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Evandavis7 — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:36:43 GMT

Evandavis7: Added the name/release year of the commercial in question

{{about|email where Strong Bad tours his Vaguely Military Career Fair}} {{for|email where the Homestarmy tries to invade Strong Badia|army}}
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[[Image:Homestar Frank Bennedetto more armies.png|thumb|"The Homestarmy has a career for you in the no-armed forces!"]]

Strong Bad gives us a tour of his Vaguely Military Career Fair.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}/[[Tito]]/{{film|Firebert}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Gymnasium]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The King of Town's Castle]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 21, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:40

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>
subject: Strong Badia's Army</div>
Mr Strong Bad 
I have three sons that wish to join the Strongbadia army. 
Do you have any pamphlets, brochures, video information 
that could assist. 
Yours, 
Paul, Perth 
Western Australia
</blockquote>
''{He says "Mr" as "Mere" and says "Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad, okay?!" after reading "Mr Strong Bad". He also reads "Paul, Perth" as one name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen, typing}'' Look Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need ''{pronounces "have-slash-need"}'' an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of shady missionaries, er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can just ''{doesn't type "just"}'' swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!

''{Cut to a wide shot of The Cheat next to Strong Bad. Strong Bad turns around to face him.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, it's not for three weeks. Okay.

''{Cut to a black screen reading "2 weeks later...". Cut to Strong Bad in his basement.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Introducing...

''{Cut to The Cheat on the couch, with a cane, a bowtie, and a top hat reading "Tito". He turns left and right and waves.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Tito the Tophaticent! And his beautiful assistant,

''{Cut to a wide shot of the basement, revealing Strong Mad standing behind the couch with two basketballs in his singlet. He waves. Silhouettes of Strong Bad and Strong Sad are visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yaaaay! ''{claps}''

''{Cut to a black screen reading "1 week later...". Cut to Strong Bad sitting at a booth in the gymnasium, wearing an [[eyepatch]] and a taped-on mustache. On the booth is a muffler, a stack of brochures, and a pipe. Coach Z walks by.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Excuse me, Ganglo-Saxon. You look like the type of kid that gets his lunch handed to him daily. Well, if you'd like to be the lunch-handerer ''{raises his glove, revealing a robotic claw taped to it}'' for a change, then boy, do the On Point Kings have a brochure for you!

''{Strong Bad puts the brochure on the table. It has the On Point Kings logo on top of a camouflage-style background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a Roman trifold ''{opens brochure}'' printed on 65-pound cardstock.

''{The camera zooms in on the various features of the brochure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 14-point Helvetica, laid out using QuarkXpress! A ''pirated version'' of QuarkXpress!

''{Flips open to another side of the brochure, which shows photos of the On Point Kings in action.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We specialize in black ops, brown ops, and the occasional beige op.

''{Cut to footage of Strong Badia, where a hopscotch grid has been drawn on the dirt. Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat are there, all wearing fake mustaches. "CLASSIFIED" has been stamped on the screen. The Cheat starts hopping along the squares.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat! Go for sixies! ''Sixies!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the booth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How do you ever expect to get an ''{shows off his features as he says them}'' eye patch, mustache, or robotic arm like this{{--}} clank, clank{{--}} unless you join up with a shady band of missionaries? Oh, crap, I did it again! ''{camera moves away}'' Mercenaries, I meant mercenaries! ''{screen pans right and fades out}'' We do bad stuff!

''{Cut to The King of Town at his booth. He is asleep while he is fed Giblet Gravy through a mask and tube. There is a TV on his table, as well as a sign reading, "Out to lunch Watch video" and an arrow pointing to the TV. Two posters are on the wall. Cut to the video, which shows a silhouetted The Poopsmith slowly climbing up the King's castle.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again...

''{The Poopsmith has reached the top of the castle. He grabs his shovel.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The fortitude...

''{The Poopsmith holds the shovel by his side.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The strive...

''{The Poopsmith holds the shovel up to the dark, cloudy sky as lightning flashes.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The ideals...

''{Lightning strikes the shovel, which gives The Poopsmith dark gloves, a gas mask, a club, and a shield.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The list of attributes...

''{Zoom out on The Poopsmith, revealing a black and white poster with five Poopsmiths with the same gear. A King of Town logo is in the center and the words "The Municipality" are at the top.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Municipality. ''{words appear as the King says them}'' Honor. Valor. Buttor.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner's booth. Homestar is wearing an orange bowl on his head and is wielding an orange spoon. The table has the popcorn machine, Frank Bennedetto, behind a sign reading "Not free popcorn, memorial statue". There are two posters on the wall, one depicting Homestar wearing the same outfit, with the caption "Do You Has?", and another depicting the orange bowl and spoon, with the caption "Boond You Like?"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, young man! Say, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man! ''{points a wooden spoon at viewer}'' You look like you come from a long line of five bucks-havers. Well, the Homestarmy has a career for ''you'' ''{points}'' in the no-armed forces!

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, you good at video games? I'm not good at video games. ''{chuckles}'' The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes, it made me a waffle. ''{zoom in}'' Say, you like pamphlets? ''{holds up a book of "Game Program Instructions" by [[Videlectrix]]}'' Here's a pamphlet! ''{tears book in half}'' Here's two pamphlets!

''{Cut to the original wide shot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if your girlfriend was a ''{holds up spoon}'' wooden spoon and an ''{lifts bowl off his head}'' orange plastic bowl? ''{lowers eyelids}'' That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed-up kid are you? ''{angry}'' We don't recruit your kind! ''{waves spoon}'' Get out of here!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's fair, right Dinkum? You send your coolest son off to join the On Point Kings. He'll have to be jumped in. You send your fat son off to join The Municipality. He'll have to be ''{short pause}'' pooped in. And then you send your step-headed red-child off to certain doom in the Homestarmy. He's gonna wanna be jumped out. Well, I gotta go find the bicycle pump. Tito the Tophaticent's beautiful assistant's looking a little...lopsided.

''{Strong Bad gets up and leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down with an odd, sick-sounding noise; it is crumpled and torn. Strong Bad peeks in from the right side of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.

''{Strong Bad leaves again.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Shady missionaries.png|thumb|Fairly Religious Overtones!]]
*Click on "Shady Missionaries" to see a [[Taranchula]] album of the same name.
* When Homestar says "The last time I fired up one of my old [[Sega tapes]], it made me a waffle", click anywhere on the screen to bring up a picture of a [[Wikipedia:Waffle iron|waffle iron]] with a [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Genesis]]-like controller and cartridge attached to it.
*At the end, click on "Tito the Tophaticent's" to see a video clip:
:''{The Cheat, in his Firebert outfit, is standing in front of a sign that bears the Cheat Commandos logo and reads "Meet TV's Firebert!" After a long pause with cricket sounds, he takes out a fine tip red permanent marker and angrily replaces "Firebert" with "Trogdor." He smiles and sighs happily as a large crowd of people gathers around and mumbles to each other. The only discernible phrases are "Oh, Trogdor, man, it's Trogdor" and "He looks taller."}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Mercenary|Mercenaries]] are hired soldiers not currently a member of any national armed forces organization, while [[Wikipedia:Missionaries|missionaries]] preach religious teachings.
*Strong Bad uses stereotypical examples of [[Wikipedia:Australian English|Australian English]] in his reply, "bonzer" (meaning excellent) and "fair dinkum" (meaning true or genuine).
*[[Wikipedia:Black ops|Black ops]] are covert operations which involve activities of a legally or ethically questionable nature.
*Giblet gravy is [[Wikipedia:gravy|gravy]] with the [[Wikipedia:giblets|giblets]], or internal organs, of turkey or chicken. It is usually served with the type of poultry from which the giblets came.
*"Jumping in" is a typical gang initiation ritual where new members are attacked by several gang members at once. The new member must fight back to prove himself before being accepted.
**"Jumping in" also refers to airborne military troops being dropped into a combat zone via parachute.
*"Step-headed red-child" is a [[Wikipedia:Spoonerism|spoonerism]] of [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=red-headed+stepchild "redheaded stepchild"], an expression used to refer to a social outcast.
*"Ganglo-Saxon" is a [[portmanteau]] of "gangly" and "[[Wikipedia:Anglo-Saxon|Anglo-Saxon]]".
*The brochure for the On Point Kings states that the version of QuarkXPress is registered to "B4KDØR H4XXØR" on the third inside page. This is a [[Leet]]-spelling of "Backdoor Hacker", a reference to [[Wikipedia:Hacker|computer hackers]] who use "[[Wikipedia:Backdoor (computing)|backdoors]]" to crack software copy-protection.
*Strong Bad's comment "You look like the type of kid that gets his lunch handed to him daily" could be explained as a [[portmanteau]]-like combination of "gets his [rear] handed to him" and "has his lunch money taken/stolen".
*When Strong Bad mistakenly says "missionaries" instead of "mercenaries", he is making a [[Wikipedia: Freudian slip|Freudian slip]].

===Trivia===
[[Image:On Point Kings brochure.png|thumb|"Bro, sure!"]]
*The label on the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#dark seed|dark seed]]".
*This email contains another instance of [[Strong Mad smiling]].
*Apparently, The Cheat himself voices Firebert on the [[Cheat Commandos]] cartoon (which is no surprise, as Firebert appears to be the only Cheat Commando incapable of speech).
*When Strong Bad is explaining his brochure, an army style version of the Dangeresque theme is playing.
*The various parts of the brochure read:
{| style="width: 45em"
| rowspan="2" style="width: 15em; text-align: center"|ARE YOU ''ON'' POINT?
"Bro, sure!" All the ladies 
love a man that has this 
brochure in his back 
pocket.
{Hand-drawn picture of a stick figure jumping from a helicopter into water}
This could be you!!!
| colspan="2" style="width: 30em; text-align: center" | {Black-and-white photo of Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat – all three have fake moustaches and their eyes are censored}
Our three fourfathers. Identies unknown.
|-
| style="width: 15em" | Clients include:
*Strong Badia
*The Cheat's sister
*Joe Piscopo
| style="width: 15em; text-align: center" |Earn your 'stache today!!
{fake moustache}
Made on a Quark Xpress Registered to B4KDØR H4XXØR
|}

*The [[Podstar Runner]] description of this email reads "Strong Bad takes us on a tour of his Vaguely Military Career Fair."

===Remarks===
*The [[font]] [[Wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]] is not present anywhere on the On Point Kings' brochure.
** The font featured is called "Coolvetica," a derivative, cost-free alternative, which is a stylized modification of Helvetica Bold.
*The Cheat does not receive any visitors until he replaces "[[Firebert]]" with "[[Trogdor]]". It is strongly implied that his initial unpopularity is due to the name "Firebert", which was criticized in [[army]] and again in [[Shopping For Danger]].

*After The Paper comes down, the Easter egg can still be clicked on before and while Strong Bad says his last line.
*Strong Bad tells The Cheat to go for "sixies" while playing hopscotch. "Sixies" is actually a term used during the playground game of jacks, when a player tosses a ball in the air and grabs the jacks before the ball hits the ground six times in a row (as in "onesies", "twosies", threesies", etc.).

===Goofs===
[[Image:Backwardscoachz.PNG|thumb|Backwards Coach Z emblem]]
*Coach Z's emblem is backwards.
*As Strong Bad leaves the screen the first time at the end, part of his reflection appears on the wall behind the Lappy, and the right edge of the table disappears.
*As Strong Bad enters the screen once The Paper comes down, his head appears behind the Paper.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When Strong Bad showed his robotic arm, his glove did not appear. This was fixed later in the day.

===Inside References===
*This email makes several references to [[army]]. These include:
**Strong Bad's claim that he already said Strong Badia has/needs no army.
**The memorial to [[Frank Bennedetto]], the only casualty of [[The Battle of Strong Badia]].
**A poster at Homestar's booth is captioned with "Do you has?" In [[army]], Homestar asks Strong Bad, "Do you has what it takes to join the [[Homestarmy]]?" This poster is also available as a [[Downloads|downloadable]] [[wallpaper]].
**In [[army]], Homestar tells his troops to give five bucks to the Homestarmy. Here, he states, "You look like you come from a long line of five-bucks-havers."
**The [[Cheat Commandos]] first originated in [[army]] by having [[The Cheat]] dress as [[Firebert]]. In the Easter egg, his Firebert costume is seen again.
*The Cheat's [[Tito]] costume is from [[part-time job]].
*The music during the Tito scene is from [[Strongest Man in the World]].
*[[The Municipality]] was previously mentioned in [[disconnected]].
*The Paper's poor condition is a reference to [[montage]], where it's stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173, at which time Strong Bad upgraded to an inkjet printer" (this email is #172).
**The sound it makes is an extended version of the one from [[Sick Day]].
* The [[On Point Kings]] were first referenced in [[origins]].
*[[The smashed muffler]] and a pipe are sitting on Strong Bad's recruiting stand.
* In his "Homestarmy" monologue, Homestar mentions [[Sega tapes]].
*The time displayed on the scoreboard is [[Pi|3:14]].
*Homestar's line about pursuing a career in the "no-armed forces" references Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].
*Strong Bad's costume, from when he is running the On Point Kings booth, features a [[mustache]].
*The sound The Cheat makes in the beginning of the Firebert Easter egg is similar to the one he made in [[mile]] after Strong Bad left.
*The skeleton costume visible on the hands of the "shady missionary" on the cover of Taranchula's album was also worn by the guitarist in their [[Moving Very Slowly (video)|Moving Very Slowly music video]].
*There is an appearance of [[feeding through a tube]].
*The waffle iron in the Sega tape Easter egg resembles the one that appears on [[Main Page 5]].
*The pamphlet has two examples of [[deliberately poor English]]: "forefathers" and "identities" are respectively written as "fourfathers" and "identies".
*In the Easter egg, while The Cheat is waiting for people to come to his booth, [[cricket noises]] can be heard.

===Real-World References===
*The Municipality video closely resembles "The Climb," a 2001 commercial for the [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|US Marines.]]
**Similarly, the Poopsmith's shield has "Pooper Fi" written on it, a parody of the US Marines motto "[[Wikipedia:Semper fidelis#The United States Marine Corps|Semper Fi]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Joe Piscopo|Joe Piscopo]] is an American comedian known for his work on ''[[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:QuarkXPress|QuarkXPress]] is a page layout application for Mac and Windows.
*The pamphlet for the Homestarmy features the cover art for the [[Atari 2600]] version of ''[[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]]''.
*Strong Bad's mercenary costume closely resemblances that of [[Wikipedia:Major Bludd|Major Bludd]], a mercenary from the [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (TV series)|G.I. Joe]] cartoon series.

===Fast Forward===
*In the next email, titled "[[the paper]]", The Paper finally breaks down and is replaced by [[New Paper]].
*The music during Strong Bad's brochure demo is used again as background music for [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]].

==DVD Version==
{{commentary|email=true}}

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

''{The commentary begins with Matt singing da-das to the tune of an action theme. He laughs slightly at the start of his second line, apparently at Mike's confusion.}''

'''MIKE:''' Matt's singing a song, everyone, that ''{laughs slightly}'' I don't know where to go with.

'''MATT:''' It's...it's the On Point Kings'...''{laughs slightly} A-Team''-like{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, okay.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}theme song that plays while they look at their brochure!

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I thought you were g{{--}} I thought it was ''just'' the actual ''A-Team'' ...

'''MATT:''' No. It's ''just'' shy ''{both laugh}'' of the actual ''A-Team'' song.

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' You can pretend that you're Hannibal,

'''BOTH:''' ''{singing}'' Murdock or ''{Mike stumbles slightly}'' Face, 
:: Or maybe B.A. Baracus, 
:: you know each one is an ace. 
:: Each is sold separately with rifle and gear, 
:: When there's ''{both stumble}'' trouble to face, 
:: You know the A-Team's here! 

'''MIKE:''' There you go. ''A-Team''. Toys commercial. ''{mumbling}'' We just...

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, that's pretty good! That just came outta nowhere.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Uhh...so, the ''A-Team'' toys, I mean, that show...was it for kids?

'''MATT:''' Uh, I think kids liked mohawks. A lot,{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}Mike, and so they ''had'' to do what they could. I dunno, I feel like it was{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Well, for a primetime show? What ''primetime'' show now has action figures?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That's true. Yeah, there's even a show...''about'' comic-book superheroes ''{laughs slightly}'' that doesn't have action figures.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah!

'''MATT:''' Like, it's like, ''Lost''...

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Uh...''Dukes of''...''Dukes of Hazzard'' had...

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Primetime shows don't cater towards ki{{--}}I guess, back then there was...far less kids' programming.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Look at that robot claw! ''{Mike snickers}'' ''{Strong Bad displays the pamphlet}'' Oh, yeah. ''{closeup on the helicopter and stick figure}'' That could be you, ''{laughs slightly}'' Mike. ''{Mike snickers throughout}'' You could get chucked out of a...spindly helicopter. B4KDØR{{--}}B4KDØR H4XXØR was a thing that had been on our, uh...whaddaya call 'em{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Dry erase board?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. One of...one of several things that Strong Bad should say ''{chuckles}'' at some point.

'''MIKE:''' There's a{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{interrupting}'' We finally used it.

'''MIKE:''' Uhh...the...camera. The...Strong{{--}}the name of a digital camera{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' that's still not been used.

'''MATT:''' D-I-X-I-T-A-L...?

'''BOTH:''' X-A-M-E-R-A?

'''MIKE:''' Dishtical cshamera? ''{both laugh}''

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, he said missionaries.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Look at that kind of, uh...

'''MATT:''' P.O.V.?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{quietly}'' Look at that giblet container.

'''MIKE:''' We ''are'' some...pimply little teenager.

'''MATT:''' Yeah! ''{pause as they watch the Municipality video}'' Oh, man, that is an ominous-lookin' sky there. ''{pause; Mike makes a thunder sound effect along with the email}'' The few, the proud. That was prob'ly{{--}}I{{--}}I didn't go back and watch the...the...Marines commercial where the guy turns into a knight ''{Mike laughs}'' after climbing some big...rock? But, uh, I{{--}}it probably is alarmingly close{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}in terms of the cuts and stuff.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' Boond you like, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Hmm?

'''MATT:''' ''{in an unidentifiable accent}'' Boond you like a lick with my flabotox? Boond you liiike?  ''{Homestar prods his spoon at the camera}'' Ooh, look at that...P.O.V.-style spoon, ''{Mike snickers}'' too! ''{short pause}'' Sega tapes? Oh! That is not a pamphlet, Mike. That was a Space Invaders ''{both chuckle}'' instruction booklet. Which I...was ''very'' confused about the cover of Space Invaders, and Boston{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}album covers as a kid. I thought there was some link there.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' I can see that!

'''MATT:''' I wanted, like{{--}}I thought maybe Boston...made the...games? ''{Mike laughs}'' 'Cause there was also the Journey...the Journey Escape game? So...it was like, well, rock, there's{{--}}here's a...crossover...

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It was an obvious connection...between...

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Rock 'n' roll and video games...

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Early '80s arena rock, and...

'''MATT:''' So, uh...y'know, those Space Invaders things...were...maybe they were guitars? ''{Mike snickers}'' With cities on them? ''{Mike continues laughing throughout}'' Like Boston would like you to have?

'''MIKE:''' Did we miss that part? 

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we missed half this email.

'''MIKE:''' Ohh.

''{The Paper comes down torn}''

'''MATT:''' Ohh!

'''MIKE:''' Uh-oh. This is{{--}}must be near the end of the reign.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Madame{{--}}this does not Madame Bodewell. ''{Mike snickers}''

{{dvdproofread}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*''[[Wikipedia:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'' was an 80's action show about four mercenaries who fight to protect the oppressed. It is perhaps best remembered for the mohawk-wearing character B.A. Baracus, portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Mr. T|Mr. T]].
**The brothers nearly perfectly recall the song from an ''A-Team'' action figure commercial, which can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC3AgzQk6yA here]. This version of the commercial is likely not that which the brothers remember, but its lyrics are the same.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Dukes of Hazzard|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' was an action show in the 80's which featured the Duke brothers, Bo and Luke, who were constantly at odds with the corrupt politician Boss Hogg.
*''[[Wikipedia:Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' were both primetime action shows that were active at the time this email was released.
**''Heroes'' does in fact have some action figures, but they are not marketed to children in the way that ''A-Team'' action figures were in the 80's. They are largely intended as collectors' items.
*''[[Space Invaders]]'' is one of the best-known early arcade games. It is often cited as being one of the games which made video games a major industry worldwide.
*[[Wikipedia:Boston (band)|Boston]] and [[Wikipedia:Journey (band)|Journey]] are both bands which had many of their hits in the early 80's.
**Matt mentions ''[[Wikipedia:Journey Escape|Journey Escape]]'', a 1982 game for the [[Atari 2600]] in which the player guides Journey past "Love-Crazed Groupies" and similar foes in the band's attempt to escape after a concert.
*Madame Bodewell is an [[unseen character]] from [[pet show]].

==== Goofs ====

*When The Paper comes down, the displayed text is not distorted and partially overlaps one of the rips. This is not present in the Flash version.

==== Fast Forward ====

*The line "Each is sold separately with rifle and gear" later was used to describe [[the Topplegangers]].
*"Journey Escape" became the basis for "Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey" within the ''[[SBCG4AP]]'' episode [[Baddest of the Bands]].

==External Links==
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extra plug

Evandavis7 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:53:04 GMT

Evandavis7: Clarified a few things about the power outage, linked to Preeeeow, made The Paper a proper noun

{{sbenav}}
[[Image:sbemail116.PNG|thumb|"Nobody move! Gonna be a long week!"]]

Strong Bad shows us his awesome new [['Lectric Boots]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Club Technochocolate]] (Easter egg), [[King of Town's Castle]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, October 11, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:23

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ow ow ow... Ow ow oww... Ow ow owww... Email...

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear S to the B, 
I noticed that you always have an 
extra plug socket open under your 
desk. Isn't there something cool you 
could plug in there? 
Simcity, 
Justin Corcoran, MASS</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awww, I ''hate'' getting these mass emails! ''{typing}'' REMOVE ME! UNSUBSCRIBE! TAKE ME OFFA LIST! ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Well HUGE to the DORK, your timing couldn't be more perfect, as I just received my new electric boots in the mail today. Check out these features.

''{Strong Bad stops typing and produces a box of 'Lectric Boots.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No fewer than 8 lights flashing at any given time. Whisper quiet, and, uh, check out that guy dancing with that hot girl. That's gonna be ''me'' at the club, ''{pronounced with a rounded vowel}'' and the hot girl will be The Cheat— er, I mean, an actual hot girl. ''{speaking as the guy on the box}'' Hey there, fruit pie...the magician. Wanna dance? ''{speaking as the girl on the box}'' Yes, I would like to be your girlfriend based solely on your awesome boots!

''{Strong Bad sets the box on his desk. We pull back and see that Strong Bad is wearing the electric boots, with The Cheat under the desk near the empty socket.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, The Cheat, let's do this.

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

''{The Cheat plugs in the boots, causing the lights on the boots to come on and a loud, vacuum-cleaner-like humming to start. The Cheat puts his hands over his ears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting over the noise}'' WHOA! CHECK OUT THOSE LIGHTS. THEY'RE FLASHING!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{questioning The Cheat noises, shouting}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting}'' I SAID, CHECK OUT THE FLASHING LIGHTS!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{questioning The Cheat noises, shouting}''

''{The Cheat leaves the room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting}'' HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WAIT UP!

''{Strong Bad gets up and walks to follow The Cheat, until he reaches the end of his cord.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting}'' I'M GONNA NEED AN EXTENSION CORD!

''{Strong Bad sits back in front of the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, shouting}'' Attention all interested ladies: Please have electrical sockets installed every 5 feet before inviting me over to your apartment or dormroom. So, I guess I'm awex— ''{The power goes out, causing the computer room lights to turn off, the text on The Compy's screen to disappear, and the boots' humming to stop.}'' SOME IS THE REASON WHY!! ''{typing, despite power outage}'' Whoa. I guess these boots suck up a lot of energy. Maybe that's what "solid state" means. I suppose I can stop typing now. ''{stops typing}'' I'm gonna need some help finishing this email without power.

''{Cut to the darkened basement. Strong Mad, Strong Sad, and The Cheat appear to be watching TV, and are laughing. Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What are you guys watching?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Shhh!

''{Cut to the TV screen, where a picture of Andy Griffith's head is taped on. Strong Mad, Strong Sad, and The Cheat start laughing again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' You guys are watching a picture of Andy Griffith's head taped to a TV?

''{Cut back to the view of the couch. Homestar walks in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, has it started yet? I brought some popcorn! ''{He produces a popcorn bag containing a bottle of [[Mountain Dew]].}'' Dang, Strong Bad, I like your boots.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, I'm going to need some help finishing up this email. Will somebody give me a hand?

'''STRONG MAD:''' WHEN THIS IS OVER!!!

''{Cut back to the Compy 386. We can hear that the boots are running again. Strong Sad is holding up a piece of black paper in front of the monitor, which he lowers to reveal Strong Bad's "typed" text, written on another black paper taped to the screen, as Strong Bad is typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, shouting}'' Well, whatever your name was, the boots are back in action, and so am I. I can already tell they're gonna be a hit when I wear them to da club ''{pronounced as before}'' this weekend. The ladies can't resist flashing lights and an obnoxiously loud hum! ''{stops typing}'' All right, Strong Mad! Go!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down with Strong Mad producing [[Preeeeow|the sound effect]]. The sound of the boots fades out. Cut back from Strong Bad's desk to see Strong Mad holding The Cheat upside-down over the Compy 386, with The Cheat holding The Paper in his hands. The extra plug has been burnt. Strong Sad is holding the black piece of paper he used to obscure Strong Bad's text, and Homestar is wrapped in an extension cord leading from Strong Bad's boots elsewhere. A few seconds later, Strong Bad starts speaking}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Way to go, guys! I doubt ''anyone'' could tell the difference between a regular email and this unplugged email. Now keep holdin' it. Nobody move! Gonna be a long week!

''{A few more seconds later, Homestar starts talking.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{rhythmically}'' I really got. I really gotta pee. I really got. I really gotta pee pee. I really got. I really gotta pee.

''{Strong Sad joins Homestar.}''

'''STRONG SAD AND HOMESTAR:''' ''{rhythmically}'' I really got. I really gotta pee pee. I really got. I really gotta pee. I really got. I really gotta pee pee.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That is a disgusting song.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:clubtechnochocolate.png|thumb|"All is on! Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it!"]]
*At the end, click on either of Strong Bad's boots to see Strong Bad and The Cheat at Club Technochocolate.
:''{Strong Bad and The Cheat are at Club Technochocolate. Strong Bad dancing wearing his 'lectric boots near an outlet. The boots are making their usual loud humming noise. The Cheat is standing nearby plugging his ears with a couple of [[The Cheat's Glowsticks|glowsticks]].}''
:'''MUSIC:''' ''{background}'' All is on! Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it! All is o—
:''{The power goes out and The Cheat unplugs his ears.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, The Cheat! Let's keep this party movin'! On to the next club! ''{pronounced as before}''
:''{Strong Bad unplugs his boots and waddles offscreen.}''
*Also at the end, click on the extension cord to see what the 'Lectric Boots ''are'' plugged into.
:''{Cut to The King of Town's castle. An extension cord can be seen running from a sparking plugin out a window and into the distance. A sign has been placed near the plugin reading "auxilliary food-related thing. DO NOT UNPLUG!" The King of Town is standing nearby holding a piece of paper.}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' This electricity bill is ''pretendous''!

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#death track|death track]]".
*At the end, when the gang is maintaining the "unplugged email", Strong Bad remarks that it is going to be a long week. It turned out to be four weeks until the next email, [[montage]].
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "SB puts the extra plug under his desk to good use."

===Remarks===
*[[Wikipedia:Solid state (electronics)|Solid state]] refers to transistor electronics, vs. old vacuum tube or mechanical technology. In the '50s through the mid-'80s (the boots appearing to have come from the '70s), manufacturers would stamp "solid state" on their various devices, signifying that they were "state-of-the-art", tube-less electronics. These so-called "Solid State" boots apparently use a large and noisy vacuum cleaner motor, which runs contrary to the concept of solid state technology.
*In the Technochocolate Easter egg, The Cheat appears to be plugging his ears with the glowsticks, which can give us a rough estimated location of his ears beneath all that fur.
*Even though only one of Strong Bad's boots is plugged in, both boots work.
*During the unplugged email, there are burn marks around the free socket under his desk... It seems that when the boots "fused," the plug actually melted and/or caught on fire.
*Although there are burn marks around the extra plug under Strong Bad's desk after he blows the power, there are no marks around the plug at Technochocolate when he blows the power there.
*Viewing the Flash file shows Homestar sitting down fully on the floor, but he does not seem to have a bottom, as his legs bend up into his shirt.
**This was also seen in [[flashback]] and [[79 Seconds Left]].
*The King of Town's bill has the title 'Lectric bill, spelled just like Strong Bad's 'Lectric Boots.
*When Strong Bad glances at the plug before he says he needs an extension cord, the eye closer to us is smaller than the eye farther away from us, similar to [[:Image:Strongbadweirdeyes.PNG|this screenshot]].
*The back button is clickable even before it zooms out, even though there is not enough time to see and click it unless you were planning on it.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's boots stop making noises in the end even though the lights are flashing.
*In the Club Technochocolate Easter egg, The Cheat's glowsticks do not actually appear to glow. They have a gradient outline to imply glowing; however, when the power goes out, they dim the same as the surrounding area.
*If you view an Easter egg and wait, Strong Bad will repeat his "long week" statement and Homestar and Strong Sad will sing the song again.
*The power cord is initially on the right boot when The Cheat first plugs it in. Then, when the boots are plugged into the extension cord the cord is on the left boot. Finally, in the Easter egg at Club Technochocolate, the cord is back on the right boot.
*In the Easter egg in the King of Town's castle hall, Strong Bad has misspelled "auxiliary" as "auxilliary" on his sign.

