House of Strong]], [[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (The Field)|The Field]], [[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (Crates)|Crates]], [[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (Videlectrix Mainframe)|Videlectrix Mainframe]], [[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (Halfathlon)|Halfathlon]], [[8 Bit Is Enough Responses (Gel-Arshie's Backstage)|Gel-Arshie's Backstage]])

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2008-12-15T20:10:26Z

Venusy: Halfathlon isn't playable, but it is visitable. Move Halfathlon to non-playable, replace with Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder.

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| valign="top" style="font-size: smaller;text-align:center" |'''Playable'''
[[50K Racewalker]] | [[Awexome Cross]] | [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] | [[Duck Guardian One]] | [[Duck Pond]] | [[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]] | [[Hallrunner]] | [[Kid Speedy]] | [[Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey]] | [[Math Kickers]] | [[Peasant's Quest]] | [[Pigs on Head]] | [[Population: Tire]] | [[RhinoFeeder]] | [[Secret Collect.]] | [[Snake Boxer 5]] | [[Space Circus Catastrophe]] | [[Stinkoman 20X6]] | [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] | [[StrongBadZone]] | [[TROGDOR!]] | [[Thy Dungeonman]] | [[Thy Dungeonman II]] | [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] | [[Where's an Egg?]]
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[[C.H.E.A.T.]] | [[Duck Guardian 2]] | [[Halfathlon]] | [[King Dingo]] | [[Lewis Rudkin SX: england]] | [[Planet Alert!]] | [[QWERTY]] | [[Rabbit Algebra]] | [[Salad Daze]] | [[Shploitz!]] | [[Spaceshipper]] | [[Sundae Drivin']] | [[Trogdor: Let's Burninate Phonics]]
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Template:SBCG4AP

2008-12-15T20:05:55Z

Venusy: Change game to the actual one.

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| valign="top" style="font-size: smaller;text-align:center" |'''Promotional Media''' [[Strong Bad Gameways]] | [[SBCG4AP Advertisement|Advertisement]] | [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|Gameplay Trailer]] | [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog|Dev Blog]] | [[Workin' on the Game]] | [[SBCG4AP Tutorial|Tutorial]] | [[SBCG4AP Intros|Intros]] [[Behind The Bad]] | [[Make a Scene with Telltale: Strong Bad Edition]]
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'''Episode 1: [[Homestar Ruiner]]''' [[Snake Boxer 5]] | [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad]] | [[Homestar Ruiner Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] [[Homestar Ruiner Responses|Responses]] ([[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)|House of Strong]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Marzipan's)|Marzipan's]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (K.o.T. Castle)|K.o.T. Castle]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Track)|The Track]], [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)|The Field]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Homestar at the Track]] | [[Around the Field]]
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'''Episode 2: [[Strong Badia the Free]]''' 
[[Math Kickers]] | [[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad|Cave Girl Squad]] | [[Strong Badia the Free Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] | [[Countries in Strong Badia the Free|Countries]] 
[[Strong Badia the Free Responses|Responses]] ([[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Bleak House)|Bleak House]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (The Field)|The Field]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Homsar Reservation)|Homsar Reservation]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Pompomerania)|Pompomerania]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Country)|Country]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Marzistar)|Marzistar]], [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (The Castle)|The Castle]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Strong Badia the Free Gameplay Trailer]]
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'''Episode 3: [[Baddest of the Bands]]''' 
[[Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen|Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] | [[Bands in Baddest of the Bands|Bands]] 
[[Baddest of the Bands Responses|Responses]] ([[Baddest of the Bands Responses (House of Strong)|House of Strong]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (The Field)|The Field]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Marzipan's)|Marzipan's]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Club Technochocolate)|Club Technochocolate]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (The Track)|The Track]], [[Baddest of the Bands Responses (Battle of the Bands stages)|Battle of the Bands stages]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Baddest of the Bands Gameplay Trailer]] | [[Baddest of the Bands Promo Spot]]
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'''Episode 4: [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]''' 
[[Space Circus Catastrophe]] | [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] 
[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses|Responses]] ([[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Smoky Office)|Smoky Office]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Brainblow City)|Brainblow City]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Strongborneo)|Strongborneo]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Secret Lab)|Secret Lab]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Catacombs)|Catacombs]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Old Club)|Old Club]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Cutesy's House)|Cutesy's House]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (The Sun)|The Sun]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (World Locations)|World Locations]])

'''Promotional Media:''' [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]] | [[Dangeresque 3 Gameplay Clips]] | [[Dangeresque 3 Mini-Site]]
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'''Episode 5: [[8-Bit is Enough]]''' 
[[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]] | [[8 Bit Is Enough Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] 
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Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder

2008-12-15T20:04:54Z

Venusy: Starting as stub, spelling is consistent with the game spelling, but may need changing to "Gel-arshie's...".

'''Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder''' is a mini-game by [[Videlectrix]] from ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'s'' [[8-Bit Is Enough]], starring [[Gel-Arshie]]. It is also one of the video game locations accessed via the [[Videlectrix Mainframe]].

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Talk:Halfathlon

2008-12-10T21:49:17Z

Venusy: Is there a source that gives this as the playable game for this episode (aside from the mainframe screenshot, which is open to interpretation)?

== So, Uh... ==
Is there any confirmation that this is actually the playable Videlectrix game in 8BiE? Because while it is seen in the Mainframe screenshot, so is something on the left with the name partially off screen. I know the Wiki has articles for all Videlectrix games, but I don't think it should be placed in the playable section of [[Template:VidelectrixGames]] until we actually know if it is playable. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:49, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Venusy

2008-12-10T21:41:03Z

Venusy: /* Mock Quotes of the Week */ Sure, sure.

{{User:Venusy/navbar}}

<div style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid #000000; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 2em 0 1em; padding: .5em 1em; vertical-align: middle"><center>I have no new messages. [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Venusy&action=edit&section=new Leave one if you want.]</center></div>

== UNIQxxxxxxx-tagnamexxxxxxx ==

Whatever it is, it seems to have been caused by [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Venusy&diff=257956&oldid=257929 this edit], in that it worked before then and didn't work after... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 01:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
:Indeed, it seems removing the userboxes tower fixes the problem (in Show Preview at least)... I have no idea why though... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 02:13, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
::This may be some old chat, but I believe it has to do with either <nowiki>{{subst:}} or <nowiki></nowiki>. I can't remember which one it is. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 14:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
:::[http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1188 Bug 1188]. I'm pretty sure this is the bug that's causing your problem. It appears to have been fixed in MediaWiki 1.5, but apparently it hasn't. It says in the release notes of MediaWiki 1.6 that this bug has been fixed, so when we upgrade, the problem should be solved. This was a long and probably confusing paragraph. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 14:14, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

== Monobook.css ==

So, if you create a file called Monobook.css and paste into into User:Yourusername/Monobook.css, does that automatically change your default style? -- [[User:Soapergem|Soapergem]] 21:42, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yep. You may have to clear your cache for the changes to take effect, but essentially, that's what it does. Unless you have the "Skin" setting in [[Special:Preferences|your preferences]] to something other than MonoBook. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:45, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::I tried everything; nothing seems to work. --[[User:Sam Goldfish|Sam Goldfish]] 15:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I'm not sure about this, but I think the problem is that you created the page with a capital letter. [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns2=1&search=monobook.css&searchx=Search Everyone else's] (well, almost) begin with the first letter uncapitalised. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 16:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

== Friend code ==
I managed to change my wi-fi configs. I've now been issued a friend code. It's 3994-9884-4795. I've got a pretty cool town. Checkit-checkit out sometimes. Thanks a lot, I hope to see you soon buying stuff from nookway. That way, I'll finally get nookingtons. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 13:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Oh yeah, my town is willtown. With a lowercase W. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 13:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hang on a few minutes, have to set up the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection thing on this PC. Is your AC name Seriously or something else? --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 15:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Nah, my name is willdude/ Once again, without the caps. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 15:49, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::The gates are open. Anything else I need to do? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 15:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::No, but I'm still having problems on my end. I keep getting error 52003. I'm going to try uninstalling the software, and reinstalling it. Probably take about 10 minutes or so. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 16:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::You said you're doing it on your PC. To avoid the problem, couldn';t you just do it on your DS? Sorry, I'm a bit excited. This is my first time doing this stuff. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:04, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I'm using the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection#Connecting to the service|Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector]], so I have to use my PC. But I think I've fixed the problem now anyway. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 16:12, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Sweetness. See you there. Hopefully. ;) — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:12, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::How do you talk? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:15, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Press SELECT. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 16:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Darn. Can't let me go top your town, for some reason. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Working now. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Hey, can you open the gates again? Before, I ould go into your town and I would see you sleeping, but I could still do stuff there. But that'sno longer the case. ??? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:27, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Opening now.... --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 22:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== The Municipality ==

Hey there, Venusy. I'd just like to let you know why I reverted your upload of [[:Image:Disconnected Easter egg.PNG]]. The bigger you make this image, the more pixelated it's going to become. Being already rather grainy in the first place, along with the fact that we really don't need it that much bigger, the upload wasn't really necessary. Thanks for your contribution, though. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 21:45, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:Try looking at [http://www.hrwiki.org/images/archive/b/b2/20060313214153%21Disconnected_Easter_egg.PNG my archived version], and clear your cache. It's bigger, and without pixellation (except that already present on the smaller image). At least on my PC. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:52, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

::Apparantly, [[User:FireBird|FireBird]]'s and my eyes were failing. The image looks fine now. Feel free to re-upload this image. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:01, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Sometimes (often) when you upload a new image, the old image stays in your cache. Since the HTML contains the width and height of every image, your browser will dutifully show the old (cached) image, scaled up to the new size (which looks awful when the new image has a different aspect ratio to the old one). A hard refresh (on the image page itself, and on a page which has it as a thumbnail) fixes things. <code>action=purge</code> is generally *not* necessary. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 16:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Reverting vandalism ==

Hey. Are you able to revert these all yourself? I don't want to confuse you if I'm intruding on your system. I can't do a whole lot right now. If you are able to, revert them all and TBD them. You know the drill. ;) Someone will come by and delete the by-products. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 15:25, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind. Looks like we got them all done. Way to go, team! woot. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 15:45, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Piped Links ==

Hello,
Thanks for catching my errors with Piped Links. I'm new to HRwiki (or any wiki for that matter), and I'm still learning the formatting and etiquette details. Thanks!

== Coach Basketball ==

Venusy, thought I'd point out to you - when you wrote " If Coach B is considered a costume, then basketball head Coach Z should be, regardless of if his head is a basketball, or just jammed into one" you made an error. Coach B is a Character Variation. Does that change your vote? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:16, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:[[#Char var|See below]]. And this doesn't change my vote, as I'm assuming Coach Z has somehow got his head stuck in a basketball rather than his head becoming a basketball. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 18:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Char var ==

Hey Venusy. Regarding [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:candy_product&curid=21298&diff=291905&oldid=291901 this edit] of yours, I just wanted to point out that [[Zubs and Coach B|Coach B]] is a variation, not a costume. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:19, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:Not according to [[Coach Z Other Costumes]], which is the only place I bothered checking. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 18:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Hey! ==
Willdude here! Wanna play ACWW? Captcha's annoying! -Seriously
:<s>Hang on while I find a Save Block in M&L:PiT. And connect.</s> Your town or mine? --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 15:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
::My gates are open now anyway. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 15:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Cool. I'm really sorry I didn't, I really did not have much time to. Anyway, I'll go in your place soon. I just have to do some stuff. Thanks a lot. `[[User:24.55.187.201|24.55.187.201]]
::::Just a note: if you do come in, bring an umbrella. Stupid rain... --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 19:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

== Custom sig ==

Thanks for fixing my sig! But could you make the text after "Finest1" like superscript?

Yeah... Kind of. still a little too long {{User:Finest1/sig}}

== Hi, Venusy ==

Just letting you know, I changed the HTML code in your sig so it would be valid with XHTML/CSS standards and stuff. I just changed the <tt></tt> part and added it in with the <tt></tt> tag. The <tt>style=</tt> part was also missing a ';' at the end, which may have been the reason why your sig wouldn't work before in some browsers. Don't worry, your sig should still look exactly the same. [[User:Ed smildE|Ed smilde]]/[[User talk:Ed smildE|talk]] 17:12, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

== AFJAOBN ==
In case you didn't know, I changed my sig for part of that day. {{User:LePorello/sig}} 13:02, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

==Thank You!==
Thank you SO much for helping me to get my skin back. {{User:Lopp3/sig}} 21:39, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Quotes Box ==

hey dude, mind if i use that quote box you invented? -{{User:Homsar7/sig}}
:If you mean the one [[User:Venusy#Quote of the Week|here]], that's fine. I just copied that thing off the main [[Quote of the Week]] page anyway. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 01:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

== AC:WW ==

Hey Venusy. Long time no see. Can you do me favor? You don't have to, it's not obligatory or anything. But my brother really wants to play with someone on Wi-Fi. I know you'd be wasting your time by doing this, but he just wants to get some cherries and other fruit. It'd be really nice if you could do it, as my brother won't leave me alone. But if you don't have any time, then feel free to decline this. Sincerly [sic], — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 13:49, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
:I have the time, but I'm not entirely sure where my DS is at the moment. Give me a few minutes to find it. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 13:53, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks a bunch. A quote from My bro: "Venusy is awesome, isn't he?" :P — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 13:55, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Mr brother had a blast. Thanks so much. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 14:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

== [[Fan Costume Commentary|Ohhh, people with too much time on their hands...]] ==

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:::I think I'm missing a font somewhere... That just displays as question marks (in Firefox) and the [] boxes (in IETab). Unless it was meant to do that... --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 17:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

::::It's supposed to be [[Wikipedia:Braille|Braille]]... I guess those characters just aren't in your font... oh well. [http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7307/braille5ab.png This] is what it looks like to me. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 18:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

:::::I can't be bothered translating all that, I've just spent 40 minutes comparing your image to the Wikipedia image of the Braille alphabet, and I only got about half way through translating! .Though I think the problem with the last word may just have been a problem with [http://leetkey.mozdev.org the translator] I used. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 19:50, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

== SQT! ==

[[Image:Suudsu.PNG|thumb|Congrats on your first SQT!)]]--[[User:Ookelaylay|אוקאלייליי (Ookelaylay)]]

== Other baleeted nonsense ==

Hey, Venusy, I was just browsing through your [[User:Venusy/April Fool's Jokes and Other Baleeted Nonsense|April Fool's Jokes and Other Baleeted Nonsense]] and happened to wonder if this [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=251699 ye olde fake block log] might belong there too, in the "From the Sandbox" section. Keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

== Fixed ==

Venusy, I fixed my signature. Why does it matter about the size???? I know it is part of the rules and regulations, but it doesn't really make sense to me. What if someone's signature had to be that long??? See what I mean???

{{User: Unme93/sig}} 14:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

== England ==

I dunno about Ninjas, Lasers, and Gold, I just know of Tubes, Fancy Stores, and Protesters, but your map must be right because I'm proud of my Guinness and Fighting!
:I live in a small village in the muddle of nowhere so we don't have Tubes (we have [[Wikipedia:Series of tubes|the Internet]], but it's hard to even find a bus service around here), Fancy Stores (the best we have is a [[Wikipedia:The Co-operative Group|Co-op]] and a [[Wikipedia:SPAR|SPAR]]) or Protesters (not worth their effort to protest here). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 03:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
::LOL. I raise my Guinness to that response my friend! - {{User:Ilko Skevüld's Teh C/Sig}} 03:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

=|=
How do you get that little blinking thing? (reply in my talk) - [[user talk:Derrickee3|Derrickee3 Talk!]] 03:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
:From [[User:Venusy/messages|this page]], this is the code: <code><nowiki>█</nowiki></code> {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 03:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

== Stinkoman 20X6 ==

I downloaded all the source files, how do I play the game (if you know how...). {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 16:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
:If you've put them all in the correct folder, then double click stinkogame.swf. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 17:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I give you many tanks! {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 04:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

== About qotw... ==

I followed your instructions, and whenever I open the .swf, it just shows me a white screen and when I right click, it says "movie not loaded..." I waited for about half an hour too. Any suggestions? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 18:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

== Weclome Back ==

Welcome back to the wiki, Venusy. Any reason you haven't been going on the wiki for the past 4 months? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 22:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
:No real reason, I was just busy and needed a break for a while. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 00:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

== IRL Help ==

Being that you're in the UK, you might be in a position to help me with something. The topic is not HR related, so the wiki is not the place to discuss it. Would you be willing to [[Special:Emailuser/OptimisticFool|e-mail me]] to provide me with your e-mail address so I can go into more detail? If you're not willing, that's totally fine, too. Let me know! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:02, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Forget I brought this up here. I thought I had tried to use the "E-mail this user" link from your page and it hadn't worked.. but now I see it does work. So, yeah, I've e-mailed you directly now. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::I'm not too interested, given a type of scam that used to be popular here (people set up a phone number that costs £50-ish per minute). Google give you nothing if you type the number in? --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Nothing. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 00:58, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::::But you did put me onto something; you're right.. I've found that numbers beginning as this one does (i.e. with 44 7xx) often cost money to call and can rediret anywhere in the world. So, uh... abort mission! =] {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 01:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Mock Quotes of the Week ==
Can I do some mock QOTW, like what DorianGray has done? At the top of that list, it says that the user borrowed your idea with permission. Can I do it, too? [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 19:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
:Yes, you don't need my permission to do that. Especially since I'm a lot less active here than I used to be. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Strong Badia the Free

2008-09-27T13:58:20Z

Venusy: /* Goofs */ Adding Videoelectrix from the Wii Shop Channel download page (at least, it's that way in Europe).

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{{sbcg4apnav|Homestar Ruiner|Baddest of the Bands}}
[[Image:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Strong Badia the Free]]
[[Image:SBCG4AP 2 Protest.PNG|thumb|"We can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town."]]
'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''. It has been rated E10+ for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Use of [[Alcohol]] by the ESRB and was released on September 15, 2008 on both PC and WiiWare. Written by Chuck Jordan and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. After Strong Bad escapes, he recruits more armies. The citizens of [[Free Country, USA]], along with [[Strong Badia]], band together to stop The King of Town.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Homsar}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Bubs}}

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| '''Places:'''
|- valign="top"
| style="padding-right: 2.5em" |
[[House of the Brothers Strong|Bleak House]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]] 
[[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong|Bathroom]]
| style="padding-right: 36px" |
[[The King of Town's Castle]] 
[[Homsar Reservation]] 
[[Club Technochocolate|Pompomerania]] 
[[The Stone Bridge|Country]] 
[[Marzipan's House|Marzistar/Homezipan]]
|
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand|Concessionstantinople]] 
[[Strong Badia|Strong Badia/The Cheat and Tirerea]] 
[[The Gremlin|Frontzeatserland/Hatchbackistan]] 
[[Snap Shak|Snapshakland]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|50% Off Apple Pie Charts]] 
[[The Stick|Sticktenstein]] 
[[The Brick Wall|Union of Socialist Soviet Repubricks]] 
|}

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up. ''{Homestar becomes sad}''

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!"}''

''{Strong Mad is seen behind a cutout of a tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''

== Inventory ==
*3-Ring Binder
*[[BMW Lighter]]
*Clockwork Strong Bad Doll
*Fake Sword
*[[Glowstick]]
*Katana
*Paper Crown
*Pillow
*Pilot Wings
*Pottery Shard
*Power Strip
*Pretendix
*Quesos (Strong Badian currency)
*Red Towel
*Stuffing
*[[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]] (now with shovel attachment)
*[[Tony Stony]]
*Tuning Fork

== Ranks ==
#Neighborhood Watch Chief
#Hall Monitor
#Junior High Class Treasurer
#Deputy Mayor
#House Minority Whip
#President Elect
#El Jefe Mas Grande
#Chancellor of the 7 Realms
#Lord High Fantasticus
#Über-Pope ''{Wii Version only - see [[Strong_Badia_the_Free#Wii_Version|glitches]] below}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Roi" is [[French]] for "King", thus explaining the pseudonym "Roy T."
*Strong Bad uses [[Wikipedia:Morse Code|Morse Code]] to communicate with the lighter.

===Trivia===
*On the PC version, costume items unlocked in Homestar Ruiner carry over to Strong Badia the Free (these must be unlocked, either by getting them in Homestar Ruiner, or by editing the [[Wikipedia:Windows Registry|Windows Registry]]). On the Wii version, the costumes are automatically unlocked, regardless of if you have the costumes on a Homestar Ruiner save file (or even if you don't have a Homestar Ruiner save file at all).
*When visiting the King of Town at his castle in the extended play mode of [[Homestar Ruiner]], he threatens to tax Strong Bad. Strong Bad responds with, "That sounds...ominous."
*The preview was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] on September 15, 2008 under the title "Strong Bad Episode 2: {{PAGENAME}}"

===Goofs===
*Although a week passes in the game, the calendar always says the 13th (though Strong Bad is probably too lazy/busy to change the day).
*On the Wii Shop Channel download page, Videlectrix is misspelled as "Videoelectrix".

===Glitches===
*Sometimes Bubs will be stuck facing the black market door instead of the concession stand. As a result, the black market door will not open, and Bubs will be facing the wall when you try to talk to him from the front of the stand.
*When lighting certain objects on fire, sometimes the flames do not appear until Strong Bad leaves and returns to the area. This glitch is known to occur with the bush on the Homsar Reservation, the kimono in Club Technochocolate, and the skulls in Country.
*While visiting Bleak House in Extended Play, while wearing no hat, Strong Badia Shirt, Championship Belt, Camo Pants, and Homestar's boots, the game will freeze and make a buzzing noise upon saving.
*While in Bleak House, examine the bookcase in Strong Sad's room while outside the room. Then walk by his bed. While Strong Bad talks about the bookcase, he may slide towards the bed without moving his feet.
*Digging up the Strong Badia shirt will cause another hole to appear in Strong Badia, in front of the flagpole, near the cinder block.
====PC Version====
*During Extended Play, some characters' eyes may disappear.
====Wii Version====
*Skipping the speech before starting the Peace Draft seems to make the transition in to a straight cut to black with a small slice of cut out showing the screen. This stays a few seconds into the scene before stopping. It also happens at the end of the scene, and it appears when looking at the map.
*An error in Math Kickers may also give you the rank of "Über-Pope" if you exceed a score of 4000 points, with everything else already maxed out.
*An error in Math Kickers in extended play, it will freeze during the game and cause a hard reset

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad calls himself "Strong Bad of the [[Underwear|mighty tighty-whities]]".
*The song that plays in "Pompomerania" is from [[geddup noise]].
*When doing the draft, Homestar uses his microphone from [[The Show]].
*The first sighting of Pom Pom in "Pompomerania" mimics his pose from the Theme Song.
*Bubs was established as a black marketeer in [[licensed]].
*The brochure for the [[On Point Kings]] is from [[more armies]].
*It is unclear whether The Cheat has his own lighter or Telltale Games removed the [[BMW Lighter|BMW Logo from Strong Bad's lighter]] for trademark purposes.
*The Teen Girl Squad was previously spun off in [[Teeny Tiny Girl Squad]].
*Strong Bad notes (and tries to explain) the delay of [[Dangeresque 3]].
*Coach Z's land cannot be conquered, as he is busy with [[i love you|Fhqwhgadi]] rebels.
*Homestar takes offense when Strong Bad asks people to take up arms against the King of Town, in part because [[Lack of visible arms|he doesn't appear to have any.]]
**In addition, during a letter from the front, Homestar says he can't wait "to be in [Marzipan's], ahem, arms again."
*"Fat-thority" is a [[portmanteau]] of "fat" and "authority".
*One of Homsar's responses, "I'm a song from the '60s!", is lifted from [[interview]], as is "Twas the pride of the Peaches!", which Strong Bad says after being enlightened to Homsar's ways.
*The flag of the Homsar Reservation features Homsar's hat as well as [[fan club|his parents: a cup of coffee and a chipwich]].
*One of the Whale's sayings is "Get your lighter from the anvil, please." Strong Bad actually gets his lighter from The Cheat, who was compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad mentions [[Frank Benedetto]] falling in battle during the events of [[army]]. Many of Frank's "brothers" are on the draft wheel.
*In Marzistar's garden, Strong Bad calls Strong Mad and The Cheat "Lugnut & Squeak", just as he did in [[narrator]].
*Creamy Ding snack cakes, which the King of Town enjoys, looks remarkably similar to [[Swiss Cake Rolls]].
*Homestar says that Strong Bad is always "[[Homestar Ruiner|beating the various stuffings out of me]]".
*Many places on the "Maps and Minions" board have been referenced before, including [[Peasant's Quest|Scalding Lake]], [[Sick Day|Rotten Egglund]], and [[underlings|Stink's Reach]].
*The collar and invisible fence are supposed to [[StrongBadZone|make Strong Bad's head a splode]].
*Using the katana or the lighter on Pom Pom will cause Strong Bad to refrence the events in [[pom pom]].
*"Wearing animal heads is so 3rd issue!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]], in which Cheerleader wore an [[elephant]] head.
*One of the King of Town's saved email addresses on his [[Snacky 186]] is [[pizza joint|thepizz@virtualpizz.biz]].

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad addressing people in front of a giant flag is a reference to the opening scene in [[Wikipedia:Patton (film)|Patton]].
*Strong Bad's exploding collar is most likely inspired by [[Wikipedia: Battle Royale|Battle Royale]].
*The Brick Wall being renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Repu''bricks'' echoes the real-life [[Wikipedia: Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]].
*When Strong Bad responds to the email from Paul in [[French]] he calls him [[Wikipedia: Les Paul|Les Paul]].
*Strong Bad refers to the King of Town's rule as [[Wikipedia:Laissez-faire|"lazy fair"]].
*''[[Wikipedia:Bleak House|Bleak House]]'' is a novel by [[Wikipedia:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens]]. Also, when he drafts himself into the Homestarmy, Homestar refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to Dickens' character, [[Wikipedia:Artful Dodger|The Artful Dodger]].
*Coach Z's territory is named "Coachnya", which echoes the Russian province of [[Wikipedia: Chechnya|Chechnya]]. Chechnya also tried to secede and failed.
*Despite what Marzipan may think, "Model UN" is a school-based activity in which students roleplay as ambassadors to the United Nations from various countries.
*The nation of "Front-au-Fence" takes its name from [[Wikipedia: Port-au-Prince|Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.
*Bubs's nation of Concession Stan-tinople is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Constantinople|Constantinople]], the former name of [[Wikipedia:Istanbul|Istanbul]].
*The bonus costume that Strong Bad unlocks is the [[wikipedia:Sam & Max|Max]] skull-and-crossbones T-shirt, which can actually be bought on [[Telltale Games]]' online store.
*Homestar's "letter" back to Marzipan, detailing the siege on the Of Town's castle is presented in a style similar to [[Wikipedia:Ken Burns|Ken Burns]]' 1990 documentary [[Wikipedia:The Civil War (documentary)|The Civil War]], with sepia-toned backgrounds and violin music in the background.
*Strong Sad mentions [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark]].
*The Pompomeranian flag is based off that of [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]].
*Strong Mad exclaiming "Let my people go!" and Strong Bad asking for messages from a burning bush are both references to the Biblical figure [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]].
*"No taxin' without representin'" is Coach Z's unique twist on Taxation Without Representation, the main complaint of American colonists against [[Wikipedia: George III|King George III]] of England.
*If the Darwin card is played in Teen Girl Squad, the girls will call him "Chuck D", the name of the socially-conscious member of the influential rap group [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]].
*By using the alien in the second scene of Cave Girl Squad, a monolith from [[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]] appears, while Strong Bad hums [[Wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|the theme from the movie]].
*Coach Z saying that "they've all overbid" and wagering a dollar after being picked in the draft is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:The Price is Right|The Price is Right]].
*Homestar and Marzipan dividing their land is a direct reference to the division of [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]] and its capital, [[Wikipedia:Berlin|Berlin]], complete with Checkpoint The Cheat substituting for [[Wikipedia:Checkpoint Charlie|Checkpoint Charlie]] (aka the Berlin Wall).
*The [[Homsar Reservation]]'s name and Homsar's accent when he speaks normally are references to the [[Wikipedia:Native American|Native American]] stereotype.
*When Strong Bad looks at the wall, he asks who "will be first up against it when the Revolution comes", which is a quote from [[Wikipedia:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams']] ''[[Wikipedia: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' book series.
*When Homestar says "What is my major malfunction", it is most likely a refrence to the movie [[Wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket|Full Metal Jacket]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/strongbadiathefree Official episode webpage]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]{{inlinecontentwarning|Spoilers|The external website linked here may contain spoilers.}}
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/902/902184p1.html IGN.com's hands on with "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[[forum:14726|forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Math Kickers

2008-09-27T09:41:14Z

Venusy: /* Glitches */ On further investigation, this only seems to work for Polar Coordinates.

[[Image:MathKickers.png|thumb|left|When are people gonna realize you can't learn off of video games?]]
[[Image:MathKickersboxmockup.jpg|thumb|0.7 times more fun than doing actual math!]]
'''Math Kickers featuring the Algebros''' is a mini-game from [[Videlectrix]] from ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'s'' [[Strong Badia The Free]]. The cover art for the fictional box of the game features two martial arts fighters in a city-themed background, a kid smiling in the foreground, and another martial arts fighter over a quadratic formula in the sky.

In the game, you play as two fighters, Dex and Ryu, facing back to back. Dex subtracts and Ryu will add, and the goal is to fight Ninjas and attack number bosses. The game strongly resembles ''[[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (video game)|Double Dragon]]'' for [[Nintendo]].

A score of 2000 is required for your Awesomeness rank.
==Controls==
===Wii Controls===
''Hold The Wii Remote Sideways''

:D-Pad: Moves Dex/Ryu
:1: Dex Attack
:2: Ryu Attack
:+: Start the Game
:-: Quit the Game

===PC Controls===
:Arrows: Move Dex/Ryu
:Z: Dex Attack
:X: Ryu Attack
:S: Start the Game
:Q: Quit the Game
:Spacebar: Pause the Game

==How To Play==
Dex's attacks subtract ninjas from his side. Ryu's Energy Ball Attack adds ninjas to his side. The idea is to restore the balance.

Example:
:3 Ninjas on Left, 1 Ninja on Right: 3 ≠ 1
:Dex subtracts one Ninja from his side: 3 - 1 ≠ 1
:Ryu adds one Ninja to his side: 3 - 1 = 1 + 1

When the Balance is restored, all the Ninjas will disappear, and Dex and Ryu can move on.

After several waves of Ninjas, Dex and Ryu will split up for a boss battle against a [[Wikipedia:quadratic equation|quadratic equation]]. The equation will attack by lifting up into the air and slamming into the ground – be sure to be out of the way when this happens! Attack the equation a bunch, and it will eventually solve itself, and you'll move on to the next level.

As you level up, the going gets tougher, as the Ninjas and Bosses get stronger.

You start the game with 6 "Bros" and lose a Bro every time Dex or Ryu take damage from the ninjas, who throw mathematical operators at you. When all your bros are gone, your game is over.

==Special Moves==
*'''Logarithm Attack:''' Left, Down, Right, Up, Dex
*:Sends two logs across the screen, which can kill enemies.
*'''Polar Coordinates:''' Right, Up, Left, Dex, Ryu
*:Kills all but one enemy from both sides.
*'''Divide by Zero Error:''' Left, Right, Left, Right, Ryu
*:Makes a zero fly across the screen, which can kill enemies.

==Trivia==
===Goofs===
*Math Kickers (at least the Wii version) has a bug in it that causes a secret rank to occur ([]ber-Pope) See [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6585 here].

===Glitches===
*Math Kickers has a bug that occurs randomly in the game, where it will stop responding to directional buttons and attacks, only allowing you to pause or quit the game.
*PC version only: Pausing the game and entering the command for Polar Coordinates will cause Polar Coordinates to be performed as soon as the game is unpaused. Since enemy attacks are frozen while paused, and Dex and Ryu are invincible when performing Polar Coordinates, this essentially allows the player to get an infinite amount of points.

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{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Videlectrix Games]]

Math Kickers

2008-09-27T09:31:52Z

Venusy: /* Glitches */ Found a nice one. High score, here I come!

[[Image:MathKickers.png|thumb|left|When are people gonna realize you can't learn off of video games?]]
[[Image:MathKickersboxmockup.jpg|thumb|0.7 times more fun than doing actual math!]]
'''Math Kickers featuring the Algebros''' is a mini-game from [[Videlectrix]] from ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'s'' [[Strong Badia The Free]]. The cover art for the fictional box of the game features two martial arts fighters in a city-themed background, a kid smiling in the foreground, and another martial arts fighter over a quadratic formula in the sky.

In the game, you play as two fighters, Dex and Ryu, facing back to back. Dex subtracts and Ryu will add, and the goal is to fight Ninjas and attack number bosses. The game strongly resembles ''[[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (video game)|Double Dragon]]'' for [[Nintendo]].

A score of 2000 is required for your Awesomeness rank.
==Controls==
===Wii Controls===
''Hold The Wii Remote Sideways''

:D-Pad: Moves Dex/Ryu
:1: Dex Attack
:2: Ryu Attack
:+: Start the Game
:-: Quit the Game

===PC Controls===
:Arrows: Move Dex/Ryu
:Z: Dex Attack
:X: Ryu Attack
:S: Start the Game
:Q: Quit the Game
:Spacebar: Pause the Game

==How To Play==
Dex's attacks subtract ninjas from his side. Ryu's Energy Ball Attack adds ninjas to his side. The idea is to restore the balance.

Example:
:3 Ninjas on Left, 1 Ninja on Right: 3 ≠ 1
:Dex subtracts one Ninja from his side: 3 - 1 ≠ 1
:Ryu adds one Ninja to his side: 3 - 1 = 1 + 1

When the Balance is restored, all the Ninjas will disappear, and Dex and Ryu can move on.

After several waves of Ninjas, Dex and Ryu will split up for a boss battle against a [[Wikipedia:quadratic equation|quadratic equation]]. The equation will attack by lifting up into the air and slamming into the ground – be sure to be out of the way when this happens! Attack the equation a bunch, and it will eventually solve itself, and you'll move on to the next level.

As you level up, the going gets tougher, as the Ninjas and Bosses get stronger.

You start the game with 6 "Bros" and lose a Bro every time Dex or Ryu take damage from the ninjas, who throw mathematical operators at you. When all your bros are gone, your game is over.

==Special Moves==
*'''Logarithm Attack:''' Left, Down, Right, Up, Dex
*:Sends two logs across the screen, which can kill enemies.
*'''Polar Coordinates:''' Right, Up, Left, Dex, Ryu
*:Kills all but one enemy from both sides.
*'''Divide by Zero Error:''' Left, Right, Left, Right, Ryu
*:Makes a zero fly across the screen, which can kill enemies.

==Trivia==
===Goofs===
*Math Kickers (at least the Wii version) has a bug in it that causes a secret rank to occur ([]ber-Pope) See [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6585 here].

===Glitches===
*Math Kickers has a bug that occurs randomly in the game, where it will stop responding to directional buttons and attacks, only allowing you to pause or quit the game.
*PC version only: Pausing the game and entering a command for a special move will cause the special move to be performed as soon as the game is unpaused. Since enemy attacks are frozen while paused, and Dex and Ryu are invincible when performing a special move, this essentially allows the player to get an infinite amount of points.

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{{SBCG4AP}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Videlectrix Games]]

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

2008-09-25T19:20:27Z

Venusy: /* Screenshots */ Adding some of the Wii specific stuff for Homestar Ruiner. Thinking about it, I probably should have cropped the Wii Menu and Start buttons out of the second one.

{{gamenav|Stinkoman 20X6|StrongBadZone|noplay=true}}
[[Image:SBCG4AP Pop Up.PNG|thumb||It will leave your Wii console a smoldering crater!]]
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''"YOU ARE Strong Bad in this point-and-click-em-up adventure from Videlectrix and Telltale Games (they bought us lunch even!) of the WiiWare for the Wii in your house"'' — [[Videlectrix]]

'''''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People''''' (''SBCG4AP'') is an episodic series of games developed by [[Telltale Games]] for the PC and [[Nintendo#Wii|WiiWare]] platforms. The series was announced by a [[Telltale:company/pressreleases/id-65|press release]] on April 10, 2008, followed shortly by an [[SBCG4AP Advertisement|advertisement]] on [[homestarrunner.com]] and [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|a trailer]] and screenshots on the Telltale Games website. Advertisements added to homestarrunner.com were listed in the [[New Stuff]] menu, but not in any other page of the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The series trailer was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] on August 4, 2008.

The game is being produced in full collaboration with [[The Brothers Chaps]] and [[Videlectrix]], with [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]] providing  the voice acting. The 3D animation in the game is being rendered by Telltale's animators with attention to preservation of the look and feel of the 2D Flash cartoons.

This game will be divided into five episodes released in intervals of one month, the first of which, [[Homestar Ruiner]], was released on August 11, 2008. Each episode is downloadable through the [[Wikipedia:Wii Shop Channel|Wii Shop Channel]] for 1000 Wii Points™ ($10.00) on WiiWare, or through Telltale's website for $8.95 for the PC version. A [http://www.telltalegames.com/store/sbcg4ap bundle] of the full series (including a bonus disc for the cost of shipping) is available for the PC, but not for the Wii.

A week and a half before the game was announced, actual gameplay footage from the game was featured in the [[YouTube]] video [[Strong Bad Gameways]]. Despite the flashing message on the screen, "ACTUAL GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE", it was unknown whether or not such a 3D game was actually in the works, until Telltale Games announced the game and confirmed that the Strong Bad Gameways footage was from it. According to a [[IGN Interview - 14 April 2008|later interview]], the game had been discussed for over a year. It was finalized when [[Nintendo]] announced the WiiWare system, and development officially began in January 2008. The trailer on Telltale Games' website stated a release date of June 2008, although they had to move the release date to July to give them time to make it the best they could. The game then had to be delayed again until August, as while the game has been submitted to Nintendo, it has not yet been approved. On April 11, the gaming website IGN [http://wii.ign.com/articles/865/865974p1.html covered] the Nintendo Summit and several demo demonstrations of WiiWare, including SBCG4AP. In the July issue of [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Power|Nintendo Power]], the game was featured in an article, including an "interview" with Strong Bad on pages 22 and 23.

When the game starts, the start menu has a layout similar to the [[homestarrunner.com|website]]. Using a point-and-click interface, players have Strong Bad talk to various characters using an icon system or highlight objects to interact with. In addition to the main plot, you can participate in numerous side quests, such as looking for additional costumes, objects to use in creating [[Teen Girl Squad]] comics, or play mini-games on the [[FunMachine]]. By participating in these side quests, this will raise the player's "Awesomeness Meter". It has been [http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/16/hands-on-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/1413 confirmed in a preview] that the emails within the game are not sent by real fans, but they will help serve to advance the plot or give a player a hint if they are stuck. Using the WiiConnect24 online system, players will be able to send messages and pictures taken with the [[Snappy]] or at the [[Snap Shak]] via the [[Lappy 486]] in the game. Finally, once an episode is finished, an "extended play" mode is unlocked, allowing players to explore the environment further.

