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Bill — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:11:43 GMT

Bill: /* Real-World References */ Gazoo

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[[Image:FourBranches.png|thumb|The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done]]

Strong Bad explains the four branches of stupid things Homestar's done.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, [[The Jolly Dumple]], {{film|Coach Z}}, [[The Alien]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Limozeen}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Office]], [[The Field]], [[The Field#Old-Timey Appearances|Old-Timey Field]], [[The Stage#Old-Timey Stage|Old-Timey Stage]], An alien planet (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' November 13, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Start your day, the sbemail way! And never get out of bed!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: stupidest</div>
Hey Strong Bad 
I was wondering what was the stupidest thing that Homestar ever did, said, or imagined??? 
ur biggest fan 
Spanky elgrondo N.Y.
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Hey Strong Bad," in a bored tone and continues to read the rest of the email the same way. He draws out "ur" before biggest fan and pronounces "N.Y." as "Nuevo York."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, my good Spank, that is ''way'' too broad a subject and would take several days just to scratch the surface of the tip of that iceberg. Especially the imagined part. That one has its own spreadsheet even.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground in one email. So it's time you people learned all about ''{cut to a scene with a U.S. Capitol-like building with the top shaped like Homestar's head and a banner}'' The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{as the top of the building}'' Ooo. I'm a ''neglected'' official.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The first branch is in charge of keeping the public informed. ''{a dotted line is traced to a television set with Homestar's head on the screen. A caption appears under it that reads "The House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television"}'' It's the House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television!

''{Cut to Homestar Runner on the set of [[The Show]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now isn't that a tasty makeover, lady friends? ''{crowd full of ladies cheers}'' Huh? Huh?!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' From Drab to Fab with nothing but Mustaaard! ''{Pictures of the King of Town appear on the left and right of the screen. The one on the right has him doused with mustard. Homestar holds up a mustard container with the word 'Musty' on it. Crowd cheers.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now my next guest says her man doesn't give respect when she calls collect. But he thinks she's just a drama mama. ''{cut to a shot of Marzipan looking very angry}'' So let's bring him out!

''{The crowd boos. Homestar turns towards a curtain, then a spotlight appears on Homestar and his clothes and appearance change instantly.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sulkily}'' Yeah, whatever, you know you all want some.

''{Someone throws a chair at Homestar and knocks him down. The crowd cheers gleefully.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. Homestar secretly had ''himself'' on his own "You're a Bad Boyfriend" talk show.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done." A dotted line is traced to a coffee mug with Homestar's face on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The next branch tracks the stupid things Homestar does on the job. Here comes The Bureau of Doing Stupid Things at the Office.

''{Cut to the Office with Strong Bad in his cubicle with a headset on, occasionally typing on his computer. Phones are ringing in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking into headset}'' No ma'am, this would be a password you gave to us. Yes sir, it could be the last four digits of your dog, or your mother's maiden credit card number...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bro, keg party at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head offscreen towards Homestar}'' Not Now! I'm talking to Phone Tree Survivor Number Thirteen! ''{talking into headset}'' Yes lady, the whole password.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stro Bro, free bagels at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm sorry ma'am, free bagels just happened.

''{Strong Bad leaps up from his desk and slides out of his cubicle towards a water cooler stuffed with Homestar inside.}''
[[Image:Sbemail_4branches.png|thumb|"Well, I was in Barbados, hanging a picture on the wall..."]]
'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww man! This isn't free bagels!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, but it is free-ing Homestar from the water cooler. That's pretty sweet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{momentarily stutters}'' Just explain to me what you were ''trying'' to do when this happened.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I was in Barbados, hanging a picture on the wall.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, that tells me everything I need to know. How 'bout we try this?

''{Strong Bad walks over to the water cooler and presses down the button for the nozzle that has Homestar's leg sticking out of it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ow, ow, OW, STOP! Sweet genius that hurt! Oh well, just forget it. I'll just stay in here for the rest of my life. Just stack my mail on top of me would ya? ''{Strong Bad walks off as a phone rings.}'' Thanks S-bro! Man! Where should we go for lunch today? Chinese buffet?

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know how in video games, if you get the super duper high score, eventually it flips back to zero? Well, sometimes Homestar does something so stupid, he flips back to smart.

''{A scoreboard appears, which approaches its high number limit and then resets at zero. Then it disappears as a dotted line is traced to a picture of Homestar with a graduation cap on. A caption appears under him that says "The joint Sub-Committee On So Stupid It's Smart-ities".}''

''{Cut to Homestar in the Field atop a soap box with Strong Sad in the foreground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Awash with flavor!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, okay Homestar. Then what's two plus two?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, the force between any two charges is equal to the absolute value of the multiple of the charges divided by 4 pi times the vacuum permittivity times the distance squared between the two charges.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, no, no stupid! That's Coulomb's law.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, right, sorry! Two plus two? That's easy. Twenty-two.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And last of course, the most powerful branch. The Boudoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume.

''{A dotted line is traced to a football helmet with Homestar's face on it. A caption appears under it that reads "The Budoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume".}''

''{Cut to the Field at night with Homestar inside The Jolly Dumple costume. A campfire is also inside it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, oh man, oh man! ''Man!'' Moving into this mascot costume was probably the coolest and least locking-myself-out-of-my-house-enest decision I ever made! ''{Homestar raises a stick with a juice box stuck on the end over the fire.}'' This juice box is gonna roast up good and plenty! Dark and lovely! Bed, Bath and Be-yond!

''{Cut to a wider shot revealing Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Homestar, what are you do'n?! That thing is made out of flame pro-tardant Polymascotfoamalate!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Polymascotfoamalate?! ''{his words echo}''

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner in the Old-Timey Field standing next to an alien. A spaceship has crashed into the factory in the background.}''

'''THE ALIEN:''' But Earthling, they don't have polymascotfoamalate on ''my'' planet. Eh-rumble.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's 'cause you're a communist fool, red!

''{Cut to a stage with The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad dancing with a banner over their heads reading "Polymascotfoamalate!"}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner dressed up as a baby.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Feed it to the babies.

''{Cut back to the stage, the alien joins them.}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad with shaving cream on his face holding what appears to be baby powder in one hand and a cup full of shaving cream in the other.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Or as a topping on Sour'd Cream!

''{Cut to a globe with the words "POLYMASCOTFOAMALATE" written in front of it with the formula containing the elements that comprise it below.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Polymascotfoamalate! Helping America ''{appears above the globe as it is spoken}'' Ingenuitize the Future across the globe!

''{Abruptly cut back to the Field at night with Homestar inside the mascot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhh. Right. So I should be perfectly safe! ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoa- ''{an explosion occurs throwing Coach Z out of frame and Homestar's mascot costume disintegrates.}''

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done." Strong Bad stands up in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So there you have it! Now it's up to you to make your own informed decisions about the stupidest things Homestar's done. Get involved, ''{a banner appears above Strong Bad}'' write a letter to your local Homestarman, ''{another banner appears}'' or throw a trash can through a plate glass window! ''{yet another banner appears}''

''{Strong Bad walks off screen and the camera pulls in on the top of the U.S. Capitol building shaped like Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And that's how I become a law! ''{fireworks appear in the air}'' Pa-too! Pa-too! Pa-too!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:4branches_personalstyle.png|thumb|A Great Idea for Personal Style.]]
*Click on "spreadsheet" after Strong Bad types it to see a spreadsheet titled "A Great Idea for Personal Style" with the handwriting "MONGOLIAN BEEF W[[Lowercase i's|i]]G" and Homestar's head wearing such wig spread across the cells.
*Click on the cartoon in Strong Bad's cubicle to see a [[Dullard (comic)|Dullard]] comic.
*At the end of the email, click on Homestar's head to see him spit more fireworks.
*At the end, click on "Stupid" to see a [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] cartoon:
*:''{Larry, Gary, and Perry are seen on a teal planet with the Alien, a snake-like animal coming out of the ground, and a ringed planet in the background.}''
*:'''THE ALIEN:''' ''{gestures and stamps feet while speaking}'' Oh, but Limozeen-in-space-lings. They don't have hot blonde groupies with high bangs on ''my'' planet... ''{trailing off}'' eh, grumble...
*:'''LARRY:''' That's 'cause you don't have polyhairspraycheesealate!
*:''{Cut to Mary holding a tentacle in a hot dog bun.}''
*:'''MARY:''' ''{speaking with mouth full}'' And you're a communist fool! ''{takes a bite of sandwich and chews}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Homestar correctly states [[Wikipedia:Coulomb's law|Coulomb's law]], which determines the magnitude of the electrostatic force between two particles based on their charges <math>q_1</math> and <math>q_2</math> and the distance between them <math>r</math>:
<center><math>F=\frac1{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{|q_1q_2|}{r^2}</math></center>

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's polo shirt has a 5.25 inch floppy disk crest.
*Homestar does not have any trouble breathing or speaking underwater.
*At the end of the Easter egg with the fireworks, you can hear a pop sound, showing the Brothers Chaps cut out the sound from earlier in the email.
*On the list of "The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done", Homestar's face is based upon an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|earlier design]].

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was first posted, Strong Bad typed "in" instead of "any" when he says "No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground," at the beginning of the email. This was later corrected.
*When the email was first posted, boudoir was misspelled as "Budoir". This was later corrected.

===Inside References===
*The [[Soapbox]] makes another apperance when Homestar stands on while he answers Strong Sad, and its label now reads "Fourteen times".
*Limozeen's animated debut was in [[best thing]].
*"MONGOLIAN BEEF WiG" is an example of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase i's]].
*Homestar makes the same "pa-too" sound when he spits out fireworks as he did spitting [[Teddy Grahams]] in [[couch patch]].
*[[The Jolly Dumple]] first appeared in [[mascot]].
*The electronic blipping sound that plays when Homestar recites Coulomb's Law is taken from the [[Random Toon]] button on the [[Main Pages]].

===Real-World References===
*"The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done" are a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Separation of powers|three branches of the United States government]], and the shape of the governmental building is the [[Wikipedia:United States Capitol|United States Capitol]] building, often used as a symbol of the [[Wikipedia:Legislature|legislative branch]].
*In old arcade games, if you get a score higher than 999,999, it might flip back over to 0. This happens in such games as [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]]''. Strong Bad mentions this when describing Homestar's Third Branch, "The Joint Sub-Committee on So-Stupid-It's-Smart-ities".
*Homestar's "You're a Bad Boyfriend Talk Show" and the throwing of the chair is directly linked to the ''[[Wikipedia:Geraldo Rivera show|Geraldo Rivera show]]'' from the '80s, where Geraldo suffered a broken nose, paving the way for talk shows like ''[[Wikipedia:The Jerry Springer Show|The Jerry Springer Show]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Maury (TV series)|Maury]]''.
*When Homestar is in the Dumple costume, he mentions the store [[Wikipedia:Bed Bath & Beyond|Bed Bath & Beyond]], which is a chain of domestic stores across the nation. He also mentions [[Wikipedia:Good & Plenty|Good & Plenty]], a famous licorice candy. Dark & Lovely is a brand of hair relaxer and other hair care products.
*Homestar saying "That's how I become a law!" is a reference to the School House Rock cartoon "[[Wikipedia:I'm Just a Bill|I'm Just a Bill]]", showing how a bill becomes a law in Washington.
*Strong Bad's recommendation to "throw a trash can through a plate glass window" is likely a reference to the climactic scene in Spike Lee's film ''[[Wikipedia:Do the Right Thing|Do the Right Thing]]''.
*The mustard bottle has the distinctive red cap and yellow barrel shape of [[Wikipedia:Plochman's|Plochman's]] mustard.
*The logo for The Show AM is a reference to [http://www.techiediva.com/photos/uncategorized/todayshow.gif The Today Show] on [[Wikipedia:NBC|NBC]].
*The Alien's voice and crashed spacecraft suggest a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Great Gazoo|The Great Gazoo]] of [[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:sbemail161.html|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:sbemail161.swf|view the Flash file for "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[Forum:10200|forum thread re: "{{PAGENAME}}"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

4 branches

Bill — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:11:00 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ THE Alien, I guess?

{{sbenav|161|coloring|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:FourBranches.png|thumb|The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done]]

Strong Bad explains the four branches of stupid things Homestar's done.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, [[The Jolly Dumple]], {{film|Coach Z}}, [[The Alien]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Limozeen}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Office]], [[The Field]], [[The Field#Old-Timey Appearances|Old-Timey Field]], [[The Stage#Old-Timey Stage|Old-Timey Stage]], An alien planet (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' November 13, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Start your day, the sbemail way! And never get out of bed!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: stupidest</div>
Hey Strong Bad 
I was wondering what was the stupidest thing that Homestar ever did, said, or imagined??? 
ur biggest fan 
Spanky elgrondo N.Y.
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Hey Strong Bad," in a bored tone and continues to read the rest of the email the same way. He draws out "ur" before biggest fan and pronounces "N.Y." as "Nuevo York."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, my good Spank, that is ''way'' too broad a subject and would take several days just to scratch the surface of the tip of that iceberg. Especially the imagined part. That one has its own spreadsheet even.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground in one email. So it's time you people learned all about ''{cut to a scene with a U.S. Capitol-like building with the top shaped like Homestar's head and a banner}'' The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{as the top of the building}'' Ooo. I'm a ''neglected'' official.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The first branch is in charge of keeping the public informed. ''{a dotted line is traced to a television set with Homestar's head on the screen. A caption appears under it that reads "The House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television"}'' It's the House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television!

''{Cut to Homestar Runner on the set of [[The Show]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now isn't that a tasty makeover, lady friends? ''{crowd full of ladies cheers}'' Huh? Huh?!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' From Drab to Fab with nothing but Mustaaard! ''{Pictures of the King of Town appear on the left and right of the screen. The one on the right has him doused with mustard. Homestar holds up a mustard container with the word 'Musty' on it. Crowd cheers.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now my next guest says her man doesn't give respect when she calls collect. But he thinks she's just a drama mama. ''{cut to a shot of Marzipan looking very angry}'' So let's bring him out!

''{The crowd boos. Homestar turns towards a curtain, then a spotlight appears on Homestar and his clothes and appearance change instantly.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sulkily}'' Yeah, whatever, you know you all want some.

''{Someone throws a chair at Homestar and knocks him down. The crowd cheers gleefully.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. Homestar secretly had ''himself'' on his own "You're a Bad Boyfriend" talk show.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done." A dotted line is traced to a coffee mug with Homestar's face on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The next branch tracks the stupid things Homestar does on the job. Here comes The Bureau of Doing Stupid Things at the Office.

''{Cut to the Office with Strong Bad in his cubicle with a headset on, occasionally typing on his computer. Phones are ringing in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking into headset}'' No ma'am, this would be a password you gave to us. Yes sir, it could be the last four digits of your dog, or your mother's maiden credit card number...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bro, keg party at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head offscreen towards Homestar}'' Not Now! I'm talking to Phone Tree Survivor Number Thirteen! ''{talking into headset}'' Yes lady, the whole password.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stro Bro, free bagels at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm sorry ma'am, free bagels just happened.

''{Strong Bad leaps up from his desk and slides out of his cubicle towards a water cooler stuffed with Homestar inside.}''
[[Image:Sbemail_4branches.png|thumb|"Well, I was in Barbados, hanging a picture on the wall..."]]
'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww man! This isn't free bagels!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, but it is free-ing Homestar from the water cooler. That's pretty sweet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{momentarily stutters}'' Just explain to me what you were ''trying'' to do when this happened.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I was in Barbados, hanging a picture on the wall.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, that tells me everything I need to know. How 'bout we try this?

''{Strong Bad walks over to the water cooler and presses down the button for the nozzle that has Homestar's leg sticking out of it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ow, ow, OW, STOP! Sweet genius that hurt! Oh well, just forget it. I'll just stay in here for the rest of my life. Just stack my mail on top of me would ya? ''{Strong Bad walks off as a phone rings.}'' Thanks S-bro! Man! Where should we go for lunch today? Chinese buffet?

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know how in video games, if you get the super duper high score, eventually it flips back to zero? Well, sometimes Homestar does something so stupid, he flips back to smart.

''{A scoreboard appears, which approaches its high number limit and then resets at zero. Then it disappears as a dotted line is traced to a picture of Homestar with a graduation cap on. A caption appears under him that says "The joint Sub-Committee On So Stupid It's Smart-ities".}''

''{Cut to Homestar in the Field atop a soap box with Strong Sad in the foreground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Awash with flavor!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, okay Homestar. Then what's two plus two?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, the force between any two charges is equal to the absolute value of the multiple of the charges divided by 4 pi times the vacuum permittivity times the distance squared between the two charges.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, no, no stupid! That's Coulomb's law.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, right, sorry! Two plus two? That's easy. Twenty-two.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And last of course, the most powerful branch. The Boudoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume.

''{A dotted line is traced to a football helmet with Homestar's face on it. A caption appears under it that reads "The Budoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume".}''

''{Cut to the Field at night with Homestar inside The Jolly Dumple costume. A campfire is also inside it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, oh man, oh man! ''Man!'' Moving into this mascot costume was probably the coolest and least locking-myself-out-of-my-house-enest decision I ever made! ''{Homestar raises a stick with a juice box stuck on the end over the fire.}'' This juice box is gonna roast up good and plenty! Dark and lovely! Bed, Bath and Be-yond!

''{Cut to a wider shot revealing Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Homestar, what are you do'n?! That thing is made out of flame pro-tardant Polymascotfoamalate!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Polymascotfoamalate?! ''{his words echo}''

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner in the Old-Timey Field standing next to an alien. A spaceship has crashed into the factory in the background.}''

'''THE ALIEN:''' But Earthling, they don't have polymascotfoamalate on ''my'' planet. Eh-rumble.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's 'cause you're a communist fool, red!

''{Cut to a stage with The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad dancing with a banner over their heads reading "Polymascotfoamalate!"}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner dressed up as a baby.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Feed it to the babies.

''{Cut back to the stage, the alien joins them.}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad with shaving cream on his face holding what appears to be baby powder in one hand and a cup full of shaving cream in the other.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Or as a topping on Sour'd Cream!

''{Cut to a globe with the words "POLYMASCOTFOAMALATE" written in front of it with the formula containing the elements that comprise it below.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Polymascotfoamalate! Helping America ''{appears above the globe as it is spoken}'' Ingenuitize the Future across the globe!

''{Abruptly cut back to the Field at night with Homestar inside the mascot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhh. Right. So I should be perfectly safe! ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoa- ''{an explosion occurs throwing Coach Z out of frame and Homestar's mascot costume disintegrates.}''

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done." Strong Bad stands up in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So there you have it! Now it's up to you to make your own informed decisions about the stupidest things Homestar's done. Get involved, ''{a banner appears above Strong Bad}'' write a letter to your local Homestarman, ''{another banner appears}'' or throw a trash can through a plate glass window! ''{yet another banner appears}''

''{Strong Bad walks off screen and the camera pulls in on the top of the U.S. Capitol building shaped like Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And that's how I become a law! ''{fireworks appear in the air}'' Pa-too! Pa-too! Pa-too!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:4branches_personalstyle.png|thumb|A Great Idea for Personal Style.]]
*Click on "spreadsheet" after Strong Bad types it to see a spreadsheet titled "A Great Idea for Personal Style" with the handwriting "MONGOLIAN BEEF W[[Lowercase i's|i]]G" and Homestar's head wearing such wig spread across the cells.
*Click on the cartoon in Strong Bad's cubicle to see a [[Dullard (comic)|Dullard]] comic.
*At the end of the email, click on Homestar's head to see him spit more fireworks.
*At the end, click on "Stupid" to see a [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] cartoon:
*:''{Larry, Gary, and Perry are seen on a teal planet with the Alien, a snake-like animal coming out of the ground, and a ringed planet in the background.}''
*:'''THE ALIEN:''' ''{gestures and stamps feet while speaking}'' Oh, but Limozeen-in-space-lings. They don't have hot blonde groupies with high bangs on ''my'' planet... ''{trailing off}'' eh, grumble...
*:'''LARRY:''' That's 'cause you don't have polyhairspraycheesealate!
*:''{Cut to Mary holding a tentacle in a hot dog bun.}''
*:'''MARY:''' ''{speaking with mouth full}'' And you're a communist fool! ''{takes a bite of sandwich and chews}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Homestar correctly states [[Wikipedia:Coulomb's law|Coulomb's law]], which determines the magnitude of the electrostatic force between two particles based on their charges <math>q_1</math> and <math>q_2</math> and the distance between them <math>r</math>:
<center><math>F=\frac1{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{|q_1q_2|}{r^2}</math></center>

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's polo shirt has a 5.25 inch floppy disk crest.
*Homestar does not have any trouble breathing or speaking underwater.
*At the end of the Easter egg with the fireworks, you can hear a pop sound, showing the Brothers Chaps cut out the sound from earlier in the email.
*On the list of "The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done", Homestar's face is based upon an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|earlier design]].

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was first posted, Strong Bad typed "in" instead of "any" when he says "No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground," at the beginning of the email. This was later corrected.
*When the email was first posted, boudoir was misspelled as "Budoir". This was later corrected.

===Inside References===
*The [[Soapbox]] makes another apperance when Homestar stands on while he answers Strong Sad, and its label now reads "Fourteen times".
*Limozeen's animated debut was in [[best thing]].
*"MONGOLIAN BEEF WiG" is an example of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase i's]].
*Homestar makes the same "pa-too" sound when he spits out fireworks as he did spitting [[Teddy Grahams]] in [[couch patch]].
*[[The Jolly Dumple]] first appeared in [[mascot]].
*The electronic blipping sound that plays when Homestar recites Coulomb's Law is taken from the [[Random Toon]] button on the [[Main Pages]].

===Real-World References===
*"The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done" are a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Separation of powers|three branches of the United States government]], and the shape of the governmental building is the [[Wikipedia:United States Capitol|United States Capitol]] building, often used as a symbol of the [[Wikipedia:Legislature|legislative branch]].
*In old arcade games, if you get a score higher than 999,999, it might flip back over to 0. This happens in such games as [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]]''. Strong Bad mentions this when describing Homestar's Third Branch, "The Joint Sub-Committee on So-Stupid-It's-Smart-ities".
*Homestar's "You're a Bad Boyfriend Talk Show" and the throwing of the chair is directly linked to the ''[[Wikipedia:Geraldo Rivera show|Geraldo Rivera show]]'' from the '80s, where Geraldo suffered a broken nose, paving the way for talk shows like ''[[Wikipedia:The Jerry Springer Show|The Jerry Springer Show]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Maury (TV series)|Maury]]''.
*When Homestar is in the Dumple costume, he mentions the store [[Wikipedia:Bed Bath & Beyond|Bed Bath & Beyond]], which is a chain of domestic stores across the nation. He also mentions [[Wikipedia:Good & Plenty|Good & Plenty]], a famous licorice candy. Dark & Lovely is a brand of hair relaxer and other hair care products.
*Homestar saying "That's how I become a law!" is a reference to the School House Rock cartoon "[[Wikipedia:I'm Just a Bill|I'm Just a Bill]]", showing how a bill becomes a law in Washington.
*Strong Bad's recommendation to "throw a trash can through a plate glass window" is likely a reference to the climactic scene in Spike Lee's film ''[[Wikipedia:Do the Right Thing|Do the Right Thing]]''.
*The mustard bottle has the distinctive red cap and yellow barrel shape of [[Wikipedia:Plochman's|Plochman's]] mustard.
*The logo for The Show AM is a reference to [http://www.techiediva.com/photos/uncategorized/todayshow.gif The Today Show] on [[Wikipedia:NBC|NBC]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:sbemail161.html|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:sbemail161.swf|view the Flash file for "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[Forum:10200|forum thread re: "{{PAGENAME}}"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

User talk:Bill

Bill — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:59:41 GMT

Bill: /* Long time, no see! */

== Archived Talk ==

Older stuff is [[User:Bill/Archived_Talk|here]].

== Long time, no see! ==

Hey there, stranger! Happy Hallow-day! Good to see you! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:55, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
:Good to see you too, my friend. Yes, I have been too long absent. Life has been very busy for me lately. {{User:Bill/sig}} 15:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Hallow-day

Bill — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:48:01 GMT

Bill: /* Remarks */ SNL

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|hallowday|Happy Trogday|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Hahahaha_halloween.png|thumb|"In unrelated news, this newsboy get-up is not my Halloween costume!"]]
It's Halloween Night but it's not Halloween ''night''. Everyone sets out to find out what happened to it before Halloween is over!

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

See [[Happy Hallow-day Costumes]] for more information on what everyone was wearing.

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Spooky Forest]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[King of Town's Castle]]

'''Page Title:''' HA HA HA HA Halloween Night!

'''Date:''' October 30, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 5:18 [[TV Time Toons Menu|official]], 5:14 actual 

== Transcript ==

''{Marzipan walks through the field, which is sprinkled with leaves. A clock comes up from the bottom of the screen reading "8:13 pm"; however, the sun is clearly still out. Strong Bad hides behind The Stick wearing a red witch's hat and mask.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Half-singing}'' Do do-doo doo, lots of leaves, Do do-doo hmm...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Jumps out from behind The Stick}'' Grody bloody gross and blood!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Bored}'' Eh, nice try, Strong Bad. I'm just not feeling it in broad daylight. And, you were hiding behind a twig.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I know. Why isn't it dark yet?

''{Cut to Homestar, dressed as a newsboy and holding up a newspaper. As he says each line, he holds up a different newspaper whose headline matches what he's saying.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extrie, extrie! Read all about it! Halloween Night missing! Citizens mobilize to save holiday! In unrelated news, this newsboy get-up is not my Halloween costume!

''{Closeup of The Local Newspapes. It has a picture of two pumpkins, the headline reads, "Happy Hallow-Day!", and the subtitle reads, "These ARE the opening credits!"}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad's Basement. Strong Bad and The Cheat are on the couch. Strong Mad is standing behind it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Hits the newspaper he's holding}'' This is bull-tonk! How are we supposed to scandalize and vandalize without the protective cover of Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween night?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna go interrogate the toilet for about eight minutes. See if he knows anything. After that, we'll form into a giant robotic Halloween Night-finding space panther! ''{Walks off. Strong Mad and The Cheat make confused faces. Strong Bad Pops back in.}'' Or not.

''{Cut to the field with Homestar, Pom Pom, and Strong Sad. The clock comes up and reads "11:18 pm".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Halloween Niiiight! Come here, boy! ''{Whistles and brings out chew toy that looks like a brain with a bolt and eyeball sticking out of it. He squeaks it while talking.}'' I got this spooky, yucky chew toy for ya!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Homestar, you are aware that Halloween Night is not a puppy, aren't you?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{In a laughing voice}'' Ye-heh-hes! ''{Whistles}'' Obviously! I am...! Aware...! That it is not...! What was that last part?

'''STRONG SAD:''' A puppy.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ...A puppy!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, good. ''{A yellow glow appears in the upper left corner of the screen, and grows brighter as Strong Sad talks}'' But seriously, we have to find Halloween Night. I don't do so well with all this sunlight! ''{Eerie music plays. Strong Sad looks toward the menacing sunlight.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{In wacky postures}'' Sit, Halloween Night, Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit sit-sit!

''{Strong Sad and Pom Pom run away.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Whistles}''

''{Cut to Marzipan and Coach Z on a different part of the field. Marzipan is playing a reggae rhythm on Carol}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, whatcha doing there, sista?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Stops playing}'' I'm trying to attract Halloween Night with music. ''{Starts playing again}'' It loves reggae, you know! ''{Stops playing}''

'''COACH Z:''' Good idear! And I can do some of my famous Halloween sound effects that everybody knows me for!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Coach Z, I don't think that's what everybody knows you for.

'''COACH Z:''' What are ya torkin' abort? Listen to this spooky owl! Hort! Hort hort! Hort hort! Or get a load of these creepy crackets! Cricket! Cricket-dadadadadadada! ''{Marzipan starts playing again}'' Cricket-dadadadada!

'''MARZIPAN:''' We be jammin'! ''{Stops playing, rattling sound}''

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. The clock appears for a moment reading "12:09 am".}''

'''BUBS:''' What is wrong with you people? ''{Holds up spray can}'' I got instant spray-on Halloween Night! ''{Sprays can, throws it behind him for:}'' I got Halloween Night vision goggles! ''{Holds up black opaque shades with orange frames, then throws it behind him for:}'' I even got this do-it yourself Halloween Night hovercraft kit! ''{Pulls out a "Hollerin' Jimmy's Hovercraft Kit". The words "Hollerin' Jimmy's" have been covered with a piece of masking tape with "Halloween Night" written on it}''

''{Static, and change to Spooky Woods with Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat. The trees are covered in yellow flowers}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw man, I thought sure we'd find Halloween Night in the spooky woods! This place has really gone uphill since it disappeared. Even that rotten old skull doesn't seem so creepy.