===Glitches===
*The contrast knob on the Compy stops working when Strong Bad addresses "all interested ladies" even though the power is still on.
*The contrast knob on the Compy is still clickable when Strong Bad holds up the box for the 'Lectric Boots.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad started to spell the word "awexome" before the power went out, a reference to the email [[monster truck]] and [[Awexome Cross]].
*"Dang, Strong Bad, I like your boots!" is a reference to the cartoon [[New Boots]].
*The King of Town's statement about his electric bill being "[[Glossary#P|pretendous]]" is a reference to the [[Fan Costume Commentary|Strong Bad Fan Costume Commentary]].
*The "[[All Is On]]" song in [[Club Technochocolate]] is from an Easter egg in [[for kids]].
*Club Technochocolate is a reference to the email [[monument]].
*The [[sound effect]] of Strong Bad's boots when he is walking is identical to that of [[Stinkoman]]'s boots in [[Under Construction]].
**The sound effect is much like metal making contact with metal even though Strong Bad is walking on carpet (and later, in [[Club Technochocolate]], plexiglass)
*The TV that had [[Wikipedia:Andy Griffith|Andy Griffith]]'s head taped to it was the [[Telebision]] from the [[Old Telebision Toons Menu]].
*The Cheat's [[Glow Sticks]] are references to the emails [[techno]] and [[monument]].
* This email contains a [[Musical Moment]].

===Real-World References===
*The way Strong Bad pronounces 'da club' throughout the email is a reference to [[Wikipedia:50 Cent|50 Cent's]] hit single 'In Da Club', where he rounds off the 'u' in the word 'club' the same way.
*[[Wikipedia:Fruit Pie the Magician|"Fruit Pie the Magician"]] is a reference to the mascot for [[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]] brand fruit pies.
*"S to the B" is an example of a common hip-hop/rap method of joining two names, words, or letters.
*Andy Griffith was an actor, known for his appearances in the television programs [[Wikipedia:The Andy Griffith Show|The Andy Griffith Show]] and [[Wikipedia:Matlock|Matlock]].
*Strong Bad's humming sounds a bit like the opening theme to John Carpenter's [[Wikipedia:Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|''Assault on Precinct 13'']].

===Fast Forward===
*Rather than one, the [[montage|next email]] was released four weeks later, on November 8th.
*'Lectric Boots are mentioned in the Strongest Man in the the World book DVD commentary.
*Strong Bad's 'Lectric Boots are also an unlockable costume item in [[SBCG4AP]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
Commentary by: [[Jonathan Howe]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Mike Chapman]]

'''JONATHAN:''' Hey, it's Jonathan, Ryan, and Mike!

'''MIKE:''' It's true.

'''RYAN:''' It is true.

'''MIKE:''' Identify yourself, Ryan.

'''RYAN:''' I'm Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' Ryan, um, does our video editing and made, he made this DVD that you're watching. And Jonathan made that game that you were probably playing on our website earlier.

'''JONATHAN:''' Directly before watching this DVD.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. And directly after. Um...

'''JONATHAN:''' SimCity.

'''MIKE:''' And so...

'''JONATHAN:''' Yeah, I made SimCity myself.

''{Everyone laughs}''

'''JONATHAN:''' With these guys. I'm from Massachusetts. Yeah, Mass!

'''MIKE:''' Where are you from, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' Uhhhhh... Little Virginia, little Florida.

'''MIKE:''' Little Columbus, Georgia. Right?

'''RYAN:''' Little, Columbus, Georgia. That's uh, interesting place.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''RYAN:''' I like your boots.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we had some...

''{Jonathan laughs}''

'''JONATHAN:''' What is Ol' Fatty's?

'''MIKE:''' What?

'''JONATHAN:''' Ol' Fatty's!

'''RYAN:''' Hey is that from giracer?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know where that's from.

'''RYAN:''' Ol' Fatty's? And they're purring there.

'''MIKE:''' They're whisper quiet.

'''RYAN:''' I like it when you draw people like that. On your kids' books and your magazines.

'''MIKE:''' Matt drew those. Those are definitely Matt's style.

'''RYAN:''' This is about to get real loud.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we should talk loud now, guys.

''{Everybody raises their voices}''

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''JONATHAN:''' Can you hear me? What's the game of the day?

'''MIKE:''' Uhhhhhhhh...

'''RYAN:''' Death Track.

'''JONATHAN:''' Death Track.

'''MIKE:''' Death Track was a great game. It was a racing game where you had to shoot, uh, a futuristic racing game where you had to shoot other cars. Activision. Activision or Dynamix, I'm not sure which.

'''JONATHAN:''' It's weird that Activision and Electronic Arts are still around. They're like the kings!

'''MIKE:''' Activision is older than Electronic is older than Electronic, well I guess that Electronic Arts is pretty old. But Activision made Atari games in 1982.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Good for them. People got confused why he started yelling when it got dark.

'''RYAN:''' I got, I'm confused Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Well its sort of like, if you're, ummm, pulling a really heavy wagon, and then someone takes all the weight out of the wagon, you're pulling at the same, and you just start running forward.

'''JONATHAN:''' It's like a record stopping too. It just gets loud.

'''RYAN:''' Sorry, I was listening to you, but I turned to see Andy Griffith taped to the TV. And it was a little bit strange.

'''MIKE:''' So, that is from our cousin Jim. One of the many things we've stolen from him. There was this family, he claimed, that uh, that lived near him that didn't have a working TV and just taped a picture of Andy Griffith's head to the TV. Yet another example of Matt and I just stealing bits of our friends' and relatives' everyday lives.

'''JONATHAN:''' What about Lincoln version?

'''MIKE:''' Lincoln version we thought of.

'''RYAN:''' It's a good bit. You gotta, gotta, a lot of good bits.

'''MIKE:''' Do a bit Ryan. Hurry up.

'''RYAN:''' How about them boots, eh? They're flashin, and stuff...

'''MIKE:''' That's a good bit. How long does this thing go on for before the email ends?

'''JONATHAN:''' I think for a while. This is a waiting Easter.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhh, so we, uhh, get to hear, uhhh, the pee song?

'''JONATHAN:''' Oh yes, right. It's going to come up. People liked the pee song.

'''MIKE:''' My mom liked the pee song. I think that she was ashamed, that she really thought it was funny. But she, you know...

'''RYAN:''' That's not something you really want to admit to a friend.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, she was a little embarrassed.

'''RYAN:''' So did you have those boots, growing up?

'''MIKE:''' I still got them! I'm wearing them right now Ryan!

'''JONATHAN:''' Remember moon boots?

'''MIKE:''' Yes, I do remember moon boots.

'''RYAN:''' They had, like, two inches or so of plastic at the bottom. You feel like you're in space.

'''MIKE:''' I agree.

'''JONATHAN:''' I bet there are remixes of that floating around.

'''MIKE''': I want to remix it.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:SimCity|SimCity]] is a popular city-making game series by [[Wikipedia:Maxis|Maxis]] and [[Wikipedia:Electronic Arts|EA Games]].
*[[Wikipedia:Activision|Activision]] was founded in 1979 and first made games for the [[Atari 2600]]. It is indeed older than [[Wikipedia:Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]], which was founded in 1982 and first made games for the [[Wikipedia:Atari 800|Atari 800]]. [[Wikipedia:Dynamix|Dynamix]] was founded in the early 1980s and developed many of the games seen in Strong Bad's [[Floppy Disk Container]] including Deathtrack.

== External Links ==
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Evandavis7: Adding SB's future one-handed typing skills

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[[Image:Sbemail108.png|thumb|"All right, Led Zeppelin! Let's get this settled once and for all!"]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forcharacter|Pom Pom}}

Kevin asks about what would happen if you poked Pom Pom with a pin. Strong Bad experiments with dangerous conditions.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, [[Viklas]] (Easter egg), [[Monkey D]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, July 19, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:25

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, I'm an email gambler... that means I play cards with emails. ''{He pulls up the email.}'' Full house.

<blockquote class="email">Dear Strongbad, 
 
What would happen if you poked 
Pom-Pom with a pin? Is that why I 
haven't seen him around in a while? 
 
Kevin 
OH</blockquote>

''{He pronounces "OH" as the word "oh!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh! Kevin. You scared me! I dunno. I guess he would pop or explode depending on whether he's filled with helium or hydrogen. And also depending on if he's on fire at time of poke. This is sounding pretty good. ''{clears screen}'' Poking Pom Pom with a pin while he's on fire! Let's see, how can we raise the stakes a little bit? Ooh! I'll be blindfolded! Truly this will be my greatest feat! ''{He puts on a blindfold with a rayed sun motif.}'' All right. I'm ready to go. ''{Types as "aligrt u.ln reay tui gi"}''

''{He leaves the computer. Cut to a field where Coach Z and Homestar Runner are standing.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Um, I think it was dot-egg or dot-muffin or something.

'''COACH Z''': You sure it wasn't dot-com? ''{pronounced "cam" due to his accent}'' Or dot-org?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': No, I'm pretty sure it was dot-egg.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{offscreen}'' All right, Hindenburg.

''{He enters, still wearing the blindfold and brandishing a pin and the BMW lighter.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Where you at?

'''COACH Z''': ''{He jumps out of the way.}'' Whoa! Hey there! Careful with those!

'''STRONG BAD''': Pom Pom, is that you?

''{He begins to poke Homestar in the chin with the pin, which makes a little high-pitched "poink" noise each time.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, it's me.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{still poking, annoyed}'' Homestar?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, it's me. ''{Light pink dots begin to appear on Homestar's face}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Look, I'm trying to find Pom Pom. You know where he is?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I think he's over at Bubs's, filming his documentary.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{quickly and dismissively}'' All right, thanks.

''{He stops poking and walks off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{assuming a teenager's breaking voice and slightly swaying}'' Hey, Coach! Check me out! I've got bad zits!

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand, where The Poopsmith is wearing headphones and holding a boom mic over Bubs's head and Pom Pom is filming Bubs at his place behind the counter.}''

'''BUBS''': And that's how I almost died the fifteenth time.

''{Bubs, Pom Pom and The Poopsmith turn to look at Strong Bad as he enters.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': All right, Led Zeppelin! Let's get this settled once and for all!

''{Strong Bad jumps in the direction of the concession stand, but smashes his face against the wall.}''

'''BUBS''': That'll be five dollars! ''{He puts up a sign reading "Face Mashings $5."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Ugh! ''{He shakes his head.}'' That's cool. I'm cool. ''{quickly}'' Here I go again! Urah!

''{He jumps up and runs toward Pom Pom, who leaps into the air. He runs underneath Pom Pom and skids to a halt next to where he was standing. Pom Pom lands gracefully behind him with an angry expression.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Pom Pom, is tha—

''{Pom Pom kicks him into the air and 'juggles' him through several strikes, much like a fighting game, making combo signs appear after his fourth, fifth and sixth strikes with the ''Super Mario Bros.'' "coin" noise. He then finishes him off with a kick, sending him flying. A "1up" sign appears, along with the ''Super Mario Bros.'' "1-up" noise.}''

'''BUBS''': That'll be ten dollars! ''{He puts up a sign reading "Severe Pummelings $10."}''

''{Cut to the Compy room, where Strong Bad's reply is still on the screen. Strong Bad plummets through the roof, landing on his stool. He removes the blindfold.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Ugh! ''{typing}'' So, since I was blindfolded, I didn't really get a clear view of what happened. But I'm pretty sure I didn't get the everloving snot beat out of me and that Pom Pom exploded in a big fiery ball that was visible from space. Poor guy... I feel kind of sorry for him. I might even miss him a little bit. Well, it had to be done in the name of science. Or, more accurately, because some kid e-mailed me and told me to. ''{said in a childishly angered manner}'' I hope you're happy, Kevin!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "Poor guy" to see a letter from Strong Bad to [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|Pom Pom's parents]].
:''{Some sad music starts playing and a sheet of paper appears on the screen. As writing appears, Strong Bad reads it aloud, his voice cracking as he gets sadder.}''
<blockquote>Dear General and Fraulein Pom Pom, 
it is with a heavy heart that i inform you that your 
son recently exploded in a big, fiery ball that was visible 
from space. i would also like to add that in no way did 
he beat any of the everloving snot out of me. 
Sequentially, 
Strong Bad</blockquote>

*At the end, click on "e-mailed" to see Strong Bad "email gambling" with Bubs.
:''{Cut to a top-down view of a green table with some poker chips on it.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, read 'em and weep, boys! Pair of Abdis and a Viklas! ''{He throws cards onto the table, two of which bear a capital A, and one of which shows the Swedish flag.}''
:'''BUBS:''' Oh, man! Alls I got is a lousy MonkeyDude! ''{He throws down a card depicting Monkey D.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanation===
*A [[Wikipedia:Full house (poker)|"full house"]], as Strong Bad says in the opening song, is a poker hand of three cards of one value and two cards of another (e.g., 3 Kings and 2 Tens would constitute a full house).
*This is actually one of the few times the opening song is [[related to the email]] or Easter egg.
===Trivia===
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad investigates what happens if Pom Pom is poked with a pin. No ever-loving snot is kicked out of anyone."

===Remarks===
[[Image:Black-thing.png|thumb|The knot in its original black]]
*In the Flash file, between the two Easter eggs, from frames 2085-2105, a black version of the knot on the back of Strong Bad's blindfold appears in front of a plain white background. This black version is actually the belt from Pom Pom's karate outfit in [[Theme Song Video]]. ''{See also Inside References.}''
*In the letter to Pom Pom's parents, [[The Brothers Chaps]] did not modify the letter "q" (as they normally do) from how it actually appears in AhnbergHand, the [[font]] they usually use for Strong Bad's handwriting.
*After Strong Bad faceplants himself against the wall, the lighter goes out and is not re-lit.
*Strong Bad exposes himself as a less-than-expert typist in this email. After "raising the stakes" and donning a blindfold, he cannot type. An expert touch-typist would have no problem typing in this situation.
**However, in the email [[impression]], he is able to type with a picnic plate over his eyes.
**He is also able to turn his attention away from the Lappy and type one-handed in [[redesign]].
*Supposing the denizens of the Isle of Pom use the same linguistic conventions as Germany, Strong Bad's use of ''Fräulein'' to refer to Pom Pom's mother is technically incorrect: instead he should be using ''Frau''. In German the word ''Frau'' ("woman") is used when addressing or referring to married women, like ''Mrs.'' in English, while ''Fräulein'' ("young woman") is used for younger, unmarried women, like ''Miss'' in English. As it is, the letter sounds like it is actually addressed to Pom Pom's father and sister, rather than to both of his parents.
**Additionally, using ''Fräulein'' is considered politically incorrect in Germany these days, and today both married and unmarried women are all addressed as ''Frau''.
*The sizing between Strong Bad and Homestar seems to be distorted in this email. Strong Bad's head is much larger when seen poking Homestar, contrasted to [[long pants]].
*There is actually such a thing as [[Wikipedia: .EGG|dot egg]], but it is a file format and is unused in web URLs.

===Goofs===
*In the scene where Strong Bad attempts to pop Pom Pom near [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], he is holding the [[BMW Lighter]], but the BMW logo is backwards on it.
*Somewhere between Strong Bad's first and second attempts to poke Pom Pom, the Poopsmith disappears without a trace, for no apparent reason.
*In the letter to Pom Pom's parents, Strong Bad does not properly spell ''Fräulein'' as he omits the [[Wikipedia:Umlaut|umlaut]] over the "a." In the case of "au" diphthongs in German, the absence or presence of an umlaut over the "a" determines its pronunciation between "ow" and "oy" (as spoken by Strong Bad) respectively.
*When Strong Bad is falling back into the Computer Room, there is no reflection of any part of his body on the Compy's screen until he lands. Also note that there are no laces on the back of his head.
*When Pom Pom hits Strong Bad the first time, his BMW lighter flies away but his pin disappears.
*When Strong Bad pokes Homestar Runner on the chin 11 times, he ends up with 5 pink marks, but when the camera zooms out he has 8 marks. The marks are much more spread out than Strong Bad's pokes.

===Inside References===
*In the poker game, Strong Bad has two [[Abdi LaRue|Abdis]] and a [[Swedish Flag|Viklas]] card which are references to emails [[some kinda robot]] and [[little questions]].
*Bubs's "MonkeyDude" card has a picture of [[Monkey D]]. Monkeydude himself came from [[crazy cartoon]].
*The blindfold Strong Bad wears has the same design as Pom Pom's headband in the [[Theme Song Video]]. The tie is a recolored version of Pom Pom's belt, in the same cartoon. ''{Also see Real-World References.}''
*The music that accompanies Strong Bad's letter of consolation is from [[2 years]] and [[A Decemberween Pageant]].
*Pom Pom directing a documentary may be a reference to [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], where he dressed as controversial documentarian Michael Moore.
*This is an instance of [[Strong Bad getting beaten up]].
*Strong Bad [[falling through the ceiling|falls through the ceiling]] of the computer room.
*Homestar's confusion over websites echoes his confusion in [[First Time Here?]]

===Real-World References===
[[Image:Beating.gif|thumb|"That'll be ten dollars!"]]
*Pom Pom's fighting style is similar to [[Wikipedia:Kirby (character)|Kirby's]] fighting style in the [[Wikipedia:Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros. series]], with combo and Smash attacks.
*When Pom Pom beats up Strong Bad, you can hear sound effects from the [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|''Super Mario Bros.'']] [[Nintendo|NES]] game, as is his scoring a [[Wikipedia:1-up|1-up]] after hitting Strong Bad several times (however, it usually takes 8 hits, not 7). The [[Wikipedia:Combo (fighting)|"Combo"]] sign is also a reference to the many fighting games that feature them.
*The rayed sun on Strong Bad's blindfold is from the military (especially pre-WWII) version of the [[Wikipedia:Flag of Japan#Military|Japanese flag]]. Its use here may be inspired by the 1984 film [[imdb:tt0087538|The Karate Kid]], in which Ralph Macchio's character wore a Japanese bandana known as a [[Wikipedia:Hachimaki| hachimaki]], which is traditionally worn during a difficult or important task. (Or maybe it was just the closest thing to a blindfold [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] had lying around among his props. See Inside References.)
*The email song is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Kenny Rogers|Kenny Rogers]] song (and movie) [[Wikipedia:The Gambler (music)|The Gambler]].
*[[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]] was a '70s British band noted for their innovative, influential approach to heavy blues-rock.
*[[Wikipedia:Hindenburg disaster|The ''Hindenburg'']] was a German Zeppelin that exploded and burned on May 6, 1937.
**A famous picture of the Hindenburg disaster was used as the cover to Led Zeppelin's [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin (album)|first album]].

===Fast Forward===
* Strong Bad falls through the roof again in [[keep cool]].
* Pom Pom again shows his martial arts prowess in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
* Homestar references a .[[egg]] domain in [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]], and one is present on the Bookazon site in the DVD version of [[studying]].
* In [[Strong Badia the Free]], attempting to use the katana on Pom Pom results in Strong Bad recalling the events of this email. Trying to use the lighter on Pom Pom also refers to this email ("I'm not sure what Pom Pom's filled with...").
*Strong Bad plays poker again in [[Poker Night at the Inventory]]
*Pom Pom would eventually be popped in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] and [[I Killed Pom Pom]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Jonathan Howe]])

'''MATT:''' All right. No introductions this time, guys. We're just gonna do it.

'''JON:''' Let's go!

'''MATT:''' All right.

'''RYAN:''' On the spot.

'''JON:''' What—what email are we doing here?

'''MATT:''' Uh, this is pom pom.

'''JON:''' All right.

'''MATT:''' And he just sang his little song about being the email gambler.

'''RYAN:''' Ohh, is—

'''JON:''' Is that, uh—

'''MATT:''' Like ''{simultaneously with Ryan}'' Kenny Rogers Roasters.

'''JON:''' I used to have the, um, Kenny Rogers' record of the Gambler soundtrack.

'''MATT:''' Ooh, nice.

'''JON:''' And I thought, as a child, that if you put it on the record, you'd be able to watch the movie?

'''MATT:''' ''{high-pitched}'' What?

'''JON:''' Like, I just didn't know that the soundtrack was not the movie and—

'''MATT:''' Wow.

'''JON:''' I was—

'''MATT:''' How did you think—Where did you think the movie was gonna appear?

'''JON:''' ''{embarrassed}'' I don't know. I was just a visionary waiting for laserdisc.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I guess so.

'''JON:''' Anyway.

'''RYAN:''' I met Kenny Rogers at a sushi place once.

'''MATT:''' Did you? Where at?

'''JON:''' He wasn't eating at his own chicken venue?

'''RYAN:''' No. He and his whole family were there so we got him some sake and he came over and met us.

'''MATT:''' Nice! Well, speaking of sake, Strong Bad is wearing a Japanese... headband, with the rising sun.

'''RYAN:''' Would you say Karma?

''{Jon and Matt laugh}''

'''JON:''' What?

'''MATT:''' I think I was karma.

'''JON:''' ''{laughs}'' Karma D?

'''MATT:''' Um—

'''JON:''' Oh, that's very—

'''MATT:''' What do you think those guys were talking about just then? Dot com or dot egg? Dot Muffin?

'''JON:''' My favorite, um—

'''RYAN:''' The movement.

'''JON:''' My favorite moment, you know, where you're always picking up the characters in some like, nonsensical—

'''MATT:''' Right.

'''JON:''' —conversation is when, when he goes, "And [[crying|you ''stay'' over there.]]"

'''MATT:''' That's right.

'''JON:''' That's...

'''MATT:''' I think we were discussing on this commentary for that one who—who exactly he's talking to.

'''JON:''' ''{unintelligible}''

'''RYAN:''' I like Poopsmith holding the—

'''MATT:''' I would like... we should make that documentary someday.

'''JON:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Or, just like show that whole documentary about Bubs, I guess?

'''JON:''' ''{laughs}''

''{pause until Strong Bad says "I'm cool"}''

'''JON:''' He's cool.

'''MATT:''' I did some, uh, extra special animation on the little backstraps of his headband there. I don't remember—

'''JON:''' Yeah, Mike probably—

'''MATT:''' This part was really fun to animate.

'''RYAN:''' I like the noises.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''JON:''' Angry Pom Pom face rules, too.

'''MATT:''' Ooh. He came right through the ceiling.

'''JON:''' That—That made the hole that, um, that three-foot hole or whatever?

'''MATT:''' Oh, well that was in the ceiling, though.

'''JON:''' Now I'm confused—

'''MATT:''' He came through the ceiling.

'''JON:''' Oh yeah.

'''MATT:''' He didn't shoot up through the floor.

'''JON:''' See, there's a lot of holes—

'''MATT:''' There's a lot of holes in Strong Bad's—

'''JON:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Serious falling hazard. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It's an old, rotted-up house. Just with nice, nice carpet on top of it.

'''JON:''' So, um, Pom Pom fighting game coming soon?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, no, exactly. It makes me wanna play a side-scrolling Pom Pom street fighter—

'''JON:''' Pom Fighter. Double—

'''MATT:''' Pom Freaks.

'''JON:''' Get it? Double Pom?

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|108|310|youtube=IYJDA36l190}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

hiding

Evandavis7 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:02:50 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|196}}
[[Image:Hiding.png|thumb|"Why, I've got half a mind."]]

Strong Bad expounds on his Hide n' Seek experiences.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, [[Animatronic Strong Bad]], {{film|Pom Pom}}, [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Homestar's Yard]], [[The Bar]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, July 14, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Junk it, and check it, send me an email and I'll wreck it!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: hide n seek</div>
Dear Dude, 
What is your awesome hiding place whenever you play 
hide n' seek. I'm sure you can just stand somewhere and 
noone can find you right. 
Awesomely Yours, 
Dude 1 
Scarlet, MO 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the second sentence after "I'm sure you" without rhythm. He also reads "noone" phonetically as "new-nee". After "right", he comments, "Hey man, new-nee can find me wrong if she's good-looking enough." He then reads "Scarlet, MO" as "Scar, Let Moe".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, as anyone that has a little brother or a Homestar Runner knows, hide n' seek can be oh so much more useful than ''just'' playing it.

''{Cut to The Field, where Strong Bad is talking to The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...prestigious monk, but I—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{walking in from the right, interrupting}'' Hey, Strong Bad; hey, The Squeak. ''{both turn, and The Cheat scowls}'' I'm here to make all your dreams come true!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{annoyed}'' The Cheat and I are in the middle of a sentence here!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What about fifteen cents? I'm here to make fifteen cents come true!

''{Homestar Runner throws three coins on the ground next to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey Homestar, I've got an idea. Wanna play hide n' seek?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, that's way better! I'll hide, and you seek! ''{runs off to the right}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh. ''{turns back to The Cheat}'' Anyways, back to our sentence.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Pretty effective, huh? Of course there are some unpleasant side effects from playing these pleasant games of Hide n' Seek. Er, more like just Hide n'.

''{Cut to the bathroom, which is quite dark. Strong Bad walks in from the right, appearing tired.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sleepy... sleepy pee—

''{The lights come on, and Homestar Runner puts his head up from inside the bathtub; he has cinnamon on his face, and his shirt is torn, with the star hanging off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{shouting}'' Ah, you found me!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{jumping in surprise and shouting}'' Aah! Homestar, what are you doing in here?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Remember last spring when you asked if I wanted to play hide n' seek?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{confusedly scratching his head}'' But I've taken at least three baths since then...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{appearing tired}'' Oh, I've been in here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{jumping again}'' Aah!

''{The scene fades out, with Strong Bad still in the air and Homestar Runner sinking into the bathtub.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' It works the other way, too.

''{Cut to outside Homestar Runner's house, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are holding a rope next to a cage, beneath which are Fluffy Puff marshmallows and a glass of melonade.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{strained, as the cage creaks}'' I don't understand! Where is he? He usually falls for this one by now.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, man! Stupid clever hide n' seek ploy. This thing's gettin' heavy! Switch to the Strong Sad bait.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, as he throws a barrister's wig on top of the other items}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh, parliament!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There was a time when I used to try to play actual games of Hide n' Seek. But it ain't easy with all the brain geniuses around here.

''{Cut to The Field, where Strong Mad appears to be attempting to hide by turning his back to The Stick. Strong Bad stands in front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Strong Mad? Buddy? That's the same spot you hide in every time we play.

''{Strong Mad leans out from behind what is now revealed to be a cutout of himself.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{disappointed}'' DAWWW!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Woah! Did you make a hiding spot out of you hiding in your usual hiding spot? To hide behind?

'''STRONG MAD:''' I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And it was well worth your time.

''{Cut to The Field at night, with a close-up of Strong Bad walking along, hands raised.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{frustrated}'' All right, I give up! ''{calls out}'' Olly olly oxen free!

''{Cut to a wider shot, showing Marzipan with a sign with a picture of an ox, reading "OXEN FREE!"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{annoyed}'' Yeah, Ollie, set those oxen free. ''{chanting}'' Oxen free! Oxen free!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh, put your sign away, we're just playing a game.

''{Marzipan turns her sign around to show the other side, with the ox playing baseball and reading "PLAYING A GAME!". Strong Bad shakes his head.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{chanting, still annoyed}'' Playing a game! Playing a game!

''{Cut to the computer room. Strong Bad is balancing motionless on one leg on a podium reading "STRONG BAD", with Coach Z standing to the left.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, check out this extremely attractive statue of Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turning to Coach Z}'' No, stupid, you found me. I'm "it" now.

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, a back-sassin' animatronic Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Woah, great idea! Coach Z, I think your depressing creepiness may have finally paid off! ''{runs off to the right}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{raising his arms triumphantly}'' It's all been worth it!

''{Cut to The Field, with a close-up of Homestar Runner walking in from the left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, there you are. I found you definitely found you Strong Bad.

''{Cut to a wider shot, showing that he is talking to a crude animatronic Strong Bad, with a balloon head and rods moving the limbs. It stands on a soapbox with a speaker.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD:''' Shut your mouth, wimp-cake!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, don't sass back at me! ''{angrily}'' I found you fair, then square.

'''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD:''' Sit on a biscuit!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still talking to the animatronic, as Strong Bad walks past in the background}'' Look, Strong Bad, I haven't been playing this game of hide n' seek for six weeks just to have you poor-sportsmanship all over the place now! Why, I've got half a mind.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I rest my case. Rest nothing. My case is in a coma! As for my awesome hiding place, these days I mainly use it to hide from Hide n' Seek. And Kick the Can, Capture the Flag, and don't forget the nebulous TV Tag. Yeah sorry. I'm taking ''this'' hiding place to the grave.

''{Cut to The Bar, zooming out from a suit of armor. Pom Pom appears in the foreground, with an 'old one and a bowl of peanuts. While he looks away at the suit of armor, Strong Bad's arm pops out of Pom Pom and steals the 'old one; Pom Pom turns his head and shrugs.}''

''{Pom Pom looks up at [[New Paper]] as it comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Scarletmoe.png|thumb|A real stretch by Bev Sportsinterviews]]
*Click on Scarlet, MO at the beginning of the email to see the [[Beverly Sportsinterviews]] book titled ''Scar, Let Moe!''
*At the end, click on the napkin to activate a conversation between Animatronic Strong Bad and Grape Nuts Robot.
:'''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD''': Dad loves me more!
:'''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT''': You're adopted.
{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==
[[Image:Threestar_Legger.png|thumb|[[unnatural|We must protect the queen! I have three legs!]]]]
===Explanations===
*An [[wikipedia:Animatronics|animatronic]] is a puppet-like figure with robotics and/or electronics used to create the illusion that the figure is alive.
*[[Wikipedia:Kick the can|Kick the can]], [[Wikipedia:Capture the flag|Capture the flag]] and [http://www.centerofweb.com/kids/games/tag_tv.htm TV Tag] are actual games.
*"[[Wikipedia:Olly olly oxen free|Olly olly oxen free]]" is a phrase used in children's games, which is generally used to indicate that people who are hiding (in a game of hide and seek, for example) can safely come out into the open.

