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Talk:Where U Goin' 2?

71.254.118.93 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:49:37 GMT

71.254.118.93: /* Strong Sad */

== Homestar's pants/leg ==

When I first watched this, I'm ''certain'' I heard "Hitchin' a ride on Homestar's ''pants''". When I listen now, it's obviously "leg". Did anyone else have the same experience? Did they pull a fast one? Are there two versions? Am I just crazy? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:It would "bust" the proverbial "rhyme" if it were true. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Neither one is a good rhyme. The song is inconsistent. "Fire" and "choir" rhyme, but other similar instances don't ("leg"/"pants" and "job"; "gymnasium" and "do"). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I just don't think that it's a rhyming song. I sounds better without the rhymes in my opinion. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::It's definitely a rhyming song, it just doesn't consistently rhyme on the off lines. I never heard any version with "pants", but it was pretty clear after coming here that I'd missed the 'toon's release by several hours. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, according to the Last-Modified dates, the SWF ''was'' updated about 50 minutes after the toon's release – the HTML page was last modified 1:55:34 UTC, the wiki article was created 2:18 UTC (so the toon was definitely released already), then the SWF was updated at 2:45:42 UTC. Whether it really said "pants" in those first 50 minutes isn't something we can confirm unless someone happened to save a copy of that first version. But if anyone else can confirm they heard "pants" first time around, I'm comfortable with adding it to Trivia. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I dunno, I watched it almost immediately after the page was created (how "almost" I unfortunately can't confirm, although I'm pretty sure it was less than 27 minutes..) and I definitely heard leg. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I made the forum article before the wiki article was even created and have the "leg" line as one of the options. So either the wiki article was created after the update, or it wasn't changed. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Sad ==

The page shows Strong Sad as one of the characters, but I didn't see him and he's not referenced. Am I missing something? [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:You can see his foot sticking out from under the pile of burning mattresses. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see it. Perhaps a description of the mattress fire could be added. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:::Does anyone else think its a good idea to make this another case of [[Strong Sad's Death]]? His corpse is popping up everywhere! --[[User:Lustmyeyes|lustmyeyes <3]] 07:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::His leg is still twitching, so it's not quite death. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Isn't that just... well, semantics? It's still a pretty clear death reference, even if he's still technically barely alive. Besides, a body can twitch after it's dead if the nerves are activated. --[[Special:Contributions/141.224.237.41|141.224.237.41]] 13:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Agreed with the above; even though he's (probably) not quite dead, being stuck under a pile of flaming mattresses for a couple days would have to be considered an attempt to kill him. And a quick description of the fire should be added to the transcript.[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 03:49, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? ==

Looks like ol' Graw Mad is using complete sentences now. If my math is right, he did it twice in this toon. That's probably a new record! :[[Special:Contributions/68.32.116.46|68.32.116.46]] 04:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, but this is hardly the first time he's used a complete sentence, and hardly [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ the place for discussing this] either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::He's actually used a complete sentence before, as in [[Ever and More!]] - I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU! (11 words, 12 syllables). And yes, this discussion should go to the forum.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I don't know, I was struck by that in this toon also, and thought maybe it deserved its own page if it doesn't have one already. He's come a long way from not being able to say "Dennis" to using complete sentences with 4-syllable words ("motorcycles").[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Apparently you can't say "douglas" either. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:17, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I'm glad I'm anonymous. =P There are so many Dennis(es?) on this page that it penetrated my brain. Point remains though; this is an enormous leap forward for him.[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 03:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Choir ==

I think she says, "No, that's a C" [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Last Line ==

If you turn it up high enough it's pretty clear the singer says "The day is done (or gone) so won't you close that barbecue...lid." Not "once you". {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 04:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

==New Evolution==
I think The Cheat's appearence has changed, do you? [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:I noticed a little, but wait until the next toon. If it's still like it is now, new evolution. If it goes back to what it was before, mark it on this page under Remarks. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Uh, The Cheat's a male. [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:::I know. What does that have anything to do with what I just said? {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::He wasn't referring to The Cheat by saying "it". He was talking about the Cheat's Evolution [[Special:Contributions/72.14.73.85|72.14.73.85]] 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, now I get why you'd say that. And you're right, Annony.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

==Uh, guys...==
Lowercase I on the loading screen. [[User:Strong Intelligent|SI.com!]]
:I added it to this page and the [[Lowercase i's]] page. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Audio Quality and Sofa ==

Anyone think the audio in this cartoon is lower quality than usual? Also, the sofa Strong Bad and Strong Mad are sitting on is larger in the end scene than the beginning scene. [[Special:Contributions/128.172.204.174|128.172.204.174]] 23:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs' Stand ==

Should this location be added to the locations in the toon? I mean, it only appeared in PbtC form, but that didn't stop Bubs and Coach Z from making it to the Characters list. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== who was blown away? ==

This is the best toon/short/anything by tbc of 2009! who else was awesomified? {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 00:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the forum would probably be a better place to discuss this. Talk Pages are more about talking about the article itself. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 01:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Important Things? ==

The "ATM Machine" (complete with "That's kind of redundant") was a joke on Important Things with Dimetri Martin a few weeks back. Might it be a reference?
:Unlikely, it's a pretty common thing to joke about. There's even a [[Wikipedia:RAS syndrome|pseudo-syndrome]] about it that's linked to in explanations. i think that's enough. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::Plus they've had RAS Syndromes before. A few more and we've got a running gag! I think it has a good chance, Strong Mad even lampshaded it here. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Where? When? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::OK, it shouldn't be plural, but it says "PIN number" on the downloads menu. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::This is true. And they're both used in regards to an ATM (The downloads menu is ATM-themed). Is that notable enough to be remarked on? -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 21:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Further Redundance ==

The "2" at the end of the song is completely useless and an example of today's bad grammar. It could be considered redundant, further deepening the "ATM Machine" joke at the end.

That grates on me as much as "Where's it at".
: Artistic license (and the need to rhyme) make this one perfectly excusable. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
: PS. Don't pretend that bad grammar is a modern phenomenon. It's been around for centuries. It's only more ''obvious'' today because, with more widespread education and the internet, anyone can write, and anyone can read it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== "Little Birdie" song? Really? ==

