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Talk:keep cool

Adrock — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:22:26 GMT

Adrock: /* Sou' Sou'west or South Southwest? */

==DS?==

What do you suppose Homestar's marking as "ds" means? I can think of one that's not family friendly, but other options? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:My guess is on Dumb Star, or something like that. He previously called Homestar that in an email, I think, but I am not sure. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 19:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::I'm guessing it's a reference to the Nintendo DS. It has been shown again and again that TBC are Nintendo fans. At least, the DS was what I first thought of when I saw that. My two cents. {{User:Alcnolien/sig}} 20:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:::It's almost certainly "duckshirt." That's pretty much a synonym for Homestar, and in [[flashback]], SB uses "Duckshirt" as Homestar's name. [[User:LitigationMattson|LitigationMattson]] 20:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::::I concur: Duckshirt is the answer. [[User:Ilko Skevüld's Teh C|Ilko Skevüld's Teh C]] 14:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it's just the "sb" on the Strong Bad cutout mirrored. {{User:The_Spainish_Inquisition/sig}}
::If that's the case then the "s" would be backwards.
:When I first saw it, it seemed like the "ds" was just a (poor) phonetic spelling of "this". He IS saying that as he cycles through the images. Not everything needs to be a reference! :P This simply seems like a bit of overthinking to me. 16:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Baseball reference ==

Strongsad's Easteregg mentioning Baseball could be a reference to the MLB Trade Deadline (which ends in 20 minutes)
:Doubtful - TGS11 had a baseball ref too. I think TBC just like baseball. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

== Sticklyman's Return! ==
No running, no diving, and no swimming; All represented by the pudding-shoveler himself! --[[User:207.69.139.8|207.69.139.8]] 19:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, but are you sure it's Sticlyman? Does he have a shovel? Is he into light fighting? Or maybe he's just the typical guy-on-a-sign stick man. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:I hate you. My hopes and dreams rise up and you cruelly shoot them down with your harsh words. I will have my revenge, jerk! --[[User:207.69.139.8|207.69.139.8]] 20:22, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::That was kind'a rude, Qermac, but I suspect a block-in-progress, Mr. IP {{User:Stongbah/sig}} 21:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:::There was nothing rude about what Qermaq said. He was just making the facts obvious.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::::In a somewhat funny way too. I don't think it's sticklyman. Although I'd like to see him return for another challeeeeenge one day!--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 06:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== no clicky on the lappy ==

when you click the lappy's screen, the pressure waves don't show up.

:Sure they do. I just did it. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

::They don't show up after Strong Bad falls through the roof. --[[User:Ragey|Ragey]] 22:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

== Up, A, and Start ==

*Does this reference any particular video game? If it were just Up+A, I'd be sure it was a reference to Metroid or both Legend of Zelda games on the NES (using that code on a second controller would save your progress and restart) but I can't think of any games that used Up+A and Start. -- [[User:Frickinsellout|Frickinsellout]] 20:29, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
**You are almost certainly right. In fact, the Up+A on the second controller trick only works when you have paused (pressed start) on the first controller. I'm going to add it to the real-world references section. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 20:58, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
***I don't think it refers to any video game, he's just making up a cheat code. [[User:Swimma Dan|Swimma Dan]] 22:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
***I agree with Swimma Dan. The Metroid and Zelda references don't make sense because you have to press Start before hand. That's not Up, A, Start, that's Start, A, Up. And if we're going to accept Kirby's Dream Land, where it's Up, A, Select, then are we going to accept codes that go Up, B, Start, or Down, A, Start, or A, Up, Start? Unless someone can find a game code that goes exactly "Up, A, Start", I think this should be changed to a more general reference about video game codes. [[User:70.224.249.166|70.224.249.166]] 00:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
***Agreed, I figured it was just a generic cheat code thing, not a reference to a specific game. The Zelda reference might make sense, but I think the Kirby one is really stretching it (it's not even the same code!). As for the Metroid thing, I'm probably going to make myself sound really stupid here, but didn't Metroid use ''passwords'', not save files? At least the US version did. {{User:Saturn/sig}} 01:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
****Metroid did use passwords, Mr. Saturn. However, if you paused and hit Up+A on Controller 2, you would get brought to the password screen, and you can restart the game from there. I've seen this trick in the various tool-assisted speedruns of the game. -- [[User:Frickinsellout|Frickinsellout]] 04:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
*****I'd have to agree with the Generic Game Code people. We could make a poll though {{User:Cutepetsrus/sig}} 12:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Long Pants? ==

Is it me, or is Homestar wearing his 'long pants' in the 'ool? (~InvaderJem)
:According the Strongbad, he doesn't have [[long pants]]. {{User:Cutepetsrus/sig}} 12:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::True, but that's why I put quote-marks. Homestar insists that he wears long pants, though...