==Episodes==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Screenshot !! Episode !! Description !! Date
|-
| [[Image:SBCG4AP gameplay Strong Bad's Basement.png|100px]] || [[Homestar Ruiner]] || When Strong Bad's plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. || August 11, 2008
|-
| [[Image:SBCG4AP 2 Protest.PNG|100px]] || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Once freed from a wrongful imprisonment, Strong Bad goes on a mission to unite the local warring factions under the Strong Badian flag. || September 15, 2008
|-
| [[Image:Baddest of the Bands logo.PNG|100px]]|| [[Baddest of the Bands]] || Strong Bad and his band participate in the Battle of the Bands. ||October 2008
|}

==Characters==
<table width="80%">
<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
*{{film|Strong Bad}}
*{{film|Homestar Runner}}
*{{film|The Cheat}}
*{{film|Marzipan}}
*{{film|Bubs}}
*{{film|Coach Z}}
*{{film|Strong Sad}}
*{{film|Strong Mad}}
*{{film|The King of Town}}
*[[Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad main cast]]
*{{film|Pom Pom}}
*{{film|The Poopsmith}}
*{{film|Homsar}}
*{{film|Marshie}}
</autocolumn>
</table>

==Places==
<table width="80%">
<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
*[[House of the Brothers Strong]]
*[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]
*[[Coach Z's Locker Room]]
*[[Marzipan's House]]
*[[The King of Town's Castle]]
*[[Strong Badia]]
*[[The Brick Wall]]
*[[The Field]]
*[[The Stick]]
*[[Race Track]]
*[[Snap Shak]]
*[[Swimming Pool]]
*[[Club Technochocolate]]
*[[Gremlin]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

==Screenshots==
<gallery>
Image:Strong Bad Bleachers Homestar Ruiner.png|<center>The scheming wrestleman</center>
Image:SnakeBoxer5TitleScreen.png|<center>''[[Snake Boxer 5]]''</center>
Image:Homestar Ruiner Marzipan Strong Bad mailbox.png|<center>[[Marzipan]] and Strong Bad</center>
Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|<center>A float of victory</center>
Image:sbatdesk.jpg|<center>Strong Bad hard at work on the game at Telltale's offices</center>
Image:TgsComicCreator.PNG|<center>The interface of the Teen Girl Squad comic creator</center>
Image:SBCG4AP Municipality.PNG|<center>The Municipality</center>
Image:Bleak House.PNG|<center>The Bleak House</center>
Image:SBCG4APWiimenu.jpg|<center>The first released image of Homestar Ruiner in the Wii Menu</center>
Image:HomestarRuinerWiiMenuBanner.png|<center>The Wii Menu icon for Homestar Ruiner</center>
Image:HomestarRuinerWiiChannelBanner.png|<center>The Wii Channel banner for Homestar Ruiner</center>
</gallery>

==See Also==
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]
*[[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer]]
*[[IGN Interview - 14 April 2008]]
*[[Sam & Max Season Two Alternate Ending 101]]
*[[Behind The Bad]]
*[[Nintendo Voice Chat Interview - September 3, 2008]]

==External Links==
===Press releases and promotional media===
*[[Telltale:company/pressreleases/id-65|Press release announcing game series]]
*[[SBCG4AP:|Telltale Games' site for SBCG4AP]]
*[[SBCG4AP:faq|Telltale Games' FAQ]]
*[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/5opOTe3BrLin9sE9WEk6argsEz6TADwJ Official Nintendo page]
*[[Telltale:company/pressreleases/id-69|Press release announcing "Homestar Ruiner" release date]]
*[http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/18383 Interview with Telltale, including gameplay footage]
*[http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14236672/vids_1.html Videos of Episode One, including examples of game mechanics]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/08/a-chat-with-the-chaps-sbcg4ap-qa/1184 GameCyte interview with The Brothers Chaps]
*[http://wii.gamezone.com/news/05_09_08_09_05AM.htm GameZone interview with lead developer Mark Darin]
*[http://coldhardflash.com/2008/05/chapmans-cool-interview-for-animation-people.html Cold Hard Flash interview] with [[The Brothers Chaps]] and [[Wikipedia:Rob Schrab|Rob Schrab]]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/video/945803/6189224/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-nintendo-media-summit-2008-interview Gamespot video interview with Brett Tosti at the Nintendo Media Summit]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/21/the-telltale-art-developing-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/1497 GameCyte video interview with Brett Tosti on the development of SBCG4AP]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/shows/on-the-spot/?series=on-the-spot&event=on_the_spot20080605 05 Jun 2008 episode of "On The Spot" featuring a SBCG4AP segment]
*[http://kotaku.com/5016138/lunchtime-with-the-brothers-chap-strong-bads-creators-speak-and-eat Kotaku interview with The Brothers Chaps]
*[http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/telltale_games_interview_strong_bads_cool_game WiiWare World interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://nintendojo.com/interviews/view_item.php?1214942861 Nintendojo interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/GamerGirlsRadio/blog/2008/06/30/Todays-Show-Links-063008-Strong-Bad 30 Jun 2008 episode of "Gamer Girls Radio" featuring an interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/07/02/big-download-interview-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-pe/ Big Download interview with Chuck Jordan and Emily Morganti]
*[http://www.n-gamez.com/dk/other/articles2.php?id=37 N-Gamez interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://www.gameproarcade.com/article/102655/interview-homestar-runners-matt-chapman/ Game Pro Arcade interview with Matt Chapman]
*[http://www.mywii.com.au/GuideDetail.aspx?id=138 MyWii.com.au interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://coin-op.tv/?p=460 Coin-op.tv video interview with Dave Grossman at San Diego Comi-Con]
*[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762078 Collegehumor.com interview with The Brothers Chaps]
*[http://www.cubed3.com/news/10726 Cubed3 interview with Mark Darin and Emily Morganti]

===Reviews and articles===
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/866/866485p1.html IGN preview of the demo]
*[http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,881 Adventure Gamers preview]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/16/hands-on-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/1413 GameCyte preview of the demo]
*[http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/05/29/homestar-preview Ars Technica preview]
*[http://www.themarriedgamers.net/?p=463 The Married Gamers preview]
*[http://tdpodcast.com/?p=90 The Target Demographic preview]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/884/884993p1.html IGN preview of the near final first episode]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html IGN teaser of second episode from Comic-Con]
*[[Wikipedia:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'']] at Wikipedia
*[[IMDb:tt1223894|''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'']] at IMDb
====Homestar Ruiner====
*[http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/strongbadsep1homestarruiner Metacritic review summary]
*[http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeople/review.html Strategy Informer review]
*[http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=sb11 Mix 'n Mojo review]
*[http://adventuregamers.com/article/id,904/ Adventure Gamers review]
*[http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/review-strong-b.html Wired review]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/08/11/review-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-homestar-ruiner/2695 GameCyte review]
*[http://vooks.net/modules.php?module=reviews&id=251 Vooks review]
*[http://www.gamezine.co.uk/reviews/game-types/adventure-games/strong-bad’s-cool-game-attractive-people-–-episode-1-homestar-ruiner-review-pc--$1235827.htm Gamezine.co.uk review]
*[http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/08/11/wii-fanboy-review-strong-bad-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ Wii Fanboy review]
*[http://www.nintendojo.com/interviews/view_item.php?1218470528 Nintendojo review and interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeople/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;img;1 GameSpot review]
*[http://pc.vggen.com/reviews/strongbad/ Video Game Generation review]
*[http://pc.ign.com/articles/898/898028p1.html IGN review]
*[http://www.gamersmark.com/reviews/view/1284 Gamersmark review]
*[http://www.vgblogger.com/?p=3602 VGBlogger review]
*[http://www.wiiware-world.com/reviews/2008/08/strong_bad_episode_1_homestar_ruiner Wii Ware World review]
*[http://www.gameproarcade.com/article/102553/review-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ Game Pro review]
*[http://www.hardcoregamer.com/index.php?option=com_magazine&id_rubrique=1&type=article&id_article=184 Hardcore Gamer review]
*[http://www.n-europe.com/review.php?rid=396 N-Europe review]
*[http://www.zentendo.com/reviews.php?articleId=406&page=1 Zentendo review]
*[http://cheatcc.com/wii/rev/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeopleepisode1homestarruinerreview.html Cheat Code Central review]
*[http://www.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articleid=11781 Jolt Online Gaming review]
*[http://www.gamervision.com/gamer/coop/reviews/article/strong_bad_s_cool_game_for_attractive_people_episode_1_homestar_r1 Gamervision review]
*[http://www.giantbomb.com/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/61-20587/reviews/ Giant Bomb review]
*[http://kotaku.com/5035418/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-homestar-ruiner-review Kotaku review]
*[http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2008/08/11/4cr-review-strong-bad-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ 4 Color Rebellion review]
*[http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2008/08/11/review-strongbads-cool-game/ The BBPS review]
*[http://www.mywii.com.au/FeaturedReview.aspx?id=798 MyWii.com.au review]
*[http://www.games32.com/Strong-Bads-Cool-Game-For-Attractive-People-(PC)-Reviews/p2000_articleid/750 Games32 review]
*[http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2008/08/strong-bads-coo-1.html Frictionless Insight review]
*[http://www.aeropause.com/2008/08/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-review-pc/ Aeropause review]
*[http://modern-gamer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=320&Itemid=1 Modern Gamer review]
*[http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-320-Strong-Bads-Cool-Game-For-Attractive-People-Review.html Gamers Daily News review]
====Strong Badia The Free====
*[http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/strongbadsep2strongbadiathefree Metacritic review summary]
*[http://www.cubed3.com/review/644 Cubed3 review]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/910/910232p1.html IGN review]
*[http://www.gameproarcade.com/article/103334/review-strong-badia-the-free/ Game Pro review]
*[http://www.cheatcc.com/wii/rev/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeopleepisode2strongbadiathefreereview.html Cheat Code Central review]
*[http://www.giantbomb.com/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-2-strong-badia-the-free/61-23066/reviews/ Giant Bomb review]
*[http://www.destructoid.com/destructoid-review-strong-bad-episode-two-strong-badia-the-free-103528.phtml Destructoid review]
*[http://www.wiiware-world.com/reviews/2008/09/strong_bad_episode_2_strong_badia_the_free WiiWare World review]
*[http://www.gamervision.com/gamer/coop/reviews/article/strong_bad_s_cool_game_for_attractive_people_episode_2_strong_bad Gamervision review]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/review-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-strong-badia-the-free-pc GameCyte review]
*[http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r36470.htm GameZone review]
*[http://www.mygamer.com/index.php?page=gameportal&mode=reviews&id=554926 MyGamer review]
*[http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/Strong-Bade28099s-Cool-Game-for-Attractive-People-Episode-102Strong-Badia-the-Free/Item1966.aspx Gaming Nexus review]
*[http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/09/mini-review-str.html#more Wired gaming blog review]
*[http://www.thunderboltgames.com/reviews/article/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-2-strong-badia-the-free-review-for-pc.html Thunderbolt Games review]
*[http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/soft_rev.php/4202/strong-bad39s-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-2-strong-badia-the-free-pc.html Game Vortex review]
*[http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/406/ Adventure Classic Gaming review]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/strongbadscgape2/review.html GameSpot review]
*[http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,922 Adventure Gamers review]
*[http://www.gamersmark.com/reviews/view/1295 Gamers Mark review]

===Forums===
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewforum.php?f=30|''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' subforum]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31 Telltale Games Forums: ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' sub-forum]

{{SBCG4AP}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}

File:HomestarRuinerWiiMenuBanner.png

2008-09-25T19:17:19Z

Venusy: Mixed up my terms here, this is actually an icon, not a banner.

== Summary ==
The Wii Menu icon (the Wii Menu "thumbnail" essentially) for [[Homestar Ruiner]].

{{software-screenshot}}
== Licensing ==
{{game-screenshot}}

File:HomestarRuinerWiiChannelBanner.png

2008-09-25T19:15:36Z

Venusy: The Wii Channel banner for Homestar Ruiner. {{software-screenshot}}

== Summary ==
The Wii Channel banner for [[Homestar Ruiner]].

{{software-screenshot}}
== Licensing ==
{{game-screenshot}}

File:HomestarRuinerWiiMenuBanner.png

2008-09-25T19:08:45Z

Venusy: The banner image (the Wii Menu "thumbnail" essentially) for Homestar Ruiner. {{software-screenshot}}

== Summary ==
The banner image (the Wii Menu "thumbnail" essentially) for [[Homestar Ruiner]].

{{software-screenshot}}
== Licensing ==
{{game-screenshot}}

Homestar Ruiner Responses

2008-09-25T18:57:23Z

Venusy: Adding transcript of the Wii Channel.

[[Image:SBCG4AP gameplay Strong Bad's Basement.png|thumb|"Does despair have one G, or two?"]]
[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] has many responses when you talk to various characters and interact with various objects. These are the responses from [[Homestar Ruiner]].

{{SBCG4AP Responses notation legend}}

== Locations ==

* [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)]]
* [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Marzipan's)]]
* [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (K.o.T. Castle)]]
* [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Track)]]
* [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)]]

== Balloons → Strong Bad ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Strong Bad floats a couple feet off the ground}'' Wow! I can see your house from here!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Strong Bad floats a couple feet off the ground}'' ''{half heartedly}'' Wee.
== Candy → Strong Bad ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I can think of about a hundred things I'd rather eat than chocolate-covered organic packing peanuts...
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Even if I really wanted to eat this box of chocolate-covered organic packing peanuts — blech — I bet I can find a better use for them... like, maybe poisoning rats or something.

== Cell Phone ==
=== Cell Phone → Marzipan ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... speed dial number one! ''{speed dialing}''
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Homestar?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Hewwo, Marzipan.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Are you all right? You sound funny.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I wook funny! I'm just, um, out of bweaf from all the twaining. For the wace. That I've been doing.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Oookay. So, when ''are'' you going to run this race, anyway? I need to know when to take the curd wrinkles out of the oven.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in his own voice}'' More like crud wrinkles.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' What was that?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Nothing, lambface. I was just saying that the wace is about to start ''wight now''!
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh dear! I better hurry on over!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hooway!!
:'''MARZIPAN:''' I'll see you soon! Don't start without me!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Buh-bye! I'm Homestar!
:{{short hr}}
:''{speed dialing}''
:'''MARZIPAN:''' What is it now, Homestar?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' I think they're weally weady to start the wace this time.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Are you sure?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Positive.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Fine I'll be right over.
:{{short hr}}
:''{speed dialing}''
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Homestar, I'm not sure if—
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' It's okay, Marzipan! This time Coach Z himself says it's time to start the race!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Coach Z}'' Oh yeah, this rorce is abort to stort any mornitt, you betcha!
:'''MARZIPAN:''' All right, I'm on my way.
:{{short hr}}
:''{speed dialing}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Marzipan?
:'''MARZIPAN:''' I'm on my way.
=== Cell Phone → Pom Pom ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Pom-pa Pom Pom Pa-Pom Pom ''{speed dialing}''
:'''POM POM:''' Bubble-de-bubble bubble.  ''{beep}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Hewoo there, bawoon man, this is Homestar Wunner! Pwease don't beat me too badwy in the Wace to the End of the Wace today, okay? ''{hangs up}''

=== Cell Phone → Strong Bad ===
:''{speed dialing}''
:'''STRONG BAD (on other end of phone):''' Hello attractive women, you've reached Strong Bad. ''{Strong Bad looks at the camera nodding}'' If you're not an attractive woman, please hang up the phone. If you ''are'' an attractive woman, please purchase a hot tub and some pork rinds, and invite me over. See you in your dreams...
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Hi Stwong Bad, this is Homestar. I'm an attwactive woman, and I've bought a hot tub. Come on over... ''{hangs up}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' That was more than a little weird.

=== Cell Phone → Bubs ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Dial B for Bubs! ''{speed dialing}''
:'''BUBS:''' ''{distorted}'' Hi, anypeople! Welcome to Bubs' Concession TeleStand! For Calendars, press 1! For Tire Irons, press 8, For Support Hose, press star—
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{hangs up}'' You can't prank a phone tree. Besides, the last time I navigated Bubs' TeleStand, I wound up with a crate full of rhino horns... and not even the endangered kind!
=== Cell Phone → Coach Z ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speed dialing}'' This could be good.
:'''COACH Z:''' Hey there, you've reached a cordless cell phone, and definitely not a public payphone, of Coach Z! Leave me a message after the phat beeps!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Hewwo there Coach. This is Homestar Wunner. I just you should know that it was me, Homestar, who's been putting itching powders in your jock strap for the past three years. ''{hangs up}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that should get me off the hook. But the creepy thing is, Coach Z has never actually complained about it.
=== Cell Phone → The Cheat ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat has a phone... who knew?
:'''THE CHEAT:'''  Mehr, mrm m meh merm. Mer-hm me mrehme-mer. Mrm m merhme, mer mir mrehre me mehr. ''{beep}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Hey, The Cheat. This is totally Homestar. Can you come to my house and gnaw my face off? And steal my boom box and leave it at the drop point? Bye!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in his own voice}'' Sometimes I like to get creative with my mission assignments for The Cheat.
=== Cell Phone → Homsar ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, where'd this one come from? ''{speed dialing for a very, very long time}''
:'''HOMSAR:''' AaaAAaaaaAaaa! Step right up! I'm a crudely drawn cupcake! Don't forget your tapesicle!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh... ''{first time only}'' That was completely meaningless and made my brain throw up.

== Costumes ==
=== Float Head → Strong Bad ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Oh hewwo, I'm Homestar Runner. Sewiously, you guys, I'm an absolute cheesedork! ''{in his own voice}'' Rich Little ain't got nothin' on me... but this'll never fool anyone while I'm still wearing my stylish Strong Bad threads... or should I say, some pants.
=== Homestar's Clothes → Strong Bad ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No one'll ever mistake me for Homestar as long as my chiseled movie star face is sticking out of this smelly shirt.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Yikes! These things smell like onions! Wonder how that happened...
=== Homestar Costume → Strong Bad ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{first time only}'' ''{imitating Homestar}'' Oh, hewwo! I'm Homestar Wunner! Toons! Games! Emaaaail! ''{in his own voice}'' Shut up, Homestar! Whoa, I even had myself convinced! This is gonna be hilarious!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Shape of... a moron!
=== Strong Bad's Clothes → Strong Bad ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{first time only}'' That's better, being Homestar for too long at a time can cause serious brain damage... I mean, just look at Homestar!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whew, it's good to be back to my freakishly awesome self again.

== Error Messages ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Nah.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' That won't do anything interesting.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh, no.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Nope.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No way.

== Hedge Shears → Strong Bad ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Shearly you jest.

== Hedge Trimmings ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooo, a big pile of hedge trimmings. Can't ever have enough of these.

== Hints ==
{{sectionstub}}

== Main Menu ==
=== New Game ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' New game! ''{does a little dance}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' New game! ''{does a little dance}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' New ga—
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Newgame! ''{laughs}''
=== Save/Load ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rubs hands together}'' Saveload!
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' Saving and loading!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leans back}'' Savélowad.
=== Settings ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{scratches chin and looks up}'' Settings?
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' Settings!
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{looks around}'' Wait, is it my turn? ''{Strong Bad buries his face in his hands}''
=== Quit It ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{low voice}'' Quit it.
:'''HOMESTAR:''' No, ''you'' quit it Strong Bad.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shaking head}'' Moron.
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' Quitters never win!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pointing at camera}'' '''Quit it!'''
=== Preview ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Next time on S-B-C-G-4-A-P.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{suggestively}'' Scenes from the next episode!
:{{short hr}}
:'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Sneak a peak from the next episode!

== Map ==
=== The Track ===

=== Bubs' Concession Stand ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ok, let's see... Oh man... my map is looking a bit... undernourished. I need to throw Bubs' Concession Stand up here somewheres...

=== Marzipan's House ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I've got half a mind to go over to Marzipan's and give her a piece of the rest of my mind about not inviting me to her sucko party! But where should I put her house on my map?

=== The King of Town's Castle ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' As much as it makes me throw up a little just to think about it, it looks like I'm going to have to go to the King of Town's castle if I ever want to get Homestar out of my house. I think I'll put it somewhere far, far away from me...

== Metal Detector ==
===Indoors===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I better not — the last time I tried to use The Detector indoors, it microwaved off Strong Mad's eyebrows! We couldn't tell how mad he was for a week!

===If object already found===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I think this little patch of ground's already horked up its share of treasure today.
===In use, closer to object===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Gettin' warmer!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Warmer!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Closer!
===In use, farther from object===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Colder!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Nothin' over here.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Not happenin'

===In use, found object===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{electric guitar plays}'' All right! The Detector has detected something with its illegally powerful rays! I'll just leave this treasure marker here, so I'll know where to dig later!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{electric guitar plays}'' Yes! Another triumph for the Taranchula Black Metal Detector! I'll just leave this treasure marker here, so I'll know where to dig later!

== Plunger → Strong Bad ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No thanks, I get enough fiber in my diet.

== Trophies ==
:'''Each reaction happens in order, regardless of which order the trophies are earned in'''
:''{each time music plays and a trophy is displayed}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoah! What the crap was that?
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, another trophy from Heaven! Someone up there must really like me!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I'd like to thank the Academy of Tired Jokes for this awesome trophy!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Four! Four outrageous trophies! Ah-ha-ha-haaaa!

== Snake Boxer 5 Manual Pages ==
=== Cover ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{music}'' It's the cover to my long-lost Snake Boxer 5 manual! If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks Snake Boxer 5's super secret forbidden mode!
=== First Page ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{music}'' It's the first page of my long-lost Snake Boxer 5 manual, detailing, in five sentences, the complex back-story of Snake Boxers 1 through 4!
=== Pages 2 through 49 ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{music}'' It's pages 2 through 49 of my long-lost Snake Boxer 5 manual! Who knew it took so many guys to build one of these things? How do you "key grip" a Snake Boxer game?
=== Last Page ===
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Sweet. Holy. Trogdor. ''{music}'' It's the last page of my long-lost Snake Boxer 5 manual, which contains — easy Strong Bad — '''''the secret code to unlock the secret forbidden level!'''''

== Start Screen ==
:''When the game is left on the start screen, periodically, Strong Bad will come on screen.''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walks on screen left}'' Check me out! ''{walks off right}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{falls from the top of the screen}'' That was more than a little weird. ''{walks off left}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{runs all the way across the screen, very far away from the camera, from left to right}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walks on from the right, very close to the camera}'' I'm ready for my close up. ''{walks left and back, very far away from the camera, then walks off to the left'}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{drops down from the top of the screen, upside down}'' I wonder if my frames per second can handle this action! ''{goes back up}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walks on right, looks at start button}'' Hey now, what's this? ''{half singing}'' Awesome! ''{walks off right}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walks on from left, looks up at game logo}'' This is gonna be sweet. ''{walks off right}''
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pops up from bottom, very close to camera}'' Yes, I ''am'' awesome. ''{drops back down}''

== Strong Bad interrupting ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Quiet you.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' My turn.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No one cares.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Shut up.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Not interested.

== Total Load → Strong Bad ==
:'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a great idea! With the power of Total Load Total Energy Enhancing powder, I'll transform myself into an athletic juggernaut! Let's just read the warning label... "fits of rage"... fine. "Excessive back hair" ... cool. "Mysterious pants issues"!? What the crap? Why don't people tell me these things ''before'' I send away for free samples!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-uh, no way. My pants have enough mysterious issues as it is.

== Wii Channel ==
:''{Strong Bad types in CG4AP101.wad. The text "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People · Episode 1" is displayed above the Homestar Ruiner logo}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No time for the emails right now, I've got ''other'' plans for the Lappy today.
:''{after the word "today", a flashing green "PRESS START" notice appears below the logo}''

{{stub}}
{{SBCG4AP}}

[[Category:Video Game Responses]]

Contacts

2008-09-23T18:04:43Z

Venusy: /* List of Contact Information */ Adding all the email addresses from Strong Badia the Free. This page needs reorganising.

{{about|contact information for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] characters}} {{for|contacts of the creators of the cartoon|Email}}
[[Image:Larry_chat.PNG|thumb|With the t-top down!]]

While few of them will actually work, many characters have "'''Contact information'''" in the form of an email address, an IM name, or a phone number.

== List of Contact Information ==
===[[Bubs]]===
*Email: bubs@homestarrunner.com ([[unused emails]])
*Email: bubs@bubs.bubs ([[Bug In Mouth Disease]])
*Pager: 555-7896 ([[Bug In Mouth Disease]])
*Beeper: 555-3421 ([[Bug In Mouth Disease]])
===Great Looking Girl===
*IM: gr8lookinggrl ([[i she be]])
===[[Homestar Runner]]===
*[[Some Type of Online Auction]] screen name: [[Witches' Brew|witchesbrew82]] ([[english paper]])
*Email: homestar@homezipan.gov ([[Strong Badia the Free]])
*Email: DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com (Appears in [[email thunder]] and automatically replies with the following:)
<blockquote class="email">From: djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com 
Subject: My Inbox Runneth Ova! 
 
Oh, hello everyone! For some unknown reason I'm getting this big cavalcanche of emails all of the sudden. They're filling up the basement and I'm running out of paper towels! 
 
Just sit tight and hremails will be back to normal before you know it. 
 
And thanks again to everyone who participated in Bacon Pretend Week! Ron Staple you are a GENIUS! 
 
Okay bye, 
Homestar Runner 
<nowiki>--------</nowiki> Original Message -------- 
 
> Your original message</blockquote>

===[[Larry Palaroncini]] (of [[Limozeen]])===
*IM: ladeezluvlarry71 ([[death metal]])
===[[Marzipan]]===
*IM: hooray4dolphins ([[marzipan]])
===[[Pom Pom]]===
*Home Phone: (123) 456-7890 ([[Yearbook Character Page]])
*[[Cell Phones|Cell Phone]]: (123) 555-8307 ([[Yearbook Character Page]])
*Pager: (718) 555-1059 ([[Yearbook Character Page]])
*Address: 125 Lexington Ave; Isle of Pom ([[Pom Pom#Character Video Transcript|Pom Pom's Character Video]])
*Email: pompom@clubtechno.pom ([[Strong Badia the Free]])

===[[Senor Cardgage]]===
*[[Senor Cardgage Mortgage|Work]] Phone: 555-55-55855-55-5-73667-6678-4243-86329 (given as ''555-55-55855-55-5-SENOR-MORT-GAGE-TODAY'' in [[Senor Mortgage]])
===[[So and So]]===
*Email: soandso@lowenbrau.com (Appears on the [[Thorax Corporation]] site)
===[[Strong Bad]]===
*Email: strongbad@homestarrunner.com (Almost every [[Strong Bad Email]], shown by [[The Paper]] or [[New Paper]])
*Email: strongbad@strongbadshouse.res ([[Strong Badia the Free]])

===[[Strong Sad]]===
*IM: depressio111117 ([[marzipan]])
*Email: depressio@homestarrunner.com ([[depressio]])
*Email: depressio@bleakhouse.gov ([[Strong Badia the Free]])
===[[The Cheat]]===
*IM: cheatachu72 ([[i she be]], [[marzipan]])
*Some Type of Online Auction screen name: cheatachu72 ([[english paper]])

===[[The King of Town]]===
*Email: kingoftown@themuncipality.gov ([[Strong Badia the Free]])
*Email: theoftown@strongbadshouse.res ([[Strong Badia the Free]])

===[[Coach Z]]===
*Email: coachz@coachnya.aaeerg ([[Strong Badia the Free]])
===[[Thorax Corporation]]===
*Email: gent.delabor@thoraxcorp.com (Appears on the Thorax Corporation site)
*Email: leg.delabor@thoaxcorp.com (Link in the pop-up on the Thorax Corporation site)

===[[The Pizz]]===
*Email: thepizz@virtualpizz.biz ([[Strong Badia the Free]])

===Apostroholics===
*Work Phone: 1-800-APOSTROHOLIC ([[unnatural]])

===Unidentified People===
====[[Where's An Egg?]]====
*[[Some Type of Online Auction]] screen name: lectrix84 (possibly a [[Videlectrix]] employee)
*[[Some Type of Online Auction]] screen name: 100rublesguy (unidentified Russian)
====[[Hairstyle Runner]]====
*Work Number: An [[HR:gallery2/hair050.GIF|image]] in the gallery's description is "1-800-call-kobak".

==Fun Facts==
*Most of the phone, pager and beeper numbers use the prefix [[Wikipedia:555 telephone number|555]] to avoid putting real phone numbers on the site.
*Marzipan may not actually have a screen name, as she claims she doesn't know what a screen name is in [[marzipan]].

[[Category:Lists]]

Strong Badia the Free

2008-09-19T20:17:02Z

Venusy: /* Preview Transcript */ Minor cleanup (closed some quotes, decapsed something that isn't a proper noun).

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[[Image:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Strong Badia the Free]]
[[Image:SBCG4AP 2 Protest.PNG|thumb|"We can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town."]]
'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''. It has been rated E10+ for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Use of [[Alcohol]] by the ESRB and was released on September 15, 2008 on both PC and WiiWare. Written by Chuck Jordan and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. After Strong Bad escapes, he recruits more armies. The citizens of [[Free Country, USA]], along with [[Strong Badia]], band together to stop The King of Town.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Homsar}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Bubs}}

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| '''Places:'''
|- valign="top"
| style="padding-right: 2.5em" |
[[House of the Brothers Strong|Bleak House]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]] 
[[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong|Bathroom]]
| style="padding-right: 36px" |
[[The King of Town's Castle]] 
[[Homsar Reservation]] 
[[Club Technochocolate|Pompomerania]] 
[[The Stone Bridge|Country]] 
[[Marzipan's House|Marzistar/Homezipan]]
|
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand|Concessionstantinople]] 
[[Strong Badia|Strong Badia/The Cheat and Tirerea]] 
[[The Gremlin|Frontzeatserland/Hatchbackistan]] 
[[Snap Shak|Snapshakland]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|50% Off Apple Pie Charts]] 
[[The Stick|Sticktenstein]] 
[[The Brick Wall|Union of Socialist Soviet Repubricks]] 
|}

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up. ''{Homestar becomes sad}''

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!"}''

''{Strong Mad is seen behind a cutout of a tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''

== Inventory ==
*3-Ring Binder
*Badge
*[[BMW Lighter]]
*Clockwork Strong Bad Doll
*Fake Sword
*[[Glowstick]]
*Katana
*Paper Crown
*Pillow
*Pottery Shard
*Power Strip
*Pretendix
*Quesos (Strong Badian currency)
*Red Towel
*Stuffing
*[[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]] (now with shovel attachment)
*[[Tony Stony]]
*Tuning Fork

== Ranks ==
#Neighborhood Watch Chief
#Hall Monitor
#Junior High Class Treasurer
#Deputy Mayor
#House Minority Whip
#President Elect
#El Jefe Mas Grande
#Chancellor of the 7 Realms
#Lord High Fantasticus
{{sectionstub}}

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Roi" is [[French]] for "King", thus explaining the pseudonym "Roy T."

===Trivia===
*On the PC version, costume items unlocked in Homestar Ruiner carry over to Strong Badia the Free (these must be unlocked, either by getting them in Homestar Ruiner, or by editing the [[Wikipedia:Windows Registry|Windows Registry]]). On the Wii version, the costumes are automatically unlocked, regardless of if you have the costumes on a Homestar Ruiner save file (or even if you don't have a Homestar Ruiner save file at all).
*When visiting the King of Town at his castle in the extended play mode of [[Homestar Ruiner]], he threatens to tax Strong Bad. Strong Bad responds with, "That sounds...ominous."
*The preview was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] on September 15, 2008 under the title "Strong Bad Episode 2: {{PAGENAME}}"

===Goofs===
*Although a week passes in the game, the calendar always says the 13th. (Though Strong Bad is probably too lazy/busy to change the day)

===Glitches===
*During Extended Play in the PC version, Strong Sad's eyes will disappear.
*Sometimes Bubs will be stuck facing the black market door instead of the concession stand. As a result, the black market door will not open, and Bubs will be facing the wall when you try to talk to him from the front of the stand.
*When lighting certain objects on fire, sometimes the flames do not appear until Strong Bad leaves and returns to the area. This glitch is known to occur with the bush on the Homsar Reservation, the kimono in Club Technochocolate, and the skulls in Country.
*In the Wii version, skipping the speech before starting the Peace Draft seems to make the transition in to a straight cut to black with a small slice of cut out showing the screen. This stays a few seconds into the scene before stopping. It also happens at the end of the scene, and it appears when looking at the map.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad calls himself "Strong Bad of the [[Underwear|mighty tighty-whities]]".
*The song that plays in "Pompomerania" is from [[geddup noise]].
*When doing the draft, Homestar uses his microphone from [[The Show]].
*The first sighting of Pom Pom in "Pompomerania" mimics his pose from the Theme Song.
*Bubs was established as a black marketeer in [[licensed]].
*The brochure for the [[On Point Kings]] is from [[more armies]].
*It is unclear whether The Cheat has his own lighter or Telltale Games removed the [[BMW Lighter|BMW Logo from Strong Bad's lighter]] for copyright purposes.
*The Teen Girl Squad was previously spun off in [[Teeny Tiny Girl Squad]].
*Strong Bad notes (and tries to explain) the delay of [[Dangeresque 3]].
*Coach Z's land cannot be conquered, as he is busy with [[i love you|Fhqwhgadi]] rebels.
*Homestar takes offense when Strong Bad asks people to take up arms against the King of Town, in part because [[Lack of visible arms|he doesn't appear to have any.]]
**In addition, during a letter from the front, Homestar says he can't wait "to be in [Marzipan's], ahem, arms again."
*"Fat-thority" is a [[portmanteau]] of "fat" and "authority".
*One of Homsar's responses, "I'm a song from the '60s!", is lifted from [[interview]], as is "Twas the pride of the Peaches!", which Strong Bad says after being enlightened to Homsar's ways.
*The flag of the Homsar Reservation features Homsar's hat as well as [[fan club|his parents: a cup of coffee and a chipwich]].
*One of the Whale's sayings is "Get your lighter from the anvil, please." Strong Bad actually gets his lighter from The Cheat, who was compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad mentions [[Frank Benedetto]] falling in battle during the events of [[army]]. Many of Frank's "brothers" are on the draft wheel.
*In Marzistar's garden, Strong Bad calls Strong Mad and The Cheat "Lugnut & Squeak", just as he did in [[narrator]].
*Creamy Ding snack cakes, which the King of Town enjoys, looks remarkably similar to [[Swiss Cake Rolls]].
*Homestar says that Strong Bad is always "[[Homestar Ruiner|beating the various stuffings out of me]]".
*Many places on the "Maps and Minions" board have been referenced before, including [[Peasant's Quest|Scalding Lake]], [[Sick Day|Rotten Egglund]], and [[underlings|Stink's Reach]].
*The collar and invisible fence are supposed to [[StrongBadZone|make Strong Bad's head a splode]].
*Using the katana or the lighter on Pom Pom will cause Strong Bad to refrence the events in [[pom pom]].
*"Wearing animal heads is so 3rd issue!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]], in which Cheerleader wore an [[elephant]] head.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad addressing people in front of a giant flag is a reference to the opening scene in [[Wikipedia:Patton (film)|Patton]].
*Strong Bad's exploding collar is most likely inspired by [[Wikipedia: Battle Royale|Battle Royale]].
*When Strong Bad responds to the email from Paul in [[French]] he calls him [[Wikipedia: Les Paul|Les Paul]].
*Strong Bad refers to the King of Town's rule as [[Wikipedia:Laissez-faire|"lazy fair"]].
*''[[Wikipedia:Bleak House|Bleak House]]'' is a novel by [[Wikipedia:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens]]. Also, when he drafts himself into the Homestarmy, Homestar refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to Dickens' character, The Artful Dodger.
*Coach Z's territory is named "Coachnya", which echoes the Russian province of [[Wikipedia: Chechnya|Chechnya]]. Chechnya also tried to secede and failed.
*Despite what Marzipan may think, "Model UN" is a school-based activity in which students roleplay as ambassadors to the United Nations from various countries.
*The nation of "Front-au-Fence" takes its name from [[Wikipedia: Port-au-Prince|Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.
*Bubs's nation of Concession Stan-tinople is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Constantinople|Constantinople]], the former name of [[Wikipedia:Istanbul|Istanbul]].
*The bonus costume that Strong Bad unlocks is the [[wikipedia:Sam & Max|Max]] skull-and-crossbones T-shirt, which can actually be bought on [[Telltale Games]]' online store.
*Strong Sad mentions [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark]].
*The Pompomeranian flag is based off that of [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]].
*Strong Mad exclaiming "Let my people go!" and Strong Bad asking for messages from a burning bush are both references to the Biblical figure [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]].
*"No taxin' without representin'" is Coach Z's unique twist on Taxation Without Representation, the main complaint of American colonists against [[Wikipedia: George III|King George III]] of England.
*If the Darwin card is played in Teen Girl Squad, the girls will call him "Chuck D", the name of the socially-conscious member of the influential rap group [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]].
*By using the alien in the second scene of Cave Girl Squad, a monolith from [[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]] appears, while Strong Bad hums [[Wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|the theme from the movie]].
*Coach Z saying that "they've all overbid" and wagering a dollar after being picked in the draft is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:The Price is Right|The Price is Right]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/strongbadiathefree Official episode webpage]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]{{inlinecontentwarning|Spoilers|The external website linked here may contain spoilers.}}
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/902/902184p1.html IGN.com's hands on with "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[[forum:14726|forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Baddest of the Bands

2008-09-19T20:12:59Z

Venusy: Fix image link.

[[Image:Baddest of the Bands logo.PNG|thumb|right|Baddest of the Bands logo]]
When a mysterious explosion happens in [[The House of Strong]], Strong Bad's [[Fun Machine]] explodes leaving Strong Bad to earn money to make to get a new one.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Strong Badia the Free]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Bubs}}

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "On the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and cuts to a closeup of Strong Bad's face as he holds a microphone, while microphone feedback is heard}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{yelling into the microphone}'' All right, expensive ticket holders!

''{Cut to The Cheat on a set of drums, then back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Are you ready to be musically, sonically...

''{Cut to Strong Mad playing a guitar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and if all goes according to plan...

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED?!

''{Cut out to see that Strong Bad's band was seen atop Bubs' Concession Stand. The music stops suddenly; only a howling wind is heard in the background. Homestar watches from the ground}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Boooooo!

''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hmm, tough crowd.

''{Cut to a gray background, showing the word BADDEST written in Metallica-type font. Strong Bad's boxing glove-clad hand is then seen adding a strip of orange label tape to the bottom of the word displaying the remainder of the title, OF THE BANDS, on it. Then the usual message, "Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People — New episode every month!", is featured. We then cut to [[The Brick Wall]], and Bubs, The Cheat and Coach Z standing in front of it. Bubs and Coach Z each [[Kicking The Cheat|kick The Cheat]] back and forth between them.}

'''COACH Z:''' ''{rapping}'' 
My name is Coach Z, 
And Bubs is my cohort. 
Put on your Cheat kickers, 
And let's kick-a The Chort!

{{stub}}

{{SBCG4AP}}

File:Baddest of the Bands logo.PNG

2008-09-19T20:11:57Z

Venusy: uploaded a new version of "Image:Baddest of the Bands logo.PNG": Let's do this like HD-rutus (note: this desperately needs compressing, it's like 200KB over the 150KB warning).

Strong Badia the Free

2008-09-19T19:42:24Z

Venusy: /* Trivia */ As I understand it, the Wii version cannot check for save files that aren't its own, meaning that it can't check if you have a Homestar Ruiner save or not.

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[[Image:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Strong Badia the Free]]
[[Image:SBCG4AP 2 Protest.PNG|thumb|"We can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town."]]
'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''. It has been rated E10+ for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Use of [[Alcohol]] by the ESRB and was released on September 15, 2008 on both PC and WiiWare. Written by Chuck Jordan and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. After Strong Bad escapes, he recruits more armies. The citizens of [[Free Country, USA]], along with [[Strong Badia]], band together to stop The King of Town.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Homsar}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Bubs}}

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| '''Places:'''
|- valign="top"
| style="padding-right: 2.5em" |
[[House of the Brothers Strong|Bleak House]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]] 
[[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong|Bathroom]]
| style="padding-right: 36px" |
[[The King of Town's Castle]] 
[[Homsar Reservation]] 
[[Club Technochocolate|Pompomerania]] 
[[The Stone Bridge|Country]] 
[[Marzipan's House|Marzistar/Homezipan]]
|
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand|Concessionstantinople]] 
[[Strong Badia|Strong Badia/The Cheat and Tirerea]] 
[[The Gremlin|Frontzeatserland/Hatchbackistan]] 
[[Snap Shak|Snapshakland]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|50% Off Apple Pie Charts]] 
[[The Stick|Sticktenstein]] 
[[The Brick Wall|Union of Socialist Soviet Repubricks]] 
|}

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up. ''{Homestar becomes sad}''

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!}''

''{Strong Mad is seen behind a cutout of a Tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''
== Inventory ==
*3-Ring Binder
*Badge
*[[BMW Lighter]]
*Clockwork Strong Bad Doll
*Fake Sword
*[[Glowstick]]
*Katana
*Paper Crown
*Pillow
*Pottery Shard
*Power Strip
*Pretendix
*Quesos (Strong Badian currency)
*Red Towel
*Stuffing
*[[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]] (now with shovel attachment)
*[[Tony Stony]]
*Tuning Fork

== Ranks ==
#Neighborhood Watch Chief
#Hall Monitor
#Junior High Class Treasurer
#Deputy Mayor
#House Minority Whip
#President Elect
#El Jefe Mas Grande
#Chancellor of the 7 Realms
#Lord High Fantasticus
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== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Roi" is [[French]] for "King", thus explaining the pseudonym "Roy T."

