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virus

2004-11-16T21:38:55Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail118.png|thumb|This does not look good for the [[Compy 386]]]]

'''Strong Bad Email #118'''

[[Strong Bad]] experiences some "technical difficulties" with Compy 386...and the rest of the Homestar Runner universe.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Coach Z]] (easter egg) [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The King of Town]], [[The Ugly One]], [[Bubs]], [[The Cheat]], [[Fightgar]] (easter egg)

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email. ''{starts reading email}''

<pre>
ert+
y76p; '0lu8jkyee;u4p;e'/Rh
Strong ba15456 `-------++++++gf
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg
</pre>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six pee! Ohlyuu eight--" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the Quadratic Formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those VIRUS emails? Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted," but the screen replies "NICE TRY!" A red line of text appears reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!

''{Strong Bad types it again, but the screen flashes "NOTTA CHANCE!!" A red line of text appears reading "That neither"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, a wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar.

''{Strong Bad types in edgarware.exe, bringing up the following text on-screen}''

<pre>
Edgar the Virus
Hunter

programmed entirely
in mom's basement
by Edgar c1982
</pre>

''{Strong Bad hits a key, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<pre>
Virus Protection
version .0001

Last scan was NEVER ago.

scanning...
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK Edgar, now drop a TRAIN on 'em!

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
Scan Complete!

423, 827
Viruses Found!

A New Record!!
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wah! That is NOT a small number! That is a BIG number! What'm I gonna do?

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR

Computer over.

Virus = Very Yes.
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals "very yes?" That's not a good prize!

''{The text on the Compy 386 screen melts off, and slides onto the floor}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it, The No Loafing sign becomes the following text and falls off the wall.}''

<pre>
<head>
<href>No loafing</href>
<body>
</pre>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets swallowed by the computer desk, and Strong Sad walks in, but his head has been replaced by his emoticons from Strong Sad's Lament which floats a foot to the left of where it should be.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Strong Bad, what's going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! Uh, I dunno. You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of the Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3," in the corner in place of the "What's new" text}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Lower body starts walking away in place}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh, no.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get four hundred thousand viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes. VERY yes.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into a Strong Sad trading card and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen disappears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk, then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the? Whoa! It's cold out here!

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back onto the screen, but it shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His body is 1936 The Homestar Runner's body, while the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides on, producing several ghost images of himself}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box! ''{he turns to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No no! Don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground}'' Like these right here!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uhh, this one ''{picks up "downloads" from the bottom menu}'' and this one ''{picks up "games" from the bottom menu}'' and this one. ''{picks up "characters" from the bottom menu}''

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows (including a real one) titled "Click on the Monkey!!" and featuring oldschool Homestar in them appear saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" spawn. Strong Bad starts screaming and pounding the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a huge stack of VHS tapes}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever-

''{Marzipan suddenly turns into a ASCII rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted making her words unintelligible}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his character video inside a large M, which walks offscreen. Text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows}''

<pre>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An
he did, but it was the wrong car. See? Dumb and strong. He'
</pre>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some you-know-what on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left... ''{the Poopsmith extends the shovel towards the King}'' Good, good.

''{The scene suddenly changes to a TGS style piece of paper, with the text "issue 3.14159265and the rest" at the top}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! Poopsmith?

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere, her mouth huge and distorted}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it 9 times!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner loading screen, which splits and reveals a screen with the text "It is now safe to turn your computer off." Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His face is a broken JPEG, his legs are rendered in a fashion suitable for red/blue 3D-glasses, his belt is transparent, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a million years ago.

''{Cut to a cloud scene. Strong Bad is here and extremely glitched up, as is The Cheat who keeps floating around the screen randomly. A pitch-black [[Rather Dashing]] and a colon continuously fly by in the foreground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' With Marzipan's Radish we gonna win the competition!

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! He fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man!

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, and Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a shotgun}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks Bubs! How'd you get rid of th- wait. Why do you have a shotgun? What did you do? Where's my Compy?!

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' YOU MURDERER! You killed my brother! I mean computer.

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! You ALL understand! I mean don't understand. AAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs offscreen, very distraught. The Cheat makes some Cheat noises, and follows him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Bubs! Can I have my leg back, now?

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{very distraught}'' Dear Strong Bad, I don't know the crapfully yours. ''{hits head on keyboard a few times}'' I-I don't know the crapfully yours. *sniff* I can't RELATE! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I can't ''RELATE''! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and MIX ''{hits head}'' it up.

''{The Paper comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your NAME, Davey! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice fades off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on the cog on the left at the end of the e-mail, you can see Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
*If you click on the fan on the right, you can see a [[Cheat Commandos]] excerpt, but instead of a gun, Fightgar holds Homestar's leg (which curiously works the same way.)
*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen you can still click the [[Quote of the Week]], [[Sketchbook]] and [[Weekly Fanstuff]] buttons to see them.
**If you hold tab until it highlights over where the updates are posted and hit enter, it takes you to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**If you mouse over the Quote of the Week, it bounces around the screen until it gets lodged at the top. When you click "Hear it," a pixelated broom scrolls vertically along the screen and makes a loud distorted noise, the same as is heard by Marzipan moments later and some of the links dissapear off the bottom of the screen. When you click the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen and the links reappear.
**If you click on the Sketchbook, a picture of Coach Z upside down appears, with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's the Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and a grill. The picture has a lot of numbers at the bottom. Scroll over the close button,which is misspelled as OC(x)LSE, and the words 'A BOOK' appear in green.
**If you click on Weekly Fanstuff, the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scroll over it and a green X appears overtop.

== Fun Facts ==
*'Click on the monkey' is a reference to various popups where if you click said object (ranging from targets to, well, monkeys), your computer will usually get bombarded with spyware, viruses, etc

*The navigation and the email are combined into one flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words).

*If you click "main" on the navigation bar it says the 404 error. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained (among other ways) by dividing zero by zero.

*[[Wikipedia:Quadratic formula|The quadratic formula]] is a mathematical equation used for finding solutions to quadratic equations.

*[[Wikipedia:Linux|"Linux"]] refers to the [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written for the 386 by [[Wikipedia:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:GNU/Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]). The name is often thrown around as a buzzword by those who do not know what it is, which explains Strong Bad's absolutely random use of the name.

*Bubs' computer expertise was first recognized in [[The System is Down]].

*Strong Bad saying "Oh, a wise guy, eh?" is a reference to the Three Stooges, where Curly uses the very same phrase often.

*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable and make the back of the screen turn blue.

*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] on Strong Bad's desk is labeled "''Spy vs. Spy''" before it melts into the desk. ''[[Wikipedia:Spy vs. Spy|Spy vs. Spy]]'', based on the feature comic of [[Wikipedia:Mad Magazine|Mad Magazine]], was a game for old computers and the NES that featured innovative split screen gameplay.