== Pooling ==

How about the fact that the "pool" had been previously mentioned here [http://www.homestarrunner.com/hs6.html]

:I think that might pass off as a fun fact. Nice find, there! (~InvaderJem)
::See [[Swimming Pool]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:30, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

It seems more likely to be the pool from [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
:Was there not also a pool mentioned in [[other days]], when Strong Bad had swim practice? Apparently he's finished them as well as lifeguard training since then. [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 23:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::[[other days]] doesn't directly mention a pool, but where else would Strong Bad and Strong Sad have swim practice?{{User:The_Spainish_Inquisition/sig}}
:::They had a pool back in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] and [[Theme Song Video]]. [[User:75.22.195.241|75.22.195.241]] 02:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Mr. Chek(h)ov ==

I'm pretty sure this is a double reference to both the writer and the Star Trek character. Yeah, they're spelled differently, but who ever calls Anton Chekhov "Mr. Chekhov"? However, Kirk did call his Chekov "Mr." all the time...
:It's not going to be TTATOT. If they were referencing Star Trek, they'd have spelled it Chekov. They didn't, so I doubt it's a ST reference at all, especially as Chekhov is even more famous. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::Not only that, but Anoton Chekhov is someone Strong Sad would be reading. It's Strong Sad. I mean, come on.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes. Obviously, Strong Sad would read Chekhov. So it's a reference to the author. But nobody calls Anton Chekhov "Mr.". That is obviously (I think) a reference to the Star Trek character. It's a joke. And I think that it's worth putting in the explanation because many people won't know what it's about. {{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I removed the Chekov reference based on points above. It's this, that and the other thing if it's a reference to both. And it's spelled like the author, not the navigator, so it's clear which was being referenced. Now, IF "Mr. Chekov" is included, I can live with it, but not without. Otherwise it's like saying that Monkey D is a reference to Sunny D, Tenacious D and Sandra Dee. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC) (Add: And by "living with it" I am saying I still don't agree, but can let it go. But we're a bit too generous in claiming what's a reference around here. Without an explanation of why "Mr. Chechov" might be referring to a guy with a differently-spelled name, it seems out of place and random, and reduces the knowledge-base-ness of the page.)
:Nice, we were working on it at the same time... I reckon "Mr. Checkov" is simply such an iconic name that "Mr. Chekhov" is an obvious reference for someone who knows Star Trek. And there have been made enough ST references by TBC that I believe they do know ST. {{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::Yup; sorry Qermaq, but I gotta disagree with you on this one. If it's not a reference, it's a goof, and I'd like to think they know how to spell it. Plus, suppose they were simply thinking of Chekhov, and Chekov never entered their minds; why choose the "Mr." title? It's a strange choice for an anthology or biography. And it would be a stranger coincidence for it to mirror the Star Trek usage accidentally. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Progressive progress ==

Is anyone still currently working on the transcript? When I stopped, I took the "inprogress" template off... If whoever's working on it now is going really slowly, that's one thing, but it's kinda rude to leave the template there and just stop. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

== The school aways had an elevator! ==

Is anyone else thinking that this particular line might be a reference to Saved by the Bell? Specifically, that time the school suddenly had an elevator for Zack to deliver Mr. Belding's son in? - [[User:81.157.53.124|81.157.53.124]] 21:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

--I think it is a refrence to that, and many other TV shows where the charecters go to a second floor, basement, pool, etc.