===Trivia===
*On the PC version, costume items unlocked in Homestar Ruiner carry over to Strong Badia the Free (these must be unlocked, either by getting them in Homestar Ruiner, or by editing the [[Wikipedia:Windows Registry|Windows Registry]]). On the Wii version, the costumes are automatically unlocked, regardless of if you have the costumes on a Homestar Ruiner save file (or even if you don't have a Homestar Ruiner save file at all).
*When visiting the King of Town at his castle in the extended play mode of [[Homestar Ruiner]], he threatens to tax Strong Bad. Strong Bad responds with, "That sounds...ominous."
*The preview was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] on September 15, 2008 under the title "Strong Bad Episode 2: {{PAGENAME}}"

===Goofs===
*Although a week passes in the game, the calendar always says the 13th. (Though Strong Bad is probably too lazy/busy to change the day)

===Glitches===
*During Extended Play in the PC version, Strong Sad's eyes will disappear.
*Sometimes Bubs will be stuck facing the black market door instead of the concession stand. As a result, the black market door will not open, and Bubs will be facing the wall when you try to talk to him from the front of the stand.
*When lighting certain objects on fire, sometimes the flames do not appear until Strong Bad leaves and returns to the area. This glitch is known to occur with the bush on the Homsar Reservation, the kimono in Club Technochocolate, and the skulls in Country.
*In the Wii version, skipping the speech before starting the Peace Draft seems to make the transition in to a straight cut to black with a small slice of cut out showing the screen. This stays a few seconds into the scene before stopping. It also happens at the end of the scene, and it appears when looking at the map.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad calls himself "Strong Bad of the [[Underwear|mighty tighty-whities]]".
*The song that plays in "Pompomerania" is from [[geddup noise]].
*When doing the draft, Homestar uses his microphone from [[The Show]].
*The first sighting of Pom Pom in "Pompomerania" mimics his pose from the Theme Song.
*Bubs was established as a black marketeer in [[licensed]].
*The brochure for the [[On Point Kings]] is from [[more armies]].
*It is unclear whether The Cheat has his own lighter or Telltale Games removed the [[BMW Lighter|BMW Logo from Strong Bad's lighter]] for copyright purposes.
*The Teen Girl Squad was previously spun off in [[Teeny Tiny Girl Squad]].
*Strong Bad notes (and tries to explain) the delay of [[Dangeresque 3]].
*Coach Z's land cannot be conquered, as he is busy with [[i love you|Fhqwhgadi]] rebels.
*Homestar takes offense when Strong Bad asks people to take up arms against the King of Town, in part because [[Lack of visible arms|he doesn't appear to have any.]]
**In addition, during a letter from the front, Homestar says he can't wait "to be in [Marzipan's], ahem, arms again."
*"Fat-thority" is a [[portmanteau]] of "fat" and "authority".
*One of Homsar's responses, "I'm a song from the '60s!", is lifted from [[interview]], as is "Twas the pride of the Peaches!", which Strong Bad says after being enlightened to Homsar's ways.
*The flag of the Homsar Reservation features Homsar's hat as well as [[fan club|his parents: a cup of coffee and a chipwich]].
*One of the Whale's sayings is "Get your lighter from the anvil, please." Strong Bad actually gets his lighter from The Cheat, who was compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad mentions [[Frank Benedetto]] falling in battle during the events of [[army]]. Many of Frank's "brothers" are on the draft wheel.
*In Marzistar's garden, Strong Bad calls Strong Mad and The Cheat "Lugnut & Squeak", just as he did in [[narrator]].
*Creamy Ding snack cakes, which the King of Town enjoys, looks remarkably similar to [[Swiss Cake Rolls]].
*Homestar says that Strong Bad is always "[[Homestar Ruiner|beating the various stuffings out of me]]".
*Many places on the "Maps and Minions" board have been referenced before, including [[Peasant's Quest|Scalding Lake]], [[Sick Day|Rotten Egglund]], and [[underlings|Stink's Reach]].
*The collar and invisible fence are supposed to [[StrongBadZone|make Strong Bad's head a splode]].
*Using the katana or the lighter on Pom Pom will cause Strong Bad to refrence the events in [[pom pom]].
*"Wearing animal heads is so 3rd issue!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]], in which Cheerleader wore an [[elephant]] head.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad addressing people in front of a giant flag is a reference to the opening scene in [[Wikipedia:Patton (film)|Patton]].
*Strong Bad's exploding collar is most likely inspired by [[Wikipedia: Battle Royale|Battle Royale]].
*When Strong Bad responds to the email from Paul in [[French]] he calls him [[Wikipedia: Les Paul|Les Paul]].
*Strong Bad refers to the King of Town's rule as [[Wikipedia:Laissez-faire|"lazy fair"]].
*''[[Wikipedia:Bleak House|Bleak House]]'' is a novel by [[Wikipedia:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens]]. Also, when he drafts himself into the Homestarmy, Homestar refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to Dickens' character, The Artful Dodger.
*Coach Z's territory is named "Coachnya", which echoes the Russian province of [[Wikipedia: Chechnya|Chechnya]]. Chechnya also tried to secede and failed.
*Despite what Marzipan may think, "Model UN" is a school-based activity in which students roleplay as ambassadors to the United Nations from various countries.
*The nation of "Front-au-Fence" takes its name from [[Wikipedia: Port-au-Prince|Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.
*Bubs's nation of Concession Stan-tinople is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Constantinople|Constantinople]], the former name of [[Wikipedia:Istanbul|Istanbul]].
*The bonus costume that Strong Bad unlocks is the [[wikipedia:Sam & Max|Max]] skull-and-crossbones T-shirt, which can actually be bought on [[Telltale Games]]' online store.
*Strong Sad mentions [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark]].
*The Pompomeranian flag is based off that of [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]].
*Strong Mad exclaiming "Let my people go!" and Strong Bad asking for messages from a burning bush are both references to the Biblical figure [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]].
*"No taxin' without representin'" is Coach Z's unique twist on Taxation Without Representation, the main complaint of American colonists against [[Wikipedia: George III|King George III]] of England.
*If the Darwin card is played in Teen Girl Squad, the girls will call him "Chuck D", the name of the socially-conscious member of the influential rap group [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]].
*By using the alien in the second scene of Cave Girl Squad, a monolith from [[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]] appears, while Strong Bad hums [[Wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|the theme from the movie]].
*Coach Z saying that "they've all overbid" and wagering a dollar after being picked in the draft is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:The Price is Right|The Price is Right]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/strongbadiathefree Official episode webpage]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]{{inlinecontentwarning|Spoilers|The external website linked here may contain spoilers.}}
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/902/902184p1.html IGN.com's hands on with "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[[forum:14726|forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Talk:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

2008-09-09T17:32:35Z

Venusy: /* How long? */ SMB:TLL was removed in Europe, but otherwise...

== Fanstuff Discussion ==

I was the one who originally said this was better left for being on the fanstuff wiki (I put the deleted thing on, but [[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] removed it I guess). Anyone else thinks this should be put as fanstuff? Because it's not a part of the official homestarrunner.com site. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:This differs from fanstuff, as this is an official licensed Homestar Runner game (like the long-delayed [[Homestar Runner RPG]] or the appearance of "Trogdor" in [[Guitar Hero]]). Since it is official licensed (and even being "developed" by Videletrix), then this will be documented by the regular Wiki. The same thing would count towards things like [[Strong Bad Gameways]] or any of the [[:Category:Interviews and Public Appearances|live appearances]]. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::Yup, exactly right. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 17:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Besides, it's mentioned on the official Homestar Runner site! --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Game News Soon doesn't direct to anything, so it may not be possible this is the same thing. But whatever. '''Close this mess.''' {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::::The news isn't supposed to be revealed in full for another hour and forty-five minutes. Keep your pants on, for real. Anyway, it's fairly obvious that this game and the notice on the site are related. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

== Info For you! ==

Intrepid editors may find [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/faq this page] helpful. It's not 100% done yet but since we're running late we wanted to get something up with more info. --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 22:22, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
:Heyyyyy, the whole site is up now! --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 22:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

== And you can play too! ==

Too bad this game can't be played by me. Not everyone's good enough to get a Wii. Although the article says it's also for the PC, I highly doubt that will be a reality. It makes me so frustrated when new consoles come out. Especially onces that cost over 200 USD, when I could get something productive (Like Photoshop CS3 Extended) for 320 USD. Which I ''will'' get 'cause I have no Wii. Why not get the wii, you ask? Because I want my damnz photoshop! Been entirely too long since I last had it. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:It will be out for the PC. Guaranteed. --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 23:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::What retailers will you be distributing to? Target? Wal-Mart? If it's K-Mart, I advise against it. Madison, WI has '''no K-Marts whatsoever'''. Also, will it be good for only Vista? Because I can't switch to Vista, my computer won't allow me to upgrade my BIOS to do so. Besides, dozens upon dozens of users say Vista is crap for Gaming. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::Our first run distribution is almost always through our website as downloads. With Sam & Max, we released the games as downloads and then once the whole season was over we assembled a disc and offered it up free to season subscribers. Not sure if that's what we're doing for Strong Bad (nobody tells me anything fun), but they will be available to download from our site. And no, they won't be Vista only. Our system spec is pretty generous in fact, so it shouldn't require too new and crazy a computer. --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 23:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Do you expect people to buy over the Internet only? Or are the downloads free? Because I somewhat despise Internet purchasing. Of course, I do have a Debit Card (Sorry, will never, ever use a Credit Card) if I so need to do an online transaction. But I haven't used the card in over 4 months. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::::It sounds like Tabacco answered this in his last post: they'll certainly be available for download, but if that's not an option for you, it's possible that they will be eventually released on disc format. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Some sites require you to pay for certain downloads though. Like "Adobe Extend." {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::::::Yep, this game will cost money, just as the exclusive DVD content does through the Homestar Runner store. It's good too; I've often wondered if there was a way for TBC to make some money off of their games! Fans have been able to support them by buying DVDs for a while, so I think this is great. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Still awaiting answer for if we ''have'' to buy over the Internet, or if we can send in check/money orders. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::::We also accept Paypal and Wire Transfer. You can use the latter if you like. --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 23:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::You stil didn't say if I can use check or money order though; I will only use them. If you can't do money order / etc. it's better off not to purchase. Not everyone likes the Internet... I'm sure not liking it anymore... I've been distancing myself from it more and more. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:::::::No, we don't take checks or money order. You sound pretty determined not to purchase, so I'm not sure why you're so insistent on pushing the issue, honestly. I think we can call this closed. --[[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] 00:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Well, since homestarrunner.com's toons always seems to reference old technology (with the exception of the cheat's computer, and Pom'Pom's technology) it makes sense to allow people to send you checks and money orders. Mind you, checks are not as old as regular legal tender >>; I was originally going to try out this game in the future, but you've made me not want to. Not like it'd support an Intel GFX Card anydangway. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
This talk page is for discussing the contents of the article, not about whether someone will buy the game or not. Please limit discussions as this one to [[Forum:13870|our forum]] or
[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31 the Telltale Games Forums]. Thank you.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 13:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

==New trailer on GT==
Ok so on Gametrailers.com They have a new trailer for it!!! check it out [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32715.html] {{User:Coach B/sig}}
:Actually, that's the same thing as [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Gameplay Trailer|this]]. {{User:DevonM/sig}}

== Legal Rampage Issue ==

Transcripts are at the heart of our wiki, allowing us to have a reference guide for Homestarrunner.com and to save us the hassle of sitting through an entire toon to check a line or scene. With this in mind, to what extent will we transcribe the game? I'm against the idea of recording EVERY single line for two reasons: firstly, it would be a massive job to do. Undoubtedly there'll be tens of thousands of lines of dialogue throughout the game and it'll be impossible to find and store them all. The second reason is for legal issues: it seems to be OK to transcribe toons on the website since the transcripts won't significantly affect page views to the website and the toons are free in the first place. This game, on the other hand, will not be: the point of buying and playing the game is to find the dialogue yourself. And I don't want Telltale's lawyers to hit this wiki with a cease-and-desist order if they feel our actions harm the sales of their game. However, I think it'd still be OK to write walkthroughs and post Fun Facts on the game, in a similar manner to other websites. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:42, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
:A few minor stylistic things aside, I think the best way to "transcribe" this game (I don't think that's the right word) would be entirely similar to [[Thy Dungeonman II]] however, without creating the companion page [[Thy Dungeonman II Messages]]. This system would give us the fun facts and the walk-through and the glitches and the tips and everything else that you would expect from The Wiki, without any of the legal or commercial issues you spoke of. I mean [[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]] seems to be very involved in The Wiki (at least concerning SBCG4AP), and with Telltale's consent I see no problem making a [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Messages]] page or something of that ilk (but with '''FAR''' fewer syllables). {{User:Flashfight/sig}} 08:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
::Exactly; we seem to have plenty of communication with Telltale through [[User:Tabacco|Tabacco]], so I'm sure that we can make sure whatever we do is acceptable to them (and TBC). It would be nice to have everything transcribed (transcriptions of game messages aren't a substitute for playing the game, in the same way that you don't forget about watching the cartoons and just read the transcripts - but even more so, as it's interactive), but obviously that depends on their wishes. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 09:51, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
:::I can't see how there'd be a legal issue *period* if we thoroughly "mapped out" this game. If there *was*, [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] wouldn't exist. Furthermore, I've seen numerous "Game Scripts" there. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if someone beat us to it. [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/wii/data/945803.html Exhibit A] -{{User:YK/sig}} 05:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Second. There's stuff on GameFAQs that's [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/920182/33006 much more in-depth] than is sane, even for us. Plus, we transcribe DVD-only content all the time, and TBC don't mind. And since TBC are working so close with Telltale, I doubt they'd let them sue us either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::I don't think there would be an issue with that sort of thing, but if someone 'offcially' associated with the wiki wants to shoot me an email, I can put them in contact with someone to be sure that it would be cool. There are lawyers lurking 'round every corner, but we generally prefer enabling awesomeness over litigiousness in everything we do at Telltale. Also, for what its worth, each episode will have ... a lot ... of dialog. [[User:TTGJake|TTGJake]] 06:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Related note, what about the Dev Blog! "written" by Strong Bad on the Telltales Games site? Any plans of documenting that on the Wiki? There could be a whole mess of running gags hidden in that... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
:That is in fact written by Strong Bad. Well, it's written by [[TBC]], which is close enough, right? :) [[User:TTGJake|TTGJake]] 06:53, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
::I believe the Dev Blog is not being documented for the [[Talk:SBCG4AP Dev Blog|same]] [[Talk:Strong Sad's Lament#Transcript|reasons]] why [[Strong Sad's Lament]] isn't: that it's just duplicating large chunks of text from the website, that ''"it ''replaces'' the actual site"'' and that it would cross ''"the copyright-infringement line to a degree we should not be able to get away with."''. However, if the posts start being removed or if the website is eventually shut down, backed-up transcripts and images will be added to the article. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:::The way that the [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] is being handled now (summarizing posts, pointing out specific references) is perfectly fine. At the time I wrote that bit, there wasn't a page started to note the contents. I think a similar approach should be used with the games, simply because of the volume of dialog involved, the non-linear nature of the game play, and potential legal issues. Particular pieces (such as openings, previews or set pieces) could be transcribed, proved proper clearances are granted first, but a wholesale transcription would be impractical. Noting references, goofs, etc.? Fair game. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

== New gameplay/interview video ==

There's a video [http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/18383 here] showing off some of the gameplay (including [[Snake Boxer V]] footage), as well as an interview with some of the developers (I assume this is new, I didn't see it mentioned on the page anywhere). I think IGN are going to interview TBC about the game tomorrow, but I'm not sure... --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 12:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
:On a related note, it looks like the [http://kotaku.com/378793/telltale-games-demos-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-for-wiiware Kotaku] review of the game demo has some more detailed information that was is revealed in the Game Videos piece. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 18:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

== External link organization ==

Since it looks like this game will produce a large number of external links (IGN et al. game reviews, material from Telltale, forums), how should we organize them? Traditionally, we've put forum links on the bottom (which in this case would include both Telltale's and ours), and material directly from Telltale at the top. But should we make subsections for each? I'm trying to think of scalability at this point. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:40, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

:I think you're right, it will helpful to have them divided up into sub-sections. I liked {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Cool_Game_for_Attractive_People&diff=557820&oldid=557810 what you did}}, but I tried {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Cool_Game_for_Attractive_People&diff=557824&oldid=557820 reorganizing it a bit differently}}. Not sure if it's optimal yet; maybe we'll have to wait to see what kinds of external links we end up getting as it's released. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

== Screenshots ==

This may sound silly, but how do you accses the screenshots on the Tell Tale site?
:Not silly at all — scroll down to the end of the dev blog, and just below them on the left-hand side of the page are four TV screen-shaped pictures. Click on one of them to bring up the screenshots. Hope that helps! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

== question! ==

So will this be available on the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section and can I buy it with Wii points? Becausue if not I can't buy it! --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 20:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
:Yes, you'll be able to get it off the Wii Shop Channel. Don't worry. It's for both PC and WiiWare. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:58, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
::Just curious to find out why you can't buy it. Do you not have a Wii? If that's the case, then disregard my next statement. If you do, Wii Points can be each purchase directly through the Wii or purchasing a Wii Points card at many fine retailers. Hopefully, Telltale will announce how many Wii points each episode will be. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

No I have a Wii. It's just that my parents have this weird thing about using credit cards on sites the don't consider "certified". I told them it's through Nintendo and that this website is TBC's JOB but they're just weirdos. So I could only get it by buying the card. Thanks for the info! --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 00:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

== POM-POMMED?? ==

Did I miss a screenshot/video of Pom Pom? Oh, sure, I count his appearance as likely, but has he actually appeared yet? If not, I think we should remove him from the page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
:Pom Pom was among the crowd listening to Strong Bad at the end of [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]. Would that count? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 18:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
::No...that doesn't mean he'll appear in the game (I'm sure he will, though). {{User:DevonM/sig}} 19:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Though I put it in an edit summary, I thought I'd better mention it here. Telltale Games currently sells certain HR products, among which are the figurines labeled "Series #1" at the [[Store]]. The description confirms that all nine characters shown are in the game .. and Pom Pom is shown. I quote: "Nine of the characters featured in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" [http://www.telltalegames.com/store/hsrfigurines1]. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 00:21, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I'm going to be pretty grumpy though if that rules out Homsar, who was in Season 2 Figurines. He is a main character after-all. [[User:Gerkuman|Gerkuman]] 13:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
::::That need not be the case; it didn't say "All nine". I'd be surprised if Homsar doesn't turn up somewhere. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 23:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I've played the game. In the first episode, Homsar isn't physically present, but you can prank call him. <s>Some guy who's not named Hobojo</s> '''''Skinr'''''
:::::Do keep in mind that this discussion took place in May, three months ''before'' the game came out. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

== Release Date ==

Do we know the presise release date of the first installment of the game, or just that it'll be out in June? I know I'm not the only guy who wants it the second it comes out... {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}

I think we just know it'll be out in June... I assume that they'll give an exact date once we get closer to June though. --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 17:36, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
:The [http://kotaku.com/389429/here-are-your-wiiware-launch-titles dates for WiiWare games are decided entirely by Nintendo], so I'm not sure if Telltale can even give an exact date for the Wii version. The PC version will either have a fixed date, or something like "X days after the Wii version". --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 14:36, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

well, we're almost sure it's going to be june and on a monday because H*R and the wii shop channel update on mondays, and they really only have a week left if it ''is'' going to be in june at all
[[User:Homsarstrongbad150|Homsarstrongbad150]] 01:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
:It's offical that it's coming out in July instead of June. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

If it's not going to be delayed again, the last possible day it can be released is July 28.

== Cost? ==

Any word on what the cost will be yet? --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 17:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
:The Telltale guys wrote it will be like other episodic games they make. Which means about 9$ (US). {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 17:46, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode One Info VS the IGN preview ==
Ok, thanks to the preview on the telltale official site, I think we can theorise that the IGN preview actually happens after the scenes in the trailer. 'Homestar Runner invades Strong Bad's house and Bogarts his style.' Of course, it could also be that the trailer scenes are actually a flashback.

Either way, we can't be sure that the game begins with the IGN preview anymore, so I was wondering what we should do about it[[User:Gerkuman|Gerkuman]] 14:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:I was thinking the same thing. The preview for [[Homestar Ruiner]] seems to take place before Homestar hides in the basement for indecency. From the various reviews, though, it is clear that the preview was still an early build. (For example, the GameCyte review mentions that a plot clue is found under a cardboard box in the middle of the field, but the actual game, the clue location would be more challenging.) I would suspect that Strong Bad going directly from his song to talking to Homestar is a similar splice, and nobody knows what the final sequence will be until it's released in to the wild. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 14:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

what is the url for the ign preview? and why isn't it on the wiki? --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 19:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
:The IGN videos are listed under Press Releases and Promotional Videos. The first two (GameVideos.com and IGN.com) have the footage you are looking for. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

== Mii likey, mii likey! ==

So I noticed Telltale is having a [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-338 contest] to design the H*R characters in Mii form and receive Homestar Ruiner as a gift on their Wii. (For those not in the know, downloads can be paid for by Wiis other than the one receiving it.) What I was wondering is, is this contest worthy of its own article or not? This whole development is so...other sitey...that I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around what's Wikiable and what's not. Opinions? --{{User:Onamuji/sig}} 13:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think so, because it's a contest, and we don't normally advertise those here (as far as I know).
::Given that there has never before been an officially [[licensed]] homestar related contest as far5 as i know, that would make it lack of precedent, not that we don't do it. We haven't done it because THEY haven't done it. That being said, is it homestar-related? it is official? yes. therefore, i think maybe we should. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

== The King of Town's Castle ==
The King of Town's Castle is listed as a confirmed place, but have we actually seen any videos or screenshots with the King of Town's catstle? {{User:Peter222/sig}}
:No, but the plot of Homestar Ruiner informs that one of the tasks to do will be getting files from the KOT's Castle. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 18:54, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

== Getting grumpy... ==

So do we know at least around what time of the month it's coming out? Like early June or mid-June or closer to July? Not to sound impatient but... aw screw it. I AM impatient! --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 17:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

:It's been delayed to [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-344 July]. I'm looking forward to it too, but I'm glad they're taking the time to polish it! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 18:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

== T For Teen ==

Ok we were all surprised it got a t ranking but i bet they TellTale did so on purpose and made the esrb think it was worse than it really was for the moneymaking t rating. and mild suggestive content (if it is not a telltale tall tale) is probably something like saying home run or some other extremely mild euphism. Who agrees? Zelda games do it all the time. [[User:Physicsguymonsterman|Physicsguymonsterman]] 01:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
:Most of the cartoons on the site would get a T rating as well, if the ESRB system is used. I mean, just look at emails like [[lady fan]], [[sisters]], [[dreamail]], [[do over]]... plenty of suggestive themes there (without even mentioning Coach Z's problems), and the Teen Girl Squad comics probably fulfil the requirements for mild cartoon violence. The Poopsmith pretty much covers crude humour. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 09:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
::The ESRB ratings are: Early Childhood, Everyone, Everyone 10+, Teen, Mature, Adults Only and Rating Pending. As you can see, Teen is the most suitable rating since the game probably contains "contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language." (The PEGI equivalant is 12+.) Undoubtably, there'll be [[Teen Girl Squad]], references to [[making out]], and maybe some [[whatsit]], [[blood]] and [[crap]]. So I'm assuming TGS is what bumped it up, unless the game contains [[Commandos in the Classroom|''very'' illegal pony fights]]. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 13:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
::: (I don't think crap would really bump it up to T considering I've heard damn it in a few E+10 games --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 19:47, 4 July 2008 (UTC))
::: Cartoon Violence and rude humor can be in e 10(i think tgs might fit into e actually) whatever the suggestive material is and it would have to be a little but more mature than making out is why it is teen so i think hmmm maybe telltale told theesrb that there was sug mat. even though its making out scince esrb doesnt play the games.
::::I doubt TTG would just tell the ESRB that there was more mature material than it would normally be. As for suggestive material, according to the ESRB website, minimal suggestive material (as long as there's nothing else that would give it a higher rating) can credit a E rating. Suggestive material also is descripted as "Mild provocative references or materials". I'm not sure what else would qualify for the "mild suggestive themes", but remember that the crude humor and mild cartoon violence might merit a "T" rating themselves. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 14:32, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, just look at Brawl. Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor, and it's T. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
::::::Okay guys, i think that's enough. the forum is over there, everyone. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

== Europe? ==

Is this game going to be available in Europe for the Wii?--[[Special:Contributions/84.251.87.171|84.251.87.171]] 19:42, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
:I can't imagine why not... it's WiiWare remember? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:44, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
::The game [http://www.pegi.info/en/index/global_id/23/?searchString=Homestar+Ruiner&agecategories=&genre=&organisations=348&platforms=&countries=&submit=Search has been PEGI rated], so I'd expect that it will come out. Hopefully, Telltale won't run into the same bottleneck that the Pop developers did while releasing in Europe (the game can be entirely in English, but the manual must be written in every language that can be selected on a PAL Wii's system menu). Also, we'll probably get it on the Friday instead of the Monday, but that's standard for WiiWare. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 04:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

:Okay, thanks! It's just that the Nintendo Website for my country (Finland) is extremely pissy and never seems to contain relevant info on what's to be expected on WiiWare or VC. I have to go to Wikipedia most of the time. There isn't any real info on this matter at the official website either. --[[Special:Contributions/84.251.87.171|84.251.87.171]] 12:42, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== TBC Interviews for SBCG4AP ==

Traditionally, when The Brothers Chaps have done an interview, we've made a separate page for it, in part because they were so infrequent. But, so far there has been at least four interviews with them ahead of the launch of the game. The IGN interview already has a page, but I've put the [http://coldhardflash.com/2008/05/chapmans-cool-interview-for-animation-people.html Cold Hard Flash], [http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/08/a-chat-with-the-chaps-sbcg4ap-qa/1184 GameCyte] and [http://kotaku.com/5016138/lunchtime-with-the-brothers-chap-strong-bads-creators-speak-and-eat Kotaku] interviews as part of the game promotion list. Given the number of interviews, can they just stay in the list for the game, or should they have their own pages? (and if they stay on the page, should the IGN interview be demoted?) {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 22:03, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

== Just checking... ==

This is going to be announced on the main page when it's realeased, correct? I just want to make sure. --[[User:Acam30|Acam30]] 19:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

== Telltale Teases ==

Is it worth mentioning anywhere the fact that in their last two blog entries, the folks at Telltale have been referencing the anticipation of a release date announcement (and the continuing lack thereof)? For example, [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-355 yesterday's] starts with <blockquote>Sorry, it's still not the announcement you've been waiting for, but we've come up with a little surprise to help ease the pain while you're waiting...</blockquote> {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 15:50, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
:Not really. Their not really teasing us. I think they'll probably put the date up within the next week or so...they've probably been starting on the other episodes as well as working on this one, too. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 17:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
::Actually, I'm 70% convinced it's comeing (sic) out on the 21st. The other 30% of me thinks it's the 28th. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
:::Well, it has to be a Monday, and it has to be in July, so... --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 21:39, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Actually, TellTale and TBC can release the game whenever their black hearts desire to. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 22:37, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Neither Telltale nor TBC now the release date; Nintendo hasn't told them. Nintendo has to screen the game, then release it on WiiWare. So, Nintendo is to blame, in a way. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
::::::If Nintendo is to blame, it has to be Luigi. He is probably the one stopping all this. I HATE YOU, LUIGI! --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 22:45, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::::That is maybe the funniest thing I've ever read on this wiki... =] {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 06:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Well, that's what happens when Homestar eats you. You tend to think poorly of him. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 08:14, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Of course, you're talking about the American release date. Since this is Nintendo we're talking about, the game won't be released in Europe for another five months. If at all. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 13:55, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::Well it's taking too freaking long, in my opinion. I do belieive it's time for some riots. I'll get the pitchforks. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 14:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

== One Monday ==

Should it be noted that this shall be the last Monday in July? (Wii Shop only updates on Mondays) {{User:Lazylaces/sig}} 01:48, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
:New release dat: AUGUST. And I am really angry. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 14:10, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
::I will point out the series trailer is now available for viewing on the Wii Nintendo Channel. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:01, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

== Overload? ==

I just had a chilling thought. With the new game-of-fun coming out on the Wii, it would pull in alot of buyers. If I didn't know the Homestar, I'd probubly still buy such a game. And then most buyers would eventually visit the site. With this overflow of people going on the site, It may be too much for the site's compies and it may crash, stopping us from seeing all our daily doses of Homestar 'toons! Anyone have any thoughts on this? [[User: Ben Again|Ben Again]]
:My sister who introduced me to h*r has told me herself that she believes no one who doesn't know the cartoons would buy the game. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
::The impression I get from the Telltale forums is the majority people buying the title are either fans of H*R or Telltale. However, that's still a pretty large group. I don't think we have to worry about hrwiki bogging down, but I think the TBC will be very happy with the financial results. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 02:19, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Even if it did have an impact I doubt it would be that big of one. Besides, TBC have gotten pretty good at handling bandwidth crunches. See [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Flashforward_2006_Seattle_-_28_Feb_2006#A_question_about_the_Podcasts._-_Red_Toqueytr343 this] to get a small idea of just how much bandwidth they regularly use. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== Episode 2 Info ==

IGN.com has an article explaining the announcement at Comic-Con regarding SBCG4AP Episode 2. The title is "Strong Badia the Free" and involves protesting against a new E-mail tax. I can't link to the article now because I'm typing from the Wii Internet Channel. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 17:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah, we already have [[Strongbadia the Free|a page for it]]. {{User:Peter222/sig}} 18:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

== It Won't Be Long? ==

How long does it usually take Nintendo to approve a WiiWare game? {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 04:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:I second that question. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 04:39, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
::According to a friend in the games industry, the approval process is two to three weeks. Mid-August is a reasonable estimate at this point (11 Aug). {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:47, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== Navigation bar for SBCG4AP episodes? ==

I know we have the [[:Template:SBCG4AP|template]] for all things relating to the game, including listing all of the episodes. But would it be useful to have a navigation bar near the top where you can switch from episode, like with [[:Template:gamenav|games]] and [[:Template:toonnav|toons]]? 17:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:Maybe when Episode 3 comes. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 18:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
::Obviously, with only two episodes outlined, there is not enough. But we do know there will be five in this season (with possible more in the future), so it's best to start planning now. I'm just curious if it's even worth considering. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:::I'd say it is. Of course, this doesn't mean we should jump on this immediately. A navigation bar now will have the same episode on both sides, which isn't very useful. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 20:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Are you guys talking about something similar to {{t|mamnav}}? It makes perfect sense to have something like that. I don't know why we wouldn't at least be able to create it now, if not implement it. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Yes, that is what we're talking about. However, like I pointed out, if we implemented it now, we'd have two arrows pointing towards the same episode (kinda like if [[some kinda robot]] and [[homsar]] were the only sbemails). --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:37, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

== The Nintendo Power Article ==

Does anyone still have a copy of the July issue? And should we make the "interview" a separate article? There were no real inside references in it besides a mention of the "Adventures of Lolo" by Strong Bad. --[[Special:Contributions/70.239.217.122|70.239.217.122]] 19:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

== Wii Price ==

$8.95 = How much in Wii Points? {{User:Acam30/sig}} 01:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:$8.95 for one episode 
:$34.95 for season pass 
:1000 Wii points
:{{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 01:47, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
::So 1000 points per episode then? {{User:Acam30/sig}} 02:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:::That's what I bet. (Just for reference, 1 Wii Point equals 1 cent) {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
::::Yea, that's right. 2000 points = $20. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 03:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::Then they're overcharging wii points... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::We're not sure that it'll be 1000, but it seems likely. 5 episodes at $10 each = $50, the price for a good Wii game right now. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
:::::::But Wbwolf just said it's $8.95 for each episode... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::::$8.95 is the PC price per episode, or $34.95 if you pre-order the whole series together. $30-$40 is the going price of most new PC games at this point, and $50 is the going price for most new Wii games. We're keeping our episode pricing in line with those. You can learn more from the Games FAQ on the Telltale Games site, or from the Telltale forums. [[User:TTGJake|TTGJake]] 03:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::So... it WILL be 1000 points then? Yes or no answer pleas, just to clear this up... {{User:Acam30/sig}} 03:48, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::Yes. See [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54047 this]. But I pre-ordered because I'm special ... and, umm.. don't have a Wii. =] {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 04:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

== Voice Acting ==

Just a note regarding the amount of voice acting and the claim that Matt and Missy do "most of" it. The most recent time this was added to the article, the editor cited a Gamespot interview. I think the confusion may arise because when asked "How much of the original voices to you have?", Telltale representative Brett Tosti replies that "95% of it is done by Matt Chapman". ''But'' he immediately goes on to say the other 5% is Marzipan (which he confirms is voiced by Missy). In fact, he's pretty emphatic that all of the voices are done by the original H*R talent. They work this fact into the interview twice — they are obviously proud of it. Anonymous, were you refering to a Gamespot interview other than the one with Brett Tosti?

== Behind the Bad ==

[http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-367 I LOL'd.] But how should we handle this one? Should it be treated as an interview, or what? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 00:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
:Since it's similar to [[A Day At The Park]], [[Behind The Bad]] is being handled like shorts. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

== Reviews/Previews ==

Shouldn't the preview and review links be put in the episode articles the correspond with, instead of the main SBCG4AP article? It seems to me that it would be a bit more efficient and less cluttered if we did it that way. [[User:Dungeonman262|I Can Has a Ye Flask]] 20:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
:That's a good idea. I was certainly surprised at the number of reviews Homestar Ruiner generated. I would say that general articles and previews should stay with the main article. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

== Downloading episodes on the Wii... ==

Will each episode have its own space on the Wii Menu? Or will every one be in one channel? Also, will all episodes be the same size as the first one? (300 something blocks) Thanks. [[User:Thrashmeister|Thrashmeister]] 02:50, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
:I think they'll all be different little blocks on the menu. I'm not so sure about size. Now I'm wondering that too. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 02:52, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

== New IGN interview ==

[http://wii.ign.com/articles/907/907602p1.html Link.] Should we just list this one with the others, or should we transcribe it since it's an actual audio interview with Strong Bad? (although they do joke earlier in the podcast about people transcribing their stuff...) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 03:00, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

:The interview begins 56 minutes in and is ~9 minutes long. (0:56:12 - 1:05:15) {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 03:32, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
::Good opportunities to link to [[Mashing]] and [[Style]], and even [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]] ... IMHO, this one should be transcribed. Well, depending on what you (Cyberlink420) mean by "joking about people transcribing their stuff". {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 06:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
::Listen about 51 minutes in; you'll see what I mean. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 18:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

:::Is [[Nintendo Voice Chat Interview - September 3, 2008]] too long for the article name? Oh, and yeah, I found the part you mention Cyberlink... at first I thought you were talking about transcribing ''their'' stuff being H*R stuff, not their podcast. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 00:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

== Steam? ==

Will the series ever be released on Steam? I am asking because both Sam and Max and Bone were released on Steam. <s>Some guy who's not named Hobojo</s> '''''Skinr'''''

== How long? ==

This is probably a stupid question, but I need to ask: How long will the episodes be available? I'm asking because I would really like to play them all, but I'll be stuck with Windows 98 until Christmas, so I won't be able to buy them until then. (I also hope the fact that I'm living in Germany won't be a problem.) --[[User:Cass from Germany|Cass from Germany]] 19:59, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
:Also speaking of the game... when is it coming out this month? Don't ignore Cass from Germany's question though.) {{User:Acam30/sig}} 01:25, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
::Keep an eye on the official website. As soon as anyone knows, they'll announce it there. Anything you hear before that is just going to be speculation anyway. (I'm not ignoring Cass's question, I just don't know the answer, though I'd assume they'll be available as long as Telltale is still in business) {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 01:30, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
:::Yeah, no game on the Virtual Console/WiiWare service has been discontinued since the service was started AFAIK. Even if you're only discussing the PC version, I don't know why they'd remove the downloads unless they went out of business. You should be fine. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 06:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
::::Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels was removed from the European VC (although it was put back on recently). But yeah, no reason for SBCG4AP to be removed from either download service, save for Telltale or Nintendo going out of business. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 17:32, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Podstar Runner

2008-09-07T03:48:17Z

Venusy: /* Downloading specially marked */ One space can make all the difference.

{{featuredarticle}}
{{talkchecklist|What to do when a new Podcast arrives:}}
*Move the old podcast entry from [[Podstar_Runner#Current_Downloadable_Emails|Current Downloads]] to [[Podstar_Runner#Previously_Downloadable_Emails|Past Downloads]]. (Be sure to comment out the download link.)
*Add the new podcast to [[Podstar_Runner#Current_Downloadable_Emails|Current Downloads]], {{tl|whatsnew}} and [[H*R.com updates {{CURRENTYEAR}}]].
*Remove the old download link from the previous email/toon page.
*Add a download link (using {{tl|Podstar download}}) to the new email/toon page External Links section.
*Add the page to [[:Category:Podstar Runner]].
*Add the podcast's summary to the email/toon page Trivia section.
*If entry is an email, add link to [[Strong Bad Email#Podstar Runner Releases]].
|} 

== Alt versions for podcast ==
On the DVD version of [[dragon]], the homsar easter egg is automatically enabled. They also did this on the new podcast version of the email. So, is there some place that we can note this on the page for that email? Should we create new an entirely new section for Podcast version on this page and all sbemails??? --[[User:Duke33|Duke33]] 17:25, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
: Probably, yeah. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:00, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Haha... MINDREADERS! ==

I was thinking about H*R toons on iPods ''THIS MORNING''...!

== RSS Feed ==
Now all they need is an RSS feed so you can put this right in iTunes as a podcast and download it straight to the iPod.. --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 18:25, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
:Maybe a fan can create one. Y'know, like [http://interglacial.com/rss/homestar.html this one]. And no, I didn't mean that I would create one, either.—[[User:StrongstarRunbad|S*R]] 19:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
:I could certainly do it. I would just assume this would be something we'd want the Brothers Chaps to do themselves. In any case, I'll break out Notepad and have something up in a bit. :) --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 20:11, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

-I Created one that you can subscribe to here: [http://feeds.feedburner.com/podstartopod] The tags aren't all that great because I just created a category in Wordpress. But they're there and it works! Check it out - Brad Kovach

== XHTML 1.0 Transitional ==

First time I can remember a DOCTYPE being declared. Can anyone confirm? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:54, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

:It's a shame it [http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/ doesn't validate]. — [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] 03:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

== Podstar links ==

I added a new interwiki-style link to our repertoire. To link to one of the podstar.homestarrunner.com files, simply preface it with "Podstar:" (for example: [[Podstar:sb_email_japanese_cartoon.m4v]]). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:58, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Picture? ==

What's with this weird picture we got here? Is this photoshopped or what?--[[User:Robert Benedicio|Robert Benedicio]] 20:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
:Nope, the picture is from the .m4v of [[techno]]. [http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Venusy/technofullscreen.png Here's] a screenshot of the scene in iTunes. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:57, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
::Why is the wiki logo different? -You know who!
:::I customized it. See [[User:Venusy/monobook.css|my monobook.css]], about 25 lines down. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 21:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
::::That was cool.--{{User:That is Truly an Apple/Sig}} 21:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Can somebody transcript any custom animation it contains, like this Strong Bad thing? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 21:33, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Quality ==

Has anybody noticed that the M4V videos have a much higher sound quality than the Flash files? Might seem a bit unfair for the "normal Flashers" at first, but if someone was to import the Flash file (which, if possible, would give us a load of vectors and so a nearly unlimited possibility of resizing) and mix its video track with the audio track of the M4V video, they could actually get megalomanic resolutions and a sound quality that beats the Flash file on the site. Anybody up to the task to make a proof-of-concept, HDTV-compatible Strong Bad Email? As long as it stays a non-redistributed proof-of-concept, it shouldn't be illegal. <nowiki>~~</nowiki>[[User:RavuAlHemio|Ravu]] 21:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
:Seems like a bit of a waste of time to me, but whatever. Anyway, in regard to your question: from what i've seen, it may not be as, ahem, "simple", as that. Most Flash decompiling programs manage to bugger up tweens etc as well as fonts. Then, on top of this, you usually need to fiddle with the .fla file you get at the end to get it to match up with the original .swf as mask layers etc often separate. Basically, it'd be some hassle.

Actually.. also its higher sound quality on the DVD's too so you could always just buy the dvds... [[User:24.185.119.106|24.185.119.106]] 01:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, you should buy the DVDs, because it supports TBC. By the way, I wouldn't spend any time on it, because it ''would'' end up being illegal since anything worth doing eventually ends up distributed. Even if it were legal, this talk page is not the place to solicit volunteers to work on it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
::Never wished to argue with that. Anyways, I was actually thinking about buying myself the Overkill Combo, but since it seems minors can't have credit cards over here in Austria, I'll have to put that off for the next few years (or ask somebody with a credit card). <nowiki>~~</nowiki>[[User:RavuAlHemio|Ravu]] 06:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:::It is illegal. I study copyright law in my free time, and it is illegal. Sorry to crush your hopes and dreams, {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Sound? Yeah, that's a good one. I can't get any sound at all. Not to mention, the video quality seriously sucks.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 00:02, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh man! I am a complete idiot. The sound was off. No matter, I can just use the ones already there.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 00:06, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Have they explicitly forbidden ''creating derivative works for the sole personal use by one single person'' now? If it isn't redistributed, I don't see where the problem lies. <nowiki>~~</nowiki>[[User:RavuAlHemio|Ravu]] 13:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

== Link on Site ==

Is there a link to this page on the actual site besides the recently updated on the homepages? Like in downloads or something? That's where it should be.--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 22:27, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
*I noticed that too. I guess the answer is still no. --[[User:71.243.152.233|71.243.152.233]] 03:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

== MP4's ==

Hey, do you guys think there is any chance that they would release them on MP4 format so we (i) can watch them on Our (my) PlayStation Portable (PSP) System? either that, or is there some sort of Software or something that i could download so i could convert the M4V Files to MP4's?

-COLA

Since theyve done m4p's they'll probablyn eventually do ones for the PSP. As for converting.. i have no clue lol. [[User:24.185.119.106|24.185.119.106]] 01:14, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

yes they work on the psp- [[HRFWiki:User:Freezestar|Freezestar]]

No, they dont. i checked it out, i even upgraded my Bloody psp, didnt work, and all my movies that i had on it couldnt be played. great job, Sony.