'''THE SKULL:''' ''{Rainbow afro comes out of head}'' A-jam on it!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Good thinkin' Monchi-Cheat! That guy's always hanging out with Halloween Night! But how do we find him?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Triumphant the Cheat noises}''

''{The Cheat pulls out a keyboard and plays the Goblin's organ jingle. The Goblin appears, wearing swim trunks and sunglasses}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's this crap-cake? Where's Halloween Night? Strong Mad, pat him down! ''{Strong Mad hangs The Goblin by his feet and shakes him. Several coins, a pencil, some lint, and a hamster ball fall out.}'' Aw, he's clean. I'm taking that hamster ball, though.

''{Cut to outside The King of Town's Castle with Strong Sad, Pom Pom, The King of Town, and The Poopsmith. The clock reads "2:38 am".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Cough it up, King of Town! We know you ate Halloween Night!

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' You amateurs! You don't know what you're talking about. I'm on a diet! ''{The Poopsmith nods his head}'' It's strictly Arbor Day and Earth Day for me this year! ''{The Poopsmith nods his head}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well now where do we look? I need some doom and gloom soon. ''{Starting to laugh}'' Something funny is happening to the sides of my mouth...! ''{The corners of his mouth wiggle and turn upward, creating weird noises.}''

''{Scene changes to Homestar, making a box trap at The Stick}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Homestar Runner, you are a genius! ''{Turns around}'' Thank you, Doug. ''{Turns back around}'' So tell us what you're doing here. ''{Turns around}'' Well it occurred to me that no Halloween Night could resist these orange and black flavored loose tooth remover candies.

'''COACH Z:''' How are they biting today Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sound Effects Man! Ooo-ooo! Do broken wheelchair. On cobblestone!

'''COACH Z:''' Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah! Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah! ''{Repeats during:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's like I'm right there, wheeling Grandma through the old town. Do you want to stop in here and get a kielbasa, Grandma?

''{Cut to the field with Marzipan, Strong Sad and Pom Pom. Strong Mad, Strong Bad and The Cheat walk in. Strong Sad's mouth is still wiggling. The clock reads "5:42 am".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Laughing}'' Somebody shoot me.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, this sucks. Halloween Night's almost over and still no sign of Halloween Night. We should be out there turning treats right now!

''{Marzipan walks in.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh you guys didn't have any luck either? Oh well, happy Halloween anyways everybody. ''{The screen darkens}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Woah! Say that again!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Say what? Happy Halloween? ''{The screen darkens some more}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now somebody else say it!

'''COACH Z:''' Harrpy Harrlaw- ''{The screen gets brighter}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Covers Coach Z's mouth}'' Not you, Coach Z. Now everybody, all at the same time!

'''EVERYONE:''' HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

''{The screen darkens into night.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yes it worked! I'm gonna egg so many candies and eat so much houses. I'm gonna-

''{A rooster crows and the sun comes up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, uh, what do we do now?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm...

'''EVERYONE:''' HAPPY DAY OF THE DEAD!

''{Cut to the end screen, with a Mexican-style skull of Homestar, wearing a sombrero, while reggae beat plays, ending with rattle.}''

''{Cut to the final shot, where all of the characters stand in their costumes.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* As with other Halloween cartoons, click on the Poopsmith's head (after the King of Town says "this year") to see Homsar. (He will also appear in the end scene, but he doesn't have a separate Easter egg.)
*: ''{Homsar is standing beside a pile of newspapers similar to those Homestar is seen with during the toon intro. He is holding up one of the papers to display the headline "EGGS TREE! EGGS TREE!", and a tree growing eggs as fruit can be seen behind him.}''
*: '''HOMSAR:''' Eggs tree, eggs tree! This get-up ''is'' mah get down! ''{as he says the second sentence, his head sinks into his neck, leaving an empty space}''
* At the end, click on Strong Bad:
*: '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sta-rong. Bad. That's the best Evil Carmen Sandiego costume I've ever seen!
*: '''STRONG BAD:''' If I wasn't dressed up as a pretend priest-comedian, I'd beat the crap outta you right now.
* At the end, click on Marzipan:
*: '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, I just ''love'' your "I-have-a-caterpillar-crawling-across-my forehead" costume! That's kind of a mustache...have..costume...
* At the end, click on The Cheat:
*: '''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, The Cheat, technically shouldn't all this sunlight be turning you into some sort of horrible beastie?
*: '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Covers eyes, The Cheat noises sounding similar to Gizmo's line "Bright lights! Bright lights!"}''
* At the end, click on Strong Sad:
*: '''STRONG BAD:''' 'At's a good costume, Strong Sad. What is that, you at your twenty-year high school reunion?

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*The [[Wikipedia:Day of the Dead|Day of the Dead]] is a celebration of the memory of deceased ancestors which is celebrated on November 1st and November 2nd in Mexico. Its art and themes also feature prominently in Frida Kahlo's work.

===Remarks===
*If you view the Flash file in a Decompiler or use the Flash Seekbar bookmarklet, it reveals that the stack of newspapers on the Loading screen says "[[Eggs]] Tree! Eggs Tree!", which is the same newspaper Homsar holds up in his scene.
**When Homestar holds up the "In Unrelated News" newspaper, the stack next to him also reads "Eggs Tree! Eggs Tree!"
*Three different characters in this toon (Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Homsar) play fictional characters of real comedians who were associated with Saturday Night Live.
*Sunlight doesn't turn [[Wikipedia:mogwai|mogwai]] into gremlins; it kills them. Eating after midnight is what triggers the transformation.
*The sun is shown to rise shortly after 5:42 AM; on November 1, [[Wikipedia:Sunrise|sunrise]] normally occurs about an hour later in the United States.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Hahahalloweengoof.PNG|thumb|Coach Z's arm goof]]
*In the scene where Coach Z is imitating a wheelchair, the candy Homestar dropped on the ground in the previous shot is still visible, now in mid-air, and appears on top of Coach Z's arm.
*After Homestar's close-up during Coach Z's wheelchair impression, the last candy in front of the box trap, a black one, has disappeared.


===Inside References===
*"These ARE the opening credits!" is a reference to Homestar's T-shirt in [[Malloween Commercial]], which reads "This '''is''' my Costume!"
*Homestar's "orange and black ''flavored'' loose tooth removers" are a possible reference to the [[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha|mini-game]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], in which once you cut the bag open, the exact same candy pours out of the bag.
*The scene at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] follows the same format as the scenes at Bubs' Concession Stand in [[Senorial Day]].
*"The Local Newspapes" was also the name of the newspaper Strong Bad was reading in the email [[candy product]].
*Bubs' do-it yourself Halloween Night hovercraft kit is a [[Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit|Hollerin' Jimmy's]] brand which previously appeared in the email [[lackey]]. Bubs also had the product then.
*At the end, Homestar [[What are you supposed to be?|compares]] Strong Bad's costume to his [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|2001]] costume: [[wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]].
*Strong Bad's glasses are in the same style as his [[Dangeresque]] glasses, but with a different rim color.
*Strong Bad is seen holding a [[Smoking|cigarette]] at the end of the cartoon.

===Real-World References===
* Forming into a "giant mechanical space panther" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]].
* Strong Bad calls The Cheat a [[Wikipedia:Monchhichis|Monchicheat]].
* Strong Bad's witch mask is identical to Lucy's from [[Wikipedia:It's_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:hallowday.html|Watch "Happy Hallow-day"]]
*[[HR:hallowday.swf|View the Flash file for "Happy Hallow-day"]]
*[[Forum:10135|Forum thread re: "Happy Hallow-day"]]

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[[Category:Halloween]]

Summer Short Shorts

Bill — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:11:17 GMT

Bill: /* Goofs */ dactyl pop

{{toonnavfulllink|Shorts|HR:shortshorts.html|Sbemail 150?!?|Strong Bad Sings}}

[[Image:Short Shorts.png|thumb|Those shorts are indeed short]]
Homestar and pals star in a series of short... shorts. Hilarity ensues.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#Caveman Homestar Runner|Caveman Homestar Runner]], [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#Cavewoman Marzipan|Cavewoman Marzipan]], [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#Pterodactyl Coach Z|Pterodactyl Coach Z]], [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#Caveman Strong Bad|Caveman Strong Bad]], [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#The Cheatasaurus|The Cheatasaurus]], {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, [[Limozeen]], [[Very, Very Little Girl]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], Prehistoric Lands, [[The Field]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], Laser Show, Bar

'''Date:''' July 24, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:52

'''Page Title:''' Dare to Bare!

==Transcript==
''{the toon opens with the title "Summer Short Shorts" on a photo of blue shorts. Cut to Marshmallow's Last Stand. The camera pans across the table, which is littered with french fries and ketchup}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' C'mon, The Cheat! You can do one more! Just one more!

''{the camera zooms out, showing The Cheat sitting opposite Strong Bad at the table, with Strong Mad behind Strong Bad. The Cheat's mouth is crammed full of fries, he has purple bags under his eyes, and is whimpering}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pops up near The Cheat, wearing a brown hat with a press pass}'' ''{speaking quickly}'' Oh, have you heard the latest news? ''{sits back down}'' I heard the latest news, it was that you could do one more! One more!

''{The Cheat whimpers and spits a few fries onto the table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad, tell your girlfriend to do one more.

'''STRONG MAD:''' SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!

''{Homestar Runner runs up, dressed as a waiter, with a brown cap that says 'egg.' on it}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aaaaaaand can I get you gentlemen anything else?

''{Homestar holds up a red clown shoe, and a large daisy rises from inside it}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Blinnnng!

''{cut back to the title screen}''

''{cut to a Powered by The Cheat landscape, showing a volcano and the caption "The Millionzoic Era". Cut to a scene showing a prehistoric Marzipan and Homestar, with a tar pit next to them}''

'''PBTC CAVEMAN HOMESTAR:''' ''{spits green bubbles while he talks}'' Ooga, ooga. My breath, it stinks.

'''PBTC CAVEWOMAN MARZIPAN:''' ''{turns to the left, away from Homestar}'' Uh-huh!

'''PBTC CAVEMAN HOMESTAR:''' Real, real bad!

''{a pterodactyl with Coach Z's hat flies in from the right}''

'''PBTC COACH Z DACTYL:''' Helicopta fly! ''{flies off to the left}''

''{A caveman Strong Bad enters from the mountains. He lands in the tar pit, which splashes Homestar and turns into a skull, which sticks to Homestar. As Strong Bad sinks to the bottom of the tar pit, his feet can be seen poking out from underneath.}''

'''PBTC CAVEMAN STRONG BAD:''' Ooga. Me want set your face on fires.

'''PBTC CAVEMAN HOMESTAR:''' What's fire?

'''PBTC CAVEWOMAN MARZIPAN:''' It sounds fun! Oo-ga! ''{jumps}''

''{A large The Cheat-like dinosaur runs by from the right. It then clamps its mouth around the volcano and begins "drinking" from it, accompanied by glugging noises. The Cheatsaurus then turns and breathes fire over the group, scorching them. Marzipan turns into a drumstick with its tongue sticking out, Homestar into a smiling steak with a gold tooth, and Strong Bad merely blackens}''

'''PBTC CAVEMAN MARZIPAN AND HOMESTAR:''' Aaaah!

'''PBTC CAVEMAN STRONG BAD:''' Oh, me too! ''{turns into a dish with a lobster tail on it}'' I am not exempt!

'''PBTC COACH Z DACTYL:''' ''{pokes head in}'' Hey, did you see that? The Cheatasaurus can do it again!

''{cut back to the title screen}''

''{open with a few shots of leaves, then focus in on Pom Pom's head. He opens his eyes, then leaps out of a bush and jumps upwards. He does a brief pose before falling back down again. He lands on a tree branch, then begins to leap forward from branch to branch. He lands on the ground, and pops a bo staff out of himself. He twirls the staff as pictures of bamboo and a wave appear behind him. He then jumps up. Cut to a long shot of him arcing over Strong Badia and Bubs' Concession Stand. He then lands lightly next to Coach Z. He pops out a deodorant stick out of himself, and tosses it to the coach}''

'''COACH Z:''' Thanks for the smell-cakes, Pom Pom! But next time could you dispense with all the flyin' whozits?!

''{Pom Pom pulls out a small smoke bomb and throws it on the ground in front of him. When the smoke clears, Pom Pom has vanished}''

''{cut back to the title screen}''
<div id="Brain_Sister">
''{cut to a black screen, while red and green lasers arc from the top and bottom of the screen. Guitar music begins, while the Limozeen logo appears in bright yellow. The logo splits, and an image of Larry appears. It changes colour, as a pair of feminine legs in fishnet walk by. Three images of Larry playing guitar appear, which meld into one of him leaping into a power chord. The words "BRAIN SISTER" rise from the bottom as Larry jumps offscreen. A calculator displaying 3.14 appears, and an outline of Texas draws itself around it. Several images of a brain, Larry, guitars, and the ZEEN part of the logo flash past in front of a crowd, until Larry zooms forward, surrounded by stars and playing guitar. More images of Larry's head flash in front of the crowd, as the lasers start again. The calculator flashes by, and the legs walk out, with a brain perched on top of them. They walk by a Limozeen amp as the song ends. The Limozeen logo flashes briefly}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{singing}''
:Well, she was only twenty-seventeen.
:She was a lonely beauty queen.
:She was a brain... brain... brain sister!
:She's a ''{mile?}'' away
:And she would never tell you you could do it,
:And she would never tell you you could do it!
:I think you know what I mean!

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' Yeah, those moves, all right! Uh!
</div>
''{cut back to the title screen}''

''{open in a barroom-type scene. Homestar and Pom Pom are seated at the bar. Both have an 'Old One bottle, and there is a bowl of peanuts on the table}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Seriously, Pom Pom. ''{gesturing with bottle}'' You and me, we're like two breads in a biscuit. ''{pokes the bottle in Pom Pom's face}'' Two breads in a biscuit! I'm gonna make a T-shirt! ''{leans in close}'' No, wait! You and me? ''{crouches to look at peanuts}'' We're like this bowl of mayonnaise here. ''{points at Pom Pom with the bottle}'' You're the bowl, coz you're a big, round, fat guy. ''{Pom Pom looks angry. Homestar sits up again, now pointing at self}'' And I'm the mayonnaise, coz I'm smart as peanuts. That'll make a good T-shirt too. Oop, no, wait! Before you strangle me again... You and me? ''{pulls the napkin out from under his bottle}'' Soggy napkins.

''{cut to the picture of the shorts from the title screen, which now just reads "End."}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the dartboard while Homestar says, "I'm gonna make a T-shirt" to see a T-shirt with a slice of bread + a slice of bread = a biscuit.
*Click on the dartboard again while Homestar says, "That'll make a good T-shirt too" to see a T-shirt with a bowl of mayo and the words "Smart as Peanuts!"
*Click on the "n" in "End" to see a [[Puppet Stuff]] short.
*:''{The very, very little girl is swinging and Homestar is standing next to the baby.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello, very, very little girl. Take it away.
*:''{piano music, crickets, more piano music}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I've got no material with this kid. Say something cute. Talk about picking your nose. You seem like a smart kid. You wanna go out some time?
*:''{drums play. Homestar dances.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You've got no interest in the crazy man over here, do you?
*:''{Homestar Runner comes too close to the swing and is hit three times.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' OW! ... OW! ... UH!
*:''{The screen goes black and "end." appears on the screen.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The Limozeen sequence simulates a [[Wikipedia:Laser lighting display|laser show]].

===Remarks===
*At the February 2006 [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward]], [[Matt Chapman]] mentioned that [[Missy Palmer]] was pregnant — the [[Very, Very Little Girl]] in the Easter egg is probably [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and Missy's baby.
*Pom Pom shows off his skills with the [[Wikipedia:Bo (weapon)|bo]].
*The music at the beginning of Homestar vs. Very, Very Little Girl comes from Strong Bad's kids' show in [[for kids]].

===Goofs===
*The french fry on the table loses its reflection after the cut to the wider shot.
*The french fries The Cheat spits out have no reflection.
*After the Coach Z Dactyl flies by for the first time, it remains off camera at the left edge of the animation until just after Strong Bad splashes mud on Homestar, at which time the Dactyl pops back into view for a frame or two before disappearing in preparation for its second flight.

===Inside References===
*The same short shorts are worn by [[Matt Chapman]] in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] Easter egg.
*Homestar has an [[Eggs|egg]] on his hat in the [[Quite Fancy 'Chup|'chup]] sequence.
*Millionzoic Homestar turns into a [[Steak|steak]] with a [[The Cheat's Gold Tooth|gold tooth]].
*"The ol' Cheatasaurus" is what Strong Bad [[Nicknames|nicknamed]] The Cheat in [[other days]].
*There is a [[LEMKE]] flag on the wall.
*Homestar mentions [[Bread|bread]].
*The solar calculator from [[technology]] also displayed [[Wikipedia:Pi|3.14]].
*The scene with Homestar and Pom Pom drinking [[Cold One|'old ones]] is almost identical to a scene near the end of the [[Theme Song Video]] and the scene minus Homestar and Pom Pom is also in [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]].
*The back beat during the forest scene with is also from [[Theme Song Video]].
*Short shorts were preveiously referenced with Camp Counselor Shortshorts in [[Teen Girl Squad 11]].

===Real-World References===
*Texas circumscribing the calculator is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments]].
*One of the backgrounds of Pom Pom's Bo routine is modeled after the [[Wikipedia:Ukiyo-e|ukiyo-e]] woodblock painting [[Wikipedia:Image:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg|"The Great Wave Off Kanagawa"]] by [[Wikipedia:Hokusai|Hokusai]].

*The Limozeen lyrics "Well, she was only twenty-seventeen." and "I think you know what I mean!" are references to the lyrics "Well she was just seventeen. You know what I mean." from [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]] song "[[Wikipedia:I Saw Her Standing There|I Saw Her Standing There]]".

==External Links==
*[[HR:shortshorts.html|watch "Summer Short Shorts"]]
*[[HR:shortshorts.swf|view the Flash file for "Summer Short Shorts"]]
*[[HR:shortshorts_little.swf|view the Flash file for "Homestar vs. Very, Very Little Girl"]]
*[[Forum:9214|forum thread re: "Summer Short Shorts"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Limozeen]][[Category:Puppet Stuff]]

Talk:Homestar Jr.

Bill — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:02:35 GMT

Bill: Backwards?

How do we know that that's the real recipe for a homestar jr? {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 22:15, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)
: I guess we can just assume it's the recipe from looking at it being made in the toon. Should I call it a it or a him? Now I'm confused. --{{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 23:07, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
::I assume its a him, seeing as most girls arent "Jrs". {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 02:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

== Backwards? ==

I think this logic is probably backwards:

:''Its use on a veggie burger indicates that the mayo is, in fact, mayonnaise, as opposed to a Marshmallow Fluff-style spread.''

Since real mayonnaise contains eggs (an animal product) and marshmallows are essentially sugar (not an animal product), wouldn't the implication actually be that it's some kind of mayonnaise-like marshmallow spread and ''not'' real mayo? I'm guessing hardcore vegans probably eat sugar but not eggs (although, as an unrepentant consumer of many burnt animals, I'm certainly no expert on the veggiefolk). {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:02, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Wagon Fulla Pancakes

Bill — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:52:20 GMT

Bill:

[[Image:wagon_fulla_pancakes.PNG|thumb|215px|"You're a girl, or maybe a wagon, filled up with pancakes"]]

'''Wagon Fulla Pancakes''' is a red wagon (of the [[Wikipedia:Radio Flyer (company)|Radio Flyer]] type) filled with pancakes, whose first appearance was in the email "[[montage]]". During the montage of montages, the wagon romances [[Strong Bad]], sells toner with [[The Cheat]], and defeats [[Homestar Runner]] for the [[Champeenship]]. It currently lives in Long Beach, California, with its spouse and two children (implying that the wagon and Strong Bad broke up somewhere along the road) and appears in television commercials for used car dealerships such as the one in [[Senorial Day]]. The wagon reads "4 wheels" on the sides and [[Senor Cardgage]] once referred to it as a "little dog". The wagon later appeared powering Strong Bad's float in [[Fall Float Parade]], where it housed not a bunch of pancakes, but rather a bed mattress, which was part of Strong Bad's float.

Since the wagon is regarded as a character with an actual family rather than a mere prop, it is entirely possible that it is related to the other wagons in the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar universe]]. Its relation to the wagon in [[The Reddest Radish]] and to the wagon in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] is unclear, but perhaps these details will be revealed in the future.

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[montage]]
*[[Senorial Day]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]
*[[Fall Float Parade]]

[[Category:PseudoCharacters]]

These Peoples Try to Fade Me

Bill — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:51:01 GMT

Bill: /* Detailed Information */

[[Image:lasercrabs.PNG|thumb|Laser crabs (from the music video)]]

== Detailed Information ==
{{Track information|album = Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|track number = 15|length = 2 minutes 11 seconds|artists = [[Coach Z]]|style = [[Wikipedia:Old school hip hop#Old school rapping|Oldschool rap]] |origin = Coach Z's #1 hit, originally mentioned in Strong Bad Email #47 [[new hands]], and also in [[Coach Z#Character Video Transcript|Coach Z's]] character page.}}

This song is also accompanied by a secret music video, available only on the Strong Bad Sings CD.

== Lyrics ==
Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, one two one two

These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade

(Fade me!)

These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!) 
These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!)

Coach Z's got money, but not much 
Coach Z's got money, but not much 
Coach Z's got money, but not much 
I could use a dollar, I could use a couple bucks

I'm so oldschool (one two one two) 
They tore the school down! (one two one two) 
Where my lasers at? 
Where my lasers at, y'all? 
Where my lasers at? (Where my lasers at?) 
Where my lasers at, y'all?

Where my lasers at? 
All the peoples try to tell me where my lasers at 
And your mother tried to show me all the laser crabs 
And I got a bunch of types, a bunch of laser dabs

''{makes laser gun noises}''

These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!) 
These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!)

I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Doctor-doctor-doctor Beats!)

[[Image:Coach Z With Food Sign.PNG|thumb|140px|Will flow and/or freak for food (from the music video)]]
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples dropped the BAAEERRRMM

I can flow (one two one two) 
I can freak (one two one two) 
Uhh... I can freak 'n' flow at the same time

== Fun Facts ==
*To fade someone is a gambling term meaning to play against that person in a dice game, rather than the house.
**Also, in the context of hip-hop, 'fade' was originally a gang term to kill someone, although now it can simply mean to put down/disgrace.
*To dab is to apply with short poking strokes. A dab is also a small flatfish, ''Limanda limanda''.
*Coach Z pronounced the word "Bomb" as "Baaeerrrmm". This is reminiscent of the toon "[[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]]"
*Some of the laser sounds come in stereo, moving back and forth from left to right speaker.
*The symbol in the top right-hand corner in the video when Coach Z says "I'm doctor sweet" is a reference to the symbol of the front of the Mötley Crüe album ''Dr. Feelgood''.

== See also ==
*[[These peoples try to fade me Visuals|Visuals]]

== Appearances ==
*[[new hands]]
*[[Coach Z#Character Video Transcript|Coach Z's Character Video]]

{{Template:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}}

[[Category: Songs]] [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

These Peoples Try to Fade Me

Bill — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:50:45 GMT

Bill: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:lasercrabs.PNG|thumb|Laser crabs (from the music video)]]

== Detailed Information ==
{{Track information|album = Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|track number = 15|length = 2 minutes 11 seconds|artists = [[Coach Z]]|style = [[Wikipedia:Old school hip hop#Old school rapping|Oldschool rap]] |origin = Coach Z's #1 hit, originally mentioned in Strong Bad Email #47 [[new hands]], and also in [[Coach Z#Character Video Transcript|Coach Z's]] character page.}}

This song is also accompanied with a secret music video, available only on the Strong Bad Sings CD.

== Lyrics ==
Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two 
Coach Z, one two one two

These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade

(Fade me!)

These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!) 
These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!)

Coach Z's got money, but not much 
Coach Z's got money, but not much 
Coach Z's got money, but not much 
I could use a dollar, I could use a couple bucks

I'm so oldschool (one two one two) 
They tore the school down! (one two one two) 
Where my lasers at? 
Where my lasers at, y'all? 
Where my lasers at? (Where my lasers at?) 
Where my lasers at, y'all?

Where my lasers at? 
All the peoples try to tell me where my lasers at 
And your mother tried to show me all the laser crabs 
And I got a bunch of types, a bunch of laser dabs

''{makes laser gun noises}''

These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!) 
These peoples try to fade me! 
(I can't handle it!) 
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone! 
(I get busy!)

I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Dr. Sweet!) 
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Doctor-doctor-doctor Beats!)

[[Image:Coach Z With Food Sign.PNG|thumb|140px|Will flow and/or freak for food (from the music video)]]
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples try to fade 
These peoples 
These peoples 
These peoples dropped the BAAEERRRMM

I can flow (one two one two) 
I can freak (one two one two) 
Uhh... I can freak 'n' flow at the same time

== Fun Facts ==
*To fade someone is a gambling term meaning to play against that person in a dice game, rather than the house.
**Also, in the context of hip-hop, 'fade' was originally a gang term to kill someone, although now it can simply mean to put down/disgrace.
*To dab is to apply with short poking strokes. A dab is also a small flatfish, ''Limanda limanda''.
*Coach Z pronounced the word "Bomb" as "Baaeerrrmm". This is reminiscent of the toon "[[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]]"
*Some of the laser sounds come in stereo, moving back and forth from left to right speaker.
*The symbol in the top right-hand corner in the video when Coach Z says "I'm doctor sweet" is a reference to the symbol of the front of the Mötley Crüe album ''Dr. Feelgood''.

== See also ==
*[[These peoples try to fade me Visuals|Visuals]]

== Appearances ==
*[[new hands]]
*[[Coach Z#Character Video Transcript|Coach Z's Character Video]]

{{Template:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}}

[[Category: Songs]] [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Pie Factory

Bill — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:10:05 GMT

Bill: a nip here and a tuck there

[[Image:Pie factory.PNG|thumb|Pie Factory]]

'''[[Pie]] Factories''' have been referenced in four [[Strong Bad Emails]]. The first appearance was in [[stunt double]], in which [[Dangeresque]] jumped into a kiddie pool labeled "Pie factory". Later in [[monument]], the same pie-factory pool was used to represent [[Strong Bad]]'s torso. According to Strong Bad, when he was in [[highschool|high school]] he went to Marzipan's long lost uncle's abandoned pie factory, along with [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Mad]], and [[Homestar]]. This factory was later revisited in [[alternate universe]].

== Appearances ==

*'''Debut:''' Email [[stunt double]]
*Email [[monument]]
*Email [[highschool]]
*Email [[alternate universe]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]]

User:Bill

Bill — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:45:45 GMT

Bill: 42 -> 4T

I'm a 4T-year-old software developer who really likes homestarrunner.com. I'm blessed with three great daughters who all love Homestar as well. It's one of the few things that all four of us can share and enjoy together.

Oh, and sorry about having such a goofy user name. My real name is hm*h0mey587.

== Current Most Favoritests ==

[[Image:Bug_in_mouth.PNG|thumb|It deliciously didn't work!]]

* Favorite Toon: [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]

* Favorite Shorts: [[Experimental Film]] and [[Peasant's Quest Preview]]

* Favorite Audio Bit: "Is your refrigerator running?" from [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 4.0]]

* Favorite Character: gotta be [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]

* Least Favorite Character: [[Homsar]] (who else?)

* Favorite Running Gag: [[Strong Bad]]'s prank calls

* Favorite Quotation: [http://hrwiki.org/mirror/hs_goodtimes.mp3 "The Good Times Are Over!"]

* Favorite Section: [[Strong Bad Email]]

* Favorite Section If You Don't Count [[Strong Bad Email|Everybody's Favorite Section]]: [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]

* Favorite Poopsmith: [[The Poopsmith]]

== Unnecessary Wild Speculations and Flat-Out Lies ==

* "Hal" is short for "Michael".
* The Poopsmith has a twin brother, The Peesmith, who made an uncredited cameo appearance in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]. He looks virtually identical to his brother, but is less talkative.