Or, maybe it was like my school, where there was no elevator, and there was no swimming pool, but all the freshman were sold swimming pool passes and elevator passes by the upperclassmen.
::It makes more sense that it was the Saved by the Bell episode, because it's referring to how their cartoon and the TV show suddenly and conveniently had something that was never obviously there before for sake of the plot.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 06:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

:::However: they '''have''' always had this pool. Since one of the very first animated toons. So the analogy doesn't really apply, does it? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, that's true. I'd say maybe TBC forgot, but if you go to the flash file for Theme Song Video and look at how they did the water effect, it looks like the same piece makes up the wavy top of the water in both toons. *shrug* It makes more sense the way I said it. lol. I'm not really sure on this.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone, perhaps anonymous above, added a Fun Fact linkin SB's line to a supposedly common prank by upperclassmen of making freshmen believe in nonexistant pools or elevators. I left it alone simply because I can't think of another way to make sense of his line, but at the moment it's a purely anecdotal Fun Fact. If it's going to stay, it would be nice to have some kind of documentation showing that this has happened to more than one person. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

:I, for one, have heard of this prank as far back as sixteen years ago, and when I first heard it in junior high it was presented as something that had been making the rounds for quite a while. When we got to high school, we always joked about how the gag didn't exactly work there (because that building did in fact have an elevator, albeit not one open to normal student use). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Einstein and Muffled?==
<blockquote>STRONG BAD: So later on anybody wanna get together a game of "Sharks and Minnows"? "Einstein and [muffled]"? "Pregnant and seventeen"?</blockquote>
It seems to me that Strong Bad says "Einstein and Kreskin," likely a refrence to [[wikipedia:kreskin |The Amazing Kreskin]].
I'll refrain from changing the article untile there's a consensus. [[User:216.229.35.170|216.229.35.170]] 23:30, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:Well, someone just made the edit. Nevermind.[[User:216.229.35.170|216.229.35.170]] 23:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:Second reference to pregnant teenagers, with the Cheat Commando's setting precedence?
::Sorry, I removed that. Noting the first instance of something is ''sometimes'', conceivably, worthwhile. Noting the second and third and so on gets hard. (Plus, I think "seventeen" was a reference to the magazine, though I haven't found a "''Pregnant''" magazine.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Inflated The Cheat ==

In regards to the Inside Reference of the Helium email, I'm not certain the cheat is actually inflated, from what I can tell he just seems to be leaning back (or tilting his head up)
---He is neither inflated nor lying on his back. I present you with this image.
[[Image:Dacheet.JPG ]]
cessna man!

:I find myself to be skeptical as well. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::Well, he sure looks inflated to me... Perhaps not quite in the same way, but much rounder in some way. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::The cheat is a pudge like thing. He has no feet, it kind of just has skin folds near the bottom of him. In order to swim forward, a normal person would need to kick their feet... apparently the cheat leans his bottom half backward and it causes a bend in him, making him look puffed up. He uses his arms to paddle. This also makes him look kind of like a boat. Regardless, I don't think he is inflated at all.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 06:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::::Claiming he's inflated is pure speculation. He could easily be arching his body to propel himself across the water's surface. We really don't know anything about his physiology to assume he can or cannot inflate. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:15, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
:::::He looks like a duck. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 10:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::::::He's obviously lying on his stomache lifting his head up. {{User:Salty/sig}} 17:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Funny and true ==

It has been hot in Sunnyvale, Ca. I know this because I live there. Unfortunately, I didn't write this one, but I'm glad Strong Bad knows about it. -[[User:Jesselangham|JesseLangham]]
:Yeah, it's been hot in St. Louis, too. It's been constantly in the triple digits. I sent SB an e-mail 'bout it, but I guess it just didn't cut it. Hey, did your power go out? Mine was out for 5 days.{{User:Cutepetsrus/sig}} 12:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Ool, not Pool ==

After Homestar crashes through Strong Bad's roof. He says "Uh, Strong Bad, I think that total wave ruined your ool." That's "Ool" not "Pool" as the transcript currently reads. This is in reference to the "There is no P in our pool, please keep it that way" Sign referenced in the toon. -[[User:Jesselangham|JesseLangham]]
: You could have just updated the transcript yourself and explained your reasoning in the summary... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
:: ....oh yeah...duh... Thanks!

== Goofs - The parenthesis ==

Are you guys sure this is a goof? When i first watched it I took it as an apostrophe. Ie: for the marking of a missing letter --ME!