-COLA

They don't work on the PSP. The videos available from the Podstar Runner page are encoded using H.264, and not MPEG-4. While giving it a better file size and reasonable video quality, it makes it incompatible with the PSP. --[[User:TuqueeLukee|Tuquee]] 06:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Use PSPVideo9 to transcode the .M4v files. -CujoSR

[[Wikipedia:mencoder|mencoder]] sb_email_techno.m4v -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=896 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3:br=128 -o sb_email_techno.mp4
Let me know how that works for you, I'm not sure exactly what a PSP expects. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 16:10, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Strange. It works on mine. PSP-1001 on the side. I update the PSP all the way and put it in the Video folder ([root folder]:\VIDEO folder). And then i just rename the extension to mp4 and throw it into the VIDEO folder. That's what I do. And they work. --[[User:68.145.103.189|68.145.103.189]] 03:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

:When that post was written, PSP firmware 2.80 (or 2.81, I forget which) hadn't been released. That was the firmware that added .m4v support (and you don't need to rename them either). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 09:16, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

== WMP? ==

do these files play on windows media player? (Or are they convertable to VuGo format?)--{{User:Benol/sig}} 01:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:: They are in H.264 video with AAC audio. I think there are codecs you can get for those for WMP. [[User:Person Man|Person Man]] 02:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

No. It doesn't work. I just tried. [[User:Klaymation|Klaymation]]

==Unfocused Floppy==
[[Image:Floppy podcast background.png|thumb|discoveries of the deep?]]
So uh... Anybody figure out what the floppy is labled, the one that the iPod is resting against? All you... Decompilers or just those with good eyesight? And intuition? {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:I think the floppy says: ''Something'' of the ''Something''. It's just too faded.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 02:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
::Well, I searched Moby games for a DOS title with "of the" in it, and of around 250 results, the most likely canditate I could find was "discoveries of the deep". Does that look plausible to anybody? {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:36, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Definitely looks plausible. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 01:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Ditto that. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::I added info for Discoveries of the Deep to the [[Floppy Disk Container]] article. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 19:31, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Strong Sad's iPod? I think not. ==

That is not Strong Sad's iPod in the background, as stated on the wiki. It appears to be at least a 4G iPod, but its shape (especially the screen) is closer to that of the 5G iPod. Look at it--it has the gray clickwheel characteristic of 4G+ iPods. Strong Sad's is first- or second-generation. -[[User:Bruce|Bruce]]

:It doesn't look exactly like Strong Sad's iPod from the picture, but it is blurry, so details might not have been put in. Other times that this happens is when you see a zoomed-out picture of the Compy, and you cannot see the dial. Lets just see what others put in as well and then we will make final decisions. -[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 04:52, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

::Whoops. Didn't sign that last message--fixed. Anyway, here's the thing. The blur would make it hard to decide, except for the scroll-wheel. Notice it's gray. Strong Sad's iPod, as seen so far, has had a white scroll-wheel. The blur filter may obscure details, but it's not going to change the colors of anything. -[[User:Bruce|Bruce]] 05:04, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:::The width of the screen appears to be wider than Strong Sad's iPod, but quite like a video iPod.

::::The enlarged screen size and trademarked click wheel give it away that this iPod was designed to be a 5G iPod. However, note the headphone jack is plugged into the middle of the top of the iPod. That characteristic is not true with 5G iPods, which have the jack on the far right of the top. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:35, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::Well, let's think about this for a minute. Who else in the Brothers Strong house (or anywhere else in FCUSA for that matter) owns an iPod? Mabye Strong Sad upgraded to a newer version or something. I agree, it's not the same one that we've seen before, but no one else has an iPod, so in my opinion, it ''has'' to be Strong Sad's. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

::::::I concur. Is this already noted on the item's article, or have we yet to add it? — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 15:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

::::::I thought the same exact thing as Has Matt? but I forgot to mention it. Who else would have an ipod? I think so far its Strong Sads, unless maybe in the future it is revealed that maybe Strong Bad got one or something.--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 21:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::Strong Bad with an iPod? Strong Bad thinks that flashlights are "the future of technology". {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::: Maybe the Cheat bought an iPod... I mean, we already know he likes Apple :P

== Original Name ==

Since they changed the name from Strong Bad video podcasts, I think we should mention it in trivia.--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 22:00, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:So... mention it. :) I'd do it but I haven't kept up with this page closely enough to know for sure what you're talking about. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

==What do I have to do?==
What do I have to do to make Strong Bad pop up? I says wait a second after the email, what email it doesn't play any email. {{User:Bassium!/sig}}

:Please be more specific. After every Strong Bad Email featured, a short clip of Strong Bad should appear. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 23:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, so you have to download the emails to watch the clips and stuff, well in that case nevermind. {{User:Bassium!/sig}}

== PSP...rar ==

I could help with the PSP and iPod video conversion

:I don't believe that creating PSP files for distribution would fall under [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] laws. Thanks for offering, though. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 15:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

::While distribution of alternate versions would be illegal, converting it yourself to another format and playing it on your PSP would be considered fair use. Since the videos don't have DRM, they are not covered by the DMCA and the fair use exception can apply.
:::Creating a instructions to convert or a program that will do the converting would be fine (assuming you don't charge for it or anything). --[[User:SirNuke|SirNuke]] 01:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

::::This may be true, but ''I'' don't believe it falls under fair use. Just me. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 19:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Requires Quicktime? ==

Below external links it says that either iTunes or Quicktime is required to play these, but I must disagree. All that's needed is a player that can support the MOV file format, H264 decoding, and AAC decoding. The videos all play back perfectly on my computer without any sort of Apple "adware" installed. And it says that Quicktime version 6.0 is required, but I don't think that 6.0 can play H264 video. --[[User:Taku42|Taku42]] 21:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

:It can play H263, however. As for other programs, Quicktime and iTunes are the only two official programs that fully support and write .mov format. If you know of another that's as good as either of these, however, please say so. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 21:11, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

::[[Wikipedia:MPlayer|MPlayer]] (the almighty) has no problems. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 05:26, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

::The VideoLan Client ([http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]) works really well. Which is a bit odd since VLC often has trouble with newer Quicktime files.--[[User:SirNuke|SirNuke]] 01:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

They may mean Quicktime 7, which I believe is the minimum requirement for iTMS videos.

Anonymous.

Also, video is only supported in iTunes 6.0 and up, podcasts from version 4.9. So regarding either capability, the iTunes version in the article is incorrect. [[User:68.239.131.197|68.239.131.197]] 01:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

== Brothers Chaps helped! wooh ==

I got a email, from them after i emailed them.

<blockquote>Quicktime Pro can convert a .m4v file to an .mp4 file or any other format for that matter. 
Just open the file up in Quicktime and choose Export to put it in whatever format you need, 
this way you shouldn't have a problem getting it onto you PSP. 
 
 
Brothers Chaps</blockquote>

On Jan 31, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Beep wrote:

<blockquote>Hello, i noticed that you just put up Podstar Runner, for the iPod, well, 
is it possible that you could do a different version, for the PSP? PSP uses the .mp4 files. 
 
Thank You.</blockquote>

So...Wooh! --[[User:Jetamoo|Coach J]] 18:53, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

The psp needs a thumbnail file too so just converting it to mp4 won't work (I've tried). [http://www.pspvideo9.com/ PSP video 9]is the easiest way, it creates a thumbnail file automatically. Get a big memory stick too, videos eat up space fast.

== RSS feed oddities ==
I removed them from the article, because the odd things in the RSS feed (copyright tag, link tag) are because TBC copied the RSS example from [http://www.podcastx.com/articles/26/1/How-To-Publish-a-Podcast-on-the-iTunes-Music-Store Apple's website]. I have emailed TBC about the tags, too. --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 00:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

==¿Qué está el problema?==

I downloaded the latest versions of quicktime and iTunes and these files won't run on my computer no matter what I try! The podcast won't even download, it keeps showing the same error! Is it because my comp uses windows? Does my computer hate me?--{{User:Benol/sig}} 05:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

:Can't help you with the podcast. That's really too bad. :( But I can help you in other ways. Que and esta need é and á, and it's ''el'' problema. Tricky Spanish, eh? But sorry about the errors, and sorry that I'm no expert in iPods. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:36, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

::I don't even have an iPod, I just want to watch them on my comp so I can hear this so called "better sound quality".--{{User:Benol/sig}} 12:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

== Today's top podcast! ==

Strong Bad Email is currently "Today's Top Podcast" in the iTunes Music store! {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Get a screenshot while it lasts. =) It might come in useful. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

::Here's the screenshots:
<gallery>
Image:Podstar Top Podcast.png|<center>Top Podcast</center>
Image:Podstar New & Notable.png|<center>New & Notable</center>
</gallery>
::I'm not sure if these should go on the page or not, though. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 06:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==Descriptions==

I'm not sure if this can go anywhere on the page, but I figured I'd list the descriptions within iTunes for the episodes.

techno -- Some bozo asks about techno music. 
japanese cartoon -- Strong Bad makes up his own japanese cartoon. 
dragon -- Strong Bad starts a bad drawing revolution. 
kids book -- Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book. 
crying -- Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book. (whoops on their part, apparently) 
bottom 10 -- From the home office in Scotsdale, AZ... 
caffeine -- Strong Sad gets caffeinated. 
virus -- A virus wreaks havoc on the Compy. 

I wasn't exactly sure where to put this, but I figured it should at least be listed somewhere around here, so here it is. [[User:Spell4yr|Spell4yr]] 07:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:lol, reading the edit history for the main page, I suppose I should have left my editorialized comments out of it, or put it separate or in italics or something. Sorry! (I didn't realize they fixed it, though; I guess I'll have to redownload it.) [[User:Spell4yr|Spell4yr]] 19:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==Mirrors?==
Should we upload the previous emails on the mirror, seeing as they are not currently available from the official site? -FatPamPam

Probably not a good idea. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 18:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Guitar was a little earlier... ==
Y'know, Guitar actually was downloadable on the night of February 26th, not the 27th as it says here... maybe we should mention that... --[[User:The Experimental Film|The Experimental Film]] 21:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

:Well technically, the first five weren't released one after the other on seperate days, as it reads in the podcast, either. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 23:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== Bandwith Issue ==

Since now on the website only the most recent is available, are the other emails unavailable through iTunes as well? I wouldn't know because I was already subscribed and had them on my computer before the problem occured.--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 03:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:Unfortunately, yes, they are unavailable. All that appears in the list is "guitar". {{User:FireBird/sig}} 04:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

::Was "bottom 10" ever even on iTunes? I tried to get it, but the podcast wasn't downloading it... --[[User:The Experimental Film|The Experimental Film]] 23:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:::Yes, it was. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 13:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== virus ==

I see that the menu below virus is not in this version. How do they handle that scene where Homestar is picking up the words? Can we get a shot of that? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 16:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:The issue with the widescreen ratio and therefore pan and scan style of virus (.mp4) is already mentioned. The navbar is indeed cut off when Homestar picks up the words, if that's what you mean. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

::Right. I'm curious what that looks like. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 16:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:::I won't be able to get a screenshot up until I get home, as virus is currently undownloadable. However, it looks as though Homestar's head is pulling words up from nowhere. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

::::He is. Homestar pulls the words from nowhere.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2383/podcastviruspic1cu.png
--[[User:The Experimental Film|The Experimental Film]] 23:42, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Cost? ==

Does it cost anything to download? [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]]
:Nope! It's free to download! {{User:The Chort/sig}} 15:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

== Relative linking ==

I'm still getting an error when clicking on the navbar links below the Podstar index. Is anyone else? Could they have fixed it and then broken it again when they updated? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:They seem to be working fine for me... Maybe something's up on your end...? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Do they ''all'' work all the time? One of them worked at first and then stopped. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:::All of them work all of the time. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::The first time I load the page, it works for the first link I try. Then it reverts to the relative linking behavior. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:22, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::It works all the time for me (Flash 7/Fx 1.5/Linux) but looking at the source code it seems it hasn't been "fixed" by TBC at all - it's still relative linking, and there's nothing telling it to go to www.etc instead of podstar.etc. However the main_nav.swf is being loaded from www.etc. So I'm guessing some browsers/versions of Flash/whatever is taking the relative link relative to the page (which won't work) and others take it relative to the .swf (which will work). {{User:Phlip/sig}} 04:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== File Sizes ==

The file sizes quoted on the podstar page are sort of innaccurate... In computing, the prefix "kilo", for example, can mean two things - the standard 103= 1000 or the more computer-friendly 210 = 1024 (computers, working in binary, are good for working with powers of 2). Megabytes can, by extension, be 1,000,000 (1000²) bytes or 1,048,576 (1024²) bytes. Usually the binary megabytes are used for things like RAM capacity, since that will always be a power of 2, and file sizes. Decimal megabytes are often used for hard disk capacities (to make them sound bigger, since the number on the box is bigger). (Because of the confusion, SI proposed the prefix [[Wikipedia:Mebi|Mebi]], but it never really caught on.) However the filesizes quoted on the podstar page are such that 1MB = 1,024,000 bytes (1000×1024), which isn't correct either way. Most likely the computer gave the size in kB by dividing by 1024, and TBC then divided by 1000 to get MB. The only thing I know of which uses 1,024,000 megabytes is the 1.44MB floppy disk, which is 1.44×1024×1000 bytes. 
The questions are: (1) Can the above be summarised into something suitable for a fun fact? Not so long as to ramble, as the above does, but not so short as to leave out any important information. (2) In the table at the bottom of the article, should we quote (a) the filesize from the podstar page, (b) The actual size in decimal megabytes, (c) The actual size in binary megabytes or (d) separate columns for both (a) and one of (b) or (c). At the moment it is (c), which gets my vote. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 03:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:There is already the goof:

:Many of the listed file sizes are inaccurate. The table below shows the correct file sizes.

:and the listing below. What do you want beyond that? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:28, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::Oh, I didn't see that. Still, some explination of ''why'' they're inaccurate could be good, since that goof reads like "man, TBC are so dumb they couldn't even get the filesizes right" as opposed to "filesizes are more complicated than they look, and TBC got it wrong". {{User:Phlip/sig}} 03:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Teen Girl Squadcast ==

It was released but the wiki hasn't recorded it. - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 05:23, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh wait, I just did that "purge" thing for the main page, and it says it, nevermind. Now all someone has to do here is add info on the article. - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 05:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I's all done? Super! - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 05:42, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Time on iPod ==

Does 8:04 PM have any significance? Just wondering.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 16:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
:I doubt it. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
::It's either the first time they posted a podcast, or the time at which [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] was born or something? -Horatio's Seasoning

== Just something I noticed...==
The description for [[different town]] in the XML feed is "How would Strong Bad make the town different?". For as long as I can remember (much earlier than March 13, 2006, anyways), the summary on the Wiki has been "How would Strong Bad make the town different?". It may just be a coincidence, but I doubt it. We know TBC have used the Wiki in the past. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 13:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:In any case, it looks like that's different from the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=different_town&diff=next&oldid=869 original description]: ''Steven WV writes in and askes Strong Bad what he would change in his town to make it better, and he sings a weirded-out song, in which he describes how he would change the characters. You'll have to see it to find out!''. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 21:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

::The description was set to that on [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=different_town&diff=82968&oldid=82303 15 May 2005], the "Weeeehhhhhllllll" finally being removed [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=different_town&diff=285214&oldid=285212 today]. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 01:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

== Background's gone. ==

On the Podstar Runner page, the background is black now. Why?--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 22:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:The background isn't black. The server is running a bit slowly, and you'll need to wait for the background to load. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:44, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== How do you access this on the homestar runner webstie? ==

Where is it?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 08:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:[http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/index.html http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/index.html]. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 08:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

::It's linked from the New button on the main pages... I don't think it's linked to anywhere else on the site though. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 10:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

How do you acces it through the Homestar runner website?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 04:26, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
:He just said. That rotating button on the main pages that flashes through the updates. The last of its options usually is Podstar Runner. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 04:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== Podstar Summaries ==

Hey, should we place the Podstar Runner summaries on the pages of the emails/TGS...s? Example:

(from [[dragon)

<blockquote>[[Image:sbemail58picture2a.PNG|thumb|"Check out all his majesty."]]

Kaizer wants to know if Strong Bad can draw a dragon.

'''[[Podstar Runner]] Summary:''' Strong Bad starts a bad drawing revolution.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Trogdor]], [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Homsar]] (Easter egg), [[Strong Sad]]'''

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]</blockquote>

I know it sounds stupid, but, I think it's information that needs to be noted. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

:It ''is'' already noted. Check the Fun Facts. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 21:47, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

::Well, should it be noted up there if people are missing it? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 22:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== You know what? ==

Maybe the Bros. Chaps should start uploading these to [http://video.google.com Google Video Beta].

{{User:X-Spider2/X-Sigger2}} 05:17, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

:I doubt they would want to, considering the [http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=31704 terms of use]. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 07:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

::OK. Well, I've noticed a bug. If you [http://www.live.com/?add=http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/podcast.xml add the podcast to Windows Live], and try to read the description, the .m4v file starts playing automatically where the description should be (if you have QuickTime 6.0 or later). Nevermind the Bullocks (no, I'm not from England), {{User:X-Spider2/X-Sigger2}} of the Corn Army, 08:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Not a valid Podcast URL? ==

Anyone else having problems with the podcast? Using iTunes 6.0.5 (on OS 10.4.7), when I try to update it says:

<blockquote>
'''"Strong Bad Emails & More!" does not seem to be a valid Podcast URL.''' 
 
Please check that you have entered the correct URL and try again.
</blockquote>

I have checked, and the URL is correct.

[[User:Benabik|Benabik]] 20:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

:Try clicking this link, which will bring it up in the iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=122139371.

:If you'd rather enter it manually, the correct URL is: http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/podcast.xml. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 02:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

== This specific piece of trivia: Are you sure? ==

''When the email ends and returns to the animated iPod menu, "Homestarrunner.com" is highlighted. However, the animated menu at the beginning of the email has "Email" selected. The iPod's memory should keep the selection where it was when you left it, not move back to the top.''

I only have a 4G iPod, so it may not apply to this, but every time it finishes up a playlist or album, it goes back to the main menu and the top word (Music) is highlighted.
But you guys can go ahead and prove me wrong by doing it on your fancy-pants video iPods. I don't mind, really. --[[User:Mashi|Mashi]] 18:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

My iPod Video goes back to Music on the main menu when it's done playing, as well. But it remembers its position in other menus. --[[User:71.197.114.207|71.197.114.207]] 17:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

==Missing videos==

Now that I actually have an iPod, I'm kind of miffed that bottom 10, crying and caffeine were removed from the podcast itself on iTunes. They can still be downloaded off the server from direct linking, yes, but it won't go on my iPod in the podcast section with the rest, and I'm a stickler for organization. Any idea WHY they were removed to begin with? [[User:Evan|Evan]] 05:57, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

==Zip File==

Does anybody have a zip file containing everything on Podstar Runner? It would be kinda helpful. --[[User:Gooblies|Gooblies]] 15:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== NEWS UPDATE!!!!: Podstar Runner on PSP ==

If you download the latest firmware update, v 2.80, you can subscribe to the podstar runner podcast via RSS and save podstar toons directly to your psp in the /VIDEO folder! More news at 11:00.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 19:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

== Caper? ==

The link to caper doesn't work anymore. {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 23:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

*I guess the hiatus since the previous update was so long, the other videos are now hard to download.

== Exclusive Content? ==

I've just bought an iPod and I'm wondering if any of the Podstar Runner content is exclusive. I watch stuff on the site often and want to know if I've been missing anything.[[User:67.191.243.115|67.191.243.115]]

:I think most of the differences are noted in [[Podstar Runner#Fun Facts]]. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

== podcast working? ==

I've been trying from multiple locations to download the podcasts.
I have a DS3 at work and I get nothing.
Something broke?
:It works fine for me. Sometimes the server gets overloaded though... they're big files, after all... especially whenever a new one comes out. If that happens just wait and try again. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

== Creative Zen ==

Is there any way to make these compatible with a Creative Zen Vision player?

What video format does it use?
[[User:Anakin4me|The Ugly One]] 21:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Video iPod? ==

I know this is a stupid question, but is these emails for only video ipod or all ipods?--[[User:68.218.252.203|68.218.252.203]] 03:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I was the one that said that above. I just wasn't logged in.--[[User:Ava|Ava]] 03:03, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
:If the iPod plays videos, it will work. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 03:04, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I think what he means is, if you download a email to a non-video ipod, will you still be able to hear the email, even though you can't see it?-[[User:LordQuackingstick|LordQuackingstick]] 03:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll take this, since no one seems to know the answer. Yes, you can still view a video-podcast on a 4G iPod (that supports podcasts) by viewing the podcast from the Music menu instead of the Video → Video Podcasts menu. It plays the video-podcast as a regular podcast; with only audio. I'm about 90% sure of this, since it can be done this way on a 5G iPod. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 06:34, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't suppose the second generation iPod nano does podstar?

:My understanding is that the iPod Nano doesn't play any video files. so it wouldn't be able to play podstar runner videos. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 01:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

== "crying" ==

My sister wants to watch it. But it's been removed. From both sides. (This article and the Podstar page on the H*R site). What I mean is, the link's broken. --[[User:68.145.103.189|68.145.103.189]] 23:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:No it isnt... I just went on it.--[[User:X66x66|X66x66]] 23:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::Only 18 SBEmails are kept on the Podstar Runner site at a time. You can still watch it [[HR:sbemail109.html|on the official site]], or you could download the Podstar version from YouTube using a service such as [http://videodownloader.net videodownloader.net]. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 23:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::: *attempting Strong Bad speech* Or maybe [http://www.saveyoutube.com Save Youtube.com]! --[[User:68.145.103.189|68.145.103.189]] 02:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

== Binary Technology description added? ==

When decoded, the description of technology is "Ç,:«�" (Not including quotations) Should that be added to trivia or something? {{User:Steve/sig}} 23:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
:Well, the binary string is 37 bits (in a row), so it's not going to decode correctly in 7-bit or 8-bit ASCII, or any of the Unicode formats, 'cause it's not a whole number of characters. It might be worth noting that the number in binary is 106930066790 in decimal, like on [[technology#Trivia|technology]], but I think it's just too trivial. If you're curious, you can check out [[Talk:technology#Has anyone tried...|the conversation that came up over this last time]], but there's not much there. Just remember, it's important to note the difference between [[Wikipedia:Binary number|binary]], which is just a way of representing numbers, and [[Wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII]], which is one of many ways of making those numbers represent letters and symbols. It's reasonable to assume that the string of 1s and 0s is binary, but it's not ASCII. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Much mirroring to be done, please ==

Ok, the following links seem to have been removed and can no longer be downloaded:
*[[crying]]
*[[bottom 10]]
*[[caffeine]]
*[[different town]]
*[[personal favorites]]
*[[death metal]]
*[[crazy cartoon]]
*[[trevor the vampire]]
*[[stunt double]]
*[[best thing]]
I'd mirror them if I could, but I never downloaded them while they were up. Could someone who has please mirror them? {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 04:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

:{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Title !! Download
|-
| [[crying]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_crying.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[bottom 10]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_bottom10.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[caffeine]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_caffeine.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[different town]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_different_town.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[personal favorites]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_personal_favorites.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[death metal]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_death_metal.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[crazy cartoon]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_crazy_cartoon.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[trevor the vampire]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_trevor.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[stunt double]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_stuntdouble.m4v|download]]
|-
| [[best thing]] || [[Podstar:sb_email_best_thing.m4v|download]]
|}
:It's weird that ten out of fifty-three don't work. And it's not like they are the first ten released or anything. How long have you noticed this? I wonder if it's a short term thing. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

::I knew [[personal favorites]] was down since early February, since someone posted it on the talk page, but I just realized last night that all these were down. I do know that a few, like [[trevor the vampire]], [[stunt double]], [[caffeine]], and a few others were up at Christmas, seeing as my friend put them on his iPod around that time. Anyway, ''could'' anyone mirror them soon? I'm getting an iPod this weekend, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants these emails on the go :P {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 21:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Seriously, not to be a nag, but does anyone have these files? The wiki is kinda incomplete without them. I'd do it myself if i could. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 00:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

==Glitches==
Ok, I noticed a few glitches when watching some toons. for one, when watching [[theme park]], the video freezes when before the cut to Pom Pom and Bubs, but the audio keeps going. You can keep going by fast forwarding a few seconds, but it still always freezes at the same place. Also, with TGS's 6-12, they all start off somewhere in the middle of the cartoon (the same place every time), but pressing the left button brings the toon back to the beginning. However, pressing the center button and scrolling to a certain time will always snap you back to a specific point in the toon. For example, fast forwarding anywhere in TGS7 always snaps to the "dipped it in salt" line. Also, holding the right button just blacks out the toon and brings you back to the menu. I know that it's not just my iPod that does these things, seeing as my friend's does the exact same things, but does anyone else have these problems, too? {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}}

==These peoples try to fade me==
The reason I'm guessing that this was released was because the version on the CD (which I have) was not compatible with a 5G iPod (which I also have). I put the CD version on iTunes before, but it just said the video "...cannot be played on this iPod". The m4v version worked. {{User:Mee/sig}}

==iPod Question==
I have the the first gen iPod, that (as far as I know), doesn't play video. Will it play Podcasts? [[User:Kaine|Kaine]] 00:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
:No, the podcasts are only videos.--{{User:Techgeekmbg/sig}} 01:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
::Pardon my french, but '''****!''' [[User:Kaine|Kaine]] 01:59, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

== Dead ==

..it's gone.-[[User:71.170.23.253|71.170.23.253]]
:What's gone? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 16:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
::[http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/ http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/] —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:34, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh noes! :( --[[User:Sysrq868|Sysrq868]] 16:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
::::So, could someone start making a mirror of the podcasts? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 16:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
:::::At least people can't download them and post them on YouTube now. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 19:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
::::::Use archive.org for the mirror making {{User:Techgeekmbg/sig}} 20:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Cool. I'd never heard of that website before. But only sysops can make mirrors. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 20:47, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Man I just got a new iPod...Is there anyway I can get all of the Podcasts onto my iPod?
:::::::...So... How about that mirror-making? :D I just got a new iPod nano and I'm itching to get some Homestar on it. >_> [[User:Thrashmeister|Thrashmeister]] 14:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

== Mirror of Podcasts ==

Can mirrors of the podcast be put up so the ones that were available before it was shutdown be available for download? If so let me know. I think it is a good idea. I really want the email [[virus]].--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 19:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
:One problem I fear will come from making mirrors (No, I do not have the rights or the podcasts): If the service was shut down because too many people posted their podcasts online (I hope you get the irony) then putting them up for download on our website wouldn't do TBC any good. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 14:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
::Guess we don't need to worry anymore... Rejoice! :D [[User:Thrashmeister|Thrashmeister]] 19:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Moto Q and Flash Question ==

Could any of the podcasts be viewed on a Motorola Q with Windows Media Player? Is there also an early flash file for the page still having the podcasts on?

== Why? ==

I just got a new iPod, and was really disappointed when I realized that you couldn't download the podcasts anymore. Does anyone know why the podcasts were taken off the site? --[[User:Biscuithead1293|Biscuithead1293]] 21:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
:My theories:
:# TBC got sick of people downloading podcasts of their internet cartoons and posting them on the internet (I'd be happy to explain the irony if it isn't obvious already)
:# The iPod Touch has an internet brower so they thought people could already use that to watch h*r on an iPod. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 21:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, but I just got an iPod Touch, and you can't view flash files on it. --[[User:Biscuithead1293|Biscuithead1293]] 22:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

:: the Real theory: BANDWIDTH. 10 MB apiece+ most popular thing on itunes = instant death of website. [[User:Sneakernets|Sneakernets]] 05:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

== other MP3 Players ==

do you think it'll work on another type of mp3 player? i have a media converter that came with mine. does anyone have anything other than ipod that has gotten it to work? Jan 8, 2007
[[user:Homsarstrongbad150]]

:Yeah, probably. What kind of file does your mp3 player accept? Or at least what kind of files does your converter accept? I have all of the original podcast episodes in .avi format if you need any.[[User:Metroidpal45|Metroidpal45]]

I have no idea how to check for that. i'll check the user guide. but how do i get them onto my computer is the problem. if i have the files on my computer, i can drag them on the media converter and it'll tell me if it'll work or not. oh, and i'd like crazy cartoon, stunt double, bottom 10, and virus if it's not too much trouble. Homsarstrongbad150[[User:Homsarstrongbad150|Homsarstrongbad150]]

i found out how to get it onto my computer, and my converter doesn't support m4v or whatever of those files are, but my brother has an official ipod with more than enough memory he needs, so i'll work it out with him eventually. until then, i'm putting all of them onto my desktop. [[User:Homsarstrongbad150|Homsarstrongbad150]]

== No Flash? ==

http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/

Is not a flash page, despite homestarrunner.com being in all flash. --[[User:70.226.160.89|70.226.160.89]] 17:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

== Not Working. ==

the link for "looking old" isn't working. anyone know why?
[[User:Anakin4me|The Ugly One]] 21:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:It's a mistake. The real link can be found [[podstar:podcast.xml|here]]. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 21:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== One at a time, please. ==

It looks like Podstar Runner is going to be treated similarly to [[Quote of the Week]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]] and the [[Sketchbook]]. It's my opinion that we should match the page style of [[Quote of the Week]], which would include listing the toons in reverse order. IMO, we also ought to include the screenshot they use in the table(s). {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 22:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:The screenshot might be pushing it, but I agree with the rest. That was my interpretation of "one at a time please" too. A good way to solve whatever issues the previous version had. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 22:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
::Will we be mirroring these (large) files like we do with the small QotW files? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 22:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I'd venture to guess that we wont. Like you said these are large files that would eat up incredible amounts of bandwidth. If we can find a very rich financier then we could probably do something. ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 10:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

== Name of podcast on iTunes? ==

What is the current name of the podcast on iTunes? I've searched for Homestar Runner, Homestarrunner.com, Strong Bad, The Brothers Chaps, and every other name I could think of, so where is it?? {{unsigned|Homsarian79|02:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)}}
:I don't think it's on iTunes, because it takes up too much bandwith. You'll just have to download the podcasts manually from the XML feed they have. [[User:Thrashmeister|Thrashmeister]] 03:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

== Old Podstar Menu pic ==

Is there a place for the old Podstar Runner menu on this page for posterity's sake?{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 08:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

== m4v Missing? ==

Looking Old's m4v is missing.
:So it is... odd.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
::It is there, just under a different filename. [[podstar:sbemail164.m4v]]. {{User:The Goblin/sig}} 23:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

== folder ==

What folder on the iPod do I put the m4v? -{{User:Stinkoman K/Sig}} 20:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:You put it in iTunes and sync your iPod to iTunes.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 23:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Could you be more specific? Where in the iTunes folder? -{{User:Stinkoman K/Sig}}
:::Just open the m4v, iTunes should automatically open, and then it's automatically in your iTunes. {{User:The Goblin/sig}} 05:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== Note ==

On Windows 98, even with Quicktime 6.5.2 installed, it seems the audio works but the video does not. Any input? (aside from "upgrade your OS", whic is not an option at present) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 14:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:Perhaps Quicktime uses DirectX for which Win98 would have an older version? (is QT 6.5.2 the overall latest version or just the latest version available for W98). Another option is to use a 3rd party video player such as [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VideoLAN]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== Mirror? ==

I have found most of the old toons on Podstar, on the Wayback Machine. Should they be put on this page? {{User:The Goblin/sig}} 04:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
:Um, I don't know how to break this to you, but they already {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Podstar_Runner&diff=534511&oldid=534389 are}}. If you meant add individual links... that's another story. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== Episode Artwork? ==

When I downloaded the old podcasts a while ago, they came with artwork, but the recent ones that I've downloaded don't have artwork, and the thumbnail for the video in iTunes is a picture that iTunes takes a little ways into the video (Strong Bad at his computer). Are other people experiencing this? I should note that I download the episodes from podstar.homestarrunner.com rather than through iTunes.

== Podcast Previews ==

Are they taking pictures from the Wiki or is it just a coincidence that they matched the pictures in the Wiki's articles? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 23:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
:this is probably forum talk, no? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 00:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

== Nobody followed the checklist ==

Is there a place where we can move it so more people can see it? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 14:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
::Be paitent. This is just a week-old way of doing it. Give people time to catch on. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 14:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Would it be a good idea to add a link in that Weeklie checklist in [[Talk:Quote of the Week]]? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

==Has anyone noticed...==
*That TBC use *our* Wiki screenshots for their thumbnails for the Podcast. That is so l33t. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
**Wow, you're right! That's awesome. {{User:Saddy_Dumpington/sig}} 14:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
***Should we mention this under the Remarks section? They've really done it six weeks in a row.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 23:52, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

== Is it just me or... ==
4-5 of the podcasts SO FAR have had the lines "DNA Evidence" will TBC be adding the DNA toon to the podcasts menu? --[[User:Chrisyroid|Chrisyroid]] 21:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:I guess we'll have to see. They seem to be going in order of release since [[looking old]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 21:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
::Or, to be more specific, they are going in order of release since the first email to come out in 2007. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 21:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Even more specifically, they seem to be choosing emails that go in order of release since looking old. I don't think this toon will appear for a while. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 00:17, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

== How do you download the old emails? ==
I checked the page, but only "from work" is available; I can't find any of the other emails on the list. Huh?
:Yep, with this incarnation of the podcast, only the latest email is available at any one time. I guess they're trying to limit how much bandwidth the whole operation takes... since that's most likely what brought it down last time. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

== Split? ==
Thinking aloud... would it be a good idea to split this page into [[Podstar Runner]] and [[Podstar Runner 2006]] (or some equally imaginative title)? The page is a bit crowded and confusing at the moment, with transcripts, and blocks of text, and fun facts, all with little qualifiers about whether they're talking about the new podcast or the old one (and even now, some facts talk about the old podcast in the present tense)... it would be a lot simpler to treat them as separate services, and have them on separate pages... maybe with one of those "preceeded by/succeeded by" bars like on the [[Intro]]s. After all, they're rather different... the only real thing they have in common is that they're both podcasts... 99% of the stuff we have in Fun Facts is different between the two. Thoughts? {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
: I agree with Phlip. Two separate pages would make sense given the sustantial amount of information and lists presently combined on this one article. We've done the same to [[New Paper]] and [[The Paper]]. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 20:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::That might be a good idea. Unlike say [[Punkin Stencils]], where one page can neatly contain all the info, Podstar Runner has a lot of associated information (Fun Facts, transcripts, etc.) that are different depending on the version. By splitting, that might also eliminate some of the problems with the intro, which seems bit too wordy (I know, a rare problem for this wiki, but still...) It would probably also fix the listing of previously available podcasts, which is only going to get worse as time goes on. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::[[Podstar Runner 2006]] would probably look [[User:Wbwolf/MainMock|something like this]]. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:::I see no problem with splitting the article. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 20:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

== Broken Wayback Files ==

When I tried to download bottom 10 and caper from the Wayback Machine, the site said the files could not be found. Can this problem be fixed? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 00:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
:We don't have any control over the Wayback Machine, it's run by [http://www.archive.org/about/about.php other people]... so no, we can't fix it. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
::Would those people be able to fix it? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

== 2008 Screencap ==

[[Image:PodstarFacePrint.png|thumb|The current picture]]
[[Image:Strong Bad Face Print.PNG|thumb|The one I uploaded]]
I think we should start a wider discussion on which of these ending screencaps would be more appropiate. I personally think it's preposterous to include Strong Bad in the old ending but not the current one, and if someone (like I did) accidentally glanced at the picture before reading the description they would not know what the heck is going on. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 15:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:I dunno, I think the one you uploaded makes it harder to interpret what's going on, because the faceprint is more difficult to see in that one. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 18:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

{{clear}}
== Picture ==

What's this pic: <nowiki>http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/hrpodcast_pic.jpg</nowiki> {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
:As seen [[Podstar Runner 2006|here]], the picture advertised Homestar at the iTunes Music Store. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 02:38, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

== Help with RSS ==
Please help me! I have no idea how to get the RSS on my ipod! I need serious help. [[User: MichaelXX2|MichaelXX2]]
==Hiatus==

As of 6/12, it looks like there aren't going to be any new episodes for a while

== Help? ==

I download "yes wrestling" last week and now that diorama is out, the latter is the only one that shows up on my iPod while the former is no long there. Is that supposed to happen?

If you click and drag the podcast file to the "Purchased" section of iTunes, it will show up in the Video Playlists: Purchased menu on your iPod. These won't delete themselves but the file in the Podcasts section still will. Hope that helps.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 06:41, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

== How to watch on PSP ==
Just put the swf files on your memory stick and navigate to them in the PSP's browser with address "file:/path-to-the-files-on-your-ms/homsar.swf" You can use FireFox to make an index page once you've copied them over - just do a quick search and replace routine to make the URLs relative. Most of the toons will play because they're fairly small but some of the bigger ones wont. You might have to re-encode those.

Does anybody have a homestar runner theme or gameboot for the PSP? --{{User:Nerd42/sig}} 16:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

:I found this psp wallpaper: http://www.psp411.com/show/mods/873/0/Homestar_Runner_Wallpaper_PSP_Mod.html --{{User:Nerd42/sig}} 21:04, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

== Downloading specially marked ==

Does the Sbemail Podcast fail to update on anyone else's computers? Is there any way I can fix it? {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 21:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
:Mine is refusing to update as well. I'm led to believe that it's something wrong with the podcast itself. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 23:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
::According to iTunes, the URL isn't a valid podcast feed anymore, which leads me to believe that they accidentally screwed up the XML file. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:37, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
:::If you go to the xml (link [[Podstar Runner#External Links|here]]), you get an XML Parsing Error. {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 23:22, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
::::There's a space before the line <tt><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></tt>, which some podcatchers (as well as Firefox) can't interpret properly. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 03:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Sam & Max Season Two Alternate Ending 101

2008-09-04T21:58:01Z

Venusy: /* Fun Facts */ It's on the DVD, but this surely can't be the way you're meant to find this.. maybe the link is hidden in one of the subtitle tracks or something. Also, this fact has too much "access"

In this [[Wikipedia:alternate ending|alternate ending]] to [[Wikipedia:Sam & Max|Sam & Max]]'s [[Wikipedia:What's New, Beelzebub?|Season Two finale]], [[Homestar Runner]] reveals himself as the evil "mastermind" behind it all.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' The Sam & Max version of [[Hell]] (main office)

==Transcript==

''{The video starts with a blue screen, with "ALTERNATE ENDING #101" written in yellow font. After a second, some smaller, grey font appears; at the top is written "PROPERTY OF TELLTALE GAMES, INC." and at the bottom, "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE".}''

''{A beep is heard, and the scene cuts to a high-backed chair in Hell's main office.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' At last, the truth is revealed! ''{Chair swings round, revealing Homestar, who is significantly smaller than the chair itself}'' And so ends ''{zoom in on Homestar}'' our deadly game of cat and mouse... and dog... and rabbit... ''{zoom out}'' thingy. My diaperbolical plan began fifteen years ago...

''{The camera shot changes with two black, clockwise swirls. Homestar is now sitting on the chair's arm.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And then I fell in with some magical hobos, smuggling rye toast through the mists of the Coches Mountains.

''{The camera shot changes again to Homestar standing on the chair.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And they were all like, ''{zoom in}'' "ebola raygun? You must be crazy". But I said, ''{zoom out}'' "in your face, scientists! The Homestar Runner plays by a different set of crescent wrenches!"

''{The scene fades into an advertisement for the Sam and Max Season 2 DVD.}''

==Fun Facts==
*The [[Coches Mountains]] were previously mentioned in [[geddup noise]] and [[looking old]].
*"Diaperbolical" is a [[portmanteau]].
*Homestar Runner's model is from [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].
*The ending is included on the Sam & Max Season Two DVD, but is well hidden: the ending can  only be accessed via the equivalent of the [[Random Toon]] feature, accessed via pressing right when the Concept Art option is selected on the main menu, or by directly accessing title 21 if your DVD player supports skipping to specific titles.

==External Links==
*[http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14269123/sam--max-season-two/videos/AltRevealIGN_homestar_072208.html Watch a clip from the ending on IGN.com]

[[Category:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]

Talk:Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-18T01:25:20Z

Venusy: /**/Blue Wall Bug: Pick a Pic

== Balloon Manimals ==

Could it be a refererence to NBC's short-lived [[Wikipedia:Manimal|Manimal]] TV show? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
:Are you talking about [[shapeshifter]]? {{User:Lazylaces/sig}} 00:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::No, I'm talking about the part pf this game's preview where Homestar says balloon manimals will appear at his party. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Copy/Paste ==

Umm... this is exactly the description from the Teltale Games website. Shouldn't this be... original? It looks really bad when it's made with a couple right clicks.

-[[User:Ben Again|Yeah, it's me.]]

Well, they know better than we do. When the actual episode is put up, will probably put a more fitting explanation on the page. --{{User:DevonM/sig}} 00:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

:Is it really word-for-word? Yeah, I agree that we should try to summarize the plot rather than repeat the same paragraph verbatim. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 01:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

::Okay, I did my best to {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Ruiner&diff=563664&oldid=563663 write a different summary}}... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Places ==

Should there be a places line like other toon articles? Just wondering. (Obvious place is the track field.) {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:Let's wait until we know all the places in the game. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Which butt? ==

The [[butt]] link goes to a disambiguation page. Which article should this link to? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:I'm not sure if it should link to anything in this case. Is linking to twees is good enough? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 02:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::I'd think so. --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Change "announcement"? ==

For some reason, when i read this, I thought the game was announced early for some reason. Would we be able to have "gameplay trailer" for this instead? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Hm, we certainly don't want to mislead people. Better {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:whatsnew&curid=7353&diff=563696&oldid=563693 now}}? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::What about "preview"? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 11:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Which PP? ==

PP could refer to either [[Pom Pom]] or [[Peacey P]], couldn't it? {{User:Mee/sig}} 07:51, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Or [[Pan Pan]]. Or Peter Parker, the Pied Piper, Power Points, PowerPoint, PayPal... (And [[Wikipedia:PP|more]]!) Pom Pom is the most likely, because he's a main character. Also, his character video uses <code>vcr_pp</code> as part of its URL (and Coach Z's uses <code>vcr_cz</code>). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, but Coach Z and Peacey P are seen together more often than Coach Z and Pom Pom. There's more of an affiliation between the two. [[User:Dementedc|Dementedc]] 11:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:::On the contrary, Coach Z and Peacey P have been seen together once. But since they're main characters, any toon that includes all main characters necessarily includes Coach Z and Pom Pom, frequently at the same time. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I see what you mean. I'm just saying that Coach Z would probably be more likely to hang out with Peacey P than with Pom Pom.[[User:Dementedc|Dementedc]] 19:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::You also have to consider which of the two characters would be more likely to compete in a Free Country USA sporting event: [[A Jumping Jack Contest|Pom Pom]], or Peacey P. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Toad Weasel ==

What exactly does Homestar say before he kicks the phone? Even though it's not too much of sense make, I think he said "play of the low-lynched-toad weasel" --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 22:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm prooty sure that's what he said, now that I hear it again. --[[User:Das654|Das654]] 19:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:It's "plight of the low-lands toad weasel". Hooray for the in-game subtitles! --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Illegal op? ==

When I access the Telltale page linked at the bottom, I get an error along the lines of "The Shockwave plugin performed an illegal operation. You are strongly urged to restart Firefox." Anyone else? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:OMIGOSH THE MUNICIPALITY IS COMING! RUN, QERMAQ, RUN!!! Maybe update Flash? Check for a new version of Firefox? I dunno. I can view it just fine in Firefox. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Any specifics on the error? Or is it just that message? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 00:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
::With an illegal op? Unlikely. If you're lucky, you can find out what DLL the error happened in, but even then you'd have to dig hard for it. I'm with Jay... uninstall/reinstall Shockwave and Flash. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 08:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks, guys. Actually, a computer restart fixed it. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
== Transcript ==
Hey guys...should we ''really'' put the transcript out here? Couldn't we make a page that's just like "Homestar Ruiner Gameplay Video Transcript" or something less long. Or, when it comes out, are we just going to leave the transcript there? Won't we put something more related to the actual episode itself instead of the Gameplay trailer? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 03:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

:I think it's okay for now. But as you point out, when the game is released, the gameplay trailer transcript will not be relevant in this format, either on this page or on its own page.