===Remarks===
*Although the three coins Homestar throws are supposedly all nickels, they are not all the same size.
*The bathtub where Homestar hides has no faucet.

===Trivia===
*As of this email, the Lappy ties Compy for most emails.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar walks in and interrupts Strong Bad and The Cheat's "sentence", he appears to have an extra leg sticking out of his shirt for two frames.
*In the Easter Egg, Animatronic Strong Bad's head snaps suddenly back into place, even though it is a balloon.
**Also in the very start of the easter egg, the Grape-Nuts Robot briefly has audio bolts coming out of its speaker, even though it's not saying anything.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:Strongbad_armgoof.PNG|thumb|That's not muscle!]]
*Several times during the toon, all of Strong Bad's arm except one outline used to disappear.
**This happened while he was talking to The Cheat in The Field, once while he was talking to Homestar in the bathtub, and twice while talking to Strong Mad at The Stick. In the first two instances, Strong Bad's right arm disappeared. His left arm disappeared in the last two.
*During the bathroom scene, Strong Bad's ''entire'' right arm was gone when he walked in and only appeared after the lights came on.
*New Paper used to come down outside of the toon's frame, overlapping the outer black border.


===Inside References===
*Homestar walking in on Strong Bad and The Cheat "in the middle of a sentence" is another instance of [[interrupted conversations]].
*Strong Bad mentions [[Kicking a can|Kick the Can]] as a game.
*When Homestar rises from the bathtub, he appears similar to how he did in [[hygiene]], except he also has a [[Cinnamon|cinnamon beard]].
*The [[soapbox]] reads "sixteen for you".
*In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad makes a reference to his [[parents|dad]].
*The Cheat was previously referred to as "Squeak" in [[narrator]], as one of the title characters in the film ''[[Films from narrator#Lugnut & Squeak|Lugnut & Squeak]]''.
*The Grape Nuts Robot first appeared in [[personal favorites]].

===Real-World References===
*The hairstyle of Moe on the cover of ''Scar, Let Moe!'' is patterned after the hairstyle of [[Wikipedia:Moe Howard|Moe]] from [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]].
*Strong Sad shouts "Parliament" upon seeing the barrister's wig, which is commonly worn by members of the [[Wikipedia:House of Lords|House of Lords]] in the British Parliament.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

User:Evandavis7

Evandavis7 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:15:18 GMT

Evandavis7: New page: Well, hi. My name's Evan. I like HSR and everything on it. I guess that's all I have to really say right now.

Well, hi. My name's Evan. I like HSR and everything on it. I guess that's all I have to really say right now.

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2

Evandavis7 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:02:28 GMT

Evandavis7: the gnawing noises

{{mamnav|15|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2|Version 14.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|Version 1.0}}
[[Image:Mam15pernt2.png|thumb|"That's right, I pronounced it 'ad-VER-tis-ments'!"]]

The King of Town threatens to reveal Marzipan's secrets, Homestar chases blondes, Bubs looks for women, Coach Z wants a backup singer, The Cheat leaves a prank call, and Marzipan's questionable surgeon wants to use a photo in an advertisement.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Unseen Characters#Heard|Questionable Surgeon]], [[Lord Quackingstick]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Movie Theater]] (Easter egg)

'''Release Date:''' Monday, February 25, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 3:30

'''Page Title:''' Marzipan's Answering Machine

== Transcript ==
=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, this is Marzipan. I'm currently drowning in the abyss, but please leave me a message anyway. ''{beep}''

=== Message 6 ===
'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{angrily}'' Well, well, well, Miss Marzithang, any idea why Strong Bad's been goin' around calling me a "stankwad", or why the Bubs keeps referring to me as a "wad in the grass"? Hmm? Any idea? Maybe because you told everybody that my middle name is Wad?! That was supposed to be our secret! I thought we had a deal. Well, don't blame me if all of a sudden your questionable voluntary surgery becomes public knowledge! The Wad is out!

=== Message 5 ===
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello, yes, middle of our conversation? Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I just met with him. Oh yeah, he's ''real'' famous. Rich. Rich with money. How many? Five? Five's good. ''{whispering}'' Psst! Sorry, Marzipan. I had to perpetrate like I was talking, ''{normal volume}'' on account of this hot blonde thing walked by. Purple dress, broomstick style. Oh yeah, you're jealous. Yeah, what? No, he's ''half'' robot.

=== Message 4 ===
'''BUBS:''' Hey Marzipan, it's the Bubs. Say, uh, do you know any other women around here? I mean, you're not exactly my type, and I need somebody to go to the movies with. It's getting desperate! I'll take anything at this point— lady duck, lady pine cone, lady pillow. I gotta go to the movies with somebody! So if you know of any kind of lady item, put in a good word for ol' Bubs. And tell 'em they'll get 10% off at the concession stand! ''{quickly, as the following words appear onscreen}'' Discount will not be honored!

=== Message 3 ===
'''COACH Z:''' ''{with hip-hop beat playing in background}'' Hey, yo, Marz-ay! Coach Z, all up in the stujo. Just cut my new record, want you to be a sassy high-pitched background singer on this new track! Maybe sing a-like: "Word of mouth!" Or maybe like we sampled you from an old '70s disca tape, and you say: "You ain't the type of man that you used to be!" Basically want to just get you up in the stujo, which is kind of a cardboard box, with a micoraphone in it, not plugged in. Uh... maybe like, disregard... that last part. I'm out, peace, love!

=== Message 2 ===
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, he says you're a face. A facewich. Like a face ''witch'', like rides a broomstick? Or a facewich like between two pieces of bread?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're a facewich and blow up your house.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{frustrated The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your nose! Blow up your nose.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Epsom salt?! The Cheat, are you sure that's the direction you wanna go with this prank call?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now, you're just gnawing on the phone. Gimme that! ''{gnawing noises stop}'' I'll show you how it's done. ''{quickly}'' Marzipan, this is Dean Prankcaller from the You're Gross Institute calling to ask you to come speak at our graduation ceremony. If you're interested, please walk into the bathroom and stare at your gross face until you make yourself puke. Thank you, the end, very much. ''{normally}'' Now that's a prank call! ''{more gnawing noises}'' Ugh...

=== Message 1 ===
'''QUESTIONABLE SURGEON:''' Mmmmmm yes, hello, Miss Marzipan. This is your questionable surgeon. We were just calling to ask if we could use the before and after photos from your ''{photos appear; the "before" photo shows Marzipan with a large nose and the "after" photo shows her as usual}'' questionable voluntary surgery in one of our advertisements ''{pronounced as "ad-VER-tis-ments"}''. Yes, that's right, I pronounced it "ad-VER-tis-ments".

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:MAM 15 Easter Egg.PNG|thumb|"I'm having a great time!"]]
*Click on the number display after the final message to see Bubs at the movies.
:''{Bubs is at the movies with Lord Quackingstick, who has a blonde wig. Part of Strong Bad's head is visible in another seat.}''
:'''BUBS:''' I gotta tell ya, Lady Quackingstick, I'm having a great time at the movies!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as Lady Quackingstick, in a sultry voice}'' Quack, quack!

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*This answering machine has a new loading screen, showing a corner of Marzipan's table rather than the old spinning Homestar Runner logo.

===Remarks===
*The Main Page, toons links and the cartoon itself were added some time before the page was made, so users were met with a "404'd" message for the first few hours after the update. However, it was viewable by looking at the Flash file.
*"Republic of Wad" was mentioned one week earlier as a country of manufacture of unlicensed merchandise in [[licensed]].
*Bubs seems to have elbows again, as seen in the Easter egg at the end. In [[Bubs Evolution|recent appearances]], Bub's arms have been drawn without elbows and instead have been animated as a single object, giving his arms a tentacle-like appearance.
*The buttons on the answering machine can still be pressed even while the before and after images are blocking them.

===Goofs===
*The Answering Machine button in the Toons menu still links to Answering Machine 14.2.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the toon was released, the Toons menu listed this toon as being released in 2007; this was changed to 2008 later that day.

===Inside References===
*[[Ducks]], [[Bread]], [[Robots]], and [[Puking]] are mentioned.
*Lord Quackingstick appeared first in [[portrait]].
*Bubs' dilemma refers to the fact that Marzipan is [[The Only Girl|the only female main character]].
*The Cheat [[The Cheat Gnawing|gnaws]] on the phone.
*Judging by the way he speaks and says "Mmmmmm," the questionable surgeon may have been the [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] who advertised the [[Blubb-O's|Spicy Crispy Chicken Melt]] in [[nightlife]].
*Coach Z's studio is a [[cardboard box]].
*Homestar mentions the hot blonde's "broomstick [[style]]".
*The pictures from Marzipan's surgery purport to explain her [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|lack of a visible nose]].
*Bubs was referred to as "The Bubs" in [[Who Said What Now?]].

===Real-World References===
*The phrase "perpetrate like I was talkin'" is from the 1989 rap song "[[Wikipedia:Parents Just Don't Understand|Parents Just Don't Understand]]" by [[Wikipedia:DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince|DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince]].

==External Links==

*[[HR:answer15.html|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2"]]
*[[HR:answer15.swf|view the Flash file for "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2"]]
*[[Forum:13654|forum thread re: "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2"]]

{{Marzipan's Answering Machine}}

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Evandavis7 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:05:11 GMT

Evandavis7: The egg timer

{{sbenav|78}}
[[Image:sbemail78.png|thumb|The Neverending Soda]]

[[Strong Bad]] gets the week off while Homestar fills in. Homestar discusses the finer points of frying computer parts with carbonated beverages.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, June 30, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:13

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
''{Open to Compy 386; Strong Bad is absent. Homestar Runner strolls in and sits down at the computer.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hello, class. Strong Bad could not be here today, so I will be filling in. My name is ''{slowly}'' Homestar Runner.

''{He writes his name on the screen with a piece of chalk, then erases it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everyone please take out paper and a number 2 pencil, and we'll begin.

''{Homestar types "sb_enail.com", rather than the usual "strongbad_email.exe", to run the e-mail program, and strangely enough, it works.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Lesson one:

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">hi Strong Bad, 
have you ever made anything out of anything? 
bye 
Dan from FL</blockquote>

''{After reading "Strong Bad," Homestar angrily regards the screen and says, "Um, I do believe I just told you my name is Homestar Runner. But I'll let it slide this time." He then continues reading and pronounces "FL" as the letters "F" and "L".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{typing}'' FL?'' {again as "F" and "L"}'' Far-off Lands? Foreign Leadership Camp? Fish Lake? ''{stops typing}'' Oh, I got it. He's from Fish Lake. ''{clears screen, resumes typing}'' Well, Jerome, I once made a birthday present for Marzipan out of some of my old CD's I didn't like anymore and placed them in a decorative bag. ''{stops typing, clears screen}'' And then ''{resumes typing}'' I once made breakfast out of cold pizza and half and half. Oh! And one time I made a whole set of coasters out of—

''{cut to some glasses of melonade sitting on game cartridges}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover}'' —some old Sega tapes. And I made a pair of shoes—

''{Cut to Coach Z and Strong Sad out in the field talking. Strong Sad has a Foreign Leadership Camp '91 T-shirt on. Homestar walks on wearing shoe-boxes for shoes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{continues in voiceover}'' —out of a pair of shoe boxes.

'''COACH Z:''' Whoa, those are some fresh kicks there, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, I know! ''{walks off}''

'''COACH Z:''' So anyways, Reg had the ball at the top o' the key.

''{Cut back to the Compy}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{typing}'' But this week, I will instruct you on how to make a wet computer out of Strong Bad's computer.

''{The Cheat walks on in a red outfit, but is instantly knocked offscreen when Homestar stands up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First, you need a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew. ''{produces a bottle of Mountain Dew from behind his back}'' Then get Strong Bad's computer. Apply liberally.

''{Homestar starts pouring Mountain Dew on Strong Bad's keyboard, a ringing noise is heard.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oops, we're out of time.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' That's just my egg-timer!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Class dismissed! ''{glaring at the screen angrily}'' Except for you, Jerome!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Homestar twitches a little. The Mountain Dew continues to be poured onto Strong Bad's keyboard. After about 13 seconds, Homestar resumes talking.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Dang. This thing's like... the never-ending soda. ''{sings}'' Never-ending so-oda! A-a-a, a-a-a, a-a-a...

''{The sound fades out, but the soda continues pouring from the bottle indefinitely.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Fish Lake.PNG|thumb|Home of this fish]]
*Click on the words "Fish Lake" to see a [[postcard]] from there.
*To see the CD collection Homestar gave [[Marzipan]], click on "CD." The CD covers are labeled "Really Slow Old People Music", "Pretty Slow Old People Music", and "Very Slow Old People Music".

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:COM file|.com]] is one of the filename extensions for [[Wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] programs (a slightly different format from the [[Wikipedia:EXE|.exe]] used by the usual <code>strongbad_email.exe</code>).

===Trivia===
*This is the only email in which Strong Bad is not seen.
*This is the first appearance of [[Mountain Dew]]. It had been previously mentioned, but not seen, in [[techno]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#the 7th guest|7th guest]]".

===Remarks===

*The area of carpet underneath the keyboard gradually darkens while Mountain Dew drips on it.
*Homestar shows us his fickle side by first forgiving the email's author for "forgetting" his name then forcing him to stay when "class" is dismissed.
*When poured onto the keyboard, the Mountain Dew appears to be a green liquid. In real life, Mountain Dew is yellow; it just comes in a green bottle.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar writes on the Compy's screen, the chalk and eraser have no reflections.
*When Strong Sad is wearing the "Foreign Leadership Camp '91" shirt, his belly button has disappeared.
*When Homestar clears the screen after typing "Fish Lake," you can see the "a>" prompt escape from the top of the Compy screen.
*Homestar's reflection remains the same when the monitor's contrast is adjusted.
*The first time Homestar says "Strong Bad," it is spoken without his usual speech impediment. The impediment returns for the rest of the e-mail, however.
*In the scene where Homestar starts pouring Mountain Dew on the Compy's keyboard, the contrast knob is missing.

===Inside References===
*The names of the "[[Sega tapes]]" are actually the following [[Videlectrix]] games: [[Pigs on Head]], [[Shploitz!]], and [[QWERTY]]. The one that says just "Space" could be "[[Spaceshipper]]", also a Videlectrix game.
*Coach Z's line, "Reg had the ball at the top of the key," is a direct quote from Strong Bad's [[autobiography]] tape.
*[[Far Off Lands]] is a reference to [[In Search of the Yello Dello]], where they travel through this area.
*This is another mention of [[Pizza]].
*One of the shoe boxes on Homestar's feet is from [[Freshley's]].
*This email is another reference to [[kicking The Cheat]].

===Real-World References===
[[Image:Cpep.JPG|thumb|Sgt. Cheatar]]
*"Never-ending Soda" is a parody of the [http://users.pandora.be/soundtrack-fm/Reviews/Klaus_Doldinger/neverending_story/neverending_story.htm theme song] of the 1984 fantasy movie [[IMDB:tt0088323|The NeverEnding Story]].
*The Cheat is wearing [[Wikipedia:George Harrison|George Harrison's]] costume from [[The Beatles]] album [[Wikipedia:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]].
*The "[[Sega Tapes]]" are actually the [[Wikipedia:cartridge (electronics)|cartridges]] used in the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]], a console released in 1989 by [[Wikipedia:Sega|Sega]], which was launched during the 16-bit era of gaming. The generic brown labels on the cartridges, however, pass more of a resemblance to the ones used on the 8-bit [[Wikipedia:Sega Master System|Sega Master System]] predecessor.
**"Tape" is a somewhat common misnomer for "[[Wikipedia:cartridge (electronics)|cartridge]]" referring to cartridges' resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|cassette tapes]], which were also used in the 8-bit era for data storage (see also [[Wikipedia:Datassette|Commodore Datassette]], [http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8bits/400800/410/410.html Atari 410 Program Recorder]) and at the same time for mass-produced music albums. Cartridges used with video game systems like the Genesis and Master System contain semiconductor-based [[Wikipedia:Read-only memory|ROM]] chips for data storage rather than spools of [[Wikipedia:magnetic tape|magnetic tape]], so they are not actually tapes.
*[[Wikipedia:Fish Lake|Fish Lake]] is the name of a township in Minnesota. It is also the name of a lake in central Utah.

===Fast Forward===
*[[Unseen Characters#Mentioned|Jerome]] later pops up as a misbehaving kid on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] version of the [[Strong Badia National Anthem]].
*When [[The Cheat's Head Exploding|The Cheat's head explodes]] in [[couch patch]], Homestar asks whether he had ever poured Mountain Dew over the Compy.
*The [[Freshley's]] shoebox Homestar wears reappears in the email [[time capsule]]. It is also seen briefly in the email [[original]], as the base of the toothpick sculpture.
*In [[retirement]], Homestar pours Mountain Dew into the [[Tandy 400]]. Strong Bad adds denture tablets, causing it to [[Explosions|explode]].
*In a flashback from [[the paper]], [[The Paper]] prevents Homestar from pouring Mountain Dew on the [[Lappy 486]].
**In an Easter Egg from the same email, Homestar sings another parody of the song from ''The Neverending Story.''
***Also in [[the paper]], Homestar repeats Coach Z's line "Reg had the ball at the top o' the key," but instead says "Homestar has the ball at the top of the key..."
*[[Sega tapes]] are mentioned again in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], and later in [[more armies]].
*In [[winter pool]], Strong Sad's egg timer is used to show when the pool full of jello is finished.

== DVD Version ==
*The Fish Lake and "Old People Music" CD eggs are still viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The DVD version features hidden audio commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this one is a travesty.

'''MIKE:''' But, you're not even in this e-mail, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know, which automatically makes it a travesty.

'''MIKE:''' It's your arch-nemesis, Homestar Runner.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know, it's hard, aww, look the way he's treating the Compy, like how could you do that to it? Oh.

'''MIKE:''' At least he erased it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, but he screwed up the monitor, there was smudgies on it for a while. I had to buy those special clothies.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe, you know.

'''MIKE:''' I got some special clothies.

''{Strong Bad makes a sound effect}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the sound they make when you're rubbing it down.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, okay so where were you when Home— when this was going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I mean, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I mean Monday mornings, you know Monday mornings.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, but I...

'''MIKE:''' Wait, you listen to me. You're supposed to check your e-mail Monday mornings, sometimes Monday afternoons, occasionally Tuesday mornings.

'''STRONG BAD:''' One or two times Wednesday.

'''MIKE:''' Right, so where were you? What happened to you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' This was one of those Wednesday times. Planning on doing it on a Wednesday. Shanghaied.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got, look at all those Sega tapes.

'''MIKE:''' Are those yours?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Those are my Sega tapes.

'''MIKE:''' I figured they were.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar never got to figure out how to work the Genesis.

'''MIKE:''' Are those Freshley shoes that you wear? Your wrestling boots?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, Freshleys are aptly named.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''STRONG BAD:''' About the freshest shoes you can imagine. They're freshly made. Oh, The Cheat, that was, see The Cheat was coming over, that was practice that day. Cause we were gonna...

'''MIKE:''' Why was he dressed up like somebody from Sergeant Pepper's?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Cause we were gonna do our Beatles cover band for that Wednesday e-mail, and then it got Shanghai'd.

'''MIKE:''' Look at, look at what's going on here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, this I have a hard time looking at too. Look at all that wasted soda.

'''MIKE:''' So you don't care about your keyboard?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that keyboard was disgusting anyway, man. Have you ever turned your keyboard upside down and like shook it? There's like, I had a rat one time fall out of my keyboard.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, really?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I should do that, I haven't done that in a while.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You should be careful. Get this guy out of here.

'''MIKE:''' I think it's almost over.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean look at him.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail78.html|watch "anything"]]
*[[HR:sbemail78.swf|view the Flash file for "anything"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

winter pool

Evandavis7 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:03:33 GMT

Evandavis7: the egg timer

{{sbenav|187}}
[[Image:sbemail187.png|thumb|"Well, I thought that this much gelatin would sorta naturally attract oiled-up bikini wrestlers."]]
J.Hazard asks about the pool's winter use. Strong Bad experiments with his pool and some gelatinous food.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Badman}} (Easter egg), [[Strong Badman Characters#Hit-Enter-Too-Soon Man|Hit-Enter-Too-Soon Man]] (Easter Egg), [[Gel-arshie]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Nebulon}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Swimming Pool]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Outer Space]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday January 21, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:00 [[TV Time Toons Menu|official]], 4:06 actual

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ooh, emails make me tremble, so I'll keep my body nimble.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: drained pool</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
What do you do with the pool during the winter? Do you 
drain it and use it for skateboarding or something? 
-J.Hazard, IN</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads the state as the word "in", and says it as though there were more words coming}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' In what? In Spokane? In severe debt? In repose? Well, I guess I'll never know Hit-Enter-Too-Soon Man. ''{clears screen}'' Anyways, Hazbro, ''{sarcastic voice}'' yes, we usually drain it and yes I usually skateboard 30 different kinds of shred all over the pool and make awesome skate videos that accidentally get recorded over with cooking shows. ''{regular voice}'' But this year we're doing something way cooler and less pretend. Homestar Runner finally got paid for all those Fluffy Puff Marshmallows commercials he did. And GUESS HOW THEY PAID HIM? With a lifetime supply of Red Flavored Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance!

''{A box of said substance appears. Cut through static to a Fluffy Puff commercial. Marshie is red and translucent, his brain is visible floating inside his head.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' I'M AN ABOMINATION!

''{The word "GEL-arshie" appears below him with a ding.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' ''{closeup}'' And I'm comin' to your house after school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Y'know, I really think those Marshie commercials ought to be rated NC-17.

''{A ratings advice label appears in the top left corner, reading "NC-17, Needlessly Creepy times 17". Cut through static to the pool, which has been filled with red gelatin. A pile of empty Fluffy Puff boxes are in the background. Strong Bad, Strong Sad and Homestar are all present, along with a kitchen timer shaped like a chicken. Strong Sad is holding a clipboard and wearing glasses.}

'''STRONG BAD:''' How're we doing here, frog eggs?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't even get that one. ''{zoom in on Strong Sad}'' According to my calculations, ''{looks at clipboard}'' we should achieve maximum jiggle ''{pats his belly}'' any second now.

''{zoom out to all three characters}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, you three. ''{zoom in on Homestar}'' I am so glad I chose this instead of that million dollars in cash. That wouldn't even have ''half'' filled up this pool!

''{Cut to the timer, the alarm rings. Cut back to all three characters}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' That's it! We're ready!

''{zoom in on Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! ''{looks around expectedly}'' Well, where are they?

''{zoom out to all three characters}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Where are who?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I thought that this much gelatin would sorta naturally attract oiled-up bikini wrestlers.

''{zoom in on Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''I'' thought it would naturally attract oiled-up Bill Cosby.

''{Cut to the concession stand. Coach Z is leaning on the counter, talking to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' You heard the latest news?

'''COACH Z:''' Wazzat?

'''BUBS:''' The young'uns filled up the swimmin' hole with red Jell-Os!

'''COACH Z:''' Y'know, I once had a student in my health class, name of Red Angelo! True story! His folks named him that! And he had a sister, named Grape Flavored Jell-O With Fruit Floatin' In It! No bull!

''{Bubs starts to look annoyed at Coach Z, then descends into his basement.}''

'''COACH Z:''' And if you flash your lights at a car with its headlights orf, you get shot by gangsters!

''{Cut back to the pool. Strong Bad is standing in the middle of the pool, on a toilet seat. Strong Mad is standing by the edge of the pool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Strong Mad, smack it around!

''{Strong Mad hits the pool surface, and a small wave ripples across. When it passes by Strong Bad:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hang ten! Gnarly! Endless summer! Hey, do it again, but this time, smack it like a newborn's biscuit.

''{Strong Mad hits the pool surface much harder, and a much higher wave comes at Strong Bad. The force of it knocks him off the "board"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! ''{He lands headfirst and starts to sink. The toilet seat lands in the gelatin and starts to sink as well.}'' Uh, lifeguard? Bit of help here?

''{Pan to Pom Pom, sitting in the lifeguard chair with sunscreen on his "nose".}''

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

''{Pom Pom jumps towards Strong Bad, lands on the gelatin, and bounces off into the sky, disappearing into the distance. Strong Bad continues to sink to the bottom of the pool, where he meets Homestar. A meter in the background shows them to be 10 feet below the surface.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' Aww, I was hoping you were Bill Cosby.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' So, uh, what're we doing for breathing down here?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I bonno. I hadn't really thought that far ahead. ''{As he talks, the toilet seat is seen sinking down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And how did ''you'' get down here, Poopsmith?

''{Pan across to see the Poopsmith is down here too. He flicks open the top of his shovel to reveal a button, which he presses. Cut to the King of Town's castle, where the King is sucking something out of a bowl through a crazy straw, and watching Caleb Rentpayer on TV.}''

'''TUCKSWORTH:''' ''{on TV}'' You can't grow a ZZ Top beard!

''{An alarm klaxon goes off, with red flashing lights. The King of Town looks up to see the "Eat a Lot of Food Alert".}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' My talents are needed!

''{The King grabs the straw and runs off. Cut back to the bottom of the pool.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, I think this is it. ''{close up of Homestar}'' When I die, have my body preserved in red Jell-O.

''{Cut back to Homestar and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I don't think that's gonna be a problem, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You're such a good friend.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' Citizens!

''{Tilt up to see the King of Town, holding his crazy straw above the surface of the pool.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Help has arrived! Everybody in there, shut your eyes. This-a ain't-a gonna be-a prettay. ''{quickly}'' And a one, and a two, and a three.

''{The King sticks the straw into the pool and starts sucking. The screen fades to black, and then comes back in the computer room. Strong Bad limps in, covered in patches of red gelatin, with a disgusted look on his face. He sits down at the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' All I remember after I closed my eyes, was that first, it got real loud, then it got real hot, then it got real slimy, then it got quiet, and then it got...unspeakable. And when I opened my eyes, the pool was empty, and three days had passed. And Pom Pom ''still'' hasn't landed!

''{Cut to outer space, a space station is in the distance, labeled "40-E". Pom Pom floats in to the center of the screen. Nebulon floats past, making his usual noise. [[New Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:EnterTooSoonMan.png|thumb|It's Hit-Enter-Too-Soon-Man IN!]]
*When Strong Bad types in the word "Hazbro", you can click on it to see the latest issue of [[Strong Badman]].
*At the end click on Pom Pom to see the continued chat of Coach Z and Bubs:
:'''BUBS:''' Well, email 187 is in the can.
:'''COACH Z:''' 1-8-7...? Oooohhh! Get down! ''{covers head}''
:'''BUBS:''' What do you think you're doing?
:'''COACH Z:''' There's a 187! Break yourself, Bubs!
:'''BUBS:''' I ought to break your face!
:'''COACH Z:''' I knew I shouldn't have flashed my brights at that hooptie full of gangsters!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"IN" is the US postal abbreviation of [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]].
*[[Wikipedia:187 (murder)|187]] {{inlinecontentwarning}} is the California Penal Code section that defines murder. It has come into general use among gangs in the United States as a synonym for murder, and this usage has passed into popular culture via gangsta rap.
*[[Wikipedia:Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] is a city in Washington state.
*"NC-17" is an [[Wikipedia:Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|MPAA]] rating which stands for "No Children 17 and Under Admitted".
*"{{p|l=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hooptie Hooptie}}" is an urban slang term for an older, usually beat up, car.
*[[Bill Cosby]] was the longtime spokesman for the [[Wikipedia:Jell-O|Jell-O]] brand.
*"Smack it like a newborn's biscuit" refers to the practice of spanking a newborn so that it will cry and use its lungs.

===Trivia===
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#4-D boxing|4-D boxing]]".

===Remarks===
*This is the first time Strong Bad's mouth has appeared in any irregular shape.
*The Swimming Pool's tiles around the edges are blue-and-white-checked in this email instead of their regular red-and-white checks.
*The "Environmentally Compliant Sticker" sticker from [[environment]] is not present on the Lappy 486.
*The toilet seat did not leave an empty trail behind it while sinking like Strong Bad did.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Strawgoof.png|thumb|Taste that broken z-index.]]
*In The King of Town's first scene, his crazy drinking straw pokes out of the pink goop he's drinking and over the edge of the bowl.
*After Pom Pom rebounds off of the gelatin, the sunscreen on his nose disappears.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When Strong Sad said "any second now." his mouth wouldn't move. This was fixed the next day.

===Inside References===
*Two of Homestar's appearances in Fluffy Puff commercials include [[Fluffy Puff Commercial|the similarly-named toon on the site]] and a cameo appearance in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*The Fluffy Puff translucent substance being "Red Flavored" is a [[color flavored]] food.
*Gel-arshie's [[brain]] is visible.
*Bubs descends into his basement, as he previously did in [[geddup noise]].
*The King of Town is watching [[Caleb Rentpayer]]. He was previously shown to watch the show in [[secret recipes]].
*"Break yourself" was also used as a pun on "brace yourself" in [[Shopping for Danger]].
*The spaceship floating near Pom Pom in space is from the "un-aired pilot" in the email [[theme song]], but with "40-E" written on it.
*Strong Mad flies into space in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], very similar to Pom Pom flying into space in this email.
*Strong Sad's egg timer was first featured in [[anything]], but was only heard and never appeared on screen.