:I'm confused, so I'll elaborate on what we're talking about: it's the ( right before "Notice." There is an apostrophe on the sign for comparison, i.e. in 'ool. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 04:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

:: Ahhh dont mind me then, your right i was wrong. I thought it meant the apostrophe in 'ool :D

== Heat wave ==

no doubt about th heat wav. I mean, even in Seattle it's boiling hot! --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 06:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

:In Michigan, my city had a low temperature of 81 degrees F (27 degrees C) this morning. That's a record high minimum temperature. At eleven o'clock last night, it still felt like (heat index) 100 F (38 C). And that's not the worst of it. Ask the people from St. Louis and central Illinois how hot it is. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 12:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

::I live in St. Louis and was getting up in the triple digits pretty much all of last week. {{User:Cutepetsrus/sig}} 12:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
:::Most of the north SF Bay Area was up in the 110s last weekend (I think the high in my city was 115?). Plus, traffic was terrible as a lot of lights were out. It was awful trying to get around in a car without a/c. Imagine our relief when the heat wave started going down--"Yes! It's in the high 90s!!!!" [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 16:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Marzi's green hair ==

Any chance that her green hair is a reference to Diff'rent Strokes? There was an ep where Kimberly washed her hair using acid rain water (which contained lots of chemicals, like the 'ool) and the result was her hair turned green. [[User:AcidHelmNun|Mike]] 06:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

:: Was I the only one reminded of that Falling Sand java game? The "plant" sand is green and burns away like Marzi's hair.
:According from a few posts in the forum, it's apparently a somewhat common real-world occurance for blondes to have their hair turn green from pool chemicals.
I don't think it's a reference to any particular TV show. My wife has very thin, natural blond hair, and when she was young and at the pool all the time, her hair would turn very green. It's a reaction to the chlorine in the water. So, it's not a problem limited to dyed blonds as the article currently states.--[[User:Eepiccolo|eepiccolo]] 15:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Nu-uh! Still the third wall! ==

The article currently states that when Strong Bad explains what Strongbadia is and is not, it is one of the most abrupt fourth wall breaks to date. There was a discussion over a similar incident a while back in the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Talk:mile talk page for "mile"]. Basically, the Strong Bad emails are based on the premise that he is answering his emails for an audience. I honestly don't care that much about the consistency, but these are the kinds of things the wiki loves to bicker over.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 16:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
:Yup. That's why I removed it. Even if it were a break, it's certainly not "one of the most abrupt to date", but it's not. What we're seeing qualifies as Strong Bad's imagination--characters aren't really blank spaces--and simply pointing out which location is Strong Badia and which are not... I have no idea how that's supposed to be a break. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 17:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
::I put it back. When I originally wrote it, I admitted it could be reworded, so if you see a way to fix it up then feel free. The break is ''not'' the part where we see the character cutouts. The break ''is'' the part where Strong Bad freezes the supposedly live "webcast", takes us on a trip around FCUSA, offers us a high five, and then restarts the action. Essentially he is speaking directly ''for TBC'' and addressing the real viewers—you and me—about an apparently common misconception ''outside the continuity'' of the actual email. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

== Sou' Sou'west or South Southwest? ==

In the second Easter Eggs, Strong Sad clearly says "sou' sou'west" instead of "south southwest". Is this a reference to something? I recall similar pronounciations for compass points in the movie "Master and Commander", is it old British Navy jargon? At any rate, I changed the transcript (without explaination, my bad) to reflect this contraction but it was reverted, so I figured I'd start a discussion topic on it.--[[User:Adrock|Adrock]] 20:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Talk:keep cool

Adrock — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:20:32 GMT

Adrock: Sou' Sou'west or South Southwest?

keep cool

Adrock — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:00:20 GMT

Adrock: /* Easter Eggs */

{{sbenav|154|redesign|some kinda robot}}

[[Strong Bad]] explains how he keeps cool in the summer.

[[Image:Keep_cool.PNG|thumb|"Pool Time!"]]

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Stick]], [[The Brick Wall]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Swimming Pool]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' July 31, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:33

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping}'' I'll take you back to a time when e-mail was king! ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Oh man,,,</div>
How hot is it right now in Strongbadia? We're boiling over 
here. What do you do to keep cool? 
 
Tom B 
Sunnyvale, CA
</blockquote>

''{After "Strongbadia", a record scratches, the screen dims and another Strong Bad appears.}''

'''SECOND STRONG BAD:''' Note to viewers:

''{Screen cuts to Strong Badia. A cutout in the shape of Strong Bad labeled "sb" is shown.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''This'' is Strong Badia.

''{Screen cuts to Bubs' Concession Stand, with a similar cutout for Bubs labeled "bubs".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Not this...

''{Screen cuts to Strong Bad's basement, with a cutout of Strong Mad labeled "graw mad".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ... this...

''{Screen cuts to The Stick, with a cutout of Homestar labeled "ds".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ... or this.