So, one of the real world references say the song is "strongly reminiscent" of "Little Birdie" from the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I see absolutely no resemblance at all since the songs are totally different style and have very different sound. I'd think this song reminds me more of the Sweaty R&B song. Can anybody shed some light on the "strong resemblance" or should this be removed? (the song is at 7:07 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51F0L_LVXBE and begining of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZFFF4tSXd0 -- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 13:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd, but I couldn't find a video... now that I've seen it, I agree, I don't really see the resemblance... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::What Phlip said [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 13:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I'm in full agreement. I don't think the reference should be there at all. I'm not really finding even slight resemblance. [[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I personally see a strong resemblance in the first video, but I'm only one voice.--[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 15:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I immediately thought of Little Birdie when I saw this video. The voice used is similar, both songs open with the bass line, are about the same tempo, have similar drumbeats, and contain lyrics made of questions addressed to a yellow character who speaks without words. Besides, The Cheat flying with the Woodstock dotted line would be out of place were it not part of a larger toon-wide reference. --CaseyEllo
::::::Well, the scene where The Cheat first leaves the house is strongly peanuts style, both songs have basketball scenes, not to mention the flying like woodstock thing would be totally out of place. I think there's a definite peanuts reference here, though i'm not entirely sure that little birdie is it. Does anyone know if they ever did a different song that's closer to this than little birdie is? If not, then i'd have to go with little birdie as a reference. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Both these links are [[death|dead]]. Is there a video anywhere else? If someone finds one, it probably would be a good idea to link to it from the article. {{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 23:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:That would be bad idea, seeing as they were removed from YouTube for copyright violation. [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 23:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Nobody knows vs. But he knows ==

In the lyrics, after "don't let Strong Bad know," I hear "but he knows", but the transcript says "nobody knows". What do other people hear here? {{unsigned|TimMierz|14:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:Nobody knows. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 14:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::I heard "but he knows" too, "nobody knows" didn't even occur to me.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Not at home, not listening to it right now, but "nobody knows" is what I remember. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Listen closely, it's definitely "nobody knows". It sounds better, it fits the tune better, and it makes more sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::It's definitely "nobody knows," but you could mistake it for "oh but he knows." [[Special:Contributions/24.165.150.118|24.165.150.118]] 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::The "no" syllable is definitely quieter than the rest (on my first listening I didn't hear it... I thought it was merged with the "know" at the end of the previous line), but it's definitely there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I listened to it again and heard "nobody". {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::::Note also that the lyrics during that section appear on the musical score. -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 22:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Yes, but it only displays up until right before that point. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Two the Cheats ==

When the cheat is shown doing flaming layup drills you can see him in the same shot twice. I think this is an example of [[duplicate characters]] - {{User:Wecannotbesaved/sig}} 15:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Indeed it is. But according to wbwolf, we don't count music vids and montages. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::See [[:Talk:Duplicate_Characters#Secret_Song]] for the reasoning. I do agree that occasionally, it can be a little unclear (is the two The Cheats a design choice, or is it really happening?), but I'd rather err on the side of caution. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::This isn't an overlayed image like in Secret Song, it's a single image of two The Cheats in the same place at the same time. I think it's clearly an instance of Duplicate Characters (which is what I came to this talk page to mention).[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I have to agree, unlike the other music videos, such as secret song, where it's clearly an overlayed image, and these peoples try to fade me, where it's clearly presented in the style of a commercial music video, this toon is presented much more as though it simply follows The Cheat during a given day, with musical accompaniment. There's nothing really else in the song (aside from the self-contained PBtC section) that implies visual alteration (well, maybe the part that shows the music score). At any rate, I think this instance is notable enough to be an exception to the general "exclude music visual" rule. -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 21:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::The things that imply visual alteration in order: The music score, the moving diagrams on the blackboard, the sports card, the scoreboard, the quick cuts showing the cheat sinking several shots, the balls filling the screen, the multiple the cheats, the ending shots showing earlier parts of the song. You'll notice that most of them are near the end. I'd call the part after flaming lay-up drills sufficiently montagey to say that it doesn't count. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:33, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::I'd also wager a guess that The Cheat flying could imply visual alteration. Unless he just learned to fly/has never done it before.[[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 22:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break ==

You'd realize this soon enough, just thought I'd bring it up. Or don't we count music videos? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Musical theater does not equal Fourth wall break. Where in this toon do the characters exhibit an awareness of the audience? [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::The singer isn't supposed to be noticed by the characters normally. The singer is singing to the toon, and this means that the characters are aware they are in a toon, meaning that they know they are not real, meaning a fourth wall break. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 16:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::After re-watching, I'd agree that when The Cheat has a direct interaction with the singer (about lay-up drills), that could be construed as a fourth wall break. I still do not consider the entire toon to be one, in particular, I don't think that when Marzipan or Homestar happen to be singing along constitutes a fourth wall break. I'm not fully sure whether I think the concept should apply since the toon is, like you said, somewhat like a music video rather than a "normal" toon. I'm curious what other people think. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::It's possible the singer himself is a cartoon character. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I don't think interaction with the narrator (singer) is the same as awareness of the audience or one's own fictional status. The singer and the other characters are merely discussing Teh C. in song form. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Where U Goin' 2?

71.254.118.93 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:45:10 GMT

71.254.118.93: /* Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? */

== Homestar's pants/leg ==

When I first watched this, I'm ''certain'' I heard "Hitchin' a ride on Homestar's ''pants''". When I listen now, it's obviously "leg". Did anyone else have the same experience? Did they pull a fast one? Are there two versions? Am I just crazy? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:It would "bust" the proverbial "rhyme" if it were true. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Neither one is a good rhyme. The song is inconsistent. "Fire" and "choir" rhyme, but other similar instances don't ("leg"/"pants" and "job"; "gymnasium" and "do"). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I just don't think that it's a rhyming song. I sounds better without the rhymes in my opinion. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::It's definitely a rhyming song, it just doesn't consistently rhyme on the off lines. I never heard any version with "pants", but it was pretty clear after coming here that I'd missed the 'toon's release by several hours. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, according to the Last-Modified dates, the SWF ''was'' updated about 50 minutes after the toon's release – the HTML page was last modified 1:55:34 UTC, the wiki article was created 2:18 UTC (so the toon was definitely released already), then the SWF was updated at 2:45:42 UTC. Whether it really said "pants" in those first 50 minutes isn't something we can confirm unless someone happened to save a copy of that first version. But if anyone else can confirm they heard "pants" first time around, I'm comfortable with adding it to Trivia. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I dunno, I watched it almost immediately after the page was created (how "almost" I unfortunately can't confirm, although I'm pretty sure it was less than 27 minutes..) and I definitely heard leg. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I made the forum article before the wiki article was even created and have the "leg" line as one of the options. So either the wiki article was created after the update, or it wasn't changed. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Sad ==

The page shows Strong Sad as one of the characters, but I didn't see him and he's not referenced. Am I missing something? [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:You can see his foot sticking out from under the pile of burning mattresses. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see it. Perhaps a description of the mattress fire could be added. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:::Does anyone else think its a good idea to make this another case of [[Strong Sad's Death]]? His corpse is popping up everywhere! --[[User:Lustmyeyes|lustmyeyes <3]] 07:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::His leg is still twitching, so it's not quite death. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Isn't that just... well, semantics? It's still a pretty clear death reference, even if he's still technically barely alive. Besides, a body can twitch after it's dead if the nerves are activated. --[[Special:Contributions/141.224.237.41|141.224.237.41]] 13:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? ==