:At some point, we need to figure out if/how we're going to transcribe all the dialogue from the game. But that wouldn't go on this page, after the episode comes out, this page will be more of an overview, like the [[Peasant's Quest]] and [[Thy Dungeonman III]] pages are. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::Since the game itself will have multiple branches, a transcript of any type won't make sense. I can see being done with this game (along with the others in the series), where certain set pieces are transcribed (for example, Homestar Ruiner is suppose to open with Strong Bad singing and going around the house) like [[Stinkoman 20X6]]. Beyond that. the best we could do would be a walkthrough or hints on triggering Easter eggs. However, since things like the trailer/preview are fixed, a transcript of those makes sense. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 04:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:::By the way, if you want to contribute to the discussion over what to transcribe and how to do it, I raised this issue on [[Talk:Strong Bad%27s Cool Game for Attractive People#Legal Rampage Issue|this talk page]]. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I think the transcript should be done as a spoiler, as in typed all in white, and when someone wants the surprise to be ruined, they highlight the letters so they can read it. I've seen that done before. -->{{User:Parrothead1/sig}} 11:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I think we should move this page to [[Homestar Ruiner Trailers]] and use this article only to transcribe and explain parts of the actual SBCG4AP level. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
:We should talk about that when the time comes. In the meantime, it shall rest in peace. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:14, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Related topic: As part of the announcement on the [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-344 Telltale Blogs], it was mentioned that a second gameplay trailer was coming out in the near future, and part of it was featured in the "On The Spot" episode. (It focuses on Strong Bad talking to Marzipan at the party, and then shows some additional activities that Strong Bad can do.) I suspect, that since this is the first episode of a new series, there might be multiple transcripts for this episode. Any thoughts on how to incorporate those into this page specifically? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 03:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:The second gameplay trailer was already released...remember "Around the Field"? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 23:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Reopening topic- In the interim I've played two Sam & Max games (Abe Lincoln Must Die! and Ice Station Santa), and I've found the way that Telltale handles the [http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/icestationsanta Walkthrough and Did You Try? sections] especially to be good models on how we want to model how we handle the game pages. Like [[Stinkoman 20X6]], it might be necessary to subdivide that page, but Walkthrough for the main plot, and then hints for eggs or side question locations (such as manual pages, costumes, index cards, etc.) would be the way to go. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 22:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:(Try again) Looking over the new [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner Homestar Ruiner] page, it looks like they will do the same thing as they do with the Sam & Max games: providing a walkthrough and hints on things to try for Easter eggs or funny responses. Obviously, we should link to these official walkthroughs, rather than reinventing the wheel. So, what should this page be reserved for? My thought is to have it focus on transcripts (trailers and set pieces), as well as documenting Fun Facts. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I think the best thing to do is to include one transcript for each place he visits. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 22:55, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
: ''IF'' we transcribe every line, I agree with this. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Given the amount of dialogue in this game, both obvious and really, really obscure, that sounds like potentially risking death by transcription. Personally, a quick and brief summary of the events in the game (and not specifically how to finish it, like the walkthrough) would be more than sufficient. Kind of like what you'd get on Wikipedia, except seeing as we're NOT Wikipedia, we can go just a smidgen more in-depth with it. --[[User:Shadow Hog|Shadow Hog]] 04:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Transcript change? ==

Hey guys, it's 20X6MAN, I forgot to log in. Anyways, I watched the trailer, and you might need to change the transcript. If you watch it again, you'll see what I mean.

:I only watched the first few seconds, but he's right. The trailer *was* changed pretty much exactly to what was added to the article. It wasn't actually random vandalism. -{{User:YK/sig}} 03:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::Huh, how odd. Also note that the scoreboard now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES". The original version (or at least the fact that it changed) should be noted somewhere, of course. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I just watched it, and nothing seems to have changed. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 03:25, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::Well, sorry for thinking it was vandalism. Weird that they changed it. And I had liked that Strong Bad had referenced the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. Oh well. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 03:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Uh...I'm not seein' anything. We're talking about the gameplay vid, right? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 05:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::Yes. [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruinergameplay/ This video right here]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I'm seeing the "old" version of it. It doesn't do any of the things that the transcript says now. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 05:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Well, [[isp|I cannot help you clear your browser cache. No, I'm not in India.]] --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:54, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::But before you do, you may want to save a copy of the old version in case these wiki guys intend to keep a mirror of it. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::I agree with the mirror thingy. And the new trailer just started working for me :) {{User:DevonM/sig}} 20:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

==New video==
There's a new video on the TellTale games website for SBCG4AP. Should we make a new page for it or put everything on this page? {{User:Peter222/sig}}
:Since it's the same game ''and'' the purpose of the page is to document the game itself, the second transcript should be put here. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== Hallelujah!!! I can Hardly BREATHE!!! ==

Yessss! Finally! Im so excited! It comes out Monday! Rats... I'll be gone for a while... so I'll get it after I get back from Wyoming. BUT IM HAVIN A PARTY ON MY TALK PAGE!!! {{User:Parrothead1/sig}}

Okay, chill. --[[User:Das654|Das654]] 19:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

== No Eyes On Deck ==

I got a glitch after playing through the tutorial. Homestar's eyes are gone on the Main-Page-style title screen. I have a screenshot. His eyes only appear when he says "Wait, is it my turn?" on the settings button, when his eyelids are lowered. Is it just me? (PC Version) {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I managed to get myself a similar glitch with Strong Bad's eyes disappearing after watching (or skipping through, as it was) the preview for Strong Badia The Free. I think they're just random texture glitches. - [[User:C.Olimar788|C.Olimar788]] 21:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:According to TTG, this is a problem with older versions of DirectX. Try updating to the latest version. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:22, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::The installer supposedly did that. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 22:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== That Papers Alive!? ==
The original paper shows up every now and then to give instructions in the game. It's definetely the original one. Did it come back to life? -TheDenzel (not signed in)
: The game has been in progress for a while. Probably since before The Paper died. --{{User:Jay/sig}} (definitely signed in)
::Not that I mean to purposefully contradict you, but [[The Paper]] occurred June 11, 2007. I'm sure the email was being created before that. It's not completely unlikely that this the game was at least planned at this time, but you'd think if they knew this would come out after 'ol Papes died that they'd make it the New Paper. {{User:NFITC1/sig}} 19:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay? But shouldn't this still be documented somewhere? --TheDenzel again (not signed in)

== HRFWiki Reference? ==

At one point in the game, Strong Bad says something along the lines of "Thank goodness for this conveniently placed privacy curtain." It sounds suspiciously like the conveniently placed trampoline running gag to me. - [[Special:Contributions/66.30.141.108|66.30.141.108]] 21:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC) (X On Fire from the HRFWiki)
:Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of when I heard it... if nothing else can be found with similar wording I'd say there's a good chance its a reference. Which is rather awesome. - [[User:C.Olimar788|C.Olimar788]] 03:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I would think that "conveniently placed [item]" would be far too common a phrase to pin to anything in particular. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::There's a discussion like this going up on the Fanstuff's Glossary talk. I'd give a link, but I can't remember the entire title. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}

== Is there any hope for a Linux freak like me? ==

Or do I have to install *shudder* windoze? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
: Well, if you own a Wii... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::Oh great! You HAD to bring up THAT painful topic... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::If you have WINE, you might have a chance of running the game.... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::::i do have WINE. But i'm not sure it's worth paying for a game on the chance that it might work... sigh... i guess i'll just wait till i can get a wii. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::You can always download the free demo and try that on WINE. Who knows! [[User:TTGJake|TTGJake]] 02:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::I just learned there was a demo and came to suggest this..... and I'm six and a half hours late. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 08:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Wen i get settled back in israel i'll try it... i'm flying in 13 hours. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 09:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Wiki is thanked in the credits ==

Don't know if anyone saw it. I just beat the game. It thanks the hrwiki.
: Can't say it's terribly unexpected - TBC say they like the Wiki and even look up info they forget on it - but cool nonetheless. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Forshadowing for next game? ==
hey guys, in extended play, the king of town is really angry at you because he was forced to get married to the mole queen. he threatens to tax strong bad disproportionately, and strong bad says "that sounds... ominous." could this be foreshadowing for the next game?
:[[Strong Badia the Free]]. Although, if we haven't already, we could put it as a Fun Fact. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}

== Walkthrough ==
Should we get started on a walkthrough? I already have the game and I can start a walkthrough page tomorrow if we need one. [[User:Foogs|Foogs.]] 00:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is no need. Telltale website for the episode already has an excellent one up already. Why reinvent the wheel? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 00:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::However, said walkthrough does NOT cover anything that leads to the 100% completion ranking, such as high scores, trophy requirements, and where to find secret items. Perhaps we should rectify that on a "Secrets Guide" of sorts? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 04:12, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::It would be very naughty and lazy of us to copy Telltale's walkthrough word-by-word. We didn't steal the Stinkoman 20X6 and Peasant's Quest walkthroughs off Gamefaqs, did we? Let's just allow someone with plenty of time on their hands to create our own and allow others to edit it, as is usually done on this wiki. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 11:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::::Here Is a page for the [[Homestar Ruiner Walkthrough|walkthrough]].-[[User:Philip8o|Philip8o]]

== Clean Up Time! ==

Okay, the first episode's out and this article needs to be revolutionised. Here's all the stuff we need to do, or at least, consider:
*List all the Easter Eggs and other secrets.
*Record all the Fun Facts, including Trivia, Remarks, Goofs, Glitches, Inside References and Real-World References. If these lists get too long, we can create individual articles for each section, a la [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*Write a walkthrough. One section can tell you how to blast through the game, other sections can detail how to get 100% ranking.
*Discuss what to do with the transcripts of the two promotional trailers. I propose creating a new article and moving all relevant information there. Unless we...
*Consider whether to transcribe the ENTIRE game?
All these issues are discussed [[Talk:Homestar Ruiner#Transcript|here]], [[Talk:Homestar Ruiner#Walkthrough|there]] and [[Talk:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People#Legal Rampage Issue|also here]]. Oh, and I won't be able to do any of this until I get my own laptop or we connect the Wii via our broadband connection. And until I'm allowed to buy/download stuff off the Internet. I just wanted to organise all our ideas for you. :) {{User:The Chort/sig}} 11:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:At the very least, if it hasn't been done already, we should list the cast members who appear in this episode and update their respective filmographies accordingly. Also, if we decide to do a full walkthrough, I'd be willing to do some work on the 100% completion guide. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 15:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with The Chort, a Walkthrough we should at seriously consider, and I am willing to help with a full transctipt. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 15:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Easter Eggs ==

There's got to be some easter eggs hidden somewhere in this game. Like a secret homsar or something. {{User:The thing/sig}} 14:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:I've found a secret shirt that you can't put in your wardrobe by going in the photo booth, jumping off at the right 3 times till you land underneath the floor, and going as far back as you can below the entrance. (crappy description, I know.) But other than that, I don't know of any easter eggs. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 18:22, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Oh, there are plenty of Easter eggs. All of the clothing items, TGS extras, Snake Boxer manual pages, the trophies, and really, any number of things that you can do that don't advance the plot. However, I don't think Homsar appears in person in this one (you can prank call him... sorta... but that's it.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::I guess those are technically Easter eggs, but I think he meant besides anything needed to get 100%. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 19:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Do mentions belong in other relavent articles? ==

So, is it our intent to put all references and fun facts from the game on this page exclusively, or should we mention them in the relevant articles also? As an example, one of Homestar's random ramblings is an instance of the oft-mentioned letter [[G]]. Should it be noted on that page as well as here? {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 15:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:Well, isn't that what we already do for normal toons? I don't see why that should be changed... -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 19:37, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Sounds rea''son''able. I just wasn't sure — since it's not a normal toon. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 20:28, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Responses ==

If we do Responses pages, I recommend having a main [[Homestar Ruiner Responses|responses]] page and breaking the actual (non-generic) responses into the following:

*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Marzipan's House)]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Track)]] (Or whatever it's called in-game; I forget)
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The King of Town's Castle)]]

And either we can have [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)]] or six separate ones for the different places within The Field... not that the distinction between borders is necessarily obvious (and most places within The Field don't have much - take The Stick, for instance. Only a few objects there at all.)

If we do this, it'll be a massive undertaking; even though the game is fairly short for a game, it's still longer than any H*R cartoon ever and has lots of hidden dialogue.

Anyone else have anything to add? Since discussion in the past has been scattered, let's try to keep discussion on Responses in one place (here) until we decide whether or not we'll even do them in the first place. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:That sounds good. It will be a daunting feat, especially since we have to do it 5 times, but I'm up for it. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 20:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::We went ahead and did every Peasant's Quest response. How hard can Homestar Ruiner be? {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
::: BTW, though I'm not expecting it to be an easy task, I am for a series of Responses pages assuming that there's no legal problem (my understanding is that there is not, but of course we must honor a Cease and Desist request should TBC issue one out.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I think we only need 1 article (this one) for responses relevant to the plot and 1 article for all the extra stuff such as digging, commenting, insulting, etc. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:I think one page is enough too — although I think it should be [[Homestar Ruiner Responses|responses]], and not this article — organized into sections as proposed above. At least to start... even having played the game through, it's hard for me to visualize how much space they'll take. We can always split the sections off into pages if it turns out they are too much.
:There is also the issue of dividing responses into game phases, in some cases the responses change after certain milestones are reached, but in many cases they do not. It will probably work to note these cases in as sub-sub-section's. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:13, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::There are way more responses in this game than, say, Thy Dungeonman or Peasant's Quest. Those Responses pages are already extremely long pages. There are some generic responses (generally, using items on Strong Bad, or Strong Bad refusing to use items on certain objects) but most of them are NOT generic. I think the split will be necessary to keep things tidy. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:::That's true, and as an added bonus, seperation will ease multiple editors working on the project. I think that ''The Field'' should be a single page, because as stated above so many of the areas only contain a single object to interact with.
:::I haven't seen anyone raise any objection to this project (barring of course a request from either TBC or Telltale) — would it be too soon to move forward? I propose as an initial step, (if it's not jumping the gun to do so today), article stubs with the appropriate headings be created and editors can use <nowiki>{{inprogress}}</nowiki> to "sign-up" for a specifc area to avoid duplicated effort. I'd be interested in digging into a section starting a few hours from now — but if we should wait another day or so for comments that's fine too. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}}
::::Actually, I'll start a stub for the generic responses page now. I won't add any responses just yet (nowhere near my Wii right now). Then everyone else can have at it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:52, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::Cool, I hope everything hasn't been finished by the time I get home. [[Image:greenhelmet-transparent.png|15px]] [[User:GreenHelmet|Green "should get back to work now" Helmet]] 19:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::I who should also get back to work now severely doubt it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:13, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
What say we carry on further discussion on the [[Talk:Homestar_Ruiner_Responses|talk page]] of the now created article.{{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 01:18, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

== So, uh... ==

Is the nly Homsar egg on the phone? [[User:Supermsn|Supermsn]] 21:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
: Far as I'm aware. IGN implies that Homsar will have a bigger role in [[Strong Badia the Free]], though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Number of Blocks ==

Forgive me if this is already posted elsewhere, but how many blocks does Homestar Ruiner use on the Wii (for both the actual game and any saves, etc)? {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 22:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:The game itself uses, If I remember correctly, 319 blocks, but I don't know saves offhand.{{User:ThePizz/sig}} 22:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Sweet, thanks. Looks like I'll have just enough space to download it (at least, this episode :) {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 22:50, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Freezing ==

Is it me, or does the game freeze at the beginning of the end of the game? --[[User:Mini-Trogdor|Mini-Trogdor]] 00:25, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:It always freezes for me when Strong Bad is throwing the turtle. How 'bout you? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::For me it froze while talking to Coach Z in extended play. Apparently that scene doesn't work in <s>HD</s> 16X9. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:47, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Nevermind. It works for me now. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 03:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Trophy Locations ==

For when someone makes a page listing the locations of hidden items, these are how to get the trophies, as posted on GameFAQs...

Trophy #1 - Exploration Trophy
Throw a lightswitch rave twice - 12%
Open the fridge once - 12%
Look at the Videlectrix poster twice - 12%
Look at Strong Mad's lunchbox once - 12%
Look at The Stick twice - 12%
Use the microphone twice after the race - 12%
Look at one of the piles of whatsit in the castle - 12%
Talk to the KoT once while he's in the hole -12%
Get all 8 of those - 4%

Trophy #2 - Hedge Clipping Trophy
Trim a hedge - 25% each
Hedge locations: The Track, near The Stick, Marzipan's house, and the KoT's castle.

Trophy #3 - Nuisance Trophy
Kick The Cheat into the dryer, then talk to him while he's in there - 20%
Talk to Homestar in the locker room 3 times about the race - 20%
Ring Marzipan's doorbell 4 times while she's there - 20%
Insult Bubs once - 20%
Insult Coach Z in his arfice once, after the race - 20%

Trophy #4 - Strong Sad Trophy
Insult Bubs twice - 33%
Throw candy into the hole to the right of Marzipan's door, when it's not covered - 33%
Look at the dirt after digging up the whatever in the Strong house front yard - 33%
Get all three of those - 1%

[[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 02:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks! But is there anyway to get the last one if the KOT's hole is already covered? {{User:Acam30/sig}} 04:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

:Yeah, you get more candy from Bubs and put it on top of the hedge trimmings to make them, and the candy, fall into the hole. [[Special:Contributions/76.122.192.132|76.122.192.132]] 05:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::If you've already beaten the Free Country USA Trianual Race to the End of the Race ''{music plays}'' is there no way to be able to talk to Homestar three times about the race? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:56, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

== HOMSETAR ==

Goofs * At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".

Um, I think that was intentional; remember? Marzipan kept forgetting Homestar's name, even called him "Homsar."
:It would be intentional if Marzipan had said "HOMSETAR", but it's on the rollover tooltip, and is thus much more likely to be a spelling mistake than intentional. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 13:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Is this a goof? ==

When Strong Bad first talks to Marzipan in her garden, her mouth is backwards. I'm not sure it's a goof, because I think it happened in a cartoon before.
: What do you mean by "backwards"? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::I saw this as strange, too. I think if TBC were animating this, there are many instances where her mouth would be facing the other direction, but it's TTG doing it. I think it might be fair to call it a goof by TTG, for not being true to TBC's style. (To better explain what is meant by "backwards", I'll upload a screenshot later.) {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 00:01, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

== Oh no, we've been found out... ==

If Strong Bad is seen by the Poopsmith while sneaking through the castle, he'll pull up a sign with exclamation marks on it. Could this be a possible reference to Metal Gear Solid? ~ [[SonicKB]]

:I doubt it, in the Metal Gear games, it's Snake who has the exclamation point on his head, not the person who saw him. Plus, the Poopsmith also uses a sign that says "Not you again!" [[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 14:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::Have you played a Metal Gear game recently? It's the enemy who has the "!" appear above their heads. Although in this case, I doubt it's a reference. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 15:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Number of pages ==

Basically, we need to figure out how many pages we need to make for this game. I'm thinking:
:A walkthrough page
:A page for all the collectibles (Manual Pages, TGS Ideas, Clothing and Trophies)
:Seperate transcript articles for the House of Strong, the Track, Marzipan's House, the KoT's Castle, and the Field (all six parts in one article)
This makes 10 articles including the main page, the Snake Boxer 5 page and the TGS page. [[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 14:59, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, we could just link Telltale's Walkthrough and Extended play Page from this page. Less work for us. ^_^
:TellTale's extended play section doesn't have where to get all of the collectibles like the TGS cards, Snake Boxer pages, and Coach Z trophies though. {{User:Acam30/sig}} 18:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
: [Edit conflict] And we could link to GameFAQs instead of having Peasant's Quest and Thy Dungeonman walkthroughs. I think it's a bad idea though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::I wouldn't mind seeing the transcripts for the game preview videos moved off this page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Moving the preview transcripts seems like a good first step to bring this article into alignment with ''Peasant's Quest'' game/trailer. My feeling that ''At the track'' is "the" trailer, and ''Around the field'' was made to, um, stall for more time. I guess we'll know if there're two trailers for SBTF. If that's the case, I think they'll need to be treated differently; essentially ''Around the field'' would be non-episode-specific, like the three-second "Actual Gameplay Footage" bit. [[User:JamesLucas|JamesLucas]] ([[User talk:JamesLucas|" "]] or [[Special:Contributions/JamesLucas|+]]) 11:47, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

== Huzzah!! ==

When you beat the game, in the "special thanks" section of the credits it has hrwiki! There's a page about all the times TBC mentions us somewhere... {{User:Haldo/sig}}

:Yes, that's already been brought up previously, just look over the other topics. [[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 15:40, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Swedish Chef reference? ==

During the party, if you complement Coach Z, Strong Bad says some Swedish, finishing with "Bork, Brok, Bork". Is that a reference to the Muppets' Swedish Chef? - [[User:OkayGraphics|OkayGraphics]] 17:59, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Can someone finish the Summary? ==

I did have of the Plot Summary for this episode, can someone finish please? I don't have enough time to do so.
: I'm not sure we need a plot summary that in-depth, especially not if we have a separate walkthrough. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Is anyone else seeing this bug? ==

I don't know if it's a bug or not, but when I'm trying to do multiple file saves with my sister, whatever takes the top slot is overwritten when it should overwriting the actual respective slot. Has anyone experienced this, too?
*Oops. Sorry, forgot a signature. --[[Special:Contributions/70.253.170.63|70.253.170.63]] 23:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
: If I'm understanding you correctly, that's not a bug at all. The "top slot" is the autosave feature. When saving normally, you need to select one of the other three slots. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
*Oh, I get now. I guess I just never bothered to read text. I see where I go from here. Good thing I'm not too far in the game, or else I'd have to spend more than 20 minutes to get back to where I was. Thanks. Ha! --[[Special:Contributions/70.253.170.63|70.253.170.63]] 23:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== youtube? ==

Someone uploaded the entire storyline playthrough of the game on YouTube[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsBIXdOC1qA]. Should we link to this in the article? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 06:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
:I wouldn't link anything unofficial and fan-made from an article, but that's just me... --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

== Gameplay Transcripts ==

I mentioned this up on the page in a vaguely related thread, but thought I should make a separate topic for it: The transcripts for the gameplay videos seem out of place on this page to me now that the game has been released and the article is filling up with info about the actual game. Is there a more appropriate place for them that already exists? If not, should we create a new article for them? I think they would fall under "Promotional media" somewhere... {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
:I think we should kill them. Then mention anything in them that may have been different from actual gameplay somewhere. If anything. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 14:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
::'''Move''' to a separate page. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 14:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page reference ==

I know for a fact that during the game, when Strong Bad dond his Homestar disguise, he exclaims "Toons! Games!" etc.., but I don't remeber when and where in the game he does so. Does anyone remember? - [[User:OkayGraphics|OkayGraphics]] 21:35, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

:Specifically when and where is up to the player — he says it the first time he puts it on. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

==Mole people==
Where and when are there any Mole people?
:When you (spoiler) dig the holes in Marzipan's front yard, and later throw the Total Load into it. Also, after you trap the KOT in one of the holes and he gets out, he tells Strong Bad it's his fault that he's "Trapped in a loveless marriage with a mole queen." {{User:Acam30/sig}} 14:38, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
::And, if you talk to KoT twice while he's still in the hole, you'll hear him talking to said mole-queen. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 15:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

== List of Ranks? ==

Should we keep a list of the ranks you can get in the game? Here are the ones I know: 

Academic Biathlete: 1st 
Polar Bear Vaulter: Somewhere near the beginning 
Chainsaw Bocce Bowler: 2nd to last 
Trogdor Polo Chucker: Last [[User:Whatever2965|Whatever2965]] 13:02, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

:This list has been put on the page now, thanks for pointing it out — it's still very incomplete, but no need to wait until we have it 100% to put it up here. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 16:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

== Blue Wall Bug: Pick a Pic ==

I got a couple of Snappy shots of the blue wall bug. Should we keep the image as it is now, or replace it with one of these? (I'd get higher quality screenshots, but I don't have a capture card, and the bug is only showing up on the Wii version for me). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 01:25, 18 August 2008 (UTC) 
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Venusy/HomestarRuinerBlueWallHOSExt.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Venusy/HomestarRuinerBlueWallHOSInt.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Venusy/HomestarRuinerBlueWallKOT.jpg

Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-18T01:03:35Z

Venusy: /* Glitches */ Happens to me at K.o.T. castle as well, and the Snappy managed to get a picture of it this time (normally, the blue wall doesn't show up on Snappy shots). Emailing it to self now...

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[[Image:HomestarRuinerLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Homestar Ruiner]]
[[Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|thumb|A victory pwahty]]

'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' and was released August 11, 2008. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild Suggestive Themes. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine — checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. — [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homsar}} (voice only, Easter egg), {{film|Marshie}} (as Gel-arshie), The Mole People, [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad cast]]

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| '''Places:'''
|- valign="top"
| style="padding-right: 2.5em" |
[[House of the Brothers Strong]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]]
| style="padding-right: 36px" |
[[Race Track|The Race Track]] 
[[Coach Z's Locker Room]] 
[[Marzipan's House]] 
[[Marzipan's Gazebo]] 
[[The King of Town's Castle]]
|
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand]] 
[[Strong Badia]] 
[[Gremlin|The Gremlin]] 
[[Snap Shak]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|The Drive-Thru Whale]] 
[[The Stick]] 
[[The Brick Wall]] 
|}

==Transcript of At the Track==

''{Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are standing on a racetrack near a pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. I'm not sure why this never occured to me before, but some French guy told me to beat you up, and I tend to think he's right. Put up your dukes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Strong Bad! Are you here to watch the race?

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race? You mean like a race-race? Race-race-race?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You haven't heard about the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race?! It's only the coolest and most important sporting event in the history of sporting events I'm about to compete in ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race, eh? You know, beating you in a race would be almost as much fun as beating you senseless!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd like to see you try, Strong Bad! I've been trainin' my twees off for weeks now. Besides, Marzipan has promised me a big victory party after I win!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did someone say "Pwahty"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hecks yeah! Marzipan's putting together a ''huge'' party, with floats, and cake jugglers, and balloon manimals, and—

'''STRONG BAD:''' And why was I, Lord High Awesome Party, occasionally known as Strong Bad, not invited?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Whisperingly, I don't think Marzipan likes you very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All this race talk has intrigued me. I believe I will postpone your pummeling for now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pummeling?

''{A cell phone ring is heard. Homestar produces a cell phone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. I gotta take this. ''{takes the call and holds the phone to his face}'' Yes, Marzipan? Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noooo! Yes! Yes! ''{closeup on Strong Bad, who looks toward the camera and shakes his head}'' I miss you too, puddin' sack. See you after the race! Bye!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Girlfriend troubles?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not me, bro. Marzipan just wanted my opinion on the decorations. And the cake jugglers. And the ''{suddenly growing annoyed}'' plight of the low-lands toad weasel. And the bgh bzjt breh!

''{He kicks the phone away in anger. It lands near Coach Z, who can be seen with video equipment. Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{annoyed}'' Pardon me. I'm off to the locker room to reacquire my game face.

''{He walks away and the screen fades to a splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.}''

==Transcript of Around the Field==
''{Strong Bad leaves [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]}''

'''BUBS:''' Come back soon!

''{Strong Bad lifts a cardboard box and picks a piece of paper out from under it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Box-peering guy! ''{spoken}'' Hey!

''{Strong Bad faces the camera, and the manual for [[Snake Boxer 5]] overlaps him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the cover to my long-lost ''Snake Boxer V'' manual!

''{The cover fades away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks ''Snake Boxer V'''s Super-Secret Forbidden mode!

''{Strong Bad runs up to [[The Brick Wall]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad runs up to a hedge with some sticks pointing outwards from it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, that hedge looks like it's been beat around the face with an ugly stick.

''{Strong Bad turns behind him and faces [[The Stick]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not you, The Stick. You're beautiful, man.

''{Strong Bad runs up to The Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick.

''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

''{The splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People appears}''

== Inventory ==
* Balloons
* Banana Peel
* Candy
* Candy Coupon
* The float's paper maché head
* [[Fluffy Puff]] Jela-Ton
* Hedge Clippings
* Homestar's Cell Phone
* Homestar's Clothing
* Homestar's Criminal Record
* Homestar costume (combination of Homestar's Clothing and the paper maché head)
* Magnifying Glass (tutorial only)
* Marzipan's Shears
* Onion
* The Poopsmith's Shovel
* Strong Bad's clothes (to change back from the Homestar costume)
* [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
* Total Load

== Ranks ==
#Academic Biathlete
#Midget Thumb Wrestler
#Rhythmic Curler

#Macro Golfer
#Polar Bear Vaulter
#PVP Archer
#Forbidden Ice Dancer
#Nitro Foosball Lineman
#Chainsaw Bocce Bowler
#Trogdor Polo Chuncker

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*A few days after the "Track" trailer was released, it was edited with the following known changes:
**The blocking in many scenes was slightly different.
**Strong Bad's original first line was "All right, Homestar, the time for our ultimate throwdown of total death-tiny has arrived! Put 'em up!"
**At three points in the dialogue, (before "A race?", before "Did someone say pwahty?", and before "All this race talk...") a choice box appeared above Strong Bad's head. A cursor chose which topic Strong Bad would discuss the first two times, but just closed the box the third time.
**A very slight difference in Homestar's expression is added after Strong Bad decides to "postpone" Homestar's pummeling. When Homestar responds by asking "Pummeling?", Homestar's eyes squint in an angry way. This does not occur in the first version.
**The [[scoreboard]] had the initials [[Coach Z|CZ]] and [[Pom Pom|PP]] on it. It now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES".
**Various graphical glitches have been removed.
*The Wii Title ID is WBXx, where x is the region code (E for United States, P for Europe).

=== Remarks ===
*"At The Track" takes place near the beginning of the game, while "Around The Field" is an example of game play during some of the side quests.
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*The animation accompanying Strong Bad by The Stick was first seen in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].
*A different font is used for the [[Lappy 486]] rather than its regular [[Fonts|font]], Glitch0.

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".
*In Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of a dog on it.
*The subtitles are incorrect in several places
**When kicking the Cheat into the dryer, one of the subtitles misspells ''Pixelated'' as ''Pix'''i'''lated''.
**Homestar Runner sings "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo" but the subtitles say "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo dooo".
**While Strong Bad says "some French guy said I should beat you up", the subtitles quote him as saying "some French guy said that I should beat you up".
**While most abbreviations have an apostrophe, no apostrophe is transcribed when Homestar says "puddin sack".
**In several responses from the Drive-Thru Whale, the "O" in "Blubb-O's" is lowercase.
**When the Drive-Thru Whale says "'Nurer' spelled backwards is 'rerun.'" the word "in" is transcribed rather than "is".

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:SBCG4APShirtGlitch.gif|thumb|Tech Shirt Glitch.]]
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email. They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''. Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*While wearing the tech shirt near Strong Bad's house, in extended play, a giant blue wall will shoot out from the shirt. This also occurs in other locations in the game.
*If the Luxa Lounger is extended (When it is Unextended) and the radio set to the Latin music in Extended Play, the conga line will re-form even though it Won't Move.
**When the Luxa Lounger is set back the conga line will disappear, but Homestar, Marzipan, Coach Z, Bubs and the King of Town will appear where they were when the party was still going on. These characters cannot be selected, and Strong Bad can walk right through them.
*As Strong Bad wears the Homestar head, it is sometimes invisible, so you see Strong Bad grab nothing.

==== Wii Version ====
*If widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game crashing, requiring a hard reset. In addition, many of the cut scenes that play throughout the game will sometimes freeze, also requiring a hard reset.
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]], he gets teleported to the Computer Room and then back to his room.
*If the game is saved while in the photo booth while wearing a shirt and then immediately turned off, then when you start only the collar of the shirt will be visible.

==== PC Version ====
*Occasionally Marzipan, Bubs or Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area.

=== Inside References ===
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[Glossary#T|twees]]" in [[lady fan]]. Also, Strong Bad mentions himself being a pain in the twees while looking at the "Nuisance Trophy."
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] stating that she [[marzipan|really doesn't like Strong Bad at all]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*Strong Bad's song about you not being able to handle his [[style]] is a reference to [[modeling]].
*The music playing when Strong Bad leaves Bubs' Concession Stand and after Strong Bad approaches The Stick is the same one from [[hygiene]].
*"Thoughts on a [[Bird]]" from [[ Audition with Marzipan]] and [[ The Luau]] plays at Marzipan's house.
*The music playing at the track was first used in the Bubs' Concession Stand scenes in [[Senorial Day]], [[Happy Hallow-day]], and [[Toikey TV]].
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the TV in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Toys]].
*References to Strong Bad's [[Style|style]] are made throughout the game.
*The music on the e-mail menu comes from the game show scenes in [[animal]].
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "Pants"]].
*This introductory sequence features an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
:*The video game title he mumbles is [[RhinoFeeder]].
*The music that plays in [[The Field|the field]] comes from "A Grade A Gray Day" in [[fan club]].
*A poster for [[the Municipality]] can be found on the back of the lockers. The Municipality logo also appears on the Lappy screen just before the end credits.
*The tutorial sequence involves Strong Bad's Lappy being stolen from the computer room, which previously occurred in [[cliffhangers]]. When Strong Bad realizes it is missing, the dramatic music from that same email plays.
*Strong Bad carves one of the hedges into the shape of [[Trogdor]].
**Occasionally in Snake Boxer 5's forbidden mode, when using the fire breath attack, Strong Bad will shout "Burninate!"
*This is another appearance of [[showering]].
*When you first enter [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|living room]] the same music from [[do over]], [[Date Nite]], the Easter egg from [[Play Date]], and [[love poems]] plays.
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the opening of the email [[candy product]].
*The [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] can be seen on top of the messy pile over Strong bad's bed.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song from [[One Two, One Two]].
*When Strong Bad jumps into The King of Town's vent he says [[Catch_Phrases#Dangeresque|"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"]]
*At the party, when Coach Z falls out the window, he exclaims "[[Fall Float Parade|I regret everything!]]"
*The loading screen's fading purple background is taken from the ending of [[retirement]].
*After putting on the Championship belt, Strong Bad will mention the Sizzle Weight belt and the Jack-Em Up Kid, which is a reference to the email [[yes, wrestling]].
*The voice of the newscaster heard on the TV is the same voice as the [[Cold Ones]] spokesperson in [[business trip]] and [[buried]], the [[Blubb-O's]] spokesperson in [[nightlife]] and [[Blubb-O's Commercial]], and Marzipan's questionable surgeon in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]].
*The hedge that Strong Bad clips in Marzipan's yard closely resembles Homestar in [[fan club]].
*The theme for [[KOT'S VOQPCS!|The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]] plays while Strong Bad is outside the King of Town's castle.
*When Strong Bad first dons his Homestar disguise, his impersonation includes naming the sections of the [[Main Pages]].

=== Real-World References ===
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*Strong Bad's original first line is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Lemon Demon|Lemon Demon]] song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], which became popular on the internet after it was made into a Flash cartoon music video.
**In the final game, the prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny.
* When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert. [[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]] was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". [[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bub's Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of mayonnaise. In [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'']], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book [[Wikipedia:The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line, "Survey Says...DELETED!", is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].
*When Coach Z discovers the Total Load in Pom Pom's locker, he cries out "[[Wikipedia: Cypress Hill|Cypress Hill!]]".
*After giving Marzipan the chocolates, Strong Bad says he gave her some "[[Wikipedia: Funky Cold Medina|Funky Cold Ma-Chocolates]]".
*When he collects all four trophies, Strong Bad speaks in a manner similar to the Count from [[Sesame Street]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the line "Check, Check one. Sibilance" spoken by Barry (Tom Hanks) while conducting a microphone check for the band Aerosmith, before their performance in a ''Wayne's World'' sketch in a 1990 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''.
*The "Jane Austentaceous Chamber Music Jam" CD (the third one in the See Dee Spinner) is a reference to Jane Austin, who wrote books set in nineteenth century England, when chamber music was common.
**Strong Mad's line just after turning on the CD for the first time is a reference to Jane Austin's most famous book, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy is a main character in the story.
*At the party, when complimenting Coach Z, Strong Bad speaks some Swedish, ending with "Bork, Bork, Bork", one of the many Mock-Swedish words said by [[Wikipedia:The Muppets|The Muppets' Swedish Chef]].
*When Strong Bad hides behind the bonsai bush in the King of Town's Castle, he says [[Wikipedia:It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown|"It's Arbor Day, Strongly Brown"]].
*When kicking The Cheat into the dryer, The Cheatspeak is [[Homestar_Ruiner_Responses_(House_of_Strong)#The_Cheat|subtitled as ''Wii?'']].
*One of Strong Bad's metal detector finding comments contains the phrase, "I hope it's a-bubblin' crude." This is a reference to the theme song from the television show "[[Wikipedia: Beverly Hillbillies|The Beverly Hillbillies]]", where Jed Clampett strikes it rich by finding "a-bubblin' crude" oil.
*When Strong Bad walks near Homestar Runner at the field, one of the things he is chanting is "I must, I must, I must improve my bust," a reference to the young adult novel ''[[Wikipedia:Are You There_God? It's Me, Margaret|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Judy Blume|Judy Blume]].
*When Strong Sad comments on his asthma after Strong Bad looks at the Strong Sad trophy, Strong Bad replies with "Sucks to your asmar!", which is a quote from the book [[Wikipedia:Lord of the Flies|Lord of the Flies]].

== External Links ==
*[[SBCG4AP:homestarruiner|Official episode webpage]]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay1|Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
**[http://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv FLV video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay2|Watch the second gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-337|Read May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]
*[[forum:14627|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Strong Badia the Free

2008-08-17T20:45:45Z

Venusy: Revert with badly done cleanup, source: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?action=showpost&postid=347600693&forumid=44

[[Image:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Strong Badia the Free]]
'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''.

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. The other citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] also rebel against this tax, and it's up to [[Strong Badia]] to bring these countries together and end this email tyranny.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

==Known Characters==
*[[Strong Bad]]
*[[The King of Town]]
*[[Homestar Runner]]
*[[Strong Mad]]
*[[Homsar]]
*[[Coach Z]]

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up.

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!}''

''{Strong Mad is seen with a cutout of a Tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''

== Fun Facts ==

*Strong Bad addressing people in front of a giant flag is a reference to the opening scene in [[Wikipedia:Patton (film)|Patton]].
*The costume items from Homestar Ruiner will carry over to Strong Badia the Free.

== External Links ==
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Drive-Thru Whale

2008-08-17T14:14:22Z

Venusy: Some of the Whale's phrases are cryptic hints (e.g. "Sever your head please, sir", "to get ahead you need to get a head", "When the End Times come, we will all dance the Conga of the Apocalypse. ".

[[Image:Whale.PNG|thumb|{{whalequote}}]]
[[Image:Blubb-O's.PNG|thumb|left|without speaker]]
The '''Drive-Thru Whale''', or the '''Blubb-O Whale''', is a smiling blue [[whale]]-shaped [[Wikipedia:Drive-through|drive-through]] speaker that did not originally appear to be linked to a restaurant, though [[nightlife]] suggests (and [[Blubb-O's Commercial]] confirms) that it is the mascot for [[Blubb-O's]]. The speaker is very scratchy and difficult to understand. Its speech patterns range from typical drive-thru speaker phrases like "Would you like to try a combo meal?" to seemingly random phrases like "Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day," as well as playing a short length of music while moving its flume of water up and down. The Drive-Thru Whale can move from place to place using a rocket booster mounted underneath it, which allows it to fly up into [[Outer Space]], and it can also rise up from underground. It apparently has a taste for [[Europa-pean Lobster]], or perhaps for anything that will sever its leg. The Drive-Thru Whale was originally discovered in [[The Field]], but has since been seen on the [[Sweet Puttin' Cakes]] Puttiature Golf-Golf Course and [[Behind the Fence]]. The Drive-Thru Whale is in ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'', as a location in The Field. It says random phrases and cryptic hints when interacted with.
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== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' [[Drive-Thru]]
*Email [[mini-golf]]
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner]]


==Quotes of the Week==
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*{{qotw|"Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day."|[[Drive-Thru]]|Mirror:drivethru_severleg.mp3}}
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[[Category:Pseudocharacters]]

Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-17T14:08:29Z

Venusy: /* Glitches */ This isn't version specific, it sometimes happens to me in the Wii version as well.