*"FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR" comes from [[50 emails]]. His response that it's not a "good prize" comes from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

*The fate of Strong Bad's table may be a reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation. When the holodeck went haywire, patches of it would appear only as the underlying grid, just as the table does.
**The vector-ized table also references the game [[StrongBadZone]] with its red and black graphics.

*When Strong Sad appears after the water flows out of the Compy 386, if you look to the top right corner you see the words "Stave it off 1, 2, 3..." which is an obvious reference to the Strong Bad e-mail [[for kids]].

*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/mirror/cards.swf Trading Cards] that has since been removed from the site.

*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, refering to the onion-skinning feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.

*When Homestar appears on the screen his body is that of [[The Homestar Runner|Old Timey Homestar]].

*After Homestar removes the words "games", "characters", and "downloads" from the bottom of the screen, all of the other words, except for "toons", are still clickable.

*The "Click the Monkey" phrase, "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome", was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]]. It has since been changed, though. The phrase is also heard in [[The Cheat Theme Song]].

*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the last iteration of the Characters page ([http://homestarrunner.com/yearbook.html The Yearbook]).

*Note that the sound Strong Mad makes as he leaves off the screen is the same as Homsar's movement noise.

*The issue number of the Teen Girl Squad is the first nine digits of Pi (3.14159265 and the rest). The "And the rest" may be a reference to the first Gilligan's Island theme song, where the chorus sang some of the main character's name but then just sang "and the rest" instead of the other's names.

*The Ugly One's line, and the sound effects played after that come from The Cheat's cartoon in [[crazy cartoon]]/[[Crazy Cartoon (toon)]].

*The "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen is from old Windows 95 Machines which could not turn themselves off.
**They got it slightly wrong in the cartoon though--"It's now safe to turn your computer off." This may have been intentional.

*During the big glitch scene right before Bubs "fixes" the computer, we can hear the song from the intro of [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] and [[That a Ghost]].

*Strong Bad talking about radishes is from [[The Reddest Radish]], and in fact is the actual clip of his voice from that cartoon.

*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his right arm is moving as if stuck in position #5 and his left arm stuck in position #4 of a game of [[Dancin' Bubs]].

*The sound that the shotgun makes ''(i.e. everything returning to normal)'' is the same sound as when The Cheat's head explodes.

*After the computer is destroyed, the contrast buttons are no longer clickable.

*Bubs selling the broken Compy 386 (easter egg) is a reference to [[KoT E-mail]], in which we learn Bubs had also sold the broken Tandy 400.

*This is most likely the end of the Compy 386 era. We should see a new computer in the next email or so. The last computer change was in [[invisibility]].
**On the DVD commentary for [[invisibility]], they were discussing the possibility that they would retire Compy and replace it with a laptop named "Lappy;" the part about the laptop may or may not be a joke.

*This is one of only a few emails where the characters seem to "break the fourth wall" by recognizing their existence as cartoon characters on a computer screen rather than in a fictional world of their own. Other emails where they do this are [[flashback]] (they extend the size of the display area and Homestar is "behind the black"), [[for kids]] where Strong Bad alludes to the idea of children at home watching the emails, [[the process]] (the entire email implies that Strong Bad is aware that he is a cartoon being watched by people at home), and [[extra plug]] (the scene at the end with the cast making a fake e-mail give the impression that Strong Bad knows someone's watching, and that they want to see the e-mail finished).

*The page title is "Compy 386??", which is referring to the fact that the Compy 386 is clearly destroyed in this e-mail.

*When Bubs walks across the screen with Homestar's leg, his lower half is done in two layers of red and blue. Watching this scene with red and blue 3D glasses makes Bubs vaguely 3D.

*When Bubs' mouth is a broken JPEG, it has the letters "TH." This is a reference to his other identity, [[Thnikkaman|The Thnikkaman]].

*If you click on the 'Quote of the week button easter egg', the buttons at the bottom that are eventually removed by Homestar are removed prematurely, yet still clickable. Close the box, and the buttons reappear.

*The 'Quote of the week' box is actually mirrored at the time that it falls off the screen. Also, instead of the usual 'Download It' option, it says 'Don't TAPE it'. It is clickable, pressing the mouse button down over the word shows 'Don't TAKE it' in a different colored font, but nothing happens when you release the mouse button.

*When the screen comes up to say 'It is now safe to turn off your computer', the rest of the navigation buttons at the bottom disappear, and don't reappear the entire rest of the toon.

*ERT+ is shorthand for the female hormone estrogen.

*When Strong Bad says, "Meet my main man Edgar," it might be a reference to the [[2 years]] e-mail, where he says his main man is Van Mundegaarde.

*[[Edgarware]] is probably a spoof of Norton Anti-virus.

*The Compy gets killed in this e-mail, so this is probably going to result into a new Strong Bad Email menu.

*One of the Click the Monkey! popups is real and stays on your screen until you get rid of it.

*Strong Bad's Compy seems to have a huge effect on the world for a computer.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html watch "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.swf view the flash file for "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.html view the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.swf view the flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1284 forum thread re: "virus"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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virus

2004-11-16T19:07:53Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail118.png|thumb|This does not look good for the [[Compy 386]]]]

'''Strong Bad Email #118'''

[[Strong Bad]] experiences some "technical difficulties" with Compy 386...and the rest of the Homestar Runner universe.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Coach Z]] (easter egg) [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The King of Town]], [[The Ugly One]], [[Bubs]], [[The Cheat]], [[Fightgar]] (easter egg)

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email. ''{starts reading email}''

<pre>
ert+
y76p; '0lu8jkyee;u4p;e'/Rh
Strong ba15456 `-------++++++gf
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg
</pre>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six pee! Ohlyuu eight--" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the Quadratic Formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those VIRUS emails? Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted," but the screen replies "NICE TRY!" A red line of text appears reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!

''{Strong Bad types it again, but the screen flashes "NOTTA CHANCE!!" A red line of text appears reading "That neither"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, a wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar.

''{Strong Bad types in edgarware.exe, bringing up the following text on-screen}''

<pre>
Edgar the Virus
Hunter

programmed entirely
in mom's basement
by Edgar c1982
</pre>

''{Strong Bad hits a key, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<pre>
Virus Protection
version .0001

Last scan was NEVER ago.

scanning...
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK Edgar, now drop a TRAIN on 'em!

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
Scan Complete!

423, 827
Viruses Found!

A New Record!!
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wah! That is NOT a small number! That is a BIG number! What'm I gonna do?

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR

Computer over.

Virus = Very Yes.
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals "very yes?" That's not a good prize!

''{The text on the Compy 386 screen melts off, and slides onto the floor}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it, The No Loafing sign becomes the following text and falls off the wall.}''

<pre>
<head>
<href>No loafing</href>
<body>
</pre>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets swallowed by the computer desk, and Strong Sad walks in, but his head has been replaced by his emoticons from Strong Sad's Lament which floats a foot to the left of where it should be.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Strong Bad, what's going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! Uh, I dunno. You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of the Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3," in the corner in place of the "What's new" text}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Lower body starts walking away in place}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh, no.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get four hundred thousand viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes. VERY yes.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into a Strong Sad trading card and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen disappears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk, then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the? Whoa! It's cold out here!