Looks like ol' Graw Mad is using complete sentences now. If my math is right, he did it twice in this toon. That's probably a new record! :[[Special:Contributions/68.32.116.46|68.32.116.46]] 04:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, but this is hardly the first time he's used a complete sentence, and hardly [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ the place for discussing this] either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::He's actually used a complete sentence before, as in [[Ever and More!]] - I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU! (11 words, 12 syllables). And yes, this discussion should go to the forum.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I don't know, I was struck by that in this toon also, and thought maybe it deserved its own page if it doesn't have one already. He's come a long way from not being able to say "Dennis" to using complete sentences with 4-syllable words ("motorcycles").[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Apparently you can't say "douglas" either. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:17, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I'm glad I'm anonymous. =P There are so many Dennis(es?) on this page that it penetrated my brain. Point remains though; this is an enormous leap forward for him.[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 03:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Choir ==

I think she says, "No, that's a C" [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Last Line ==

If you turn it up high enough it's pretty clear the singer says "The day is done (or gone) so won't you close that barbecue...lid." Not "once you". {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 04:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

==New Evolution==
I think The Cheat's appearence has changed, do you? [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:I noticed a little, but wait until the next toon. If it's still like it is now, new evolution. If it goes back to what it was before, mark it on this page under Remarks. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Uh, The Cheat's a male. [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:::I know. What does that have anything to do with what I just said? {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::He wasn't referring to The Cheat by saying "it". He was talking about the Cheat's Evolution [[Special:Contributions/72.14.73.85|72.14.73.85]] 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, now I get why you'd say that. And you're right, Annony.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

==Uh, guys...==
Lowercase I on the loading screen. [[User:Strong Intelligent|SI.com!]]
:I added it to this page and the [[Lowercase i's]] page. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Audio Quality and Sofa ==

Anyone think the audio in this cartoon is lower quality than usual? Also, the sofa Strong Bad and Strong Mad are sitting on is larger in the end scene than the beginning scene. [[Special:Contributions/128.172.204.174|128.172.204.174]] 23:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs' Stand ==

Should this location be added to the locations in the toon? I mean, it only appeared in PbtC form, but that didn't stop Bubs and Coach Z from making it to the Characters list. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== who was blown away? ==

This is the best toon/short/anything by tbc of 2009! who else was awesomified? {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 00:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the forum would probably be a better place to discuss this. Talk Pages are more about talking about the article itself. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 01:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Important Things? ==

The "ATM Machine" (complete with "That's kind of redundant") was a joke on Important Things with Dimetri Martin a few weeks back. Might it be a reference?
:Unlikely, it's a pretty common thing to joke about. There's even a [[Wikipedia:RAS syndrome|pseudo-syndrome]] about it that's linked to in explanations. i think that's enough. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::Plus they've had RAS Syndromes before. A few more and we've got a running gag! I think it has a good chance, Strong Mad even lampshaded it here. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Where? When? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::OK, it shouldn't be plural, but it says "PIN number" on the downloads menu. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::This is true. And they're both used in regards to an ATM (The downloads menu is ATM-themed). Is that notable enough to be remarked on? -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 21:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Further Redundance ==

The "2" at the end of the song is completely useless and an example of today's bad grammar. It could be considered redundant, further deepening the "ATM Machine" joke at the end.

That grates on me as much as "Where's it at".
: Artistic license (and the need to rhyme) make this one perfectly excusable. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
: PS. Don't pretend that bad grammar is a modern phenomenon. It's been around for centuries. It's only more ''obvious'' today because, with more widespread education and the internet, anyone can write, and anyone can read it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== "Little Birdie" song? Really? ==

So, one of the real world references say the song is "strongly reminiscent" of "Little Birdie" from the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I see absolutely no resemblance at all since the songs are totally different style and have very different sound. I'd think this song reminds me more of the Sweaty R&B song. Can anybody shed some light on the "strong resemblance" or should this be removed? (the song is at 7:07 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51F0L_LVXBE and begining of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZFFF4tSXd0 -- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 13:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd, but I couldn't find a video... now that I've seen it, I agree, I don't really see the resemblance... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::What Phlip said [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 13:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I'm in full agreement. I don't think the reference should be there at all. I'm not really finding even slight resemblance. [[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I personally see a strong resemblance in the first video, but I'm only one voice.--[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 15:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I immediately thought of Little Birdie when I saw this video. The voice used is similar, both songs open with the bass line, are about the same tempo, have similar drumbeats, and contain lyrics made of questions addressed to a yellow character who speaks without words. Besides, The Cheat flying with the Woodstock dotted line would be out of place were it not part of a larger toon-wide reference. --CaseyEllo
::::::Well, the scene where The Cheat first leaves the house is strongly peanuts style, both songs have basketball scenes, not to mention the flying like woodstock thing would be totally out of place. I think there's a definite peanuts reference here, though i'm not entirely sure that little birdie is it. Does anyone know if they ever did a different song that's closer to this than little birdie is? If not, then i'd have to go with little birdie as a reference. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Both these links are [[death|dead]]. Is there a video anywhere else? If someone finds one, it probably would be a good idea to link to it from the article. {{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 23:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:That would be bad idea, seeing as they were removed from YouTube for copyright violation. [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 23:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Nobody knows vs. But he knows ==

In the lyrics, after "don't let Strong Bad know," I hear "but he knows", but the transcript says "nobody knows". What do other people hear here? {{unsigned|TimMierz|14:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:Nobody knows. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 14:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::I heard "but he knows" too, "nobody knows" didn't even occur to me.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Not at home, not listening to it right now, but "nobody knows" is what I remember. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Listen closely, it's definitely "nobody knows". It sounds better, it fits the tune better, and it makes more sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::It's definitely "nobody knows," but you could mistake it for "oh but he knows." [[Special:Contributions/24.165.150.118|24.165.150.118]] 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::The "no" syllable is definitely quieter than the rest (on my first listening I didn't hear it... I thought it was merged with the "know" at the end of the previous line), but it's definitely there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I listened to it again and heard "nobody". {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::::Note also that the lyrics during that section appear on the musical score. -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 22:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Yes, but it only displays up until right before that point. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Two the Cheats ==

When the cheat is shown doing flaming layup drills you can see him in the same shot twice. I think this is an example of [[duplicate characters]] - {{User:Wecannotbesaved/sig}} 15:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Indeed it is. But according to wbwolf, we don't count music vids and montages. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::See [[:Talk:Duplicate_Characters#Secret_Song]] for the reasoning. I do agree that occasionally, it can be a little unclear (is the two The Cheats a design choice, or is it really happening?), but I'd rather err on the side of caution. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::This isn't an overlayed image like in Secret Song, it's a single image of two The Cheats in the same place at the same time. I think it's clearly an instance of Duplicate Characters (which is what I came to this talk page to mention).[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I have to agree, unlike the other music videos, such as secret song, where it's clearly an overlayed image, and these peoples try to fade me, where it's clearly presented in the style of a commercial music video, this toon is presented much more as though it simply follows The Cheat during a given day, with musical accompaniment. There's nothing really else in the song (aside from the self-contained PBtC section) that implies visual alteration (well, maybe the part that shows the music score). At any rate, I think this instance is notable enough to be an exception to the general "exclude music visual" rule. -[[Special:Contributions/170.223.0.54|170.223.0.54]] 21:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::The things that imply visual alteration in order: The music score, the moving diagrams on the blackboard, the sports card, the scoreboard, the quick cuts showing the cheat sinking several shots, the balls filling the screen, the multiple the cheats, the ending shots showing earlier parts of the song. You'll notice that most of them are near the end. I'd call the part after flaming lay-up drills sufficiently montagey to say that it doesn't count. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:33, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::I'd also wager a guess that The Cheat flying could imply visual alteration. Unless he just learned to fly/has never done it before.[[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 22:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break ==