''{Cut back to Strong Badia.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Just this.

''{Cut back to the still-dimmed Lappy.}''

'''SECOND STRONG BAD:''' We clear? Now gimme five.

''{The second Strong Bad holds up his left hand, and then disappears as the rest of the screen returns to normal and the original Strong Bad finishes reading the email. He reads "CA" as "Cactus Area."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm not exactly sure how hot it is round here, Tomby. But we do have an old-timey, made-uppy, no-worky way of finding out.

''{Cut to Strong Sad, sleeping on a brick wall. A book labeled "Mr. Chekhov" is next to him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' We carefully place a spoonful...

''{Strong Bad and Strong Mad rise from behind Strong Sad, and Strong Bad places a spoon of sauce on Strong Sad's head.}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ... of hoisin sauce on Strong Sad's disturbing soft-serve flip. And then we just... ask him.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Strong Bad hits Strong Sad, who wakes up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Trundle bed, how hot it is right now?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Current temperature: ninety-seven, ninety-eight degrees... humidity: twenty-five percent... ''{Strong Bad and Strong Mad slowly start to leave, making a tapping noise as they do.}'' barometric pressure's thirty point oh five inches mercury... I'm gonna eat this spoonful of hoisin sauce...

''{Strong Sad grabs the spoon from off his head and eats the sauce. Cut to the edge of the wall, where Strong Bad and Strong Mad are standing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You hear that?! The high nineties!

''{Strong Bad pulls out a paper titled "Monkey D's Summer Tips". The screen cuts to a closeup of the paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know what that means!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Strong Mad. Music starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD AND STRONG MAD:''' COOL TIME, POOL TIME!!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's the pool that we've always had... that we use all the time... and the school has always had an elevator!

''{Cut to Marzipan's couch. Marzipan is sitting on it. Homestar Runner pops up in the foreground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Cool time!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Pool time!

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand, where Coach Z is leaning on the counter.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Cool time?

'''BUBS:''' Pool time!

''{Cut to the Field, where Pom Pom and The Poopsmith are standing.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbles}''

''{The Poopsmith gives him the thumbs-up. Cut to the Pool. Strong Bad is sitting in the lifeguard's chair. Coach Z walks past in the background with a barrel over him. Bubs floats with inflatable toys on his arms. The Cheat skims across the surface of the water quickly twice. Cut to a closeup on Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, ya little sacks of crap, just so I never have to use this weird foamy thing, ''{He kicks a floatation device hanging from his perch.}'' lemme explain the pool rules.

''{A paper reading "POOL RULES" appears. Strong Bad reads along.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Welcome to our 'ool. (Notice there is no "Take a crap in it" in it. Please keep it that way. 

''{Cut to The Poopsmith, wearing a Nebulon flotation device and testing the water with his foot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Poopsmith, don't even try it.

''{A Nebulon-esque sound is heard as The Poopsmith hangs his head. Cut back to Strong Bad. The Pool Rules sheet returns, and the following rules get added with illustrations as Strong Bad mentions them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Also, no rough-horsing, no house-rousing, no butt-patting.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{offscreen}'' Aw, nuts!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And no running, no diving, no swimming.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' But that last one is not very widely enforced. But most importantly, after you eat, wait three full days, get a complete physical, have an ear candling, and press UP, A and START before re-entering the pool.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Bad, what did you put in this pool water?

''{Strong Bad looks at Marzipan, whose ponytail has a green tinge and the very tip of it is burning away. The burning is slowly making its way up her ponytail, burning it off during the whole scene.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno... chemicals, whatever was under the sink.

''{Cut to a pile of chemical containers and a bottle of Awesome Sauce.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You gotta put chemicals in the pool, right? That's what they say. ''{Pause}'' And that is ''all'' that they say.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{suddenly smiling}'' Well, whatever it is, it's doing wonders for my hair. I can feel it tingling.

''{Cut to stormy clouds, faint flashes of lightning, and the sound of thunder. Cut back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in sing-song voice}'' Lightning. ''{in a normal voice}'' You guys know the drill.

''{Cut to Bubs, Strong Mad, and The Cheat leaving the pool}''

'''STRONG MAD and THE CHEAT:''' ''{groans and The Cheat noises}''

'''BUBS''': Man!