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back onto the screen, but it shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His body is 1936 The Homestar Runner's body, while the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides on, producing several ghost images of himself}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box! ''{he turns to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No no! Don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground}'' Like these right here!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uhh, this one ''{picks up "downloads" from the bottom menu}'' and this one ''{picks up "games" from the bottom menu}'' and this one. ''{picks up "characters" from the bottom menu}''

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows (including a real one) titled "Click on the Monkey!!" and featuring oldschool Homestar in them appear saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" spawn. Strong Bad starts screaming and pounding the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a huge stack of VHS tapes}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever-

''{Marzipan suddenly turns into a ASCII rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted making her words unintelligible}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his character video inside a large M, which walks offscreen. Text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows}''

<pre>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An
he did, but it was the wrong car. See? Dumb and strong. He'
</pre>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some you-know-what on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left... ''{the Poopsmith extends the shovel towards the King}'' Good, good.

''{The scene suddenly changes to a TGS style piece of paper, with the text "issue 3.14159265and the rest" at the top}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! Poopsmith?

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere, her mouth huge and distorted}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it 9 times!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner loading screen, which splits and reveals a screen with the text "It is now safe to turn your computer off." Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His face is a broken JPEG, his legs are rendered in a fashion suitable for red/blue 3D-glasses, his belt is transparent, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a million years ago.

''{Cut to a cloud scene. Strong Bad is here and extremely glitched up, as is The Cheat who keeps floating around the screen randomly. A pitch-black [[Rather Dashing]] and a colon continuously fly by in the foreground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' With Marzipan's Radish we gonna win the competition!

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! He fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man!

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, and Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a shotgun}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks Bubs! How'd you get rid of th- wait. Why do you have a shotgun? What did you do? Where's my Compy?!

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' YOU MURDERER! You killed my brother! I mean computer.

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! You ALL understand! I mean don't understand. AAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs offscreen, very distraught. The Cheat makes some Cheat noises, and follows him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Bubs! Can I have my leg back, now?

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{very distraught}'' Dear Strong Bad, I don't know the crapfully yours. ''{hits head on keyboard a few times}'' I-I don't know the crapfully yours. *sniff* I can't RELATE! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I can't ''RELATE''! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and MIX ''{hits head}'' it up.

''{The Paper comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your NAME, Davey! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice fades off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on the cog on the left at the end of the e-mail, you can see Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
*If you click on the fan on the right, you can see a [[Cheat Commandos]] excerpt, but instead of a gun, Fightgar holds Homestar's leg (which curiously works the same way.)
*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen you can still click the [[Quote of the Week]], [[Sketchbook]] and [[Weekly Fanstuff]] buttons to see them.
**If you hold tab until it highlights over where the updates are posted and hit enter, it takes you to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**If you mouse over the Quote of the Week, it bounces around the screen until it gets lodged at the top. When you click "Hear it," a pixelated broom scrolls vertically along the screen and makes a loud distorted noise, the same as is heard by Marzipan moments later and some of the links dissapear off the bottom of the screen. When you click the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen and the links reappear.
**If you click on the Sketchbook, a picture of Coach Z upside down appears, with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's the Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and a grill. The picture has a lot of numbers at the bottom. Scroll over the close button,which is misspelled as OC(x)LSE, and the words 'A BOOK' appear in green.
**If you click on Weekly Fanstuff, the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scroll over it and a green X appears overtop.

== Fun Facts ==
*'Click on the monkey' is a reference to various popups where if you click said object (ranging from targets to, well, monkeys), your computer will usually get bombarded with spyware, viruses, etc

*The navigation and the email are combined into one flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words).

*If you click "main" on the navigation bar it says the 404 error. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained (among other ways) by dividing zero by zero.

*[[Wikipedia:Quadratic formula|The quadratic formula]] is a mathematical equation used for finding solutions to quadratic equations.

*[[Wikipedia:Linux|"Linux"]] refers to the [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written for the 386 by [[Wikipedia:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:GNU/Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]). The name is often thrown around as a buzzword by those who do not know what it is, which explains Strong Bad's absolutely random use of the name.

*Bubs' computer expertise was first recognized in [[The System is Down]].

*Strong Bad saying "Oh, a wise guy, eh?" is a reference to the Three Stooges, where Curly uses the very same phrase often.

*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable and make the back of the screen turn blue.

*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] on Strong Bad's desk is labeled "''Spy vs. Spy''" before it melts into the desk. ''[[Wikipedia:Spy vs. Spy|Spy vs. Spy]]'', based on the feature comic of [[Wikipedia:Mad Magazine|Mad Magazine]], was a game for old computers and the NES that featured innovative split screen gameplay.

*"FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR" comes from [[50 emails]]. His response that it's not a "good prize" comes from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

*The fate of Strong Bad's table may be a reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation. When the holodeck went haywire, patches of it would appear only as the underlying grid, just as the table does.

*When Strong Sad appears after the water flows out of the Compy 386, if you look to the top right corner you see the words "Stave it off 1, 2, 3..." which is an obvious reference to the Strong Bad e-mail [[for kids]].

*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/mirror/cards.swf Trading Cards] that has since been removed from the site.

*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, refering to the onion-skinning feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.

*When Homestar appears on the screen his body is that of [[The Homestar Runner|Old Timey Homestar]].

*After Homestar removes the words "games", "characters", and "downloads" from the bottom of the screen, all of the other words, except for "toons", are still clickable.

*The "Click the Monkey" phrase, "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome", was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]]. It has since been changed, though. The phrase is also heard in [[The Cheat Theme Song]].

*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the last iteration of the Characters page ([http://homestarrunner.com/yearbook.html The Yearbook]).

*Note that the sound Strong Mad makes as he leaves off the screen is the same as Homsar's movement noise.

*The issue number of the Teen Girl Squad is the first nine digits of Pi (3.14159265 and the rest). The "And the rest" may be a reference to the first Gilligan's Island theme song, where the chorus sang some of the main character's name but then just sang "and the rest" instead of the other's names.

*The Ugly One's line, and the sound effects played after that come from The Cheat's cartoon in [[crazy cartoon]]/[[Crazy Cartoon (toon)]].

*The "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen is from old Windows 95 Machines which could not turn themselves off.
**They got it slightly wrong in the cartoon though--"It's now safe to turn your computer off." This may have been intentional.

*During the big glitch scene right before Bubs "fixes" the computer, we can hear the song from the intro of [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] and [[That a Ghost]].

*Strong Bad talking about radishes is from [[The Reddest Radish]].

*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his right arm is moving as if stuck in position #5 in a game of [[Dancin' Bubs]].

*The sound that the shotgun makes ''(i.e. everything returning to normal)'' is the same sound as when The Cheat's head explodes.

*After the computer is destroyed, the contrast buttons are no longer clickable.