You'd realize this soon enough, just thought I'd bring it up. Or don't we count music videos? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Musical theater does not equal Fourth wall break. Where in this toon do the characters exhibit an awareness of the audience? [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::The singer isn't supposed to be noticed by the characters normally. The singer is singing to the toon, and this means that the characters are aware they are in a toon, meaning that they know they are not real, meaning a fourth wall break. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 16:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::After re-watching, I'd agree that when The Cheat has a direct interaction with the singer (about lay-up drills), that could be construed as a fourth wall break. I still do not consider the entire toon to be one, in particular, I don't think that when Marzipan or Homestar happen to be singing along constitutes a fourth wall break. I'm not fully sure whether I think the concept should apply since the toon is, like you said, somewhat like a music video rather than a "normal" toon. I'm curious what other people think. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::It's possible the singer himself is a cartoon character. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I don't think interaction with the narrator (singer) is the same as awareness of the audience or one's own fictional status. The singer and the other characters are merely discussing Teh C. in song form. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Where U Goin' 2?

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== Homestar's pants/leg ==

When I first watched this, I'm ''certain'' I heard "Hitchin' a ride on Homestar's ''pants''". When I listen now, it's obviously "leg". Did anyone else have the same experience? Did they pull a fast one? Are there two versions? Am I just crazy? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:It would "bust" the proverbial "rhyme" if it were true. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Neither one is a good rhyme. The song is inconsistent. "Fire" and "choir" rhyme, but other similar instances don't ("leg"/"pants" and "job"; "gymnasium" and "do"). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I just don't think that it's a rhyming song. I sounds better without the rhymes in my opinion. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::It's definitely a rhyming song, it just doesn't consistently rhyme on the off lines. I never heard any version with "pants", but it was pretty clear after coming here that I'd missed the 'toon's release by several hours. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, according to the Last-Modified dates, the SWF ''was'' updated about 50 minutes after the toon's release – the HTML page was last modified 1:55:34 UTC, the wiki article was created 2:18 UTC (so the toon was definitely released already), then the SWF was updated at 2:45:42 UTC. Whether it really said "pants" in those first 50 minutes isn't something we can confirm unless someone happened to save a copy of that first version. But if anyone else can confirm they heard "pants" first time around, I'm comfortable with adding it to Trivia. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I dunno, I watched it almost immediately after the page was created (how "almost" I unfortunately can't confirm, although I'm pretty sure it was less than 27 minutes..) and I definitely heard leg. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I made the forum article before the wiki article was even created and have the "leg" line as one of the options. So either the wiki article was created after the update, or it wasn't changed. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Sad ==

The page shows Strong Sad as one of the characters, but I didn't see him and he's not referenced. Am I missing something? [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:You can see his foot sticking out from under the pile of burning mattresses. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see it. Perhaps a description of the mattress fire could be added. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:::Does anyone else think its a good idea to make this another case of [[Strong Sad's Death]]? His corpse is popping up everywhere! --[[User:Lustmyeyes|lustmyeyes <3]] 07:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::His leg is still twitching, so it's not quite death. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Isn't that just... well, semantics? It's still a pretty clear death reference, even if he's still technically barely alive. Besides, a body can twitch after it's dead if the nerves are activated. --[[Special:Contributions/141.224.237.41|141.224.237.41]] 13:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? ==

Looks like ol' Graw Mad is using complete sentences now. If my math is right, he did it twice in this toon. That's probably a new record! :[[Special:Contributions/68.32.116.46|68.32.116.46]] 04:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, but this is hardly the first time he's used a complete sentence, and hardly [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ the place for discussing this] either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::He's actually used a complete sentence before, as in [[Ever and More!]] - I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU! (11 words, 12 syllables). And yes, this discussion should go to the forum.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I don't know, I was struck by that in this toon also, and thought maybe it deserved its own page if it doesn't have one already. He's come a long way from not being able to say "Dennis" to using complete sentences with 4-syllable words ("motorcycles").[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Choir ==

I think she says, "No, that's a C" [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Last Line ==

If you turn it up high enough it's pretty clear the singer says "The day is done (or gone) so won't you close that barbecue...lid." Not "once you". {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 04:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

==New Evolution==
I think The Cheat's appearence has changed, do you? [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:I noticed a little, but wait until the next toon. If it's still like it is now, new evolution. If it goes back to what it was before, mark it on this page under Remarks. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Uh, The Cheat's a male. [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:::I know. What does that have anything to do with what I just said? {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::He wasn't referring to The Cheat by saying "it". He was talking about the Cheat's Evolution [[Special:Contributions/72.14.73.85|72.14.73.85]] 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, now I get why you'd say that. And you're right, Annony.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

==Uh, guys...==
Lowercase I on the loading screen. [[User:Strong Intelligent|SI.com!]]
:I added it to this page and the [[Lowercase i's]] page. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Audio Quality and Sofa ==

Anyone think the audio in this cartoon is lower quality than usual? Also, the sofa Strong Bad and Strong Mad are sitting on is larger in the end scene than the beginning scene. [[Special:Contributions/128.172.204.174|128.172.204.174]] 23:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs' Stand ==

Should this location be added to the locations in the toon? I mean, it only appeared in PbtC form, but that didn't stop Bubs and Coach Z from making it to the Characters list. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== who was blown away? ==

This is the best toon/short/anything by tbc of 2009! who else was awesomified? {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 00:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the forum would probably be a better place to discuss this. Talk Pages are more about talking about the article itself. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 01:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Important Things? ==

The "ATM Machine" (complete with "That's kind of redundant") was a joke on Important Things with Dimetri Martin a few weeks back. Might it be a reference?
:Unlikely, it's a pretty common thing to joke about. There's even a [[Wikipedia:RAS syndrome|pseudo-syndrome]] about it that's linked to in explanations. i think that's enough. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::Plus they've had RAS Syndromes before. A few more and we've got a running gag! I think it has a good chance, Strong Mad even lampshaded it here. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Where? When? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::OK, it shouldn't be plural, but it says "PIN number" on the downloads menu. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Further Redundance ==

The "2" at the end of the song is completely useless and an example of today's bad grammar. It could be considered redundant, further deepening the "ATM Machine" joke at the end.