== Grammar Guide Requests ==

[[Image:yeah.PNG|right]]

The guide itself has been moved to [[User:Bill/Grammar Guide]].

If you'd like to request additions, please add your requests '''here''' in this section, not on the Grammar Guide page itself.

* Some examples of such "issues" would be '''a lot vs. *alot''' and '''whether (conjunction) vs. weather (noun)'''. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 18:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

* the misuse of '''may''' vs. '''might''' vs. '''can'''. So many people use ''may'' because it sounds nicer while the correct word is ''might''. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

*In the same vein of overcorrecting: using ''I'' as an object and appropriate times for ''like'' as opposed to ''as'' (I know it's basic, but some could benefit from a clear explanation of the two). —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 02:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

*Not using commas *shudders at the thought*--{{User:Benol/sig}} 12:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

*General punctuation guide. Information on periods, parenthesis, commas (when there are too few or too many), hyphens, semicolons and the like. Also, a distinction between the american and english ways of dealing with punctuation inside parentheses and quotes. (This is something for which an informal policy has been established; but to have this in one place -- and eventually be made official -- would be great.) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 16:55, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
::It's already in [[HRWiki:Manual of Style]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 17:00, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
:::Awesome! Part of it is. But missing is stuff on periods, commas, etc. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:24, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
* Hey Bill, how about an entry on ''effect''/''affect''? {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
* Seperate / separate — that one really drives me nuts. {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:04, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
* '''Then'' vs '''Than''. I see it all the time. ''correct e.g.'' If you're faster than him, then you're very fast. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:48, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
*'''Lie vs Lay'''. To lie is to recline. To lay is to put down an object. For example, do not say "Strong Bad is laying on the couch". [[User:PurpleKoopa|PurpleKoopa]] 03:34, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

== Disambiguation Project ==

My disambiguation template project can be found [[USer:Bill/Disambiguation|here]].

== Awards, Honors, and Other Incidents That Inspire Awe, Fear, Pity, or Loathing ==

<div style="border:3px solid #003399;padding:.5em 1em 1em 1em;color:000;background:#fff;text-align:center">
[[Image:Grammar.PNG|thumb|left|300px]] Congratulation, you have been awarded '''The Grammar Guru''' award for your superior knowledge of grammar, and usage of that knowledge for the betterment of the wiki.
 Keep up the good work!{{clear}}
</div>

Thanks for the honor! — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 03:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

User:Bill/Archived Talk

Bill — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:42:42 GMT

Bill: link

This is an archive of stuff from my talk page. I consider it read-only, so don't bother making any edits, 'cause I'll probably just revert your comments without fanfare, [[Nicknames#Main Characters|McDorkle]].

==Subpage==
Hey there Bill. Glad to have you aboard. I know Rogue Leader has already welcomed you, but I also want to drop a note to say hi. It looks like the information below is the beginnings of a page that you plan on creating. If that's the case, then I have a suggestion for you: You should build pages on a user subpage (for example, "User:Bill/Prank Calls"), and then when you're ready, use the move button at the top to transfer your page to its final home. The advantage to using a subpage is that this page can be used for user discussion, such as this message. Incidentally, I learned something about "comprise" today, and I have you to thank for it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:17, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

* Thanks for the tip ... I was actually building the real page with its actual title, but naturally I didn't want to actally save it until it was finished. Your way is much better, as I can save periodically while I'm working, and (as you point out) I can benefit from others' feedback. Thanks! — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 18:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

* So now I have [[User:Bill/Reference]] and [[User:Bill/Obviously Phony Aliases]] ... is there a way to automatically include a list of all my subpages? — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 18:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
::I'm not aware of a method to ''automatically'' list subpages. If, however, you happened to forget what they are, you could look them up in [[Special:Allpages]] under the User namespace. [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=Bill&namespace=2 This link] would take you straight to them. But as far as listing them here in your user space, you'll have to do that manually. By the way, once you create a user page, your subpages will automatically have a backlink to your main page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

==Category listings==
New Question: I moved my page from User:Bill/Obviously Phony Aliases to Obviously Phony Aliases, but the category pages (for Running Gags and Lists) still point to the original page (which is now a redirect). This ''works'', of course, but it looks thoroughly awful in the category lists. I tried to fix this by looking for the right templates to edit, but the categories mechanism doesn't seem to use templates (as best I can tell). So it would seem that either the move function is not really the best way to do this, or there is something about it I don't understand. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 20:38, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

: Found the workaround: delete the category tags from the article, save, then put them back in. I guess in the future I'll have to keep such tags as plain text until I move the article to its final destination. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 21:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

::Hmm. I know there's a simpler way, but when I tried to test it, I couldn't recreate the situation (even though this has happened to me before). Oh, well. As long as it works now. Rock, rock on! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:43, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

== Every day ==

Ooh, it really bugs me when people confuse ''everyday'' for ''every day''. And then I sometimes see ''every-day'' in place of ''everyday'', in news articles! Does no one speak English anymore?! Anyway, high fives. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

: Nice to find a kindred spirit! — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 04:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
::Oh, I don't think you'll find grammar 'n' usage enthusiasts lacking around here. Take a look at [[HRWiki:Manual of Style]] and its accompanying talk page! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 22:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

== Expanding your "Search & Destroy" list ==

I have yet to introduce myself, but I would like to go ahead and say "hi" to you at this point. Anyway, the point of my discussion here was to inquire whether it would be OK with you to add certain grammatical "issues" to your ''Search & Destroy'' list. Some examples of such "issues" would be '''a lot vs. *alot''' and '''whether (conjunction) vs. weather (noun)'''. I have more but at this point I think it would be prudent to await a response before continuing further. Thanks! {{User:The Paper/sig}} 18:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
: I've created a new section on my user page for this, and I'll add your requests there. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 19:17, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

== The ''only'' thing. ==

Sweet grammar guide you got there! I was wondering... have you seen the movie ''Oscar'' with Silvester Stallone? :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
: Sorry, I haven't. Thanks for the compliment. Maybe someday the grammar guide can graduate into a sister page for the frequently misspelled words page. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:55, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
::Oh! you should see it! It's a ''very'' funny movie! And your dangling modifiers reminded me of it, but I will say no more. Just rent it! ;) A grammar guide page! Sounds cool. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:54, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

==Welcome aboard!==
...And, since this doesn't really connect with any of the above discussions, I'll start a new section. I just wanted to commend you for the tremendous number of really grade-A contributions you've made in the space of, what, 24 hours? It's always helpful to get someone who knows a misplaced modifier from a comma splice, and your zeal is matched by accuracy. Long may you edit! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 22:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

:Wow, thanks for the kind words. In my experience, editors are usually considered a necessary evil at best, so it's nice to be appreciated and not just considered a Word Nazi. It's too bad there isn't some kind of regular-expression search function, to make it easier to find things like comma splices and other structural errors. (Being somewhat lazy, I wanted to start out with easy stuff I could just search for!) Oh well ... I guess I'll just have to read the whole darned wiki. ;-) {{User:Bill/sig}} 14:14, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

== Red ==

Do we realy need the new templates you made? In my whole experience in this wiki, I can count the number of times I used red text on one finger (Yes, finger). Anyway, if this stays, you could make it on one template. You should also read [[Help:Template]] :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:Indeed. I've marked them for deletion, as they don't serve a purpose. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::Well, initially I ''thought'' they were going to serve a purpose: I anticipated I might be using a lot of red and green as the [[User:Bill/Grammar Guide|Grammar Guide]] grew. But the templates didn't work the way I expected them to, and at the time I didn't realize templates could take parameters. All of which is moot, of course, in lieu of the more important server load issue (which I didn't even think about at the time). If it does turn out I start getting sick of writing span tags all the time for color, I may try again in the future using single (rather than paired) templates with parameters (and applying the '''subst:''' trick to save on server load). But by all means, let's delete the ones I created today, and I'm sorry for the trouble. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:59, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::Hey, it's no trouble. Experimentation is part of the fun. (It ''is'' a bummer when it doesn't work out like you'd hoped, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

== Not gonna rest till you like this word ==

Wow, someone on the wiki who's older than I am.

I am a copyeditor for a magazine. (''Southwestern Musician''. Our circulation is about 14,000, and the length varies, but it's about 72 pages each month.) Consequently, my two favorite resources are ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' and ''A Dictonary of Modern American Usage''. I am a staunch supporter of the final serial comma in a list of three or more items. But I must take issue with your maligning the word ''till''. It is a very good word. Here is the entry for ''till'' in the latter reference, in its entirety:
<blockquote>
'''till; until.''' ''Till'' is, like ''until'', a bona fide preposition and conjunction. Though less formal than ''until'', ''till'' is neither colloquial nor substandard. It's especially common in BrE—e.g.:
*"After the First World War, Hatay, named by Attaturk after the Hittites, fell into the hands of the French, who did not return it ''till'' 1939." Daniel Farson, "Rich Rewards in the Land of the Hittites," ''Independent'', 1 Apr. 1995, at 37.
*It was not ''till'' 1994 that the New Yorker unmasked Reage as journalist Dominique Aury—Paulhan's long-standing lover...." Jonathan Romney, "Story of O and S&M," ''Guardian, 21 Mar. 1997, at T9.
*"He works from dawn ''till'' dusk, six days a week...." Adrian Brewer, "The House of God That Justo Built," ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 Mar. 1997, at 17.
 And it still occurs in AmE—e.g.: "In medium skillet, sauté the garlic ''till'' golden. Add onion, wait ''till'' brown." Jan Norris, "Latin, Asian Fests Add Spice to Weekend," ''Palm Beach Post'', 23 Mar. 1995, at 1FN. But the myth of the word's low standing persists; some writers and editors mistakenly think that ''till'' deserves a bracketed ''sic''. See, e.g., Alan Abrahamson, "'Out to Kill,' Says Eccentric S.D. Fugitive," ''L.A. Times'', 30 July 1990, at B1 (adding a ''sic'' when quoting someone who used ''till''). 
    If a form deserves a ''sic'', it's the incorrect ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>til''. Worse yet is ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>till'', which is abominable—e.g.: "A month or two remain ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>till'' [read ''till''] you grab your dancing shoes, plus a crew of pals or that special date." Francine Parnes, "Primping for the Prom," ''Denver Post'', 21 Mar. 1997, at E1.
</blockquote>
Additionally, the ''American Heritage Dictonary'' has this to say about the two words' usage: "''Till'' is actually the older word, with ''until'' having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix ''un–'', meaning 'up to'" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/43/T0214300.html ref].

Warmest regards,
 [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:00, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

: Wow. ''Wow.'' My gut response was to deploy the old "just because it's acceptable doesn't mean it's the best choice" argument, but I'm glad I didn't. I thought about what you were saying, did a little more research to confirm it, and found out that ''I have been flat wrong''. Like, f'rever, man. Wow. It's pretty humbling (and embarrassing). But thank you for taking the time to make your point so clearly, saving me the further embarrassment of fighting a losing battle!

: And the plot thickens. Not only did I learn that ''till'' is right and '' 'til'' is wrong, but I found a very interesting (if overly technical) [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/as-sa/ASSA-No8/YT1.html paper] asserting that ''till'' and ''until'' are not true synonyms, but rather have subtle differences. In a nutshell, one can assert that ''till'' tends to focus on the process (the waiting), whereas ''until'' tends to emphasize the result (that which ends the waiting). After going through the author's real-world examples, I am convinced. This is why we tend to say, "Peel those potatoes until you have a full bushel, Private!" (emphasis on the result), but "I'll have you peeling potatoes till Hell freezes over, Private!" (emphasis on the process). All of which provides even more evidence that one word is not a clipped form of the other.

: Thanks for educating me! I will probably never again be able to type "until" without stopping to think whether I should instead use "till".

: {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::Oh, good. I guess I can rest now (if only for a minute). Are you a current or former military man, hm*h0mey587, or was that just the first thing that popped in your head? I suppose the potatoes examples could have been the author's as opposed to yours, now that I think about it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::wow, another showing like that and you'll get you own grammar award dot com. Now if I could just get SB's song out of my head, "oh, if it's possesive it's just "its"..." {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 22:26, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::No, I'm not a military man (the KP example was just the first thing that popped into my head). However, I am highly military-compatible (or perhaps I should say military-friendly). Most everything I've done in my entire life pales in comparison to the daily sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen, and by their families. {{User:Bill/sig}} 05:15, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

::::Same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
:::::Wow—I can only repeat that you seem to be bringing out the best in us, Bill. What I found most fascinating about all that was that ''till'' was the original and ''until'' the expansion, whereas I had assumed it was original and then contraction. It makes me want to dig further into the etymology—but not want to enough to overcome my need for sleep. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:50, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

== Barnstars ==

Hi Bill,

Can you create a ''list of recipients'' entry for your new [[HRWiki:Barnstars|Barnstar]]. You can look on [[HRWiki:Barnstars|this]] page for examples of how some people have done it.
{{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
: Done. {{User:Bill/sig}} 23:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

== Delorted ==

Hey Bill. Do you want that subpage deleted? 'Cause if you do, just put <nowiki>{{delete|reason}}</nowiki> on it, and I'll take care of it. (By the way, deleted pages can be restored if you ever change your mind.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
: Yes ... thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 23:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

== (In)consequential things ==

Bill, if we can't argue about inconsequential things, then what fun is having a wiki? :) (Regarding Marzipan, I ''do'' see your points; obviously, it is I who have not explained myself very well. But I don't want to get into all that here.) The item in question has enough support and has been open long enough to be closed without further ado. If, however, you want to propose a rewording on the talk page, you should do so. I personally happen to agree with the wording as it is now, but ''I'm not married to it''. In addition, I wanted to take this opportunity to reiterate what an awesome contributor you are, and to keep encouraging you in your continued endeavors here. Never be shy about bringing up minute distinctions. We need people who will split hairs, and the way you do is top-notch. Keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

==Featured Article==

Regarding your comment on the Main page talk about editing the featured article; if you want an easier way to find the links and edit the featured articles, [[HRWiki:Featured Article Selection]] is the way to go. Not only are all the links listed there, but you can even have a say in what's featured. Thanks for the help with the Decemberween article! {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

== Dangeresque disambig ==

Re: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Dangeresque&diff=prev&oldid=220962] ...The reason I added that is that I thought a casual visitor might be confused—the Strong Bad Email that introduces Dangeresque is not actually ''called'' "dangeresque", but later there ''is'' an email that's called that. The way the disambig link is worded, it sounds like there is only one Dangeresque-related email. Also, we do have [[Twin Characters|at least one example]] where we differentiate between two general concepts (as opposed to literal page titles). I do see your point as well; I actually hesitated before I made my edit, and I thought I'd leave a note here explaining my line of thought at the time. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

: Okay, I buy that. I guess we'll have to keep an eye on the slippery slope and develop a feel for how far is too far, but your logic is sound. {{User:Bill/sig}} 03:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Ooh, a gray area! In my younger days, I didn't fully appreciate the fact that sometimes things aren't quite black or white, but now (especially after the literally hundreds and hundreds of discussions on what makes a good fun fact) I've come to enjoy the subtleties of the gray area. Within that area I like finding the balance of what is "just right"—somewhere in between that which is too much and too little. (Goldilocks really knew what she was doing when she nicked all of Baby Bear's stuff.) Discovering the balance is at least as much art as science. (And I still can't believe a site about [[Glossary#D|dumb animal characters]] is making me into a better critical thinker.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

== Move template ==

We (or rather, I) have questions on [[Template_talk:moveinprogress|this page]] about the move template you made. When you get a minute, would you comment there. Thanks. Merry Christmas and Cheery Decemberween! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
:When you move pages, it needs to be done in such a way as to preserve page histories. I am going to fix it. It will all be like you wanted it when I'm done, but it will take just a second, but don't worry: Everything will be fine, nothing will [[50_emails#Transcript|be ruined]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Okay ... so which part should I have done differently? I can't actually delete the old disambiguation page, so I can't ''move'' Mr. Shmallow (character) to Mr. Shmallow, but instead have to transplant the text. What's the method that preserves page histories? {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:::You have to have the other page deleted, and then you can move another page into its place. Besides preserving the page history, it also eliminates the need for a notice on the page while you're working. Another helpful hint: There are links you can click on the [[HRWiki_talk:Tour|Tour talk page]] that will purge the cache and make the tour pages reload with the most updated version. Hope the turkey's good! Merry Christmas! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:43, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: So basically I need to wait for a sysop to delete the disambiguation page (which leaves a hole in the site), then come in and do the moves? I don't really like leaving the wiki in a broken state between the time the sysop does the delete and I notice it's been done. Is there another option? {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

::::: Well, sort of. I reverted to a MediaWiki version 1.4 mindset for some reason when I wrote my reply above. I should have said this: In version 1.5, the software allows a sysop to simultaneously delete a page and move another page to the first one's place, so all you need to do is ask that a sysop move the page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

Another question: how do I mark the old [[Mr. Shmallow (character)]] redirect page for deletion? I guess because it's a redirect page, my delete tag gets nixed? {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:20, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
:We don't delete redirects from page titles that have existed for any real length of time. We have no way of easily knowing whether someone has linked to the old title from an external site, and thus don't want to risk breaking the link. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

Oh, and if you would be so kind as to delete the ''Marshmallow's Last Stand'' disambig page, I still need to perform the same trick there (by moving ''Marshmallow's Last Stand (toon)'' to ''Marshmallow's Last Stand'' and updating all the links). Thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:25, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:I have deleted the disambig page and moved the toon. You can handle the redirects, or if there's a lot you can ask that [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] do it. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:52, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Thanks ... I'm done. {{User:Bill/sig}} 22:51, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

== Marzipan MP3s ==
hey, i read your comment on the main page discussion, and i was wondering if you could send me a link to those mp3s. if you could, that'd be great. {{User:DJ Teh Cheat/sig}} 21:44, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

: Sorry... the result of that discussion was the realization that it's not appropriate to post the files. For me to distribute TBC's intellectual property, even for free, would be inappropriate and probably illegal. But there's nothing stopping you from getting a Flash decompiler and making your own MP3s ... just don't distribute them to anyone else. {{User:Bill/sig}} 04:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Where can i get a flash decompiler? {{User:DJ Teh Cheat/sig}} 18:42, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Google. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== Yeah! ==

Hi, Bill, your image rules. I know it pretty simple, but it's best for stuff like [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=223247 this]. Only if it was cropped... Anyway, your MLS(t) edits rocks. Keep it flong, {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:38, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

: If you mean you wish it had a transparent background, that was my intention... I just forgot that step. It's fixed now. I'll probably slap my forehead the moment I click "Save page", but what does ''MLS(t)'' stand for? {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::It's for [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] (toon), the link you worked hard to fix. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== Personal Images ==

{{PAGENAME}}, according to [[HRWiki:Personal images]], you are allowed to have only two personal images in your userspace. Currently, you have four, which can be found [[:Image:ExpirementalFilmGlass.PNG|here]], [[:Image:yeah.png|here]], [[:Image:PencilRed.png|here]], and [[:Image:ExpirementalFilmLightBulb.png|here]]. Please consider marking one or more of these images for deletion to comply with policy. Thank you. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 18:45, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

: Whoops ... sorry, I didn't realize. I'll fix it. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::Ok, now you have just one. You can have another personal image if you want. (The Bug in Mouth one doesn't count) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Okay, it's all better now. Thanks for letting me know. Where do I find the policies? I didn't see anything under Help or linked from the image upload page. Thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: See [[HRWiki:Personal images]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

:: [Edit conflict] Are you sure you want to lose the glass? You're allowed two images, and that's the number I count (the glass and the yeah). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Yeah, if I only get two, then I want to choose them more carefully. Might even want to lose the "yeah". {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::Here's what I'll do. Instead of deleting the glass, I'll mark it abandoned. If you don't want the yeah, then just mark it the same way. Somebody else might find a use for them, and if you change your mind, you can keep them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:02, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Will that make me look like an "image abandoner"? I'm trying to be a good wiki citizen, here! {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Oh, And it turns out I already have two personal images: According to the [[HRWiki:Personal images|policy]], I have to count the [[HRWiki:Barnstars|Grunt Work Award]]. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: Which, by the way, is something of a disincentive against giving awards. Shame. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::::Hmm... Speaking of which, I think the best user to get this award is [[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]]. Check his contribs, he's been tagging images all decemberween and tagget at least 400 of them. He deserves the award. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:12, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::::: I agree; the award has been conferred. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== sbe template ==

Hi there Bill. Before you automate the addition of the template, you might want to check out my concerns on [[Template talk:sbe]]. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

''[Heh. Double posted'd]'' You should probably reply to [[Template_talk:sbe|these comments]] before undertaking the whole project. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:30, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

:The previous/next/watch buttons came in pretty handy for me when I was transcribing this most recent email, to make sure the format was consistent from one to the next. :) In fact, the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=secret_identity&oldid=247171 first edit] I made when creating the page was to add the template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Noice! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== Name Change ==
You don't need to make all those changes. Your old name will redirect to your current one. Keep on tranglin! {{User:LePorello/sig}} 16:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:Still, it doesn't hurt. But if there's a lot you could ask GrapeNuts to do it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:: I don't really like leaving unnecessary redirects hanging around. As for asking GrapeNuts, I think it's best that I have to do this work myself ... makes a person think twice about changing their username too many times. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:39, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::So why'd you do it? ...the name change that is {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::It was foolish of me to use my (full) real name as my username. That just isn't safe. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Bill/Archived Talk

Bill — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:40:08 GMT

Bill: ARCHIVED ... 'D

This is an archive of stuff from my talk page. I consider it read-only, so don't bother making any edits, 'cause I'll probably just revert your comments without fanfare, McDorkle.

==Subpage==
Hey there Bill. Glad to have you aboard. I know Rogue Leader has already welcomed you, but I also want to drop a note to say hi. It looks like the information below is the beginnings of a page that you plan on creating. If that's the case, then I have a suggestion for you: You should build pages on a user subpage (for example, "User:Bill/Prank Calls"), and then when you're ready, use the move button at the top to transfer your page to its final home. The advantage to using a subpage is that this page can be used for user discussion, such as this message. Incidentally, I learned something about "comprise" today, and I have you to thank for it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:17, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

* Thanks for the tip ... I was actually building the real page with its actual title, but naturally I didn't want to actally save it until it was finished. Your way is much better, as I can save periodically while I'm working, and (as you point out) I can benefit from others' feedback. Thanks! — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 18:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

* So now I have [[User:Bill/Reference]] and [[User:Bill/Obviously Phony Aliases]] ... is there a way to automatically include a list of all my subpages? — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 18:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
::I'm not aware of a method to ''automatically'' list subpages. If, however, you happened to forget what they are, you could look them up in [[Special:Allpages]] under the User namespace. [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=Bill&namespace=2 This link] would take you straight to them. But as far as listing them here in your user space, you'll have to do that manually. By the way, once you create a user page, your subpages will automatically have a backlink to your main page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

==Category listings==
New Question: I moved my page from User:Bill/Obviously Phony Aliases to Obviously Phony Aliases, but the category pages (for Running Gags and Lists) still point to the original page (which is now a redirect). This ''works'', of course, but it looks thoroughly awful in the category lists. I tried to fix this by looking for the right templates to edit, but the categories mechanism doesn't seem to use templates (as best I can tell). So it would seem that either the move function is not really the best way to do this, or there is something about it I don't understand. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 20:38, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

: Found the workaround: delete the category tags from the article, save, then put them back in. I guess in the future I'll have to keep such tags as plain text until I move the article to its final destination. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 21:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

::Hmm. I know there's a simpler way, but when I tried to test it, I couldn't recreate the situation (even though this has happened to me before). Oh, well. As long as it works now. Rock, rock on! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:43, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

== Every day ==

Ooh, it really bugs me when people confuse ''everyday'' for ''every day''. And then I sometimes see ''every-day'' in place of ''everyday'', in news articles! Does no one speak English anymore?! Anyway, high fives. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

: Nice to find a kindred spirit! — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 04:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
::Oh, I don't think you'll find grammar 'n' usage enthusiasts lacking around here. Take a look at [[HRWiki:Manual of Style]] and its accompanying talk page! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 22:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

== Expanding your "Search & Destroy" list ==

I have yet to introduce myself, but I would like to go ahead and say "hi" to you at this point. Anyway, the point of my discussion here was to inquire whether it would be OK with you to add certain grammatical "issues" to your ''Search & Destroy'' list. Some examples of such "issues" would be '''a lot vs. *alot''' and '''whether (conjunction) vs. weather (noun)'''. I have more but at this point I think it would be prudent to await a response before continuing further. Thanks! {{User:The Paper/sig}} 18:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
: I've created a new section on my user page for this, and I'll add your requests there. — [[User:Bill|Bill]] 19:17, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

== The ''only'' thing. ==

Sweet grammar guide you got there! I was wondering... have you seen the movie ''Oscar'' with Silvester Stallone? :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
: Sorry, I haven't. Thanks for the compliment. Maybe someday the grammar guide can graduate into a sister page for the frequently misspelled words page. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:55, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
::Oh! you should see it! It's a ''very'' funny movie! And your dangling modifiers reminded me of it, but I will say no more. Just rent it! ;) A grammar guide page! Sounds cool. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:54, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

==Welcome aboard!==
...And, since this doesn't really connect with any of the above discussions, I'll start a new section. I just wanted to commend you for the tremendous number of really grade-A contributions you've made in the space of, what, 24 hours? It's always helpful to get someone who knows a misplaced modifier from a comma splice, and your zeal is matched by accuracy. Long may you edit! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 22:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

:Wow, thanks for the kind words. In my experience, editors are usually considered a necessary evil at best, so it's nice to be appreciated and not just considered a Word Nazi. It's too bad there isn't some kind of regular-expression search function, to make it easier to find things like comma splices and other structural errors. (Being somewhat lazy, I wanted to start out with easy stuff I could just search for!) Oh well ... I guess I'll just have to read the whole darned wiki. ;-) {{User:Bill/sig}} 14:14, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

== Red ==

Do we realy need the new templates you made? In my whole experience in this wiki, I can count the number of times I used red text on one finger (Yes, finger). Anyway, if this stays, you could make it on one template. You should also read [[Help:Template]] :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:Indeed. I've marked them for deletion, as they don't serve a purpose. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::Well, initially I ''thought'' they were going to serve a purpose: I anticipated I might be using a lot of red and green as the [[User:Bill/Grammar Guide|Grammar Guide]] grew. But the templates didn't work the way I expected them to, and at the time I didn't realize templates could take parameters. All of which is moot, of course, in lieu of the more important server load issue (which I didn't even think about at the time). If it does turn out I start getting sick of writing span tags all the time for color, I may try again in the future using single (rather than paired) templates with parameters (and applying the '''subst:''' trick to save on server load). But by all means, let's delete the ones I created today, and I'm sorry for the trouble. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:59, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::Hey, it's no trouble. Experimentation is part of the fun. (It ''is'' a bummer when it doesn't work out like you'd hoped, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

== Not gonna rest till you like this word ==

Wow, someone on the wiki who's older than I am.

I am a copyeditor for a magazine. (''Southwestern Musician''. Our circulation is about 14,000, and the length varies, but it's about 72 pages each month.) Consequently, my two favorite resources are ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' and ''A Dictonary of Modern American Usage''. I am a staunch supporter of the final serial comma in a list of three or more items. But I must take issue with your maligning the word ''till''. It is a very good word. Here is the entry for ''till'' in the latter reference, in its entirety:
<blockquote>
'''till; until.''' ''Till'' is, like ''until'', a bona fide preposition and conjunction. Though less formal than ''until'', ''till'' is neither colloquial nor substandard. It's especially common in BrE—e.g.:
*"After the First World War, Hatay, named by Attaturk after the Hittites, fell into the hands of the French, who did not return it ''till'' 1939." Daniel Farson, "Rich Rewards in the Land of the Hittites," ''Independent'', 1 Apr. 1995, at 37.
*It was not ''till'' 1994 that the New Yorker unmasked Reage as journalist Dominique Aury—Paulhan's long-standing lover...." Jonathan Romney, "Story of O and S&M," ''Guardian, 21 Mar. 1997, at T9.
*"He works from dawn ''till'' dusk, six days a week...." Adrian Brewer, "The House of God That Justo Built," ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 Mar. 1997, at 17.
 And it still occurs in AmE—e.g.: "In medium skillet, sauté the garlic ''till'' golden. Add onion, wait ''till'' brown." Jan Norris, "Latin, Asian Fests Add Spice to Weekend," ''Palm Beach Post'', 23 Mar. 1995, at 1FN. But the myth of the word's low standing persists; some writers and editors mistakenly think that ''till'' deserves a bracketed ''sic''. See, e.g., Alan Abrahamson, "'Out to Kill,' Says Eccentric S.D. Fugitive," ''L.A. Times'', 30 July 1990, at B1 (adding a ''sic'' when quoting someone who used ''till''). 
    If a form deserves a ''sic'', it's the incorrect ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>til''. Worse yet is ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>till'', which is abominable—e.g.: "A month or two remain ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>till'' [read ''till''] you grab your dancing shoes, plus a crew of pals or that special date." Francine Parnes, "Primping for the Prom," ''Denver Post'', 21 Mar. 1997, at E1.
</blockquote>
Additionally, the ''American Heritage Dictonary'' has this to say about the two words' usage: "''Till'' is actually the older word, with ''until'' having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix ''un–'', meaning 'up to'" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/43/T0214300.html ref].