''{Homestar Runner, Coach Z, and The King of Town walk through the pool carrying a TV antenna, golf clubs, and an umbrella, respectively. They stop in the middle of the pool.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER, COACH Z and THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{sighs and groans}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad talking with Bubs at the lifeguard chair}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So later on anybody wanna get together a game of "Sharks and Minnows"? "Einstein and Kreskin"? "Pregnant and seventeen"?

'''BUBS:''' ''{points toward the diving board}'' Uh-oh! Looks like we should have been playin' "Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man!"

''{Strong Mad jumps off of a high-dive}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' MAD-ONBALL!


''{Strong Mad takes the shape of a circle and splashes into the water. There is a short pause. Suddenly, all of the water is splashed out of the pool. Cut back to Strong Bad's computer. Strong Bad crashes in through the ceiling. Water splashes down on him. He looks up}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I should really just stop patching that hole. ''{typing}'' Well, it looks like pool season's over. Guess I have to start Back2School shopping. Get some new pencil holders... ''{Homestar can be heard in the background}'' stencil folders...

''{Homestar lands on top of Strong Bad}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, Strong Bad, I think that total wave ruined your 'ool.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{groaning}'' Ah... uh... breaky... spiney...

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

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on CA when Strong Bad says "Sunnyvale, Cactus Area" to see a menu:

<blockquote>
Cactus Area 
"The most boring Mexican restaurant on Earth" 

(Yes, we know what salsa is now!)</blockquote>

* Click on the Lappy's screen at the end to see Strong Sad continuing his weather forecast:

:'''STRONG SAD:''' Wind sou'-sou'west at 10 miles per hour. Sunset at 8:45 PM. ''{the King of Town slowly comes up behind him}'' Baseball games at two and, uh, three. ''{King of Town puts a cherry on Strong Sad's head and pulls out a can of "Lard Wipt"}''

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Trundle Bed|Trundle bed]] is a low bed on wheels that can be rolled under another bed for storage.
*[[Wikipedia:Ear candling|Ear candling]], also known as ear coning, is a folk remedy performed by using the heat from a lit candle to melt accumulated ear wax and debris.
*[[Wikipedia:Hoisin sauce|Hoisin sauce]] is a type of Chinese dipping sauce made from soybeans, garlic and spices.

===Trivia===
<div style="text-align:center; padding:8px; border: 1pt solid #000; width:300px">Monkey D's Summer Tips 95°-100°=COOL TIME, POOL TIME!!! 90°-95°=Grip n' Glide time,                               Slide n' Slide time 85°-90°=Tinkler time, Sprinkler time 80°-85°=Nose time, Hose time 
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*This email was released during an actual heat wave in the [[Wikipedia:2006 United States heat wave|United States]], Canada and much of [[Wikipedia:2006 European heat wave|Europe]].

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's explaining the difference between Strong Badia and the other parts of [[Free Country, USA]], is one of the most abrupt [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth wall breaks]] to date.
*An air temperature of 97° Fahrenheit (36° Celsius) with a relative humidity of 25% puts the dew point at approximately 55° F (13° C), low enough to make the heat index approximately 95° F (35° C), which is not unbearably uncomfortable. A south-southwest wind of 10 mph (16 km/h) also helps from keeping the air too oppressive.

===Goofs===
*The 'ool rules sign doesn't have a closing parenthesis.
*Clicking on the Lappy's screen after Strong Bad falls from the ceiling does not cause the usual ripple.