That grates on me as much as "Where's it at".
: Artistic license (and the need to rhyme) make this one perfectly excusable. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
: PS. Don't pretend that bad grammar is a modern phenomenon. It's been around for centuries. It's only more ''obvious'' today because, with more widespread education and the internet, anyone can write, and anyone can read it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== "Little Birdie" song? Really? ==

So, one of the real world references say the song is "strongly reminiscent" of "Little Birdie" from the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I see absolutely no resemblance at all since the songs are totally different style and have very different sound. I'd think this song reminds me more of the Sweaty R&B song. Can anybody shed some light on the "strong resemblance" or should this be removed? (the song is at 7:07 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51F0L_LVXBE and begining of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZFFF4tSXd0 -- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 13:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd, but I couldn't find a video... now that I've seen it, I agree, I don't really see the resemblance... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::What Phlip said [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 13:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I'm in full agreement. I don't think the reference should be there at all. I'm not really finding even slight resemblance. [[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I personally see a strong resemblance in the first video, but I'm only one voice.--[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 15:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I immediately thought of Little Birdie when I saw this video. The voice used is similar, both songs open with the bass line, are about the same tempo, have similar drumbeats, and contain lyrics made of questions addressed to a yellow character who speaks without words. Besides, The Cheat flying with the Woodstock dotted line would be out of place were it not part of a larger toon-wide reference. --CaseyEllo
::::::Well, the scene where The Cheat first leaves the house is strongly peanuts style, both songs have basketball scenes, not to mention the flying like woodstock thing would be totally out of place. I think there's a definite peanuts reference here, though i'm not entirely sure that little birdie is it. Does anyone know if they ever did a different song that's closer to this than little birdie is? If not, then i'd have to go with little birdie as a reference. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Nobody knows vs. But he knows ==

In the lyrics, after "don't let Strong Bad know," I hear "but he knows", but the transcript says "nobody knows". What do other people hear here? {{unsigned|TimMierz|14:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:Nobody knows. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 14:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::I heard "but he knows" too, "nobody knows" didn't even occur to me.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Not at home, not listening to it right now, but "nobody knows" is what I remember. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Listen closely, it's definitely "nobody knows". It sounds better, it fits the tune better, and it makes more sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::It's definitely "nobody knows," but you could mistake it for "oh but he knows." [[Special:Contributions/24.165.150.118|24.165.150.118]] 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::The "no" syllable is definitely quieter than the rest (on my first listening I didn't hear it... I thought it was merged with the "know" at the end of the previous line), but it's definitely there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I listened to it again and heard "nobody". {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Two the Cheats ==

When the cheat is shown doing flaming layup drills you can see him in the same shot twice. I think this is an example of [[duplicate characters]] - {{User:Wecannotbesaved/sig}} 15:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Indeed it is. But according to wbwolf, we don't count music vids and montages. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::See [[:Talk:Duplicate_Characters#Secret_Song]] for the reasoning. I do agree that occasionally, it can be a little unclear (is the two The Cheats a design choice, or is it really happening?), but I'd rather err on the side of caution. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::This isn't an overlayed image like in Secret Song, it's a single image of two The Cheats in the same place at the same time. I think it's clearly an instance of Duplicate Characters (which is what I came to this talk page to mention).[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break ==

You'd realize this soon enough, just thought I'd bring it up. Or don't we count music videos? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Musical theater does not equal Fourth wall break. Where in this toon do the characters exhibit an awareness of the audience? [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::The singer isn't supposed to be noticed by the characters normally. The singer is singing to the toon, and this means that the characters are aware they are in a toon, meaning that they know they are not real, meaning a fourth wall break. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 16:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::After re-watching, I'd agree that when The Cheat has a direct interaction with the singer (about lay-up drills), that could be construed as a fourth wall break. I still do not consider the entire toon to be one, in particular, I don't think that when Marzipan or Homestar happen to be singing along constitutes a fourth wall break. I'm not fully sure whether I think the concept should apply since the toon is, like you said, somewhat like a music video rather than a "normal" toon. I'm curious what other people think. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::It's possible the singer himself is a cartoon character. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I don't think interaction with the narrator (singer) is the same as awareness of the audience or one's own fictional status. The singer and the other characters are merely discussing Teh C. in song form. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Where U Goin' 2?

71.254.118.93 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:09:45 GMT

71.254.118.93: /* Two the Cheats */

== Homestar's pants/leg ==

When I first watched this, I'm ''certain'' I heard "Hitchin' a ride on Homestar's ''pants''". When I listen now, it's obviously "leg". Did anyone else have the same experience? Did they pull a fast one? Are there two versions? Am I just crazy? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:It would "bust" the proverbial "rhyme" if it were true. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Neither one is a good rhyme. The song is inconsistent. "Fire" and "choir" rhyme, but other similar instances don't ("leg"/"pants" and "job"; "gymnasium" and "do"). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I just don't think that it's a rhyming song. I sounds better without the rhymes in my opinion. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::It's definitely a rhyming song, it just doesn't consistently rhyme on the off lines. I never heard any version with "pants", but it was pretty clear after coming here that I'd missed the 'toon's release by several hours. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, according to the Last-Modified dates, the SWF ''was'' updated about 50 minutes after the toon's release – the HTML page was last modified 1:55:34 UTC, the wiki article was created 2:18 UTC (so the toon was definitely released already), then the SWF was updated at 2:45:42 UTC. Whether it really said "pants" in those first 50 minutes isn't something we can confirm unless someone happened to save a copy of that first version. But if anyone else can confirm they heard "pants" first time around, I'm comfortable with adding it to Trivia. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I dunno, I watched it almost immediately after the page was created (how "almost" I unfortunately can't confirm, although I'm pretty sure it was less than 27 minutes..) and I definitely heard leg. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I made the forum article before the wiki article was even created and have the "leg" line as one of the options. So either the wiki article was created after the update, or it wasn't changed. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Sad ==

The page shows Strong Sad as one of the characters, but I didn't see him and he's not referenced. Am I missing something? [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:You can see his foot sticking out from under the pile of burning mattresses. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see it. Perhaps a description of the mattress fire could be added. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:::Does anyone else think its a good idea to make this another case of [[Strong Sad's Death]]? His corpse is popping up everywhere! --[[User:Lustmyeyes|lustmyeyes <3]] 07:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::His leg is still twitching, so it's not quite death. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Isn't that just... well, semantics? It's still a pretty clear death reference, even if he's still technically barely alive. Besides, a body can twitch after it's dead if the nerves are activated. --[[Special:Contributions/141.224.237.41|141.224.237.41]] 13:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? ==

Looks like ol' Graw Mad is using complete sentences now. If my math is right, he did it twice in this toon. That's probably a new record! :[[Special:Contributions/68.32.116.46|68.32.116.46]] 04:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, but this is hardly the first time he's used a complete sentence, and hardly [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ the place for discussing this] either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::He's actually used a complete sentence before, as in [[Ever and More!]] - I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU! (11 words, 12 syllables). And yes, this discussion should go to the forum.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Choir ==