Warmest regards,
 [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:00, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

: Wow. ''Wow.'' My gut response was to deploy the old "just because it's acceptable doesn't mean it's the best choice" argument, but I'm glad I didn't. I thought about what you were saying, did a little more research to confirm it, and found out that ''I have been flat wrong''. Like, f'rever, man. Wow. It's pretty humbling (and embarrassing). But thank you for taking the time to make your point so clearly, saving me the further embarrassment of fighting a losing battle!

: And the plot thickens. Not only did I learn that ''till'' is right and '' 'til'' is wrong, but I found a very interesting (if overly technical) [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/as-sa/ASSA-No8/YT1.html paper] asserting that ''till'' and ''until'' are not true synonyms, but rather have subtle differences. In a nutshell, one can assert that ''till'' tends to focus on the process (the waiting), whereas ''until'' tends to emphasize the result (that which ends the waiting). After going through the author's real-world examples, I am convinced. This is why we tend to say, "Peel those potatoes until you have a full bushel, Private!" (emphasis on the result), but "I'll have you peeling potatoes till Hell freezes over, Private!" (emphasis on the process). All of which provides even more evidence that one word is not a clipped form of the other.

: Thanks for educating me! I will probably never again be able to type "until" without stopping to think whether I should instead use "till".

: {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::Oh, good. I guess I can rest now (if only for a minute). Are you a current or former military man, hm*h0mey587, or was that just the first thing that popped in your head? I suppose the potatoes examples could have been the author's as opposed to yours, now that I think about it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::wow, another showing like that and you'll get you own grammar award dot com. Now if I could just get SB's song out of my head, "oh, if it's possesive it's just "its"..." {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 22:26, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::No, I'm not a military man (the KP example was just the first thing that popped into my head). However, I am highly military-compatible (or perhaps I should say military-friendly). Most everything I've done in my entire life pales in comparison to the daily sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen, and by their families. {{User:Bill/sig}} 05:15, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

::::Same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
:::::Wow—I can only repeat that you seem to be bringing out the best in us, Bill. What I found most fascinating about all that was that ''till'' was the original and ''until'' the expansion, whereas I had assumed it was original and then contraction. It makes me want to dig further into the etymology—but not want to enough to overcome my need for sleep. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:50, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

== Barnstars ==

Hi Bill,

Can you create a ''list of recipients'' entry for your new [[HRWiki:Barnstars|Barnstar]]. You can look on [[HRWiki:Barnstars|this]] page for examples of how some people have done it.
{{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
: Done. {{User:Bill/sig}} 23:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

== Delorted ==

Hey Bill. Do you want that subpage deleted? 'Cause if you do, just put <nowiki>{{delete|reason}}</nowiki> on it, and I'll take care of it. (By the way, deleted pages can be restored if you ever change your mind.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
: Yes ... thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 23:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

== (In)consequential things ==

Bill, if we can't argue about inconsequential things, then what fun is having a wiki? :) (Regarding Marzipan, I ''do'' see your points; obviously, it is I who have not explained myself very well. But I don't want to get into all that here.) The item in question has enough support and has been open long enough to be closed without further ado. If, however, you want to propose a rewording on the talk page, you should do so. I personally happen to agree with the wording as it is now, but ''I'm not married to it''. In addition, I wanted to take this opportunity to reiterate what an awesome contributor you are, and to keep encouraging you in your continued endeavors here. Never be shy about bringing up minute distinctions. We need people who will split hairs, and the way you do is top-notch. Keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

==Featured Article==

Regarding your comment on the Main page talk about editing the featured article; if you want an easier way to find the links and edit the featured articles, [[HRWiki:Featured Article Selection]] is the way to go. Not only are all the links listed there, but you can even have a say in what's featured. Thanks for the help with the Decemberween article! {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

== Dangeresque disambig ==

Re: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Dangeresque&diff=prev&oldid=220962] ...The reason I added that is that I thought a casual visitor might be confused—the Strong Bad Email that introduces Dangeresque is not actually ''called'' "dangeresque", but later there ''is'' an email that's called that. The way the disambig link is worded, it sounds like there is only one Dangeresque-related email. Also, we do have [[Twin Characters|at least one example]] where we differentiate between two general concepts (as opposed to literal page titles). I do see your point as well; I actually hesitated before I made my edit, and I thought I'd leave a note here explaining my line of thought at the time. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

: Okay, I buy that. I guess we'll have to keep an eye on the slippery slope and develop a feel for how far is too far, but your logic is sound. {{User:Bill/sig}} 03:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Ooh, a gray area! In my younger days, I didn't fully appreciate the fact that sometimes things aren't quite black or white, but now (especially after the literally hundreds and hundreds of discussions on what makes a good fun fact) I've come to enjoy the subtleties of the gray area. Within that area I like finding the balance of what is "just right"—somewhere in between that which is too much and too little. (Goldilocks really knew what she was doing when she nicked all of Baby Bear's stuff.) Discovering the balance is at least as much art as science. (And I still can't believe a site about [[Glossary#D|dumb animal characters]] is making me into a better critical thinker.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

== Move template ==

We (or rather, I) have questions on [[Template_talk:moveinprogress|this page]] about the move template you made. When you get a minute, would you comment there. Thanks. Merry Christmas and Cheery Decemberween! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
:When you move pages, it needs to be done in such a way as to preserve page histories. I am going to fix it. It will all be like you wanted it when I'm done, but it will take just a second, but don't worry: Everything will be fine, nothing will [[50_emails#Transcript|be ruined]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Okay ... so which part should I have done differently? I can't actually delete the old disambiguation page, so I can't ''move'' Mr. Shmallow (character) to Mr. Shmallow, but instead have to transplant the text. What's the method that preserves page histories? {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:::You have to have the other page deleted, and then you can move another page into its place. Besides preserving the page history, it also eliminates the need for a notice on the page while you're working. Another helpful hint: There are links you can click on the [[HRWiki_talk:Tour|Tour talk page]] that will purge the cache and make the tour pages reload with the most updated version. Hope the turkey's good! Merry Christmas! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:43, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: So basically I need to wait for a sysop to delete the disambiguation page (which leaves a hole in the site), then come in and do the moves? I don't really like leaving the wiki in a broken state between the time the sysop does the delete and I notice it's been done. Is there another option? {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

::::: Well, sort of. I reverted to a MediaWiki version 1.4 mindset for some reason when I wrote my reply above. I should have said this: In version 1.5, the software allows a sysop to simultaneously delete a page and move another page to the first one's place, so all you need to do is ask that a sysop move the page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

Another question: how do I mark the old [[Mr. Shmallow (character)]] redirect page for deletion? I guess because it's a redirect page, my delete tag gets nixed? {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:20, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
:We don't delete redirects from page titles that have existed for any real length of time. We have no way of easily knowing whether someone has linked to the old title from an external site, and thus don't want to risk breaking the link. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

Oh, and if you would be so kind as to delete the ''Marshmallow's Last Stand'' disambig page, I still need to perform the same trick there (by moving ''Marshmallow's Last Stand (toon)'' to ''Marshmallow's Last Stand'' and updating all the links). Thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:25, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:I have deleted the disambig page and moved the toon. You can handle the redirects, or if there's a lot you can ask that [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] do it. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:52, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Thanks ... I'm done. {{User:Bill/sig}} 22:51, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

== Marzipan MP3s ==
hey, i read your comment on the main page discussion, and i was wondering if you could send me a link to those mp3s. if you could, that'd be great. {{User:DJ Teh Cheat/sig}} 21:44, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

: Sorry... the result of that discussion was the realization that it's not appropriate to post the files. For me to distribute TBC's intellectual property, even for free, would be inappropriate and probably illegal. But there's nothing stopping you from getting a Flash decompiler and making your own MP3s ... just don't distribute them to anyone else. {{User:Bill/sig}} 04:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:: Where can i get a flash decompiler? {{User:DJ Teh Cheat/sig}} 18:42, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Google. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== Yeah! ==

Hi, Bill, your image rules. I know it pretty simple, but it's best for stuff like [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=223247 this]. Only if it was cropped... Anyway, your MLS(t) edits rocks. Keep it flong, {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:38, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

: If you mean you wish it had a transparent background, that was my intention... I just forgot that step. It's fixed now. I'll probably slap my forehead the moment I click "Save page", but what does ''MLS(t)'' stand for? {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::It's for [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] (toon), the link you worked hard to fix. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== Personal Images ==

{{PAGENAME}}, according to [[HRWiki:Personal images]], you are allowed to have only two personal images in your userspace. Currently, you have four, which can be found [[:Image:ExpirementalFilmGlass.PNG|here]], [[:Image:yeah.png|here]], [[:Image:PencilRed.png|here]], and [[:Image:ExpirementalFilmLightBulb.png|here]]. Please consider marking one or more of these images for deletion to comply with policy. Thank you. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 18:45, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

: Whoops ... sorry, I didn't realize. I'll fix it. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::Ok, now you have just one. You can have another personal image if you want. (The Bug in Mouth one doesn't count) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Okay, it's all better now. Thanks for letting me know. Where do I find the policies? I didn't see anything under Help or linked from the image upload page. Thanks. {{User:Bill/sig}} 18:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: See [[HRWiki:Personal images]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

:: [Edit conflict] Are you sure you want to lose the glass? You're allowed two images, and that's the number I count (the glass and the yeah). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Yeah, if I only get two, then I want to choose them more carefully. Might even want to lose the "yeah". {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::Here's what I'll do. Instead of deleting the glass, I'll mark it abandoned. If you don't want the yeah, then just mark it the same way. Somebody else might find a use for them, and if you change your mind, you can keep them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:02, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Will that make me look like an "image abandoner"? I'm trying to be a good wiki citizen, here! {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

::: Oh, And it turns out I already have two personal images: According to the [[HRWiki:Personal images|policy]], I have to count the [[HRWiki:Barnstars|Grunt Work Award]]. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::: Which, by the way, is something of a disincentive against giving awards. Shame. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::::Hmm... Speaking of which, I think the best user to get this award is [[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]]. Check his contribs, he's been tagging images all decemberween and tagget at least 400 of them. He deserves the award. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:12, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

:::::: I agree; the award has been conferred. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

== sbe template ==

Hi there Bill. Before you automate the addition of the template, you might want to check out my concerns on [[Template talk:sbe]]. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

''[Heh. Double posted'd]'' You should probably reply to [[Template_talk:sbe|these comments]] before undertaking the whole project. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:30, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

:The previous/next/watch buttons came in pretty handy for me when I was transcribing this most recent email, to make sure the format was consistent from one to the next. :) In fact, the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=secret_identity&oldid=247171 first edit] I made when creating the page was to add the template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Noice! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== Name Change ==
You don't need to make all those changes. Your old name will redirect to your current one. Keep on tranglin! {{User:LePorello/sig}} 16:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:Still, it doesn't hurt. But if there's a lot you could ask GrapeNuts to do it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:: I don't really like leaving unnecessary redirects hanging around. As for asking GrapeNuts, I think it's best that I have to do this work myself ... makes a person think twice about changing their username too many times. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:39, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::So why'd you do it? ...the name change that is {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::It was foolish of me to use my (full) real name as my username. That just isn't safe. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Bill

Bill — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:39:32 GMT

Bill: ARCHIVED ... 'D

== Archived Talk ==

Older stuff is [[User:Bill/Archived_Talk|here]].

Soolnds

Bill — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:06:32 GMT

Bill: Moving the interesting and not-so-obvious bit to the front of the paragraph; tightening up the writing

'''Soolnds''' is apparently [[Strong Sad]]'s preferred term for his peculiar feet. He named them this in his [[Strong Sad's Lament|blog]] entry of August 12th, 2004. [[The Brothers Chaps]] mentioned this name again in the DVD commentary for [[replacement]]. However, most of the time others refer to them as being kind of like "elephant feet." An overheard phone conversation with [[Strong Bad]] in [[50 emails]] has him plotting the sale of these feet for $50, and poachers have offered several thousand dollars for them.

The soles of Strong Sad's soolnds, as seen in a [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and in Strong Bad's faux memories of [[highschool]], usually have no visible features. However, in cases where Strong Sad exercises creative control over a toon, more detail is shown:
* In [[Experimental Film]], Strong Sad's soles have concentric circles reminiscent of a tree's [[Wikipedia:Growth ring|growth rings]].
* In [[A Folky Tale]], [[Saddy Dumpington]]'s soles are more stylized; each has a single spiral.

The imaginary [[Made-Up Strong_Bad_Animals#El_Pardack|El Pardack]] sports a soolnd arm, and [[The Cheat]] can impersonate Strong Sad's left soolnd so well he has won the [[Strong Sad Lookalike Contest]] for every year since 1999.

<gallery>
Image:soolnds.png|<center>"Those are not feet!"</center>
Image:SoolndSole.PNG|<center>Soolnd sole as seen in Experimental Film</center>
Image:SoolndSoleSaddy.png|<center>Saddy's soolnd sole spirals</center>
Image:soolnds_trogdorcon.PNG|<center>Painted black for the occasion</center>
</gallery>

==Specific Appearances==

*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]
*[[Yearbook Character Page]]
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[impression]]
*Email [[animal]]
*Email [[modeling]]
*[[TrogdorCon '97]]
*[[Experimental Film]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]]

Talk:alternate universe

Bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:03:59 GMT

Bill: /* Missing Limbs */

== Fourth Wall==

OW! My fourth wall! Anonny-5:36 WST

You don't say! -[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]]

Now we have an excuse in case there are made-up characters in the "real" HR universe... it's because Homestar was trying to make a real fruit smoothie! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 17:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:[[20X6 vs. 1936|It was Homestar's fault all along.]] >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== That's the second biggest stretch I've ever seen! ==

Would you believe I nearly added that "This is about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." as a Get Smart reference? Luckily it missed the article by ''this'' much. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== The Last SBEMail? ==

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, but given the song at the end, and the length and "recurring characters" show... anyone else think that the one who suggested a while back that SBEMail #150 might be the last of them is correct? I hope not, but if it *is*, it's quite a sendoff. I particularly liked this one. -{{User:YK/sig}} 10:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Why would The Paper tell us to send Strong Bad more emails if it was the last?--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 10:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I was a little worried too. But coming to think of it, TBC are doing it for a living right? So they probably won't blow up their source of income. Cisz 12:52 CET, 04-04-06

wahhh{{User:Csours/sig}} 11:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Dudes.... this is the 150th email. Of course they're doing something special for it. --[[User:King Nintendoid|King Nintendoid]] 15:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Plus guys, SB is going to update to an inkjet printer in 23 emails, although he might not considering it's been more than two years since he proposed changes to Strong Badia. {{User:Sluggy42/sig}} 17:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

==voip==
why this went away?
 voip{{User:Csours/sig}} 13:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Anybody know whether or not VoIP is or should be considered for a running gag? I know it has also appeared in TGS (#1, I think), but I can't think of anything else. [[User:GillanTheVillain|GillanTheVillain]] 15:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Da Huuuuudge ==

This is the first time we hear da huuuudge talk or speak. Okay with that, yeah? {{User:Homfrog/sig}} 11:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Wow... ==

Loved it. I am a sucker for big-scale reunion bits. Just ''yesterday'' I was reading the [[Twin Characters]] page and thinking, "I wonder if we'll ever see Strong Bad go back in time and coexist with Old-Timey Strong Bad?". {{unsigned|Bill|12:09, 4 April, 2006 (UTC)}}
:This has now replaced [[rock opera]] as my favorite email of all-time. It pretty much more than made up for the April Fool's prank(s). {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::The first time I watched it, I literally cried with laughter. The epic anthem at the end did me in. A touchstone email - that's why I chose the pic I chose fot this email. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== What it is, my Doge? ==

Is it worth mentioning that [[Wikipedia:Doge|Doge]] was the title of the rulers of Venice or Genoa? [[User:Silly Dan|Silly Dan]] 12:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Probably not. The word was previously used in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]] and was removed from that toon's page as a fact. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Total Load ==

I wonder what the "TOTAL LOAD" is (one of the ingredients of Homestar's "real fruit smoothie"). Is it [[Wikipedia:Whey protein|whey protein]], or some similar nutritional supplement? At least, that's what [[:Image:Fruit smoothie.png|the container]] [http://www.affordablesupplements.com/pure_whey_protein_stack.jpg looks like] to me. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 14:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it's Mayonaise, for some unknown reason.. --[[User:Jetamo|Coach J]] 14:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

:Mayonnaise? No, given the context and its appearance, I think it is clearly meant to represent a tub of weight-gain protein powder such as you would find at GNC or a high-priced gym. I'm intrigued by the "Total Load" label, though. As far as I can tell, this is not an actual brand name—I'd be surprised if it were. But the phrase sounds familiar, like it was an insult somebody used... somewhere... sometime... --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 15:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

::Perhaps you were thinking of Jeffery Parsons' work on [http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/faculty/parsons/OCEAN542/total.pdf sediment delivered to the mouth of a river]. ''';)''' {{User:Trey56/sig}} 15:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

:::Nah, I was probably thinking of the [[Wikipedia:External electrical load|combined impedances of speaker drivers wired in series]]. Or more likely, I was thinking of one of the death messages from [[Wikipedia:Space Quest|Space Quest III]]: "Thanks, you've been a real pantload." --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Or maybe "[[A Folky Tale|Man, Strong Sad, that's a real load right there. ''A real load!'']]"... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 16:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals]] ==

Anybody find it strange they would use TWO of the Made-Up Strong Bad Animals (Sterrence and Da Huuuuuudge), yet have no mention of the Monstrosity, Deep Sea Fangly Fish, The Red Steckled Elbermung, etc. I guess they really liked Da Huuuuuudge or something. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 16:22, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, how can you not like Da Huuuuuudge? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::The El Pardack and Red Steckled Elbermung were just pictures, so I don't think they had much of a chance. As for the others... I guess we didn't need too many variations from a single email. A single zoo scene with them all would've been great, though. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Coach Z's Voice ==

Did anyone else think Coach Z's voice was off in this cartoon?
-Ben Mo
:Not really; I think he's just supposed to sound really freaked out/panicked in that scene... it's pretty similar to how he sounded when he thought he "killed" Strong Sad in Folky Tales. {{User:Saturn/sig}} 16:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Music ==

"The music in the Strong Badman comic is from [[action figure]]."

Wasn't it also reused in [[suntan]], and should this be noted?[[User:The Lyrical Wondermind|The Lyrical Wondermind]] 16:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Senor Cardgage Fishing Easter Egg-- Connection? ==

The odd "echo" sound effect heard in the fishing easter egg is also used in the first episode of the mockumentary TV series "Fishing with John", by actor/musician John Lurie.

I'm assuming that this is a stock sound effect, and simply a coincidence. To my knowledge, the similarities end with the sound itself and "fishing". But as a fan of both homestarrunner.com and Fishing with John, it made me laugh.

Fishing with John seems like the kind of indie/cult television show that ''could'' be referenced by HSR, though.

Anyone else think of this?

- C

: Well, the same sound effect was used in the "Fishing with Coach Z" segment in [[lures & jigs]], I'd say it was probably intentional (check out the commentary transcript for that email). {{User:Saturn/sig}}

Haha! That's so awesome. I haven't viewed lures & jigs since before I got my hands on Fishing with John.

- C

::The scene also seems similar to the fisherman from [[Peasant's Quest]].

==No Little Strong Bad==

Not only is their no PBTC Strong Bad, but there isn't any Little Strong Bad, from [[flashback]] and [[highschool]]
:[[Atari Strong Bad]] is missing as well, as are any self portraits of him in Teen Girl Squad. Four of the made up animals are vacant also. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::And plus, there's no [[highschool|Strongbadiophage]]. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]

===List of missing Variations===

*PBTC - Not even made up by Strong Bad, made up by the Cheat.
*[[Little Strong Bad]] and Baby Strong Bad - It was an alternate reality machine, not a time machine.
*[[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals]] - Just Sterrence would have made more sense, but I guess they liked Da Huuuudge enough to represent him too.
*[[Atari Strong Bad]] - All video games represented by Vector.
*Self Portraits, Drawings, Etc - They aren't supposed to be alive or anything, just a portrait.
*[[Strongbadiophage]] - Yeah, he could have been there. But also represented by Teenage Strong Bad.

Seems like there's plausible reasons for missing variations by my viewpoint. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 19:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

==USA For Africa==

The concept of them all singing together seems to be similar to [[Wikipedia:USA for Africa|USA for Africa]], where they got together pop music superstars and had them sing together to raise money to help the poor in Africa. Their most notable song was "We Are the World".

:Yeah I agree. I think the reference was pretty obvious and I was surprised to not find it in the Real-World Refrences section already.

== Universe Creator ==
You know, most of the universes Strong Bad visited were fantasies that he was supposed to have made up. (animal, highschool, etc) Does Strong Bad create an alternate universe every time he thinks up some new characters or time periods? The mystery continues! >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps each of us creates an alternate universe when we imagine. Pretty deep, eh? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::Or perhaps we all exist in an alternate reality created by the imagination of somebody else. Perhaps even a "Strong Bad" somewhere. Pretty deep...er, eh? (It had to be said) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 18:51, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Or maybe it's all fate... we can only imagine things that already exist in alternate realities, and although we think we're making stuff up ourselves, we're actually just getting insight on something that's perfectly real. >.> Pretty de....ouch. Hit rock bottom. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Perhaps all the things we experience as "real" are just shadows on the wall of a cave that we watch as we sit chained to a chair with our backs to the opening of the cave into the Real World. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 19:57, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Eyeball Pear ==

I just realized- we finally have the answer as to whether that eyeball pair used googly eyes or not! It's like they read our minds. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:Or at least read our discussions. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Which is why I'm [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Sbemail_150%3F%21%3F&diff=prev&oldid=301121 taking credit] for that shot. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 18:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Oba Kaybe ==

Is it worth mentioning that Bill Cosby also used this phrase on an episode of The Cosby Show? Most people would be more likely to have heard it on the show than on Himself.
:Actually, I thought it was a catchphrase of one of the Fat Albert characters, wasn't it? Which I ''think'' would make it older than Himself. (There's an unusual concept...) But what I'm more concerned about is the inconsistency between the phrase in the Transcript and the phrase in the Fun Fact. I'm not in a position to do any careful listening right now. When I am, I'm going to take a closer look at this thing from several angles. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 19:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::It's how Mushmouth would say "okay". I've added this to the Fun Fact, but it could use some editing. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Missing Limbs ==
I think the ears and nose thing with Strong Bad is another instance of Missing Limbs (ex. Homestar, Marzipan, KoT, etc.) but not just 'limbs'. Coach Z not having a mouth would go along with this too.. Missing facial parts? --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 19:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
: Missing Anatomy. But everyone knows they aren't really missing. We see Homestar et al. manipulate objects and we hear Coach Z speak all the time. Maybe this should all be re-filed under something like ''Invisible Body Parts'' or ''Invisible Anatomy''. Or, if you like ''really'' bad puns, perhaps ''Grey-Area Anatomy''. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:alternate universe

Bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:00:14 GMT

Bill: /* Oba Kaybe */

Talk:alternate universe

Bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:59:54 GMT

Bill: /* Oba Kaybe */

== Fourth Wall==

OW! My fourth wall! Anonny-5:36 WST

You don't say! -[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]]

Now we have an excuse in case there are made-up characters in the "real" HR universe... it's because Homestar was trying to make a real fruit smoothie! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 17:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:[[20X6 vs. 1936|It was Homestar's fault all along.]] >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== That's the second biggest stretch I've ever seen! ==

Would you believe I nearly added that "This is about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." as a Get Smart reference? Luckily it missed the article by ''this'' much. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== The Last SBEMail? ==

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, but given the song at the end, and the length and "recurring characters" show... anyone else think that the one who suggested a while back that SBEMail #150 might be the last of them is correct? I hope not, but if it *is*, it's quite a sendoff. I particularly liked this one. -{{User:YK/sig}} 10:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Why would The Paper tell us to send Strong Bad more emails if it was the last?--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 10:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I was a little worried too. But coming to think of it, TBC are doing it for a living right? So they probably won't blow up their source of income. Cisz 12:52 CET, 04-04-06

wahhh{{User:Csours/sig}} 11:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Dudes.... this is the 150th email. Of course they're doing something special for it. --[[User:King Nintendoid|King Nintendoid]] 15:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Plus guys, SB is going to update to an inkjet printer in 23 emails, although he might not considering it's been more than two years since he proposed changes to Strong Badia. {{User:Sluggy42/sig}} 17:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

==voip==
why this went away?
 voip{{User:Csours/sig}} 13:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Anybody know whether or not VoIP is or should be considered for a running gag? I know it has also appeared in TGS (#1, I think), but I can't think of anything else. [[User:GillanTheVillain|GillanTheVillain]] 15:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Da Huuuuudge ==

This is the first time we hear da huuuudge talk or speak. Okay with that, yeah? {{User:Homfrog/sig}} 11:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Wow... ==

Loved it. I am a sucker for big-scale reunion bits. Just ''yesterday'' I was reading the [[Twin Characters]] page and thinking, "I wonder if we'll ever see Strong Bad go back in time and coexist with Old-Timey Strong Bad?". {{unsigned|Bill|12:09, 4 April, 2006 (UTC)}}
:This has now replaced [[rock opera]] as my favorite email of all-time. It pretty much more than made up for the April Fool's prank(s). {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::The first time I watched it, I literally cried with laughter. The epic anthem at the end did me in. A touchstone email - that's why I chose the pic I chose fot this email. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== What it is, my Doge? ==

Is it worth mentioning that [[Wikipedia:Doge|Doge]] was the title of the rulers of Venice or Genoa? [[User:Silly Dan|Silly Dan]] 12:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Probably not. The word was previously used in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]] and was removed from that toon's page as a fact. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Total Load ==

I wonder what the "TOTAL LOAD" is (one of the ingredients of Homestar's "real fruit smoothie"). Is it [[Wikipedia:Whey protein|whey protein]], or some similar nutritional supplement? At least, that's what [[:Image:Fruit smoothie.png|the container]] [http://www.affordablesupplements.com/pure_whey_protein_stack.jpg looks like] to me. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 14:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it's Mayonaise, for some unknown reason.. --[[User:Jetamo|Coach J]] 14:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

:Mayonnaise? No, given the context and its appearance, I think it is clearly meant to represent a tub of weight-gain protein powder such as you would find at GNC or a high-priced gym. I'm intrigued by the "Total Load" label, though. As far as I can tell, this is not an actual brand name—I'd be surprised if it were. But the phrase sounds familiar, like it was an insult somebody used... somewhere... sometime... --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 15:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

::Perhaps you were thinking of Jeffery Parsons' work on [http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/faculty/parsons/OCEAN542/total.pdf sediment delivered to the mouth of a river]. ''';)''' {{User:Trey56/sig}} 15:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

:::Nah, I was probably thinking of the [[Wikipedia:External electrical load|combined impedances of speaker drivers wired in series]]. Or more likely, I was thinking of one of the death messages from [[Wikipedia:Space Quest|Space Quest III]]: "Thanks, you've been a real pantload." --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Or maybe "[[A Folky Tale|Man, Strong Sad, that's a real load right there. ''A real load!'']]"... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 16:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals]] ==

Anybody find it strange they would use TWO of the Made-Up Strong Bad Animals (Sterrence and Da Huuuuuudge), yet have no mention of the Monstrosity, Deep Sea Fangly Fish, The Red Steckled Elbermung, etc. I guess they really liked Da Huuuuuudge or something. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 16:22, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, how can you not like Da Huuuuuudge? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::The El Pardack and Red Steckled Elbermung were just pictures, so I don't think they had much of a chance. As for the others... I guess we didn't need too many variations from a single email. A single zoo scene with them all would've been great, though. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Coach Z's Voice ==

Did anyone else think Coach Z's voice was off in this cartoon?
-Ben Mo
:Not really; I think he's just supposed to sound really freaked out/panicked in that scene... it's pretty similar to how he sounded when he thought he "killed" Strong Sad in Folky Tales. {{User:Saturn/sig}} 16:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Music ==

"The music in the Strong Badman comic is from [[action figure]]."