===Real-World References===
*"Hazbro" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Hasbro|Hasbro]], a famous toy company.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Endless Summer|Endless Summer]]'' is a series of documentaries covering surfing culture. "Hang ten" and "gnarly" are also associated with that culture.
*[[Wikipedia:ZZ Top|ZZ Top]] is an American blues rock band; two of its members are well-known for their trademark chest-length beards.
*Coach Z's claim that flashing your headlights at a car with its headlights off will get you shot by gangsters is an [[Snopes:horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp|urban legend]], as is the story of the children named [http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/urbanlegends.html Orangejello and Lemonjello].
*The phrase "[[Wikipedia:Abort, Retry, Fail?|Abort, Retry, or Ignore]]" in the Strong Badman Easter egg is a common error message from [[Wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] and Windows operating systems.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|187|{{{2|13418}}}}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Marshie Filmography]]

radio

Evandavis7 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:26:10 GMT

Evandavis7: Dead air

{{sbenav|120|animal|part-time job}}
[[Image:deadlypallor.png|thumb|"Hey, hey, HEY! It's the ''Deathly Pallor''!"]]

Strong Bad gives some advice on how to be a radio host, in various genres.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}/[[The Deathly Pallor]], [[Mrs. Bennedetto]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Sneak}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Homestar Runner's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, December 13, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:02

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got miles and miles of the e-mail style. Miles and miles of the e-mail style.

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: radio</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
My friends are radio hosts. Any chance you could give 
them any pointers on what they can say/do on their show? 
bowing to you 
Fraser, Scotland</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "say/do" as "say slash do".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, no need to bow, Fraser. G-Get up. ''{reverently}'' Rise, my son. And giveth me instead, $7.50 with which to buy some buffalo chicken tenders. ''{He clears the screen.}'' So your "friends" are radio show hosts, huh? Well, the first rule of thumb for all radio personalities is to look absolutely nothing like how they sound. Take Ol' Greystoke for instance.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing in his room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' Now here's a whiny know-it-all who sounds just like he looks.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Why thank you, Senator.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' Quit calling me that. Anyway, if Strong Sad was a radio host, he'd sound like this:

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{In spontaneous, radio host voice}'' Hey hey hey, it's the Deathly Pallor, coming at you on numbitty 902, WA3D FM, "The Sturge." Coming up next, we got some hot new tracks from double-O ballyhoo!

''{Strong Sad covers his mouth in horror while Strong Bad laughs.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{normal voice/frightened}'' Don't you ever make me do that again!

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So once they've got the voice/appearance mismatch working, then it all just depends on what kind of radio station they work for. Listen and loin as I run my test sentence through the various genres.

'''Voice-over:''' Strong Bad's test sentence is "The fish was delish and it made quite a dish." ''{The sentence appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First up is public radio: smooth n' smarmy.

''{Cut to Marzipan's kitchen. A radio is sitting on the counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as Public Radio host}'' Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to U.N. secretary council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio.

''{Public Radio theme song plays. Marzipan walks in.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Dang old public radio. I never got my tote bag.

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Next up is the drive time morning show.

''{A poster for "[[The am morning "CRUDE" crew|The am morning 'CRUDE' crew]]" with two Strong Bad-like hosts appears onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, these guys are like bad stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle. Or throw highball glasses at.

''{Cut to a [[clock radio]]. The clock radio reads 6:59 AM and it is dark in the room, but when the clock switches to 7:00 the lights and radio turn on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as morning talk show host, with sound effects in the background}'' Rise and shine, people! The fish was delish. ''{canned laughter}'' Wait for it, wait for it! ''{clowny sounds}'' And it made "{boing!}" quite a dish.

''{Cut back from the clock radio to show Homestar in his house with a Public Radio tote bag over his head, holding a glass containing a brown liquid with ice cubes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, squawk box! Shut it up about the fish already.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I guess that's the way ''{honk honk} {more canned laughter}'' the cookie crumbles.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' High-ball! ''{He throws the glass at the radio.}''

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Then, there's the utter misery that is college radio. Where they apparently just let any bewildered freshman wander in to the booth and try to run a radio station.

''{Cut to the [[booOOMbox]] containing a blank tape.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as college radio host, over a song ending and some feedback}'' Uh, that, that was "The fish was delish" and we heard... track... ''{thumbing through CD jewel cases}'' six... uh... "It Made Quite a Dish."

''{Cut to Strong Sad's room, where he is sitting next to the boombox writing some calligraphy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on radio}'' Um... Cuh...campus outreach is looking for... um... Hang on...

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' College radio can pretty much be summed up in 5 words: 
Dead air, um, dead air.

''{Cut back to the boombox}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as college radio host}'' Okay, I am out of here for today, bu-but, um, but first up is an, um, er...an...an hour of... chanting.

''{A chant plays on the boombox. Strong Sad hits the Play and Record buttons.}''

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And just in case your friends are um, in the past: here's old-timey radio.

''{Cut to an Old-Timey room with an [[Old-Timey Radio]], with Old-Timey Strong Bad reading in front of a microphone.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{as old-timey radio host}'' This week on The Fish Was Delish progrum, brought to you by Portly Washboy laundry paste,—

''{Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste logo appears}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' —we join The Fish down at the wharfs as he closes in on the Quite a Dish gang's hideout. Stay tuned for partial excitement.

''{The Portly Washboy logo appears again. It depicts a boy and a heaping jar of paste with a spoon in it.}''

'''VOICE-OVER:''' ''{singing}'' Portly Washboy: Don't eat it like the cartoon, man.

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Done and done, Fraser. Your friends should be well on their way to annoying drivers and gas station attendants the world over. Ooh! And see if you can score me some free coozies, frisbees, or bottle openers from their station. Those free giveaways: Highly flammable.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on Strong Sad's stomach while he does the radio voice (more specifically, when he says "The Sturge") to see him wearing a T-shirt from WA3D FM "[[The Sturge]]."
*Click on "[[The Fish was Delish and it made Quite a Dish|The fish was delish, and it made quite a dish]]" to show a [[Wikipedia: Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]-style children's book of the same name by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews#Crazy Prof. Sportsinterviews|Crazy Prof. Sportsinterviews]].
**After the test sentence disappears, you can still click where it was to show the children's book.
* Click on "coozies, frisbees, or bottle openers" after The Paper comes down to see them. The coozie is blue and says, "[[Radio Stations and Shows|WSBD]] The Voice of [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] 89.3 Several Dozen Listeners." The frisbee is white and says, "The Sturge numbitty 902 WA3D FM." The bottle opener is red and says, "Smooooooth 'n smarmy".
* Click on "annoying" after The Paper comes down to see/hear more of Strong Sad's new persona.
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, I disagree! I think it's more than just a matter of simple economics. In fact, I'd say... ''{radio host voice and mannerisms, with music}'' Oh, yeah! What's the phrase that pays that plays for days? It's numbitty-nine-oh-two, "The Sturge." Don't you touch that ''{quickly}'' BLABITTABLOUGH!
:'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{confused}'' Blabittablough?
* Click on "me" after The Paper comes down to see more of Old-Timey Strong Bad.
:'''RADIO:''' ''{Old-Timey Strong Bad}'' Stay tuned for partial excitement!
:''{Portly Washboy Laundry Paste theme song plays over radio.}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{listening}'' Drat and double drat! It's true what they say! The rah-dio really does add four and twenty stone to one's voice!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
* "Four-and-twenty stone" is 336 pounds (one stone = 14 pounds), though it is probably a play on the saying that "the camera adds ten pounds." A stone is a common unit of measurement in the United Kingdom.
* A [[Wikipedia:Highball glass|highball glass]] is a tall, narrow glass typically used to serve certain types of alcoholic beverages. Homestar's glass, therefore, isn't a highball at all; it is a "[[Wikipedia:Old fashioned glass|rocks glass]]" or "double old-fashioned glass" which is generally short and stout.
** Homestar's glass is the same one The Cheat had on the table in [[montage]] while [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge|smoking]].
*The Portly Washboy advertisement is a reference to the bad childhood habit of eating adhesive paste from jars.
*[[Wikipedia:Dead air|Dead air]] is an unintentional silence, often because of an error made by the radio or television station.

===Remarks===
*The tote bag on Homestar's head reads ''"PRS Public Radio Sounds "Smooth 'n Smarmy,"'' implying that this must be the tote bag that Marzipan never got.
*Homestar must have his lights set to come on with the radio alarm at 7:00 am; strangely, he is already up and having a drink (though this may just be typical clueless Homestar behavior).
*Judging by the [[Wikipedia:North American call sign|call letters]] of the college radio station, [[Free Country, USA]] must be east of the Mississippi River. Generally, call letters for radio stations in cities east of the Mississippi begin with 'W'. Those to the west begin with 'K'.
*The station "902 WA3D FM" cannot exist under current [[Wikipedia:Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] radio regulations. The call sign WA3D is an [[Wikipedia:amateur radio|amateur radio]] call sign; commercial broadcasters do not use numbers in their call signs. The "902" presumably refers to the 90.2 MHz frequency in the FM broadcast band; however, frequency allocation rules require the last digit to be odd.
*Strong Mad's feet are separately drawn; the lines on Strong Mad's left shoe are closer together, and the shoe is slightly smaller. (This is seen in the second Easter Egg).

===Goofs===
*The left sleeve of Strong Sad's radio T-shirt disappears during parts of that Easter egg. If you click on him again, it reappears. (See the image above.)
*When Strong Sad goes to record the hour of chanting, the tape turns in the wrong direction.

===Inside References===
*Strong Mad's reaction to Strong Sad's strange remarks in the Easter egg is extremely similar to his reaction to "parakeet" in [[caffeine]].
*Strong Sad's calligraphy pen is also featured in his action figure in the Easter egg for [[action figure]], when writing to Strong Bad in [[Strong Bad Is in Jail Cartoon]], and when transcribing ''Paradise Lost'' in [[record book]].
*Strong Sad refers to himself as "The Deathly Pallor," harking back to Coach Z's introduction of Strong Sad in the email [[impression]].
*Right at the very end of the chanting, when Strong Sad presses the play and record buttons on the [[booOOMbox]], one can hear the first two notes of the [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] theme song, as seen in [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]].
*The [[booOOMbox]] Strong Sad listens to was also seen in [[autobiography]]. However, it had a white record button.
*The poster in Strong Sad's room, when viewed in the Flash file, reads "Votes Don't Cry," a reference to [[A Decemberween Pageant]], in which Marzipan said that [[The Popular Vote|Popular Votes]] aren't supposed to cry. It is also a play on Strong Sad's "Boys Don't Cry" poster.

===Real-World References===
*"Drat and double drat!" was [[Wikipedia:Dick Dastardly|Dick Dastardly's]] (''[[Wikipedia:Wacky Races|Wacky Races]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines|Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines]]'') catchphrase.
*Marzipan's book ''Tolstoy Story 2'' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Leo Tolstoy]], a famous Russian author, and also to the Disney/Pixar film ''[[Wikipedia:Toy Story 2|Toy Story 2]]''.
* Strong Bad's test phrase is an old broadcasting cliché. The phrase has been used to test the levels of the '''F''' and '''SH''' sounds in audio signals for recording, public address and broadcast. When those sounds are too "hot," sounding like intense hisses, the mic can be moved or covered to reduce the "swishiness."
*"[[Public Radio Sounds]]" (or "PRS") is a playful combination of [http://www.pbs.org PBS], the Public Broadcasting Service, and [http://www.pri.org PRI], Public Radio International.
*Marzipan talking about how she "never got her tote bag" is a reference to how financial donors to PBS usually receive gifts. A tote bag with the PBS logo embroidered on it is probably the most well-known.
*The "UN Secretary Council" represents a mix between the [http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/ UN Secretary-General] and the [http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/ UN Security Council].
*The voice-over telling the viewer what the test phrase is is a reference to game shows like ''[[Wikipedia:Password (game)|Password]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The $64,000 Pyramid|The $64,000 Pyramid]]'', where a voice-over would announce to the viewers (but not the contestants) what the password or answer was.
*Judging by Strong Sad's T-shirt, "The Sturge" is short for [[Wikipedia:Sturgeon|sturgeon]], a large, rare fish and is an obvious spoof of radio stations named after animals. For example, ''[[IMDb:tt0077097|WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' had the mascot "the WKRP Carp."
*"Heckle or jeckle" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Terrytoons|Terrytoons]] cartoon [http://www.toonopedia.com/hekljekl.htm Heckle and Jeckle].
*Strong Bad calling Strong Sad "Greystoke" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Tarzan|Tarzan]].
*The short theme heard while Marzipan listens to public radio is reminiscent of the [http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/features/atc_theme/ theme] to the [http://www.npr.org National Public Radio] program "[[Wikipedia:All Things Considered|All Things Considered]]." Interestingly, on May 8, 2005, The Brothers Chaps [[All Things Considered Interview - 8 May 2005|were interviewed]] about the Homestar Runner website on the show, and a clip from the Public Radio segment of this email was featured.
*Like most US college radio stations, WSBD has a frequency in the lower part of the FM spectrum (between 88 and 92).
*It's interesting (though probably a coincidence) that the sender's name is Fraser, since the title character on the TV show ''[[Wikipedia:Frasier|Frasier]]'' is a radio psychiatrist.


===Fast Forward===
* $7.50 is the same amount of money that Strong Bad asks "Simone" for in "[[bottom 10]]."
* The intro for the college radio is the same intro to Taranchula's funeral dirge from "[[your funeral]]".

== DVD Version ==
*If the angle is changed (to view the mid-toon Easter Eggs), Strong Sad's shirt has both sleeves in this version.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Strong Sad]], Mike's Strong Sad)

'''MIKE:''' This is a... commentary.

'''MATT:''' Look—

'''MIKE:''' Be— Be a character.

'''MATT:''' Okay. Who— Which character, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Be Strong Sad. Strong Sad's never joined me for commentary before.

'''MATT:''' Okay, we'll see how that works out.

'''MIKE:''' All right. Oh, Strong Sad's in this one, I didn't even think about it.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I ''am'' in the one, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' This is— You're pretty good in this. Did you actually do the voice?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't want to talk about what happened while we were doing that.

'''MIKE:''' Did they give you things?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I was given some things...

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' For—

'''MIKE:''' Did they drug you? or, just—

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't know, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' You don't remember?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I just know that?

'''MIKE:''' Is it all a blur?

'''STRONG SAD:''' All this— I would kind of black out, and all of a sudden there was this horrible voice coming forward from my mouth.

'''MIKE:''' I kind of like it better than your regular voice.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' I can kind of do your— good impression of you, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG SAD:''' See, look, there's— that's me.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Yeah, this could be you, too.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ah, that's terrible.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' No, it sounds pretty good.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, it sounds awful.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' No, I don't— It sounds just like you, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't think so, Mike.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' But do ''that'' voice.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Do—

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Do the radio personality voice, Strong Sad.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{In radio host voice}'' Okay! Maybe I will! For a little while! But it hurts! So I'm gonna stop!

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Oh, that's so great! That was great!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, how you doing, Strong Sad?

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Well, I'm doing pretty good, I guess.

'''MATT:''' This is pretty talented. Matt is talking to Strong Sad at the same time.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' This— This is the magic of computer technology.

'''MATT:''' So, Strong Sad, that phrase, "the fish was delish and it made quite a dish"—

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Uh, there was this place in Brooklyn I used to eat called—

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' That—

'''MATT:''' —called Giando On The Water, and it was a great little restaurant on the Brooklyn side, right under the Williamsburg bridge.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' So I wrote an online review of it on, uh, zagat.com or something—

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Oh, yeah?

'''MATT:''' —and under "user comments" I said that the fish was delish and it made quite a dish.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' That's pretty good.

'''MATT:''' You can't find that online, anymore, I looked, actually.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' That's pretty good. I wonder what ''{sounding more and more like Mike}'' Stoops and Gusso have been up to lately. I— I— I usually am not awake at that time, so I— I don't get to hear their hilarious—

'''MATT:''' You're turning less and less into Strong Sad the longer you do it.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Aww.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, no! It's going away!

'''MATT:''' And now there's Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Augh.

'''MATT:''' Mike— And I love that part in the background. Mike is just being the other dudes hanging out in the studio, and just going, "Yeah! You got it! Yeah!" Good job. So, what— that's, uh— there's "highball", "hiyah"—

'''MIKE:''' And—

'''MATT:''' —and "ah-choo"?

'''MIKE:''' "Ah-choo." ''{indecipherable}''

'''MATT:''' ''{indecipherable}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I dunno.

'''MIKE:''' Homestar says, "To s—" Oh, that's our friend Rusty's song.

'''MATT:''' It is.

'''MIKE:''' The very end of it.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Oh, why do they do that at college radio stations? They put that little sticker on the CD and, like, make the D.J. have to read that thing. So they're always like—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Track— I mean, the track number— who care— you don't have— like on any other radio, no other radio would say—

'''MIKE:''' I— I like— I think track number three is a good track.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Seriously. I think that if you listened— go listen to 10 albums and I think that track number three's—

'''MATT:''' It's like problems—

'''MIKE:''' —probably going to be a hit.

'''MATT:''' It's like putting C for an answer on a Scantron test.

'''MIKE:''' I used to— I used to count the C's. If C didn't win, I'd go back and change some.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' C or D.

'''MATT:''' Nice. Uh, originally we were going to use our friend Ariana chanting there, who actually knows some Sanskrit prayers, and so, we had her, but then we thought that she might take offense.

'''MIKE:''' May have been sacrilegious.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. We don't want to offend—

'''MIKE:''' If they were real prayers.

'''MATT:''' Hey, the Portly Washboy looks kind of like the kid from the old Boychicks Deli sign over in Orchar— or, Georgetown.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Georgetown!

'''MATT:''' Remember him?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' He's about to inhale this entire sub.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I got celery— ce— celery-flavored soda from Boychicks Deli.

'''STRONG SAD:''' That stuff is good!

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Oh, yeah! You're back! We're both back!

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm out of here—

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' This is so cool!

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm out of here now.

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' No, stay! Hang around! This is—

'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't like you!

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' Oh, man!

'''MATT:''' Um...

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' That was great.

'''MATT:''' Poster just fell.

===Fun Facts===
*"Hiyah" was Homestar's similarly-pronounced exclamation from [[montage]]. "Ah-choo" was probably supposed to be "Ahct-poo" from [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].

== External Links ==
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*[[Podstar:sb_email_radio.m4v|download "radio" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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[[Image:sbemail122.png|thumb|"Don't fly Strong Bad. I worry about you. I can see the strings."]]

Strong Bad describes for us what his perfect email would be like. The pink border doesn't cut it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Nuclear Class Submarine "Soccermom"]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 10, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, oh, email's in the backyard, makin' some stew...

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Perfect email</div>
Hey StrongBad 
I was just wondering: what do you look for in an email? 
Another words, describe that dream email that you would like 
to recieve one day. 
With lots of anticipation, Danny Gedgafov from Glenview, IL</blockquote>

''{After reading "Another words," Strong Bad says, "Oh, look! And there's some another words." Also, he has difficulty reading Danny's name, resulting in the following.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Danny Geh-geh-geh... Gih-gih-gih... Ge-ka-koff...from Gliggityvoo, Illinois. ''{He pronounces the S of Illinois.}'' ''{typing}'' My dream email. My "dreamail." ''{clears screen, resumes typing}'' Well plain ol' Danny, there are a lot of email-fish out there in the Email Sea. And while most of them are those nasty bottom-feeders with the suckhole mouth, there are a few that break the glimmering surface of the water, to glisten in the sunset for a few fleeting moments like some kind of glorious e-marlin. Another words, please allow me to ditch the fishing metaphor and hit you with the pink border.

''{A pink border appears around the edge of the screen, causing the center to turn white. The whiteness fades into Strong Bad at the Lappy, which now has a golden chain license-plate cover around its screen reading "MY LAPPY ATE YOUR DOG" at the top.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK, orchestra, hit it! ''{The orchestra starts up, and Strong Bad sings in an operatic style.}'' Email me tonight!

''{The orchestra hits its last two notes, and the Lappy booting sequence begins. However, the Lappy emblem now looks female with blonde hair, and speaks to Strong Bad with corresponding text appearing below it.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Good morning, Strong Bad. You're looking prooty hot. You have one unread messages.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, thank you, Lappy. You're looking prooty hot too. On screen!

''{Strong Bad clears the bootup screen, and reads the new email.}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: French countryside</div>
Dear Mssr. Eleganté, 
You left your pocketwatch in the hot tub. When will you be back to retrieve it? 
-128 Hot Katies</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' My Katies 1-128, Good to hear from all y'all (especially you, Katie 80). When my raucous schedule ''{pronounced as "shedule"}'' permits, I will triumphantly/abundantly ''{pronounced as triumphantly slash abundantly}'' return to the chateau for my ruby-encrusted pocketwatch. I have plans tonight, however, but I will, furthermore, heretofore, be back on morrow next. Please tell Adelaide that the poached eggs were tremendous. Forever Young, Chester Eleganté ''{Strong Bad hits enter, and the female Lappy icon appears back onscreen as the email disappears.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Well played, Strong Bad. Those ladies are sure to be all up ons.

''{The pink border and such fades away as we cut back to the normal world.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, man. If I got that email, I would have it bronzed, and then dipped in...uh guacamole and The Cheat would read it to me every night at supper.

''{The scene cuts back to the pink border dreamworld, this time at a banquet table (made out of a door) with large windows in the background, a covered serving tray and a golden chalice (or maybe just a doorknob). Strong Bad rolls forward in a plush chair with fork in hand to where the serving tray is. The Cheat's arm improbably stretches out from the right side of the screen and lifts the cover}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! Cadbury Cream Egg omelette! ''{calling offscreen}'' Continue, The Cheat.

''{The camera pans to the other end of the table, where The Cheat is sitting in a similar chair, holding a bronze plaque with guacamole all over it. The Cheat starts to read it, then growls, rubs part of the front of the plaque, and continues. The camera pans back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' Oh, I love that part! Read it again, slowly, and... backwards.

''{The camera pans back to The Cheat, who starts to read backwards, slowly and with some difficulty. Homestar Runner walks on-camera from the left side of the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{while The Cheat is still reading}'' The Cheat! What's been up?

''{The camera pans back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, Strong Bad, found your pocketwatch. ''{Homestar tosses a ruby-encrusted pocketwatch in Strong Bad's omelette.}'' Katie 80 says "What's up". ''{The camera pans back to The Cheat.}'' So, The Cheat! What's been up?

''{The camera cuts to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' CRAP THE WHAT?! ''{Strong Bad bangs on the table with his fists.}'' This pink border is '''not''' ''{Bangs on table with his fists}'' holding up its end of the bargain! ''{Bangs on table with fists}'' Come on, pink border, ''{bangs on table one last time as he gets up frantically}'' get your head in the game!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Pink border?

''{The scene cuts back to the real world, where Homestar is standing to the right of Strong Bad at his computer desk.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, what are you talking aboot?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looks around for a moment}'' Oh, we're back here.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah. I found your pocket lint. ''{puts some pocket lint on the desk}'' And Marzipan says you're an ogre.

''{The camera focuses back on Strong Bad and the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Awww! I knew I shoulda gone with a puffy white cloud border. Those things never let you down. Homestar never woulda shown up in a Puffy White Cloud Dreamail.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I do hate white clowns.

''{A center wipe suddenly happens with white clouds forming the border. Strong Bad's computer desk is now apparently in a submarine, with the text "NUCLEAR CLASS SUBMARINE 'SOCCERMOM'" painted on the inside of its hull. As Strong Bad types, some creature with a huge eye looks in through a nearby porthole, and the pinging of a sonar can be heard in the background}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And if you ignore all the facts and scientific evidence, then those weird little kids were right. Thanks for your question, Leonard Nimoy. I'll be back next week to solve another Celebrity Murder Mystery. ''{stops typing and stands up, addressing the camera}'' But right now, I gotta fly.

''{Strong Bad strikes a pose, and strings suddenly appear attached to him. Strong Bad makes various noises as he is lifted away to the upper right corner of the screen, where he gets stuck. The Paper, which now seems to be modeled after the U.S. Constitution, comes down with the Strong Bad email link looking like it has been written on it in marker}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Emarlin.PNG|thumb|An e-marlin breaks the glimmering surface of the Lappy.]]
*Click on "[[e-marlin]]" to cause an [[Wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]] marlin to jump from the bottom of the screen.
*Click on the graffiti on Strong Bad's dream table to see a zoomed-in view of it. It reads, "Ooh Dang, Strong Bad! You go child!" and is signed "Jackeé".
*Click on the Lappy's screen at the end of the email to hear additional dialogue from the female Lappy.
=== Easter Egg Transcript ===
''{The Female Lappy appears back on-screen}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Don't fly, Strong Bad. Please come down. I worry about you. I can see the strings.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
* "You have one unread messages." is a reference to poorly written computer programs that do not special case the number one. A better program would have had the Female Lappy 486 saying, "You have one unread message."
* The misspelling of "prooty" when Lappy 486 says "pretty" is a reference to old speech synthesizers like [[Wikipedia:Software Automatic Mouth|Software Automated Mouth]] that forced the user to use phonetic spelling to make the words come out right.

===Trivia===
* Unlike most other emails, the end screen does not have any sort of "back" button.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#miner 2049er|miner 2049er]]".

===Remarks===
* At the end of this email, [[The Paper]] seems to have been replaced by the U.S. Constitution.
* Strong Bad finally spells [[Wikipedia:y'all|"y'all"]] correctly.
* The words "about" and "schedule" are pronounced using the [[Wikipedia:Canadian English|stereotypical Canadian pronunciations]] "aboot" and "shedule".
* When Strong Bad gets up, the customary "get up noise" does not occur.
* This is one of the few emails when we see Strong Bad actually "typing". One of the other times we see this is in [[dullard]], but Strong Bad's style of typing has changed since then.
* Despite all the hype Strong Bad makes about correct grammar and punctuation, he fails to realize or acknowledge that Danny has spelled the word ''receive'' wrong in his email.
* This is the first time the new design of StrongBad’s stool appears. The old one just showed two legs and looked very ‘2D’ while the new design shows the two legs in back (or front) for a more 3D feel.

===Goofs===
* The official French abbreviation for ''Monsieur'' is "M.", but it is misspelled as "Mssr." in the "French Countryside" dream e-mail. This may be based on the abbreviation "Messrs." or "Mssrs.", standing for Messieurs, the plural of Monsieur. The spelling also resembles the way French actually pronounce ''Monsieur'', which Strong Bad imitates.

===Inside References===
* The phrase "[[All up ons]]" is from the email [[suntan]].
* The Celebrity Murder Mystery is very similar to a comment made by Homsar in [[suntan]].
* The strings pulling up Strong Bad may be a reference to a similar flight made by Homestar in [[A Decemberween Pageant]].

===Real-World References===
* The fact that Strong Bad is dreamailed by 128 Katies may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mario 128|''Mario 128'']], the name for the first Mario game for the Nintendo GameCube. This game was never actually released, but was supposedly going to be a game where you controlled 128 Marios. There is a nod to this idea in [[Wikipedia:Super Smash Bros. Melee|Super Smash Bros.]] when you have to fight 128 tiny Marios.
** It's more likely a reference to the Genesis port of Michael Jackson's Mooonwalker for the Arcade. In that game, the only girls you could rescue were named "Katie", meaning you had to save multiple Katies.
* Strong Bad's dreamail dinner table is made from the front door from the show [[Wikipedia:227 (TV series)|"227"]] and is signed by actress [[Wikipedia:Jackée Harry|Jackée Harry]] who played Sandra Clark on the late '80s sitcom.
* Strong Bad has two [[Wikipedia:Cadbury-Schweppes|Cadbury's]] [[Wikipedia:Cadbury's Creme Egg|Creme Egg]]s on his plate. These are chocolate Easter eggs with "cream" (which is pretty much frosting) inside. They are sold around Easter in the U.S. and Canada, but are available year-round in Australia and the UK.
* The pink border is a reference to shows like [[Wikipedia:Saved by the Bell|Saved by the Bell]], which used the same border for its dream sequences.
* The sign-off "Forever young" also appeared in an Easter egg in [[personal favorites]]. It is a reference to the 1973 [[Wikipedia:Bob_dylan|Bob Dylan]] song that became a hit for [[Wikipedia:Rod_Stewart|Rod Stewart]] in 1988 or possibly the [[Wikipedia:Alphaville_(band)|Alphaville]] song of the same name, which was a hit in 1984.
* When Strong Bad says "On screen!" it is a reference to innumerable Star Trek episodes in which the captain gives the same command.
*[[IMDB:nm0000559|Leonard Nimoy]] is the actor who played "Spock" on the original Star Trek series. Strong Bad's reference to him and scientific facts is probably related to [[Wikipedia:In_Search_Of...|In Search Of...]], a television show hosted by Nimoy that explored controversial explanations of the paranormal and disputed historical events.

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' That was a nice little-jig.

'''MIKE:''' Song. A jig is a dance.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' But he was probably doing one there in the stool.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah we could se—

'''MATT:''' Sitting in the stool.

'''MIKE:''' What are you saying?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' I wanna start this one over.

'''MIKE:''' No, let’s keep going. It’s good.

'''MATT:''' Are you sure?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah!

'''MATT:''' How many of these do you think on this DVD we said that we were gonna start over and then don’t?

'''MIKE:''' I think this is the fourth or fifth one.

'''MATT:''' Nice!

''{short pause}''

'''MIKE:''' I haven’t watched this one in a while.

'''MATT:''' I know. I don’t know what happens in it. Who’s this guy talking right now?

'''MIKE:''' Red Head. ''{both laugh}'' That's Ol’ Red Head.

''{pause until Strong Bad types "suckhole mouth"}''

'''MIKE:''' That— "Suckhole" is some foul language.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Are we allowed to say that on the DVD?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I don’t think so!