*Bubs selling the broken Compy 386 (easter egg) is a reference to [[KoT E-mail]], in which we learn Bubs had also sold the broken Tandy 400.

*This is most likely the end of the Compy 386 era. We should see a new computer in the next email or so. The last computer change was in [[invisibility]].
**On the DVD commentary for [[invisibility]], they were discussing the possibility that they would retire Compy and replace it with a laptop; the part about the laptop may or may not be a joke.

*This is one of only a few emails where the characters seem to "break the fourth wall" by recognizing their existence as cartoon characters on a computer screen rather than in a fictional world of their own. Other emails where they do this are [[flashback]] (they extend the size of the display area and Homestar is "behind the black"), [[for kids]] where Strong Bad alludes to the idea of children at home watching the emails, [[the process]] (the entire email implies that Strong Bad is aware that he is a cartoon being watched by people at home), and [[extra plug]] (the scene at the end with the cast making a fake e-mail give the impression that Strong Bad knows someone's watching, and that they want to see the e-mail finished).

*The page title is "Compy 386??", which is referring to the fact that the Compy 386 is clearly destroyed in this e-mail.

*When Bubs walks across the screen with Homestar's leg, his lower half is done in two layers of red and blue. Watching this scene with red and blue 3D glasses makes Bubs vaguely 3D.

*When Bubs' mouth is a broken JPEG, it has the letters "TH." This is a reference to his other identity, [[Thnikkaman|The Thnikkaman]].

*If you click on the 'Quote of the week button easter egg', the buttons at the bottom that are eventually removed by Homestar are removed prematurely, yet still clickable. Close the box, and the buttons reappear.

*The 'Quote of the week' box is actually mirrored at the time that it falls off the screen. Also, instead of the usual 'Download It' option, it says 'Don't TAPE it'. It is clickable, pressing the mouse button down over the word shows 'Don't TAKE it' in a different colored font, but nothing happens when you release the mouse button.

*When the screen comes up to say 'It is now safe to turn off your computer', the rest of the navigation buttons at the bottom disappear, and don't reappear the entire rest of the toon.

*ERT+ is shorthand for the female hormone estrogen.

*When Strong Bad says, "Meet my main man Edgar," it might be a reference to the [[2 years]] e-mail, where he says his main man is Van Mundegaarde.

*[[Edgarware]] is probably a spoof of Norton Anti-virus.

*Strong Bad's quote from "The Reddest Raddish" is the actual clip of his voice from the file in question.

*The Compy gets killed in this e-mail, so this is probably going to result into a new Strong Bad Email menu.

*When Strong Sad appears, it shows his "current mood", which is an obvious reference to Strong Sad's Lament (his weblog), because for every new post it shows his mood.

*Edgarware is made completely in mom's basement, which makes no sense because he says that moms send you email viruses.

*One of the Click the Monkey! popups is real and stays on your screen until you get rid of it.

*During the "radish" part, you can see [[Rather Dashing]] run across the top of the screen.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html watch "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.swf view the flash file for "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.html view the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.swf view the flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1284 forum thread re: "virus"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:Strong Sad Filmography]][[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography]][[Category:Strong Mad Filmography]][[Category:Marzipan Filmography]][[Category:The Poopsmith Filmography]][[Category:The King of Town Filmography]][[Category:Bubs Filmography]][[Category:The Cheat Filmography]][[Category:Fightgar Filmography]]

virus

2004-11-16T19:06:37Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail118.png|thumb|This does not look good for the [[Compy 386]]]]

'''Strong Bad Email #118'''

[[Strong Bad]] experiences some "technical difficulties" with Compy 386...and the rest of the Homestar Runner universe.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Coach Z]] (easter egg) [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The King of Town]], [[The Ugly One]], [[Bubs]], [[The Cheat]], [[Fightgar]] (easter egg)

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email. ''{starts reading email}''

<pre>
ert+
y76p; '0lu8jkyee;u4p;e'/Rh
Strong ba15456 `-------++++++gf
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg
</pre>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six pee! Ohlyuu eight--" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the Quadratic Formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those VIRUS emails? Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted," but the screen replies "NICE TRY!" A red line of text appears reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!

''{Strong Bad types it again, but the screen flashes "NOTTA CHANCE!!" A red line of text appears reading "That neither"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, a wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar.

''{Strong Bad types in edgarware.exe, bringing up the following text on-screen}''

<pre>
Edgar the Virus
Hunter

programmed entirely
in mom's basement
by Edgar c1982
</pre>

''{Strong Bad hits a key, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<pre>
Virus Protection
version .0001

Last scan was NEVER ago.

scanning...
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK Edgar, now drop a TRAIN on 'em!

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
Scan Complete!

423, 827
Viruses Found!

A New Record!!
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wah! That is NOT a small number! That is a BIG number! What'm I gonna do?

''{The following text now appears on the screen}''

<pre>
FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR

Computer over.

Virus = Very Yes.
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals "very yes?" That's not a good prize!

''{The text on the Compy 386 screen melts off, and slides onto the floor}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it, The No Loafing sign becomes the following text and falls off the wall.}''

<pre>
<head>
<href>No loafing</href>
<body>
</pre>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets swallowed by the computer desk, and Strong Sad walks in, but his head has been replaced by his emoticons from Strong Sad's Lament which floats a foot to the left of where it should be.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Strong Bad, what's going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! Uh, I dunno. You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of the Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3," in the corner in place of the "What's new" text}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Lower body starts walking away in place}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh, no.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get four hundred thousand viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes. VERY yes.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into a Strong Sad trading card and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen disappears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk, then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the? Whoa! It's cold out here!

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back onto the screen, but it shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His body is 1936 The Homestar Runner's body, while the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides on, producing several ghost images of himself}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box! ''{he turns to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No no! Don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground}'' Like these right here!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uhh, this one ''{picks up "downloads" from the bottom menu}'' and this one ''{picks up "games" from the bottom menu}'' and this one. ''{picks up "characters" from the bottom menu}''

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows (including a real one) titled "Click on the Monkey!!" and featuring oldschool Homestar in them appear saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" spawn. Strong Bad starts screaming and pounding the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a huge stack of VHS tapes}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever-

''{Marzipan suddenly turns into a ASCII rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted making her words unintelligible}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his character video inside a large M, which walks offscreen. Text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows}''

<pre>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An
he did, but it was the wrong car. See? Dumb and strong. He'
</pre>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some you-know-what on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left... ''{the Poopsmith extends the shovel towards the King}'' Good, good.

''{The scene suddenly changes to a TGS style piece of paper, with the text "issue 3.14159265and the rest" at the top}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! Poopsmith?

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere, her mouth huge and distorted}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it 9 times!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner loading screen, which splits and reveals a screen with the text "It is now safe to turn your computer off." Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His face is a broken JPEG, his legs are rendered in a fashion suitable for red/blue 3D-glasses, his belt is transparent, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a million years ago.