Wasn't it also reused in [[suntan]], and should this be noted?[[User:The Lyrical Wondermind|The Lyrical Wondermind]] 16:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Senor Cardgage Fishing Easter Egg-- Connection? ==

The odd "echo" sound effect heard in the fishing easter egg is also used in the first episode of the mockumentary TV series "Fishing with John", by actor/musician John Lurie.

I'm assuming that this is a stock sound effect, and simply a coincidence. To my knowledge, the similarities end with the sound itself and "fishing". But as a fan of both homestarrunner.com and Fishing with John, it made me laugh.

Fishing with John seems like the kind of indie/cult television show that ''could'' be referenced by HSR, though.

Anyone else think of this?

- C

: Well, the same sound effect was used in the "Fishing with Coach Z" segment in [[lures & jigs]], I'd say it was probably intentional (check out the commentary transcript for that email). {{User:Saturn/sig}}

Haha! That's so awesome. I haven't viewed lures & jigs since before I got my hands on Fishing with John.

- C

::The scene also seems similar to the fisherman from [[Peasant's Quest]].

==No Little Strong Bad==

Not only is their no PBTC Strong Bad, but there isn't any Little Strong Bad, from [[flashback]] and [[highschool]]
:[[Atari Strong Bad]] is missing as well, as are any self portraits of him in Teen Girl Squad. Four of the made up animals are vacant also. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::And plus, there's no [[highschool|Strongbadiophage]]. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]

===List of missing Variations===

*PBTC - Not even made up by Strong Bad, made up by the Cheat.
*[[Little Strong Bad]] and Baby Strong Bad - It was an alternate reality machine, not a time machine.
*[[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals]] - Just Sterrence would have made more sense, but I guess they liked Da Huuuudge enough to represent him too.
*[[Atari Strong Bad]] - All video games represented by Vector.
*Self Portraits, Drawings, Etc - They aren't supposed to be alive or anything, just a portrait.
*[[Strongbadiophage]] - Yeah, he could have been there. But also represented by Teenage Strong Bad.

Seems like there's plausible reasons for missing variations by my viewpoint. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 19:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

==USA For Africa==

The concept of them all singing together seems to be similar to [[Wikipedia:USA for Africa|USA for Africa]], where they got together pop music superstars and had them sing together to raise money to help the poor in Africa. Their most notable song was "We Are the World".

:Yeah I agree. I think the reference was pretty obvious and I was surprised to not find it in the Real-World Refrences section already.

== Universe Creator ==
You know, most of the universes Strong Bad visited were fantasies that he was supposed to have made up. (animal, highschool, etc) Does Strong Bad create an alternate universe every time he thinks up some new characters or time periods? The mystery continues! >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps each of us creates an alternate universe when we imagine. Pretty deep, eh? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::Or perhaps we all exist in an alternate reality created by the imagination of somebody else. Perhaps even a "Strong Bad" somewhere. Pretty deep...er, eh? (It had to be said) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 18:51, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Or maybe it's all fate... we can only imagine things that already exist in alternate realities, and although we think we're making stuff up ourselves, we're actually just getting insight on something that's perfectly real. >.> Pretty de....ouch. Hit rock bottom. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Perhaps all the things we experience as "real" are just shadows on the wall of a cave that we watch as we sit chained to a chair with our backs to the opening of the cave into the Real World. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 19:57, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Eyeball Pear ==

I just realized- we finally have the answer as to whether that eyeball pair used googly eyes or not! It's like they read our minds. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:Or at least read our discussions. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Which is why I'm [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Sbemail_150%3F%21%3F&diff=prev&oldid=301121 taking credit] for that shot. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 18:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Oba Kaybe ==

Is it worth mentioning that Bill Cosby also used this phrase on an episode of The Cosby Show? Most people would be more likely to have heard it on the show than on Himself.
:Actually, I thought it was a catchphrase of one of the Fat Albert characters, wasn't it? Which I ''think'' would make it older than Himself. (There's an unusual concept...) But what I'm more concerned about is the inconsistency between the phrase in the Transcript and the phrase in the Fun Fact. I'm not in a position to do any careful listening right now. When I am, I'm going to take a closer look at this thing from several angles. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 19:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::It's how Mushmouth would say "okay". I've added this to the Fun Fact, but it could use some editing. !!!!

== Missing Limbs ==
I think the ears and nose thing with Strong Bad is another instance of Missing Limbs (ex. Homestar, Marzipan, KoT, etc.) but not just 'limbs'. Coach Z not having a mouth would go along with this too.. Missing facial parts? --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 19:52, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

alternate universe

Bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:56:41 GMT

Bill: /* Real-World References */

{{sbenav|150|candy product|some kinda robot}}
Strong Bad buys a interdimensional portal and starts visiting alternate realities.
[[Image:Doppelgangers.png|thumb|"Save the last email for Strong Bad..."]]

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Strong Badman]], {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]], [[Keyboard Strong Bad]], [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]], Puppet Strong Bad, [[Teenage Variation|Teenage Strong Bad]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Sterrance]], {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Strong Badman's Apartment, Old-Timey [[The Stage|Stage]], Vector [[The Field|Field]], [[flashback|Flashback]] [[Race Track]], [[Strong Badia]] (puppet), Da Huuuuuudge's enclosure, [[Pie Factory]], Interdimensional Void, Recording Room, [[The Pond]] (Easter Egg), Black Lodge (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' April 4, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 5:53

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing over a guitar tune}'' I've been walking on clouds and flipping off rainbows on the wiiiiings of an emaiiil...

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. Strong Sad is standing to the right of Strong Bad with a classical guitar. Strong Bad turns to face him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No prob, Bob.

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

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: alternate univer$e</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Got some ?'s for you: 
1. What would you do with a hundred million dollars? 
2. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in an alternate universe somehow? 
Jody (not a girl), TX
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "question marks" for "?'s", and "Texas" for "TX".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{says everything inside parentheses normally}'' Ya know, you could probably ditch that (not a girl) thing, if you just replaced it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like (Bulldozer). Jody (Bulldozer). Nobody's gonna think that guy's a girl. ''{clears the screen}'' Well Ms. Dozer, you pretty much answered question mark #1 with question mark #2. Cuz a hundred million dollars is exactly how much The Cheat spent on our alternate universe portal.

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. The Cheat is standing to the right of the Lappy with a blender. A Nintendo Game Boy is in the blender.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Isn't that right, The Cheat?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? This thing only cost us fourteen bucks?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Agreement noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well... that's like a hundred million dollars in... dog years, right?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Single "squeak"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leans towards The Cheat suddenly}'' All right! Mash go on that blender!

''{Camera zooms out a little as The Cheat presses a button on the blender, which causes it to activate. The blender shoots out white bolts as the the lighting in the room flashes. Soon after, the blender stops (Game Boy intact), and there is a large swirl to the right of the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh-ho-ho! Swirly Photoshopped magic! I bet this thing could release some serious Cacodemons. So... ''{The Cheat turns to face Strong Bad}'' what? I -- I just jump in?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning backwards}'' Obi-kabi! ''{Strong Bad jumps off the stool and towards the swirl}'' Jump!

''{As soon as Strong Bad touches the swirl, everything turns black and white with the exception of the swirl and Strong Bad, who distorts horizontally and vertically. He "springs" into the swirl. Cut to a panel of a comic strip. There is a picture of some buildings. At the top of the panel is a caption saying "IN A BULDING..."}''

'''NARRATOR:''' In a bulding-

''{Comic shifts left, next panel is an empty room. Strong Bad appears, with "VOIP!" appearing next to him briefly. Everything Strong Bad says while in the comic appears next to him in a speech bubble.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Where am I?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in an action pose on a yellow background. Everything he says is not lip-synced and also appears in a speech bubble.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' STINY! ''{"Stiny!" is in large red text}'' We have a visitor from an alternate universe!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad is in the same room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking to the right}'' It's Strong Badman! And his well drawn abs! ''{looks to the left}'' But... why are we in a crappy apartment instead of a secret underground lair... ''{looks back to the right}'' ...filled with secret underground gadgets?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman's upper body and head is in front of a blue background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Because mere mortal... this apartment...

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in front of a red background with his arms in the air.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{speech bubble is large, yellow and pointy}'' ...is rent controlled! ''{next speech bubbles are regular}'' And... water's included.

''{Next panel. There is a kitchen sink and a bathroom sink visible. The bathroom tap has a "FROSH!" next to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{not visible}'' Is that why all your faucets are running?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is standing in a room.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{each syllable appears individually in red text and is not in a speech bubble}'' Mu-hu-ha-ha-hah! ''{regular speech bubble and text}'' Those dimwits down at the public works won't know what hit them!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walking in from left}'' So, that's your evil plan? To waste water?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' And not pay for it!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta tell ya, Strong Badman... this part of your comic is pretty boring. I'm gonna see what's going on further down the page. ''{Strong Bad jumps out of the current panel and falls down three panels. There is a woman with a Big Knife sitting on a giant robotic snake.}'' Oh! Now we're talkin'!

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the left of the panel, Strong Bad in the center, and there is a TV with the previous panel on it (minus Strong Bad) to the right.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' You're not kidding!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Now we have expanded basic cable...

''{Next panel. Close-up of the wall. There is a hole in it, and there is a cable running through the hole.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{not visible}'' Stolen from my neighbor!
''{Next panel. Strong Bad is in front of a yellow background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Who's writing this issue? The geniuses behind She-Hulk? ''{looks up}'' The Cheat? ''{Cut back to the Computer Room. Strong Bad's voice is slightly distorted. A speech bubble is coming out of the swirl.}'' A little frappe action, if you please.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Single "squeak"}''

''{The Cheat Turns around and pushes a button on the blender, which activates it. Cut back to the previous comic panel. Strong Bad disappears with the same "VOIP!" was when he appeared.}''

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the same pose as when he first appeared.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' STINY! Keep flushing those toilets!

''{Cut to an Old-Timey scene. Old-Timey Strong Bad is standing on a stage with curtains behind him. To the left of him there is a sign saying "STRONG BAD and his GOODE-TIME PARLOR TRICKS". There is a silhouetted audience visible.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes, and for my next parlor trick, I shan't make anything ''{faces left}'' appear!

''{Strong Bad appears to the left of Old-Timey Strong Bad. He is still in color.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. H-hi.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{crowd starts booing}'' You brightly colored baboon! You ruined my vaudeville!

''{The Homestar Runner's dance music plays as tomatoes are thrown at the two Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah! Shades of grey tomatoes! ''{Strong Bad disappears as Old-Timey Strong Bad looks to the left.}''

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad floating above a vector drawn field. Strong Bad appears to the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is up, my enormous vector brother?

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{As he speaks, his words come out of his mouth in red vector-style text. They disappear after a short while.}'' HELLOTE.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{cut to close-up of Strong Bad's head}'' what do you do for fun around here? ''{cut back to previous view}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' I SPLO STUFF UP. ''{Strong Bad jumps backwards slightly to avoid the "up", which promptly explodes with vector graphics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's pretty cool.

''{Stinkoman walks in from the left.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, guys! How's challenges?

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, you two know each other?

''{Cut to close-up of Stinkoman's head}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh, totally sure! ''{leans forward and waves one of his arms}'' He's my training simulator! ''{Cut back to previous view.}'' Check it out!

''{Vector Strong Bad starts moving left and right, shooting squares from his mouth, which Stinkoman jumps around to dodge. Strong Bad follows suit shortly after. After a few seconds, they all stop.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Nice work, big nose!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Big nose?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Your nose!

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' LEVEL 2

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh.

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uh-oh.

''{Stinkoman silenty laughs as Vector Strong Bad shoots a series of squares directly at Strong Bad. As they explode, Strong Bad disappears. Vector Strong Bad then shoots some squares at Stinkoman, which he dodges.}''

''{Cut to a field in the style of [[flashback]]. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing close to the camera. Strong Bad appears to the right. All text appears in a white rectangle near the bottom of the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And so, ''{Strong Bad starts looking around}'' both Strong Bads entered the 'Dig To China With Your Ears Contest.'

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is just about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of.

''{Cut to a silhouetted view of the field. Pom Pom, Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs and Marzipan are standing to the right of a banner which reads "the contest began!!". Tiny Handed Strong Bad is underneath the banner.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' The contest began!

''{Cut to a close-up of Tiny Handed Strong Bad rubbing his head on the ground near a line marked "start".}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And tiny-handed Strong Bad rubbed his head on the ground... ''{cut to a wide view; Strong Bad is sitting on a hammock with his [[Dangeresque]] sunglasses on.}'' while our Modern Day Hero maxed and relaxed.

''{Cut to Tiny Handed Strong Bad standing near the camera again, as in the first shot. A hole is visible near the background, and a giant glass of root beer appears in the center.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' I struck it rich!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Said T.H.S.B.

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the previous scene, but with the giant glass of root beer in the center. A bee is seen holding Strong Bad's hammock up.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' A giant mug of frosty root beer!

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad appears to the left. Tiny Handed Strong Bad looks at him.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Zounds! A sarsparilla swimming hole! Last one in's a freemason! ''{Old-Timey Strong Bad half runs towards the root beer, and says "Jump!" as he jumps in. Strong Bad disappears. Keyboard Strong Bad appears at the bottom left of the screen and plays a tune and dances.}''

''{Cut to a screen in the style of Puppet Stuff. Puppet Strong Bad is standing in front of the Strong Badia fence. The Tire and Sign are visible. Strong Bad appears to the right. Music starts playing and both Strong Bads dance in sync with each other.}''

''{Strong Bad disappears. Cut to where "Da Huuuuuudge" is kept. Strong Bad appears lying down on top of it. He slowly slides down, then disappears.}''

''{Cut to the abandoned factory from [[highschool]]. Teenage Strong Bad is standing to the right. Strong Bad appears to the left.}''

'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Striped ''{pronounced as "stripe-ed"}'' pants.

''{Strong Bad disappears. Cut to a swirling nothingness of changing colours.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! Cool out on the liquify button, man!

''{Cut to a zoomed up view of Homestar standing next to the blender in the Computer Room, which now has a green substance inside it, as well as the Game Boy. On the desk is one and a half avacados, and a jar reading "Total Load". Homestar is pressing the buttons on the blender.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm trying to make me a real fruit smoothie here! ''{Cut to a zoomed out version of the Computer Room. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing to the left, with Senor Cardgage, Old-Timey Strong Bad and Da Huuuuuudge to the right.}'' Any of you guys got any bee pollen?

''{As Homestar presses another button, Strong Bad appears next to the swirl, along with Strong Badman appearing to the left of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar! Quit messing with my ultimate universe portal!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm trying to replenish some electrolytes, if you don't mind!

''{Homestar presses a button on the blender, which makes him and the swirl disappear. Sterrance appears on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking around}'' Wow. Just look at all these Strong Bad-related faces. What an all-star cast! What say we all form a super group and record a number one jam! ''{moans are heard from the Strong Bads, although they all remain perfectly still except for Old-Timey Strong Bad}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' I guess...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' If we must.

''{The screen fades to black, and then cuts to Strong Bad in a recording studio. Some music starts playing, and continues through the rest of the e-mail.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' There's a crazy world of e-mails in this crazy world. ''{Cut to a reversed view of Strong Bad.}'' Checkin' 'em down, checkin' 'em down...

''{Cut to Stinkoman standing next to Strong Badman and Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{singing out of tune}'' I hope it's from a girrrrrrrl!

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the scene, revealing (from left to right), Stinkoman, Strong Badman, Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Bad, Vector Strong Bad, Keyboard Strong Bad, Senor Cardgage, Teenage Strong Bad, Sterrance and Tiny Handed Strong Bad. Strong Badman has a speech bubbles next to him.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Senor Cardgage at the recording studio.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{singing}'' Let the little children go.
''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad in the field, which now has blue lines running above and below it.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I HOPE THEY DON'T A SPLODE

''{Cut back to a panning view of all the Strong Bads}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad in the recording studio just before "Bad"}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Da Huuuuuudge comes in from the right.}''

'''DA HUUUUUUDGE:''' ''{singing, in a high voice with vibrato}'' Save the last email for meeeee!

''{A comic panel with Strong Badman in front of a green background comes in from the left during "me".}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Save the last email!

''{Cut back to a zooming out view of all the Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All my Strong Bad doppelgangers represent. Sesquicentenn-email, 2005. I-I mean six.

''{The music stops. The paper comes down and the back button appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on Teenage Strong Bad's hat to see a creation of Strong Sad's ideas:
:''{Piano music, fade in on Coach Z holding a pear covered with eyeballs while black coffee continually streams down his mouthless face. Cut to closeups of the pear from two angles, its eyes google, then a closeup of Coach Z's head. Fade via black to the medium shot, Homestar appears next to Coach Z.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled, in a fake backwards-sounding voice}'' Coach Z, if you're not going to eat that eyeball pear... ''{clears his throat, starts talking normally with no subtitles}'' I suggest you give it to someone who will.
:'''COACH Z:''' I don't know what's going on, Homestar, but I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants...
*At the end, click on Senor Cardgage's head to see Strong Bad's meeting with him:
:''{Senor Cardgage is sitting in a boat on a lake, holding a stick with fishing line tied to the end, hanging over the side. Strong Bad appears in the boat.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage! My life is complete.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth. Say hello to my tacklebox. ''{holds up said tacklebox}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there, tacklebox. ''{smiles}'' I'm such a big fan.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Well, if you could just sign right here on the dotty line, the adaption will be complete.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''You're'' gonna adopt me?
:''{Strong Bad disappears}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{echoey voice-over}'' Aw, man...

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
* A [[Wikipedia:Doppelgänger|Doppelgänger]] refers either to a creature from folklore that mimics people's appearances as an omen of death, or to the theory that everyone in the world has someone else that looks exactly like them.
* [[Wikipedia:Sarsaparilla|Sarsparilla]] is a type of plant used to make beverages, and is a common ingredient in [[Wikipedia:Root Beer|root beer]] (Old-Timey Strong Bad mispronounces it, however. He pronounces it "sar-sparilla," when the general pronunciation is "sass-parilla".)
* [[Wikipedia:Rent control|Rent control]] is a policy used in some urban communities where the market price is deemed "too high." Rent controlled dwellings are highly coveted in the communities where they are available, hence Strong Badman's choosing to live in his apartment rather than a secret underground lair.
* Strong Bad's conversion of fourteen dollars into [[Wikipedia:Dog years|dog years]] refers to the often-confused (and inaccurate) folk formula that dogs age seven "years" for every human year.
*[[Wikipedia:Electrolyte|Electrolytes]] are solutions of [[Wikipedia:Ion|ions]] (such as sodium and potassium salts) and are often drunk to ease [[Wikipedia:Dehydration|dehydration]].

===Trivia===
*This email is the longest email to date, almost a minute longer than [[flashback]], currently the next longest.
*When Strong Bad jumps from one panel to another in the Strong Badman comic, he passes a panel with an explosion, saying "TADAOW!", and a panel with Deutschman (from [[haircut]]), holding a chain of sausages, saying "KINDER UBERRASCHUNG!!", which is the German name for [[Wikipedia:Kinder Surprise|Kinder Surprise]] (though Uberraschung should be spelled Überraschung).
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#weird dreams|weird dreams]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has no visible nose or ears so the fact they are mentioned is notable.
*Senor Cardgage is the only Strong Bad's alter ego who had before been seen talking with him, as seen in [[kind of cool]] and [[Senorial Day]].
*This is a rare occassion of Strong Bad being nice to Strong Sad.
*This is the first time we have heard Da Huuuuuuudge speak.
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Strong Sad is seen writing with his right hand. However, in this email, Strong Sad is playing the guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]].
*This is the first time Stinkoman smiles.

===Goofs===
*During the comic scene, when the panel changes from "Because, mere mortal" to "Is rent controlled!", the panels underneath get changed.
*At the end, when the paper comes down, you can see that Strong Bad's pants have changed from black to dark navy, but not the pant legs. (As opposed to the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Strong Bad standing next to him.)

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was released, "girl" was misspelled as "gir" in Jody's email. This was fixed shortly thereafter.

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad was previously seen playing an acoustic guitar in a recent [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|Sketchbook]], although that guitar was a twelve-string. Here he plays a six-string.
*Putting a [[Wikipedia:Game Boy line|Game Boy]] in a [[Blender|blender]] to access an alternate reality was discovered by Homestar in [[2 emails]], when he made a time machine in this way.
*Strong Bad also confused the value of money and lengths of time in [[space program]].
*Strong Bad's "Mash go on that blender" is based on similar lines from [[flashback]], ("The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive [[Jam Box|jambox]]"), [[strongbad_email.exe]] ("make your selection and mash go, moron!"), and [[Everybody Knows It]] ("Mash play on that jambox").
*The "In a bulding"  line, including its accent and pronounciation, is straight from the [[Sketchbook (video)|DVD Sketchbook]] (though it was spelled correctly there).
*The music in the Strong Badman comic is from [[action figure]].
*Strong Bad visits many previous emails in his travels:
**Strong Badman and Stiny originated in [[superhero name]].
**Vector Strong Bad is from [[video games]].
**Stinkoman originated in [[japanese cartoon]].
**Tiny-handed Strong Bad is from [[flashback]].
**Keyboard Strong Bad originated in [[crazy cartoon]].
**Da Huuuuuudge and Sterrance are both from [[animal]].
**Teenage Strong Bad and the term "striped pants" are from [[highschool]].
**Senor Cardgage originated in [[kind of cool]].
*Strong Bad mentioned real fruit smoothies earlier in [[mascot]].
*The Easter egg with coffee-drenched Coach Z and the eyeball pear begins exactly as described and storyboarded by Strong Sad in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].
*The fishing boat, lake and background sounds are all from [[lures & jigs]].
*Coach Z presumably "puked his pants", as mentioned in [[secret recipes]].
*"I hope it's from a girl" is a possible reference to [[dragon]].
* "Doge" is a reference to [[Biz Cas Fri 1]], where Homestar mispells "Dawg".
*The word ''sesquicentenn-email'', which would mean "150th email", was coined by Strong Sad in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].
*The word "VOIP" is a reference to the [[Visor Robot]]'s sound effect from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
*"Super Group" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].

=== Real-World References ===
* [[Wikipedia:Cacodemons|Cacodemons]] are evil spirits or demons, the opposite being an angel or "agathodemon". However, the name cacodemon is more well known as an enemy from the computer games ''[[Wikipedia:Doom|Doom]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Doom II|Doom II]]''. The plot for these games involved demons coming out of portals to hell.
* [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] is a widely used image editor from Adobe Systems Incorporated. The term "photoshopped" has come to mean any digital edit done to an image, even if it wasn't done in Photoshop itself. The term is often used pejoratively, to say that something is rather obviously edited.
* "Oba Kaybe" is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Bill Cosby: Himself|Bill Cosby: Himself]]'', a stand-up comedy movie from 1983 starring, naturally, [[Wikipedia:Bill Cosby|Bill Cosby]]. This is how the ''Cosby Kids'' character "Mushmouth" would pronounce the word "okay".
* [[Wikipedia:She-Hulk|She-Hulk]] is a comic book heroine from [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] and the cousin of [[Wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk]]. Though Strong Bad sarcastically calls her creators "geniuses", She-Hulk was co-created by the legendary comic book artist [[Wikipedia:Stan Lee|Stan Lee]] and [[Wikipedia:John Buscema|John Buscema]]. Interestingly, She-Hulk comics are noted for their fourth-wall breaks, similar to Strong Bad's comments on the quality of the Strong Badman comic and his ability to travel from panel to panel.
* Homestar's unusual speech in the surreal Coach Z easter egg is based on a famous scene from the similarly surreal TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]'', which was co-created by director [[Wikipedia:David Lynch|David Lynch]]. (Strong Sad had cited Lynch as an influence in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].) The actors actually spoke their dialogue backwards, and the recording was then played in reverse, so that the words were heard by the audience in their proper order (though they still sounded unusual and contorted, just as Homestar sounds here).
* [[Wikipedia:Alonzo Mourning|Alonzo Mourning]] is an NBA basketball player.
*A freemason is a member of the [[Wikipedia:York Rite|York Rite]], the [[Wikipedia:Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite]] or any of their allied organizations ([[Wikipedia:DeMolay International|DeMolay]], [[Wikipedia:Job's Daughters International|Job's Daughters]], [[Wikipedia:Order of the Eastern Star|Eastern Star]], etc.) which fall under the umbrella of [[Wikipedia:freemasonry|freemasonry]].
*The phrase 'maxed and relaxed' may be a reference to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song, in which states 'maxin' and relaxin' all cool'
*The portal to the alternate universe looks very similar to portals to the light/dark world in [[Wikipedia:Metroid Prime 2: Echoes|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]].
*Stinkoman calls Strong Bad "big nose" because American cartoon characters tend to have very large noses compared to Japanese cartoon characters.
*The word "VOIP" may be a reference to the acronym for "Voice-Over-Internet Protocol", a system for transmitting voice telephone calls digitally via the internet instead of over telephone lines.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|150|7671}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

Talk:alternate universe

Bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:09:34 GMT

Bill: Wow...

OW! My fourth wall! Anonny-5:36 WST

You don't say! -[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]]

== That's the second biggest stretch I've ever seen! ==

Would you believe I nearly added that "This is about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." as a Get Smart reference? Luckily it missed the article by ''this'' much. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 09:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== The Last SBEMail? ==

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, but given the song at the end, and the length and "recurring characters" show... anyone else think that the one who suggested a while back that SBEMail #150 might be the last of them is correct? I hope not, but if it *is*, it's quite a sendoff. I particularly liked this one. -{{User:YK/sig}} 10:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Why would The Paper tell us to send Strong Bad more emails if it was the last?--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 10:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I was a little worried too. But coming to think of it, TBC are doing it for a living right? So they probably won't blow up their source of income. Cisz 12:52 CET, 04-04-06

wahhh{{User:Csours/sig}} 11:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== voip ==

voip{{User:Csours/sig}} 11:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Da Huuuuudge ==

This is the first time we hear da huuuudge talk or speak. Okay with that, yeah? {{User:Homfrog/sig}} 11:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Wow... ==

Loved it. I am a sucker for big-scale reunion bits. Just ''yesterday'' I was reading the [[Twin Characters]] page and thinking, "I wonder if we'll ever see Strong Bad go back in time and coexist with Old-Timey Strong Bad?".

Talk:Sbemail 150?!?