I think she says, "No, that's a C" [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Last Line ==

If you turn it up high enough it's pretty clear the singer says "The day is done (or gone) so won't you close that barbecue...lid." Not "once you". {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 04:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

==New Evolution==
I think The Cheat's appearence has changed, do you? [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:I noticed a little, but wait until the next toon. If it's still like it is now, new evolution. If it goes back to what it was before, mark it on this page under Remarks. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Uh, The Cheat's a male. [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:::I know. What does that have anything to do with what I just said? {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::He wasn't referring to The Cheat by saying "it". He was talking about the Cheat's Evolution [[Special:Contributions/72.14.73.85|72.14.73.85]] 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, now I get why you'd say that. And you're right, Annony.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

==Uh, guys...==
Lowercase I on the loading screen. [[User:Strong Intelligent|SI.com!]]
:I added it to this page and the [[Lowercase i's]] page. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Audio Quality and Sofa ==

Anyone think the audio in this cartoon is lower quality than usual? Also, the sofa Strong Bad and Strong Mad are sitting on is larger in the end scene than the beginning scene. [[Special:Contributions/128.172.204.174|128.172.204.174]] 23:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs' Stand ==

Should this location be added to the locations in the toon? I mean, it only appeared in PbtC form, but that didn't stop Bubs and Coach Z from making it to the Characters list. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== who was blown away? ==

This is the best toon/short/anything by tbc of 2009! who else was awesomified? {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 00:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the forum would probably be a better place to discuss this. Talk Pages are more about talking about the article itself. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 01:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Important Things? ==

The "ATM Machine" (complete with "That's kind of redundant") was a joke on Important Things with Dimetri Martin a few weeks back. Might it be a reference?
:Unlikely, it's a pretty common thing to joke about. There's even a [[Wikipedia:RAS syndrome|pseudo-syndrome]] about it that's linked to in explanations. i think that's enough. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::Plus they've had RAS Syndromes before. A few more and we've got a running gag! I think it has a good chance, Strong Mad even lampshaded it here. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Where? When? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::OK, it shouldn't be plural, but it says "PIN number" on the downloads menu. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Further Redundance ==

The "2" at the end of the song is completely useless and an example of today's bad grammar. It could be considered redundant, further deepening the "ATM Machine" joke at the end.

That grates on me as much as "Where's it at".
: Artistic license (and the need to rhyme) make this one perfectly excusable. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
: PS. Don't pretend that bad grammar is a modern phenomenon. It's been around for centuries. It's only more ''obvious'' today because, with more widespread education and the internet, anyone can write, and anyone can read it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== "Little Birdie" song? Really? ==

So, one of the real world references say the song is "strongly reminiscent" of "Little Birdie" from the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I see absolutely no resemblance at all since the songs are totally different style and have very different sound. I'd think this song reminds me more of the Sweaty R&B song. Can anybody shed some light on the "strong resemblance" or should this be removed? (the song is at 7:07 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51F0L_LVXBE and begining of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZFFF4tSXd0 -- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 13:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd, but I couldn't find a video... now that I've seen it, I agree, I don't really see the resemblance... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::What Phlip said [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 13:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I'm in full agreement. I don't think the reference should be there at all. I'm not really finding even slight resemblance. [[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I personally see a strong resemblance in the first video, but I'm only one voice.--[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 15:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I immediately thought of Little Birdie when I saw this video. The voice used is similar, both songs open with the bass line, are about the same tempo, have similar drumbeats, and contain lyrics made of questions addressed to a yellow character who speaks without words. Besides, The Cheat flying with the Woodstock dotted line would be out of place were it not part of a larger toon-wide reference. --CaseyEllo
::::::Well, the scene where The Cheat first leaves the house is strongly peanuts style, both songs have basketball scenes, not to mention the flying like woodstock thing would be totally out of place. I think there's a definite peanuts reference here, though i'm not entirely sure that little birdie is it. Does anyone know if they ever did a different song that's closer to this than little birdie is? If not, then i'd have to go with little birdie as a reference. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Nobody knows vs. But he knows ==

In the lyrics, after "don't let Strong Bad know," I hear "but he knows", but the transcript says "nobody knows". What do other people hear here? {{unsigned|TimMierz|14:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:Nobody knows. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 14:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::I heard "but he knows" too, "nobody knows" didn't even occur to me.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Not at home, not listening to it right now, but "nobody knows" is what I remember. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Listen closely, it's definitely "nobody knows". It sounds better, it fits the tune better, and it makes more sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::It's definitely "nobody knows," but you could mistake it for "oh but he knows." [[Special:Contributions/24.165.150.118|24.165.150.118]] 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::The "no" syllable is definitely quieter than the rest (on my first listening I didn't hear it... I thought it was merged with the "know" at the end of the previous line), but it's definitely there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I listened to it again and heard "nobody". {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Two the Cheats ==

When the cheat is shown doing flaming layup drills you can see him in the same shot twice. I think this is an example of [[duplicate characters]] - {{User:Wecannotbesaved/sig}} 15:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Indeed it is. But according to wbwolf, we don't count music vids and montages. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::See [[:Talk:Duplicate_Characters#Secret_Song]] for the reasoning. I do agree that occasionally, it can be a little unclear (is the two The Cheats a design choice, or is it really happening?), but I'd rather err on the side of caution. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::This isn't an overlayed image like in Secret Song, it's a single image of two The Cheats in the same place at the same time. I think it's clearly an instance of Duplicate Characters (which is what I came to this talk page to mention).[[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break ==

You'd realize this soon enough, just thought I'd bring it up. Or don't we count music videos? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Musical theater does not equal Fourth wall break. Where in this toon do the characters exhibit an awareness of the audience? [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::The singer isn't supposed to be noticed by the characters normally. The singer is singing to the toon, and this means that the characters are aware they are in a toon, meaning that they know they are not real, meaning a fourth wall break. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 16:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::After re-watching, I'd agree that when The Cheat has a direct interaction with the singer (about lay-up drills), that could be construed as a fourth wall break. I still do not consider the entire toon to be one, in particular, I don't think that when Marzipan or Homestar happen to be singing along constitutes a fourth wall break. I'm not fully sure whether I think the concept should apply since the toon is, like you said, somewhat like a music video rather than a "normal" toon. I'm curious what other people think. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::It's possible the singer himself is a cartoon character. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I don't think interaction with the narrator (singer) is the same as awareness of the audience or one's own fictional status. The singer and the other characters are merely discussing Teh C. in song form. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Where U Goin' 2?