'''MATT:''' I think it’s worse that the DVD standard.

''{pause until Strong Bad types pink border}''

'''MATT:''' So the pink border, Mike—

'''MIKE:''' Oh!

'''MATT:''' Was pioneered by ''Saved By the Bell''.

'''MIKE:''' It’s true!

'''MATT:''' Dream sequences.

''{both laugh}''

'''MATT:''' That’s a nice license plate border he’s got on his Lappy.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. I’d like to get one of those for my uh—

'''MATT:''' Look at that hot logo!

'''MIKE:''' Listen to that hot voice!

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{short pause}''

'''MATT:''' She is a— a fine— a hip, hip, hip, hip, hip lady. The Lappy logo.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Uh... what did Mssr. Elegante come from? Didn’t you— or did you just make that up?

'''MIKE:''' I think I just made that up. I don’t remember if it was from something or not.

''{pause until after Strong Bad types Katie 80}''

'''MIKE:''' That rhymes.

'''MATT:''' Umm... "schedule" ''{says it like "shedule"}'' obviously is the very highbrow way to say "schedule."

'''MIKE:''' Or the very my second grade teacher way to say it.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Who was that?

'''MIKE:''' Mrs. Wilburn.

'''MATT:''' Wilburn?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I don’t remember her.

'''MIKE:''' She was gone by your— by your days.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{short pause until Strong Bad types Chester Elegante}''

'''MATT:''' Is that Adalaide from ''Facts of Life'', Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Probably.

'''MATT:''' The maid.

'''MIKE:''' One of them— one of the several— or I guess it was ''Different Strokes'' that kept changing. They had Pearl.

'''MATT:''' Oh, maybe she was on— oh Adalaide might have been on ''Different Strokes''.

'''MIKE:''' Mrs. Garret was—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That’s why I’m mixing them up.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

''{pause until scene cuts to the dinner table}''

'''MATT:''' So this is—

'''MIKE:''' Speaking of T.V. shows on Saturday nights—

'''MATT:''' Mmm hmm—

'''MIKE:''' Like uh— ''Facts of Life''. There’s 227.

'''MATT:''' Look. It’s signed by Jackée!

'''MIKE:''' There’s a—

'''MATT:''' The best part is that I don’t think there was a door that says 227 on it or something err—

'''MIKE:''' In my mind that— they were sitting on a stoop and there was a door always that said 227.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, maybe a door—

'''MIKE:''' But I think I’m making it up.

'''MATT:''' But I think that was the number of the uh-the building ‘cause they lived in a brownstone so 227 wasn’t like somebody’s apartment number which is sorta what that door looks like.

''{short pause}''

'''MIKE:''' You’ve got a Cadbury cream egg in your desk drawer.

'''MATT:''' I still do! I don’t—

'''MIKE:''' It’s from Easter.

'''MATT:''' I don’t know if I’m gonna eat it.

'''MIKE:''' I can’t believe I haven’t eaten it in some fit of hunger.

'''MATT:''' That room—

'''MIKE:''' That—

'''MATT:''' That room definitely looks like that room at the end of, uh— 2001.

'''MIKE:''' Mmm hmm—

'''MATT:''' When after he’s gone through the s— the monolith. It scares me in there. I wouldn’t make my— my dream house look like that.

'''MIKE:''' I used to have this, uh— dream house that was a giant like maybe— 30 foot wide carpeted stairway. And you’d just wind down to this opening with like six doors off of it.

'''MATT:''' Uh huh?

'''MIKE:''' Gosh. I drew a picture of it in low res on the— on our old IBM.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' On the green low-res graphics.

'''MATT:''' Nice.

'''MIKE:''' I drew this picture of a giant carpeted stairway.

'''MATT:''' We should broach— we should go back and do this again and talk about the email.

== External Links ==
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garage sale

Evandavis7 — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:13:11 GMT

Evandavis7: Bennedetto!

{{sbenav|129|rampage|do over}}
[[Image:sbemail129.png|thumb|"Go back to Stuckey's!"]]

Strong Bad gives his thoughts on "garbage" sales and "garbage" sale patrons.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Homestar's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' May 2, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:28

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Here comes another email that I'll answer for you! Here comes another email that I'll answer for you!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: garage sale=money!</div>
hey strong bad! 
I seriously think you need to have a garage sale!! I mean 
think of all da things you could get with all that money... 
 
cat (yeah that's my real name)</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the first line exaggeratedly fast, as it is written. He over-emphasizes the "da", and doesn't read the part in parentheses, instead saying...}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and something I don't wanna read. ''{typing}'' What sort of 'da things' are we talking about here, Catman? 'Da bomb' or, uh, 'da boyz' or even, ''{not typed}'' uh, ''{typing}'' 'da hood?' Nah, I don't think I want any of dose. ''{clears screen}'' Lemme tell you a thing or two about garage sales: Ya ever get the feeling that the people just got lazy taking the trash out, so they stopped right there on the driveway and started putting price tags on things? I mean, isn't it just a little bit suspicious that there's only a one-letter difference between 'garage sale' and 'garbage sale?' ''{says "gar-bahge", to rhyme with "garage"}'' Except, don't ever say 'garbage' ''{same way}'' like that. That's, like, the only joke Moms have and they can keep it for all I care. So then there's the issue of the sort of folks that frequent garage sales: bottom feeders, lemme tell ya.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's garage sale in the middle of the Field. There is a sign reading "GAR<strike>B</strike>AGE SALE" (with the 'B' crossed out), and [[#Some Items for Sale|merchandise]] is found everywhere with various price tags. Marzipan walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' First, there's the haggler, ''{"THE HAGGLER" appears in the middle of the screen with a bowler derby on it for a moment.}'' the guy who spends all day trying to talk you down from a quarter to twenty-two cents for some worthless piece of crap.

''{The camera scrolls over to Bubs and Strong Bad. Bubs is holding an ugly doll.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'll give ya two thin dimes for this pantyhose doll.

'''STRONG BAD:''' First off... all... that is Aunt Gert. And secondly, she's worth '''way''' more than the quarter I'm asking for her! Heck, I paid six-fifty for her new. And them's 1998 dollars!

'''BUBS:''' Well, maybe if she was wearing a troll outfit, or a witch's hat or somethin'...

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll let it go for twenty-four cents.

'''BUBS:''' ''{grimly}'' Twenty-two and a half!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You, my friend... just bought yourself an Aunt Gert.

''{Cut away to The Field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Next is the lurker. ''{"THE LURKER" appears in the middle of the screen with a candle and two skulls on it for a moment.}'' You know, the shady night-manager at Stuckey's type, who shades around all day but never buys anything.

''{The camera pans down to Strong Sad and Senor Cardgage looking at merchandise. Strong Sad steps away from Senor Cardgage.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you're like, "Is he there just to be seen?"

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Look at this can of peas, Helvetica. Won't you help me buy it for you?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm finding it hard to express just how uncomfortable I am right now.

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' I dan't know why. Exprecially since you have this can of peas to look forward to.

''{Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, if you're not gonna buy anything, you gotta leave. You're drivin' away all my best customers!

''{Senor Cardgage walks off with the can of peas.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, I feel like I need a chemical shower after talking to that guy! Do we have an emergency eyewash station?

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least he bought something, ''lurker''! Go back to Stuckey's. ''{voiceover}'' And last, but not least...

''{Cut to another part of the garage sale, this time with Marzipan and Coach Z. "COACH Z", with a basketball instead of the O and a towel hanging off the Z, appears in the middle of the screen. Coach Z is carrying a variety of items all labeled "Great for baby!". In front of them is a picnic blanket with more "Great for baby!" items on it, except for one, which is labeled "Great for Graw Mad"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...there's Coach Z.

''{The text disappears.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Coach Z, may I ask why you're buying up all the "great for baby" items?

'''COACH Z:''' I'd prefer that ya didn't.

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Obviously, wasting your Saturday morning just to sell $3.19 worth of trash isn't the real reason to have a garage sale. It's to get people out of their houses so The Cheat can ransack them!!

''{Cut to Homestar's living room. The place is a wreck, and The Cheat is standing in the middle of the room near a large bag. Frank Bennedetto is laying on its side in the foreground.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{humming while stuffing Homestar's cow lamp into the bag}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{popping out of the bag}'' Hey, can you put this cow lamp back? ''{throws it out}'' We're running out of room in here. You wouldn't get much for that thing anyways. It's not even a real cow.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' See? And then we make a killing when we sell the stuff back to them a few weeks later at an inflated price.

''{Cut to the garage sale. Marzipan and Strong Bad are standing near Marzipan's answering machine on a table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, this is perfect! I've always wanted an answering machine.

'''ANSWERING MACHINE:''' ''{in Marzipan's voice}'' It's a great day at Marzipan's! Please leave me a message.

''{Marzipan looks at Strong Bad angrily, while Strong Bad looks around shiftily.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, see, it ''is'' perfect! It already knows your name, even. Heh! Oooh, heh. Eee. Oh. Hmm. Peow! ''{runs off}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' More like, ''pree''-ow.

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

==Easter Eggs==

*At the beginning, click on "da bomb," "da boyz", and "da hood" to bring up T-shirts with phrases incorporating each term.
*At the end, click on the Heavy Lourde to see Homestar make an offer he can't refuse.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We got a Homestar Runner for sale! Slightly used and mostly confused. We can't ''give'' these things away. ''{leans}'' I'll take it! ''{leans other way}'' I'll take ''twelve''. ''{stands upright}'' Drive one home today!
*Click on the answering machine to see more of Coach Z.
:''{Marzipan and Coach Z are at the garage sale in the same positions as before.}''
:'''MARZIPAN:''' This garage sale is more like a gar-''bahge'' sale.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning in from offscreen}'' DAHDAHDAHDAHDAH! Moms Only!
:'''COACH Z:''' Oh, then I'm okay to say it!
:''{Strong Bad and Marzipan look shocked, disturbed, and confused by Coach Z's comment.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*There are two messages on Marzipan's answering machine.
*According to [http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ The Inflation Calculator], A "1998 dollar" would be worth about $1.16 (as of 2005). So Strong Bad paying $6.50 for Aunt Gert in 1998 is equivalent to paying $7.53 for her in 2005.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#typing tutor jr|typing tutor jr]]".

===Remarks===
*While it is dubious that ''any'' of the objects listed as "Great for Baby!" are appropriate for infants, the only one known to be "inappropriate" for them is the Helicopter—in [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]], it is said to be for "Ages 3–5".
*Coach Z is holding the "we are the scorpions!" box from [[your friends]], but the text "we are the" is missing from it.

===Goofs===
*When the camera scrolls to the left at the beginning of the "Haggler" scene, the Garage sale sign suddenly disappears just before it should go off screen.
*The image of Gooblies is obviously flipped, as you can see if you zoom in on his washing care label when Strong Sad moves out of the way, the "G" is displayed backwards.
*"Moms" in "the only joke Moms have" could be expected to be lowercase, except when it used as a title, such as in Western cultures.
* When Marzipan blinks during her confused expression, her outline is intruded.

===Inside References===
*"Graw Mad" is Strong Bad's nickname for [[Strong Mad]] in [[the facts]].
*Homestar's [[Cow Lamp|cow lamp]] first appeared in [[caper]], where [[The Cheat]] broke it by accident.
*"[[Preeeeow]]" is the [[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] for the sound [[The Paper]] makes when it comes down, and was first said in [[autobiography]].
*The Haggler sign's hat is a recolored version of [[Homsar|Homsar's]] bowler derby.
*Homestar has previously described Senor Cardgage as smelling like pea soup, in [[kind of cool]].
*Frank Bennedetto first appeared in [[army]].

===Real-World References===
*[http://www.selectsoft.com/repository/LSTYPTUJUJ| Typing Tutor Jr.] is an educational video game made by Selectsoft Publishing for the PC and Mac in 2001.
*[[Wikipedia:Stuckey's|Stuckey's]] is a [http://www.stuckeys.com/search.php chain] of roadside convenience stores found on highways throughout the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest United States.
*Senor Cardgage refers to Strong Sad as [[Wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]], a famous sans-serif typeface.
*The whole email resembles an old comedy VHS film (by [http://www.theadman.net/am/video/J2%20Communications/1/ J2 Communications]) called "[http://www.theadman.net/a/6300167208/How-to-Have-a-Moneymaking-Garage-Sale-Starring-Phyllis-Diller.html How to Have a Money-Making Garage Sale]," in which [[Wikipedia:Phyllis Diller|Phyllis Diller]] discusses sensible and frivolous tips as well as the many different "species" of customers who come by.
*The "gar-bahge" pronunciation was originally made popular in Hefty Trash Bag commercials by comedian [[Wikipedia:Jonathan_Winters|Jonathan Winters]].
*Both a "chemical shower" and an "eye wash station" are safety features found in a common chemical laboratory, as well as in the majority of chemistry classrooms.
*There was a short-lived comic series called "[[Wikipedia:Catman (comics)|Catman]]", but in this case, Strong Bad is likely making a parody of the more popular [[Batman]]. In another example of the many rock references of the Homestar Runner world, Strong Bad may also be referencing Peter Criss of KISS fame, who was known by the stagename of Catman.

===Some Items for Sale===
*Except for the candle, the egg carton, Aunt Gert, and unpriced items, all prices refer to the number of the email in which the item first appeared.

====On Display====
* Cheat Commandos [[Cheap_as_Free#Toys|Troop Transport]] - $93
** The price refers to [[army]], the email which introduced the [[Cheat Commandos]].
* [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s Telegramophone from [[50 emails]] - $50
* [[Eggs]] from [[morning routine]] - $54
* Box labeled "riverquest safariventure" from [[theme park]] - $1.04
* [[Ab-Abber 2000]] from [[suntan]] - $77
* [[Heavy Lourde]] from [[homsar]] - $2
* "[[Words I Probably Said]]" tape from [[autobiography]] - $67
* [[Swiss Cake Rolls]] - $50
** The price indicates [[50 emails]], but Swiss Cake Rolls actually appeared in [[invisibility]] - which was Strong Bad Email #41, before 50 emails.
* [['Lectric Boots]] from [[extra plug]] - $116
* "sb_snailmail.exe" [[The Mailbox|mailbox]] from [[other days]] - $111
* Tandy 400 [[Floppy Disk Container]], which first appeared in [[little animal]] (disk showing is "typing tutor jr") - $23
* [[Strong Bad's Fondue Pot]] from [[50 emails]] - $50
* [[Gooblies]] from [[suntan]] - $77
* [[The Cloitsterizer]] from [[suntan]]: "Great for Graw Mad" - $77
* Keg of [[Cold One]]s: "Great for Baby!" - $38
** This particular keg has not been seen before, but it is similar in shape to the [[Melonade]] keg seen in [[helium]] and other places.
* Cheat Commandos [[Cheap_as_Free#Toys|Helicopter]]: "Great for Baby!" - $93
** The price refers to [[army]], the email which introduced The Cheat Commandos.
* Marzipan's Answering Machine, the [[PhoneTime XL8]] - $129
** The price refers to the current email, which is the first one to have the PhoneTime XL8 outside an Easter egg.
* Purple Candle from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] - $00
** The price is zero since the candle had never been seen in an email before this one.
* Egg Carton from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] - $EGG

====Hidden Items====
* A bag of [[Potate]] chips (price not given)
** Appears out of frame in the Flash file when Bubs is haggling with Strong Bad
* "[[More Like You Write A Book About Come-back Jokes, NERD!!]]" book from [[50 emails]]: "Great for Baby!" - $50
** Appears out of frame in the swf file when Bubs is haggling with Strong Bad
** Presumably bought by Coach Z, as it appears in his arms later in the cartoon

====Sold Items====
* "Aunt Gert" pantyhose doll - $.25
** Sold to Bubs for 22½¢
* "Canopy's" can of [[Peas|peas]] - $99
** Presumably bought by Senor Cardgage for "Helvetica".
** The price refers to [[different town]] (e-mail 99), in which [[The King of Town]] was buried alive in a box of peas.
** The can may also be the one the Cheat opened in [[The Cheatar]].
* [[Clock Radio]] from [[12:00]]: "Great for Baby!" (price not given)
** Presumably bought by Coach Z
* Box of scorpions from [[your friends]]: "Great for Baby!" (price not given)
** Presumably bought by Coach Z
* Homestar Runner - SOLD
** Apparently bought by himself

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]] and [[Jonathan Howe]])

'''MATT:''' ''{grunts}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Ooh. Aah. Ooh. Aah.

'''RYAN?:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ''{beatboxes}''

'''MATT:''' Right now. Here comes another email that I'll answer for you. Here comes another...

'''MIKE:''' ''{inaudible}'' —commentary...

'''MATT:''' All right.

'''JOHN:''' That was good, guys.

'''MIKE:''' So... this is, uh, the last email that we've made up to this point of the time that we're doing the commentaries.

'''MATT:''' Yeah we don't even know what email 130's gonna be like and we might even start making it today.

'''MIKE:''' That's true and we still don't know what it's gonna be about.

'''MATT:''' I really like Mike's work on that Easter egg of those, those, uh, "da-something" T-shirts.

'''MIKE:''' Oh those shirts. "Da boyz."

'''MATT:''' Those two babies are—

'''MIKE:''' Cute babies.

'''MATT:''' And the one "da hood" is awesome! That skull—

'''MIKE:''' The skull and that building, yeah.

'''RYAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, looked into the— yeah.

'''JOHN:''' Why wasn't it a "da hoodie"?

''{long pause}''

'''JOHN:''' Um...

'''MIKE:''' Jonathan has ruined the commentary once again.

'''JOHN:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, it's not true.

'''MATT:''' So what else? Ah, we were talking about other mom jokes, like there's "gar-bahge", there's Tar—they call Target "tar-zhay". All right, um, there's a couple others... I don't remember what they were. That's, that's just Homsar's derby hat on "The Haggler" with— and I changed the colors.

'''RYAN:''' I like, I like seeing all the things from the previous emails in there.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah I didn't— Matt did, uh, all this part so I didn't even notice most of this stuff until the second or third watching.

'''RYAN:''' The tape...

'''MATT:''' The price, the price, um, the price on all of 'em usually corresponds to the email it was from.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' A little insider trading...

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Except The Cheat Commando— I think anything that's The Cheat Commandos I make it be to the "army" email, 'cause that's where Firebert was from.

'''MIKE:''' Ah.

'''JOHN:''' And there's a lot more expression; you see Bubs is sneering; he's like lowering his eyes.

'''MIKE:''' Anytime a character's got squinty or angry eyes you know Matt animated that part.

'''JOHN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Ah, good ol' Senor Cardgage. I guess he's a real character now.

'''JOHN:''' What was the lobster name?

'''MIKE:''' Goobless. That was a real, that was a real stuffed animal that Matt had. There's Goobless right there.

'''MATT:''' We went over that on the last email.

'''JOHN:''' Gooby.

'''MATT:''' Gooby. Um, the can of peas is a clever play on words; it's Canopy's, like "Canopy-apostrophe-s."

'''JOHN:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Ahhh. Clever.

'''MATT:''' The Canopy's brand can of peas.

'''JOHN:''' That's clever.

'''MIKE:''' That's too much for me.

'''JOHN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I like the back of Strong Sad's knees there.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

'''MIKE:''' Did you make that just for that?

'''MATT:''' I did that.

'''MIKE:''' It's a little— he's— they're kinda worn out. He bends them a lot it looks like. He needs to get some lotion on the back of his knees.

'''MIKE:''' ''{talking about Coach Z}'' What does he have in his hands there?

'''MATT:''' He's got the Strong Bad comebacks book: "More Like, YOU Write a Book About Comebacks, Nerd". Uh, the alarm clock, and maybe something else.

'''MIKE:''' Alarm clock might be okay for a baby.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, probably wouldn't know what to do with it.

'''MIKE:''' Or at least for someone with a baby.

'''MATT:''' The cow lamp. We need to make the cowlamp; I want a cow lamp so bad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, make it. Ryan!

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Somebody make one for me for my birthday.

'''MIKE:''' Ryan, make that.

'''RYAN:''' I got it! I'm on this one!

'''MIKE:''' I like this, her intro here. It's a great day at Marzipan's.

'''MATT:''' They would make me say that, or they wanted you to say that when I worked at Mindspring.

'''RYAN:''' It's a great day at—

'''MATT:''' "It's a great day at Mindspring! This is Matt with customer service. How can I have your email address or account number, please?" And they'd go "I don't know, how can you?"

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:MindSpring|MindSpring]] was a major Internet service provider which merged with [[Wikipedia:EarthLink|EarthLink]] on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|129|3045}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Happy Hallow-day

Evandavis7 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:04:24 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Inside References */

{{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}'' Groady 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 piture 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 going to 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:''' I'm trying to attract Halloween Night with music. It loves reggae, you know!

'''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-dadadadada! Cricket-dadadadada!

'''MARZIPAN:''' We be jammin'!

''{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}'' I got Halloween Night vision goggles! ''{holds up black opaque shades with orange frames}'' 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 keybord 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. ''{laughing}'' 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! Thank you, Doug. So tell us what your doing here. Well it occured to me that no Halloween Night could resist these orenge 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:''' ''{weird noises}''

'''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 brigher}''

'''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.}''

''{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.

===Trivia===
*This is a rare Halloween where Homestar does not at any point mention [[Witch's Brew]].

===Remarks===
*This is the first time we see Homestar whistle.
*If you view the Flash file in a Decompiler, 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!"
*This is arguably the first Halloween toon on the website without true opening credits.
*Three different characters in this toon (Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Homsar) play fictional characters of real comedians.

===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.
*Sunlight doesn't turn Mogwai into Gremlins, it kills them. Eating after midnight is what triggers the transformation.
*If you made Homsar appear in the toon, at the end, if you click on someone to start a dialogue, and roll over Homsar while they are speaking, the bubble with his name and costume will still appear.

===Glitches===
*When the camera zooms in on Strong Sad after The Poopsmith's head becomes clickable (for the Homsar easter egg), that area of the screen is still clickable even though nothing is there.

===Inside References===
*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]].
*Homestar's "orange and black flavored loose tooth removers" are a reference to Marshie's "orange and black flavored" marshmallows seen in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*Bub's do-it yourself Halloween Night hovercraft kit is a Hollerin' Jimmy's brand which previously apeared 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" may be 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]].
* Gizmo is a [[Wikipedia:mogwai|mogwai]] from the movies [[Wikipedia:Gremlins|Gremlins]] and [[Wikipedia:Gremlins 2: The New Batch|Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]. In the movie, if a mogwai was exposed to Sunlight, it would be killed.

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

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[[Category:Halloween]]

Smoking

Evandavis7 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:02:49 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Cigarettes */

'''Smoking''' is one of the occasional vices indulged in by the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] crew.

==The Cheat's Smoking==
[[Image:Thecheatsmoking.png|right|thumb|Smoke 'em if ya got 'em]]
[[The Cheat]] is addicted to smoking. While he usually smokes cigarettes, he also smokes the occasional old-style pipe. He normally smokes [[Trophies|Trophy Lights]] cigarettes, usually after a period of stress or fatigue. Though sometimes his [[Characters#Main characters|friends]] will try to get him to stop smoking, their attempts are never too successful. The Trophy Lights have been seen in a locker in [[Coach Z]]'s locker room, where The Cheat reportedly sleeps sometimes. The Cheat has sometimes been known to smoke the wrong end of the cigarette.

===Appearances===

*[[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]] - The player must help The Cheat quit with nicotine gum.
*Email [[big white face]] - A pixelated drawing of The Cheat shows him holding a smoking pipe.
*[[Where's The Cheat?]] - Strong Bad finds a pack of cigarettes in The Cheat's [[Coach Z's Locker Room|locker]], which violates his [[Holidays#New Year's Day (January 1st)|New Year's resolution]].
*Email [[montage]] - The Cheat can be seen smoking after a day of door-to-door selling with the [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]].

==Cigars==
[[Image:Cigar.PNG|thumb|A cigar from [[Meet Marshie]].]]
*[[Hairstyle Runner]] - One of the pictures in the gallery features Homestar smoking.
*[[Meet Marshie]] - "Pinner" has a cigar in the pile of marshmallows (this also appears as an Easter egg in [[island]]).
*[[fingers]] - [[Strong Bad]] has a lit cigar on his left hand.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] - [[Cheerleader]] had a bowler derby hat, sunglasses, a moustache, a tie, and a cigar.
*[[That A Ghost]] - [[Fat Dudley]] smokes a cigar.
*[[lady...ing]] - Strong Bad tries to smoke a cigar, but it explodes in his face.
*[[Store]] - In the second [[Store Thank You Messages#Transcript 2|Store Thank You Message]], Strong Bad lights a cigar with a pile of money.
*[[pop-up]] - [[Bubs]] is smoking a cigar in the Easter egg.
*[[The Sneak]] is holding a cigar in a [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-07-06|Weekly Sketchbook]] image.

==Cigarettes==

*In [[space program]], the filmstrip announcer wonders why [[Tire|Ted Averill]] isn't enjoying a "smooth, relaxing cigarette".
*In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]], [[The Ugly One]] sticks her head in the ground, where her lungs proceed to fill up with sand and cigarette butts.
*In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], the party scene is introduced by a man smoking a cigarette with "AT THE PARTY" imprinted on it.
*In [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] and [[Peasant's Quest Animatic]], the [[Videlectrix Mascot]] holds a cigarette while leaning on the [[Videlectrix]] logo.
*The start of [[Puppets on the Road]] is the experimental film Staple-Down Life, which features a line about smoking cigarettes.
*In [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], [[Homsar]] appears dressed as Slash in an Easter Egg with a cigarette in his mouth, although it might have just been for the costume.
*The [[Smoky Office]], first seen in [[The Interview]], always has an ashtray with a lit cigarette in it.
*At the end of [[Happy Hallow-day]], Strong Bad is seen holding a cigarette.

==Miscellaneous==

*In [[Commandos in the Classroom]], teachers are advised to "catch a nap or have a smoke" during the slide show. Later on in the show, the [[Blue Laser Commander]] tempts [[Firebert]] by asking if he wants to "smoke some candy."
*In one of the [[Scroll Button Songs]], [[Coach Z]] raps, "And if you're tryin' to fade me then ya must smoke crack!"
*In [[myths & legends]], Strong Bad's "fence drawings" show a man smoking a pipe.
*In [[Teen Girl Squad 11]], [[So and So]] asks for some "smokes".

[[Category:Activity running gags]]

theme park

Evandavis7 — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:32:32 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Real-World References */

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[[Image:themepark.png|thumb|* Please do not bring your grandmother.]]

Strong Bad tells us about his plans for a Strong Badia theme park.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Ugly One}} (Easter egg), [[Monkey D]] (Easter egg), {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}/[[Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots|Stoppy the Sign]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}/[[Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots|Poppy the Tire]], {{Film|Homsar}}/[[General Tso's Chicken]], [[Bear holding a Shark]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA]], [[Strong Badia]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' May 25, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:15

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Everybody loves this, everybody needs this, it's time for funny stuff. ''{reading, in a Teen Girl Squad voice}'' Dear strong bad, you are the coolest... ''{Strong Bad stops reading and clears his throat.}'' Oh! Excuse me.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear strong bad, 
you are the coolest, any way onto 
buisness. i think that you should 
make your own theme park. 
 
crapfully crap, 
Rafael FL.</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "buisness" just as it is spelled ("bweez-ness"), says "(sigh) Sincerely yours" instead of "crapfully crap," and "football league" instead of "FL."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, Rafi, being the distinguished buisnessman ''{continues with the misspelling/pronunciation used earlier}'' that I am, I've had a theme park in development for quite some time now. Almost as long as I've been growin' this mustache.

''{A 10,000x magnification of Strong Bad's upper lip appears, showing a growth of one hair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Anyways, it'd be called

''{Cut to view of a theme park by the Stop Sign and Cinder Block.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Strong Bad's Mount RIDESPLACE! USA

''{As this is said, the appropriate words flash on the screen above the view of the theme park.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And it will have more rides than you or your grandmother can handle.

''{As this is said, the words "More Rides Than You Or Your Grandmother Can Handle!*" appear along with a "*please do not bring your grandmother" disclaimer on the bottom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Of course, our flagship rollercoaster would be

''{Cut to view of the rollercoaster, which is perfectly circular and spins continually without stopping. The Trogdor arcade game music is playing in the background}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Bowels of Trogdor!!

''{Pan out to see that The King of Town is riding the rollercoaster and screaming.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Which would like whip you around and around until you either throw up or catch fire somehow.

''{The King of Town catches fire somehow.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Hooieooieooieooieooieooieooieooie!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat and the entrance to the ride. A Trogdor sign is there that says "Peasants must be as tall as my beefy arm to ride this ride." The Cheat is clearly not tall enough.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sorry, little guy, ''{The Cheat starts to stand on tip-toes.}'' I can't do nothing for you. ''{The Cheat puts on a top hat and starts to stand on tip-toes again.}'' Maybe you better head over to Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land instead.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{He makes a thoroughly disappointed noise.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on a stage.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And every hour, at the main stage, there'd be a performance of "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular"!

''{A banner lowers behind Strong Sad that says "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt SPOOK-tacular!!" Strong Sad is wearing a witch's hat standing patiently. Strong Mad comes from stage right to flying tackle Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' MAUHHH!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh!

''{Strong Sad climbs back up on the stage again standing patiently. Strong Mad comes from stage left this time to flying tackle Strong Sad again.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' MAUHHH!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh!

''{Cut to Strong Bad behind a table with a layout of the theme park on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' To make sure you don't have any money left when you leave,—

''{The words "not to scale" appear with an arrow pointing at the layout.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —there'd be more games than you or your grand''father'' could handle.