''{Cut to a cloud scene. Strong Bad is here and extremely glitched up, as is The Cheat who keeps floating around the screen randomly. A pitch-black [[Rather Dashing]] and a colon continuously fly by in the foreground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' With Marzipan's Radish we gonna win the competition!

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! He fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man!

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, and Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a shotgun}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks Bubs! How'd you get rid of th- wait. Why do you have a shotgun? What did you do? Where's my Compy?!

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' YOU MURDERER! You killed my brother! I mean computer.

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! You ALL understand! I mean don't understand. AAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs offscreen, very distraught. The Cheat makes some Cheat noises, and follows him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Bubs! Can I have my leg back, now?

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{very distraught}'' Dear Strong Bad, I don't know the crapfully yours. ''{hits head on keyboard a few times}'' I-I don't know the crapfully yours. *sniff* I can't RELATE! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I can't ''RELATE''! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and MIX ''{hits head}'' it up.

''{The Paper comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your NAME, Davey! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice fades off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on the cog on the left at the end of the e-mail, you can see Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
*If you click on the fan on the right, you can see a [[Cheat Commandos]] excerpt, but instead of a gun, Fightgar holds Homestar's leg (which curiously works the same way.)
*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen you can still click the [[Quote of the Week]], [[Sketchbook]] and [[Weekly Fanstuff]] buttons to see them.
**If you hold tab until it highlights over where the updates are posted and hit enter, it takes you to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**If you mouse over the Quote of the Week, it bounces around the screen until it gets lodged at the top. When you click "Hear it," a pixelated broom scrolls vertically along the screen and makes a loud distorted noise, the same as is heard by Marzipan moments later and some of the links dissapear off the bottom of the screen. When you click the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen and the links reappear.
**If you click on the Sketchbook, a picture of Coach Z upside down appears, with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's the Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and a grill. The picture has a lot of numbers at the bottom. Scroll over the close button,which is misspelled as OC(x)LSE, and the words 'A BOOK' appear in green.
**If you click on Weekly Fanstuff, the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scroll over it and a green X appears overtop.

== Fun Facts ==
*'Click on the monkey' is a reference to various popups where if you click said object (ranging from targets to, well, monkeys), your computer will usually get bombarded with spyware, viruses, etc

*The navigation and the email are combined into one flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words).

*If you click "main" on the navigation bar it says the 404 error. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained (among other ways) by dividing zero by zero.

*[[Wikipedia:Quadratic formula|The quadratic formula]] is a mathematical equation used for finding solutions to quadratic equations.

*[[Wikipedia:Linux|"Linux"]] refers to the [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written for the 386 by [[Wikipedia:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:GNU/Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]). The name is often thrown around as a buzzword by those who do not know what it is, which explains Strong Bad's absolutely random use of the name.

*Bubs' computer expertise was first recognized in [[The System is Down]].

*Strong Bad saying "Oh, a wise guy, eh?" is a reference to the Three Stooges, where Curly uses the very same phrase often.

*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable and make the back of the screen turn blue.

*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] on Strong Bad's desk is labeled "''Spy vs. Spy''" before it melts into the desk. ''[[Wikipedia:Spy vs. Spy|Spy vs. Spy]]'', based on the feature comic of [[Wikipedia:Mad Magazine|Mad Magazine]], was a game for old computers and the NES that featured innovative split screen gameplay.

*"FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR" comes from [[50 emails]]. His response that it's not a "good prize" comes from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

*The fate of Strong Bad's table may be a reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation. When the holodeck went haywire, patches of it would appear only as the underlying grid, just as the table does.

*When Strong Sad appears after the water flows out of the Compy 386, if you look to the top right corner you see the words "Stave it off 1, 2, 3..." which is an obvious reference to the Strong Bad e-mail [[for kids]].

*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/mirror/cards.swf Trading Cards] that has since been removed from the site.

*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, refering to the onion-skinning feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.

*When Homestar appears on the screen his body is that of [[The Homestar Runner|Old Timey Homestar]].

*After Homestar removes the words "games", "characters", and "downloads" from the bottom of the screen, all of the other words, except for "toons", are still clickable.

*The "Click the Monkey" phrase, "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome", was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]]. It has since been changed, though. The phrase is also heard in [[The Cheat Theme Song]].

*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the last iteration of the Characters page ([http://homestarrunner.com/yearbook.html The Yearbook]).

*Note that the sound Strong Mad makes as he leaves off the screen is the same as Homsar's movement noise.

*The issue number of the Teen Girl Squad is the first nine digits of Pi (3.14159265 and the rest). The "And the rest" may be a reference to the first Gilligan's Island theme song, where the chorus sang some of the main character's name but then just sang "and the rest" instead of the other's names.

*The Ugly One's line, and the sound effects played after that come from The Cheat's cartoon in [[crazy cartoon]]/[[Crazy Cartoon (toon)]].

*The "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen is from old Windows 95 Machines which could not turn themselves off.
**They got it slightly wrong in the cartoon though--"It's now safe to turn your computer off." This may have been intentional.

*During the big glitch scene right before Bubs "fixes" the computer, we can hear the song from the intro of [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] and [[That a Ghost]].

*Strong Bad talking about radishes is from [[The Reddest Radish]].

*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his right arm is moving as if stuck in position #5 in a game of [[Dancin' Bubs]].

*The sound that the shotgun makes ''(i.e. everything returning to normal)'' is the same sound as when The Cheat's head explodes.

*After the computer is destroyed, the contrast buttons are no longer clickable.

*Bubs selling the broken Compy 386 (easter egg) is a reference to [[KoT E-mail]], in which we learn Bubs had also sold the broken Tandy 400.

*This is most likely the end of the Compy 386 era. We should see a new computer in the next email or so. The last computer change was in [[invisibility]].
**On the DVD commentary for [[invisibility]], they were discussing the possibility that they would retire Compy and replace it with a laptop; the part about the laptop may or may not be a joke.

*This is one of only a few emails where the characters seem to "break the fourth wall" by recognizing their existence as cartoon characters on a computer screen rather than in a fictional world of their own. Other emails where they do this are [[flashback]] (they extend the size of the display area and Homestar is "behind the black"), [[for kids]] where Strong Bad alludes to the idea of children at home watching the emails, [[the process]] (the entire email implies that Strong Bad is aware that he is a cartoon being watched by people at home), and [[extra plug]] (the scene at the end with the cast making a fake e-mail give the impression that Strong Bad knows someone's watching, and that they want to see the e-mail finished).

*The page title is "Compy 386??", which is referring to the fact that the Compy 386 is clearly destroyed in this e-mail.

*When Bubs walks across the screen with Homestar's leg, his lower half is done in two layers of red and blue. Watching this scene with red and blue 3D glasses makes Bubs vaguely 3D.

*When Bubs' mouth is a broken JPEG, it has the letters "TH." This is a reference to his other identity, [[Thnikkaman|The Thnikkaman]].