71.254.118.93 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:07:20 GMT

71.254.118.93: /* Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break */

== Homestar's pants/leg ==

When I first watched this, I'm ''certain'' I heard "Hitchin' a ride on Homestar's ''pants''". When I listen now, it's obviously "leg". Did anyone else have the same experience? Did they pull a fast one? Are there two versions? Am I just crazy? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:It would "bust" the proverbial "rhyme" if it were true. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Neither one is a good rhyme. The song is inconsistent. "Fire" and "choir" rhyme, but other similar instances don't ("leg"/"pants" and "job"; "gymnasium" and "do"). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I just don't think that it's a rhyming song. I sounds better without the rhymes in my opinion. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::It's definitely a rhyming song, it just doesn't consistently rhyme on the off lines. I never heard any version with "pants", but it was pretty clear after coming here that I'd missed the 'toon's release by several hours. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, according to the Last-Modified dates, the SWF ''was'' updated about 50 minutes after the toon's release – the HTML page was last modified 1:55:34 UTC, the wiki article was created 2:18 UTC (so the toon was definitely released already), then the SWF was updated at 2:45:42 UTC. Whether it really said "pants" in those first 50 minutes isn't something we can confirm unless someone happened to save a copy of that first version. But if anyone else can confirm they heard "pants" first time around, I'm comfortable with adding it to Trivia. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I dunno, I watched it almost immediately after the page was created (how "almost" I unfortunately can't confirm, although I'm pretty sure it was less than 27 minutes..) and I definitely heard leg. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I made the forum article before the wiki article was even created and have the "leg" line as one of the options. So either the wiki article was created after the update, or it wasn't changed. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Sad ==

The page shows Strong Sad as one of the characters, but I didn't see him and he's not referenced. Am I missing something? [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:You can see his foot sticking out from under the pile of burning mattresses. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see it. Perhaps a description of the mattress fire could be added. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 03:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

:::Does anyone else think its a good idea to make this another case of [[Strong Sad's Death]]? His corpse is popping up everywhere! --[[User:Lustmyeyes|lustmyeyes <3]] 07:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::::His leg is still twitching, so it's not quite death. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Isn't that just... well, semantics? It's still a pretty clear death reference, even if he's still technically barely alive. Besides, a body can twitch after it's dead if the nerves are activated. --[[Special:Contributions/141.224.237.41|141.224.237.41]] 13:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad Uses Good Grammar? ==

Looks like ol' Graw Mad is using complete sentences now. If my math is right, he did it twice in this toon. That's probably a new record! :[[Special:Contributions/68.32.116.46|68.32.116.46]] 04:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, but this is hardly the first time he's used a complete sentence, and hardly [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ the place for discussing this] either. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::He's actually used a complete sentence before, as in [[Ever and More!]] - I CAN LET OUT THE WAIST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU! (11 words, 12 syllables). And yes, this discussion should go to the forum.--[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Choir ==

I think she says, "No, that's a C" [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 04:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Last Line ==

If you turn it up high enough it's pretty clear the singer says "The day is done (or gone) so won't you close that barbecue...lid." Not "once you". {{User:Einstein runner/sig}} 04:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

==New Evolution==
I think The Cheat's appearence has changed, do you? [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:I noticed a little, but wait until the next toon. If it's still like it is now, new evolution. If it goes back to what it was before, mark it on this page under Remarks. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:21, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::Uh, The Cheat's a male. [[User:MICGAGUH]]
:::I know. What does that have anything to do with what I just said? {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::He wasn't referring to The Cheat by saying "it". He was talking about the Cheat's Evolution [[Special:Contributions/72.14.73.85|72.14.73.85]] 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, now I get why you'd say that. And you're right, Annony.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

==Uh, guys...==
Lowercase I on the loading screen. [[User:Strong Intelligent|SI.com!]]
:I added it to this page and the [[Lowercase i's]] page. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 15:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Audio Quality and Sofa ==

Anyone think the audio in this cartoon is lower quality than usual? Also, the sofa Strong Bad and Strong Mad are sitting on is larger in the end scene than the beginning scene. [[Special:Contributions/128.172.204.174|128.172.204.174]] 23:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs' Stand ==

Should this location be added to the locations in the toon? I mean, it only appeared in PbtC form, but that didn't stop Bubs and Coach Z from making it to the Characters list. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 23:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

== who was blown away? ==

This is the best toon/short/anything by tbc of 2009! who else was awesomified? {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 00:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the forum would probably be a better place to discuss this. Talk Pages are more about talking about the article itself. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 01:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Important Things? ==

The "ATM Machine" (complete with "That's kind of redundant") was a joke on Important Things with Dimetri Martin a few weeks back. Might it be a reference?
:Unlikely, it's a pretty common thing to joke about. There's even a [[Wikipedia:RAS syndrome|pseudo-syndrome]] about it that's linked to in explanations. i think that's enough. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::Plus they've had RAS Syndromes before. A few more and we've got a running gag! I think it has a good chance, Strong Mad even lampshaded it here. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Where? When? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::OK, it shouldn't be plural, but it says "PIN number" on the downloads menu. {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 19:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Further Redundance ==

The "2" at the end of the song is completely useless and an example of today's bad grammar. It could be considered redundant, further deepening the "ATM Machine" joke at the end.

That grates on me as much as "Where's it at".
: Artistic license (and the need to rhyme) make this one perfectly excusable. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
: PS. Don't pretend that bad grammar is a modern phenomenon. It's been around for centuries. It's only more ''obvious'' today because, with more widespread education and the internet, anyone can write, and anyone can read it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== "Little Birdie" song? Really? ==

So, one of the real world references say the song is "strongly reminiscent" of "Little Birdie" from the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I see absolutely no resemblance at all since the songs are totally different style and have very different sound. I'd think this song reminds me more of the Sweaty R&B song. Can anybody shed some light on the "strong resemblance" or should this be removed? (the song is at 7:07 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51F0L_LVXBE and begining of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZFFF4tSXd0 -- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 13:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd, but I couldn't find a video... now that I've seen it, I agree, I don't really see the resemblance... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::What Phlip said [[Special:Contributions/98.222.134.36|98.222.134.36]] 13:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::I'm in full agreement. I don't think the reference should be there at all. I'm not really finding even slight resemblance. [[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I personally see a strong resemblance in the first video, but I'm only one voice.--[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 15:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I immediately thought of Little Birdie when I saw this video. The voice used is similar, both songs open with the bass line, are about the same tempo, have similar drumbeats, and contain lyrics made of questions addressed to a yellow character who speaks without words. Besides, The Cheat flying with the Woodstock dotted line would be out of place were it not part of a larger toon-wide reference. --CaseyEllo
::::::Well, the scene where The Cheat first leaves the house is strongly peanuts style, both songs have basketball scenes, not to mention the flying like woodstock thing would be totally out of place. I think there's a definite peanuts reference here, though i'm not entirely sure that little birdie is it. Does anyone know if they ever did a different song that's closer to this than little birdie is? If not, then i'd have to go with little birdie as a reference. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