''{Cut to Bubs working the "Throw Game."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You know, the ones where you throw hoops or rings or baseballs at different stuff and try to win cheap generic stuffed animal versions of ten-year-old cartoons.

''{During this voice over, Pom Pom plays the "Throw Game" while Bubs looks on. Pom Pom successfully gets all three rings that he tosses around the "[[Cold One|Xtra Cold One]]" bottle. Strong Bad's arm appears, holding up a cheap stuffed animal.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like this Bubs with a horn.

'''BUBS:''' No, no, no. You gotta get those rings ''inside'' the bottle.

'''POM POM:''' ''{He makes aggravated bubble noises.}''

''{Pom Pom picks up a baseball and throws it at the bottle in frustration. A shattering noise is heard. Cut back to Strong Bad behind the layout of the park.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No theme park would be complete without a bunch of costumed mascots running around antic-ing... ''{scratches head}'' antiquing... Whatever.

''{Cut to view of an area behind some fencing. The King of Town still rides "The Bowels of Trogdor!!" in the distance.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{distant}'' Hooieooieooieooie!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You know, there'd be one of the Stop Sign,

''{Coach Z appears wearing a costume that has a cartoonish looking Stop Sign design}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' call him "Stoppy", Stoppy the Sign, and then there'd be the tire...

''{Homestar appears wearing a costume that has a very cartoonish-looking Tire design.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' call him "Poppy the Tire"... And who could forget "General Tso's Chicken"?

''{A carton of what could only be General Tso's Chicken falls from the sky. It has "Ryan S." written on the side. Homsar's feet appear beneath it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Stoppy, is your suit chafing you like crazy?

'''COACH Z:''' Well, to tell ya da truth dere Poppy, I've always enjoyed a good chafe.

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAaAaAaA! It's time for tasteball!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, crap! It's tasteball already?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But yeah, it's a pretty unrealistic vision. I'm gonna have to start robbing WAY more hot actresses if I ever hope to make that dream a reality. But for now, I'll settle for giving tours on The Strong Badian Riverquest Safariventure.

''{He gets up. Cut to Strong Bad standing in a box in Strong Badia. He holds some sort of microphone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Strong Bad makes a microphone click noise and speaks in a theme park tour guide-styled monotone voice}'' Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen my name is Strong Bad and welcome to The Strong Badian Riverquest Safariventure. ''{Strong Bad makes a click noise again.}''

''{Cut to wide view of Strong Bad standing in a box labeled "riverquest safariventure." Homestar sits in front of him in the box. To the left is a running hose. The water from the hose forms a puddle around the box.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Please keep your arms legs and valuables inside the vehicle at all times and get ready to experience the fury of: The Strong Badian Riverboat Superfun...ride.

''{Strong Bad inches closer to Homestar as he says this, while Homestar backs away.}'' ''{click}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. About five seconds later, it zooms in on Strong Bad and Homestar and the tour continues.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' And first up on our tour if you look to your right ''{Homestar looks to his right}'' experience the fury of: ''{cut to wider view}'' a big rock is going to fall on uuuus.

''{An obviously fake rock pops up behind the fence, mounted on a stick.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooooh.

''{The rock goes back down behind the fence.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That was a close call, I hope everyone is okaaaay.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm not OK—

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

''{Cut to closeup of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' And if you look up the river here comes another one of our tour guides his name is The Cheat—

''{Cut to wide view again. The Cheat walks by in his own box, which is labeled "R.Q. 2".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —everybody say "Hi, The Cheeeeat."

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hide and seeeeek.

''{Some drum sounds can be heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Oh, what's that I hear is it the sound of island drums? Oh no, it's headhunteeerrrs.

''{The cardboard cutout of a bear holding a shark, posing as a "headhunter," pops up from behind the fence.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Everyone stay in the boat, I'll take care of thiiis. ''{click}''

''{Strong Bad pulls out a flare gun, and turns his head away as he fires up into the air twice. The cutout goes back down behind the fence.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Looks like we scared those headhunters. Let's hope they don't come baaack. ''{click}''

''{Cut to closeup of Strong Bad again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Well folks we've made it back safely did everyone have a good time?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not really.

''{Strong Bad continues to talk while Homestar answers.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Goooood. Please leave your valuables under your seat and exit to your riiiight. ''{click}''

''{Cut to wide view again.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, I gotta level with ya. That might have been the worst three thousand dollars I ever spent.

''{The Paper comes down again. After another pause, Strong Bad speaks again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{click}'' Don't forget to experience the fury of: our gift shooop.

''{Once again, Strong Bad moves closer to Homestar as he says this while Homestar backs away.}'' ''{click}''

==Easter Eggs==

*Click on "buisness" after Strong Bad says it in the first part of the email to see a picture of The Ugly One and Cheerleader.
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{Her shirt reads "kiss boys."}'' The Ugly One, why you always gotta be all up in my bweez-NASS? ''{Cheerleader looks angry as The Ugly One looks sad.}''
*Click on "Rafi" to see a mock NFL patch.
*Click on "Mount" in "Mount Ridesplace USA" after Strong Bad says "USA" to see [[Monkey D]]'s season pass.
<blockquote>Strong Bad's Mount Ridesplace USA 
Season Pass 
Name: Monkey D 
Has: Fun 
Valid thru 9/04 
(signed) Monkey D</blockquote>
*Click on the second Bubs doll in full sight in the "Throw Game" stand to see an almost 270 degree spin of a real Bubs plushie, [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]].

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The paper on Strong Bad's desk is labeled "plans for stuff."
*The box in the throw game is labeled "BOX FOR THROW GAME," in all capital letters.
*This is the first time Strong Bad uses his [[Teen Girl Squad]] voice outside of a TGS cartoon.

===Remarks===
*This is the first email where [[The Paper]] has come down twice.

===Goofs===
*The Bowels of Trogdor is not visible in the panoramic view of the park.
*When Pom Pom hits the bottle with the ball, a crashing sound is heard yet it doesn't break. Also, the crashing sound is played right after Pom Pom throws the ball, but before it reaches the bottle.
*At the end of the Strong Bad's Riverquest Safariventure, the [[Stop Sign|stop sign]] is not there. It disappeared sometime between the pause the first time the paper came down, and the fake boulder.

===Glitches===
*When the Strong Bad Riverquest Safariventure is over, the water stops flowing from the hose.

===Inside References===
*This is the first time since [[vacation]] (email 40) that Strong Bad has received an email with a [[Crapfully Yours]]-style signature.
*The "headhunter" is the [[Bear holding a Shark]] from [[date]].
*Pom Pom throws rings around an "Xtra Cold One," first seen in [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]].
*The music played during Strong Sad's "Stunt Spooktacular" is the same music that was used in both [[Homestarloween Party]] and [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]].
*The music that plays when Strong Bad is describing the "Bowels of Trogdor" rollercoaster is from the game [[TROGDOR!]].
*"Ryan S." on the box of General Tso's chicken is a reference to [[Ryan Sterritt]], a friend of [[The Brothers Chaps]], who helps them with the website and the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD.
*This is another reference to Homestar's [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|best/worst money spent]].

===Real-World References===
*The Strong Badian Riverquest Safariventure is reminiscent of the [[Wikipedia:Jungle Cruise|Jungle Cruise]] found in [[Wikipedia:Walt_Disney_Parks_and_Resorts|Disney theme parks]]. Strong Bad does not breathe or show any expression and this monotone delivery is reminiscent of Jungle Cruise tour guides who give the same tour over and over again. The shooting of a warning shot (in this case a starter's pistol) to scare off the bear and shark "headhunters" is directly from the tour guide script. Most of Strong Bad's speech correlates to the tour.
*Poppy the Tire looks very similar to [http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=14550&m=s Peter Puck], a cartoon hockey puck from a 1973 Hanna-Barbera Cartoon.
*When Strong Bad mentions "cheap generic stuffed animal versions of ten-year-old cartoons," he could be referring to [[Wikipedia:Sonic_the_Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' Theme paaaaark!

'''MATT:''' That's a good one.

'''MIKE:''' That's my theme park... theme song.

'''MATT:''' I like that. Oh, Mike, Strong Bad's talking in the wrong voice.

'''MIKE:''' He's talking like one of the Teen Girl Squads.

'''MATT:''' Which one do you think it was?

'''MIKE:''' The original Teen Girl Squad. Uh, I think that was... So and So? Yeah? Nah, it was either The Ug... I think it was The Ugly One. All right, let's talk about something else.

'''MATT:''' Okay. I like "buisness."

'''MIKE:''' Buisness. Didn't we record, um, 'cuz there's a little Easter egg with him saying "Why you're all up on my buisness."

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Teen Girl Squad.

'''MATT:''' We never put it out. We were gonna make it the Quote of the— Let's do that this week, make it the Quote of the Week.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe, it'll seem like we're talking about something really old when they hear this on the DVD.

'''MATT:''' Perhaps.

'''MIKE:''' But we're ''really'' talking about the future.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' So, at least, I feel like we should start over on this commentary already.

'''MIKE:''' That's... let's keep going.

'''MATT:''' All right.

'''MIKE:''' Let's plug on through.

'''MATT:''' We'll give it a shot.

''{Pause until Strong Bad mentions "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land"}''

'''MATT:''' I'd like to see what Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land looks like.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think maybe originally that was gonna be in the email; I think we talked about showing, you know, like the teacups that were the spinning-around teacups that were Eh! Steves or something.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. But then the email would be nine minutes long.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it was really long already. So, back in the background there is a Shark-Tooth Bubs, um, which is a real plush, plush doll that a factory in China made for us. It was a prototype. They misinterpreted Bubs's eyes and teeth, and... pretty much everything!

'''MATT:''' As his fangs.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' His fangs.

'''MATT:''' And a horn.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I like that the box there, that he just that knocked that over on, says "Box for Throw Game" stenciled on the side of it. It's mass-produced somewhere and shipped to Mt. Ridesplace... for that sole purpose. ''{lets Coach Z as Stoppy appear}'' Stoppy has some things in his cheeks, maybe.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he's got some nuts, maybe he's saving up acorns for the winter.

'''MATT:''' ''{at Homsar as General Tso's Chicken}'' Now ''that's'' a reference to our friend Ryan Sterritt, who has authored this very DVD you're watching.

'''MIKE:''' He's sitting in the room right next to us. Unbeknownst to him, we're talking about him.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, let's go in... let's throw stuff at him next time we see him.

'''MIKE:''' We should. I like to throw stuff at Ryan.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' What should we talk about on this part? Oh, this is a good... this is, this is my favorite part.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we... this should have been two emails, I feel like.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, 'cuz it was done up to this point, and then there's another ten minutes.

'''MATT:''' So there's a particular visit, uh, to Busch Gardens I took, and I believe there's a roller-coaster called The Scorpion, where— that I'm basing this, I mean, definitely, it's obviously based on...

'''MIKE:''' No! You can't say it!

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' Sorry. I was just saying that my name was ''{indecipherable}'' and that I was The Scorpion... Sorry.

'''MATT:''' Does this keep going? Yeah, we can keep talking.

'''MIKE:''' Is this a waiting egg?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it's just gonna start playing again I think, isn't it? ''{The email continues after The Paper comes down}'' Yeah, see?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, okay, I couldn't remember how it worked on the DVD...

'''MATT:''' You just wait.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, okay.

'''MATT:''' ''{of the fake rock}'' I like, uh, the damage, obviously, when I see that.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it's fiberglass.

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. Chicken wire. Uh, anyways, uh I went... Mike and I went...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah, you were at Busch Gardens!

'''MATT:''' Yeah! And I just remember that guy being particularly unenthusiastic about us experiencing the fury of The Scorpion. ''{Mike laughs}'' It was wonderfully scripted.

'''MIKE:''' So was it just a roller coaster, or was that a ride...

'''MATT:''' No, it was just a roller coaster.

'''MATT:''' And so they have the guy just before it starts...

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Okay, yeah, at the beginning, right.

'''MATT:''' You see, we were just talking over each other again.

'''MIKE:''' We can talk at the same time.

'''MATT:''' I know, but it's probably hard for people to understand what we're saying. Go! Go! I take! I take! Hi Lois! Raise your arms watching these, exit to your right, please! They did that at Six Flags all the time, I remember.

'''MIKE:''' Six Flags over Georgia, that is.

''{The Paper comes down in the email for the second time.}''

'''MATT:''' Wait for it, wait for it...

'''MIKE:''' Is it still going?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, hang on! ''{pause for the end}'' Now it's done.

===Fun Facts===
*The Scorpion is a single-looping steel roller coaster found at [[Wikipedia:Busch Gardens Tampa Bay|Busch Gardens Tampa Bay]].
*[[Wikipedia:Six Flags Over Georgia|Six Flags Over Georgia]] is a [[Wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] theme park found near [[Wikipedia:Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].

== External Links ==

{{sbemailextlinks|104|117}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_theme_park.m4v|download "theme park" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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big white face

Evandavis7 — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:01:14 GMT

Evandavis7:

[[Image:sbemail70.PNG|thumb|Not the first time this has happened today.]]

'''Strong Bad Email #70'''

Jen C. asks Strong Bad why he is so mean to the guy with the big white face and gray body.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' April 21, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:38

'''Page Title:''' Compy 086!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hoo! Cha! Cheritiza! Hooritajuzu-duh-email!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Why are you so mean to the guy with 
the big white face and gray body? 
 
Jen C from Millbrae, CA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad sings "Dear Strong Bad" in a slightly high-pitched voice}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second. ''{types run "M4RZ1P4N"}'' Is she talking about Marzipan? ''{Marzipan's picture shows up on his computer}'' No, her head is...more like a baseball bat. ''{types run "bu-hubs"}'' Maybe Bubs? No. Bubs is definitely of the blue-headed persuasion. ''{types run "undabite"}'' Homestar's got the white head, but...his body's just kinda that red skirt. ''{types run "no-neck"}'' Strong Mad doesn't really have a head ''or'' a body. ''{types run "dacheese"}'' The Cheat's physiology just plain baffles me. ''{types run "mr.smith"}'' Um, the Poopsmith? Oh, the Poopsmith! Why would she think he has a gray body? Maybe her monitor isn't calibrated right. Or maybe she's like...on one of those old black and white monitors. ''{types run "b/w"; it converts his monitor to an old Macintosh layout}'' That's it! ''{tabs out of the Macintosh layout, starts typing}'' Yeah, maybe I am a little hard on that guy. I should do something nice for him.

''{Strong Bad gets up, Strong Sad walks past}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Just on my way to do some stuff... Oh! What's this say? ''{reads the email, mumbling}'' Finally! My come-uppance has arrived! I should go wait somewhere inconspicuous and act none the wiser.

''{Cut to a screen of the Macintosh setup with the caption "A little while later..." with the wristwatch cursor on the screen. Then cut to The Field, where Strong Sad is standing.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, nothing, nothing... ''{Strong Bad starts walking past him with a cake behind his back}'' Oh, hey, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wiggity-wiener.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you have something you wanted to tell me?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... You're the wiggity-wiener?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, not that. What are you holding behind your back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... A single deuce? Doosh? ''{flips him the single deuce}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, your other back!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh... Cake for the Poopsmith? Doosh? ''{throws the cake in Strong Sad's face}'' Aww, look what you made me do! Now I gotta make The Cheat make me another cake. ''{walks off}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I wish I could say that this is the first time this has happened to me. ''Today.''

''{Back to the Mac screen, now reading "Another while later..." Cut to the Poopsmith and his pile of [[Whatsit|whatsit]]. Strong Bad walks up to him with another cake.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, doodoo man! I just wanted to apologize for throwing that first cake at Strong Sad. I put some beans on it. You know. In case maybe you wanted beans on it. ''{The Poopsmith shrugs}'' I hope there's no hard feelings. ''{The Poopsmith takes the cake}'' Anyways, it really stinks over here, so, uhh... I'm—I'm gonna go. Enjoy the cake.

''{Strong Bad walks off. The Poopsmith flinches when [[The Paper]] comes down. The Poopsmith pokes it with his shovel. The end is on a loop, so he does this about every 10 seconds}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the image of [[The Cheat]] to check out his physiology.
*At the end you can click on a bit of whatsit on The Poopsmith's shovel to download those Mac desktops as wallpaper.
*Also at the end, you can click on the cake to see what the cake looks like. You can keep clicking on it to add toppings to it. The toppings are added in this order: fortune cookies, Chinese food (which looks like it might be [[General Tso's Chicken]]), grapes, [[Wikipedia:Golden Grahams|Golden Grahams cereal]], ice cubes, lemon slices, and finally, a [[Swiss Cake Roll]] and the "50" candle from [[50 emails]].
**The cake Easter egg will not work on some computers, probably because the cake is stored in a separate Flash file.
**The cake reads: ''Sorry I threw that 1st cake at Strong Sad.'' There is a ''you'' that points at a caricature of the Poopsmith. There is a ''me'' that points to a caricature of Strong Bad. 

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The first cake said, "Hey Poopsmith! Here's a cake!" However, the second cake (when zoomed in, not seen in the closeup) says, "Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper." ''(also see Inside References)''

===Remarks===
[[Image:thecheat_physiology.png|thumb|Biological Impossbilities]]
*The Cheat has only 2 organs and no veins, and if one of the organs is the brain, then The Cheat might not use any form of blood. The Cheat clearly has nerve endings. His nerves dangle out from below the unlabeled brain-like organ in his head. Given the location of the other organ, and the fact that it has a tube extending from it to the mouth, it could possibly be the stomach. On the other hand, the position (behind the ribs) and appearance of the organ might be the heart, although that too seems fairly impossible due to the fact that there are no veins. As Strong Bad said, "The Cheat's physiology just plain baffles me."
*It's strange that Strong Bad arrives at the black and white monitor theory. With such a monitor, "big white face and gray body" could describe every character except [[Bubs]], [[Pom Pom]], and The Cheat (who would all turn out gray-faced) and [[Marzipan]] and [[Strong Mad]] (who were already ruled out due to their shape).
*It's also strange that Strong Bad says he's been hard on The Poopsmith, since in [[your friends]], he says he didn't harm The Poopsmith because, on account of The Poopsmith's profession, "his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof."
*In the part where Strong Bad says, "Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second...," he's actually typing it, meaning he's sending a reply. Because it's a reply, he should have said "you," not "she."
*The command Strong Bad types to bring up Marzipan's picture is an example of [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]].

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's reflection is covered by the pictures.
*Strong Sad's reflection isn't affected by contrast change.
*The bottom of Strong Sad's reflection is cut off early at the Compy.
*If the contrast is changed before the Mac desktop comes up, then the Mac desktop appears blue instead of grey.

===Inside References===
*"Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper" ''(see Trivia)'' is a reference to [[caper]].
*When Strong Sad asks what Strong Bad is holding behind his back, he says the Single Deuce, which is [[Pom Pom]]'s gesture from "[[the bird]]."
*The Cheat's photo shows him smoking a pipe, as per his [[The Cheat's smoking|nicotine habit]] seen in [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]] and [[Where's The Cheat?]] His addiction is later revisited in [[montage]].

===Real-World References===
*The email's page title says "Compy 086" instead of "Compy 386," and there's an icon on the black and white [[Wikipedia:Apple Macintosh|Mac]] desktop that says "Compy 086." This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Intel 8086|Intel 8086]], the first 16-bit processor introduced by [[Wikipedia:Intel|Intel]]. Oddly enough, an early Macintosh would have been running on a [[Wikipedia:Motorola 68000|Motorola 68000]] processor, not on an Intel processor.
**Later processors in the 68000 series, like the 68020, were referred to by dropping the "68", so Macintoshes ran on "020", "030", etc. processors. That's where the "0" in "086" came from.
*When Strong Bad types out Marzipan's name ("M4RZ1P4N"), it is written in a form of [[Wikipedia:leet|leet]].
*The Apple desktop has [[Wikipedia:Karateka|Karateka]] on it, a [[Wikipedia:Karate|karate]] combat game developed by [[Wikipedia:Jordan Mechner|Jordan Mechner]].
*The old-timey Mac wallpaper has a floppy disk icon that reads [[Wikipedia:The Manhole|"The Manhole,"]] one of the first computer games by [[Wikipedia:Cyan Worlds|Cyan]], the company that would go on to make [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]].
*Visible on the old-timey Mac's menu bar are a closed pair of eyes from the old Mac shareware program MyEyes. These eyes would open to follow the cursor around and blink periodically.

== DVD Version ==
*All of the Easter eggs are still viewable using either the angle button on your DVD remote or pressing down to find the bad graphics Strong Bad at the end of the email.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail70.html|watch "big white face"]]
*[[HR:sbemail70.swf|view the Flash file for "big white face"]]
*[[HR:cake.swf|view the cake]]
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd2.gif|download the Mac desktop (800×600)]]
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd.gif|download the Mac desktop (1024×768)]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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Evandavis7 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:22:30 GMT

Evandavis7:

{{sandbox}}
010010010010000001010100010011110100110001000100001000000101100101001111010101010010000001001110010011110101010000100000010101000100111100100000010001000100010101000011010011110100010001000101001000000101010001001000010010010101001100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000001001110010001010101001001000100001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001 DON'T DECODE THAT!!!

Evan Davis: Oh no, I'm decoding it! and by the way:

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: binary</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do peoble use binary? It takes forever 
to decode, so why use it? 
With lots of crap, 
Lotionman</blockquote>

Woah, cool, it works! Hmm...I could really go places with this...

'''Strong Bad:''' {singing} time to check the email, I hope I like it, and it won't be deletemail. {types strongbad_email.exe and presses enter.}

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: binary</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do peoble use binary? You know, like 
01010100011010000110100101110011. 
It takes forever to write, and even 
longer to decode, so why use it? 
With lots of crap, 
Lotionman</blockquote>

'''Strong Bad:''' {typing} Lotionman? Is that really you? Man, I forgot all about you for, like, ever! {clears screen} Gee, I don't really know why people use binary, L.M. I guess that people like random one's and zero's a lot. I mean, robots use it, so I guess it must be pretty cool. Unless...{stops typing} maybe THATS why! Oh no! {He gets up and runs off screen. Cut to the door of Strong Sad's room. He is lying in bed writing a poem. Footsteps are heard approaching. Strong Bad enters and exits almost immediatly}

'''Strong Bad:''' Run for your life! Robots are taking over the world!

'''Strong Sad:''' I told you not to watch the Sci-Fi Channel after bedtime.

{Cut to The Stick. Homestar and Marzipan are standing there, talking.}

'''Homestar:''' So then, I took the two liter of Mountain Dew and started pouring it all over-{Strong Bad runs across the screen}

'''Strong Bad:''' Run! Robots are taking over the world! {Strong Bad exits, leaving Homestar and Marzipan puzzled.}

'''Marzipan:''' I told him not to watch the Sci-Fi Channel.

{Cut to Bubs's Consession Stand. Bubs is standing inside. Strong Bad runs by.}

'''Strong Bad:''' Rise up and help attack the robot menace!

'''Bubs:''' I knew this day would come! He reaches below the counter and pulles out a sign that reads:
"Robot Fighting Gear: $10"
{Cut to the King of Town's house. He is outside with The Poopsmith. The King of Town is holding a chocolate ice cream}

'''King of Town:''' Are you sure you didn't do anything to it? {The Poopsmith nodds his head.} Good, good. {He starts to eat the ice cream. Strong Bad runs by.}

'''Strong Bad:''' Only you can prevent robot attacks! Rise up...

'''King of Town:''' I really should block the Sci-Fi Channel from everybody's TVs sooner or later.

{Cut to the Lappy. Footsteps are heard. Strong Bad appears and sits down. He clears the screen.}

'''Strong Bad:''' {Typing} So, I'm guessing, that I did a pretty good job of warning the citizens of the attacking binary robot menace. {Slows typing} Not that I've ever actually seen a robot speaking binary. {Stops typing} Uh, oh. Well then, I have to go warn the citizens of my false alarm. Yeah. I'm gonna go now.

{He leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down.}

Woah, I can't believe I just made that! That was cool, they should make an email that actually goes like that.

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Evandavis7 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:21:30 GMT

Evandavis7:

{{sandbox}}
010010010010000001010100010011110100110001000100001000000101100101001111010101010010000001001110010011110101010000100000010101000100111100100000010001000100010101000011010011110100010001000101001000000101010001001000010010010101001100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000001001110010001010101001001000100001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001001000010010000100100001 DON'T DECODE THAT!!!

Evan Davis: Oh no, I'm decoding it! and by the way:

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: binary</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do peoble use binary? It takes forever 
to decode, so why use it? 
With lots of crap, 
Lotionman</blockquote>

Woah, cool, it works! Hmm...I could really go places with this...

'''Strong Bad:''' {singing} time to check the email, I hope I like it, and it won't be deletemail. {types strongbad_email.exe and presses enter.}

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: binary</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do peoble use binary? You know, like 
01010100011010000110100101110011. 
It takes forever to write, and even 
longer to decode, so why use it? 
With lots of crap, 
Lotionman</blockquote>

'''Strong Bad:''' {typing} Lotionman? Is that really you? Man, I forgot all about you for, like, ever! {clears screen} Gee, I don't really know why people use binary, L.M. I guess that people like random one's and zero's a lot. I mean, robots use it, so I guess it must be pretty cool. Unless...{stops typing} maybe THATS why! Oh no! {He gets up and runs off screen. Cut to the door of Strong Sad's room. He is lying in bed writing a poem. Footsteps are heard approaching. Strong Bad enters and exits almost immediatly}

'''Strong Bad:''' Run for your life! Robots are taking over the world!

'''Strong Sad:''' I told you not to watch the Sci-Fi Channel after bedtime.

{Cut to The Stick. Homestar and Marzipan are standing there, talking.}

'''Homestar:''' So then, I took the two liter of Mountain Dew and started pouring it all over-{Strong Bad runs across the screen}
'''Strong Bad:''' Run! Robots are taking over the world! {Strong Bad exits, leaving Homestar and Marzipan puzzled.}

'''Marzipan:''' I told him not to watch the Sci-Fi Channel.

{Cut to Bubs's Consession Stand. Bubs is standing inside. Strong Bad runs by.}

'''Strong Bad:''' Rise up and help attack the robot menace!

'''Bubs:''' I knew this day would come! He reaches below the counter and pulles out a sign that reads:
"Robot Fighting Gear: $10"
{Cut to the King of Town's house. He is outside with The Poopsmith. The King of Town is holding a chocolate ice cream}

'''King of Town:''' Are you sure you didn't do anything to it? {The Poopsmith nodds his head.} Good, good. {He starts to eat the ice cream. Strong Bad runs by.}

'''Strong Bad:''' Only you can prevent robot attacks! Rise up...

'''King of Town:''' I really should block the Sci-Fi Channel from everybody's TVs sooner or later.

{Cut to the Lappy. Footsteps are heard. Strong Bad appears and sits down. He clears the screen.}

'''Strong Bad:''' {Typing} So, I'm guessing, that I did a pretty good job of warning the citizens of the attacking binary robot menace. {Slows typing} Not that I've ever actually seen a robot speaking binary. {Stops typing} Uh, oh. Well then, I have to go warn the citizens of my false alarm. Yeah. I'm gonna go now.

{He leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down.}

Woah, I can't believe I just made that! That was cool, they should make an email that actually goes like that.

HRWiki:Sandbox

Evandavis7 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:24:07 GMT

Evandavis7:

HRWiki:Sandbox

Evandavis7 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:48:42 GMT

Evandavis7:

current status

Evandavis7 — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:55:42 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Transcript */

[[Image:sbemail56.PNG|thumb|"This crap ain't funny!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #56'''

In a rushed email, Strong Bad is asked what his current status is with the ladies.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Zubs and Coach B]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' December 30, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:13

__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==

''{Start of the e-mail, we're staring at the monitor. Strong Bad is absent. Then we hear footsteps getting faster as they approach, and Strong Bad runs on-screen. He notices the computer and screeches to a halt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! The email!

''{he sits at the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, look guys. I don't have a lotta time. I'm kind of in the middle of something and I really can't explain. I'll try and do an e-mail {he types strongbad_email.exe} real quick-a-like.

''{reading fast}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey man, 
I was just wondering what your 
current status with the ladies is? 
 
Jordan Reynolds 
New Hampshire</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh, let's see... ''{typing}'' Strong Bad with the ladies — Current Status: They all still want me. ''{stops typing}'' Y'know, what can I say? I'm a chick magnet. A babe conductor. A... logarithm... for de ladies.

'''COACH Z''': ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bad!

'''BUBS''': ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD''': Oop, gotta go!

''{He runs off. Coach Z and Bubs walk in. Their heads have been swapped, and they are now Coach B and Zubs.}''

'''COACH B''': Well... he's not here.

'''ZUBS''': Well, you better find him quick! This crap ain't funny!

'''COACH B''': I'd be hard-pressed to do ''anything'' quick in ''this'' train-wreck! What've ya, been eatin' concrete?

''{Coach B walks off.}''

'''ZUBS''': Least I don't have no clown feet! I can hardly walk in these things! ''{Cut to his feet. He then walks off}'' Ronald McDonald, grumble-mumble....

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

== Easter Eggs ==

*At the end, click on the disk on the table. The Compy will create a message that says:

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">The Coach B/Zubs Project 
Current Status: Pretty Hilarious
</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*This is the only email in which the Compy makes a humming noise when it is switched on.

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]] is the clown mascot for [[Wikipedia:McDonald's|McDonald's]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail56.html|watch "current status"]]
*[[HR:sbemail56.swf|view the Flash file for "current status"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]] [[Category:Bubs Filmography]] [[Category:Coach Z Filmography]]

How do you type with boxing gloves on?

Evandavis7 — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:32:58 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Appearances */

[[Image:compy 386 side view.png|thumb|I don't see any fingers, do YOU see any fingers?]]