Bill — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:19:49 GMT

Bill: /* Quick Drop to Basement */

== Comments ==
This is not the new Strong Bad Email, it's just some cartoon hidden on the site that some freaky dude found somehow...right? {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}
:This a brand new short, neither a hidden page or the 150th email. You might have to refresh your cache to see the update. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 05:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Oh, I see it now. The link on the wiki's just dead. But Lord is it crappy. I'm not giving up on the Chaps, though. They're just coming up with anything funny right now. This one's kind of like [[funny|trying too hard]]. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}
:::The HTML page doesn't have the typical sbemail prefix, although the flash does. I fixed it. [[User:Benabik|Benabik]] 06:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I noted it was rather... Simple to make, compared to most. Could just be my mind, but I figure if I'm making a double spectacular 150, why not make a two day short the week before, leaving a week and five to work on the big one-five-oh. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Whatever. I thought it was very cute and funny. And a good way of stalling. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:::::: I agree with Trelawney - some of you are acting way too snobbish and fickle. Okay, so it wasn't a great toon, but that shouldn't bother anyone much. It's pretty obvious that this was intended as a cop-out toon - filler material until the big 1-5-0. After all, they did the same sort of teaser for the [[Flashback|Hundredth Email]], and I thought that was a riot. And I don't know about you, but I'd rather get a throwaway toon rather than rush the TBC from a quality product. Besides, it shows that the creators are mindful of their fan's eagerness by trying to slake their appetite. Or gently tease their obsessive behavior. :) Besides, it wasn't all bad. I liked the coining of the word "Sequicentenn-email." And wouldn't you rather know TBC are working on the email rather than some cryptic update like "Email Soon?" [[user:compdude|Compdude]]
:::::::I'll just say I laughed my you-know-what off. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Twees? {{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Flex it out! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:43, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

This is apparently the fifth time we hear Strong Bad [[Couch Mumbling]]. Once again, he sounds like [[Senor Cardgage]]. —[[User:2Fast2Furious|2Fast2Furious]] 10:48, 27 March 2006

== Mask ==
Anyone else think that mask looks an awful lot like the ones Shy Guys wear in the Mario games? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I was just going to ask that, but according to to the current real-world reference it's from Pink Floyd's The Wall. Gonna have to check on that. [[user:compdude|Compdude]]
::That's exactly what I thought it was. There have been plenty of video game references in the past, so I figured it was a Shyguy mask. [[User:kowski|kowski]]
[[Image:Mask.png]]--[[User:Collin|Collin]] 07:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I am 100 procent sure that they have the snout in Mario 64, at least.[[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 07:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, they have a snout in Mario 64 that they shoot bullets from. --AlmostJinkies

Upon further research, the ones with the snout is called Snufits or Snifits. [[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 07:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
: Yup, Snifits. A type of Shyguy that can shoot bullets. That's the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw that mask, and I have no reason to doubt that that's exactly the reference intended. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Further support of this, if needed, can be drawn from the fact that Super Mario Bros. 2/USA (or, more precisely, Doki Doki Panic upon which it was based), which was where Snifits first appeared, was set completely in a dream world. Goes along vaguely with Homestar as a representation of SB's innermost desires. Also the cloud on Homestar's shirt. Clouds were all over the place in that game. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion. The reason I labled the mask as a reference to Pink Floyd was because at the time Strong Sad was talking about "innermost desires". I agree that it is a reference to the Snifit now that I see the evidence. --[[User:Bobmario2|Bobmario2]] 19:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's definitely a Snifit mask.-[[User:151.197.47.164|151.197.47.164]]

==Happy Hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, Jay!==

Whoa... waitaminnit... if TBC release email 150 next Monday, then it coincides with my birthday! I... think I'm gonna go do something ''totally'' unrelated with trying to come up with the perfect email to send them so they answer it... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Hooray-a for you. It should probably be better than [[The Li'l Brudder Show|my birthday toon]]. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hey, my birthday's April 3rd too! I hope it's released then, or better yet, it's my email! I doubt it though... but that would be the awesomest birthday present ever! --[[User:MrsCommanderson|MrsCommanderson]] 01:21, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Not Quite Sbemail ==
Should the "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" be added to the categories? {{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:As far as I can tell, there is no such Category. There is a section of [[Strong Bad Emails]] by that name, and this email is already listed there. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 17:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Gosh-golly. Now we done gots usselves a [[:Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails|Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]] category. And this toon's in it. Don't that beat [[Special:Allpages|all]]? --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 04:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== Up in your grill ==

Would it be worth noting that "Up in your grill" refers to a location in standard storyboard layout?
:Not completely sure I understand what you mean. If you mean the spot where "Up in your grill" appears corresponds to where you would find the location indicated on a typical storyboard, I would say it's narrowly unnoteworthy. One would not be likely to miss the joke if one was paying attention to the other boards. Just the fact that the text is listed in the transcript is enough, says me. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Female Lappy ==

It looks like the Female Lappy has officially made the subtle jump from a figment of Strong Bad's imagination to a real fixture within their universe. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 09:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Didn't it already do that in one of the DVD intros? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but no one trusts those. >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Funny you should bring that up. The way I read it, it's entirely possible that Strong Bad's dreaming it all, since nobody's up there, and then it cuts right from the Female Lappy to a groggy Strong Bad. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 22:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::No, I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be actually happening. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::No, I'm pretty sure that we can't be ''sure'' that it's actually happening, but yeah, she probably has gone the way of [[Trogdor]]. Though the one strange thing that kinda creeps me out, is that he introduced the paper to his new "Brother", who's now a "Female Lappy". Go figure. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 02:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== April Fools ==
Next week is when the April Fools Day toon should come. I hope they don't get so caught up in email #150 that they forget possibly the best H*R holiday after Halloween. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I hope they don't do something really cruel like mislead you to believe some other toon is the 150th email. -[[User:Compdude|Compdude]]
::Uh, too late. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:56, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== Quick Drop to Basement ==
Hey, the transcript says that there's just a quick drop to the basement, but has anyone looked at those frames? Really, honest question. I don't have a flash decompiler, so someone else has to do it. It looks like it pans past ''something'' on its way down. Please report, with screenshots.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 14:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Since I can decompile Flash rather quickly, I can investigate this. But don't expect a full "report" and photographic documentation for a while. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 16:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::No such luck. The panning down frames are simply a bunch of blurred screenshots. I doubt you can decompile any details out of them. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 16:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, here's a screenshot I pulled (posted also on [[Talk:House of the Brothers Strong]]). It looks like you can see a crawlspace or a basement window in between floors, but that's about all. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Between floors.png|500px]]

:I see darker wood in the center with two blue labels on it. Like, left from construction. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 16:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::That's one thick floor too. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::I think that's meant to be a perspective view ''through'' the floor, with the joists running parallel to the camera angle. The lighter framing is the ends of the joists and of the planking, which face us. The "darker wood" is the sides of the joists and tops of the lower planking which recede away from us. And the "blue labels" I think are just the far side of the inner wall. I'd call that cinder-block gray. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 17:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I see what you're saying. I drew in some lines to highlight the perspective. Well, I guess the true meaning of Decemberween isn't located between the floors after all... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 20:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Between floors2.png|500px]]

The color scheme kinda reminds me of [[Wikipedia:Dig Dug|Dig Dug]]. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:I know what you mean, but that's got to be coincidence. The color schemes of the computer room and the basement were surely devised separately. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
::Agreed. I wasn't suggesting a Fun Fact, just sharing a pointless personal perception. {{User:Bill/sig}} 19:19, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== Susqui ==

Strong Sad pronounces "sesquicentenn-email" "sus-qui-sen-ten-ee-mail" for some reason. Notable, and how? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I was pretty young, but I seem to remember that when I was living in Arkansas during its sesquicentennial, it would sometimes be hastily pronounced that way, particularly by those with more pronounced Arkansan accents (which is related to a Georgia accent). But Strong Sad's not the type to hastily pronounce anything (except [[origins#Real-World References|Moleskine]]), so that's probably not relevant. He ''could'' be jumbling it up with the [[Wikipedia:Susquehanna River|Susquehanna River]] in Pennsylvania, although that would be more of a Strong Bad schtick. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 19:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Drawings and Eyes ==

There appears to be some disagreement (based on the edit history) of whether [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] should be included. I personally think no... A drawing of a person doesn't count as an appearance of them. Perhaps some consensus should be reached here so that people don't edit it back and forth.

Also, does that pear actually have [[Googly-eyed Objects|Googly Eyes]]? If so, the transcript should say so, IMHO. If not, it's not a reference. I think it does, but again, don't want it to be edited back out again.

[[User:Benabik|Benabik]] 19:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Let's examine the googly-eye question logically, shall we? First of all, Strong Sad literally calls it "a pear covered with eyeballs". That description is not quite compatible with a pear covered with stuck-on googly eyes. However, the prop itself could be simply that, so it still doesn't rule it out. Thus we have to examine the picture and deduce what we can from the visual evidence. And the visual evidence consists of two important bits. First, that the pupils of the eyes are not all pointing in the same direction. And second, that there are no markings on the drawing, as there would generally be on a well-done storyboard, indicating motion of the pear. A pear covered with googly eyes that is not in motion will have all the pupils pointing downwards, thus this cannot be intended to be a drawing of such an object. Since it's not what Strong Sad said, and it's not what Strong Sad drew, it would be a huge leap to call these googly eyes. Your witness. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 20:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

::It's a drawing, so it's not subject to the laws of physics, so the "different directions" can be dispensed with as a lack of attention to that when drawing. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Nicest Guy: Objection sustained. There's no direct evidence that these are ''googly'' eyes. The link to the googly-eyed pumpkin, for example, could be entirely coincidental. It seems more likely that the eye-covered pear is just a sample of Strong Sad's surrealist illustrations (more in line with [[Wikipedia:Madeline L'Engle|Madeline L'Engle]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:A Wind in the Door|A Wind in the Door]]'', or [[Wikipedia:Ezekiel|Ezekiel]]'s prophecies, in my opinion.) Nevertheless, it is interesting that both a pumpkin and a pear (a fruit and a vegetable) have both been covered with eyes. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 20:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::'''Edit conflict:''' I suppose [they could be dispensed], but nevertheless, we have ''no'' evidence that the eyes google, and ''some'' evidence, although disputable, that they don't. (Did you ever stop and ask yourself, "Am I really debating whether eyes google?" No? Me neither.) --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 20:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: I made the googly eye fact, but after reading the arguments here, I agree that the pear probably doesn't have googly eyes in the sense of the word. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]].

The pear with eyes reminds me of a 30's film, I think it was French, where random objects had eyes...and the main character held up an object covered with eyes...most likely from the surrealist school. I think it might have been ''The Blood of a Poet'', but I'm not sure...it's been a while since I saw it and it's not the easiest film to get a hold of. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
--Don't have a login yet, but I will soon..so, signed, "V".

::I'm fully aware that this will never make it as a Fun Fact, but when he "dollied" in to the coffee-covered Coach and the ocular pear, I thought of it as a pun on "Dali". There, now I've got that out of my system. ;) [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]

:::Now hold on a minute! Are you asserting that this pear has biological eyes? That's a heck of a stretch. It's in the character of the whole shebang that these be affixed eyes. What's more sensible to accept, really? That these are affixed eyes, or the pear grew them? We're talking STRONG BAD, the guy who wipes permanent marker off the Polaroid and calls it high tech. If he were to use the storyboards, he's gonna use googly eyes. No question.

:::It makes no sense at all to dispense this, especially when the best argument against googly eyes is that they don't all hang down. Well, it's a drawing, for one, and drawings are not necessarily accurate to each detail. Secondly, have you ever seen them get stuck? I sure have. Thirdly, who's to say tit wasn't shaken? So Strong Sad didn't include "lines" in his storyboard - it wasn't germane to the plot to include them.

:::This is getting awfully nitpicky, and we should lighten up and have fun with this. There's no sensible reason to exclude this from the googly-eye category. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 04:56, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

::::Point of order: It wasn't Strong Bad who drew the storyboards, but Strong Sad. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::Gleefully accepted. Strong Sad drew storyboards for Strong Bad to implement. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:23, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

::::Don't misunderstand me, Qermag. I've been light and fun all along; my gravity and pedantism are mostly self-mocking. (And believe me, I'm cracking up over the whole notion of a serious debate about googly eyes, and if you accused me of prolonging it for my own amusement, I would take the Fifth.) Nevertheless, the whole question of googly eyes really comes down to one thing. This is a ''drawing'' made by Strong Sad, not a photo, model, or completed film. And that's all it will ever be. He didn't say anything about googly eyes, and he didn't include anything in the drawing to indicate they were googly eyes. (Further, very sketchy evidence that he does not intend them to google is that they are of various sizes.) To say "he's gonna use googly eyes" is pure speculation. (And to digress for a moment, if it were Strong Bad producing, I'd agree he probably would use googly eyes. But I suspect Strong Sad, based on [[Experimental Film]], would ''try'' to find some way around such a low-class look, although something would ultimately go awry.) Since the chances of this treatment making it onto film—er, Flash—are extremely slim, we'll never know. Thus we can't jump to conslusions. Now, in the interests of lightening up and having fun, I will breathe helium. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 14:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

===Real-World References===
*"[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk%3ASbemail_150%3F%21%3F&diff=295695&oldid=295663 The Pears Have Eyes]" is a reference to the 1977 [[Wikipedia:Wes Craven|Wes Craven]] film [[IMDB:tt0077681|The Hills Have Eyes]], remade in 2006.

==Prenouncing Buscemi==
I am somewhat sure it is prenounced as bushEmmi, and not, as Strong Sad says, buSheemi. Does anyone know for sure? [[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 20:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:True, but he's coining an adjective. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Would that really have any effect on how he pronounces the second syllable? We don't call an autocrat "Machiaveelian". I do believe his name is properly pronounced bu-SHEM-ee, making Strong Sad's pronunciation of the adjective a bit whacked, but I can't cite any references at the moment. But here's an interesting thought. What if the pronunciations of [[origins|Moleskine]], [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|Imbruglia]], Buscemi, and perhaps others I'm not thinking of, are not accidental at all, but a subtle running gag: Strong Sad mispronouncing obscure words and names that he intended to make him look intelligent? --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 21:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
BTW, his name is actually pronounced boo-SEM-mee. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:Qermag, if you've got a source for that to cite here, I think the mispronunciation deserves to be mentioned in Remarks or the Real-World Reference. I was pretty sure I'd always heard bu-SHEM-ee. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:Or there could be a much simpler explanation: TBC goofing up. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::Of course that's the obvious explanation. It just got me wondering how many times Strong Sad has done this. If it's a significant number, I'm inclined to think either a) they're doing it on purpose, or b) those sort of mistakes appear specific to Strong Sad because he's the only character who uses big words. Just something to ponder. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Strong Sad's Characterization ==

Is it just me, or as Strong Sad gotten so much cooler over the years? Once he was forlornly sitting in his room mailing hundred-dollar bills, and now he's writing screenplays just to give him the chance to pour coffee all over Coach Z!
--Impulse2, who isn't sure if her name ever shows up.
:Gotta love character development! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::He's really shown us his artistic side. Granted, he's still outcast by most characters, except Homsar (and, on occasion, Marzipan) but that's because he is still rather whiny and depress(ed)(ing). A (buttered) toast to character development![[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:::Not a vinegar toast? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:38, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Vinegar toast? You thought I'd fall for that? [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:When did Strong Sad mail hundred-dollar bills? [[User:Jecowa|Jecowa]] 06:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::Strong Bad Email [[depressio]]. -[[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== This is sort of off topic... ==

One time I actually had a weird dream of Strong Sad pouring coffee on Coach Z. 0_o. Weird huh?--[[User:Shadow6000|s6k]] 02:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

:One time I had a weird dream too... but you gotta understand... The day before, all i had to eat was like...13 pudding pops, okay? So the whole dream was just a picture of... Well, lemme [[:Image:sbemail34.PNG|show you]]. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

::One time I had this dream where I was in a flying race in a mythical land, and everybody had wings on their backs, including me, and I was okay, but I couldn't fly very well because I could feel myself in real life and I can't fly for real. Whoa. THAT was off-topic. But really, ever have that happen to you where you're existing in both your dream and real life at the same time? And it has an influence on your dream? Hmm...-[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Brightstar Shiner]] 02:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

:::That kind of thing happens to me too. I'll be trying to walk, but I can hardly move. I think it's because I'm trying to move my real body which is in a state of paralysis at the time. In dreams where I fly, however, I have no trouble moving at all. Flying dreams are great. [[User:Jecowa|Jecowa]] 06:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Update: I figured out that that is called Lucid Dreaming. Look it up on wikipedia. -[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Brightstar Shiner]] 23:36, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I had dream that my friend had a Strong Bad <s>pop-up book</s> '''taco salad'''. It was the '''taco salad''' of my dreams. The day before, all I had to eat was like...13 pudding pops. But seriously, I can't help but notice that [[dreamail|dreams]] come [[pop-up|up]] rather [[weird dream|frequently]] in Strong Bad Emails. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 16:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::It's a cheap source of inspiration. [[Cheap as Free]]. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 18:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

well since we're being off topic... i dreamed last night that people were calling my name and i was saying what what what?? and finally i screamed WHAAAAAAAAT!? at the top of my lungs.. in the real world.. and woke everyone in the house up.. my family thought i was being murdered in my sleep or something :P and all i can say is i WISH i had 13 pudding pops the other day... --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 23:40, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:...Do we have a dreams thread on the forum, out of curiosity? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Err...no. We don't. But maybe we should. This is getting rather fun. I've had a dream that was a musical, one that was a horror/mystery, and several adventures. The plots and characters were well thought out and original each time. Sometimes I think my subconcious is more creative than I am. -[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Brightstar Shiner]] 00:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Sure, we have a dreams thread in the forum. See "[[Forum:6408|Ever had a H*R dream?]]". — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== David Lynch References ==

Would adding in notes about the fact that the coffee and donuts are highly reminiscient of Twin Peaks, which was one of David Lynch's most famous works? I think it's a valid connection, but wanted to doublecheck before adding it.
- AndrewS

:I'd work it into the existing refernce to Lynch and Fellini. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Sbemail 150?!?

Bill — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:03:34 GMT

Bill: /* Quick Drop to Basement */ Dig Dug

== Comments ==
This is not the new Strong Bad Email, it's just some cartoon hidden on the site that some freaky dude found somehow...right? {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}
:This a brand new short, neither a hidden page or the 150th email. You might have to refresh your cache to see the update. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 05:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Oh, I see it now. The link on the wiki's just dead. But Lord is it crappy. I'm not giving up on the Chaps, though. They're just coming up with anything funny right now. This one's kind of like [[funny|trying too hard]]. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}
:::The HTML page doesn't have the typical sbemail prefix, although the flash does. I fixed it. [[User:Benabik|Benabik]] 06:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I noted it was rather... Simple to make, compared to most. Could just be my mind, but I figure if I'm making a double spectacular 150, why not make a two day short the week before, leaving a week and five to work on the big one-five-oh. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Whatever. I thought it was very cute and funny. And a good way of stalling. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:::::: I agree with Trelawney - some of you are acting way too snobbish and fickle. Okay, so it wasn't a great toon, but that shouldn't bother anyone much. It's pretty obvious that this was intended as a cop-out toon - filler material until the big 1-5-0. After all, they did the same sort of teaser for the [[Flashback|Hundredth Email]], and I thought that was a riot. And I don't know about you, but I'd rather get a throwaway toon rather than rush the TBC from a quality product. Besides, it shows that the creators are mindful of their fan's eagerness by trying to slake their appetite. Or gently tease their obsessive behavior. :) Besides, it wasn't all bad. I liked the coining of the word "Sequicentenn-email." And wouldn't you rather know TBC are working on the email rather than some cryptic update like "Email Soon?" [[user:compdude|Compdude]]
:::::::I'll just say I laughed my you-know-what off. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Twees? {{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Flex it out! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:43, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

This is apparently the fifth time we hear Strong Bad [[Couch Mumbling]]. Once again, he sounds like [[Senor Cardgage]]. —[[User:2Fast2Furious|2Fast2Furious]] 10:48, 27 March 2006

== Mask ==
Anyone else think that mask looks an awful lot like the ones Shy Guys wear in the Mario games? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I was just going to ask that, but according to to the current real-world reference it's from Pink Floyd's The Wall. Gonna have to check on that. [[user:compdude|Compdude]]
::That's exactly what I thought it was. There have been plenty of video game references in the past, so I figured it was a Shyguy mask. [[User:kowski|kowski]]
[[Image:Mask.png]]--[[User:Collin|Collin]] 07:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I am 100 procent sure that they have the snout in Mario 64, at least.[[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 07:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, they have a snout in Mario 64 that they shoot bullets from. --AlmostJinkies

Upon further research, the ones with the snout is called Snufits or Snifits. [[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 07:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
: Yup, Snifits. A type of Shyguy that can shoot bullets. That's the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw that mask, and I have no reason to doubt that that's exactly the reference intended. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Further support of this, if needed, can be drawn from the fact that Super Mario Bros. 2/USA (or, more precisely, Doki Doki Panic upon which it was based), which was where Snifits first appeared, was set completely in a dream world. Goes along vaguely with Homestar as a representation of SB's innermost desires. Also the cloud on Homestar's shirt. Clouds were all over the place in that game. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion. The reason I labled the mask as a reference to Pink Floyd was because at the time Strong Sad was talking about "innermost desires". I agree that it is a reference to the Snifit now that I see the evidence. --[[User:Bobmario2|Bobmario2]] 19:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's definitely a Snifit mask.-[[User:151.197.47.164|151.197.47.164]]

==Happy Hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, Jay!==

Whoa... waitaminnit... if TBC release email 150 next Monday, then it coincides with my birthday! I... think I'm gonna go do something ''totally'' unrelated with trying to come up with the perfect email to send them so they answer it... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Hooray-a for you. It should probably be better than [[The Li'l Brudder Show|my birthday toon]]. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hey, my birthday's April 3rd too! I hope it's released then, or better yet, it's my email! I doubt it though... but that would be the awesomest birthday present ever! --[[User:MrsCommanderson|MrsCommanderson]] 01:21, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Not Quite Sbemail ==
Should the "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" be added to the categories? {{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:As far as I can tell, there is no such Category. There is a section of [[Strong Bad Emails]] by that name, and this email is already listed there. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 17:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Up in your grill ==

Would it be worth noting that "Up in your grill" refers to a location in standard storyboard layout?
:Not completely sure I understand what you mean. If you mean the spot where "Up in your grill" appears corresponds to where you would find the location indicated on a typical storyboard, I would say it's narrowly unnoteworthy. One would not be likely to miss the joke if one was paying attention to the other boards. Just the fact that the text is listed in the transcript is enough, says me. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Female Lappy ==

It looks like the Female Lappy has officially made the subtle jump from a figment of Strong Bad's imagination to a real fixture within their universe. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 09:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Didn't it already do that in one of the DVD intros? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 12:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but no one trusts those. >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== April Fools ==
Next week is when the April Fools Day toon should come. I hope they don't get so caught up in email #150 that they forget possibly the best H*R holiday after Halloween. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I hope they don't do something really cruel like mislead you to believe some other toon is the 150th email. -[[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== Quick Drop to Basement ==
Hey, the transcript says that there's just a quick drop to the basement, but has anyone looked at those frames? Really, honest question. I don't have a flash decompiler, so someone else has to do it. It looks like it pans past ''something'' on its way down. Please report, with screenshots.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 14:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Since I can decompile Flash rather quickly, I can investigate this. But don't expect a full "report" and photographic documentation for a while. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 16:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::No such luck. The panning down frames are simply a bunch of blurred screenshots. I doubt you can decompile any details out of them. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 16:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, here's a screenshot I pulled (posted also on [[Talk:House of the Brothers Strong]]). It looks like you can see a crawlspace or a basement window in between floors, but that's about all. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Between floors.png|500px]]

:I see darker wood in the center with two blue labels on it. Like, left from construction. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 16:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::That's one thick floor too. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::I think that's meant to be a perspective view ''through'' the floor, with the joists running parallel to the camera angle. The lighter framing is the ends of the joists and of the planking, which face us. The "darker wood" is the sides of the joists and tops of the lower planking which recede away from us. And the "blue labels" I think are just the far side of the inner wall. I'd call that cinder-block gray. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 17:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I see what you're saying. I drew in some lines to highlight the perspective. Well, I guess the true meaning of Decemberween isn't located between the floors after all... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 20:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Between floors2.png|500px]]

The color scheme kinda reminds me of [[Wikipedia:Dig Dug|Dig Dug]]. {{User:Bill/sig}} 20:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Susqui ==

Strong Sad pronounces "sesquicentenn-email" "sus-qui-sen-ten-ee-mail" for some reason. Notable, and how? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I was pretty young, but I seem to remember that when I was living in Arkansas during its sesquicentennial, it would sometimes be hastily pronounced that way, particularly by those with more pronounced Arkansan accents (which is related to a Georgia accent). But Strong Sad's not the type to hastily pronounce anything (except [[origins#Real-World References|Moleskine]]), so that's probably not relevant. He ''could'' be jumbling it up with the [[Wikipedia:Susquehanna River|Susquehanna River]] in Pennsylvania, although that would be more of a Strong Bad schtick. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 19:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Drawings and Eyes ==

There appears to be some disagreement (based on the edit history) of whether [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] should be included. I personally think no... A drawing of a person doesn't count as an appearance of them. Perhaps some consensus should be reached here so that people don't edit it back and forth.

Also, does that pear actually have [[Googly-eyed Objects|Googly Eyes]]? If so, the transcript should say so, IMHO. If not, it's not a reference. I think it does, but again, don't want it to be edited back out again.

[[User:Benabik|Benabik]] 19:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:Let's examine the googly-eye question logically, shall we? First of all, Strong Sad literally calls it "a pear covered with eyeballs". That description is not quite compatible with a pear covered with stuck-on googly eyes. However, the prop itself could be simply that, so it still doesn't rule it out. Thus we have to examine the picture and deduce what we can from the visual evidence. And the visual evidence consists of two important bits. First, that the pupils of the eyes are not all pointing in the same direction. And second, that there are no markings on the drawing, as there would generally be on a well-done storyboard, indicating motion of the pear. A pear covered with googly eyes that is not in motion will have all the pupils pointing downwards, thus this cannot be intended to be a drawing of such an object. Since it's not what Strong Sad said, and it's not what Strong Sad drew, it would be a huge leap to call these googly eyes. Your witness. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 20:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

::It's a drawing, so it's not subject to the laws of physics, so the "different directions" can be dispensed with as a lack of attention to that when drawing. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Nicest Guy: Objection sustained. There's no direct evidence that these are ''googly'' eyes. The link to the googly-eyed pumpkin, for example, could be entirely coincidental. It seems more likely that the eye-covered pear is just a sample of Strong Sad's surrealist illustrations (more in line with [[Wikipedia:Madeline L'Engle|Madeline L'Engle]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:A Wind in the Door|A Wind in the Door]]'', or [[Wikipedia:Ezekiel|Ezekiel]]'s prophecies, in my opinion.) Nevertheless, it is interesting that both a pumpkin and a pear (a fruit and a vegetable) have both been covered with eyes. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 20:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::'''Edit conflict:''' I suppose [they could be dispensed], but nevertheless, we have ''no'' evidence that the eyes google, and ''some'' evidence, although disputable, that they don't. (Did you ever stop and ask yourself, "Am I really debating whether eyes google?" No? Me neither.) --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 20:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: I made the googly eye fact, but after reading the arguments here, I agree that the pear probably doesn't have googly eyes in the sense of the word. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]].

The pear with eyes reminds me of a 30's film, I think it was French, where random objects had eyes...and the main character held up an object covered with eyes...most likely from the surrealist school. I think it might have been ''The Blood of a Poet'', but I'm not sure...it's been a while since I saw it and it's not the easiest film to get a hold of. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
--Don't have a login yet, but I will soon..so, signed, "V".

::I'm fully aware that this will never make it as a Fun Fact, but when he "dollied" in to the coffee-covered Coach and the ocular pear, I thought of it as a pun on "Dali". There, now I've got that out of my system. ;) [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]

===Real-World References===
*"[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk%3ASbemail_150%3F%21%3F&diff=295695&oldid=295663 The Pears Have Eyes]" is a reference to the 1977 [[Wikipedia:Wes Craven|Wes Craven]] film [[IMDB:tt0077681|The Hills Have Eyes]], remade in 2006.