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[[Image:HomestarRuinerLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Homestar Ruiner]]
[[Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|thumb|A victory pwahty]]

'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' and was released August 11, 2008. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild Suggestive Themes. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine — checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. — [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homsar}} (voice only, Easter egg), {{film|Marshie}} (as Gel-arshie), The Mole People, [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad cast]]

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
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| '''Places:'''
|- valign="top"
| style="padding-right: 2.5em" |
[[House of the Brothers Strong]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]] 
[[Race Track|The Race Track]] 
[[Coach Z's Locker Room]] 
[[Marzipan's House]] 
[[Marzipan's Gazebo]] 
[[The King of Town's Castle]]
|
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand]] 
[[Strong Badia]] 
[[Gremlin|The Gremlin]] 
[[Snap Shak]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|The Drive-Thru Whale]] 
[[The Stick]] 
[[The Brick Wall]] 
|}

==Transcript of At the Track==

''{Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are standing on a racetrack near a pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. I'm not sure why this never occured to me before, but some French guy told me to beat you up, and I tend to think he's right. Put up your dukes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Strong Bad! Are you here to watch the race?

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race? You mean like a race-race? Race-race-race?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You haven't heard about the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race?! It's only the coolest and most important sporting event in the history of sporting events I'm about to compete in ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race, eh? You know, beating you in a race would be almost as much fun as beating you senseless!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd like to see you try, Strong Bad! I've been trainin' my twees off for weeks now. Besides, Marzipan has promised me a big victory party after I win!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did someone say "Pwahty"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hecks yeah! Marzipan's putting together a ''huge'' party, with floats, and cake jugglers, and balloon manimals, and—

'''STRONG BAD:''' And why was I, Lord High Awesome Party, occasionally known as Strong Bad, not invited?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Whisperingly, I don't think Marzipan likes you very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All this race talk has intrigued me. I believe I will postpone your pummeling for now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pummeling?

''{A cell phone ring is heard. Homestar produces a cell phone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. I gotta take this. ''{takes the call and holds the phone to his face}'' Yes, Marzipan? Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noooo! Yes! Yes! ''{closeup on Strong Bad, who looks toward the camera and shakes his head}'' I miss you too, puddin' sack. See you after the race! Bye!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Girlfriend troubles?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not me, bro. Marzipan just wanted my opinion on the decorations. And the cake jugglers. And the ''{suddenly growing annoyed}'' plight of the low-lands toad weasel. And the bgh bzjt breh!

''{He kicks the phone away in anger. It lands near Coach Z, who can be seen with video equipment. Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{annoyed}'' Pardon me. I'm off to the locker room to reacquire my game face.

''{He walks away and the screen fades to a splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.}''

==Transcript of Around the Field==
''{Strong Bad leaves [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]}''

'''BUBS:''' Come back soon!

''{Strong Bad lifts a cardboard box and picks a piece of paper out from under it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Box-peering guy! ''{spoken}'' Hey!

''{Strong Bad faces the camera, and the manual for [[Snake Boxer 5]] overlaps him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the cover to my long-lost ''Snake Boxer V'' manual!

''{The cover fades away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks ''Snake Boxer V'''s Super-Secret Forbidden mode!

''{Strong Bad runs up to [[The Brick Wall]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad runs up to a hedge with some sticks pointing outwards from it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, that hedge looks like it's been beat around the face with an ugly stick.

''{Strong Bad turns behind him and faces [[The Stick]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not you, The Stick. You're beautiful, man.

''{Strong Bad runs up to The Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick.

''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

''{The splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People appears}''

== Inventory ==
* Balloons
* Banana Peel
* Candy
* Candy Coupon
* The float's Paper Maché head
* [[Fluffy Puff]] Jela-Ton
* Hedge Clippings
* Homestar's Cell Phone
* Homestar's Clothing
* Homestar's Criminal Record
* Homestar costume (combination of Homestar's Clothing and the Paper Maché head)
* Magnifying Glass (tutorial only)
* Marzipan's Shears
* Onion
* The Poopsmith's Shovel
* Strong Bad's clothes (to change back from the Homestar costume)
* [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
* Total Load
== Ranks ==
#Academic Biathlete
#Midget Thumb Wrestler

#Macro Golfer
#Polar Bear Vaulter
#PVP Archer
#Forbidden Ice Dancer
#Nitro Foosball Lineman
#Chainsaw Bocce Bowler
#Trogdor Polo Chuncker

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*A few days after the "Track" trailer was released, it was edited with the following known changes:
**The blocking in many scenes was slightly different.
**Strong Bad's original first line was "All right, Homestar, the time for our ultimate throwdown of total death-tiny has arrived! Put 'em up!"
**At three points in the dialogue, (before "A race?", before "Did someone say pwahty?", and before "All this race talk...") a choice box appeared above Strong Bad's head. A cursor chose which topic Strong Bad would discuss the first two times, but just closed the box the third time.
**A very slight difference in Homestar's expression is added after Strong Bad decides to "postpone" Homestar's pummeling. When Homestar responds by asking "Pummeling?", Homestar's eyes squint in an angry way. This does not occur in the first version.
**The [[scoreboard]] had the initials [[Coach Z|CZ]] and [[Pom Pom|PP]] on it. It now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES".
**Various graphical glitches have been removed.
*The Wii Title ID is WBXx, where x is the region code (E for United States, P for Europe).

=== Remarks ===
*"At The Track" takes place near the beginning of the game, while "Around The Field" is an example of game play during some of the side quests.
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*The animation accompanying Strong Bad by The Stick was first seen in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].
*A different font is used for the [[Lappy 486]] rather than its regular [[Fonts|font]], Glitch0.

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".
*In Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of a dog on it.
*The subtitles are incorrect in several places
**When kicking the Cheat into the dryer, one of the subtitles misspells ''Pixelated'' as ''Pix'''i'''lated''.
**Homestar Runner sings "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo" but the subtitles say "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo dooo".
**While Strong Bad says "some French guy said I should beat you up", the subtitles quote him as saying "some French guy said that I should beat you up".
**While most abbreviations have an apostrophe, no apostrophe is transcribed when Homestar says "puddin sack".
**In several responses from the Drive-Thru Whale, the "O" in "Blubb-O's" is lowercase.
**When the Drive-Thru Whale says "'Nurer' spelled backwards is 'rerun.'" the word "in" is transcribed rather than "is".

=== Glitches ===
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email. They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''. Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*While wearing the tech shirt near Strong Bad's house, in extended play, a giant blue wall will shoot out from the shirt. This also occurs at Marzipan's House and The Track.
*If the Luxa Lounger is extended and the radio set to the Latin music in Extended Play, the conga line will re-form even though the characters aren't present for it.
**When the Luxa Lounger is set back the conga line will disappear, but Marzipan, Coach Z, Bubs and the King of Town will appear where they were when the party was still going on. These characters cannot be selected, and Strong Bad can walk right through them.
*As Strong Bad wears the Homestar head, it is sometimes invisible, so you see Strong Bad grab nothing.

==== Wii Version ====
*If widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game crashing, requiring a hard reset. In addition, many of the cut scenes that play throughout the game will sometimes freeze, also requiring a hard reset.
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]], he gets teleported to the Computer Room and then back to his room.
*If the game is saved while in the photo booth while wearing a shirt and then immediately turned off, then when you start only the collar of the shirt will be visible.

==== PC Version ====
*Occasionally Marzipan, Bubs or Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area.

=== Inside References ===
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[Glossary#T|twees]]" in [[lady fan]]. Also, Strong Bad mentions himself being a pain in the twees while looking at the "Nuisance Trophy."
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] stating that she [[marzipan|really doesn't like Strong Bad at all]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*Strong Bad's song about you not being able to handle his [[style]] is a reference to [[modeling]].
*The music playing when Strong Bad leaves Bubs' Concession Stand and after Strong Bad approaches The Stick is the same one from [[hygiene]].
*"Thoughts on a [[Bird]]" from [[ Audition with Marzipan]] and [[ The Luau]] plays at Marzipan's house.
*The music playing at the track was first used in the Bubs' Concession Stand scenes in [[Senorial Day]], [[Happy Hallow-day]], and [[Toikey TV]].
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the TV in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Toys]].
*References to Strong Bad's [[Style|style]] are made throughout the game.
*The music on the e-mail menu comes from the game show scenes in [[animal]].
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "Pants"]].
*This introductory sequence features an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
:*The video game title he mumbles is [[RhinoFeeder]].
*The music that plays in [[The Field|the field]] comes from "A Grade A Gray Day" in [[fan club]].
*A poster for [[the Municipality]] can be found on the back of the lockers. The Municipality logo also appears on the Lappy screen just before the end credits.
*The tutorial sequence involves Strong Bad's Lappy being stolen from the computer room, which previously occurred in [[cliffhangers]]. When Strong Bad realizes it is missing, the dramatic music from that same email plays.
*Strong Bad carves one of the hedges into the shape of [[Trogdor]].
**Occasionally in Snake Boxer 5's forbidden mode, when using the fire breath attack, Strong Bad will shout "Burninate!"
*This is another appearance of [[showering]].
*When you first enter [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|living room]] the same music from [[do over]], [[Date Nite]], the Easter egg from [[Play Date]], and [[love poems]] plays.
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the opening of the email [[candy product]].
*The [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] can be seen on top of the messy pile over Strong bad's bed.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song from [[One Two, One Two]].
*When Strong Bad jumps into The King of Town's vent he says [[Catch_Phrases#Dangeresque|"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"]]
*At the party, when Coach Z falls out the window, he exclaims "[[Fall Float Parade|I regret everything!]]"
*The loading screen's fading purple background is taken from the ending of [[retirement]].
*After putting on the Championship belt, Strong Bad will mention the Sizzle Weight belt and the Jack-Em Up Kid, which is a reference to the email [[yes, wrestling]].
*The voice of the newscaster heard on the TV is the same voice as the [[Cold Ones]] spokesperson in [[business trip]] and [[buried]], the [[Blubb-O's]] spokesperson in [[nightlife]] and [[Blubb-O's Commercial]], and Marzipan's questionable surgeon in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]].
*The hedge that Strong Bad clips in Marzipan's yard closely resembles Homestar in [[fan club]].
*The theme for [[KOT'S VOQPCS!|The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]] plays while Strong Bad is outside the King of Town's castle.
*When Strong Bad first dons his Homestar disguise, his impersonation includes naming the sections of the [[Main Pages]].

=== Real-World References ===
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*Strong Bad's original first line is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Lemon Demon|Lemon Demon]] song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], which became popular on the internet after it was made into a Flash cartoon music video.
**In the final game, the prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny.
* When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert. [[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]] was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". [[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bub's Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of mayonnaise. In [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'']], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book [[Wikipedia:The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line, "Survey Says...DELETED!", is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].
*When Coach Z discovers the Total Load in Pom Pom's locker, he cries out "[[Wikipedia: Cypress Hill|Cypress Hill!]]".
*After giving Marzipan the chocolates, Strong Bad says he gave her some "[[Wikipedia: Funky Cold Medina|Funky Cold Ma-Chocolates]]".
*When he collects all four trophies, Strong Bad speaks in a manner similar to the Count from [[Sesame Street]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the line "Check, Check one. Sibilance" spoken by Barry (Tom Hanks) while conducting a microphone check for the band Aerosmith, before their performance in a ''Wayne's World'' sketch in a 1990 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''.
*The "Jane Austentaceous Chamber Music Jam" CD (the third one in the See Dee Spinner) is a reference to Jane Austin, who wrote books set in nineteenth century England, when chamber music was common.
**Strong Mad's line just after turning on the CD for the first time is a reference to Jane Austin's most famous book, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy is a main character in the story.
*At the party, when complimenting Coach Z, Strong Bad speaks some Swedish, ending with "Bork, Bork, Bork", one of the many Mock-Swedish words said by [[Wikipedia:The Muppets|The Muppets' Swedish Chef]].
*When Strong Bad hides behind the bonsai bush in the King of Town's Castle, he says [[Wikipedia:It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown|"It's Arbor Day, Strongly Brown"]].
*When kicking The Cheat into the dryer, The Cheatspeak is [[Homestar_Ruiner_Responses_(House_of_Strong)#The_Cheat|subtitled as ''Wii?'']].
*One of Strong Bad's metal detector finding comments contains the phrase, "I hope it's a-bubblin' crude." This is a reference to the theme song from the television show "[[Wikipedia: Beverly Hillbillies|The Beverly Hillbillies]]", where Jed Clampett strikes it rich by finding "a-bubblin' crude" oil.
*When Strong Bad walks near Homestar Runner at the field, one of the things he is chanting is "I must, I must, I must improve my bust," a reference to the young adult novel ''[[Wikipedia:Are You There_God? It's Me, Margaret|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Judy Blume|Judy Blume]].
*When Strong Sad comments on his asthma after Strong Bad looks at the Strong Sad trophy, Strong Bad replies with "Sucks to your asmar!", which is a quote from the book [[Wikipedia:Lord of the Flies|Lord of the Flies]].

== External Links ==
*[[SBCG4AP:homestarruiner|Official episode webpage]]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay1|Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
**[http://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv FLV video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay2|Watch the second gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-337|Read May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]
*[[forum:14627|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-15T06:51:10Z

Venusy: /* Remarks */ Adding the Wii Title ID.

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[[Image:HomestarRuinerLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Homestar Ruiner]]
[[Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|thumb|A victory pwahty]]

'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' and was released August 11, 2008. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild Suggestive Themes. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine — checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. — [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]].

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homsar}} (voice only, Easter egg), {{film|Marshie}} (as Gel-arshie), The Mole People, [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad cast]]

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
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| '''Places:'''
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[[House of the Brothers Strong]] 
[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]] 
[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]] 
[[Strong Bad's Room]] 
[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]] 
[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]] 
[[Strong Sad's Room]] 
[[Computer Room]]
| style="padding-right: 36px" |
[[Race Track|The Race Track]] 
[[Coach Z's Locker Room]] 
[[Marzipan's House]] 
[[Marzipan's Gazebo]] 
[[The Field]] 
[[Bubs' Concession Stand]] 
[[Strong Badia]]
|
[[Gremlin|The Gremlin]] 
[[Snap Shak]] 
[[Drive-Thru Whale|The Drive-Thru Whale]] 
[[The Stick]] 
[[The Brick Wall]] 
[[The King of Town's Castle]]
|}

==Transcript of At the Track==

''{Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are standing on a racetrack near a pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. I'm not sure why this never occured to me before, but some French guy told me to beat you up, and I tend to think he's right. Put up your dukes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Strong Bad! Are you here to watch the race?

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race? You mean like a race-race? Race-race-race?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You haven't heard about the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race?! It's only the coolest and most important sporting event in the history of sporting events I'm about to compete in ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race, eh? You know, beating you in a race would be almost as much fun as beating you senseless!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd like to see you try, Strong Bad! I've been trainin' my twees off for weeks now. Besides, Marzipan has promised me a big victory party after I win!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did someone say "Pwahty"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hecks yeah! Marzipan's putting together a ''huge'' party, with floats, and cake jugglers, and balloon manimals, and—

'''STRONG BAD:''' And why was I, Lord High Awesome Party, occasionally known as Strong Bad, not invited?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Whisperingly, I don't think Marzipan likes you very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All this race talk has intrigued me. I believe I will postpone your pummeling for now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pummeling?

''{A cell phone ring is heard. Homestar produces a cell phone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. I gotta take this. ''{takes the call and holds the phone to his face}'' Yes, Marzipan? Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noooo! Yes! Yes! ''{closeup on Strong Bad, who looks toward the camera and shakes his head}'' I miss you too, puddin' sack. See you after the race! Bye!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Girlfriend troubles?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not me, bro. Marzipan just wanted my opinion on the decorations. And the cake jugglers. And the ''{suddenly growing annoyed}'' plight of the low-lands toad weasel. And the bgh bzjt breh!

''{He kicks the phone away in anger. It lands near Coach Z, who can be seen with video equipment. Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{annoyed}'' Pardon me. I'm off to the locker room to reacquire my game face.

''{He walks away and the screen fades to a splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.}''

==Transcript of Around the Field==
''{Strong Bad leaves [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]}''

'''BUBS:''' Come back soon!

''{Strong Bad lifts a cardboard box and picks a piece of paper out from under it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Box-peering guy! ''{spoken}'' Hey!

''{Strong Bad faces the camera, and the manual for [[Snake Boxer 5]] overlaps him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the cover to my long-lost ''Snake Boxer V'' manual!

''{The cover fades away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks ''Snake Boxer V'''s Super-Secret Forbidden mode!

''{Strong Bad runs up to [[The Brick Wall]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad runs up to a hedge with some sticks pointing outwards from it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, that hedge looks like it's been beat around the face with an ugly stick.

''{Strong Bad turns behind him and faces [[The Stick]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not you, The Stick. You're beautiful, man.

''{Strong Bad runs up to The Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick.

''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

''{The splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People appears}''

== Inventory ==
* Balloons
* Banana Peel
* Candy
* Candy Coupon
* The float's Paper Maché head
* [[Fluffy Puff]] Jela-Ton
* Hedge Clippings
* Homestar's Cell Phone
* Homestar's Clothing
* Homestar's Criminal Record
* Homestar costume (combination of Homestar's Clothing and the Paper Maché head)
* Magnifying Glass (tutorial only)
* Marzipan's Shears
* Onion
* The Poopsmith's Shovel
* Strong Bad's clothes (to change back from the Homestar costume)
* [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
* Total Load

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*A few days after the "Track" trailer was released, it was edited with the following known changes:
**The blocking in many scenes was slightly different.
**Strong Bad's original first line was "All right, Homestar, the time for our ultimate throwdown of total death-tiny has arrived! Put 'em up!"
**At three points in the dialogue, (before "A race?", before "Did someone say pwahty?", and before "All this race talk...") a choice box appeared above Strong Bad's head. A cursor chose which topic Strong Bad would discuss the first two times, but just closed the box the third time.
**A very slight difference in Homestar's expression is added after Strong Bad decides to "postpone" Homestar's pummeling. When Homestar responds by asking "Pummeling?", Homestar's eyes squint in an angry way. This does not occur in the first version.
**The [[scoreboard]] had the initials [[Coach Z|CZ]] and [[Pom Pom|PP]] on it. It now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES".
**Various graphical glitches have been removed.

=== Remarks ===
*"At The Track" takes place near the beginning of the game, while "Around The Field" is an example of game play during some of the side quests.
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*The animation accompanying Strong Bad by The Stick was first seen in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].
*The Wii Title ID is WBXx, where x is the region code (E for United States, P for Europe).

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".
*In Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of a dog on it.
*When kicking the Cheat into the dryer, one of the subtitles misspells ''Pixelated'' as ''Pix'''i'''lated''.

=== Glitches ===
*On the Wii version, if widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game crashing, requiring a hard reset. In addition, many of the cut scenes that play throughout the game will sometimes freeze, also requiring a hard reset.
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]] in the Wii version, he gets teleported to the Computer Room then back to his room.
*In the PC version, occasionally Marzipan, Bubs or Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area.
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email. They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''. Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*While wearing the tech shirt near Strong Bad's house, in extended play, a giant blue wall will shoot out from the shirt. This also occurs at Marzipan's House and The Track.
*If the Luxa Lounger is extended and the radio set to the Latin music in Extended Play, the conga line will re-form even though the characters aren't present for it.

=== Inside References ===
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[Glossary#T|twees]]" in [[lady fan]]. Also, Strong Bad mentions himself being a pain in the twees while looking at the "Nuisance Trophy."
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] stating that she [[marzipan|really doesn't like Strong Bad at all]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*Strong Bad's song about you not being able to handle his [[style]] is a reference to [[modeling]].
*The music playing when Strong Bad leaves Bubs' Concession Stand and after Strong Bad approaches The Stick is the same one from [[hygiene]].
*"Thoughts on a [[Bird]]" from [[ Audition with Marzipan]] and [[ The Luau]] plays at Marzipan's house.
*The music playing at the track was first used in the Bubs' Concession Stand scenes in [[Senorial Day]], [[Happy Hallow-day]], and [[Toikey TV]].
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the TV in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Toys]].
*References to Strong Bad's [[Style|style]] are made throughout the game.
*The music on the e-mail menu comes from the game show scenes in [[animal]].
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "Pants"]].
*This introductory sequence features an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
*The music that plays in [[The Field|the field]] comes from "A Grade A Gray Day" in [[fan club]].
*A poster for [[the Municipality]] can be found on the back of the lockers. The Municipality logo also appears on the Lappy screen just before the end credits.
*The tutorial sequence involves Strong Bad's Lappy being stolen from the computer room, which previously occurred in [[cliffhangers]]. When Strong Bad realizes it is missing, the dramatic music from that same email plays.
*Strong Bad carves one of the hedges into the shape of [[Trogdor]].
**Occasionally in Snake Boxer 5's forbidden mode, when using the fire breath attack, Strong Bad will shout "Burninate!"
*This is another appearance of [[showering]].
*When you first enter [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|living room]] the same music from [[do over]], [[Date Nite]], the Easter egg from [[Play Date]], and [[love poems]] plays.
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the opening of the email [[candy product]].
*The [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] can be seen on top of the messy pile over Strong bad's bed.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song from [[One Two, One Two]].
*When Strong Bad jumps into The King of Town's vent he says [[Catch_Phrases#Dangeresque|"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"]]
*At the party, when Coach Z falls out the window, he exclaims "[[Fall Float Parade|I regret everything!]]"
*The loading screen's fading purple background is taken from the ending of [[retirement]].
*After putting on the Championship belt, Strong Bad will mention the Sizzle Weight belt and the Jack-Em Up Kid, which is a reference to the email [[yes, wrestling]].
*The voice of the newscaster heard on the TV is the same voice as the [[Cold Ones]] spokesperson in [[business trip]] and [[buried]], the [[Blubb-O's]] spokesperson in [[nightlife]] and [[Blubb-O's Commercial]], and Marzipan's questionable surgeon in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]].
*The hedge that Strong Bad clips in Marzipan's yard closely resembles Homestar in [[fan club]].
*The theme for [[KOT'S VOQPCS!|The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]] plays while Strong Bad is outside the King of Town's castle.

=== Real-World References ===
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*Strong Bad's original first line is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Lemon Demon|Lemon Demon]] song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], which became popular on the internet after it was made into a Flash cartoon music video.
**In the final game, the prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny.
* When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert. [[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]] was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". [[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bub's Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of mayonnaise. In [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'']], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book [[Wikipedia:The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line, "Survey Says...DELETED!", is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].
*When Coach Z discovers the Total Load in Pom Pom's locker, he cries out "[[Wikipedia: Cypress Hill| Cypress Hill!]]".
*After giving Marzipan the chocolates, Strong Bad says he gave her some "[[Wikipedia: Funky Cold Medina|Funky Cold Ma-Chocolates]]".
*When he collects all four trophies, Strong Bad speaks in a manner similar to the Count from [[Sesame Street]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the line "Check, Check one. Sibilance" spoken by Barry (Tom Hanks) while conducting a microphone check for the band Aerosmith, before their performance in a ''Wayne's World'' sketch in a 1990 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''.
*The "Jane Austentaceous Chamber Music Jam" CD (the third one in the See Dee Spinner) is a reference to Jane Austin, who wrote books set in nineteenth century England, when chamber music was common.
**Strong Mad's line just after turning on the CD for the first time is a reference to Jane Austin's most famous book, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy is a main character in the story.
*At the party, when complementing Coach Z, Strong Bad speaks some Swedish, ending with "Bork, Bork, Bork", one of the many Mock-Swedish words said by [[Wikipedia:The Muppets|The Muppets' Swedish Chef]].
*When Strong Bad hides behind the bonsai bush in the King of Town's Castle, he says [[Wikipedia:It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown|"It's Arbor Day, Strongly Brown"]].
*When kicking The Cheat into the dryer, The Cheatspeak is [[Homestar_Ruiner_Responses_(House_of_Strong)#The_Cheat|subtitled as ''Wii?'']].
*One of Strong Bad's metal detector finding comments contains the phrase, "I hope it's a bubblin' crude." This is a reference to the theme song from the television show "[[Wikipedia: Beverly Hillbillies|The Beverly Hillbillies]]", where Jed Clampett strikes it rich by finding "a bubblin' crude" of oil.
*When Strong Bad walks near Homestar Runner at the field, one of the things he is chanting is ''I must, I must, I must improve my bust'', a reference to the young adult novel ''[[Wikipedia:Are You There_God? It's Me, Margaret|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Judy Blume|Judy Blume]].

== External Links ==
*[[SBCG4AP:homestarruiner|Official episode webpage]]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay1|Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
**[http://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv FLV video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay2|Watch the second gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-337|Read May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]
*[[forum:14627|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner"]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Homestar Ruiner Walkthrough

2008-08-15T05:38:38Z

Venusy: /* Easter Eggs */ Erase the race multiple times. Also, I'm not so sure about the Marzipan one, that gets you (part of) the Nuisance trophy.

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The complete walkthrough to Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: [[Homestar Ruiner]].
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==Part 1: Beat The Snot Out of Homestar Runner? Sure!==

House of Strong:

After STRONG BAD gets done reading the email, open up the MAP and place the TRACK somewhere on it. Enter the room to the left of the BASEMENT ENTRANCE on the MAIN FLOOR to find a table with the TEEN GIRL SQUAD COMICS MAKER, a FUN MACHINE with SNAKE BOXER V, and a METAL DETECTOR up against the wall. Grab the detector. Go UPSTAIRS and into the COMPUTER ROOM. Click on the LAPPY and check EMAILS. Select the BULK email and watch Strong Bad's answer, where he orders a free sample of TOTAL LOAD. Select TRACK on the map and go there.

Track:

Go up to HOMESTAR and talk to him about both the RACE and the PARTY until he starts repeating. Then exit the conversation by clicking the down arrow to the right of the conversation options. MARZIPAN will call him, HOMESTAR will hang up and kick the PHONE away, near COACH Z. He will then storm off into the LOCKER ROOMS. Run over and grab the PHONE, thank talk to COACH Z. Again: talk to him until he starts repeating, then place MARZIPAN'S HOUSE on the map. Go there next.

Marzipan's House:

Run to the back yard and talk to MARZIPAN. Talk to her about HEDGES and she'll tell you her HEDGE CLIPPERS are being fixed by BUBS. Place BUBS CONCESSION STAND on your map and go there next.

Bubs Concession Stand:

Talk to BUBS about the HEDGE CLIPPERS and he will give you the pair. Now star running left until you reach the stand again. That brisk run will put THE STICK, THE PHOTO SHACK, COOL CAR, STRONGBADIA, and THE WHALE on your map. Use the CLIPPERS on the HEDGE in the area, then grab the HEDGE CLIPPINGS from the ground. Go back to the TRACK.

Track:

Run to the far right on the track, and use the HEDGE CLIPPERS on the HEDGE. Grab the HEDGE CLIPPINGS. Use the PHONE and call MARZIPAN. She says she'll be right over, giving you the chance to go grab some items at her house. Go there next.

Marzipan's House:

Again go to the back of her house. Go to the ONION PATCH and steal an ONION from it. Then go and admire the totally vegan sculpture of Homestar before you use the HEDGE CLIPPERS on it. After narrowly escaping detection, journey back to the Track.

Track:

Go into the LOCKER ROOM and use the ONION on HOMESTAR. He'll belive the fake advice, and use it on himself. Talk to HOMESTAR about SHOWERING and he'll jump right in after he takes off his clothes and stores them in the LOCKER. Select the LOCKERS and open the middle one, then take HOMESTAR'S CLOTHES. Exit the LOCKER ROOM. After the cutscene, put on the HOMESTAR OUTFIT and talk to COACH Z.

RACE:

While on the log, maintain your balance by rotating the wiimote to the left and right. While you can't fall off, Strong Bad won't really move forward unless it's in the middle. After you're done on the log and Strong Bad picks up the heavy lourde and gets on the pogo stick, keep pressing A to get to the end. After that, just press A when the game prompts you to, which makes you jump over the obstacles. No matter how well you do this segment, you'll never beat Coach Z or Pom Pom's time.

==Part 2: Starring H. Runner as The Fugitive!==

House of Strong:

Select the TV downstairs and watch that, then place the KOT'S CASTLE on your MAP. Run upstairs and talk to HOMESTAR in both STRONG BAD'S ROOM and THE KITCHEN. Grab the GEL-A-TON from the table, and then go UPSTAIRS and check your EMAILS to find an email that says you can pick up the TOTAL LOAD at BUBS CONCESSION STAND. But first, another errand! To the Track!

Track:

Go over to the STANDS and take the COUPONS. Now on to the stand!

Bubs Concession Stand:

Go talk to BUBS and ask him about the TOTAL LOAD. He'll give the bottle to you. Now select COUPONS and select BUBS. He'll give you the CANDY. Head to the KOT'S CASTLE next.

King of Town's Castle:

Use the HEDGE CLIPPERS on the HEDGE. Pick up the HEDGE CLIPPINGS and click on the DOOR to go in. Now this is a sneaking mission, Strong Bad, so the use of stealth will be required. Take the SHOVEL by the wall next to the DRAIN, and then click on the STATUE to hid behind it. Wait until the POOPSMITH is on the lefthand pile of whatsit, then move into the second room to the right. Grab the PLUNGER here. To the right is the RECORDS ROOM where STRONG MAD waits to toss you out. Work your way back to the DRAIN by using the BONSAI TREE, PRIVACY SCREEN, and STATUE to hid from the POOPSMITH. Select the PLUNGER and use it on the DRAIN. Then click on the PLUNGER again to jump up to the VENT. Make your way to the right, then drop down and take the CRIMINAL RECORD. Now that you're out of the castle with your prize, it's time to move on to the next challenge.

Marzipan's House:

Select the SHOVEL and use it on all three of the patches of LOOSE DIRT. While you're at it, go to the side of the house and use the HEDGE CLIPPERS on the HEDGE if you haven't already. If you've done this to all four, you'll get a trophy. Pick up the HEDGE CLIPPINGS. Once you've turned all the LOOSE DIRT into HOLES, place the HEDGE CLIPPINGS on top of each one. Put on the HOMESTAR OUTFIT and ring the doorbell. Afterwards, take the CANDY and place it on her WELCOME MAT. Second challenge complete, so go forward to the Track!

Track:

Go toward the log and use the GEL-A-TON on the WATER, turning it into jello. Next, select the BALLOONS and use it on the HEAVY LOURDE. Click the CURDLED MILK and then click the HURDLE to switch the positions of the two. Click on the TURTLE and again click the HURDLE to switch the two, so the order should be HURDLE, TURTLE, CURDLE. Put on the HOMESTAR OUTFIT and click on the CAMERA to start the race.

RACE:

Same as the last time, but your goal is to get below 22 seconds, which should be easy now that you've managed to clear all the obstacles. After you're victory, you're back at the track, with POM POM and COACH Z having gone back into COACH Z'S OFFICE.

Track:

After the race, go into the LOCKER ROOMS. Click on the LOCKERS and open up POM POM'S LOCKER. Select the TOTAL LOAD and then use it on POM POM'S BAG. Close the locker door, and go up to the door to COACH Z'S OFFICE. Click the door, and ask COACH Z about TOTAL LOAD. He'll get riled up and do an inspection on the lockers. After the cutscene is over, you'll now have the TROPHY. Let's finish this up.

House of Strong:

Go to the KITCHEN and use the PHONE on HOMESTAR. Next, go to the basement and use the CRIMINAL RECORD on HOMESTAR. Finally, go up to STRONG BAD'S ROOM and use the TROPHY on HOMESTAR.

==Part 3: This Is A No "People I Hate" Party Zone!==

Go up to each patron and talk to them awhile for some funtime responses. Try to grab the BANNANA PEEL from under the KING OF TOWN to find out you're being denied by his pizza munching habits. Now go up to the SEE DEE CHANGER, which you can click to change the music. Talking to everyone after each music change is hilarious but optional. Keep changing it until it reaches the conga music, at which point everyone forms a conga line. Go to the table and grab the BANANA PEEL. When they are all on the right side, click on the LOUNGER to pull it out, making everyone turn and start conga-ing towards the window. Select the BANANA PEEL and use it on EVERYONE.

Congratulations, you've just beat SBCG4AP: Homestar Ruiner!
Beating the game unlocks EXTENDED PLAY MODE.

==Coach Z Trophies==
The process to get all four Coach Z trophies is as follows:

*Exploration Trophy - Do all of the following. Each one is worth 12%:
**Throw a light switch rave twice
**Open the fridge once
**Look at the Videlectrix poster twice
**Look at Strong Mad's lunchbox once
**Look at The Stick twice
**Use the microphone twice after the race
**Look at one of the piles of whatsit in the castle
**Talk to the King of Town once while he's in the hole
**After you do all 8 of those you will get the remaining 4%
*Hedge Clipping Trophy - Trim all four hedges. Each one is worth 25% They are located at:
**The Track
**Near The Stick
**Marzipan's house
**The King of Town's castle
*Nuisance Trophy - Do all of the following. Each one is worth 20%:
**Kick The Cheat into the dryer, then talk to him while he's in there
**Talk to Homestar in the locker room 3 times about the race
**Ring Marzipan's doorbell 4 times while she's there
**Insult Bubs once
**Insult Coach Z in his office once, after the race
*Strong Sad Trophy - Do all of the following. Each one is worth 33%:
**Insult Bubs twice
**Throw candy into a hole next to Marzipan's mailbox, when it's not covered
**Look at the dirt after digging up the Manual Page in the Strong House front yard
**After you do all 3 of those you will get the remaining 1%

==Costume Items==
The following are the location of all the costume items in the game. After finding each one it will be moved to the costume selection inside the Snap Shak, with the exception of the last one. If you leave the Snap Shak before taking on your costume, you will automatically take them off to keep you from removing the costumes from the Snap Shak. Although, after you beat the game, you can take them out and walk around with them on as a reward.
*Burglar Beanie - Inside Strong Bad's mailbox, outside his house.
*Biz Cas Fri Shirt - Inside the box located by the The Gremlin.
*Mustache - Wedged inside the leftmost speaker at the track. Using the microphone on the right side of the track will result in the mustache falling out of the speaker and landing on the ground nearby.
*Chef Hat - After you get Homestar out of your kitchen, he will leave his chef hat on the WavyMic.
*Champion's Belt - Rank up to Chainsaw Bocce Bowler.
*Bear Shirt - There are two ways to get the bear shirt, although one of them may be a glitch.
**Click on the leftmost light and your cursor will become the shirt. Then click on Strong Bad and you will put it on. After you take it off, it will not return to the costume selection. You will have to get it again.
**Run off the right end of the platform three times. After the third you will be on the under side of the platform. Walk over to the bottom of the entrance and Strong Bad will immediately put it on. After you take it off, it will not return to the costume selection. You will have to get it again.

==Manual Pages==
There are four Manual Pages of the Snake Boxer V manual to be found. Once you find all four, you get a secret code to play Snake Boxer V as a snake. There are four places that have a page, but each place doesn't have a specific page. You get the four pages in order, no matter what order you search the places. This is to make sure you get the last page last, for it is the page that has the code on it. These are the four places:
*In the box by Bubs' Concession Stand.
*Buried in front of the Strong House.
*Buried in front of the King of Town's Castle.
*Ask about the manual to Homestar, Marzipan, Coach Z, and Bubs, in that order. Alternatively, you can just talk to Bubs in extended play mode.
After you get all four you will see that the code is up, up, down, up, start.

== Teen Girl Squad Cards ==
There are five secret Teen Girl Squad [[index cards]] on which Strong Bad jotted down an idea on how to kill off one of the girls.
*Megaphone - Buried at The Track.
*Candy Bar - In a hole next to Marzipan's House. Pour total load down it.
*Car Keys - Under the hood of the Cool Car (use the shovel).
*Book - Buried in Strong Badia.
*Roach - Use the other four ideas properly in a comic.

==Easter Eggs==
Several times in the game there are Easter eggs that do not get you anything or advance the story in any way. The sole purpose of them is to be humorous. This is a list of them.
*Put the Total Load in Strong Mad's lunch before framing Pom Pom.
*Each time you ring Marzipan's doorbell, you get a different response and even end up annoying her.
*Each time you erase the results of the race (before winning it), you get a different intro to the race.

{{stub}}
{{SBCG4AP}}

Lappy 486

2008-08-15T04:30:41Z

Venusy: /* Programs */ Adding CG4AP101.wad.

[[Image:sbemail119.PNG|right|thumb|"Now that is a classy start-up noise!"]]
[[Image:Lappy logo.PNG|right|thumb|The Lappy's logo.]]

The '''Lappy 486''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s third and current computer, manufactured by [[Compy, Inc]]. It utilizes a more modern email client that includes a subject line, a reply panel, and the following easy-access buttons: Reply, Forward, Delete, Save, Computer, and Image. (Delete, Save, Computer, and Image are usually hidden behind Strong Bad's head.) However, all of it disappears when Strong Bad clears the screen to continue typing.

The Lappy seems to be Strong Bad's favorite computer to date, as evidenced by how highly he speaks of it in [[animal]]. Strong Bad describes its startup noise as "classy" (though his attempt to repeat it is out of tune).

In [[animal]], it is revealed that the Lappy is male, as Strong Bad says, "Let's see if this bad boy can check some emails," and tells [[The Paper]] to "come and meet [his] new brother". Despite this, the Lappy tends to appear in [[#Female Lappy 486|female form]] much more often.

Unlike the [[Compy 386]] and the [[Tandy 400]], no emails have been [[DELETED]] on this computer yet, but it has deleted a video in an introduction from [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]. It can also flash a "DO OVER!!" screen with an explosion effect, as seen in [[do over]].

Despite its excessive weight, Strong Bad has been seen carrying it on various occasions.

==Quick Facts==
[[Image:Lappybackside.png|right|thumb|The back of the Lappy 486 from [[isp]].]]
'''Debut:''' First seen in "[[animal]]." First mentioned by [[The Brothers Chaps]] in the "[[invisibility]]" [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] commentary.

'''Interactive Feature:''' Clicking on the Lappy's screen simulates the effect seen on LCD Monitors: applied force moves the liquid inside (a Liquid Crystal Display), causing a "wave" of distorted colors. Whenever the Lappy 486 is seen in an email or toon, the screen can be clicked to get the effect that is similar on most LCD flat panel monitors. The circle matches the color of what is in the reflection (i.e. red for Strong Bad's head, green for Strong Bad's eyes, etc.). If you hold the mouse button or move it slightly while clicking the Lappy's screen, the effect won't move with the mouse; it will go away if you leave its circle of effect. This is also Strong Bad's first computer without contrast buttons besides the Polish [[Block]].

'''[[Font]]:''' [[Fonts#Glitch0|Glitch0]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Aspect ratio (image)|Screen Ratio]]:''' 1.67:1 (width:height) or 5:3, as opposed to a normal screen of 1.3:1 (4:3), a high-definition screen of 1.78:1 (16:9), and a widescreen of 1.85:1.

'''Emails checked on the computer so far:''' 79

==Features==
[[Image:Strong Bad Email 119.png|right|thumb|The Lappy 486's horribly outdated features.]]
*42 pounds!! (19 kilograms—"Extremely portable" according to Strong Bad in [[animal]]; he later describes it as "allegedly portable" in [[technology]].)
*2MB Hard Drive! (Later said to be 5MB, as of [[retirement]])
*"Several" Color Monitor
*Warning: Five Minute Battery Life (Strong Bad said it is "One half of ten minutes"—evidence shown in [[part-time job]])
*512K RAM (0.5 MB)
*"Finally, a computer for your lap!"—Compy
*Although never mentioned, the Lappy may support a wireless internet connection. In [[isp]], [[Happy Dethemberween]], [[licensed]], [[rated]], and [[your edge]], it can be seen that Strong Bad does not use the Lappy's Ethernet socket.
*In the email [[environment]], claims made about the Lappy include:
**Every time the "enter" key is pressed, everyone else in town will temporarily lose electricity.
**When the Lappy runs on battery power, 45 acres of rainforest are burned to the ground.

==Colors==
[[Image:lappyemail.png|right|thumb|Lappy 486's email client.]]
The screen boasts "several" colors in the email [[animal]]. The number of colors present suggest that the Lappy 486 uses at least a VGA display.