*If you click on the 'Quote of the week button easter egg', the buttons at the bottom that are eventually removed by Homestar are removed prematurely, yet still clickable. Close the box, and the buttons reappear.

*The 'Quote of the week' box is actually mirrored at the time that it falls off the screen. Also, instead of the usual 'Download It' option, it says 'Don't TAPE it'. It is clickable, pressing the mouse button down over the word shows 'Don't TAKE it' in a different colored font, but nothing happens when you release the mouse button.

*When the screen comes up to say 'It is now safe to turn off your computer', the rest of the navigation buttons at the bottom disappear, and don't reappear the entire rest of the toon.

*ERT+ is shorthand for the female hormone estrogen.

*When Strong Bad says, "Meet my main man Edgar," it might be a reference to the [[2 years]] e-mail, where he says his main man is Van Mundegaarde.

*[[Edgarware]] is probably a spoof of Norton Anti-virus.

*Strong Bad's quote from "The Reddest Raddish" is the actual clip of his voice from the file in question.

*The Compy gets killed in this e-mail, so this is probably going to result into a new Strong Bad Email menu.

*When Strong Sad appears, it shows his "current mood", which is an obvious reference to Strong Sad's Lament (his weblog), because for every new post it shows his mood.

*Edgarware is made completely in mom's basement, which makes no sense because he says that moms send you email viruses.

*One of the Click the Monkey! popups is real and stays on your screen until you get rid of it.

*During the "radish" part, you can see Rather Dashing run across the top of the screen.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html watch "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.swf view the flash file for "virus"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.html view the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsmakeout.swf view the flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1284 forum thread re: "virus"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:Strong Sad Filmography]][[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography]][[Category:Strong Mad Filmography]][[Category:Marzipan Filmography]][[Category:The Poopsmith Filmography]][[Category:The King of Town Filmography]][[Category:Bubs Filmography]][[Category:The Cheat Filmography]][[Category:Fightgar Filmography]]

montage

2004-11-10T01:06:36Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail117.png|thumb|Wagon Fulla Pancakes]]

'''Strong Bad Email #117'''

[[Strong Bad]] "creats" a few montages about a [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Coach Z]]

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{announcing}'' Tonight on Strong Bad Email: Comedian Coach Z, actress Marzipan, and some guy from a zoo.

''{reading}''

<pre>Dear Strong Bad,
Why don't you creat a montage?

Steve
Surf City, NJ</pre>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "creat" as it is spelled and reads NJ as "No Job"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in a high-pitched, mocking voice}'' Oooohhh! Why don't you creat an alternate reality where you don't have to spell correctly and I talk like this. And your name is Watered Down. ''{clears screen, continues typing in normal voice}'' A montage, eh Watered Down? Like, about whatever? Okay. I'll make a montage about...

''{cut to an empty field}''

me ''{Strong Bad appears}''

and a wagon. ''{a wagon appears}''

Full of pancakes. ''{pancakes appear in the wagon}''

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad and the wagon walking past Bubs's Concession Stand.}''

''{Wipe to a field where Strong Bad kicks the wagon calmly.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad pulling the wagon uphill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, or maybe a montage of me falling in love with the wagon full of pancakes.

''{Heart wipe to Strong Bad in a boat with the wagon. They are both holding glasses of wine.}''

''{singing}''

Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon listening to a Taranchula LP on headphones.}'' 
We'll pawn your dad's computer 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon, under the stars. Strong Bad points to some shooting stars in the distance.}'' 
and we'll sail to paradise 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon spinning around, holding "hands".}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at the movies. Strong Bad drops some popcorn.}'' 
You're a girl... or maybe a wagon... 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at a fast food place. Strong Bad puts ketchup on some fries while laughing and smiling.} 
filled up with pancakes 
{Cut to Strong Bad frolicing across a field as the wagon follows.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or maybe a montage of the wagon full of pancakes
''{cut to a front door view of The Cheat and the wagon}''
and The Cheat being down on their luck door to door salesmen.

''{Cut to The Cheat lying in the wagon as the wagon rolls past.}''

''{Several doors slam on The Cheat at different angles.}''

''{singing}''
You can't do it so give up now 
Whatcha gonna do when your dough runs out 
Ain't that a drag? 
''{Cut to the wagon sitting in an arm chair while the Cheat lies on the floor in front, smoking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stops singing}'' No, I got it. A montage of the wagon full of pancakes training ''{cut to Homestar in a shirt that says "The #1" looking at the wagon in a field}'' for the championship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A wagon full of pamcakes in the champeenship? I'd like to see you try.

''{Zoom in on pancakes as training music starts to play.}''

''{Cut to the wagon climbing the stairs of a stadium.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}''
Guts, guts and might ''{The wagon's handle slowly collapses on top of a barbell.}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon on a track.}'' 
Lifting weights and feeling alright ''{Strong Bad clicks a stop watch.''} 
''{Cut to a silhoutte of Strong Bad and the wagon running past a sunset and an ocean.}'' 
It's a showdown going down 
Now you're gonna mess around showdown 
''{Cut to the wagon ascending the bleachers again.}'' 
Put your nose down showdown 

''{Cut to Homestar Runner and the wagon in a gym as Coach Z looks on in a referee costume.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hiya! Hiya! ''{Homestar kicks.}''

''{The wagon's handle falls on Homestar and Homestar falls down, just like it did while training with the barbell.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oof!

'''COACH Z:''' The pamcakes wins!

''{A buzzer sounds and the score changes from 6-6 to 6-7 on the scoreboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Show down.

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Those were some good montages, eh Watered Down? That was like, a montage of montages. The only thing we left out is the end credits photo montage. Hit it!

''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the boat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{singing}''
Partying party party party 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon on the beach.}''
It's the weekend party party party 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the movie theater.}'' 
''{Cut to a closeup of The Cheat lying on the floor.}'' 
'''CAPTION:''' The Cheat never sold a single box of toner. He is currently unemployed. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And a wagon party party party. 
Full of pancakes 
''{Cut to Homestar kicking in the gym.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Homestar sold his "The #1" shirt for $3(US). He got a good deal. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' party party party 
''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad frolicing across the field, the wagon not in the photo.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Strong Bad went on to host some show on Animal Planet. 
It was cancelled before the first commercial break. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And we're partying party party party 
''{Cut to the wagon with a fedora.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': After winning the champeenship, the Wagon Fulla Pancakes did some local TV spots for a used car dealership. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' It's the weekend party party party 
And we're partying party party party 
Everybody does it tonight 
'''CAPTION''': It currently resides in Long Beach with its spouse and 2 children.

''{Homestar quits singing.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down onto the photo.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*Wait a bit at the end to see what becomes of [[The Paper]].
===Transcript===
''{A photo appears with the glossy of the wagon on it.}''

'''CAPTION: '''The Paper stuck around until e-mail #173, at which time Strong Bad upgraded to an ink-jet printer.

*At the end, click on "4 Wheels" on the wagon to see Homestar, undefeated in spirit.

*At the end, click on "Strong Bad" to see a scene remniscent of an old Nintendo game, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!.