==Prenouncing Buscemi==
I am somewhat sure it is prenounced as bushEmmi, and not, as Strong Sad says, buSheemi. Does anyone know for sure? [[User:Lord-z|Lord-z]] 20:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:True, but he's coining an adjective. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::Would that really have any effect on how he pronounces the second syllable? We don't call an autocrat "Machiaveelian". I do believe his name is properly pronounced bu-SHEM-ee, making Strong Sad's pronunciation of the adjective a bit whacked, but I can't cite any references at the moment. But here's an interesting thought. What if the pronunciations of [[origins|Moleskine]], [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|Imbruglia]], Buscemi, and perhaps others I'm not thinking of, are not accidental at all, but a subtle running gag: Strong Sad mispronouncing obscure words and names that he intended to make him look intelligent? --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 21:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
BTW, his name is actually pronounced boo-SEM-mee. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:Qermag, if you've got a source for that to cite here, I think the mispronunciation deserves to be mentioned in Remarks or the Real-World Reference. I was pretty sure I'd always heard bu-SHEM-ee. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:Or there could be a much simpler explanation: TBC goofing up. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::Of course that's the obvious explanation. It just got me wondering how many times Strong Sad has done this. If it's a significant number, I'm inclined to think either a) they're doing it on purpose, or b) those sort of mistakes appear specific to Strong Sad because he's the only character who uses big words. Just something to ponder. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Strong Sad's Characterization ==

Is it just me, or as Strong Sad gotten so much cooler over the years? Once he was forlornly sitting in his room mailing hundred-dollar bills, and now he's writing screenplays just to give him the chance to pour coffee all over Coach Z!
--Impulse2, who isn't sure if her name ever shows up.
:Gotta love character development! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::He's really shown us his artistic side. Granted, he's still outcast by most characters, except Homsar (and, on occasion, Marzipan) but that's because he is still rather whiny and depress(ed)(ing). A (buttered) toast to character development![[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:::Not a vinegar toast? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:38, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Vinegar toast? You thought I'd fall for that? [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
:When did Strong Sad mail hundred-dollar bills? [[User:Jecowa|Jecowa]] 06:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::Strong Bad Email [[depressio]]. -[[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== This is sort of off topic... ==

One time I actually had a weird dream of Strong Sad pouring coffee on Coach Z. 0_o. Weird huh?--[[User:Shadow6000|s6k]] 02:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

:One time I had a weird dream too... but you gotta understand... The day before, all i had to eat was like...13 pudding pops, okay? So the whole dream was just a picture of... Well, lemme [[:Image:sbemail34.PNG|show you]]. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

::One time I had this dream where I was in a flying race in a mythical land, and everybody had wings on their backs, including me, and I was okay, but I couldn't fly very well because I could feel myself in real life and I can't fly for real. Whoa. THAT was off-topic. But really, ever have that happen to you where you're existing in both your dream and real life at the same time? And it has an influence on your dream? Hmm...-[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Brightstar Shiner]] 02:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

:::That kind of thing happens to me too. I'll be trying to walk, but I can hardly move. I think it's because I'm trying to move my real body which is in a state of paralysis at the time. In dreams where I fly, however, I have no trouble moving at all. Flying dreams are great. [[User:Jecowa|Jecowa]] 06:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I had dream that my friend had a Strong Bad <s>pop-up book</s> '''taco salad'''. It was the '''taco salad''' of my dreams. The day before, all I had to eat was like...13 pudding pops. But seriously, I can't help but notice that [[dreamail|dreams]] come [[pop-up|up]] rather [[weird dream|frequently]] in Strong Bad Emails. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 16:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::It's a cheap source of inspiration. [[Cheap as Free]]. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 18:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== David Lynch References ==

Would adding in notes about the fact that the coffee and donuts are highly reminiscient of Twin Peaks, which was one of David Lynch's most famous works? I think it's a valid connection, but wanted to doublecheck before adding it.
- AndrewS

:I'd work it into the existing refernce to Lynch and Fellini. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Talk:candy product

Bill — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:00:44 GMT

Bill: /* Edgar's Baby's Daddy redundancy */

== Missing Back Button ==

Didn't know if anyone noticed yet, but I loaded this email and at the end, there's no Back button. Anywhere. I used the TAB button to see if it was hidden or anything and nothing came up. Just wanted to let you guys know.
: I don't know about ealier, but there's a Back button now. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Draw Trogdor again ;) ==

TBC knew that a wiki member was in the [[Flashforward_2006_Seattle_-_28_Feb_2006|Flashforward]] audience. On the H*R Junkmail Filta, I'd like to think they were winking at ''us''. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Maybe that was just in there because TBC has stated multiple times that they don't answer emails on a previously covered topic ([[dangeresque 3]] being the closest thing to an exception). --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Sure, that's why "Draw Trodor again" is there, but I think the ";)" is directed this direction. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Nah, I don't think it was us in particular - more like the people who keep sending emails about things that have already been done. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, of course I can't be sure, but I'd still like to think so. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::At the very least, it was deserving of a Fun Fact. I'm surprised it wasn't added until now... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 04:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

==Another Nod? ==

Just this past week we started a page about [[Strong Bad Smiling]] - and what's the final shot in this email? Coincidence?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 20:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Tom Hank's SNL Reference ==

the intro was a definate reference to the Tom Hanks appearance on SNL; specifically the Wayne's World Sketch with Hanks as the roadie for Aerosmith. [[user:thereddestraddish]]
:Yes it is, I couldn't place it. Add that! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:I thought of that Wayne's World sketch as soon as I heard it also. {{User:Stonecold5987/sig}} 20:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::I dunno. As I stated on the STUFF page, I don't think it's really a reference. The phrase is commonly used in this context. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 01:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Nougat is the candy equivalent of veal ==

What is Strong Bad talking about? There's a Wikipedia entry on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nougat Nougat] but I didn't get any veal equivalency there. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 19:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:He's just saying that Veal is like the best kind of meat, nougat is like a candy Veal. Its like.. a metafor? i dunno, one of those.--[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Well, I could be wrong, but I think this was another job for [[pop-up|making stuff up]]. Remember, that's one of Strong Bad's hobbies. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 20:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::I don't think so. The important characteristic of veal is it's made from baby cows, or at least that seems to me to be what he's referencing. Veal is only the best if you like it. Lots of people don't. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Veal is really tender, and nougat is soft and easy to chew as well. I guess. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Veal is also expensive and closely associated with cuisine. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it any less luxurious. There's no way he means that nougat is the candy that's made out of baby cows. That's just stupid and totally counter to the idiom he's using. Besides, he's trying to hype the candy bar, not get PETA on his case. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
::::So nougat is the most expensive, luxurious candy? Finally, an explanation that makes sense! --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Check this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nougat&oldid=44860062 recent Wiki edit] (currently, the most recent). :) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:50, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
: Uh... I hope that wasn't added by you... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:52, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Certainly not! But it's hilarious. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::: Perhaps, but it's also (sort-of) vandalism. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Sure it is. I wouldn't do it myself, but it won't stop me from smirking when I see something so referential done. I feel the same way here - most of the absolutely inane edits are annoying, but once and again there's one that makes you crack a smile. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:57, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Transcript ==

Hey, i'm doing the transcript i guess, and since its my first I really don't know what i'm doing. So if you have anything to add, change, fix, etc., be my guest. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:02, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:One thing I noticed is that em dashes were used to break sentences so stage directions could be wedged in, rather than ellipses. I see it done both ways in other transcripts, so I raised the question of consistency in the [[HRWiki talk:Manual of Style#Ellipses vs. Dashes|Manual of Style]]. Come discuss, ye interested parties. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 19:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== "Sibilants" ==

I believe Strong Bad is actually saying "syphilis" at the beginning of this email.
Because: he is obviously doing a mike check, and "syphilis" is the word generally used in video production to do a mike test.
Trust me, I know. --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Um, no. It's Sibilance, clearly, and ref. Wayne's World skit on SNL with Tom Hanks and Aerosmith.
{{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::Also, the whole point is to check that the sound system is properly reproducing sibilants (or sibilance). In the U.S., we don't pronounce the "T", so it's impossible to know whether he's saying sibilants or sibilance, but it's definitely not syphillis. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. My bad. *smirks at people who watch Wayne's World* --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Heh, I at first heard it as "Sibboleth". (Points to the first person to identify that reference.) But what we wrote is obviously correct. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 20:45, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2012:4-6;&version=31; Judges 12] -- that's what I heard the first time too :) {{User:Trey56/sig}} 01:06, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I saw the same joke used on a rerun of The Daily Show the day this e-mail was supposed to come out (the day before it actually came out). Odd coincidence, or do TBC get their jokes from late night tv, much as I do?
: [[HRWiki:STUFF]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:21, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:That's currently getting demolished in STUFF. If you think it should be there, log in and vote for it. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:The first thing that came to my mind was Sibbie.

== familiar sign... ==

Did anyone see the [[Tandy 400]] in the commercial? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 20:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:It's already noted on the [[Tandy 400]] page. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

What got me was the stuff on its screen. "Current date is blah blah. Set new date?" I remember being foxed by that on the computer in primary school. :-) [[User:86.142.179.66|86.142.179.66]] 22:44, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Newspaper ==

The paper when Strong Bad is in the bathroom says :

Back Pape:
Famous couples were spotted eating, walking around, and on movie screens across the country.

Da NewsPapes:
World events continued for the 43rd consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of all-time record of 46. Many believe this is a sign of things to come. Ed Bache concurs. "This is a sign of things to come."

I Don't know where to put it, but thats what it says. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::I would put it after the Priodic Table of Candy. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::How do you get rid of the black border when you view the swf file?{{User:Csours/sig}} 20:44, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Well how i did it, was i made a new file in Flash MX and imported the SWF file, and on the frame that it had the newspaper, i just clicked the border and pressed delete. When you import it you don't have as much control as if it was a FLA file, but you can still do some stuff with it. at least in the version i have. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know who the heck Ed Bache is?
:Orthapedic surgeon as far as i can tell from google. wrote some books on feet. works for a hospital in the UK. may just be a random name though, but the only ed bache i could find on google has to do with orthapedic surgery. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 23:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
== Elements ==

Someone's mentioned that Pb and Al stand for lead and aluminum in the remarks section. It seems to me that this should be an all-or-nothing comment. So should we add Co (cobalt), Cr (chromium), Ca (calcium), and Mt (meitnerium)? Or should we delete the existing remark? -- [[User:The Lyrical Wondermind|The Lyrical Wondermind]], who forgot to log in
:It's been removed on those grounds, but I'm in favor of re-adding that fact with all the real elements listed. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 20:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, that was me. I mistakenly noted "Ma" as a real element in my summary, didn't remember Cr, and have never heard of Mt before (it's one of those bottom-row post-100 elements) but yeah. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I was thinking of making a page for the elements {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 21:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Might not be a bad idea to move the table there too, as it's quite distracting here. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Okay. Should I take it of the email page? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 21:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::If you're going to, put it on its own page first to save yourself some trouble. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Edgar's Baby's Daddy redundancy ==

With the upgrade of the text version of the spam filter, the textual and graphical versions are virtually 100% redundant. Can we please pick one to delete? {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:Two things: We would never delete the text version, because we can't assume that the image can be seen. But there's nothing wrong with having both, especially since the graphical version has Homestar's picture on it. See [[Senorial Day#Trivia|Senorial Day → Trivia]] for a similar example. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:04, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::But it seems so ... silly ... to have both on the page. It's almost like looking at an image and the image's thumbnail together. If the text version is the "safest" or most broadly viewable, then what's the point in having the graphical version? We don't upload a screenshot of every other text rendering. {{User:Bill/sig}} 22:00, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

==Another Edgar's Baby's Daddy redundancy==
Hey, I just figured out that "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" would be Edgar.{{User:Theforumveteran/sig}}
:Could be adopted... {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Re: Edgar's Baby's Daddy = Edgar... I think that's the joke... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I suppose there is the incredibly unlikely argument that Edgar could be female... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::It could also mean that Edgar's wife had a kid with another man, or Edgar married someone who already had a kid. --Kingurth
::::: meh, why isnt this a fun fact?{{User:Csours/sig}} 01:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::I think "my baby's daddy" is slang or something. It was also a movie title. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 01:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yes, it is. "Baby's daddy", or "baby-daddy" is a new term for a new familial status: the man who fathered a woman's child but is not married to her, not engaged to her, not called her boyfriend for one reason or another, yet remains in the picture, if only to pay child support. The irony here is that only women have baby-daddies in this sense, so it's an unusual term to apply to Edgar. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 03:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Answered in Wikipedia? ==

GCNU is not an acronym. Also Baby Ruth is not named after Babe Ruth. Both of these
could be found on Wikipedia. [[User:Beep|Beep]] 23:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:GCNU (GameCube Noob University?) is not an acronym, but [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] is. You're probably right about the second thing though. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 23:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Actually, he's right about the acronym thing. An acronym is a ''word'' formed by the initials. CGNU is simply initials. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::: The baby ruth thing is very debatable. People, even at that time saw right through the company's claim about being named after Clevland's daughter. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:46, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Gamecube Noob University...GCN is the most commonplace symbol for the Nintendo Gamecube (I don't know why, it probably should be NGC...if you're smart, you won't have to look back at what I've just typed to figure that out...) -[[User:RadSkat3|RadSkat3]] 23:52, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::::GCNU is just a typo, if you look at the toon it says CGNU. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 00:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::I know, I'm MAKING FUN OF HIM... -[[User:RadSkat3|RadSkat3]] 00:24, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Baby Ruth may not be ''officially'' named after Baby Ruth, but the popular association with him is enough to merit a mention. (Which I did.) What other athletes have their own candy bars? (Which is not meant as a rhetorical question.) --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 16:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Marshie as Sinistar? ==

Is Marshie's "You can't destroy meeeee....." line a reference to '80s video game [[Wikipedia:Sinistar|Sinistar]]? [[User:Silly Dan|Silly Dan]] 23:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmmmmmm...I think you may be right.--[[User:Gir007|Gir007]] 23:25, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

: I doubt it. It's pretty generic. In fact, someone tried to add it as a reference to the Law of the Conservation of Mass. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Conservation of mass? That's just weird. Anyway, I guess it would only count as a Sinistar ref if Sinistar actually said a line like that, which he may or may not have done (I never played the game). [[User:Silly Dan|Silly Dan]] 00:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:I went hunting around for the line "You can't destroy me" in any context and couldn't find it. I also couldn't find anything about sinistar saying anything like that. It's just the sort of things villains say when they seem defeated. For instance, if they've been dispersed into a cloud of vapor. Actually, that description is not entirely unlike [[wikipedia:Minor_characters_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Hactar|Hactar]], the villainous computer from [[wikipedia:Life,_The_Universe_and_Everything|Life, The Universe And Everything]], who was pulverized into a cloud of debris around the planet Krikkit, but lived on to plot revenge. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
The title pages of many of the games have the line "I (blank), I hunger!", apparently a quote from Sinistar. [[User:Swimma Dan|Swimma Dan]] 01:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it was more in reference to the fact that a) Marshie is a "bad guy", and b) on the Periodic Table of Candy Elements, element 11 is Marshmalloid. Prior to the discovery of the various subatomic particles (Electrons, Gluons, etc. see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model Wikipedia] to make your head a splode), atoms were considered indestructible and indivisible.--[[User:70.66.36.126|70.66.36.126]] 10:35, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

== resistance is futile ==

Did anyone think that when the marshie character said "you can't destroy me," that this was a Star Trek-ish type of reference to the common enitity type monsters that they encounter on that show? I'm sure uber-trekkies will come out the wood-work on this one siting every time something like this has appeared on every sci-fi show, but Star Trek was the first thing I thought of. Reference? No? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
: Uh... see immediately above. TTATOT rules apply. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I didn't see the above until just now {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay, after months of wondering and minutes of fruitless searching, I give up: What does TTATOT stand for? (Things That Are ... something?) And, as a follow-up, how would one find this answer on his own without having to look like a n00b by asking? ;-) {{User:Bill/sig}} 14:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::"This, That, And The Other Thing", a term coined by [[User:Jay|Jay]], I believe, on the old STUFF page, on a fact that was basically a list of things that something ''might'' have been a reference to. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 14:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Well, you could start [[HRWiki:Glossary#T|here]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::[[Talk:best thing#A reference to this, that, and the other thing|Aha, found the origin]] – who said obsessivity was a bad thing? {{User:Phlip/sig}} 14:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I find it amusing that the [[HRWiki:Glossary]] is a "n00b's" best friend and also one of the wiki's best kept secrets. And incidentally, IRF, that ''was'' the first thing I thought of; the Crystalline Entity or that nebula that Voyager flies inside that turns out to be alive... —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]]

== Naked Striped Homestar? ==

Pardon, but it looks like Homestar took off his shirt (or...whatever) and stuck some stripes to his torso. What do you think? -[[User:RadSkat3|RadSkat3]] 23:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
: No, it doesn't. You can plainly see the collar of his shirt. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok fine, make me feel worse than I already do!...Oh, and is this the first time a character has been shown on the toilet? And don't make fun of me if someone said that already!:) -[[User:RadSkat3|RadSkat3]] 23:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
: I wasn't making fun of you. And I don't know. We have a page on [[Toilets]], lemme check there. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::I know, I know. But it IS hard to express sarcasm on the internet (which is...why...I...thought...you...were...you get it). -[[User:RadSkat3|RadSkat3]] 23:57, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::: To answer your second question, that depends on whether you count Strong Sad throwing up into a toilet in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], or The Kaiser peering out of an outhouse in [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Y2K ==
I don't know how to word this, or where to put it. But, when SB sings about "Y2K turned out all right!", I think it may be connected to "The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]]." - [[User:Nickells|Speck]]
: Given that the scene appears at the same time as the line in question, I don't think it "may" be connected at all. That said, it's already on the page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 01:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, they were in the same scene? I'll look more carefully next time. - [[User:Nickells|Speck]]
:::I don't know exactly what to say for a fun fact, but I used to have a Compaq 8088 that had no CMOS, so the time and date wouldn't be saved when it was turned off. Every time it booted it said something like "It is 01/01/88. Enter new date (mm/dd/yy)". I'm fairly certain Strong Bad's "no problem with Y2K" scene is a reference to that. Maybe someone who knows computers from that time better could comment. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
::::Ok, here's a possible version of the fun fact:
*Older computers did not have [[wikipedia:nonvolatile_BIOS_memory|nonvolatile BIOS memory]]. As a result, they could not keep track of the time and date when turned off, and would reset their clock to a default date when turned on. Some operating systems ([[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] for instance) would prompt the user to enter the date and time. These operating systems also did not support 4 digit years. When Strong Bad says "y2k turned out alright" it is because his computer was not even aware enough of the date to cause a problem.
I think it's atrocious. It could probably be much more concise. Any ideas? [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
:* Sorry, I think you guys are way off. It's a Y2K reference, plain and simple. There's no evidence of any reference to OSes that forget the date; in fact, quite the opposite: the Tandy is already "remembering" that it's 1999. This is a simple case of Strong Bad changing, or more likely just ''checking'', the date. {{User:Bill/sig}} 14:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Strong Sad in the ceiling ==

Um... didn't a previous email establish that the ceiling above the couch was like 900 feet high? So how could Strong Sad get stuck in it and still be visible? Or is this just a case of Moving Ceiling, since I think one of the April Fools clips uses a low ceiling height too.

:I haven't seen the email, but if Strong Sad is visible, I'm guessing they just moved the camera. So, I dunno how SS got stuck in a ceiling, but people get stuck in walls, so who knows? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 03:03, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::It was really low in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]], which contradicts [[The Li'l Brudder Show]]. That said, I think the ceiling is at whatever height is convenient for the toon. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::The only email that showed the height of a ceiling previously that I can think of was [[pop-up]], but that was the ceiling in the computer room rather than the basement. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:07, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::'''Thrice Edit Conflict:''' Yeah, there's a bit of question about this. In [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] It was shown to be a normal ceiling height. In [[The Li'l Brudder Show]] I believe it was shown to be somewhat higher with Homestar Jumping and crying. In [[pop-up]], the ''Computer room'' ceiling was shown to be "like 900 feet high", but that has no bearing on the Basement's ceiling height. And finally, in the [[Strong Mad#Character Video Transcript|Strong Mad Character video]], we see the ceiling of the basemen, which seems to be a normal height. In conclusion: Like [[Strong Mad#Physical Statistics|Strong Mad's height]], the difinitive height is a bit inconsistant, but the majority of the instances suggest a normal height, and that we should ignore the height depicted in [[The Li'l Brudder Show]]. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 03:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::[[couch patch]] also has the ceiling at a normal height, or at least low enough for Homestar to be able to spit a Teddy Graham onto it. [[User:The Lyrical Wondermind|The Lyrical Wondermind]] 05:17, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Coach Z ==

There's been some disagreement, so let's discuss. I put Coach Z's basketball-head under [[Other Character Variations]] because it seemed clear that Strong Bad had made his head into a basketball. (See [[current status]] if you doubt his ability.) Others have tried to put it in [[Coach Z Other Costumes]] but it seems to me it's not a costume. Frankly, I don't care where it goes, so long as it's the best fit. So what say ye? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 05:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:It looks like someone stuck a basketball over his head, hence the tear around the neck. And it kept its vaccuum seal and air because... hey, it's a cartoon. I go with Other Costumes. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 05:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Other Costumes is where I'd look first for it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::Well, the tear is inconsistent with what would really happen if you put a basketball over your head. But I see a possibility either way, though for me OCV is the way to go. Let's vote on it. {{User:Qermaq/sig}}
I'm going to add one more point. A "costume" here seems to be something the character voluntarily put on, and can voluntarily take off. Coach Z in an afro is not a costume, it's a Character Variation, as you don't simply put an afro on or take it off. Likewise, '''Coach B and Zubs are Character Variations'''. How we vote below depends on whether we think Coach Z put the basketball on his head, or whether Strong bad made his head into a basketball. (Note that he also smashed Marzipan's canvas over her head, and put Strong Sad into the ceiling. This may be another malevolent act performed by Strong Bad since he is SBLOUNSKCHED.) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 06:25, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:I think you just made the case for it being an Other Costume. Strong Bad slammed the canvas over Marzipan's head (or, from another point of view, her head was jammed ''into'' the canvas). He stuffed Strong Sad's head ''into'' the ceiling. He crammed Coach Z's head ''into'' a basketball. The simplest explanation is that Coach Z is ''wearing'' the basketball, not that his head somehow ''became'' one. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:32, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::There is also the possibility that it is ''neither'' a costume nor a variation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Definitely concur with this. The basketball isn't a costume or variation any more than Marzipan's canvas is a costume or variation, even though she is temporarily and involuntarily "wearing" it. Is [[Fluffy Puff Commercial|bird poop on Homestar's head]] a costume? Neither is this basketball. {{User:Bill/sig}} 14:44, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Just to let you know, Qermap, there are some exceptions for your main argument. For example, Strong Bad certainly didn't put [[:Image:mothersdaystrongbad.PNG|this costume]] on voluntarily! {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:29, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Granted, but he was more coerced into wearing it. I don't think there's evidence they flrced the clothes onto him. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:49, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok, so if we vote that it's just a basketball on a head, does that mean the image is not noted anywhere? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 06:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

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== Special Characters ==

Somebody edited a mention of Nestlé Crunch to replace the &eacute; with an actual é character. It was done partially to avoid a redirect within Wikipedia, which is understandable. I looked for a mention of this issue in [[HRWiki:Standards]] and [[HRWiki:Manual of Style]], but I didn't find one. In the absence of officially-accepted practice, I'll put forth that this is a bad idea. Any characters that are not available in 7-bit [[Wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII]] encoding should be entered as [[Wikipedia:Character encodings in HTML#Character references|character references]], either numeric (&#233; = é) or entity (&eacute; = é) style. The other way does work, but it puts encoding dependencies on the server which can cause sneaky problems later. For example, when [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Main_Page The KoL Wiki] migrated from a Windows server to Linux, they discovered that all their specially-encoded characters were broken, requiring lots of annoying fixes. It's just far more robust to use character references. They even work for inter-wiki links, as you'll see on my revision of the Nestlé mention. If no one tells me not to, I'll write this up in Standards. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 17:40, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
: I'm all for the fix. Not only can I never remember any of the character codes that are necessary for those special characters on an American keyboard, but I've personally seen problems with writing the character directly on ''this Wiki''. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Le Veau ==

Should we add something to the "veal" explanation? I know it's nice and succinct as it is, but veal is particularly famous as well for the fact that a lot of non-vegetarians won't eat veal because of cruelty to animals. [[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
*Is it relevant, though? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:56, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:I suggest you try something like adding this idea to the [[Talk:candy product#Nougat is the candy equivalent of veal|above conversation]]. [[User:VolatileChemical|VolatileChemical]] 22:25, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Ahem!!! ==

Will somebody please stop deleting the fun facts I add? They are true! -[[User:70.106.37.69|User:70.106.37.69]]

:Well, your most recent addition was removed with [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=candy_product&diff=next&oldid=292181 this edit]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 23:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:You said Homestar tried to steal pants in [[monument]], which just isn't there. That's why it was reverted. Check "Recent Changes" or History of a page to see why an edit was done. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Elements ==

Do you think Marshie saying "You can't destroy me!" in the easter egg is a reference to how elements can't be broken down into simpler parts easily? Possible fun fact?
Crapfully yours,
Jake in AL
* cool, didnt think of that.... i dont think it would make it as a fun fact tho.... {{User:Csours/sig}} 05:51, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
:I think that's a stretch. It could be SO many things. Who knows what? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 06:02, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

== TECH ==

I just removed this fun fact:

''"The team "playing" against CGNU is "TECH", a reference to [[mascot]]'s match between CGNU and Homestar's Knees Tech."''

That strikes me as a stretch, given that "(name) Tech" seems common among schools. I figure, if that was an intended reference, it would've been a lot more obvious. Really, the least important of three words does not constitute a reference. -[[User:YK|YK]] 06:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

:I think "TECH" could be a reference to [[Homestar's Knees Tech]] and should be mentioned as such. The only other Tech school that I know of in the Homestar world is [[Disco Tech]] where Bubs attends his night classes, but I doubt that it would be the school being referenced to because it has never been mentioned alongside [[CGNU]] in a toon as Homestar's Knees Tech has been in the [[mascot]] email. [[User:Jecowa|Jecowa]] 19:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

::Does it '''have''' to be a reference to something? If this got STUFFed, it'd probably get shot down. Like I said, the least important of three words does '''not''' make it a reference. And I see an anon re-added it. Who says they're not playing against "Strong Sad's Poetry Tech"? I don't think there's enough evidence to suggest the link between the two. -[[User:YK|YK]] 20:21, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

:::I agree, it is kind of a stretch. If they put "KNEES" or something like that on the scoreboard, that would be a much clearer reference. But seroisuly, there's probably hundreds of schools out there with the name "Tech". {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:23, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

==Bar Shapes in Commercial==
* ''Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestlé Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.''

I do not really think the shape of the bar has anything to with the shape of the package. There have been Easter candies shaped like the Easter bunny, and they're placed a hard, plastic container shaped like a rectangle so that it isn't easily broken.-[[User:ThomasO|ThomasO]] 19:12, 23 March 2006

I didn't actually see any difference in the package shapes... maybe I'm just not looking at the right thing.[[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]
Never mind! The first one seems to me like a Snickers bar (the not fun size kind), and the wider one makes me think of Hershey's... or Kit Kat.[[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]]

:I agree with ThomasO. Reese's Cups, for example, are rarely in a round package, even the individual ones you get for Halloween. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::I suppose one might expect the pants to be simply wrapped in colorful foil, but barring that, the rectangular package is about the only one that makes sense. I think the part of the fact after the em dash should go; it ''is'' worth noting (if only marginally) that two different size/shapes are shown. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 02:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

==SBLOUNSKCHED==

Do you think this could be a combination of things? SB could refer to Strong Bad, as in sbemail. Could the rest be short for something, or is this just a crazy case of making stuff up?
:The latter. Case in point: [[secret_recipes|Poopow, Chekt]], [[do over|stnanks]], [[animal|the pardack]] or [[Made-Up_Strong_Bad_Animals|da huuuuuu...d...g...e]]. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 05:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
::Don't forget [[bedtime story|suudsu]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh yes, how could I have forgotten The Cheat's little concoction? ;) {{User:The Paper/sig}} 05:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:I took it for granted that the SB in SBLOUNSKCHED! stood for Strong Bad, since he'd just given us the formula that started with "50% Strong Bad". But since I couldn't find any way to relate LOUNSKCHED to tooth rot and ta-dah, the combination fell apart after that. So mathematically, this is a 100% made-up word. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 14:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
::What's ta-dah!!!, anyway? - [[User:Sikon|Sikon]] 19:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Tada! It's all the oomph in the name. The presentation. The catchy bit that catches your eye and entices you into buying it. The tada! --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

==Caddyshack Reference?==

When Strong Bad calls out the Baby Ruth as a piece-of-crap shaped candy bar, might he be making a reference to the famous scene in Caddyshack where the pool is cleared by a Baby Ruth floating in the water?
:Possibly. It's being voted on now over at the [[Template:STUFF/candy product|STUFF]] page. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 14:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== Pants ==

Hasn't anyone noticed that Strong Bad's pants have reverted to their pre-Montage shading? [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]] 18:34, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

File talk:SBLOUNSKCHEDbar.png

Bill — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:58:14 GMT

Bill: revert; see talk page

The reason I originally chose the cockeyed image with the Lappy background is that the straight, white-background image available in the SWF file does not include the word "bar" on the wrapper and thus is not really authentic. {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:13:59 GMT

Bill: /* Inside References */ ... or TGS 10 ... or it's just a cool use of Flash that we'll be seeing more of

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], A Hill, An Alley, [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone} {blows into mic, taps mic}'' Check one, check two. Sibilants. Sibilants. [[#Footnote|[1]]] SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one... like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end, and types it slowly}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A candy-based periodic table covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol' BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''BRITISH-ACCENTED VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED! name.