:*'''Black:''' background color
:*'''White:''' text
:*'''Blue:''' email client title bar, shortcut keys, and rolling over emails titles on the menu, [[Edgar#Edgar's Baby's Daddy|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
:*'''Magenta:''' (pink) Lappy 486 logo
:*'''Dark Magenta:''' Lappy 486 logo (outline of magenta)
:*'''Cyan:''' (aqua) Lappy 486 logo, [[mini-golf]]
:*'''Dark Cyan:''' Lappy 486 logo (outline of cyan)
:*'''Yellow:''' Lappy 486 logo
:*'''Dark Yellow:''' Lappy 486 logo (outline of yellow)
:*'''Gold:''' encore Easter egg in the email [[rock opera]]
:*'''Puke Green:''' "bread sing-alongs" in the email [[origins]]
:*'''Red:''' new emails, [[do over]], Edgar's Baby's Daddy, [[mini-golf]]
:*'''Dark Red:''' Edgar's Baby's Daddy (outline of red)
:*'''Peach:''' [[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]]'s face, and [[Trogdor]]'s beefy arm in [[concert]]
:*'''Orange:''' Edga Jr.'s hair, [[mini-golf]]
:*'''Sky blue:''' Edga Jr.'s shirt
:*'''Gray:''' scrollbar color, Edga Jr. picture table outline
:*'''Salmon:''' the words 'a girl', 'really', and 'relatively' in [[bottom 10]]
:*'''Dark Green:''' the "de" words in [[death metal]], and Trogdor's body in [[concert]]
:*'''Video colors:''' the explosion effect in [[do over]], the webcam in [[death metal]]
:*'''Cream:''' the computer on the downloading screen in [[isp]]
:*'''Light Brown:''' the "not really break dancing" rat, also in [[isp]]
:*'''Teal:''' The background of the "Teal Screen of Near Death" in [[retirement]]
:*'''Turquoise:''' 'flavored water' in [[rough copy]]

==Programs==
[[Image:sbemail lappy2.png|right|thumb|Strong Bad checks his email.]]
Some of the programs Strong Bad has on the Lappy 486, most of which are started by typing the filename only after the prompt:

*'''strongbad_email.exe''' — (Used in emails 119-current except for [[secret identity|email 142 (secret identity)]] (see below), [[retirement|email 159 (retirement)]], which had two emails checked on the Tandy and the Compy, and [[from work|email 169 (from work)]] which was checked on the [[Corpy NT6]].)
*'''run "Edga Jr."''' ([[long pants]]) — filters emails with indents
*'''run "webcam"''' ([[death metal]]) — initiates live video chat with [[Larry Palaroncini]]
*'''strongbad_email.wad''' ([[secret identity]]) — Strong Bad inexplicably types this to access his email (DOS usually does not recognize WAD files as executables).
*'''screen_savior.exe''' ([[technology]]) — runs an infinitely repeating 3D Maze screensaver with poor graphics
*'''Edgar's Baby's Daddy''' (filename unknown) ([[candy product]]) — Filters emails from [[Homestar Runner]]
*'''karatecar.exe''' ([[the movies]]) — an [[ASCII art]] movie played on the Lappy's screen
*'''strongbad3Dtotal.wad''' ([[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]) — A simple 3D game featuring Strong Bad and Homestar.
*Some type of voice synthesizer.
*'''CG4AP101.wad''' ([[Homestar Ruiner]]'s Wii Channel) — displays the logo for Homestar Ruiner, and flashes up a "PRESS START" notice after a couple of seconds. Presumably also used for Strong Bad to run the game.

==The Real Computer==
[[Image:Real-Live E-Mails_Disc4.JPG|thumb|The "real" Lappy, as seen in [[Real-Live E-Mails]].]]
The 486 was actually a [[Wikipedia:Intel 80486|real processor made by Intel]]. It was quite similar to the 386 processor from a software standpoint, but was considerably faster.

The Lappy seems to be inspired by the [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1005 Mac Portable], a 16-pound transportable Macintosh that sold poorly.

The "real" Lappy (pictured) is an old Compaq LTE series laptop.

The Lappy 486's prompt, a closing square bracket, was also used by the Apple II series of computers, although MS-DOS could be configured to produce this prompt.

==Lappy-napping==
[[Image:Computers in harmony.png|thumb|"I coulda sworn one of you guys liked hushpuppies."]]
At the end of [[cliffhangers]], the Lappy was stolen. The perpetrators left behind a ransom note stating "i got your Lappy" along with the Lappy's severed "toe" (the "< ," key). After searching for his missing computer in [[Lappynapped!]], Strong Bad discovered that the [[Tandy 400]] and the [[Compy 386]] had kidnapped the Lappy so that he would answer one last email on each of them. Strong Bad answered the Tandy's and the Compy's last emails in [[retirement]], and in the process destroyed both of them and retrieved the Lappy. Strong Bad took his favorite "portable" computer out to get hushpuppies with the restored, at-peace ghosts of the two other computers and [[The Paper]] following along in harmony.

==Female Lappy 486==
[[Image:female_lappy_486.png|thumb|Strong Bad's looking prooty hot.]]
The Female Lappy 486 appears in Strong Bad's dream email in [[dreamail]]. She's basically the Lappy 486 logo with blonde hair and makeup. She appears when Strong Bad starts up the Lappy, telling him that he's "looking prooty hot". Female Lappy 486 fawns over Strong Bad for his reply to an e-mail ("Well played, Strong Bad. Those ladies are sure to be [[all up ons]]."). After Strong Bad flies away at the end of the e-mail, she appears in an Easter egg, telling Strong Bad not to fly, that's she's worried about him, and that she can see the strings which are holding him above ground. Apparently, she seems to rely on Strong Bad.

The monitor of Female Lappy 486 is bordered with a gold chain bearing the phrase, "MY LAPPY ATE YOUR DOG" inscribed on top.

It has since then appeared on the normal Lappy, suggesting that it is an actual feature of it.

Female Lappy 486 frequently makes [[Malapropisms|spelling]] and [[Deliberately poor English|grammar]] mistakes, such as "prooty hot", "one unread messages", "is understairs", "I'm hate hushpuppies", and "tell whim I love", and speaks with a voice that sounds somewhat like a computer [[Wikipedia:Speech synthesis|voice synthesizer]].

===Appearances===
*'''Debut:''' Email [[dreamail]]
*Email [[rock opera]] (voice)
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]] Main Menu
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]]
*[[Lappynapped!]]
*Email [[retirement]] (voice)
*[[strongbad email.exe Disc Five]] Main Menu

{{strongbadcomputers}}

[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Pseudocharacters]]

H*R.com updates 2008

2008-08-15T04:10:44Z

Venusy: SBCG4AP: Homestar Ruiner: now available on the Wii Shop in Europe!

{{updates-box}}
This is a log of all of the '''updates''' to '''[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|H*R.com]]''' during '''2008'''.
==Friday, August 15, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]: [[Homestar Ruiner]] added to the Wii Shop Channel in Europe.

==Thursday, August 14, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-08-14|"And I'm like, 'You just jingled a bunch of jangle in my face and called it magic!'"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-08-14|coat of beefy arm]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-08-14|strong badmans]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[buried]]

==Monday, August 11, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #198: [[magic trick]]
*[[Main Page message]]: ''wii/PC game out today!''
:Clicking on the button reveals the following pop-up message:
<blockquote>Strong Bad's 
Cool Game For Attractive People 
''{3-D image of Strong Bad}'' 
A 5 episode point- 
and-click-em-up 
adventure game 
for WiiWare and PC! 
 
Find out more at 
TelltaleGames.com!</blockquote>
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]: [[Homestar Ruiner]]
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Cheat Codes|Cheat Codes]]

==Thursday, August 7, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-08-07|"Don't blow this for me, Chimendez!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-08-07|nice trogcake!]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#2008-08-07|keystone capes]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[licensed]]

==Thursday, July 31, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-07-31|"Some would say, 'pocket,' I say, 'in my pants."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-07-31|this melon's ready 2 look]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-07-31|hotbod handsomeface]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[pet show]]

==Monday, July 28, 2008==
*[[Cheat Commandos]]: [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]

==Thursday, July 24, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[fan club]]

==Wednesday, July 23, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Videlectricks|Videlectricks]]

==Monday, July 21, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #197: [[your edge]]

==Thursday, July 17, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[winter pool]]

==Tuesday, July 15, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#July 15, 2008|Strong Badman T-Shirt]]

==Monday, July 14, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #196: [[hiding]]
*[[Main Page message]]: ''email soon''

==Thursday, July 10, 2008==
* [[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-07-10|"Yes, 'shaped' in quotes, like there is a bite taken out of it. There isn't. There IS one. It's a real bite taken out if, Homestar! I ate it!"]]
* [[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-07-10|made with beads]]
* [[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-07-10|fat, fat friar]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[environment]]
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Large Decap Latte|Large Decap Latte]]

==Thursday, July 3, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[nightlife]]

==Monday, June 30, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[The Baloneyman]]

==Thursday, June 26, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-06-26|"You don't need no consummate V's to be my bride."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-06-26|bust of strong bad]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-06-26|these men are dangerous]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[diorama]]
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#O Contest, Mii Contest|O Contest, Mii Contest]]

==Thursday, June 19, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-06-19|"Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said..."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-06-19|homespore runner]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-06-19|poison rain vornado]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[yes, wrestling]]

==Monday, June 16, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[Somber Vacation]]

==Wednesday, June 11, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|SBCG4AP]] Gameplay video: [[Homestar Ruiner#Transcript of Around the Field|Around the Field]]

==Tuesday, June 10, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Payable Demo!|Payable Demo!]]

==Monday, June 9, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[Play Date]]

==Thursday, June 5, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-06-05|"No, HERE'S my grocery list: Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-06-05|the trogbloons floateth?]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-06-05|dr. marvin rubdown]]

==Wednesday, June 4, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#End Boss Feature|End Boss Feature]]

==Monday, May 26, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #195: [[love poems]]

==Thursday, May 22, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-05-22|"Polymascot foamalate! Feed it to the babies. Polymascot foamalate! Or as a topping on soured cream!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-05-22|the trogstorm cometh?]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-05-22|prof. strong bad hovers]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[business trip]]
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#May 22, 2008|T-Shirt clearance sale]]
*[[Store]]: Footer changed to [[Store#Store Footer|spring]] theme.

==Wednesday, May 21, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Concept Art is a SCAM!|Concept Art is a SCAM!]]

==Friday, May 16, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-05-16|"It's over! And you're walking into a parking lot with the hot guy. It's over! And they all made fun of you but they got stuff dumped on top of them. It's OVER!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-05-16|clay zombie army]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-05-16|diaper biscuits!!]]

==Thursday, May 15, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[web comics]]

==Wednesday, May 14, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|SBCG4AP]] episode 1 unveiled: [[Homestar Ruiner]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|SBCG4AP]] Gameplay video: [[Homestar Ruiner#Transcript of At the Track|At the Track]]
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#The Endinning of the End|The Endinning of the End]]

==Monday, May 12, 2008==
*[[Teen Girl Squad]]: [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14|Issue 14]]

==Thursday, May 8, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-05-08|"Verify our range to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-05-08|strong badia playset]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-05-08|You take the big guy]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[slumber party]]

==Wednesday, May 7, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Logos Please|Logos Please]]
==Monday, May 5, 2008==
*[[Workin' on the Game]]

==Friday, May 2, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-05-02|"Double S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite per-suasion."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-05-02|vinyl toy bubs mod]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-05-02|matt aseep on plane]]

==Thursday, May 1, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[pizza joint]]

==Tuesday, April 29, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#April 29, 2008|Nebulon T-Shirt]]

==Saturday, April 26, 2008==
*[[Interviews and Public Appearances]]: [[ROFLCon - 26 Apr 2008|ROFLCon]]

==Thursday, April 24, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#New Screenshots!|New Screenshots!]]
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-04-24|"I rule the school!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-04-24|toga yoga bubs mosaic]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-04-24|plucky parameciums]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[bike thief]]

==Monday, April 21, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #194: [[specially marked]]
*[[Scroll Button Song]]: [[Scroll Button Songs#SB-2008-04-21|"You've never seen anything quite like these buttons! Come on, y'all, give me a little scroll lovin'!"]]

==Thursday, April 17, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Anadigilogital|Anadigilogital]]
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-04-17|"A-can I get a reSTRIC-TED?!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-04-17|bear holding a shark feva]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-04-17|proposed stinkoman level 10 baddies]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[original]]

==Monday, April 14, 2008==
*[[Short]]: [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]
*[[Interviews and Public Appearances]]: [[IGN Interview - 14 April 2008|IGN Interview]]

==Friday, April 11, 2008==
*[[Main Pages]] copyright date changed from 2007 to 2008 (except for [[Main Page 24|"20/200"]] main page).

==Thursday, April 10, 2008==
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Nobody Listens to Strong Bandrew|Nobody Listens to Strong Bandrew]]
*[[Main Page Message]]: ''wiiware game!''
*Short: [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]
*[[Main Page Message]]: ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|game news soon]]''

==Monday, April 7, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #193: [[rated]]
*[[Main Page Message]]: ''[[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008|limozeen show]] online''

==Thursday, April 3, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[hygiene]]

==Tuesday, April 1, 2008==
*YouTube short: [[Strong Bad Gameways]]
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#April 1, 2008|Limozeen T-shirt]]

==Monday, March 31, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #192: [[shapeshifter]]

==Saturday, March 29, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-29|"I do believe you've spic'd my span."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-03-29|TGS Supcakes]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-03-29|rejected commandos?]]

==Thursday, March 27, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[concert]]

==Monday, March 24, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[Rotten Eggs]]

==Thursday, March 20, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-20|"Bomb Capacity Increased!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-03-20|ees deg!]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-03-20|cakemonger!]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[mini-golf]]

==Tuesday, March 18, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#March 18, 2008|Easter egg sale]]

==Monday, March 17, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[Limozeen Live!]]
*[[Main Page message]]: ''limozeen live!''

==Thursday, March 13, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-13|"Thar she blows the Cheat! Aim for the blow hole!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-03-13|trogdor smash bros level]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-03-13|awesome indeed]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[the paper]]

==Monday, March 10, 2008==
*[[Toons#Shorts|Short]]: [[Blubb-O's Commercial]]

==Friday, March 7, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-03-07|"Yah guys! Maybe find some coin!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-03-07|StrongBadGirlSquadstume]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-03-07|best bubs worst bubs]]

==Thursday, March 6, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[more armies]]

==Monday, March 3, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #191: [[buried]]
*[[Store]]: [[Store T-Shirts#tshirt_pizz|The Pizz T-shirt]]

==Friday, February 29, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Non-Sequitur Champion]]

==Thursday, February 28, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-02-28|"Oh. Uh... I'm a public flasher!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-02-28|trogdor ice sculpture]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-02-28|puddin patch friends]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[underlings]]

==Monday, February 25, 2008==
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]: [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2|Version 15.2]]

==Thursday, February 21, 2008==
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[rough copy]]

==Tuesday, February 19, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #190: [[licensed]]

==Monday, February 18, 2008==
*[[Main Page message]]: ''email soon''

==Thursday, February 14, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-02-14|"As I was saying, Vamlumtimes Day is serious times. If I don't get cards from enough boys, I could lose all my Mindy cred!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-02-14|on a sign in laos]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-02-14|the cheat relatives?]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[from work]]

==Tuesday, February 12, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Homsar]] is the non-sequitur [[Store Front Page News 2008#February 12, 2008|champion]]!

==Monday, February 11, 2008==
*[[Old-Timey]] [[Holidays|Holiday Toon]]: [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]
*[[Store]]: New [[Store Other 2-D Stuff#Patches|patches]]

==Thursday, February 7, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-02-07|"Alright, The Sneak, watch me toss these creepity crawlities through the window like I was Edgardo J. Sportsman himself!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-02-07|i beat the cube!]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-02-07|questionable body hair]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[your funeral]]

==Monday, February 4, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #189: [[pet show]]

==Sunday, February 3, 2008==
*[[Holidays|Holiday Toon]]: [[sloshybowl]]

==Thursday, January 31, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-31|"Carageenan, Monteljohn. Can you detect me to the nearest bus stamp?"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-31|big ol' trogdor plush]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-01-31|gel-arshie]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[the movies]]

==Tuesday, January 29, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#January 29, 2008|Senor Cardgage and Homsar sale]]

==Monday, January 28, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #188: [[fan club]]
*[[Downloads]]: Poopsmith [[Wallpaper]]

==Thursday, January 24, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-24|"I'M AN ABOMINATION! And I'm comin' to your house after school."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-24|awesome 3d poopsmith]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-01-24|buck webb & lady fan]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[unnatural]]

==Monday, January 21, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #187: [[winter pool]]
*[[Index page]] back to normal

==Friday, January 18, 2008==
*[[Store]]: Footer changed to [[Store#Store Footer|winter]] theme.

==Thursday, January 17, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-17|"Mmmmm! Drink in that bun!"]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-17|pretend he's parson jim]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-01-17|make sense time!]]
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[strong badathlon]]

==Monday, January 14, 2008==
*[[Holidays|Holiday Toon]]: [[Trogday 08]]
*[[Store]]: [[Store T-Shirts#tshirt_fivedor|Five-dor T-shirt]]
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#January 14, 2008|Trogdor sale]]
*[[Downloads]]: Trogdor [[Wallpaper]]

==Sunday, January 13, 2008==
*[[Trogdor]]-style [[index page]]

==Thursday, January 10, 2008==
*[[Quote of the Week]]: [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-01-10|"I'm pretty sure that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bob's conces-- Bob's...that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bubs' constesh-- constession stand."]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]: [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-10|cut paper snowflake]]
*[[Sketchbook]]: [[Sketchbook 2008#SK-2008-01-10|d'th'ween thupreme]]
*[[Main Page Message]]: ''[[Podstar Runner|podcasts]] are back!''
*[[Podstar Runner]]: [[looking old]]
*[[Podstar Runner|podcast]] re-added to the [[navbar]]

==Monday, January 7, 2008==
*[[Strong Bad Email]] #186: [[environment]]
*[[Main Page message]]: ''[[Podstar Runner|podcast]] returns thursday''

==Friday, January 4, 2008==
*[[Store]]: [[Store Front Page News 2008#January 4, 2008|Coming soon... A Burnination Celebration]]
__NOTOC__
[[Category:Regular Updates]]

Strong Badia the Free

2008-08-14T14:22:20Z

Venusy: Adding the logo.

[[Image:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Strong Badia the Free]]
'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''.

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. The other citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] also rebel against this tax, and it's up to [[Strong Badia]] to bring these countries together and end this email tyranny.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up.

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!}''

''{Strong Mad is seen with a cutout of a Tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''

== External Links ==
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]

{{SBCG4AP}}

File:StrongBadiatheFreeLogo.png

2008-08-14T14:21:03Z

Venusy: Logo of Strong Badia the Free, from the preview included with Homestar Ruiner.

== Summary ==
Logo of [[Strong Badia the Free]], from the preview included with [[Homestar Ruiner]].
== Licensing ==
{{game-screenshot}}

Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-14T14:15:14Z

Venusy: Adding logo, fixing part of the Inventory (it's the Taranchula Black Metal Detector, not a Limozeen one).

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:HomestarRuinerLogo.png|thumb|The logo of Homestar Ruiner]]
[[Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|thumb|A victory pwahty]]

'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' and was released August 11, 2008. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild Suggestive Themes. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine — checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. — [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Marshie}} (as Gel-arshie), {{film|The Poopsmith}}, The Mole People, {{film|Homsar}} (voice only, Easter egg), [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad cast]]

'''Places:''' [[House of the Brothers Strong]] ([[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong]], [[Strong Bad's Room]], [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]], [[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Computer Room]]), [[Race Track|The Race Track]], [[Swimming Pool]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Marzipan's Gazebo]], [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Gremlin|The Gremlin]], [[Snap Shak]], [[Drive-Thru Whale|The Drive-Thru Whale]], [[The Stick]], [[The Brick Wall]], [[The King of Town's Castle]]

==Transcript of At the Track==

''{Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are standing on a racetrack near a pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. I'm not sure why this never occured to me before, but some French guy told me to beat you up, and I tend to think he's right. Put up your dukes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Strong Bad! Are you here to watch the race?

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race? You mean like a race-race? Race-race-race?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You haven't heard about the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race?! It's only the coolest and most important sporting event in the history of sporting events I'm about to compete in ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race, eh? You know, beating you in a race would be almost as much fun as beating you senseless!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd like to see you try, Strong Bad! I've been trainin' my twees off for weeks now. Besides, Marzipan has promised me a big victory party after I win!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did someone say "Pwahty"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hecks yeah! Marzipan's putting together a ''huge'' party, with floats, and cake jugglers, and balloon manimals, and—

'''STRONG BAD:''' And why was I, Lord High Awesome Party, occasionally known as Strong Bad, not invited?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Whisperingly, I don't think Marzipan likes you very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All this race talk has intrigued me. I believe I will postpone your pummeling for now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pummeling?

''{A cell phone ring is heard. Homestar produces a cell phone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. I gotta take this. ''{takes the call and holds the phone to his face}'' Yes, Marzipan? Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noooo! Yes! Yes! ''{closeup on Strong Bad, who looks toward the camera and shakes his head}'' I miss you too, puddin' sack. See you after the race! Bye!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Girlfriend troubles?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not me, bro. Marzipan just wanted my opinion on the decorations. And the cake jugglers. And the ''{suddenly growing annoyed}'' plight of the low-lands toad weasel. And the bgh bzjt breh!

''{He kicks the phone away in anger. It lands near Coach Z, who can be seen with video equipment. Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{annoyed}'' Pardon me. I'm off to the locker room to reacquire my game face.

''{He walks away and the screen fades to a splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.}''

==Transcript of Around the Field==
''{Strong Bad leaves [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]}''

'''BUBS:''' Come back soon!

''{Strong Bad lifts a cardboard box and picks a piece of paper out from under it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Box-peering guy! ''{spoken}'' Hey!

''{Strong Bad faces the camera, and the manual for [[Snake Boxer 5]] overlaps him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the cover to my long-lost ''Snake Boxer V'' manual!

''{The cover fades away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks ''Snake Boxer V'''s Super-Secret Forbidden mode!

''{Strong Bad runs up to [[The Brick Wall]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad runs up to a hedge with some sticks pointing outwards from it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, that hedge looks like it's been beat around the face with an ugly stick.

''{Strong Bad turns behind him and faces [[The Stick]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not you, The Stick. You're beautiful, man.

''{Strong Bad runs up to The Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick.

''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

''{The splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People appears}''

== Inventory ==
* Magnifying Glass (tutorial only)
* [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
* Homestar's Cell Phone
* Onion
* Homestar's Clothing
* Homestar's Clothing, with Paper Maché head
* Candy Coupon
* Marzipan's Shears
* Hedge Clippings
* Total Load
* Candy
* The Poopsmith's Shovel
* Homestar's Criminal Record

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*A few days after the "Track" trailer was released, it was edited with the following known changes:
**The blocking in many scenes was slightly different.
**Strong Bad's original first line was "All right, Homestar, the time for our ultimate throwdown of total death-tiny has arrived! Put 'em up!"
**At three points in the dialogue, (before "A race?", before "Did someone say pwahty?", and before "All this race talk...") a choice box appeared above Strong Bad's head. A cursor chose which topic Strong Bad would discuss the first two times, but just closed the box the third time.
**A very slight difference in Homestar's expression is added after Strong Bad decides to "postpone" Homestar's pummeling. When Homestar responds by asking "Pummeling?", Homestar's eyes squint in an angry way. This does not occur in the first version.
**The [[scoreboard]] had the initials [[Coach Z|CZ]] and [[Pom Pom|PP]] on it. It now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES".
**Various graphical glitches have been removed.

=== Remarks ===
*"At The Track" takes place near the beginning of the game, while "Around The Field" is an example of game play during some of the side quests.
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*The animation accompanying Strong Bad by The Stick was first seen in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]] in the Wii version, he gets teleported to the Computer Room then back to his room.
*In the PC version, occasionally Marzipan, Bubs or Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area.
*In the PC version, in Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of a dog on it.
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email. They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''. Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*While wearing the tech shirt near Strong Bad's house, in extended play, a giant blue wall will shoot out from the shirt. This also occurs at Marzipan's House and The Track.

=== Glitches ===
*On the Wii version, if widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game crashing, requiring a hard reset. In addition, many of the cut scenes that play throughout the game will sometimes freeze, also requiring a hard reset.

=== Inside References ===
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[Glossary#T|twees]]" in [[lady fan]]. Also, Strong Bad mentions himself being a pain in the twees while looking at the "Nuisance Trophy."
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] stating that she [[marzipan|really doesn't like Strong Bad at all]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*Strong Bad's song about you not being able to handle his [[style]] is a reference to [[modeling]].
*The music playing when Strong Bad leaves Bubs' Concession Stand and after Strong Bad approaches The Stick is the same one from [[hygiene]].
*"Thoughts on a [[Bird]]" from [[ Audition with Marzipan]] and [[ The Luau]] plays at Marzipan's house.
*The music playing at the track was first used in the Bubs' Concession Stand scenes in [[Senorial Day]], [[Happy Hallow-day]], and [[Toikey TV]].
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the TV in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Toys]].
*References to Strong Bad's [[Style|style]] are made throughout the game.
*The music on the e-mail menu comes from the game show scenes in [[animal]].
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "Pants"]].
*This introductory sequence features an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
*The music that plays in [[The Field|the field]] comes from "A Grade A Gray Day" in [[fan club]].
*A poster for [[the Municipality]] can be found on the back of the lockers. The Municipality logo also appears on the Lappy screen just before the end credits.
*The tutorial sequence involves Strong Bad's Lappy being stolen from the computer room, which previously occurred in [[cliffhangers]]. When Strong Bad realizes it is missing, the dramatic music from that same email plays.
*Strong Bad carves one of the hedges into the shape of [[Trogdor]].
**Occasionally in Snake Boxer 5's forbidden mode, when using the fire breath attack, Strong Bad will shout "Burninate!"
*This is another appearance of [[showering]].
*When you first enter [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|living room]] the same music from [[do over]], [[Date Nite]], the Easter egg from [[Play Date]], and [[love poems]] plays.
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the opening of the email [[candy product]].
*The [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] can be seen on top of the messy pile over Strong bad's bed.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song from [[One Two, One Two]].
*When Strong Bad jumps into The King of Town's vent he says [[Catch_Phrases#Dangeresque|"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"]]
*At the party, when Coach Z falls out the window, he exclaims "[[Fall Float Parade|I regret everything!]]"
*After putting on the Championship belt, Strong Bad will mention the Sizzle Weight belt and the Jack-Em Up Kid, which is a reference to the email [[yes, wrestling]].

=== Real-World References ===
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*Strong Bad's original first line is a reference to the Lemon Demon song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], which became popular on the internet after it was made into a Flash cartoon music video.
**In the final game, the prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny.
* When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert. [[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]] was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". [[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bub's Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of mayonnaise. In [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'']], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book [[Wikipedia:The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line, "Survey Says...DELETED!", is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].
*When Coach Z discovers the Total Load in Pom Pom's locker, he cries out "[[Wikipedia: Cypress Hill| Cypress Hill!]]".
*After giving Marzipan the chocolates, Strong Bad says he gave her some "[[Wikipedia: Funky Cold Medina|Funky Cold Ma-Chocolates]]".
*When he collects all four trophies, Strong Bad speaks in a manner similar to the Count from [[Sesame Street]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the line "Check, Check one. Sibilance" spoken by Barry (Tom Hanks) while conducting a microphone check for the band Aerosmith, before their performance in a ''Wayne's World'' sketch in a 1990 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''.
*The "Jane Austentaceous Chamber Music Jam" CD (the third one in the See Dee Spinner) is a reference to Jane Austin, who wrote books set in nineteenth century England, when chamber music was common.
**Strong Mad's line just after turning on the CD for the first time is a reference to Jane Austin's most famous book, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy is a main character in the story.
*At the party, when complementing Coach Z, Strong Bad speaks some Swedish, ending with "Bork, Bork, Bork", one of the many Mock-Swedish words said by [[Wikipedia:The Muppets|The Muppets' Swedish Chef]].

== External Links ==
*[[SBCG4AP:homestarruiner|Official episode webpage]]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay1|Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
**[http://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv FLV video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay2|Watch the second gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-337|Read May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]

{{SBCG4AP}}

File:HomestarRuinerLogo.png

2008-08-14T14:09:46Z

Venusy: The logo of Homestar Ruiner, cropped from the Homestar Ruiner Main Menu.

== Summary ==
The logo of [[Homestar Ruiner]], cropped from the Homestar Ruiner Main Menu.
== Licensing ==
{{game-screenshot}}

Strong Badia the Free

2008-08-14T14:00:01Z

Venusy: This is slightly different on the PC version.

'''Strong Badia The Free''' is the second episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]''.

[[The King of Town]] becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but [[Strong Bad]] is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. The other citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] also rebel against this tax, and it's up to [[Strong Badia]] to bring these countries together and end this email tyranny.

A brief trailer for the game is included in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

== Preview Transcript ==
''{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!

''{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's the name of this-

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Shut up.

''{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!}''

''{Strong Mad is seen with a cutout of a Tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{waves blue cutout}'' ICE BREATH! ''{waves red cutout}'' FIRE BREATH!

''{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}''

== External Links ==
*[http://wii.ign.com/articles/894/894056p1.html?RSSwhen2008-07-26_123100&RSSid=894056 IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5595 Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)

2008-08-14T05:10:32Z

Venusy: /* Whale */ This is one conversation, not three.

These are the responses you get after clicking an item in [[The Field]].

== The Field ==

====Box====

====Brick Wall====

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

====Hedge====

====The Stick====

:'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick!
''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

====Whale====

:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Whoo-hooo!
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Welcome to Blubb-O's!
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' For a new dynamic, please drive through!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm not through with the old one!
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Would you like monkeys with that?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No. No I would not.
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Special orders can be upsetting.
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Please smile for the Blubb-O's satellite camera!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{seen from high up}'' ''{camera shutter sound}'' What the-?
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Thank you!
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' In the event of a firestorm, the salad bar will remain open.
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' I've got your nostrum right here.
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' When the End Times come, we will all dance the Conga of the Apocalypse.
:{{short hr}}
:'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' If you are dissatisfied with our service, please accept our invitation to bite me.

====Box====

====Cool Car====
:'''STRONG BAD:''' This is our go to vehicle for pretend high speed chases, pretend road trips, and oh so real make out sessions.

== Bubs' Concession Stand ==

====Sign====
{{multiple-responses|
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs' Concession Stand is our one-stop shopping center-slash repair shop-slash internet provider. And if I ever had any money, I'd probably buy something.
|
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup, the concession stand is still there.
|
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know why they call it a concession stand. Bubs never conceded anything in his whole miserable gigantic-mark-up life!
}}

====Bubs====

====Tutorial====
{{inprogress|GreenHelmet}}

== Photo Booth ==

==Strong Badia==

====Sign====
{{multiple-responses|
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{first time only}'' This is the sign that totally notifies all trespassers that they have officially entered Strong Badia: The place where the tropical breezes blow...in theory.
|
:'''STRONG BAD:''' "Strong Badia. Population: Tire." Truer words were never hastily spray-painted.
}}

====Tire====

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hail, First Citizen Tire. How fair things in the glorious Republic of Strong Badia?
''{camera slowly zooms in on the tire}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Very good. Carry on then.

====Flag====

{{SBCG4AP}}

Games

2008-08-13T13:44:38Z

Venusy: /* Misc. Games */ Adding Snake Boxer 5 here, it's the only place it goes without adding a new heading for Minigames. And removing Where's The Cheat?, that's already under DVD games.

{{about|list of all games}} {{for|games menu itself|Scrolling Shooter Games Menu}}

[[Image:videogames.png|thumb|right|220px|A sample of Strong Bad games]]
'''Games''' are an integral part of the [[Homestar Runner]] site. [[The Brothers Chaps]] are confirmed [[Nintendo]] supporters and have an affinity for [[Atari 2600]] games. Along with [[Jonathan Howe]] they have a fictional games company called [[Videlectrix]]. The games they release are influenced by all of the less-than-spectacular (though highly addictive) arcade and computer games of the '80s.
The current games menu is the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]].

===[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|New Games]]===
<gallery>

Image:awesome 98.PNG|<center>'''[[Awexome Cross]]'''</center>
Image:Comic_Generator_Title.png| <center>'''[[Make-O Your Own Stinko]]''' </center>
Image:marshiemixup.PNG|<center>'''[[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]'''</center>
Image:peasantsquest.png|<center>'''[[Peasant's Quest]]'''</center>
Image:poptiregame.PNG|<center>'''[[Population: Tire]]'''</center>
Image:rhinofeeder.PNG|<center>'''[[RhinoFeeder|Strong Bad's Rhino Feeder]]'''</center>
Image:secretcollect.PNG|<center>'''[[Secret Collect.]]'''</center>
Image:StinkogameTitle.png|<center>'''[[Stinkoman 20X6]]'''</center>
Image:SBCG4AP Pop Up.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'''</center>
Image:StrongBadZone.PNG|<center>'''[[StrongBadZone|Strong Bad Zone]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeonthumb.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeonman 3 deinterlaced.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman 3]]'''</center>
Image:trogdorgame.png|<center>'''[[TROGDOR!]]'''</center>
Image:Viidelectrix Menu 1-29-2007.png|<center>'''[[Viidelectrix|Wii games]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Handheld Games Menu|Old Games]]===
<gallery>
Image:astro-lite.PNG|<center>'''[[Astro-Lite 2600]]'''</center>
Image:marzipanaudition.PNG|<center>'''[[Audition with Marzipan]]'''</center>
Image:BT999.png|<center>'''[[Bronco Trolleys]]'''</center>
Image:dancinbubs.PNG|<center>'''[[Dancin' Bubs]]'''</center>
Image:fortunecookies.PNG|<center>'''[[Fortune Cookies]]'''</center>
Image:Hairstyle runner.png|<center>'''[[Hairstyle Runner]]'''</center>
Image:homestarquiz.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Quiz]]'''</center>
Image:homestartalker.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Talker]]'''</center>
Image:shelovesme.PNG|<center>'''[[She Loves Me!]]'''</center>
Image:Who Said What Now.png|<center>'''[[Who Said What Now?]]'''</center>
Image:Strong Libs.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Libs]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Videlectrix|Videlectrix Games]]===
These games are available only on the [[Videlectrix]] site.
<gallery>
Image:50Kracewalk.PNG|<center>'''[[50K Racewalker]]'''</center>
Image:Duck Gaurd One.PNG|<center>'''[[Duck Guardian One]]'''</center>
Image:hallrunner.png|<center>'''[[Hallrunner]]'''</center>
Image:kidspeedy.PNG|<center>'''[[Kid Speedy]]'''</center>
Image:Pigs On Head LCD.PNG|<center>'''[[Pigs on Head]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeon II thumb.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman II]]'''</center>
Image:wheresanegg.PNG|<center>'''[[Where's an Egg?]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Toon]] Games===
<gallery>
Image:coachztalker.PNG|<center>'''[[Coach Z Talker]]'''</center>
Image:duckpondatari.png|<center>'''[[Duck Pond|Duck Pond Simulator]]'''</center>
Image:eggthrowing.PNG|<center>'''[[Egg Throwing Game|Egg Throwing Game (Halloween)]]'''</center>
Image:dating sim XR.png|<center>'''[[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|Homestar Runner and Marzipan Extra Real Dating Sim XR]]'''</center>
Image:fishinggame.PNG|<center>'''[[Fishing Challenge '91]]'''</center>
Image:hr sid game.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game]]'''</center>
Image:MixMastah800.PNG|<center>'''[[MixMastah 800]]</center>
Image:mashspacebartothrow.PNG|<center>'''[[Peg Strong Sad]]'''</center>
Image:TreatSnatcha.png|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha]]'''</center>
Image:King Brothers Game.PNG|<center>'''[[Super Kingio Brothers]]'''</center>
Image:trail game.png|'''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Sample Game|Sample Game]]''' from <center>'''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]]'''</center>
Image:Taser gnome.PNG|<center>'''[[Taser the Gnome Game]]'''</center>
Image:Clapping Party.png|<center>'''[[Clapping Party]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Strong Bad's Message Bored|Message Bored]]===
<gallery>
Image:armlessinvaders.png|<center>'''[[Armless Invaders]]'''</center>
Image:nightdriver.png|<center>'''[[Nighttime Driving Type Game]]'''</center>
Image:dacheat.png|<center>'''[[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Misc. Games===
<gallery>
Image:kickthecheat.PNG|<center>'''[[Kick The Cheat]]'''</center>
Image:kinggame win.png|<center>'''[[Revenge of the King]]'''</center>
Image:SBCG4AP Tech Demo.png|<center>'''[[SBCG4AP Tech Demo]]'''</center>
Image:Snakeboxer5.jpg|<center>'''[[Snake Boxer 5]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Forthcoming Games===
<gallery>
Image:hsr rpg atari2600 tv.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner RPG]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===DVD Games===
<gallery>
Image:Bluelaserdisc challenge.png|<center>'''[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]'''</center>
Image:Where's The Cheat game title.png|<center>'''[[Where's The Cheat? (game)|Where's The Cheat?]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Non-Playable Games===
<gallery>
Image:C H E A T.png|<center>'''[[C.H.E.A.T.]]'''</center>
Image:duckguardian2box.PNG|<center>'''[[Duck Guardian 2]]'''</center>
Image:Lewis Rudkin SX england.png|<center>'''[[Lewis Rudkin SX: england]]'''</center>
Image:kingdingo.PNG|<center>'''[[King Dingo]]'''</center>
Image:planet alert screen.PNG|<center>'''[[Planet Alert!]]'''</center>
Image:QWERTY.PNG|<center>'''[[QWERTY]]'''</center>
Image:rabbitalgebra.png|<center>'''[[Rabbit Algebra]]'''</center>
Image:saladdaze.PNG|<center>'''[[Salad Daze]]'''</center>
Image:shploitz.PNG|<center>'''[[Shploitz!]]'''</center>
Image:spaceshipper.PNG|<center>'''[[Spaceshipper]]'''</center>
Image:sundaedriving.PNG|<center>'''[[Sundae Drivin']]'''</center>
Image:Let's Burninate Phonics.png|<center>'''[[Trogdor: Let's Burninate Phonics]]'''</center>
Image:KoT Typing.PNG|<center>'''[[Typing Tutor Turbo]]'''</center>
Image:skatetownusa.png|<center>'''Dokle''' and '''Dokle 2'''</center>
</gallery>

[[Category:Lists]][[Category:Games|*]]

Talk:Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-13T13:24:12Z

Venusy: /* HOMSETAR */ Probably not.

== Balloon Manimals ==

Could it be a refererence to NBC's short-lived [[Wikipedia:Manimal|Manimal]] TV show? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
:Are you talking about [[shapeshifter]]? {{User:Lazylaces/sig}} 00:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::No, I'm talking about the part pf this game's preview where Homestar says balloon manimals will appear at his party. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Copy/Paste ==

Umm... this is exactly the description from the Teltale Games website. Shouldn't this be... original? It looks really bad when it's made with a couple right clicks.

-[[User:Ben Again|Yeah, it's me.]]

Well, they know better than we do. When the actual episode is put up, will probably put a more fitting explanation on the page. --{{User:DevonM/sig}} 00:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

:Is it really word-for-word? Yeah, I agree that we should try to summarize the plot rather than repeat the same paragraph verbatim. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 01:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

::Okay, I did my best to {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Ruiner&diff=563664&oldid=563663 write a different summary}}... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Places ==

Should there be a places line like other toon articles? Just wondering. (Obvious place is the track field.) {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
:Let's wait until we know all the places in the game. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Which butt? ==

The [[butt]] link goes to a disambiguation page. Which article should this link to? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:I'm not sure if it should link to anything in this case. Is linking to twees is good enough? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 02:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::I'd think so. --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Change "announcement"? ==

For some reason, when i read this, I thought the game was announced early for some reason. Would we be able to have "gameplay trailer" for this instead? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 02:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Hm, we certainly don't want to mislead people. Better {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:whatsnew&curid=7353&diff=563696&oldid=563693 now}}? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::What about "preview"? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 11:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Which PP? ==

PP could refer to either [[Pom Pom]] or [[Peacey P]], couldn't it? {{User:Mee/sig}} 07:51, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Or [[Pan Pan]]. Or Peter Parker, the Pied Piper, Power Points, PowerPoint, PayPal... (And [[Wikipedia:PP|more]]!) Pom Pom is the most likely, because he's a main character. Also, his character video uses <code>vcr_pp</code> as part of its URL (and Coach Z's uses <code>vcr_cz</code>). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, but Coach Z and Peacey P are seen together more often than Coach Z and Pom Pom. There's more of an affiliation between the two. [[User:Dementedc|Dementedc]] 11:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:::On the contrary, Coach Z and Peacey P have been seen together once. But since they're main characters, any toon that includes all main characters necessarily includes Coach Z and Pom Pom, frequently at the same time. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I see what you mean. I'm just saying that Coach Z would probably be more likely to hang out with Peacey P than with Pom Pom.[[User:Dementedc|Dementedc]] 19:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::You also have to consider which of the two characters would be more likely to compete in a Free Country USA sporting event: [[A Jumping Jack Contest|Pom Pom]], or Peacey P. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

== Toad Weasel ==

What exactly does Homestar say before he kicks the phone? Even though it's not too much of sense make, I think he said "play of the low-lynched-toad weasel" --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 22:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm prooty sure that's what he said, now that I hear it again. --[[User:Das654|Das654]] 19:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:It's "plight of the low-lands toad weasel". Hooray for the in-game subtitles! --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Illegal op? ==

When I access the Telltale page linked at the bottom, I get an error along the lines of "The Shockwave plugin performed an illegal operation. You are strongly urged to restart Firefox." Anyone else? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:OMIGOSH THE MUNICIPALITY IS COMING! RUN, QERMAQ, RUN!!! Maybe update Flash? Check for a new version of Firefox? I dunno. I can view it just fine in Firefox. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
:Any specifics on the error? Or is it just that message? --[[User:70.143.29.70|70.143.29.70]] 00:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
::With an illegal op? Unlikely. If you're lucky, you can find out what DLL the error happened in, but even then you'd have to dig hard for it. I'm with Jay... uninstall/reinstall Shockwave and Flash. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 08:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks, guys. Actually, a computer restart fixed it. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
== Transcript ==
Hey guys...should we ''really'' put the transcript out here? Couldn't we make a page that's just like "Homestar Ruiner Gameplay Video Transcript" or something less long. Or, when it comes out, are we just going to leave the transcript there? Won't we put something more related to the actual episode itself instead of the Gameplay trailer? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 03:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

:I think it's okay for now. But as you point out, when the game is released, the gameplay trailer transcript will not be relevant in this format, either on this page or on its own page.