== Fun Facts ==
*The song Homestar is singing in the Easter Egg ("You're the Best") comes from the fighting montage during the tournament in the 1984 masterpiece, ''[[Wikipedia:The_Karate_Kid|The Karate Kid.]]''

*In the Homestar Easter Egg, at the end, you'll see that his score reverts to "-1 points" even though the machine is off.

*The scene with Strong Bad and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes sitting in the canoe is reminiscent of [[lures & jigs]], where Strong Bad and Coach Z fish in the exact same spot.

*The song Strong Bad sings when he falls in love with the wagon is reminicent of the style of [[The Kinda Long Haired Band]]

*Much of the wagon's training sequence (especially the wagon "running" up the stairs) is a parody of the training sequence from the immortal boxing epic, ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.

*The Taranchula album cover is the same one from the liner notes of the [[Strong Bad Sings CD]]

*When Strong Bad is in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]] with the wagon, he's using the Bottle of Ketchup and eating the fries from [[funny]].

*There actually is a system call in the Unix operating system called "creat." It creat(e)s a new file.

*Homestar's pronunciation of "pamcakes" could be a reference to the comic (and movie) ''[[Wikipedia:Hellboy|Hellboy]]''.

*The reference to Strong Bad going on to host a show on Animal Planet that got cancelled before the first commericial break is a reference to how the Cable network Animal Planet will sometimes hype a new show beyond a belief, making you think it will be a great new series.... then all they show is the pilot and nothing else.

*This is an email [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?p=34044#34044 that was sent in by an HRWiki member]. Congratulations [[User:porplemontage | porplemontage]]!

*Besides the smoking game, this is the first actual cartoon in which you see The Cheat smoking.

*The "some guy from a zoo" line by Strong Bad during the "Late-Night Talk Show"-style intro is most likely a reference to how such shows often resort to the gimmick of having zoo workers appear on the show, accompanied by their animal partners, whose mischievous antics can often get a cheap laugh from the audience.

*When The Cheat and the wagon are door-to-door salesman, they visit the house from [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] twice.

*The Strong Bad easter egg is a take on the popular NES game ''Punchout'', in which halfway through the game you saw a similar sequence. (The ''Punchout'' sequence itself was a clear reference to the training sequence in ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.)

*When Strong Bad is swinging the wagon around [[The Stick]] shows up in the background but it disapears in between each head.

*The Easter Egg (the one where you click the words "Strong Bad") looks like it could possibly have been made by [[Videlectrix]].

*In the original version of this e-mail, the background was static while Strong Bad and the wagon were spinning around. It has since been fixed to blurred trees.

*Homestar gets less money for a shirt than he gets for a half-eaten breakfast burrito in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/auction.html "Some Type of Online Auction"]

*The Cheat not being able to sell any toner is reminiscent of the movie ''The Salesman'', where traveling salesmen have varying rates of success selling bibles. The poorest selling bible seller of the group winds up losing his job.

*The sparkling water seen while Strong Bad is running on the horizon seems to be the same from [[Main Page 3]].

*The wagon wins the champeenship, even though part of it is always outside the circle.

*[[The Movie Theatre]] that Strong Bad and the Wagon go to is the one from [[A Jorb Well Done]].

*At the rate of one e-mail per week, [[The Paper]] will be around for exactly one more year.

*The headband Homestar puts on has the design of an old Japanese flag. This headband also appears in [[pom pom]], where Strong Bad sports a similar blindfold, and the [[Theme Song Video]], where Pom Pom himself wore it as a headband, and is probably a reference to the 1984 film ''The Karate Kid''.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html watch "montage"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.swf view the flash file for "montage"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1226 forum thread re: "montage"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:The Cheat Filmography]][[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography]][[Category:Coach Z Filmography]]

homsar

2004-11-09T01:30:32Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail2.PNG|thumb|The first appearance of everyone's favorite blue midget Homestar...Homsar!!]]

''This is an article about homsar, the [[Strong Bad Email]]. For the [[Characters|character]] of the same name see: [[Homsar (character)]].''

'''Strong Bad Email #2'''

This email is the first appearance of [[Homsar (character)| Homsar]]. The writer apparently meant to tell Strong Bad that he should kill [[Homestar Runner]], but misspells the name as "Homsar." So Strong Bad goes out and drops a [[Heavy Lourde]] on this never-before-seen character, with "Homsar" written across his chest. Don't worry, kids. He's OK! Homsar makes many more appearances after this!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Homsar (character)|Homsar]]

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm gonna check my email all of the time, doo doo doo... ''{stops singing}''

Hi Strong Bad,
If you hate Homsar so much,
why dont you kill him?
-Vinnie C

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know what, Vinnie? You're right. I'll be right back.

''{Cut to Homsar standing in a field. Strong Bad enters the frame in the foreground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homsar!

'''HOMSAR:''' Uhdyeah, What ees it, Strong Baaaaayd?

''{Strong Bad leaves the frame and a [[Heavy Lourde|HEAVY LOURDE]] falls on Homsar, completely crushing him.}''
''{Cut back to [[Tandy 400]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh man, Vinnie. That feels so much better. Thanks a lot! ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next time keep sending me your questions and I will keep making fun of your punctuation and spelling. I mean, answer them.

''{[[The Paper]] comes out and it says "Click here to e-mail strong bad", click on the text to email him.}''

== Fun Facts ==
*If you click "back" at the end of the email, it takes you to the Games screen (not back to the email home). This is because the Strong Bad Emails were in the Games section at the time. To circumvent this, click the "old emails" button instead, which only ever appears in this email.
**Note: This no longer occurs; it appears that this has been changed to match the pattern of all the others.
**When [[The Brothers Chaps]] fixed this email, they also bolded the words HEAVY LOURDE on the weight.
*This email is where Homsar was created.
*This is the first email that Strong Bad makes fun of someone's spelling.
*This is also the first email that shows an area outside of the computer room.
*When Strong Bad says "Oh, Man!", it sounds just like in the [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]]
*In this email, Homsar's bowler hat is noticably larger than in future toons.
*Homsar was killed in his first appearance, but doesn't seem to stay dead.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail2.html watch "homsar"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail2.swf view the flash file for "homsar"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]]
[[Category:Homsar Filmography]]

montage

2004-11-09T01:21:05Z

mr.destroyerguy: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail117.png|thumb|Wagon Fulla Pancakes]]

'''Strong Bad Email #117'''

[[Strong Bad]] creats a few montages about a [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Coach Z]]

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{announcing}'' Tonight on Strong Bad Email: Comedian Coach Z, actress Marzipan, and some guy from a zoo.

''{reading}''

<pre>Dear Strong Bad,
Why don't you creat a montage?

Steve
Surf City, NJ</pre>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "creat" as it is spelled and reads NJ as "No Job"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in a high-pitched, mocking voice}'' Oooohhh! Why don't you creat an alternate reality where you don't have to spell correctly and I talk like this. And your name is Watered Down. ''{clears screen, continues typing in normal voice}'' A montage, eh Watered Down? Like, about whatever? Okay. I'll make a montage about...