''{"SBLOUNSKCHED!" appears on the candy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talkin' to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] (with the word "BAR" written on it), a moustache, and the bust of Van Buren.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{a bite is taken out of the pants, with a 'chomp' sound}'' for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

''{A candy comercial begins. Fade in to a close-up of Strong Bad's feet and pants as he walks down a road towards the camera. The words "copyright 2006 Cheap As Free Foodstuffs" appear in the bottom-right corner for the first few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, singing}'' You’ve got the munch,—

''{Cut to the same scene, except now focusing on the right of Strong Bad's upper body. You can see that he is holding a SBLOUNSKCHED! candy bar. As the words "Crisp" and "Crunch" are spoken, they appear on the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —the crisp and the crunch,—

''{The camera cuts to full shot of Strong Bad walking. You can see that he is going along an odd-looking hill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —livin’ in the gutter with—

''{Senor Cardgage is in an alley, sleeping in a sleeping bag and using his Aldi bag as a pillow. Strong Bad's silhouette is seen walking past the edge of the street.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —grandmaaaa...

''{Cut to Althetic Field, where Strong Bad is in the foreground watching Coach Z struggle with a basketball over his head. On the scoreboard, CGNU has "0" points and TECH has "R".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' When coach puts you in,—

''{Strong Bad turns to face the camera, holds a SBLOUNSKCHED! candy bar up to the camera and smiles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —you gotta go for the win.

''{Cut to Strong Bad facing the [[Tandy 400]]. The following is displayed on the Tandy's screen.}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">
Current date is Fri 12-31-1999 
Enter new date (dd-mm-yy) 
a:\>
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Y2K turned out all riiiight!

''{When "all right" is sung, Strong Bad turns to face the camera and holds up the candy bar again. He also winks and gives a "thumbs-up" sign with his other hand. Cut to a blue background with the word "SBLOUNSKCHED" written repeated in the background. The candy bar's logo pops onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Strong Bad is facing the camera. Behind him is an angry Marzipan with her art equipment, her canvas broken over her head. Strong Bad raises the candy bar to the camera again, and Marzipan smiles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can do it!

''{Cut back to the blue background. The logo pops onscreen again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in his basement. Strong Sad's lower body is seen hanging halfway out of the ceiling, struggling. Debris is visible on the floor beneath him. Strong Bad holds the candy bar up again and the hanging Strong Sad gives a "thumbs-up" sign.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Crunchy chew it!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad standing on the green hill, this time with the path gone. The camera circles around Strong Bad as the sung line appears onscreen and then fades away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' Who’s got the money?!?

''{Strong Bad jumps up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Strong Bad freezes in midair as the background changes back to the blue one with the logo beneath him. As the TV announcer speaks, two candy bars appear on the left and a yellow oval with the message "Dentist Acknowledged" appears on the right.}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Shortly after Strong Bad moves his head to the side to peek around.}''

===Footnote===

#This could also be "Sibilance. Sibilance."

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
*Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

*At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

*Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy, distorted voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[Wikipedia:Sibilant consonant|Sibilants]] (or "sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].
*[[Wikipedia:Veal|Veal]] is the meat of young calves and is appreciated for its delicate taste, tender texture, and nutritious qualities.

===Trivia===
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] have revealed that "Draw [[Trogdor]] again" is one of the top five [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|commonly sent emails that will not be answered]].
*See [[The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]] for the full table.
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's [[News Articles|newspaper]] reads as follows:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%">Da NewsPapes 
World events continued for the 43rd 
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of 
the all-time record of 46. Many believe 
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed 
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of 
things to come." 

Back Pape 
Famous couples were spotted eating, 
walking around, and on movie screens 
across the country.</blockquote>

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestlé Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, you can't adjust the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] as you normally could.
*The Tandy gives the "current" date as month-day-year, with a 4-digit year, but it is asking for the new date as day-month-year with a 2-digit year.

===Fixed Goofs===


*When this email was released, there was no back button at the end. It was fixed within a day of the email's release.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! jingle, the scoreboard behind Coach Z reads [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]].
**The team "playing" against CGNU is "TECH", a reference to [[mascot]]'s match between CGNU and Homestar's Knees Tech.
*"Edgar's Baby's Daddy" is another instance of [[Edgar]]-based computer protection software.
*"Possible caper" refers to [[caper]].
*"Da NewsPapes" is a reference to the newspapers in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]], which were called "The Local Newspapes".
*We previously saw Senor Cardgage sleeping in the Back Alley in [[Senorial Day]].
*The camera rotating around Strong Bad while he's standing on the hill is a possible reference to [[Old Intro 2]] and/or [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]].
*Strong Bad also offended the English in [[sb_email 22]].

===Real-World References===

*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular 2-ounce candy bar in a log-shaped form, famously mistaken for excrement in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Crispity" is a made-up word used in advertisements, along with "crunchity" and "peanut-buttery," to describe the [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] candy bar.
*[[Wikipedia:Shemp Howard|Shemp Howard]] and [[Wikipedia:Curly Joe DeRita|"Curly Joe" DeRita]] served the role as the third of the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] at various points in the act's history.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:10:03 GMT

Bill: /* Inside References */ asterix'd

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], A Hill, An Alley, [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone} {blows into mic, taps mic}'' Check one, check two. Sibilants. Sibilants. [[#Footnote|[1]]] SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one... like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end, and types it slowly}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A candy-based periodic table covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol' BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''BRITISH-ACCENTED VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED! name.

''{"SBLOUNSKCHED!" appears on the candy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talkin' to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] (with the word "BAR" written on it), a moustache, and the bust of Van Buren.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{a bite is taken out of the pants, with a 'chomp' sound}'' for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

''{A candy comercial begins. Fade in to a close-up of Strong Bad's feet and pants as he walks down a road towards the camera. The words "copyright 2006 Cheap As Free Foodstuffs" appear in the bottom-right corner for the first few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, singing}'' You’ve got the munch,—

''{Cut to the same scene, except now focusing on the right of Strong Bad's upper body. You can see that he is holding a SBLOUNSKCHED! candy bar. As the words "Crisp" and "Crunch" are spoken, they appear on the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —the crisp and the crunch,—

''{The camera cuts to full shot of Strong Bad walking. You can see that he is going along an odd-looking hill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —livin’ in the gutter with—

''{Senor Cardgage is in an alley, sleeping in a sleeping bag and using his Aldi bag as a pillow. Strong Bad's silhouette is seen walking past the edge of the street.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —grandmaaaa...

''{Cut to Althetic Field, where Strong Bad is in the foreground watching Coach Z struggle with a basketball over his head. On the scoreboard, CGNU has "0" points and TECH has "R".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' When coach puts you in,—

''{Strong Bad turns to face the camera, holds a SBLOUNSKCHED! candy bar up to the camera and smiles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —you gotta go for the win.

''{Cut to Strong Bad facing the [[Tandy 400]]. The following is displayed on the Tandy's screen.}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">
Current date is Fri 12-31-1999 
Enter new date (dd-mm-yy) 
a:\>
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Y2K turned out all riiiight!

''{When "all right" is sung, Strong Bad turns to face the camera and holds up the candy bar again. He also winks and gives a "thumbs-up" sign with his other hand. Cut to a blue background with the word "SBLOUNSKCHED" written repeated in the background. The candy bar's logo pops onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Strong Bad is facing the camera. Behind him is an angry Marzipan with her art equipment, her canvas broken over her head. Strong Bad raises the candy bar to the camera again, and Marzipan smiles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can do it!

''{Cut back to the blue background. The logo pops onscreen again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in his basement. Strong Sad's lower body is seen hanging halfway out of the ceiling, struggling. Debris is visible on the floor beneath him. Strong Bad holds the candy bar up again and the hanging Strong Sad gives a "thumbs-up" sign.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Crunchy chew it!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad standing on the green hill, this time with the path gone. The camera circles around Strong Bad as the sung line appears onscreen and then fades away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with chorus}'' Who’s got the money?!?

''{Strong Bad jumps up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{Strong Bad freezes in midair as the background changes back to the blue one with the logo beneath him. As the TV announcer speaks, two candy bars appear on the left and a yellow oval with the message "Dentist Acknowledged" appears on the right.}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Shortly after Strong Bad moves his head to the side to peek around.}''

===Footnote===

#This could also be "Sibilance. Sibilance."

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
*Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

*At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

*Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy, distorted voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[Wikipedia:Sibilant consonant|Sibilants]] (or "sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].
*[[Wikipedia:Veal|Veal]] is the meat of young calves and is appreciated for its delicate taste, tender texture, and nutritious qualities.

===Trivia===
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] have revealed that "Draw [[Trogdor]] again" is one of the top five [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|commonly sent emails that will not be answered]].
*See [[The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]] for the full table.
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's [[News Articles|newspaper]] reads as follows:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%">Da NewsPapes 
World events continued for the 43rd 
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of 
the all-time record of 46. Many believe 
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed 
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of 
things to come." 

Back Pape 
Famous couples were spotted eating, 
walking around, and on movie screens 
across the country.</blockquote>

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestlé Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, you can't adjust the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] as you normally could.
*The Tandy gives the "current" date as month-day-year, with a 4-digit year, but it is asking for the new date as day-month-year with a 2-digit year.

===Fixed Goofs===


*When this email was released, there was no back button at the end. It was fixed within a day of the email's release.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! jingle, the scoreboard behind Coach Z reads [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]].
**The team "playing" against CGNU is "TECH", a reference to [[mascot]]'s match between CGNU and Homestar's Knees Tech.
*"Edgar's Baby's Daddy" is another instance of [[Edgar]]-based computer protection software.
*"Possible caper" refers to [[caper]].
*"Da NewsPapes" is a reference to the newspapers in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]], which were called "The Local Newspapes".
*We previously saw Senor Cardgage sleeping in the Back Alley in [[Senorial Day]].
*The camera rotating around Strong Bad while he's standing on the hill is a possible reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*Strong Bad also offended the English in [[sb_email 22]].

===Real-World References===

*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular 2-ounce candy bar in a log-shaped form, famously mistaken for excrement in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Crispity" is a made-up word used in advertisements, along with "crunchity" and "peanut-buttery," to describe the [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] candy bar.
*[[Wikipedia:Shemp Howard|Shemp Howard]] and [[Wikipedia:Curly Joe DeRita|"Curly Joe" DeRita]] served the role as the third of the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] at various points in the act's history.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:53:32 GMT

Bill: Foodstuffs

[[Image:SBLOUNSKCHEDbar.png|thumb|200px|"Ta-dah!!!"]]

The '''SBLOUNSKCHED! bar''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s very own brand of candy bar, which he of course needs because he is famous, popular, and a chick-magnet. It is produced by [[Cheap as Free|Cheap as Free Foodstuffs]]. The name of the bar is a marketing triumph, and is composed of 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! The candy is shaped like Strong Bad's pants, with a bite taken out for security purposes. The missing bite is not reflected in the packaging.

==Ingredients==
*Gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor
*Globule of semi-solid licorice colloid
*Channel of liquid nougat
*Solid crispety cookety log
*Rich, creamy pepperoni
*Tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal
*BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate

==Appearances==

*Email [[candy product]]

[[Category:Food and drinks]]

SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:51:25 GMT

Bill: /* Ingredients */ consistent'd!

[[Image:SBLOUNSKCHEDbar.png|thumb|200px|"Ta-dah!!!"]]

The '''SBLOUNSKCHED! bar''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s very own brand of candy bar, which he of course needs because he is famous, popular, and a chick-magnet. It is produced by [[Cheap as Free]]. The name of the bar is a marketing triumph, and is composed of 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! They are shaped like his pants, with a bite taken out for security purposes. The bite taken out is not reflected on the packaging.

==Ingredients==
*Gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor
*Globule of semi-solid licorice colloid
*Channel of liquid nougat
*Solid crispety cookety log
*Rich, creamy pepperoni
*Tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal
*BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate

==Appearances==

*Email [[candy product]]

[[Category:Food and drinks]]

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:49:30 GMT

Bill: /* Neither; Just a Basketball on a Head */

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:48:04 GMT

Bill: /* Neither; Just a Basketball on a Head */

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:47:31 GMT

Bill: /* Neither; Just a Basketball on a Head */

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:46:12 GMT

Bill: Neither; Just a Basketball on a Head

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:44:58 GMT

Bill: /* Coach Z */ not a costume; not a character variation

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:36:44 GMT

Bill: /* Y2K */

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:36:28 GMT

Bill: /* Y2K */

Talk:candy product

Bill — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:31:58 GMT

Bill: /* resistance is futile */ TTATOT?

News Articles

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:36:00 GMT

Bill: ell'd

[[Image:Newspaper.PNG|thumb|250px|The Local Newspapes]]
'''News articles''' are often used for humor purposes on [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] cartoons. They are usually written about bizarre stories and occurrences that are largely irrelevant to the toon's main plot. Several of the articles contain some variation of the line "His mother was very proud".

==Appearances==
*Email [[sb_email 22]] - As well as an article about [[Strong Bad]] offending the royal family in England, the issue of ''[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' that appears at the end of the email also includes stories titled "Cricket Still Pretty Weird Sport", "[[The King of Town|King of Town]] Eats Treacle", and "Officer Actually Named Bobby".
*Email [[privileges]] - In [[Fretmagic]] magazine, there is an article about [[Gary Palaroncini]] mastering "the hardest chord ever", which apparently requires 11 fingers to perform.
*Email [[stunt double]] - There is a newspaper called "The Local Newspapes" that has an article about a polar bear who wandered from the North Pole and interrupted a baseball game, injuring [[Mark Lemke]]. The headline is covered with a taped-on piece of notebook paper that reads "MISSING TAPE STOLEN!!! [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] seen on the case. For real."
**This same newspaper appears in [[dangeresque 3]], with the notebok paper reading "[[Perducci|PERDUCCI]] IS THE BAD GUY".
*Email [[colonization]] - In the book about the colonization of [[Strong Badia]], Strong Bad is seen reading a newspaper with a "RENT FOR SALE!" ad and a page saying "[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] declares [[Eggs|eggs]] not a fruit."
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] - [[Marzipan]] is reading a newspaper titled "The Latest News", which features an "article" about crime possibly being on the rise in [[Free Country, USA]]. The article is repeated 8 times in order to fill up the paper.
**This newspaper appears again in [[secret recipes]].
*Email [[time capsule]] - There is a current newspaper clipping with an article about a boy named Geoff, who saved a turtle named Slowbie by finding it in his shoe.
*Email [[portrait]] - A "rich-guy newspaper" is shown, with stories about mulligatawny stew rising in the markets and about large cell phones making a 4th quarter comeback as the "it" toy of the [[Decemberween]] season. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
*Email [[candy product]] - Strong Bad is reading Da NewsPapes in the bathroom. The two shallow articles visible on the papes employ many words to say, essentially, that "stuff continues to happen in the world" and "famous people did some stuff".

[[Category:Object running gags]]

News Articles

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:35:17 GMT

Bill: /* Appearances */ candy product

[[Image:Newspaper.PNG|thumb|250px|The Local Newspapes]]
'''News articles''' are often used for humor purposes on [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] cartoons. They are usually written about bizarre stories and occurrences that are largely irrelevant to the toon's main plot. Several of the articles contain some variation of the line "His mother was very proud".

==Appearances==
*Email [[sb_email 22]] - As well as an article about [[Strong Bad]] offending the royal family in England, the issue of ''[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' that appears at the end of the email also includes stories titled "Cricket Still Pretty Weird Sport", "[[The King of Town|King of Town]] Eats Treacle", and "Officer Actually Named Bobby".
*Email [[privileges]] - In [[Fretmagic]] magazine, there is an article about [[Gary Palaroncini]] mastering "the hardest chord ever", which apparently requires 11 fingers to perform.
*Email [[stunt double]] - There is a newspaper called "The Local Newspapes" that has an article about a polar bear who wandered from the North Pole and interrupted a baseball game, injuring [[Mark Lemke]]. The headline is covered with a taped-on piece of notebook paper that reads "MISSING TAPE STOLEN!!! [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] seen on the case. For real."
**This same newspaper appears in [[dangeresque 3]], with the notebok paper reading "[[Perducci|PERDUCCI]] IS THE BAD GUY".
*Email [[colonization]] - In the book about the colonization of [[Strong Badia]], Strong Bad is seen reading a newspaper with a "RENT FOR SALE!" ad and a page saying "[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] declares [[Eggs|eggs]] not a fruit."
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] - [[Marzipan]] is reading a newspaper titled "The Latest News", which features an "article" about crime possibly being on the rise in [[Free Country, USA]]. The article is repeated 8 times in order to fill up the paper.
**This newspaper appears again in [[secret recipes]].
*Email [[time capsule]] - There is a current newspaper clipping with an article about a boy named Geoff, who saved a turtle named Slowbie by finding it in his shoe.
*Email [[portrait]] - A "rich-guy newspaper" is shown, with stories about mulligatawny stew rising in the markets and about large cell phones making a 4th quarter comeback as the "it" toy of the [[Decemberween]] season. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
*Email [[candy product]] - Strong Bad is reading Da NewsPapes in the bathroom. The two shallow articles visible on the papes employ many words to say, essentialy, that "stuff continues to happen in the world" and "famous people did some stuff".

[[Category:Object running gags]]

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:30:29 GMT

Bill: /* Explanations */ tweaks

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talkin’ to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out all right! SBLOUNSKCHED! You can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED! Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's [[News Articles|newspaper]] reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by [[IMDb:nm0000158|Tom Hanks]] in a Wayne's World sketch on [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]] in a soundcheck for [[Wikipedia:Aerosmith|Aerosmith]].
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a Hostess-brand treat introduced in 1992. The packaging had two cupcakes with a bite-mark shape, with a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:28:59 GMT

Bill: /* Easter Eggs */ comma'd

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talkin’ to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out all right! SBLOUNSKCHED! You can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED! Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's [[News Articles|newspaper]] reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by [[IMDb:nm0000158|Tom Hanks]] in a Wayne's World sketch on [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]] in a soundcheck for [[Wikipedia:Aerosmith|Aerosmith]].
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a Hostess-brand treat introduced in 1992. The packaging had two cupcakes with a bite-mark shape, with a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Talk:candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:20:03 GMT

Bill: Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy redundancy

== Missing Back Button ==

Didn't know if anyone noticed yet, but I loaded this email and at the end, there's no Back button. Anywhere. I used the TAB button to see if it was hidden or anything and nothing came up. Just wanted to let you guys know.

== Draw Trogdor again ;) ==

TBC knew that a wiki member was in the [[Flashforward_2006_Seattle_-_28_Feb_2006|Flashforward]] audience. On the H*R Junkmail Filta, I'd like to think they were winking at ''us''. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Maybe that was just in there because TBC has stated multiple times that they don't answer emails on a previously covered topic ([[dangeresque 3]] being the closest thing to an exception). --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Sure, that's why "Draw Trodor again" is there, but I think the ";)" is directed this direction. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Nah, I don't think it was us in particular - more like the people who keep sending emails about things that have already been done. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, of course I can't be sure, but I'd still like to think so. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

==Another Nod? ==

Just this past week we started a page about [[Strong Bad Smiling]] - and what's the final shot in this email? Coincidence?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 20:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Tom Hank's SNL Reference ==

the intro was a definate reference to the Tom Hanks appearance on SNL; specifically the Wayne's World Sketch with Hanks as the roadie for Aerosmith. [[user:thereddestraddish]]
:Yes it is, I couldn't place it. Add that! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:I thought of that Wayne's World sketch as soon as I heard it also. {{User:Stonecold5987/sig}} 20:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Nougat is the candy equivalent of veal ==

What is Strong Bad talking about? There's a Wikipedia entry on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nougat Nougat] but I didn't get any veal equivalency there. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 19:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:He's just saying that Veal is like the best kind of meat, nougat is like a candy Veal. Its like.. a metafor? i dunno, one of those.--[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Well, I could be wrong, but I think this was another job for [[pop-up|making stuff up]]. Remember, that's one of Strong Bad's hobbies. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 20:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::I don't think so. The important characteristic of veal is it's made from baby cows, or at least that seems to me to be what he's referencing. Veal is only the best if you like it. Lots of people don't. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Veal is really tender, and nougat is soft and easy to chew as well. I guess. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Veal is also expensive and closely associated with cuisine. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it any less luxurious. There's no way he means that nougat is the candy that's made out of baby cows. That's just stupid and totally counter to the idiom he's using. Besides, he's trying to hype the candy bar, not get PETA on his case. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
::::So nougat is the most expensive, luxurious candy? Finally, an explanation that makes sense! --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Transcript ==

Hey, i'm doing the transcript i guess, and since its my first I really don't know what i'm doing. So if you have anything to add, change, fix, etc., be my guest. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:02, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== "Sibilants" ==

I believe Strong Bad is actually saying "syphilis" at the beginning of this email.
Because: he is obviously doing a mike check, and "syphilis" is the word generally used in video production to do a mike test.
Trust me, I know. --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Um, no. It's Sibilance, clearly, and ref. Wayne's World skit on SNL with Tom Hanks and Aerosmith.
{{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::Also, the whole point is to check that the sound system is properly reproducing sibilants (or sibilance). In the U.S., we don't pronounce the "T", so it's impossible to know whether he's saying sibilants or sibilance, but it's definitely not syphillis. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. My bad. *smirks at people who watch Wayne's World* --[[User:IT'S A LION!|IT'S A LION!]] 20:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:Heh, I at first heard it as "Sibboleth". (Points to the first person to identify that reference.) But what we wrote is obviously correct. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 20:45, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I saw the same joke used on a rerun of The Daily Show the day this e-mail was supposed to come out (the day before it actually came out). Odd coincidence, or do TBC get their jokes from late night tv, much as I do?

== familiar sign... ==

Did anyone see the [[Tandy 400]] in the commercial? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 20:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

:It's already noted on the [[Tandy 400]] page. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Newspaper ==

The paper when Strong Bad is in the bathroom says :

Back Pape:
Famous couples were spotted eating, walking around, and on movie screens across the country.

Da NewsPapes:
World events continued for the 43rd consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of all-time record of 46. Many believe this is a sign of things to come. Ed Bache concurs. "This is a sign of things to come."

I Don't know where to put it, but thats what it says. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

::I would put it after the Priodic Table of Candy. --[[User:66.241.95.65|66.241.95.65]] 20:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::How do you get rid of the black border when you view the swf file?{{User:Csours/sig}} 20:44, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Well how i did it, was i made a new file in Flash MX and imported the SWF file, and on the frame that it had the newspaper, i just clicked the border and pressed delete. When you import it you don't have as much control as if it was a FLA file, but you can still do some stuff with it. at least in the version i have. --[[User:Collin|Collin]] 20:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Elements ==

Someone's mentioned that Pb and Al stand for lead and aluminum in the remarks section. It seems to me that this should be an all-or-nothing comment. So should we add Co (cobalt), Cr (chromium), Ca (calcium), and Mt (meitnerium)? Or should we delete the existing remark?
:It's been removed on those grounds, but I'm in favor of re-adding that fact with all the real elements listed. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 20:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, that was me. I mistakenly noted "Ma" as a real element in my summary, didn't remember Cr, and have never heard of Mt before (it's one of those bottom-row post-100 elements) but yeah. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I was thinking of making a page for the elements {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 21:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Might not be a bad idea to move the table there too, as it's quite distracting here. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Okay. Should I take it of the email page? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 21:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::If you're going to, put it on its own page first to save yourself some trouble. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy redundancy ==

With the upgrade of the text version of the spam filter, the textual and graphical versions are virtually 100% redundant. Can we please pick one to delete? {{User:Bill/sig}} 21:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

File:DaNewsPapes.png

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:16:37 GMT

Bill:

A screenshot of Da NewsPapes in the Strong Bad E-Mail [[candy product]]. It is not completely visible in the e-mail.

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:13:55 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ tweaks

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talkin’ to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out all right! SBLOUNSKCHED! You can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED! Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:11:07 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ tweaks

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (as "daunt"), inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:08:02 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ tweaks

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound, inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor,—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat,—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:05:38 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ shape shape shape, shape shape shape, shape your booty

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound, inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor,—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat,—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see... shape, shape, shape, shape, shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{chomp}'' for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px" | Re: Besing Friends Draw Trogdor again ;) Re: re: re: resending Re: PharmBlacy news Possible caper Rrrrates so low!!!! Shemp vs. Curly Joe It's almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-right:4px;padding-left:4px" | 10:22 10:22 10:23 10:23 10:23 10:24 10:24 10:24
| style="border-top:2px solid #CCC;padding-left:4px" | Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner Homestar Runner
|}
|}

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Da NewsPapes]]
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:58:14 GMT

Bill: /* Transcript */ chocolate morphing tweak

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound, inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor,—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat,—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see, Shape, shape, shape, shape, shape..

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of Indiana, a moustache, and the Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built in bite out of them for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
<pre>Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy
H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject | Time | Sender
----------------------+-------+----------------
Re: Besing Friends | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Draw Trogdor again ;) | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Re: re: re: resending | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Re: PharmBlacy news | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Possible caper | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Rrrrates so low!!!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
Shemp vs. Curly Joe | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
It's almost 10:25!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner</pre>

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith. It was also mentioned by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart the night before this email appeared.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:52:24 GMT

Bill: /* Trivia */ Da NewsPapes

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound, inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor,—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat,—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see, Shape, shape, shape, shape, shape..

''{The candy changes shape into a Chainsaw, Dollar sign, Thumbs up, Syringe, Campfire, Indiana, Moustache, and Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built in bite out of them for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
<pre>Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy
H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject | Time | Sender
----------------------+-------+----------------
Re: Besing Friends | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Draw Trogdor again ;) | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Re: re: re: resending | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Re: PharmBlacy news | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Possible caper | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Rrrrates so low!!!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
Shemp vs. Curly Joe | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
It's almost 10:25!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner</pre>

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}
*This is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
<pre>Da NewsPapes

World events continued for the 43rd
consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of
the all-time record of 46. Many believe
this to be a sign of things to come. Ed
Bache concurs. "This is a sign of
things to come."

Back Pape

Famous couples were spotted eating,
walking around, and on movie screens
across the country.
</pre>

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:50:39 GMT

Bill: /* The Periodic Table of Candy Elements */

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound, inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the email, and says "somone" as a name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one...like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A [[candy product#The Periodic Table of Candy Elements|candy-based periodic table]] covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor,—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs will the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat,—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres are floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal.

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of chrispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED name. But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I’m talking to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see, Shape, shape, shape, shape, shape..

''{The candy changes shape into a Chainsaw, Dollar sign, Thumbs up, Syringe, Campfire, Indiana, Moustache, and Van Buren Statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built in bite out of them for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a pair of half eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' You’ve got the munch, the crisp and the crunch, livin’ in the gutter with grandma. When coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright! SBLOUNSKCHED you can do it! SBLOUNSKCHED Crunchy chew it! Who’s got the money?!? You got SBLOUNSKCHED!

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
<pre>Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy
H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject | Time | Sender
----------------------+-------+----------------
Re: Besing Friends | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Draw Trogdor again ;) | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Re: re: re: resending | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Re: PharmBlacy news | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Possible caper | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Rrrrates so low!!!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
Shemp vs. Curly Joe | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
It's almost 10:25!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner</pre>

* At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half eaten choco-pants!

* Also click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==

=== The Periodic Table of Candy Elements ===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}

*The [[Wikipedia:Chemical symbol|chemical symbol]] '''Ch''' is used for both the ''Chocolatium'' and ''Chewy'' elements.

===Trivia===
*Strong Bad's newspaper reads as follows:
{{in-process}}

===Explanations===
*Although [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] have several meanings, in this situation they refer to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them.
*[[wikipedia:Sibilants|Sibilants]] (or "Sibilance") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up properly.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. It is possible that Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].

===Remarks===
* Strong Bad's candy bar comes packaged in two different rectangular shapes — the first resembling the old Choco-Lite bar or a [[Wikipedia:Nestle Crunch|Nestlé Crunch]] with Caramel, and the second resembling a [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|Kit Kat]] — in spite of the fact that the bar itself is supposed to be shaped like a pair of pants.

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd:, or Re: in the subject line.
*This is another example of [[Homestar Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van_Buren | bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*''The Periodic Table of Candy Elements'' is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.
*"Sibilance," a word describing the "s" sound, was used by Tom Hanks in a Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live in a soundcheck for Aerosmith. It was also mentioned by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart the night before this email appeared. It was also mentioned by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart the night before this email appeared.

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candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:42:41 GMT

Bill: /* Explanations */ commectomy

candy product

Bill — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:15:30 GMT

Bill: /* Remarks */ oops