== Nobody knows vs. But he knows ==

In the lyrics, after "don't let Strong Bad know," I hear "but he knows", but the transcript says "nobody knows". What do other people hear here? {{unsigned|TimMierz|14:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:Nobody knows. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 14:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::I heard "but he knows" too, "nobody knows" didn't even occur to me.{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 17:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Not at home, not listening to it right now, but "nobody knows" is what I remember. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::Listen closely, it's definitely "nobody knows". It sounds better, it fits the tune better, and it makes more sense. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::It's definitely "nobody knows," but you could mistake it for "oh but he knows." [[Special:Contributions/24.165.150.118|24.165.150.118]] 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::The "no" syllable is definitely quieter than the rest (on my first listening I didn't hear it... I thought it was merged with the "know" at the end of the previous line), but it's definitely there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I listened to it again and heard "nobody". {{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 09:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Two the Cheats ==

When the cheat is shown doing flaming layup drills you can see him in the same shot twice. I think this is an example of [[duplicate characters]] - {{User:Wecannotbesaved/sig}} 15:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Indeed it is. But according to wbwolf, we don't count music vids and montages. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::See [[:Talk:Duplicate_Characters#Secret_Song]] for the reasoning. I do agree that occasionally, it can be a little unclear (is the two The Cheats a design choice, or is it really happening?), but I'd rather err on the side of caution. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

== Almost Entire Song = Fourth Wall Break ==

You'd realize this soon enough, just thought I'd bring it up. Or don't we count music videos? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:Musical theater does not equal Fourth wall break. Where in this toon do the characters exhibit an awareness of the audience? [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::The singer isn't supposed to be noticed by the characters normally. The singer is singing to the toon, and this means that the characters are aware they are in a toon, meaning that they know they are not real, meaning a fourth wall break. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 16:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::After re-watching, I'd agree that when The Cheat has a direct interaction with the singer (about lay-up drills), that could be construed as a fourth wall break. I still do not consider the entire toon to be one, in particular, I don't think that when Marzipan or Homestar happen to be singing along constitutes a fourth wall break. I'm not fully sure whether I think the concept should apply since the toon is, like you said, somewhat like a music video rather than a "normal" toon. I'm curious what other people think. [[Special:Contributions/64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 16:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
::::It's possible the singer himself is a cartoon character. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::I don't think interaction with the narrator (singer) is the same as awareness of the audience or one's own fictional status. The singer and the other characters are merely discussing Teh C. in song form. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 21:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Kick-A-Ball

71.254.118.93 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:28:36 GMT

71.254.118.93: /**/Commish again

I guess living in Hawaii means I'm the only one awake. :-P Anyway, I don't really know the procedures and protocols for the transcripting and the placenaming and characterlisting, so I'll stay out of that. And I don't have a forum account, so I won't post a thread there, I guess. But I started this off. [[User:Grumblebaker|Grumblebaker]] 03:28, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
:That's good to know. But it doesn't need to go here, sorry. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 03:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== Rapid blinking ==

Right after Homestar says Strong Bad "has to be quicker next time" he begins blinking at a very excessive rate. What do you think? a goof? a remark? What say you? --Domestibot
:You're right. Has anyone else noticed this? {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah. I think it should go in "remarks". [[User:Flicky1991|Flicky1991]] 21:50, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

== Carti-what Bode-what ==

well, trying to figure out the devil the couplets are called, and wondering: bodélé depression is a place in the sahara desert (depression?) and cartier is a what? (although there is a ''alain chartier'' who was a french poet) thoughts or alternatives? --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] 06:28, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
:The name Bodélé doesn't seem to exist outside of that obscure Sahara Desert reference. By contrast, Bodelet, like Cartier, is a common French surname, and is a more likely spelling. -Lydia
::I was thinking perhaps it was Homestar's pronunciation of [[Wikipedia:Charles_Baudelaire|Baudelaire]]? Perhaps a portmanteau with a Cartier Somebody whom I don't know about? (On a related note, "beige malaise" yields a surprising number of [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22beige+malaise%22 hits] predating this toon.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 13:50, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

== Potato who? ==
What does one-potato-two-potato mean? I mean, ''does'' it mean something or did they just make it up? --[[User:Cass from Germany|Cass from Germany]] 09:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
:It's a kind of [[Wikipedia:Counting-out game|counting-out game]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 10:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== Coincidence? ==

I think that the Sideways Stories From Wayside School reference is just a coincidence. I don't think they were referencing that at the time, I think it was just something odd homestar did.
:You're right. I can't see any link between this toon and that (obscure?) childrens' book. Strong Bad did not lose because of his poor kicking ability. Strong Bad lost because Strong Sad caught the ball. There is no connection, apart from the fact that kickball features in both media. '''Stretch.''' {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
::There is a slight connection in that Ron's team consisted of only himself and Louis, versus a much larger team, but I agree that it's a stretch anyways. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 13:41, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== weclome back ==

The music in this toon sounds like the music from Weclome Back. --{{User:Fangoriously/SIGGY HERE!}} 14:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
:It's noted in the trivia section already. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== Title ==

Why does the title card say "Kick-a Ball!" if the Toons menu says "Kick-A-Ball"? -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.151.140|132.183.151.140]] 17:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== Bubs ==

Does Bubs look a little different to anyone else? I think it's something with his eyes.--{{User:T3H_CH3K7_888/sig}} 18:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

You can also see the bottom line of a mouth at one point. - [[User:Guy in a Box|Guy in a Box]] 20:58, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

== Sonic? ==

During the coin toss, Homestar sounds like
he's saying "Sides" instead of "Sonic".
Anyone think that?
:That "Sonic" is much more funny. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:37, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
::I honestly can hear it eaither way. If i'm listening for "Sonic" I hear "Sonic". If i listen for "sides" i head "sides". If i'm not listening for anything specific i hear "sah". I say we give TBC the benefit of the doubt and go with the funnier one, which is clearly "sonic". {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

== Strong Mad's first crap ==

*This marks the first time Strong Mad has ever said [[crap]].
I've removed this fact several times for not being notable, and it keeps getting put back, so rather than revert warring, i'm bringing it here. I don't think it's notable to mention the first time people say words, whether it's a running gag word or not. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
:Sorry for pointing this out, but that is the funniest header I've ever read. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 17:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
::That was the point. Now how about an opinion? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:15, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
:::I knew Strong Mad's mental capacity was around that of a kindergartener, but I didn't realize he was just now being potty trained. But in seriousness, I agree with Defender. Also, thank you for using talk in this situation. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.151.140|132.183.151.140]] 17:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
::::Haven't we had similar discussions of this before? I think it was on [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], wherein Marzipan said "crap". See also [[Talk:3 Times Halloween Funjob#Unnotable]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

== Commish again ==

Is it worth noting that SB's rule change signature of "The Commish" is probably a reference to the TV show of the same name?
It's been referenced before as one of the tapes in the VCR on the [[Character Videos]] page. [[Special:Contributions/71.254.118.93|71.254.118.93]] 02:28, 20 March 2009 (UTC)