''{cut to an empty field}''

me ''{Strong Bad appears}''

and a wagon. ''{a wagon appears}''

Full of pancakes. ''{pancakes appear in the wagon}''

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad and the wagon walking past Bubs's Concession Stand.}''

''{Wipe to a field where Strong Bad kicks the wagon calmly.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad pulling the wagon uphill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, or maybe a montage of me falling in love with the wagon full of pancakes.

''{Heart wipe to Strong Bad in a boat with the wagon. They are both holding glasses of wine.}''

''{singing}''

Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon listening to a Taranchula LP on headphones.}'' 
We'll pawn your dad's computer 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon, under the stars. Strong Bad points to some shooting stars in the distance.}'' 
and we'll sail to paradise 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon spinning around, holding "hands".}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at the movies. Strong Bad drops some popcorn.}'' 
You're a girl... or maybe a wagon... 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at a fast food place. Strong Bad puts ketchup on some fries while laughing and smiling.} 
filled up with pancakes 
{Cut to Strong Bad frolicing across a field as the wagon follows.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or maybe a montage of the wagon full of pancakes
''{cut to a front door view of The Cheat and the wagon}''
and The Cheat being down on their luck door to door salesmen.

''{Cut to The Cheat lying in the wagon as the wagon rolls past.}''

''{Several doors slam on The Cheat at different angles.}''

''{singing}''
You can't do it so give up now 
Whatcha gonna do when your dough runs out 
Ain't that a drag? 
''{Cut to the wagon sitting in an arm chair while the Cheat lies on the floor in front, smoking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stops singing}'' No, I got it. A montage of the wagon full of pancakes training ''{cut to Homestar in a shirt that says "The #1" looking at the wagon in a field}'' for the championship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A wagon full of pamcakes in the champeenship? I'd like to see you try.

''{Zoom in on pancakes as training music starts to play.}''

''{Cut to the wagon climbing the stairs of a stadium.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}''
Guts, guts and might ''{The wagon's handle slowly collapses on top of a barbell.}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon on a track.}'' 
Lifting weights and feeling alright ''{Strong Bad clicks a stop watch.''} 
''{Cut to a silhoutte of Strong Bad and the wagon running past a sunset and an ocean.}'' 
It's a showdown going downtown 
You're gonna mess around showdown 
''{Cut to the wagon ascending the bleachers again.}'' 
Put your nose down showdown 

''{Cut to Homestar Runner and the wagon in a gym as Coach Z looks on in a referee costume.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hiya! Hiya! ''{Homestar kicks.}''

''{The wagon's handle falls on Homestar and Homestar falls down, just like it did while training with the barbell.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oof!

'''COACH Z:''' The pamcakes wins!

''{A buzzer sounds and the score changes from 6-6 to 6-7 on the scoreboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Show down.

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Those were some good montages, eh Watered Down? That was like, a montage of montages. The only thing we left out is the end credits photo montage. Hit it!

''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the boat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{singing}''
Partying party party party 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon on the beach.}''
It's the weekend party party party 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the movie theater.}'' 
''{Cut to a closeup of The Cheat lying on the floor.}'' 
'''CAPTION:''' The Cheat never sold a single box of toner. He is currently unemployed. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And a wagon party party party. 
Full of pancakes 
''{Cut to Homestar kicking in the gym.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Homestar sold his "The #1" shirt for $3(US). He got a good deal. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' party party party 
''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad frolicing across the field, the wagon not in the photo.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Strong Bad went on to host some show on Animal Planet. 
It was cancelled before the first commercial break. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And we're partying party party party 
''{Cut to the wagon with a fedora.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': After winning the champeenship, the Wagon Fulla Pancakes did some local TV spots for a used car dealership. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' It's the weekend party party party 
And we're partying party party party 
Everybody does it tonight 
'''CAPTION''': It currently resides in Long Beach with its spouse and 2 children.

''{Homestar quits singing.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down onto the photo.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*Wait a bit at the end to see what becomes of [[The Paper]].

=== Transcript ===

''{A photo appears with the glossy of the wagon on it.}''

'''CAPTION: '''The Paper stuck around untill e-mail #173, at which time Strong Bad bought an ink-jet printer.

*At the end, click on "4 Wheels" on the wagon to see Homestar, undefeated in spirit.
*At the end, click on "Strong Bad" to see a scene remniscient of an old Nintendo game, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!!.

== Fun Facts ==
*The song Homestar is singing in the Easter Egg ("You're the Best") comes from the fighting montage during the tournament in the 1984 masterpiece, "The Karate Kid."

*In the Homestar Easter Egg, at the end, you'll see that his score reverts to "-1 points" even though the machine is off.

*The scene with Strong Bad and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes sitting in the canoe is reminiscent of [[lures & jigs]], where Strong Bad and Coach Z fish in the exact same spot.

*Much of the wagon's training sequence (especially the wagon "running" up the stairs) is a parody of the training sequence from the immortaly cool boxing epic, [[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]].

*The Taranchula album cover is the same one from the liner notes of the [[Strong Bad Sings CD]]

*When Strong Bad is in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]] with the wagon, he's using the Bottle of Ketchup and eating the fries from [[funny]].

*There actually is a system call in the Unix operating system called "creat." It creat(e)s a new file.

*Homestar's pronunciation of "pamcakes" could be a reference to the comic (and movie) [[Wikipedia:Hellboy|Hellboy]].

*The reference to Strong Bad going on to host a show on Animal Planet that got cancelled before the first commericial break is a reference to how the Cable network Animal Planet will sometimes hype a new show beyond a belief, making you think it will be a great new series.... then all they show is the pilot and nothing else.

*This is an email [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?p=34044#34044 that was sent in by an HRWiki member]. Congratulations!

*Besides the smoking game, this is the first actual cartoon in which you see The Cheat smoking.

*The "some guy from a zoo" line by Strong Bad during the "Late-Night Talk Show"-style intro is most likely a reference to how such shows often resort to the gimmick of having zoo workers appear on the show, accompanied by their animal partners, whose mischievous antics can often get a cheap laugh from the audience.

*When The Cheat tries to sell to houses, you can see that he visits the house from [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] twice.

*The Strong Bad easter egg is a take on the popular NES game "Punchout", in which halfway through the game you saw a similar sequence.

*When Strong Bad is swinging the wagon around [[The Stick]] shows up in the background but it disapears in between each head

*The Easter Egg (the one where you click the words "Strong Bad") looks like it could possibly have been made by [[Videlectrix]].

*In the original version of this e-mail, the background was static while Strong Bad and the wagon were spinning around. It has since been fixed to blurred trees.

*Homestar gets less money for a shirt than he gets for a half-eaten breakfast burrito in "Some Type of Online Auction."

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html watch "montage"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.swf view the flash file for "montage"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1226 forum thread re: "montage"]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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