===Inside References===
*The "ds" on the Homestar Runner cutout might stand for "Duckshirt" or "Dumbstar", two [[Nicknames#Homestar Runner|nicknames]] Strong Bad has used for Homestar in the past.
*The Poopsmith uses a [[Nebulon]] floating tube; when Strong Bad tells him that he can't get in the pool, the Nebulon [[Sound Effects|sound effect]] ensues.
*Strong Bad previously fell through the roof in [[pom pom]].
*The nickname "Graw Mad" is a reference to [[the facts]].
*The disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container|floppy disk container]] is the same one found in [[disconnected]].
*Strong Bad's tan lines were first seen in [[lures & jigs]].
*The Cheat looks inflated while in the pool, which may be a reference to [[helium]].
*In the pile of chemicals we can see some "Roach Killa" from [[bedtime story]] and some "Awesome Sauce" which was mentioned in [[funny]] (though this is "Awesome Sauce for her").
* Homestar's swimsuit is the same as the one he wears in [[Theme Song Video]], only updated to fit the current animation style.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Sad's book reads "Mr. Chekhov", a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russian]] writer and physician [[Wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov]]. It is possibly also a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pavel Chekov|Pavel Chekov]], a character from [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]] who was regularly referred to as "Mr. Chekov" by his superior officers.
*The second item on "[[Monkey D]]'s Summer tips" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Slip 'N Slide|Slip 'N Slide]] water toy.
*Strong Bad's advice that "after you eat, wait three full days, get a complete physical," and so on, is a reference to the urban legend that one must [[snopes:oldwives/hourwait.asp|wait an hour after eating]] before swimming.
*Strong Bad's advice to "press UP, A and START before reentering the pool" is a reference to the [[Nintendo|NES]] games [[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]], [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]], and [[Wikipedia:Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]], in which the game's progress can be saved or a game progress password would be brought up by pausing (pressing "START") on the first controller and simultaneously pressing "UP" and "A" on the second controller.
*Einstein and Kreskin refer to [[Wikipedia:Albert_Einstein|Albert Einstein]] (world-famous physicist) and [[Wikipedia:Amazing_Kreskin|The Amazing Kreskin]] (sort-of-famous mentalist).

==External Links==
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Talk:Kid Speedy

Adrock — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:09:00 GMT

Adrock: Fixed typo "Pciture" --> "Picture"

Does anybody know when this game is being released?

Probably NEVER. -Kinsey

:yeah, just like those 30 billion other videlectrix games that are never gonna come out. It really bugs me how they have those previews but never have the game itself. --{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 23:25, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::I hate to reply to such an old thread, but somebody's gonna pretty soon. So just for posterity... It was just released. Go figure. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 13:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Have you noticed ==
If you qualify in all tracks in the single player mode you unlock the "strong sad mode". I'ts probably the same for the multiplayer mode, but I havn't tried that till now. And what magic we might unleash if we even complete both single- and multiplayer mode with strong sad? Who noes..
Cisz [[User:89.53.24.3|89.53.24.3]] 13:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

:I finished Strong Sad mode single player, and got the Kid Speedy ending again - it just didn't tell me that I'd unlocked Strong Sad mode, since I already had it. That wasn't worth it. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 18:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

For the fun facts, I don't think that the phrase "wide load" being used to describe someone fat is at all attributed to an episode of the Simpsons, it's been around for a very long time. If anything, it comes from the warning sign put on the backs of very wide vehicles.

== Online? ==

I don't get why when i play online play that everybody else are the fast people. And also, how can it find people '''THAT''' quickly?
: Um 75.18.172.239, I don't think it's actually online.[[User:Geshmalderborgen|Geshmalder]] 15:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
::Yep. After a thoraugh [sic] check over the actionscript, I found nothing that suggests sending and recieving data from online-related servers. [[User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!|Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!]] 15:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
:Its not online. Didnt you wonder why the other people had names, but you never got to type one in? I'm hoping that that comment was sarcastic.... - DumbMuscle (too lazy/depressed to sign on)
:Rest assured. My comment was indeed sarcastic.
::It reminds me of how the microsoft hearts game says that you're playing on a "network," when really it's just the computer playing. I've seen the "play online" thing elsewhere, but I can't remember where. I thought it was funny.

== Regarding the Simpsons Fun Fact ==

I really don't think that "Wide Loading" is a reference to the Simpsons. Wide load is a common sign used on trucks, and the fact tha the Simpsons used the same joke is merely coincidence...

==Extra Fast==
Has anybody ever played, and seen these three extremely fast kids, who speed across the race in about three seconds? They're not the three you usually race, they are there too, but this was weird. It was on Demon Rub after I'd beaten the other seven. {{User:Salty/sig}} 15:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

:Those are the runners that are tothe left of the screen when playing the flash file. They don't always appear on Demon Rub, they appear on the eighth track after you complete the other seven. They could appear on the first track if you finish all the other seven "not last". {{User:Steve/sig}} 16:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== No like his style ==

Can "NEB" in one of the online mode names be a reference to [[Nebulon|Neb-1]]? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 17:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
:Using a seekbar, it seems that the base name is indeed "NEB1". - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Cheat ==
Did you know if you go to the flash file.You can skip levels by pressing play.You can unlock strong sad that way faster.

:It's not a cheat, it's a Flash artifact. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Front Picture ==

The picture we have now isn't from the actual game itself, it's from the Videlectrix catalog. We'll need a new one.--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 18:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)