"How do you type with boxing gloves on?" is a question that [[Strong Bad]] seems to be asked on a regular basis in his [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]]. [[The Brothers Chaps]] obviously must have been asked it so often that they made it a running gag that pops up fairly often.

Strong Bad hates this question, as it is often seen to be [[DELETED]]. His [[Old-Timey]] counterpart, [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]], apparently is frequently asked the question 'How do you manage the telegramophone whilst wearing gentleman's sports gloves?' Strong Bad finally got a chance to exact his revenge in the [[Fan Costume Commentary]], where he made fun of a fan's Strong Bad costume by saying, "Dear Strong Bad, how do you type with pieces of crappy red foam taped around your hands? Sincerely, Dress-up Donny." In the DVD commentary for the e-mail [[video games]], the Brothers Chaps say that they might come up with a way to answer this question someday.

On a related note, in the email [[impression]] on Strong Bad's tape recording, [[Strong Sad]] tells Strong Bad to stop flicking his ear, but Strong Sad doesn't have any visible ears, nor does Strong Bad have visible fingers with which to flick someone's ear. Additionally, Strong Bad seems capable of typing not only with his boxing gloves, but with any part of his body he wishes. In [[sisters]] he types "head—hit—keyboard" by striking the keyboard with his head, and in [[funny]] he types "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT!" by hitting the keyboard with his foot.

A similar question that gets asked often is how [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]], [[Marzipan]], [[The King of Town]], and [[Homsar]], among other characters, are able to pick things up [[Lack of Visible Arms|without having any arms]].

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' [[spring cleaning]]
*[[sisters]]
*[[50 emails]]
*[[fingers]]
*[[huttah!]]
*[[virus]]
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]]
[[Category:Running Gags]]

your friends

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:00:49 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Transcript */

[[Image:sbemail46.PNG|thumb|"Just givin' the fans what they want!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #46'''

Andrew writes in to tell Strong Bad that he likes it best when he harms his friends. So, naturally, Strong Bad goes out and harms his friends in numerous funny ways.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Garage]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]], [[Strongbadia]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' October 14, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:10

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{Clears throat and sings at an alto pitch}'' E-maiiiiil...

<blockquote class="email">WASSUP! 
 
YOU ARE AWESOME. I LIKE IT MOST WHEN 
YOU HARM YOUR FRIENDS. 
 
ANDREW</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces wassup as wah-sup. He also reads in a loud monotone to reflect the caps lock being on.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{types}'' Andrew, this is the best E-mail I've ever received. Let's get to work!
''{gets up}''

''{cuts to Strong Bad's basement. Strong Mad is standing and watching TV. Strong Bad walks up to him.}''

'''PERSON ON TV''': Some type of TV show...

'''STRONG BAD''': Hows about this!

''{Quickly kicks Strong Mad in the shin and walks off. Strong Mad looks back at him in anger.}''

''{Cuts to garage. Bubs is there.}''

'''BUBS''': What the?

''{Strong Bad hits him over the head with a Golden Record.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is lying in bed. Strong Bad whacks him continuously with a wiffle bat.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': OW! ''{whack}'' OW! ''{whack}'' OW! ''{whack}'' OW! ''{whack}''

''{Cut to field-Marzipan is there. Strong Bad has a whole pile of circular saw blades in a pile behind him and a bottle of sauce.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Close your eyes and hold out your hands.

'''MARZIPAN''': ''{closes eyes}'' I don't want to!

''{Cut to another part of the field. Homestar Runner is there with Strong Bad, with a huge tub of lava. It says "HOT LAVA" on the side.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Put your head in here.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': You got it!

''{Cut to another part of the field, Strong Bad has taped The Cheat to Pom Pom. They both complain as Pom Pom tries to shake him off.}''

''{Cut to Strongbadia. Homsar is buried in the ground and Strong Bad has put down a box that says "We Are the Scorpions!" The scorpions crawl around on Homsar. One goes into his mouth.''

'''HOMSAR''': AaAaAaAaAaAaA!!! I'm saving the best for last!

''{Cut to Locker. Strong Bad has given a bag of hot fries to Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z''': Hey, Thanks for the Chippies, Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Field again. The King of Town is there. Strong Bad whacks him with the Golden Record.}''

''{Cut to Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Ahhh, just givin' the fans what they want! ''{types}'' You may notice I didn't do anything to the Poopsmith. I figure the guy shovels crap for a living so his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof. I was thinking about giving him a bath or something but, just the thought of that gave me the jibblies. ''{stops typing}'' Here they come again. The jibblie jibbles....

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "Poopsmith" for a Poopsmith trading card.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The file name for the .swf for this Strong Bad Email has an "x" after the number. The .swf without the "x" is still viewable, but with a few minor differences. The music stops early, and some things are missing from some scenes that are in the version with the "x".
*This is the first email to feature all twelve main characters.
*This is the shortest Compy email.

===Remarks===
*The record that Strong Bad breaks on people's heads reads "[[Everybody to the Limit]]". It is [[Wikipedia:Gold album|gold]], which means it sold over 500,000 copies.
*In the Marzipan scene the hot sauce bottle on top of the circular saw blades reads "Sauce". The label looks very much like that of the [http://livecrawfish.com/crystal.htm Crystal] brand hot sauce.
*In the Homsar scene Strong Bad is holding the same hot sauce bottle that was behind him with Marzipan.
*Strong Bad gives Coach Z [http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=221 Andy Capp's Hot Fries]. Coach Z clearly says, "Thanks for the chippies!" Although they are somewhat spicy, it is unclear how giving Coach Z hot fries is a punishment.
**This might be a reference to Coach Z's "depressing Midwesterner" accent. The stereotype is that people from "up North" don't like spicy foods, preferring bland meat-and-potatoes dishes instead.
*When Strong Bad hits Bubs and the KoT with the "Everybody to the Limit" record, the glass cover on it breaks both times.
*Homsar's hat looks smaller in this email.
*Strong Mad's only weakness appears to be his knees, first seen in [[little animal]].

===Goofs===
*The contrast stops affecting Strong Bad's reflection right as he starts to move away from the Compy.

===Real-World References===
*"We are the Scorpions!" is a reference to the concert-opening cry of lead singer [[Wikipedia:Klaus Meine|Klaus Meine]] of the German heavy metal band [[Wikipedia:Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], most well known for the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane."
*There seems to be a strong hint to the [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF/WWE]]. WWE's [[Wikipedia:Vince_McMahon|Vince McMahon]] constantly speaks about "giving the fans what they want" whenever unleashing gratuitous violence and lewdness on his show.
*In the Easter egg, The Poopsmith is depicted on a "Future Stars" card. [http://future-stars-sp.com/trading_cards.htm Future Stars] is a sports photography company that makes trading cards for children's sports teams.

=== Fast Forward ===
*Strong Bad mentions taping The Cheat to Pom Pom in [[lackey]].

*Strong Bad gets the [[Jibblies]] in [[bottom 10]], after seeing the "creepy painting in Strong Mad's closet."

== DVD Version ==
*The trading card Easter egg can still be viewed using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' ''{attempting to sing like Strong Bad}'' Emaail— ''{stops}'' sing it, Matt. ''{tries again}'' Eeee—

'''MATT:''' No, Mike, I'm not going to do that again.

'''MIKE:''' Hey Matt, do Strong Bad's voice.

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Do it. ''{imitating Strong Bad}'' Hey.

'''MATT:''' That was a good one.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks.

'''MATT:''' This was one, I think, Mike did almost entirely on his own. I had to go out of town again.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Um... we didn't do some commentary on the ones where ''you'' went out of town, so it doesn't sound— I like that. "Some type of TV show."

'''MIKE:''' That's a wiffle ball bat. Some people think it's like a broomstick.

'''MATT:''' Was that The Promise Ring in the background, too?

'''MIKE:''' I think so, yeah.

'''MATT:''' A Promise Ring poster. Uh-oh!

'''MIKE:''' Pom Pom has a Cheat taped to him.

''{unintelligible by both}''

'''MATT:''' We are the Scorpions! Everybody, uh, wonders a lot why the Hot Fries are bad, like, and they think that sizzle— they think that's a sizzling noise when it's really just the shower.

'''MIKE:''' You know they've got Andy frie— uh, Andy Capp Steak Fries

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I've seen those.

'''MIKE:''' I saw those. I wanted to get them, but I was five cents short.

'''MATT:''' But, uh, I actually kind of like Andy Capp's Hot Fries—

'''MIKE:''' I do too.

'''MATT:''' —so I don't know why we used them as a punishment.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail46.html|watch "your friends"]]
*[[HR:sbemail46x.swf|view the Flash file for "your friends"]]
*[[HR:sbemail46.swf|view the alternate version of the Flash file]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

animal

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:20:57 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Transcript */

[[Image:Strong Bad Email 119.png|thumb|"Finally, a computer for your lap!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #119'''

Strong Bad has a new computer! Introducing... [[Lappy 486]]! Meanwhile, Spud Jr. asks Strong Bad what he would like as if he was his own made up animal.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Monstrosity|Monstrosity]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]], [[Baby Styles]], [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#The Red Steckled Elbermung|The Red Steckled Elbermung]], [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#El Pardack|El Pardack]], [[Sterrance]], {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Field]], [[Strongbadia]]

'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]

'''Date:''' November 29, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:01

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386?? Not No More.

== Transcript ==

''{Both Strong Bad and the [[Compy 386]] are absent from their usual place at the desk. Silhouettes of the Compy monitor and the keyboard are evident against the slightly faded wall and table. A tumbleweed rolls past.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It is a time of desolation, chaos, and uncertainty. Brother pitted against brother; babies havin' babies. Then one day, from the right side of the screen, ''{Strong Bad walks on from the right, carrying the folded-up Lappy.}'' came a man. ''{He sits down at the desk and places the Lappy on it.}'' A man with a plastic rectangle... I MEAN LAPTOP COMPUTER! ''{He unfolds the Lappy; the words "Lappy 486" appear on the screen with an accompanying note, then the Lappy's logo appears above; the screen becomes a black screen with a square bracket in the top left.}'' Now that is a classy start-up noise! ''{imitating the start-up noise}'' Dong...ding! And check out all these speculations!

''{Some music starts playing. Cut to the set of The Show, with a silhouetted Lappy on the pedestal. As Strong Bad speaks, the camera zooms in and the Lappy becomes visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy 486 weighs in at an extremely portable forty-two pounds ''{The words "42 POUNDS!!! (LBS.) appear in the top right.}'' and features an impressive battery life ''{The words ""Several" color monitor" and "2 MB Hard Drive!" appear at the top of the screen.}'' of one half of ten minutes. ''{The words "WARNING: +/- FIVE MINUTE BATTERY LIFE" appear under the first slogan.}'' The Lappy 486 ''{"512k RAM" appears next to the battery life warning}'' by Compy.

''{The slogan "Finally, a computer for your lap!" appears at the bottom of the screen next to a Compy logo. An applause accompanies the scene. Cut back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! Let's see if this bad boy can check some emails. ''{He types in "strongbad_email.exe" as with the Compy.}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: made up animal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
What would you like as if you were your own made up 
animal 
Sincerely, 
Spud Jr.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Come now, Spud Jr. What would Spud Sr. think of such nightmarish grammar and punctuation? And poor Spudmom. ''"What would you like as if..."'' I at least hope you're good at sports, for their sake. ''{He stops typing.}'' All right, I'm done. ''{He clears the screen and resumes typing.}'' Well Stu-Pud Jr., If I was my own made up animal I would probably like as the coolest made up animal ever made up. I would have all the cool animal options and accessories:

:Claws
:Horns
:Tusks
:Tentacles
:Power Doors
:15 Year Drivetrain Warranty
:Proboscis
:Segmented Eyes

''{Cut to the field, where Strong Bad stands with three compound eyes (see goofs), two antlers, two tusks, a proboscis, four claws on each hand, and four tentacles. Homestar Runner is also present.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the times?

''{Strong Bad attempts to respond and makes gargling sound while foaming at the mouth. Homestar steps back, looking shocked. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh. I guess I couldn't really talk with that proboscis. Not that I'd have much of an answer for "Do you know the times," anyway. Hmmm. Maybe I could be one of those deep-sea fangly fishes.

''{Cut to the sea, rendered in [[Powered by The Cheat]] style.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You know, the kind that have Christmas lights all over them, and those custom lures hanging over their heads.

''{An anglerfish with flashing lights adorning its body and Homestar's head for a lure appears.}''

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Right this way, everyone! Free puppies, ginger snaps ''{a fish version of The Cheat swims past}'', Pocket PCs...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' 'Cept I'd also have an awesome back deck on me for dinner and dancing!

''{A deck appears on the fish's back. Zoom in to see a woman dancing on it with Strong Bad, with some typical Powered-by-the-Cheat techno-ish music playing.}''

'''PbTC STRONG BAD:''' Hey there, Baby Styles, do you want to watch me bench-press a lot...of weights?

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' ''{lowers onto the deck}'' Turn it out, Strong Bad, turn it out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, wait. ''{The Strong Bad on the deck disappears.}'' How could I enjoy the dinner and dancing if I'm already the fanglyfish?

''{Zoom out to see the full view of the "fanglyfish". Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Maybe I'm overthinking this. I should just come up with a cool name and the rest will like as itself. I would be called ''{considers}'' da huuuuuudge. ''{He pronounces each letter of huuuuuudge, as if to say "huh-duh-juh."}''

''{Cut to the field, where there is an enclosure. A sign on the front of the enclosure reads:}''

<pre>Please, for the love of Pete,
DO NOT feed Da Huuuuuudge</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Da huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge."} {A large, pus-colored, gelatinous, bubbling creature with Strong Bad's face lands in the enclosure.}'' Eew! No. No huuuuuudge. ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{She enters from the right, silhouetted, outside the enclosure.}'' Oh, wow! Look at the huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Um... How about...the red steckled elbermung? ''{An open book descends into the frame with a picture of a red gastropod with a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes and huge lips. The text in the book reads:}''

<pre> R is for
Red steckled elbermung</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' No no no. ''{The lips, the eyes and the tail become annotated with the word "No" each time Strong Bad says the word.}'' Um...the pardack? ''{Some yellow lined paper descends into the frame. On it is a picture of a large blobby creature with Strong Bad's eyes, horns, duck feet, one of Strong Bad's arms and Strong Sad's leg for the other arm. Text under it reads: "el pardack."}'' What the? ''{The pardack gains a speech bubble with the text "what the?"}'' Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay, okay, okay. Gotta look good for the Lappy. My made up animal ''{slight pause}'' would be called

''{Cut to Strongbadia.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Sterrance. ''{A blue creature with stick arms and legs, red hands, yellow feet, angel wings, a yellow tongue, buck teeth, and a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes appears. Some music starts playing.}'' Hey, I did it! ''{Sterrance starts dancing}'' Look at Sterrance. Aw, Sterrance! I want one! Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid ugly old washed-up The Cheat I used to have.

''{Cut back to the computer room. The Cheat is standing by Strong Bad, looking angry.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Captain Past-His-Prime himself.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I know you heard me. And I stand by it.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry Cheat noises; walks away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{He turns back to the Lappy, affectionately stroking it.}'' Don't worry about him, Lappy. That's just The Cheat. He uses ''{dismissively} new'' computers. Psssh! The Paper, come on down and meet your new brother! ''{The Paper begins to edge down.}'' Come on! ''{It edges down a bit more.}'' It's okay! ''{It edges back a bit.}'' No, ah! Come on! ''{It edges down a bit.}'' Lappy's not going to bite you or tear at your perforated edges! ''{It comes down a bit more.}'' That's it! ''{It comes all the way down.}'' Lappy, this is The Paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny! ''{The Paper comes down even more so that it now reads:}''

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="text-align:center;font-family: courier new, monospace;width:350px"
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| Enough already, Strong Bad
|- style="background:#F8F8F8;"
| > Click here to e-mail strong bad
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| strongbad@homestarrunner.com
|}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oops! Sorry. Bye, everybody.

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the word 'cuter' to show a small movie of Homestar's head on a lure next to the dancing girl in a dance club.
:''{The Homestar lure and the dancing woman are at a disco, Powered by The Cheat style. Two disco balls hang from the ceiling and a rough approximation of music is playing.}''
:'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Hey there, Baby Styles. This is a nice dancing club, right? Do you have a phone at your house?
*Click on the words 'The Cheat' to see what the runners-up get.
:''{Cut to the pedestal of The Show again. The fanglyfish is on it.}''
:'''VOICEOVER:''' Second-place contestants receive deep sea fanglyfish. Promotional considerations by Sterrance. Strong Bad's wardrobe furnished by Styles Upon Styles. ''{Some text appears on the screen reading:}''
<pre>MR. BAD'S WARDROBE
PROVIDED BY
Styles
Upon
Styles</pre>
'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Steep prices and trees! ''{these words appear on the bottom of the screen as he says them}''

== Fun Facts ==


===Explanations===
*The Christmas lights he mentioned on the fish refer to [[Wikipedia:Bioluminescence|bioluminescence]], which is used by various deep sea creatures to attract prey, among other functions.
*The "lure" he mentioned is a feature of many different "fanglyfishes", including the [[Wikipedia:Anglerfish|anglerfish]], in which the lure gives off a small amount of light in order to attract fish in close enough to its mouth in order to eat it. Note that only ''female'' anglerfishes have lures.

===Trivia===
*This email was sent by the wiki's own [[User:kerrek slaya|kerrek slaya]]!
*The table has been re-drawn with thinner lines with no shadow along the back edge. The obvious differences can be seen with comparison to the table in "[[virus]]."

===Remarks===
*Since the [[Wikipedia:proboscis|proboscis]] is where the monstrosity's nose should be, it shouldn't prevent him from speaking at all, but it does anyway.
*The wall behind the computer had been expertly mended, leaving no seams or cracks. It is impossible to tell where the shot entered the wall after destroying Compy in [[virus]].
*Despite its supposed portability, the Lappy is plugged into the same socket that both [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] and Compy used to occupy—which is good, since well over 75% of its battery life would have been exhausted during the email. However, we never see Strong Bad plug in the Lappy. The Lappy was plugged in after Strong Bad cut away from the speculations back to the [[Computer Room|computer room]].
*Strong Bad refers to [[The Paper]] as a male. (In the email [[invisibility]], the [[Tandy 400]] says that the ''printer'' is a female.)
*Strong Bad's mention of "Christmas lights" is one of the few references to Christmas on the site, since [[Free Country, USA]] celebrates [[Decemberween]].
*Although Strong Bad usually only types what he is saying when his computer is visible, his voiceover for Sterrance's appearance is visible on the Lappy at the end of the email.
*The background "disco music" (used when Strong Bad is dancing on the back deck of the fanglyfish and in the dance club Easter egg) sounds similar to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" by Pigbag.
*In the opening of the e-mail, when you see the silhouettes of the Compy and the keyboard, you can see the shadow of a connecting cable from the keyboard to the Compy, even though there was never a visible cord that plugged in the keyboard.

===Goofs===
*In the scene with Sterrance in Strong Badia, the [[Stop Sign]] and [[Cinderblock]] are on the ''left'' side of Strong Badia.
*The first animal Strong Bad makes up has antlers, not horns.
*On the list of Strong Bad's animal options and accessories is "Segmented Eyes." The proper terminology for the multi-faceted eye found on many insects is "[[Wikipedia:Compound eye|Compound Eye]]." On the [[strongbad_email.exe]] [[#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] admit this goof and say that they found out about it by reading it "on [[Main Page|the wiki]]." Here is a short [http://media.putfile.com/TBC-mentions-the-HR-Wiki clip] of it.
*In the Powered by The Cheat section with the fangly fish, when the The Cheat fish swims past it goes between the fangly fish and the christmas lights.

===Inside References===
*The Lappy was mentioned in the commentary on the DVD for the email [[invisibility]] when the Tandy was replaced by the Compy.
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "lure" when envisioning the fangly fish comes from [[lures & jigs]].
*The eerie, breezy sound at the beginning originated in [[ghosts]]. It is re-used in [[The System is Down]] and [[Not the 100th Email!!!]].
*The fact that horns is the second accessory listed for the Monstrosity is a reference to [[3 wishes]], when Strong Bad says his second wish would be horns.

===Real-World References===
*The new email client bears a strong resemblance to a Unix/Linux email client, [http://www.sfsu.edu/~helpdesk/docs/using/upine.htm PINE].
*The Lappy's classic startup noise sounds somewhat like the startup tone on the older Macintoshes.
*Sterrance's feet look remarkably like the feet of Mickey Mouse.
*The way Strong Bad describes Lappy is in the style of many game shows.
*The Lappy's logo is a reference to the Apple Powerbook's logo.


*The word "color" in "'Several' color monitor" is the same font and color as the symbol for the Game Boy Color.
*"Babies Having Babies" is a 1988 hit by Terry Tate; as well as an [[IMDB:tt0088759|After School Special]] on ABC in 1986.
*"Brother pitted against brother" is a term used to describe civil war. It originated in the Bible as a description of the end times.

===Fast-Forward===
*The same sound clip with Strong Bad saying "Eew" is later used in [[origins]].
*[[Styles Upon Styles]] is later mentioned in [[modeling]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' So here we have the unveiling of Strong Bad's new computer after it was destroyed in the last episode.

'''MATT:''' Mike, what is a tumbleweed doing in Strong Bad's computer office?

'''MIKE:''' I can't— I can't even imagine.

'''MATT:''' Look, "Future Wars." Is that symbolic because this is the future of Strong Bad Emails?

'''MIKE:''' It's definitely symbolic. I thought about that for a long time.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' You didn't just think of some old game we used to have?

'''MIKE:''' No! Was that a game?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Future Wars? By Del— Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-feen"}''? Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-fine}''?

'''MIKE:''' I was just kidding.

'''MATT:''' Oh. And a classy logo, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks.

'''MATT:''' —I might add.

'''MIKE:''' That comes to, um—

'''MATT:''' —Life.

'''MIKE:''' Comes to life, with the yellow wig on.

'''MATT:''' ''{as [[Female Lappy 486]]}'' Strong Bad! Don't—! Stave it off! It's best time!

'''MIKE:''' So this is, of course, the background from "[[the show]]" email.

'''MATT:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' The game show background that I like so much.

'''MATT:''' Looks like it might be a prize that you win when you appear on the show.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yes.

'''MATT:''' Uh, I think that was very heavily inspired by when, uh, Kevin on ''Starcade'' is announcing the prizes on ''Starcade'', ''{Mike laughs}'' and so, I was like— What's that game? There was one that was a controller that they always did.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I—

'''MATT:''' I can't remember.

'''MIKE:''' A kind of joystick.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' A spud is, uh, is another word for a potato.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, they probably know that already.

'''MIKE:''' Who's "they"?

'''MATT:''' Those watching— the viewers.

'''MIKE:''' I bet— I bet at least one person watching this didn't know that a spud was also a potato.

'''MATT:''' Well, that's probably a four-year-old—

'''MIKE:''' There you go, buddy. I just taught you something. Pay me later. Oh, we messed up here, like, he says "segmented eyes," but he actually has compound eyes.

'''MATT:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' Read that on the wiki.

'''MATT:''' Good job.

'''MIKE:''' Goofs.

'''MATT:''' Goofs. That's a total goof. Strong Bad messed up, Mike. ''We'' knew our stuff.

'''MIKE:''' That's true. We did that on purpose.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. What is "segmented eyes" like?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno.

'''MATT:''' Is that a made-up thing?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe.

'''MATT:''' I remember originally—

'''MIKE:''' "Segmented bodies."

'''MATT:''' The line said, "segmented eyes" and "segmented butt," but we cut out "segmented butt."

'''MIKE:''' That's too risqué. Too risky.

'''MATT:''' Uh, so, look! The Cheat, out of nowhere! Look! There's ''my'' voice! There's the Cheat-whale.

'''MIKE:''' It must feel a little weir—

'''MATT:''' That Cheat-whale looks kinda like the Jaguar shark from ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''.

'''MIKE:''' It does.

'''MATT:''' This was before that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Before that.

'''MATT:''' Yes, see? We're suing Wes Anderson as we speak. ''{Mike laughs}'' Litigation Jackson is on the case. ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{Pause}'' Um... I think Powered by The Cheat-style thing should assist in Strong Bad Emails more often.

'''MIKE:''' Alright, let's do that for next week's email.

'''MATT:''' All— All— Calling all Powered by The Cheats. ''{Mike laughs}'' Sorry. That thing is gross, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It is.

'''MATT:''' Look, it's like, look at the ground around it. It's greasing out everywhere.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' It's really gross. That thing's ''as'' gross—

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' —if not grosser.

'''MIKE:''' He's happy, though.

'''MATT:''' —or more gross. And that thing has a Strong Sad leg coming out of it, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, his mouth is kinda like, um, Neo's mouth in, uh, ''The Matrix'' when it closes up, and it becomes like...

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, GUI? ''{pronounced "gooey"}''

'''MIKE:''' GUI. GUI mouth.

'''MATT:''' Graphic user interface mouth?

'''MIKE:''' Look at little Sterrance!

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, Sterrance!

'''MIKE:''' He appears on the cover of this very DVD on the back!

'''MATT:''' Um, will we ever see him again?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Very possibly not.

'''MATT:''' I remember, uh, some people thinking we were gonna ditch The Cheat after this email, that Sterrance was going to—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. They really thought that Sterrance was gonna be the new sidekick for Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' He is pretty harsh to him. That'd be a sad way for The Cheat to go out. The Cheat ain't goin' out like that. Over the years, The Paper definitely has become more and more of a—

'''MIKE:''' A character.

'''MATT:''' It should have been on that big characters poster we made, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. It definitely has a personality.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail119.html|watch "animal"]]
*[[HR:sbemail119.swf|view the Flash file for "animal"]]
*[[Forum:1394|forum thread re: "animal"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Lappy 486 Emails]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

animal

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:17:27 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Transcript */

[[Image:Strong Bad Email 119.png|thumb|"Finally, a computer for your lap!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #119'''

Strong Bad has a new computer! Introducing... [[Lappy 486]]! Meanwhile, Spud Jr. asks Strong Bad what he would like as if he was his own made up animal.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Monstrosity|Monstrosity]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]], [[Baby Styles]], [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#The Red Steckled Elbermung|The Red Steckled Elbermung]], [[Made Up Strong Bad Animals#El Pardack|El Pardack]], [[Sterrance]], {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Field]], [[Strongbadia]]

'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]

'''Date:''' November 29, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:01

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386?? Not No More.

== Transcript ==

''{Both Strong Bad and the [[Compy 386]] are absent from their usual place at the desk. Silhouettes of the Compy monitor and the keyboard are evident against the slightly faded wall and table. A tumbleweed rolls past.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It is a time of desolation, chaos, and uncertainty. Brother pitted against brother; babies havin' babies. Then one day, from the right side of the screen, ''{Strong Bad walks on from the right, carrying the folded-up Lappy.}'' came a man. ''{He sits down at the desk and places the Lappy on it.}'' A man with a plastic rectangle... I MEAN LAPTOP COMPUTER! ''{He unfolds the Lappy; the words "Lappy 486" appear on the screen with an accompanying note, then the Lappy's logo appears above; the screen becomes a black screen with a square bracket in the top left.}'' Now that is a classy start-up noise! ''{imitating the start-up noise}'' Dong...ding! And check out all these speculations!

''{Some music starts playing. Cut to the set of [[The Show]], with a silhouetted Lappy on the pedestal. As Strong Bad speaks, the camera zooms in and the Lappy becomes visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy 486 weighs in at an extremely portable forty-two pounds ''{The words "42 POUNDS!!! (LBS.) appear in the top right.}'' and features an impressive battery life ''{The words ""Several" color monitor" and "2 MB Hard Drive!" appear at the top of the screen.}'' of one half of ten minutes. ''{The words "WARNING: +/- FIVE MINUTE BATTERY LIFE" appear under the first slogan.}'' The Lappy 486 ''{"512k RAM" appears next to the battery life warning}'' by Compy.

''{The slogan "Finally, a computer for your lap!" appears at the bottom of the screen next to a Compy logo. An applause accompanies the scene. Cut back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! Let's see if this bad boy can check some emails. ''{He types in "strongbad_email.exe" as with the Compy.}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: made up animal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
What would you like as if you were your own made up 
animal 
Sincerely, 
Spud Jr.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Come now, Spud Jr. What would Spud Sr. think of such nightmarish grammar and punctuation? And poor Spudmom. ''"What would you like as if..."'' I at least hope you're good at sports, for their sake. ''{He stops typing.}'' All right, I'm done. ''{He clears the screen and resumes typing.}'' Well Stu-Pud Jr., If I was my own made up animal I would probably like as the coolest made up animal ever made up. I would have all the cool animal options and accessories:

:Claws
:Horns
:Tusks
:Tentacles
:Power Doors
:15 Year Drivetrain Warranty
:Proboscis
:Segmented Eyes

''{Cut to the field, where Strong Bad stands with three compound eyes (see goofs), two antlers, two tusks, a proboscis, four claws on each hand, and four tentacles. Homestar Runner is also present.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the times?

''{Strong Bad attempts to respond and makes gargling sound while foaming at the mouth. Homestar steps back, looking shocked. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh. I guess I couldn't really talk with that proboscis. Not that I'd have much of an answer for "Do you know the times," anyway. Hmmm. Maybe I could be one of those deep-sea fangly fishes.

''{Cut to the sea, rendered in Powered by The Cheat style.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You know, the kind that have Christmas lights all over them, and those custom lures hanging over their heads.

''{An anglerfish with flashing lights adorning its body and Homestar's head for a lure appears.}''

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Right this way, everyone! Free puppies, ginger snaps ''{a fish version of The Cheat swims past}'', Pocket PCs...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' 'Cept I'd also have an awesome back deck on me for dinner and dancing!