:At some point, we need to figure out if/how we're going to transcribe all the dialogue from the game. But that wouldn't go on this page, after the episode comes out, this page will be more of an overview, like the [[Peasant's Quest]] and [[Thy Dungeonman III]] pages are. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::Since the game itself will have multiple branches, a transcript of any type won't make sense. I can see being done with this game (along with the others in the series), where certain set pieces are transcribed (for example, Homestar Ruiner is suppose to open with Strong Bad singing and going around the house) like [[Stinkoman 20X6]]. Beyond that. the best we could do would be a walkthrough or hints on triggering Easter eggs. However, since things like the trailer/preview are fixed, a transcript of those makes sense. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 04:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:::By the way, if you want to contribute to the discussion over what to transcribe and how to do it, I raised this issue on [[Talk:Strong Bad%27s Cool Game for Attractive People#Legal Rampage Issue|this talk page]]. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I think the transcript should be done as a spoiler, as in typed all in white, and when someone wants the surprise to be ruined, they highlight the letters so they can read it. I've seen that done before. -->{{User:Parrothead1/sig}} 11:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I think we should move this page to [[Homestar Ruiner Trailers]] and use this article only to transcribe and explain parts of the actual SBCG4AP level. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
:We should talk about that when the time comes. In the meantime, it shall rest in peace. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:14, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Related topic: As part of the announcement on the [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-344 Telltale Blogs], it was mentioned that a second gameplay trailer was coming out in the near future, and part of it was featured in the "On The Spot" episode. (It focuses on Strong Bad talking to Marzipan at the party, and then shows some additional activities that Strong Bad can do.) I suspect, that since this is the first episode of a new series, there might be multiple transcripts for this episode. Any thoughts on how to incorporate those into this page specifically? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 03:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:The second gameplay trailer was already released...remember "Around the Field"? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 23:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Reopening topic- In the interim I've played two Sam & Max games (Abe Lincoln Must Die! and Ice Station Santa), and I've found the way that Telltale handles the [http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/icestationsanta Walkthrough and Did You Try? sections] especially to be good models on how we want to model how we handle the game pages. Like [[Stinkoman 20X6]], it might be necessary to subdivide that page, but Walkthrough for the main plot, and then hints for eggs or side question locations (such as manual pages, costumes, index cards, etc.) would be the way to go. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 22:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
:(Try again) Looking over the new [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner Homestar Ruiner] page, it looks like they will do the same thing as they do with the Sam & Max games: providing a walkthrough and hints on things to try for Easter eggs or funny responses. Obviously, we should link to these official walkthroughs, rather than reinventing the wheel. So, what should this page be reserved for? My thought is to have it focus on transcripts (trailers and set pieces), as well as documenting Fun Facts. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I think the best thing to do is to include one transcript for each place he visits. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 22:55, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
: ''IF'' we transcribe every line, I agree with this. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Given the amount of dialogue in this game, both obvious and really, really obscure, that sounds like potentially risking death by transcription. Personally, a quick and brief summary of the events in the game (and not specifically how to finish it, like the walkthrough) would be more than sufficient. Kind of like what you'd get on Wikipedia, except seeing as we're NOT Wikipedia, we can go just a smidgen more in-depth with it. --[[User:Shadow Hog|Shadow Hog]] 04:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Transcript change? ==

Hey guys, it's 20X6MAN, I forgot to log in. Anyways, I watched the trailer, and you might need to change the transcript. If you watch it again, you'll see what I mean.

:I only watched the first few seconds, but he's right. The trailer *was* changed pretty much exactly to what was added to the article. It wasn't actually random vandalism. -{{User:YK/sig}} 03:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::Huh, how odd. Also note that the scoreboard now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES". The original version (or at least the fact that it changed) should be noted somewhere, of course. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I just watched it, and nothing seems to have changed. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 03:25, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::Well, sorry for thinking it was vandalism. Weird that they changed it. And I had liked that Strong Bad had referenced the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. Oh well. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 03:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Uh...I'm not seein' anything. We're talking about the gameplay vid, right? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 05:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::Yes. [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruinergameplay/ This video right here]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I'm seeing the "old" version of it. It doesn't do any of the things that the transcript says now. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 05:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Well, [[isp|I cannot help you clear your browser cache. No, I'm not in India.]] --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:54, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::But before you do, you may want to save a copy of the old version in case these wiki guys intend to keep a mirror of it. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::I agree with the mirror thingy. And the new trailer just started working for me :) {{User:DevonM/sig}} 20:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

==New video==
There's a new video on the TellTale games website for SBCG4AP. Should we make a new page for it or put everything on this page? {{User:Peter222/sig}}
:Since it's the same game ''and'' the purpose of the page is to document the game itself, the second transcript should be put here. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== Hallelujah!!! I can Hardly BREATHE!!! ==

Yessss! Finally! Im so excited! It comes out Monday! Rats... I'll be gone for a while... so I'll get it after I get back from Wyoming. BUT IM HAVIN A PARTY ON MY TALK PAGE!!! {{User:Parrothead1/sig}}

Okay, chill. --[[User:Das654|Das654]] 19:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

== No Eyes On Deck ==

I got a glitch after playing through the tutorial. Homestar's eyes are gone on the Main-Page-style title screen. I have a screenshot. His eyes only appear when he says "Wait, is it my turn?" on the settings button, when his eyelids are lowered. Is it just me? (PC Version) {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I managed to get myself a similar glitch with Strong Bad's eyes disappearing after watching (or skipping through, as it was) the preview for Strong Badia The Free. I think they're just random texture glitches. - [[User:C.Olimar788|C.Olimar788]] 21:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:According to TTG, this is a problem with older versions of DirectX. Try updating to the latest version. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:22, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::The installer supposedly did that. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 22:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== That Papers Alive!? ==
The original paper shows up every now and then to give instructions in the game. It's definetely the original one. Did it come back to life? -TheDenzel (not signed in)
: The game has been in progress for a while. Probably since before The Paper died. --{{User:Jay/sig}} (definitely signed in)
::Not that I mean to purposefully contradict you, but [[The Paper]] occurred June 11, 2007. I'm sure the email was being created before that. It's not completely unlikely that this the game was at least planned at this time, but you'd think if they knew this would come out after 'ol Papes died that they'd make it the New Paper. {{User:NFITC1/sig}} 19:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay? But shouldn't this still be documented somewhere? --TheDenzel again (not signed in)

== HRFWiki Reference? ==

At one point in the game, Strong Bad says something along the lines of "Thank goodness for this conveniently placed privacy curtain." It sounds suspiciously like the conveniently placed trampoline running gag to me. - [[Special:Contributions/66.30.141.108|66.30.141.108]] 21:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC) (X On Fire from the HRFWiki)
:Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of when I heard it... if nothing else can be found with similar wording I'd say there's a good chance its a reference. Which is rather awesome. - [[User:C.Olimar788|C.Olimar788]] 03:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I would think that "conveniently placed [item]" would be far too common a phrase to pin to anything in particular. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::There's a discussion like this going up on the Fanstuff's Glossary talk. I'd give a link, but I can't remember the entire title. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}

== Is there any hope for a Linux freak like me? ==

Or do I have to install *shudder* windoze? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
: Well, if you own a Wii... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::Oh great! You HAD to bring up THAT painful topic... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::If you have WINE, you might have a chance of running the game.... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 21:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::::i do have WINE. But i'm not sure it's worth paying for a game on the chance that it might work... sigh... i guess i'll just wait till i can get a wii. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::You can always download the free demo and try that on WINE. Who knows! [[User:TTGJake|TTGJake]] 02:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::I just learned there was a demo and came to suggest this..... and I'm six and a half hours late. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 08:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Wen i get settled back in israel i'll try it... i'm flying in 13 hours. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 09:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Wiki is thanked in the credits ==

Don't know if anyone saw it. I just beat the game. It thanks the hrwiki.
: Can't say it's terribly unexpected - TBC say they like the Wiki and even look up info they forget on it - but cool nonetheless. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Forshadowing for next game? ==
hey guys, in extended play, the king of town is really angry at you because he was forced to get married to the mole queen. he threatens to tax strong bad disproportionately, and strong bad says "that sounds... ominous." could this be foreshadowing for the next game?
:[[Strong Badia the Free]]. Although, if we haven't already, we could put it as a Fun Fact. {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}

== Walkthrough ==
Should we get started on a walkthrough? I already have the game and I can start a walkthrough page tomorrow if we need one. [[User:Foogs|Foogs.]] 00:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is no need. Telltale website for the episode already has an excellent one up already. Why reinvent the wheel? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 00:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::However, said walkthrough does NOT cover anything that leads to the 100% completion ranking, such as high scores, trophy requirements, and where to find secret items. Perhaps we should rectify that on a "Secrets Guide" of sorts? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 04:12, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::It would be very naughty and lazy of us to copy Telltale's walkthrough word-by-word. We didn't steal the Stinkoman 20X6 and Peasant's Quest walkthroughs off Gamefaqs, did we? Let's just allow someone with plenty of time on their hands to create our own and allow others to edit it, as is usually done on this wiki. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 11:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::::Here Is a page for the [[Homestar Ruiner Walkthrough|walkthrough]].-[[User:Philip8o|Philip8o]]

== Clean Up Time! ==

Okay, the first episode's out and this article needs to be revolutionised. Here's all the stuff we need to do, or at least, consider:
*List all the Easter Eggs and other secrets.
*Record all the Fun Facts, including Trivia, Remarks, Goofs, Glitches, Inside References and Real-World References. If these lists get too long, we can create individual articles for each section, a la [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*Write a walkthrough. One section can tell you how to blast through the game, other sections can detail how to get 100% ranking.
*Discuss what to do with the transcripts of the two promotional trailers. I propose creating a new article and moving all relevant information there. Unless we...
*Consider whether to transcribe the ENTIRE game?
All these issues are discussed [[Talk:Homestar Ruiner#Transcript|here]], [[Talk:Homestar Ruiner#Walkthrough|there]] and [[Talk:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People#Legal Rampage Issue|also here]]. Oh, and I won't be able to do any of this until I get my own laptop or we connect the Wii via our broadband connection. And until I'm allowed to buy/download stuff off the Internet. I just wanted to organise all our ideas for you. :) {{User:The Chort/sig}} 11:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:At the very least, if it hasn't been done already, we should list the cast members who appear in this episode and update their respective filmographies accordingly. Also, if we decide to do a full walkthrough, I'd be willing to do some work on the 100% completion guide. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 15:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with The Chort, a Walkthrough we should at seriously consider, and I am willing to help with a full transctipt. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 15:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Easter Eggs ==

There's got to be some easter eggs hidden somewhere in this game. Like a secret homsar or something. {{User:The thing/sig}} 14:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:I've found a secret shirt that you can't put in your wardrobe by going in the photo booth, jumping off at the right 3 times till you land underneath the floor, and going as far back as you can below the entrance. (crappy description, I know.) But other than that, I don't know of any easter eggs. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 18:22, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Oh, there are plenty of Easter eggs. All of the clothing items, TGS extras, Snake Boxer manual pages, the trophies, and really, any number of things that you can do that don't advance the plot. However, I don't think Homsar appears in person in this one (you can prank call him... sorta... but that's it.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::I guess those are technically Easter eggs, but I think he meant besides anything needed to get 100%. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 19:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Do mentions belong in other relavent articles? ==

So, is it our intent to put all references and fun facts from the game on this page exclusively, or should we mention them in the relevant articles also? As an example, one of Homestar's random ramblings is an instance of the oft-mentioned letter [[G]]. Should it be noted on that page as well as here? {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 15:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:Well, isn't that what we already do for normal toons? I don't see why that should be changed... -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 19:37, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Sounds rea''son''able. I just wasn't sure — since it's not a normal toon. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 20:28, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Responses ==

If we do Responses pages, I recommend having a main [[Homestar Ruiner Responses|responses]] page and breaking the actual (non-generic) responses into the following:

*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Marzipan's House)]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (Track)]] (Or whatever it's called in-game; I forget)
*[[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The King of Town's Castle)]]

And either we can have [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (The Field)]] or six separate ones for the different places within The Field... not that the distinction between borders is necessarily obvious (and most places within The Field don't have much - take The Stick, for instance. Only a few objects there at all.)

If we do this, it'll be a massive undertaking; even though the game is fairly short for a game, it's still longer than any H*R cartoon ever and has lots of hidden dialogue.

Anyone else have anything to add? Since discussion in the past has been scattered, let's try to keep discussion on Responses in one place (here) until we decide whether or not we'll even do them in the first place. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:That sounds good. It will be a daunting feat, especially since we have to do it 5 times, but I'm up for it. {{User:ThePizz/sig}} 20:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::We went ahead and did every Peasant's Quest response. How hard can Homestar Ruiner be? {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
::: BTW, though I'm not expecting it to be an easy task, I am for a series of Responses pages assuming that there's no legal problem (my understanding is that there is not, but of course we must honor a Cease and Desist request should TBC issue one out.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I think we only need 1 article (this one) for responses relevant to the plot and 1 article for all the extra stuff such as digging, commenting, insulting, etc. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== So, uh... ==

Is the nly Homsar egg on the phone? [[User:Supermsn|Supermsn]] 21:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
: Far as I'm aware. IGN implies that Homsar will have a bigger role in [[Strong Badia the Free]], though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Number of Blocks ==

Forgive me if this is already posted elsewhere, but how many blocks does Homestar Ruiner use on the Wii (for both the actual game and any saves, etc)? {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 22:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:The game itself uses, If I remember correctly, 319 blocks, but I don't know saves offhand.{{User:ThePizz/sig}} 22:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Sweet, thanks. Looks like I'll have just enough space to download it (at least, this episode :) {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 22:50, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Freezing ==

Is it me, or does the game freeze at the beginning of the end of the game? --[[User:Mini-Trogdor|Mini-Trogdor]] 00:25, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:It always freezes for me when Strong Bad is throwing the turtle. How 'bout you? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
::For me it froze while talking to Coach Z in extended play. Apparently that scene doesn't work in <s>HD</s> 16X9. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:47, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Nevermind. It works for me now. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 03:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Trophy Locations ==

For when someone makes a page listing the locations of hidden items, these are how to get the trophies, as posted on GameFAQs...

Trophy #1 - Exploration Trophy
Throw a lightswitch rave twice - 12%
Open the fridge once - 12%
Look at the Videlectrix poster twice - 12%
Look at Strong Mad's lunchbox once - 12%
Look at The Stick twice - 12%
Use the microphone twice after the race - 12%
Look at one of the piles of whatsit in the castle - 12%
Talk to the KoT once while he's in the hole -12%
Get all 8 of those - 4%

Trophy #2 - Hedge Clipping Trophy
Trim a hedge - 25% each
Hedge locations: The Track, near The Stick, Marzipan's house, and the KoT's castle.

Trophy #3 - Nuisance Trophy
Kick The Cheat into the dryer, then talk to him while he's in there - 20%
Talk to Homestar in the locker room 3 times about the race - 20%
Ring Marzipan's doorbell 4 times while she's there - 20%
Insult Bubs once - 20%
Insult Coach Z in his arfice once, after the race - 20%

Trophy #4 - Strong Sad Trophy
Insult Bubs twice - 33%
Throw candy into the hole to the right of Marzipan's door, when it's not covered - 33%
Look at the dirt after digging up the whatever in the Strong house front yard - 33%
Get all three of those - 1%

[[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 02:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks! But is there anyway to get the last one if the KOT's hole is already covered? {{User:Acam30/sig}} 04:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

:Yeah, you get more candy from Bubs and put it on top of the hedge trimmings to make them, and the candy, fall into the hole. [[Special:Contributions/76.122.192.132|76.122.192.132]] 05:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== HOMSETAR ==

Goofs * At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".

Um, I think that was intentional; remember? Marzipan kept forgetting Homestar's name, even called him "Homsar."
:It would be intentional if Marzipan had said "HOMSETAR", but it's on the rollover tooltip, and is thus much more likely to be a spelling mistake than intentional. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 13:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Is this a goof? ==

When Strong Bad first talks to Marzipan in her garden, her mouth is backwards. I'm not sure it's a goof, because I think it happened in a cartoon before.

Games

2008-08-13T09:55:21Z

Venusy: Moving SBCG4AP to New Games, replacing image.

{{about|list of all games}} {{for|games menu itself|Scrolling Shooter Games Menu}}

[[Image:videogames.png|thumb|right|220px|A sample of Strong Bad games]]
'''Games''' are an integral part of the [[Homestar Runner]] site. [[The Brothers Chaps]] are confirmed [[Nintendo]] supporters and have an affinity for [[Atari 2600]] games. Along with [[Jonathan Howe]] they have a fictional games company called [[Videlectrix]]. The games they release are influenced by all of the less-than-spectacular (though highly addictive) arcade and computer games of the '80s.
The current games menu is the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]].

===[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|New Games]]===
<gallery>

Image:awesome 98.PNG|<center>'''[[Awexome Cross]]'''</center>
Image:Comic_Generator_Title.png| <center>'''[[Make-O Your Own Stinko]]''' </center>
Image:marshiemixup.PNG|<center>'''[[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]'''</center>
Image:peasantsquest.png|<center>'''[[Peasant's Quest]]'''</center>
Image:poptiregame.PNG|<center>'''[[Population: Tire]]'''</center>
Image:rhinofeeder.PNG|<center>'''[[RhinoFeeder|Strong Bad's Rhino Feeder]]'''</center>
Image:secretcollect.PNG|<center>'''[[Secret Collect.]]'''</center>
Image:StinkogameTitle.png|<center>'''[[Stinkoman 20X6]]'''</center>
Image:SBCG4AP Pop Up.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'''</center>
Image:StrongBadZone.PNG|<center>'''[[StrongBadZone|Strong Bad Zone]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeonthumb.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeonman 3 deinterlaced.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman 3]]'''</center>
Image:trogdorgame.png|<center>'''[[TROGDOR!]]'''</center>
Image:Viidelectrix Menu 1-29-2007.png|<center>'''[[Viidelectrix|Wii games]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Handheld Games Menu|Old Games]]===
<gallery>
Image:astro-lite.PNG|<center>'''[[Astro-Lite 2600]]'''</center>
Image:marzipanaudition.PNG|<center>'''[[Audition with Marzipan]]'''</center>
Image:BT999.png|<center>'''[[Bronco Trolleys]]'''</center>
Image:dancinbubs.PNG|<center>'''[[Dancin' Bubs]]'''</center>
Image:fortunecookies.PNG|<center>'''[[Fortune Cookies]]'''</center>
Image:Hairstyle runner.png|<center>'''[[Hairstyle Runner]]'''</center>
Image:homestarquiz.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Quiz]]'''</center>
Image:homestartalker.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Talker]]'''</center>
Image:shelovesme.PNG|<center>'''[[She Loves Me!]]'''</center>
Image:Who Said What Now.png|<center>'''[[Who Said What Now?]]'''</center>
Image:Strong Libs.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Libs]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Videlectrix|Videlectrix Games]]===
These games are available only on the [[Videlectrix]] site.
<gallery>
Image:50Kracewalk.PNG|<center>'''[[50K Racewalker]]'''</center>
Image:Duck Gaurd One.PNG|<center>'''[[Duck Guardian One]]'''</center>
Image:hallrunner.png|<center>'''[[Hallrunner]]'''</center>
Image:kidspeedy.PNG|<center>'''[[Kid Speedy]]'''</center>
Image:Pigs On Head LCD.PNG|<center>'''[[Pigs on Head]]'''</center>
Image:thy dungeon II thumb.png|<center>'''[[Thy Dungeonman II]]'''</center>
Image:wheresanegg.PNG|<center>'''[[Where's an Egg?]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Toon]] Games===
<gallery>
Image:coachztalker.PNG|<center>'''[[Coach Z Talker]]'''</center>
Image:duckpondatari.png|<center>'''[[Duck Pond|Duck Pond Simulator]]'''</center>
Image:eggthrowing.PNG|<center>'''[[Egg Throwing Game|Egg Throwing Game (Halloween)]]'''</center>
Image:dating sim XR.png|<center>'''[[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|Homestar Runner and Marzipan Extra Real Dating Sim XR]]'''</center>
Image:fishinggame.PNG|<center>'''[[Fishing Challenge '91]]'''</center>
Image:hr sid game.PNG|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game]]'''</center>
Image:MixMastah800.PNG|<center>'''[[MixMastah 800]]</center>
Image:mashspacebartothrow.PNG|<center>'''[[Peg Strong Sad]]'''</center>
Image:TreatSnatcha.png|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha]]'''</center>
Image:King Brothers Game.PNG|<center>'''[[Super Kingio Brothers]]'''</center>
Image:trail game.png|'''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Sample Game|Sample Game]]''' from <center>'''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]]'''</center>
Image:Taser gnome.PNG|<center>'''[[Taser the Gnome Game]]'''</center>
Image:Clapping Party.png|<center>'''[[Clapping Party]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===[[Strong Bad's Message Bored|Message Bored]]===
<gallery>
Image:armlessinvaders.png|<center>'''[[Armless Invaders]]'''</center>
Image:nightdriver.png|<center>'''[[Nighttime Driving Type Game]]'''</center>
Image:dacheat.png|<center>'''[[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Misc. Games===
<gallery>
Image:kickthecheat.PNG|<center>'''[[Kick The Cheat]]'''</center>
Image:kinggame win.png|<center>'''[[Revenge of the King]]'''</center>
Image:SBCG4AP Tech Demo.png|<center>'''[[SBCG4AP Tech Demo]]'''</center>
|<center>'''[[Where's The Cheat? (game)]]</center>
</gallery>

===Forthcoming Games===
<gallery>
Image:hsr rpg atari2600 tv.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner RPG]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===DVD Games===
<gallery>
Image:Bluelaserdisc challenge.png|<center>'''[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]'''</center>
Image:Where's The Cheat game title.png|<center>'''[[Where's The Cheat? (game)|Where's The Cheat?]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Non-Playable Games===
<gallery>
Image:C H E A T.png|<center>'''[[C.H.E.A.T.]]'''</center>
Image:duckguardian2box.PNG|<center>'''[[Duck Guardian 2]]'''</center>
Image:Lewis Rudkin SX england.png|<center>'''[[Lewis Rudkin SX: england]]'''</center>
Image:kingdingo.PNG|<center>'''[[King Dingo]]'''</center>
Image:planet alert screen.PNG|<center>'''[[Planet Alert!]]'''</center>
Image:QWERTY.PNG|<center>'''[[QWERTY]]'''</center>
Image:rabbitalgebra.png|<center>'''[[Rabbit Algebra]]'''</center>
Image:saladdaze.PNG|<center>'''[[Salad Daze]]'''</center>
Image:shploitz.PNG|<center>'''[[Shploitz!]]'''</center>
Image:spaceshipper.PNG|<center>'''[[Spaceshipper]]'''</center>
Image:sundaedriving.PNG|<center>'''[[Sundae Drivin']]'''</center>
Image:Let's Burninate Phonics.png|<center>'''[[Trogdor: Let's Burninate Phonics]]'''</center>
Image:KoT Typing.PNG|<center>'''[[Typing Tutor Turbo]]'''</center>
Image:skatetownusa.png|<center>'''Dokle''' and '''Dokle 2'''</center>
</gallery>

[[Category:Lists]][[Category:Games|*]]

Snappy

2008-08-13T09:33:27Z

Venusy: Expanding. I'm not entirely sure on the stuff about the Wii version, so some of the details may be incorrect...

[[Image:SnappyLogo.png|thumb|The Snappy's logo]]
'''Snappy''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s digital camera in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. It can be used to take pictures almost anywhere in the game.

On the PC version, pictures taken are stored (in [[Wikipedia:Portable Network Graphics|.png format]]) to the ~\My Documents\Telltale Games\Episode # - Episode Name\ if on Windows XP, or ~\Documents\Telltale Games\Episode # - Episode Name\ on Windows Vista, where ~ is the user directory.

On the Wii version, snapshots are stored to the game's save file as [[Wikipedia:JPEG|JPEG]]s, and four can be saved at a time. Photos can be emailed (using the [[Lappy 486]]) to people on your [[Wikipedia:Wii Menu#Wii Message Board|Wii Message Board]] Friends List.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Electronics]][[Category:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]

Homestar Ruiner

2008-08-13T00:13:20Z

Venusy: /* Goofs */ Confirmed glitch: if you've got the Wii version, talking to Coach Z in extended play may very well be a bad idea...

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|thumb|A victory pwahty]]

'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' and was released August 11, 2008. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild Suggestive Themes. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]].

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine — checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. — [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]].

==Transcript of At the Track==

''{Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are standing on a racetrack near a pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Homestar. I'm not sure why this never occured to me before, but some French guy told me to beat you up, and I tend to think he's right. Put up your dukes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Strong Bad! Are you here to watch the race?

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race? You mean like a race-race? Race-race-race?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You haven't heard about the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race?! It's only the coolest and most important sporting event in the history of sporting events I'm about to compete in ever!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A race, eh? You know, beating you in a race would be almost as much fun as beating you senseless!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd like to see you try, Strong Bad! I've been trainin' my twees off for weeks now. Besides, Marzipan has promised me a big victory party after I win!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did someone say "Pwahty"?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hecks yeah! Marzipan's putting together a ''huge'' party, with floats, and cake jugglers, and balloon manimals, and—

'''STRONG BAD:''' And why was I, Lord High Awesome Party, occasionally known as Strong Bad, not invited?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Whisperingly, I don't think Marzipan likes you very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All this race talk has intrigued me. I believe I will postpone your pummeling for now.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pummeling?

''{A cell phone ring is heard. Homestar produces a cell phone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. I gotta take this. ''{takes the call and holds the phone to his face}'' Yes, Marzipan? Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noooo! Yes! Yes! ''{closeup on Strong Bad, who looks toward the camera and shakes his head}'' I miss you too, puddin' sack. See you after the race! Bye!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Girlfriend troubles?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not me, bro. Marzipan just wanted my opinion on the decorations. And the cake jugglers. And the ''{suddenly growing annoyed}'' plight of the low-lands toad weasel. And the bgh bzjt breh!

''{He kicks the phone away in anger. It lands near Coach Z, who can be seen with video equipment. Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{annoyed}'' Pardon me. I'm off to the locker room to reacquire my game face.

''{He walks away and the screen fades to a splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.}''

==Transcript of Around the Field==
''{Strong Bad leaves [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]}''

'''BUBS:''' Come back soon!

''{Strong Bad lifts a cardboard box and picks a piece of paper out from under it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Box-peering guy! ''{spoken}'' Hey!

''{Strong Bad faces the camera, and the manual for [[Snake Boxer 5]] overlaps him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the cover to my long-lost ''Snake Boxer V'' manual!

''{The cover fades away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I can find the rest of this thing, I'll have the cheat code that unlocks ''Snake Boxer V'''s Super-Secret Forbidden mode!

''{Strong Bad runs up to [[The Brick Wall]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, pointless wall! ''{high pitched, covering mouth}'' Hi, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad runs up to a hedge with some sticks pointing outwards from it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, that hedge looks like it's been beat around the face with an ugly stick.

''{Strong Bad turns behind him and faces [[The Stick]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not you, The Stick. You're beautiful, man.

''{Strong Bad runs up to The Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's The Stick.

''{fanfare plays from offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, that's about all there is.

''{The splash screen for Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People appears}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*A few days after the "Track" trailer was released, it was edited with the following known changes:
**The blocking in many scenes was slightly different.
**Strong Bad's original first line was "All right, Homestar, the time for our ultimate throwdown of total death-tiny has arrived! Put 'em up!"
**At three points in the dialogue, (before "A race?", before "Did someone say pwahty?", and before "All this race talk...") a choice box appeared above Strong Bad's head. A cursor chose which topic Strong Bad would discuss the first two times, but just closed the box the third time.
**A very slight difference in Homestar's expression is added after Strong Bad decides to "postpone" Homestar's pummeling. When Homestar responds by asking "Pummeling?", Homestar's eyes squint in an angry way. This does not occur in the first version.
**The [[scoreboard]] had the initials [[Coach Z|CZ]] and [[Pom Pom|PP]] on it. It now reads "OFFICIAL RACE TIMES".
**Various graphical glitches have been removed.

=== Remarks ===
*"At The Track" takes place near the beginning of the game, while "Around The Field" is an example of game play during some of the side quests.
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*The animation accompanying Strong Bad by The Stick was first seen in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR".
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]] in the Wii version, he gets teleported to the Computer Room then back his room.
*In the PC version, occasionally Marzipan and Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area.
*In the PC version, in Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of a dog on it.
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email. They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''. Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*While wearing the tech shirt near Strong Bad's house, in extended play, a giant blue wall will shoot out from the shirt.
=== Glitches ===
*On the Wii version, if widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game crashing, requiring a hard reset.

=== Inside References ===
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[Glossary#T|twees]]" in [[lady fan]].
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] stating that she [[marzipan|really doesn't like Strong Bad at all]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*The music playing when Strong Bad leaves Bubs' Concession Stand and after Strong Bad approaches The Stick is the same one from [[hygiene]].
*The music that plays at Marzipan's house comes from [[The Luau]].
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the TV in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Toys]].
*References to Strong Bad's [[Style|style]] are made throughout the game.
*The music on the e-mail menu comes from the game show scenes in [[animal]].
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "Pants"]].

=== Real-World References ===
*"Balloon Manimals" might reference the short-lived NBC drama ''[[Wikipedia:Manimal|Manimal]]''.
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*Strong Bad's original first line is a reference to the Lemon Demon song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], which became popular on the internet after it was made into a Flash cartoon music video.
**In the final game, the prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny.
* When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert. ''[[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]]'' was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". ''[[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]]'' was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bub's Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Wikipedia:Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of mayonnaise. In [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book "The Outsiders" when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line "Survey Says...DELETED!" is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].

==See Also==
*[[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad]]

== External Links ==
*[[SBCG4AP:homestarruiner|Official episode webpage]]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay1|Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
**[http://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv FLV video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[Telltale:videos/homestarruinergameplay2|Watch the second gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[[Telltale:community/blogs/id-337|Read May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]

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Snappy

2008-08-12T17:29:15Z

Venusy: Adding the logo.

[[Image:SnappyLogo.png|thumb|The Snappy's logo]]
'''Snappy''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s digital camera in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

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[[Category:Electronics]][[Category:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]

File:SnappyLogo.png

2008-08-12T17:26:19Z

Venusy: The logo of the '''Snappy''', from Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Homestar Ruiner.

== Summary ==
The logo of the '''[[Snappy]]''', from [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]: [[Homestar Ruiner]].
== Licensing ==
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Snap Shak

2008-08-12T17:18:25Z

Venusy: Adding image. Also, I forgot Homestar. And a comma.

[[Image:SnapShakExterior.png|thumb|As seen from the outside]]
'''Snap Shak''' is the name of a [[Wikipedia:photo booth|photo booth]] in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]], located in [[The Field]], featuring pictures of [[Pom Pom]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]] and [[Bubs]] on the exterior. It is much bigger on the inside than it appears to be from the outside, and entering it allows [[Strong Bad]] to change costume items, pose for [[Snappy|photos]], and run into [[Outer Space]].
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[[Category:Places]]

File:SnapShakExterior.png

2008-08-12T17:16:06Z

Venusy: '''Snap Shak''' (exterior view), from Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Homestar Ruiner.

== Summary ==
'''[[Snap Shak]]''' (exterior view), from [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]: [[Homestar Ruiner]].
== Licensing ==
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Snap Shak

2008-08-12T17:14:00Z

Venusy: Creating as stub.

'''Snap Shak''' is the name of a [[Wikipedia:photo booth|photo booth]] in [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]], located in [[The Field]] featuring pictures of [[Pom Pom]], [[Marzipan]] and [[Bubs]] on the exterior. It is much bigger on the inside than it appears to be from the outside, and entering it allows [[Strong Bad]] to change costume items, pose for [[Snappy|photos]], and run into [[Outer Space]].
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[[Category:Places]]

Outer Space

2008-08-12T16:48:59Z

Venusy: Inside the dimensionally transcendental photo booth, there's a lot of space.

[[Image:Space Machine.PNG|thumb|right|225px|[[The Space Machine]] in outer space]]
[[Image:COTAS.PNG|thumb|right|225px|The master of time and space]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Outer space|Outer space]]''' is the area outside the atmosphere of the planet on which [[Free Country, USA]] is located. [[Nebulon]] lives here, and [[Strong Mad]] was shot into it in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]. It was also there that the pilot episode of [[Limozeen|Limozeen's]] short-lived TV show, [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] took place. According to the old [[Yearbook Character Page]], [[The Cheat]] might have come from space.

There are also [[20X6]] and [[Old-Timey]] versions of outer space. They seem no different from the present.
There is also a [[The Moon|moon]] in space.

In an Easter egg at the end of the email [[ghosts#Easter_Eggs|ghosts]], [[Strong Sad]] sang a scary song from a bizarre cosmic place, and he commented that it's like he's "the master of [[Wikipedia:Spacetime|time and space]] in here." Homsar also sang his solo here in [[One Two, One Two]].

The entire email [[space program]] is concerned with [[Strong Bad]]'s attempts to explore "the closest reaches of space" via his definitely-for-profit program [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]]. Although he didn't succeed, the program's orientation filmstrip featured several inspiring cosmic vistas.

In [[Drive-Thru]], Strong Bad launched a pump-up toy rocket with the hope of retrieving a [[Europa-pean Lobster|space lobster]] from [[Wikipedia:Europa (moon)|Europa]] (a moon of [[Wikipedia:Jupiter|Jupiter]]). Although the toy rocket returned to the surface of the Earth with a lobster, a mysterious [[Drive-Thru Whale]] ate it and left the planet without Strong Bad's knowledge.

==Appearances==
*[[Super NES]]
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]
*[[Yearbook Character Page]]
*[[Theme Song Video]]
*Email [[ghosts]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[japanese cartoon]]
*[[New Boots]]
*Email [[flashback]]
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]]
*Email [[best thing]]
*Email [[space program]]
*Email [[theme song]]
*[[One Two, One Two]]
*Email [[mini-golf]]
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]] (Easter egg)
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]]
*Email [[winter pool]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner]]

==See Also==
*[[The Moon]]

[[Category:Places]]

Scrolling Shooter Games Menu

2008-08-12T14:34:55Z

Venusy: Replacing image with updated version.

[[Image:GamesMenuSBCG4AP.PNG|thumb|The current ''Games'' menu]]

'''Scrolling Shooter Games Menu''' is the current [[homestarrunner.com]] games selection screen. It is styled from the vertical [[Wikipedia:Scrolling shooter|scrolling shooter]] arcade games from the early '80s. The older games are available from the WWII style fighter, while the newer, more advanced games are selected from the fancy space fighters. A [[20X6]] character describes each game.

'''Page Title:''' Shots do NOT hurt other players... yet.

'''Date:''' July 29, 2004

== Available Games==
*[[Handheld Games Menu|Old Games]] — ''So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!''
*[[TROGDOR!|Trogdor]] — ''One armed dragon might! Thrilling level!''
*[[Population: Tire|Pop Tire]] — ''Bouncing tire Challenge! Begin at once!''
*[[Thy Dungeonman|Dungeon Man]] — ''Type an adventure! Keyboard to the max!''
*[[Awexome Cross]] — ''Rolling Cheat thunder! Grab n go cash!''
*[[StrongBadZone|SBZone]] — ''Avoiding shaped attacks in a Strong Bad Zone!''
*[[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up|Marshie Ween]] — ''Switching colored treats! Floating delights!''
*[[Secret Collect.|Secret Collect]] — ''A flashing maze to create many times!''
*[[RhinoFeeder|Rhino Feeder]] - ''Mighty zoo animal! Elude a snake!''
*[[Peasant's Quest|Peasant Quest]] — ''Robed peasant hero! Text and graphic style!''
*[[Stinkoman 20X6|Stinko Man]] - ''Sidemost scrolling! Stinkoman presents!''
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3|Dungeon Man 3]] - ''Text and graphics! Orange adventure!''
*[[Viidelectrix|Wii Games]] - ''Games for Wii! Wave it all around!''
*[[Make-O Your Own Stinko|Stinko Comix]] - ''Make your own comics! Sprite based humors!''
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|SBCG4AP]] - ''A real type game! For Wii and PC both!''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click the center "Games Menu... [[1982]] Videlectrix.com" to go to the [[Videlectrix]] website.
*Click on the level number to change the backgrounds.
<gallery>
Image:Gamesmenulvl1.PNG|
Image:Gamesmenulvl2.PNG|
Image:Gamesmenulvl3.PNG|
</gallery>
*When you collect one of the [[Wikipedia:Power-up|power-ups]] that appear occasionally, the character ship and avatar changes accordingly.
:{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Character !! width=90 | Avatar (closed mouth) !! width=90 | Avatar (open mouth) !! Ship !! Power-Up
|-
| <center>[[1-Up]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Stinkoman]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Pan Pan]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pam Pam Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Cheatball]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[20X6 Coach Z]] </center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|}

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
[[Image:2nite.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of the New Games page when played using Flash Player 6; note the unused ''[[TROGDOR!]]'' message.]]
*When this menu was first released, the information bar at the bottom (score, brand, level) was not there. It was added shortly thereafter.
*When viewing the flash file, a small green line floats to the bottom on the left side in level 3.
*This is the first time Cheatball and 20X6 Coach Z have ever been shown.
*The score can't move above 0.
*Loading the page up with Flash Player 6 will cause the browser to complain about a script in the background making everything run slowly. If cancel is selected, it will cause the menu to cease loading the levels (thus showing "Level", without any numeric value assigned, leaving a blank screen), cause the sprite to go haywire (it will go through every morphing and moving animation over and over and over) and have some characters say an otherwise unused message ("''Trogdor is the Greatest Game! Play 2Nite!''").
**Note: The message "TROGDOR IS THE GREATEST GAME! PLAY 2NITE!!" is actually the default value of the text box. It is replaced with another message when you move the mouse over an item. The text is never seen unless all actionscript is stopped, which happens when you get the "running slowly" dialog box described above and choose to stop running scripts.
*When [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] was added to the games menu, it briefly [[:Image:GamesMenuWithDungeonMan3WithoutRhinoFeeder.PNG|replaced RhinoFeeder]].

=== Remarks ===
*Each ship has a different maneuverability. From fastest to slowest: Cheatball, Stinkoman, 1-Up, 20X6 Coach Z, and Pan Pan.
*While most of the website fits into a small rectangle with rounded edges, this menu has proportions more like that of an arcade cabinet's monitor, with sharp edges.
*Despite using 20X6 characters, each pill uses the initials of the normal characters (for example, SB = Strong Bad, not Stinkoman). The ships are also designed off of the normal non-20X6 characters, the most obvious example being Pan Pan's [[Pom Pom]]-shaped spaceship.
*Pan Pan opens and closes his mouth to make it appear that he speaks normal words, although he has been shown to communicate by bouncing, as seen in [[Under Construction]].

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:Dissapear.JPG|thumb|139px|Disappearing act]]
*Grab a slow character's pill (20X6 Coach Z or Pan Pan) and go to one of the far sides and quickly scroll to the other side and click on one of the games. Your character's laser will shoot out from where the ship was and the game you clicked on will still explode even if the laser isn't anywhere near it.
*If you click on a game-ship in the far left and scroll very fast to the right (or vice-versa) with a fast character's pill, your ship will disappear unless you navigate to the opposite direction you went.

=== Real-World References ===
* The levels are all inspired by classic video games.
**Level 1 (landscape) is modeled after ''[[Wikipedia:Xevious|Xevious]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]], 1982).
**Level 2 (sea/ships) is modeled after ''[[Wikipedia:1941: Counter Attack|1941: Counter Attack]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Capcom|Capcom]], 1984).
**Level 3 (space) is probably a reference to the arcade games ''[[Wikipedia:Galaxian|Galaxian]]'' (by Namco, 1979) and ''[[Wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]'' (by Namco, 1981).
*The quote for Awexome Cross refers to the sidescrolling shooter series named ''[[Wikipedia:Rolling Thunder (arcade game)|Rolling Thunder]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]], 1986).
*The power-ups fall down in the same fashion as the game ''[[Wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]]'', in which falling pill-like objects would change the appearance and ability of the ship below.
*The falling pills are also quite reminiscent of the old computer game Mac Brickout 3.4, in which falling, rotating pills with letters on them would grant your paddle special abilities.
*The "Ready!" text that you see when you enter the menu is from the [[Nintendo|NES]] ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man Classic|Mega Man]]'' games (among other games such as [[Wikipedia:Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble]]); that is, it uses a similar font and placement.
*The continually rolling "1982 Videlectrix" bar at the bottom is a reference to a similar animation that appeared in most [[Atari 2600]] games made by [[Wikipedia:Activision|Activision]].
*The page title, "Shots do NOT hurt other players...yet." is from the classic arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Gauntlet (arcade game)|Gauntlet]]''.
*The way the dialogue is displayed (along with the person speaking) resembles the [[Wikipedia:Star Fox series|''Star Fox'' games]].
*The scrollover noise is the jumping noise from the [[Wikipedia:Atari 5200|Atari 5200]] game [[Wikipedia:Montezuma's Revenge (video game)|''Montezuma's Revenge'']] (by [[Wikipedia:Parker Brothers|Parker Brothers]], 1984).

=== Fast Forward ===
*You can [[Stinkoman 20X6 Playable Characters|play as]] Stinkoman's ship, the Stinkowing, in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]] of the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:games.html|View the Games Menu]]
*[[HR:gamesmenu new.swf|View the Flash file for the Games Menu]]
*[[HR:oldgames.html|View the Old Games Menu]]
*[[HR:handheld.swf|View the Flash file for the Old Games Menu]]

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