''{A deck appears on the fish's back. Zoom in to see a woman dancing on it with Strong Bad, with some typical Powered-by-the-Cheat techno-ish music playing.}''

'''PbTC STRONG BAD:''' Hey there, Baby Styles, do you want to watch me bench-press a lot...of weights?

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' ''{lowers onto the deck}'' Turn it out, Strong Bad, turn it out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, wait. ''{The Strong Bad on the deck disappears.}'' How could I enjoy the dinner and dancing if I'm already the fanglyfish?

''{Zoom out to see the full view of the "fanglyfish". Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Maybe I'm overthinking this. I should just come up with a cool name and the rest will like as itself. I would be called ''{considers}'' da huuuuuudge. ''{He pronounces each letter of huuuuuudge, as if to say "huh-duh-juh."}''

''{Cut to the field, where there is an enclosure. A sign on the front of the enclosure reads:}''

<pre>Please, for the love of Pete,
DO NOT feed Da Huuuuuudge</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Da huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge."} {A large, pus-colored, gelatinous, bubbling creature with Strong Bad's face lands in the enclosure.}'' Eew! No. No huuuuuudge. ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{She enters from the right, silhouetted, outside the enclosure.}'' Oh, wow! Look at the huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Um... How about...the red steckled elbermung? ''{An open book descends into the frame with a picture of a red gastropod with a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes and huge lips. The text in the book reads:}''

<pre> R is for
Red steckled elbermung</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' No no no. ''{The lips, the eyes and the tail become annotated with the word "No" each time Strong Bad says the word.}'' Um...the pardack? ''{Some yellow lined paper descends into the frame. On it is a picture of a large blobby creature with Strong Bad's eyes, horns, duck feet, one of Strong Bad's arms and Strong Sad's leg for the other arm. Text under it reads: "el pardack."}'' What the? ''{The pardack gains a speech bubble with the text "what the?"}'' Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay, okay, okay. Gotta look good for the Lappy. My made up animal ''{slight pause}'' would be called

''{Cut to Strongbadia.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Sterrance. ''{A blue creature with stick arms and legs, red hands, yellow feet, angel wings, a yellow tongue, buck teeth, and a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes appears. Some music starts playing.}'' Hey, I did it! ''{Sterrance starts dancing}'' Look at Sterrance. Aw, Sterrance! I want one! Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid ugly old washed-up The Cheat I used to have.

''{Cut back to the computer room. The Cheat is standing by Strong Bad, looking angry.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Captain Past-His-Prime himself.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I know you heard me. And I stand by it.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry Cheat noises; walks away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{He turns back to the Lappy, affectionately stroking it.}'' Don't worry about him, Lappy. That's just The Cheat. He uses ''{dismissively} new'' computers. Psssh! The Paper, come on down and meet your new brother! ''{The Paper begins to edge down.}'' Come on! ''{It edges down a bit more.}'' It's okay! ''{It edges back a bit.}'' No, ah! Come on! ''{It edges down a bit.}'' Lappy's not going to bite you or tear at your perforated edges! ''{It comes down a bit more.}'' That's it! ''{It comes all the way down.}'' Lappy, this is The Paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny! ''{The Paper comes down even more so that it now reads:}''

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="text-align:center;font-family: courier new, monospace;width:350px"
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| Enough already, Strong Bad
|- style="background:#F8F8F8;"
| > Click here to e-mail strong bad
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| strongbad@homestarrunner.com
|}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oops! Sorry. Bye, everybody.

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the word 'cuter' to show a small movie of Homestar's head on a lure next to the dancing girl in a dance club.
:''{The Homestar lure and the dancing woman are at a disco, Powered by The Cheat style. Two disco balls hang from the ceiling and a rough approximation of music is playing.}''
:'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Hey there, Baby Styles. This is a nice dancing club, right? Do you have a phone at your house?
*Click on the words 'The Cheat' to see what the runners-up get.
:''{Cut to the pedestal of The Show again. The fanglyfish is on it.}''
:'''VOICEOVER:''' Second-place contestants receive deep sea fanglyfish. Promotional considerations by Sterrance. Strong Bad's wardrobe furnished by Styles Upon Styles. ''{Some text appears on the screen reading:}''
<pre>MR. BAD'S WARDROBE
PROVIDED BY
Styles
Upon
Styles</pre>
'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Steep prices and trees! ''{these words appear on the bottom of the screen as he says them}''

== Fun Facts ==


===Explanations===
*The Christmas lights he mentioned on the fish refer to [[Wikipedia:Bioluminescence|bioluminescence]], which is used by various deep sea creatures to attract prey, among other functions.
*The "lure" he mentioned is a feature of many different "fanglyfishes", including the [[Wikipedia:Anglerfish|anglerfish]], in which the lure gives off a small amount of light in order to attract fish in close enough to its mouth in order to eat it. Note that only ''female'' anglerfishes have lures.

===Trivia===
*This email was sent by the wiki's own [[User:kerrek slaya|kerrek slaya]]!
*The table has been re-drawn with thinner lines with no shadow along the back edge. The obvious differences can be seen with comparison to the table in "[[virus]]."

===Remarks===
*Since the [[Wikipedia:proboscis|proboscis]] is where the monstrosity's nose should be, it shouldn't prevent him from speaking at all, but it does anyway.
*The wall behind the computer had been expertly mended, leaving no seams or cracks. It is impossible to tell where the shot entered the wall after destroying Compy in [[virus]].
*Despite its supposed portability, the Lappy is plugged into the same socket that both [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] and Compy used to occupy—which is good, since well over 75% of its battery life would have been exhausted during the email. However, we never see Strong Bad plug in the Lappy. The Lappy was plugged in after Strong Bad cut away from the speculations back to the [[Computer Room|computer room]].
*Strong Bad refers to [[The Paper]] as a male. (In the email [[invisibility]], the [[Tandy 400]] says that the ''printer'' is a female.)
*Strong Bad's mention of "Christmas lights" is one of the few references to Christmas on the site, since [[Free Country, USA]] celebrates [[Decemberween]].
*Although Strong Bad usually only types what he is saying when his computer is visible, his voiceover for Sterrance's appearance is visible on the Lappy at the end of the email.
*The background "disco music" (used when Strong Bad is dancing on the back deck of the fanglyfish and in the dance club Easter egg) sounds similar to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" by Pigbag.
*In the opening of the e-mail, when you see the silhouettes of the Compy and the keyboard, you can see the shadow of a connecting cable from the keyboard to the Compy, even though there was never a visible cord that plugged in the keyboard.

===Goofs===
*In the scene with Sterrance in Strong Badia, the [[Stop Sign]] and [[Cinderblock]] are on the ''left'' side of Strong Badia.
*The first animal Strong Bad makes up has antlers, not horns.
*On the list of Strong Bad's animal options and accessories is "Segmented Eyes." The proper terminology for the multi-faceted eye found on many insects is "[[Wikipedia:Compound eye|Compound Eye]]." On the [[strongbad_email.exe]] [[#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] admit this goof and say that they found out about it by reading it "on [[Main Page|the wiki]]." Here is a short [http://media.putfile.com/TBC-mentions-the-HR-Wiki clip] of it.
*In the Powered by The Cheat section with the fangly fish, when the The Cheat fish swims past it goes between the fangly fish and the christmas lights.

===Inside References===
*The Lappy was mentioned in the commentary on the DVD for the email [[invisibility]] when the Tandy was replaced by the Compy.
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "lure" when envisioning the fangly fish comes from [[lures & jigs]].
*The eerie, breezy sound at the beginning originated in [[ghosts]]. It is re-used in [[The System is Down]] and [[Not the 100th Email!!!]].
*The fact that horns is the second accessory listed for the Monstrosity is a reference to [[3 wishes]], when Strong Bad says his second wish would be horns.

===Real-World References===
*The new email client bears a strong resemblance to a Unix/Linux email client, [http://www.sfsu.edu/~helpdesk/docs/using/upine.htm PINE].
*The Lappy's classic startup noise sounds somewhat like the startup tone on the older Macintoshes.
*Sterrance's feet look remarkably like the feet of Mickey Mouse.
*The way Strong Bad describes Lappy is in the style of many game shows.
*The Lappy's logo is a reference to the Apple Powerbook's logo.


*The word "color" in "'Several' color monitor" is the same font and color as the symbol for the Game Boy Color.
*"Babies Having Babies" is a 1988 hit by Terry Tate; as well as an [[IMDB:tt0088759|After School Special]] on ABC in 1986.
*"Brother pitted against brother" is a term used to describe civil war. It originated in the Bible as a description of the end times.

===Fast-Forward===
*The same sound clip with Strong Bad saying "Eew" is later used in [[origins]].
*[[Styles Upon Styles]] is later mentioned in [[modeling]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' So here we have the unveiling of Strong Bad's new computer after it was destroyed in the last episode.

'''MATT:''' Mike, what is a tumbleweed doing in Strong Bad's computer office?

'''MIKE:''' I can't— I can't even imagine.

'''MATT:''' Look, "Future Wars." Is that symbolic because this is the future of Strong Bad Emails?

'''MIKE:''' It's definitely symbolic. I thought about that for a long time.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' You didn't just think of some old game we used to have?

'''MIKE:''' No! Was that a game?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Future Wars? By Del— Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-feen"}''? Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-fine}''?

'''MIKE:''' I was just kidding.

'''MATT:''' Oh. And a classy logo, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks.

'''MATT:''' —I might add.

'''MIKE:''' That comes to, um—

'''MATT:''' —Life.

'''MIKE:''' Comes to life, with the yellow wig on.

'''MATT:''' ''{as [[Female Lappy 486]]}'' Strong Bad! Don't—! Stave it off! It's best time!

'''MIKE:''' So this is, of course, the background from "[[the show]]" email.

'''MATT:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' The game show background that I like so much.

'''MATT:''' Looks like it might be a prize that you win when you appear on the show.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yes.

'''MATT:''' Uh, I think that was very heavily inspired by when, uh, Kevin on ''Starcade'' is announcing the prizes on ''Starcade'', ''{Mike laughs}'' and so, I was like— What's that game? There was one that was a controller that they always did.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I—

'''MATT:''' I can't remember.

'''MIKE:''' A kind of joystick.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' A spud is, uh, is another word for a potato.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, they probably know that already.

'''MIKE:''' Who's "they"?

'''MATT:''' Those watching— the viewers.

'''MIKE:''' I bet— I bet at least one person watching this didn't know that a spud was also a potato.

'''MATT:''' Well, that's probably a four-year-old—

'''MIKE:''' There you go, buddy. I just taught you something. Pay me later. Oh, we messed up here, like, he says "segmented eyes," but he actually has compound eyes.

'''MATT:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' Read that on the wiki.

'''MATT:''' Good job.

'''MIKE:''' Goofs.

'''MATT:''' Goofs. That's a total goof. Strong Bad messed up, Mike. ''We'' knew our stuff.

'''MIKE:''' That's true. We did that on purpose.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. What is "segmented eyes" like?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno.

'''MATT:''' Is that a made-up thing?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe.

'''MATT:''' I remember originally—

'''MIKE:''' "Segmented bodies."

'''MATT:''' The line said, "segmented eyes" and "segmented butt," but we cut out "segmented butt."

'''MIKE:''' That's too risqué. Too risky.

'''MATT:''' Uh, so, look! The Cheat, out of nowhere! Look! There's ''my'' voice! There's the Cheat-whale.

'''MIKE:''' It must feel a little weir—

'''MATT:''' That Cheat-whale looks kinda like the Jaguar shark from ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''.

'''MIKE:''' It does.

'''MATT:''' This was before that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Before that.

'''MATT:''' Yes, see? We're suing Wes Anderson as we speak. ''{Mike laughs}'' Litigation Jackson is on the case. ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{Pause}'' Um... I think Powered by The Cheat-style thing should assist in Strong Bad Emails more often.

'''MIKE:''' Alright, let's do that for next week's email.

'''MATT:''' All— All— Calling all Powered by The Cheats. ''{Mike laughs}'' Sorry. That thing is gross, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It is.

'''MATT:''' Look, it's like, look at the ground around it. It's greasing out everywhere.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' It's really gross. That thing's ''as'' gross—

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' —if not grosser.

'''MIKE:''' He's happy, though.

'''MATT:''' —or more gross. And that thing has a Strong Sad leg coming out of it, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, his mouth is kinda like, um, Neo's mouth in, uh, ''The Matrix'' when it closes up, and it becomes like...

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, GUI? ''{pronounced "gooey"}''

'''MIKE:''' GUI. GUI mouth.

'''MATT:''' Graphic user interface mouth?

'''MIKE:''' Look at little Sterrance!

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, Sterrance!

'''MIKE:''' He appears on the cover of this very DVD on the back!

'''MATT:''' Um, will we ever see him again?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Very possibly not.

'''MATT:''' I remember, uh, some people thinking we were gonna ditch The Cheat after this email, that Sterrance was going to—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. They really thought that Sterrance was gonna be the new sidekick for Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' He is pretty harsh to him. That'd be a sad way for The Cheat to go out. The Cheat ain't goin' out like that. Over the years, The Paper definitely has become more and more of a—

'''MIKE:''' A character.

'''MATT:''' It should have been on that big characters poster we made, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. It definitely has a personality.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail119.html|watch "animal"]]
*[[HR:sbemail119.swf|view the Flash file for "animal"]]
*[[Forum:1394|forum thread re: "animal"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Lappy 486 Emails]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

little questions

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:36:10 GMT

Evandavis7:

[[Image:sbemail43.PNG|thumb|"Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish."]]

'''Strong Bad Email #43'''

Strong Bad receives a very clear and concise email from Viklas, and responds in kind.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Viklas]] (easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' September 23, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:12

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD''': ''{singing}'' All the ladies want to know, who's checkin' that email? Was it Strong Bad?

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear, Strong Bad! 
Here is some little questions: 
1. Has you some time play football? 
2. How did you seen out when you was a 
baby? 
3. How did you think you came's to 
seen out when you are wery old? 
 
Viklas 
Sweden</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh really? ''{holding back laughter}'' Never would have guessed you weren't from around here. Lessee here, what's the best way to answer this one...

''{begins typing, with subtitles included. Banjo music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For Viklas. Hi? ''{Sup, Viklas?}''

1. Prehaps! I'm've was to make football often times. ''{I love football. It's the best.}'' Play? Know. ''{Oh wait, are you asking about soccer?}'' Best football results twice again. ''{I hate soccer. It's the worst.}''

2. Every age I have seen out as a baby. ''{I was one hot baby.}'' I think I has the solution: ''{All the girl babies were like...}'' width times height. ''{"check out that hot baby."}''

3. As a wery old, I can fathom the scene to be with me. ''{I didn't know ''what'' you were talking about here.}'' Looking always as I ever did. ''{Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish.}'' It was not came's. ''{Oh! And Swedish meatballs!}'' He borrowed mine. ''{That would be awesome.}''

Okay, Viklas, I hope that answers your questions. I think we're on the same page. Unfortunately, yours has a big F on it.

—Stark Dålig

''{Viklas's email appears as an essay with red marks and a big F on it. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*When the essay appears, click on the word "Sweden" for an animation in the style of a political cartoon, which shows a flag of [[Strongbadia]] shaking hands with a Swedish flag over two piles of fish and meatballs, with the caption "Strong Badia Welcomes Swedish Goods." The banjo music plays.
*Click on the Swedish flag in the first Easter egg to see the Swedish flag doing a dance, with the appropriate caption, "The Swedish Flag Does A Dance."
**This Easter egg resets to the previous one when the music loops back.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Viklas's Corrected Essay ===
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:1px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:400px"><div style="padding-left:250px;background:none;border:none">(45) <big>F</big></div>Dear(,) Strong Bad! Here (is) some little questions: 1. Has you some<->time play football? 2. How (did) you (seen out) when you was a baby? what? /huh? 3. How do you think you came(')s to (seen out) when you (are) (we)ry old?<div style="padding-left:250px;background:none;border:none">sp</div>Viklas Sweden<div style="padding-left:200px;background:none;border:none">Viklas, You can do better than this. See me after class.</div></blockquote>

===Explanations===
*"Stark Dålig", which is pronounced something like "Stork Duhleeg", means "Strong Bad" in Swedish. The problem is, "dålig" doesn't mean "bad" as in "cruel," but rather "of poor quality." A more correct Swedish version of Strong Bad's name would be "Stark Elak."
*Strong Bad says, "Oh wait, are you asking about soccer?" because throughout most of the world [[Wikipedia:Football (soccer)|soccer]] is [[Wikipedia:Football_(soccer)_names|called football]] and [[Wikipedia:American football|football]] is [[Wikipedia:Football (word)|called American football]].

===Remarks===
*The "back" button in the Easter egg has a Swedish/pan-European makeover (bäçk), which would be pronounced something like "besk."
*At the end of the email, Viklas got five points off for every mistake on his paper, and therefore got a 45%.
*Viklas is not an actual Swedish name. The author of the email probably just misspelled Niklas (the Swedish form of Nicholas).

===Inside References===
*When Strong Bad says, "I think I has the solution," it is a reference to [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]].
*The banjo music is from [[Dancin' Bubs]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Swedish fish|Swedish Fish]] are a popular variety of gummi candy which originated in Sweden and were developed specifically for the North American market.
*The music that plays in the Banjo loop is identical to the opening of the [[Wikipedia:VeggieTales|''VeggieTales'']] theme song.

===Fast Forward===
*In the email [[other days]], Strong Bad answers an email in a similar fashion.

== DVD Version ==
The two Easter eggs are now separate from each other, though still accessible. For the dancing Swedish flag, select the hidden Strong Bad head near the bottom of the Compy 386's screen, while for Strong Badia accepting Swedish goods, select the hidden Strong Bad head in the text.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail43.html|watch "little questions"]]
*[[HR:sbemail43.swf|view the Flash file for "little questions"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

1 step ahead

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:21:30 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Goofs */

[[Image:sbemail28.PNG|thumb|"That's not very ladylike!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #28'''

Alex thinks it would be funny if Strong Sad's hands were glued to his face. Fortunately, he is correct.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' May 19, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:02 (all options)

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' This one better be good, man. I got a lot of money riding on this one.

<blockquote class="tandy email">hello strong bad, 
don't you think it would be funny if you glued 
strong sad's hands to his face? I think it would be... 
 
alex 
medford, nj</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm one step ahead of you, Alex.

''{A book appears on-screen with a black-and-white picture of Strong Bad exploring a cave with a flashlight. The text reads:}''

<pre> CHOOSE YOUR OWN STRONG
BAD EMAIL ADVENTURE

Should Strong Bad really glue Strong Sad's hands to his face?!

If you choose YES turn to page 93

If you choose MAYBE turn to page 121

If you choose to TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION turn to page 146</pre>

=== Yes ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on the Athletic Field with his hands glued to his face and a target labeled "Peg Me" painted on his chest.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Guys?! ''{Strong Sad is pelted with dodgeballs.}'' Owww! Oh! Ohw! Augh! Okay, you guys! ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! It's not funny. ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! I'm kinda... ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! ...unable to defend myself. ''{Another 2 balls are tossed at him}'' Oww! Oh! More so than usual. ''{Balls continue to pelt him.}''

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

=== Maybe ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad lying down on his bed, his hands glued to his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh! I'm blind! My prayers have finally been answered.

''{Strong Sad tries to move his hands.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh wait, my hands are just glued to my face. Oh well, I'll take that.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing outside Strong Sad's room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, he likes it! Okay, go to plan B!

''{The Cheat salutes him and leaves. He brings back a bucket of red ants and takes it to Strong Sad's room.}''

''{The Paper comes down. One red ant crawls out of Strong Sad's room.}''

=== Take it in a bit of a different direction ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Though I decided to take it in a bit of a different direction.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on a green field with his hands glued to his butt. Homestar walks up to him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hohoh... Oh, hey, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Er, Strong Sad. Why are you touching your buttocks? That's pretty weird.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I can't help it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, that is ''really'' weird.

''{Homestar walks away and Bubs walks up.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, wait, you don't understand!

'''BUBS:''' Grabbing your butt? That's not very ladylike.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm not a lady.

'''BUBS:''' Oh! Whatever.

''{Bubs walks away and Strong Bad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh, this is getting frustrating!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Strong Sad. Fancy seeing you here! And uncontrollably grabbing your own butt, I see. Oh, don't let me get in the way. Carry on!

''{Strong Bad snickers and walks away. Coach Z walks past.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Please, come back!

'''COACH Z:''' 'Attaboy, Strong Sad.

''{Coach Z walks away}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, where are you going? You have any solvent? Or Goof Off? Or Didi Seven? Somebody get my hands off my butt!

''{The Paper comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*If you choose "YES", after Strong Sad gets hit with dodgeballs, you can click the target on his belly to play the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
*If you choose "MAYBE" and wait a while after The Cheat goes into Strong Sad's room, a red ant will crawl visibly from left to right in the room.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first released, the extra choices weren't available; instead it immediately progressed to the "different direction" bit (which is why it's the only choice that continues with Strong Bad still typing). The choices were added a few weeks later.
*This was, until "[[rock opera]]," the only email to have an "again" option at the end, allowing for easier access to the un-selected choices.
*This was the first email to be over 2 minutes in length.


===Goofs===
*If you choose to select yes, and you go to the "Peg Strong Sad" game, hit the scoreboard. When you do so, it plays an electric buzz noise. However, the noise can be heard seconds before the ball actually makes contact.

*When playing the "Peg Strong Sad" game, if you play to 100, the scoreboard resets back to 10. Afterwards, the scoreboard only goes up one after every ten pegs.

===Glitches===
*If you know exactly where the contrast buttons are, when the book appears, it's possible to click the part of the book where the buttons are. This changes the brightness on the corner of the [[Tandy 400]] in the background. (This can also be accessed with the Tab key.)


===Real-World References===
*This email is a reference to/satire of the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] series of children's books created by [[Wikipedia:Edward Packard|Edward Packard]], in which the reader controls the direction of the story by choosing from a number of options, and is then redirected to a page much further away.
*In the book's picture, Strong Bad is in a cave, which has nothing to do with this email, but is a classic example of the type of illustrations found in the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
*[http://www.interwood.com/a/p/didi/DidiDetails.shtml Didi Seven] and [http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/goof-off.jsp Goof-Off] are real-world cleaning solvents.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Sad's (a.k.a. [[Anonymous]]'s) hands were glued to his butt at the beginning of [[rock opera]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD Version has the Peg Strong Sad game removed, because of obvious technical limitations.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail28.html|watch "1 step ahead"]]
*[[HR:sbemail28.swf|view the Flash file for "1 step ahead"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Game Emails]]

1 step ahead

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:16:05 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Take it in a bit of a different direction */

[[Image:sbemail28.PNG|thumb|"That's not very ladylike!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #28'''

Alex thinks it would be funny if Strong Sad's hands were glued to his face. Fortunately, he is correct.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' May 19, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:02 (all options)

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' This one better be good, man. I got a lot of money riding on this one.

<blockquote class="tandy email">hello strong bad, 
don't you think it would be funny if you glued 
strong sad's hands to his face? I think it would be... 
 
alex 
medford, nj</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm one step ahead of you, Alex.

''{A book appears on-screen with a black-and-white picture of Strong Bad exploring a cave with a flashlight. The text reads:}''

<pre> CHOOSE YOUR OWN STRONG
BAD EMAIL ADVENTURE

Should Strong Bad really glue Strong Sad's hands to his face?!

If you choose YES turn to page 93

If you choose MAYBE turn to page 121

If you choose to TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION turn to page 146</pre>

=== Yes ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on the Athletic Field with his hands glued to his face and a target labeled "Peg Me" painted on his chest.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Guys?! ''{Strong Sad is pelted with dodgeballs.}'' Owww! Oh! Ohw! Augh! Okay, you guys! ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! It's not funny. ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! I'm kinda... ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! ...unable to defend myself. ''{Another 2 balls are tossed at him}'' Oww! Oh! More so than usual. ''{Balls continue to pelt him.}''

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

=== Maybe ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad lying down on his bed, his hands glued to his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh! I'm blind! My prayers have finally been answered.

''{Strong Sad tries to move his hands.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh wait, my hands are just glued to my face. Oh well, I'll take that.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing outside Strong Sad's room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, he likes it! Okay, go to plan B!

''{The Cheat salutes him and leaves. He brings back a bucket of red ants and takes it to Strong Sad's room.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. One red ant crawls out of Strong Sad's room.}''

=== Take it in a bit of a different direction ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Though I decided to take it in a bit of a different direction.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on a green field with his hands glued to his butt. Homestar walks up to him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hohoh... Oh, hey, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Er, Strong Sad. Why are you touching your buttocks? That's pretty weird.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I can't help it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, that is ''really'' weird.

''{Homestar walks away and Bubs walks up.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, wait, you don't understand!

'''BUBS:''' Grabbing your butt? That's not very ladylike.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm not a lady.

'''BUBS:''' Oh! Whatever.

''{Bubs walks away and Strong Bad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh, this is getting frustrating!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Strong Sad. Fancy seeing you here! And uncontrollably grabbing your own butt, I see. Oh, don't let me get in the way. Carry on!

''{Strong Bad snickers and walks away. Coach Z walks past.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Please, come back!

'''COACH Z:''' 'Attaboy, Strong Sad.

''{Coach Z walks away}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, where are you going? You have any solvent? Or Goof Off? Or Didi Seven? Somebody get my hands off my butt!

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

== Easter Eggs ==

*If you choose "YES", after Strong Sad gets hit with dodgeballs, you can click the target on his belly to play the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
*If you choose "MAYBE" and wait a while after The Cheat goes into Strong Sad's room, a red ant will crawl visibly from left to right in the room.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first released, the extra choices weren't available; instead it immediately progressed to the "different direction" bit (which is why it's the only choice that continues with Strong Bad still typing). The choices were added a few weeks later.
*This was, until "[[rock opera]]," the only email to have an "again" option at the end, allowing for easier access to the un-selected choices.
*This was the first email to be over 2 minutes in length.


===Goofs===
*If you choose to select yes, and you go to the "Peg Strong Sad" game, hit the scoreboard. When you do so, it plays an electric buzz noise. However, the noise can be heard seconds before the ball actually makes contact.


===Glitches===
*If you know exactly where the contrast buttons are, when the book appears, it's possible to click the part of the book where the buttons are. This changes the brightness on the corner of the [[Tandy 400]] in the background. (This can also be accessed with the Tab key.)


===Real-World References===
*This email is a reference to/satire of the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] series of children's books created by [[Wikipedia:Edward Packard|Edward Packard]], in which the reader controls the direction of the story by choosing from a number of options, and is then redirected to a page much further away.
*In the book's picture, Strong Bad is in a cave, which has nothing to do with this email, but is a classic example of the type of illustrations found in the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
*[http://www.interwood.com/a/p/didi/DidiDetails.shtml Didi Seven] and [http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/goof-off.jsp Goof-Off] are real-world cleaning solvents.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Sad's (a.k.a. [[Anonymous]]'s) hands were glued to his butt at the beginning of [[rock opera]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD Version has the Peg Strong Sad game removed, because of obvious technical limitations.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail28.html|watch "1 step ahead"]]
*[[HR:sbemail28.swf|view the Flash file for "1 step ahead"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Game Emails]]

1 step ahead

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:14:55 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Maybe */

[[Image:sbemail28.PNG|thumb|"That's not very ladylike!"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #28'''

Alex thinks it would be funny if Strong Sad's hands were glued to his face. Fortunately, he is correct.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' May 19, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:02 (all options)

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' This one better be good, man. I got a lot of money riding on this one.

<blockquote class="tandy email">hello strong bad, 
don't you think it would be funny if you glued 
strong sad's hands to his face? I think it would be... 
 
alex 
medford, nj</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm one step ahead of you, Alex.

''{A book appears on-screen with a black-and-white picture of Strong Bad exploring a cave with a flashlight. The text reads:}''

<pre> CHOOSE YOUR OWN STRONG
BAD EMAIL ADVENTURE

Should Strong Bad really glue Strong Sad's hands to his face?!

If you choose YES turn to page 93

If you choose MAYBE turn to page 121

If you choose to TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION turn to page 146</pre>

=== Yes ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on the Athletic Field with his hands glued to his face and a target labeled "Peg Me" painted on his chest.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Guys?! ''{Strong Sad is pelted with dodgeballs.}'' Owww! Oh! Ohw! Augh! Okay, you guys! ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! It's not funny. ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! I'm kinda... ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! ...unable to defend myself. ''{Another 2 balls are tossed at him}'' Oww! Oh! More so than usual. ''{Balls continue to pelt him.}''

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

=== Maybe ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad lying down on his bed, his hands glued to his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh! I'm blind! My prayers have finally been answered.

''{Strong Sad tries to move his hands.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh wait, my hands are just glued to my face. Oh well, I'll take that.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing outside Strong Sad's room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, he likes it! Okay, go to plan B!

''{The Cheat salutes him and leaves. He brings back a bucket of red ants and takes it to Strong Sad's room.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. One red ant crawls out of Strong Sad's room.}''

=== Take it in a bit of a different direction ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Though I decided to take it in a bit of a different direction.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on a green field with his hands glued to his butt. Homestar walks up to him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hohoh... Oh, hey, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Er, Strong Sad. Why are you touching your buttocks? That's pretty weird.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I can't help it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, that is ''really'' weird.

''{Homestar walks away and Bubs walks up.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, wait, you don't understand!

'''BUBS:''' Grabbing your butt? That's not very ladylike.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm not a lady.

'''BUBS:''' Oh! Whatever.

''{Bubs walks away and Strong Bad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh, this is getting frustrating!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Strong Sad. Fancy seeing you here! And uncontrollably grabbing your own butt, I see. Oh, don't let me get in the way. Carry on!

''{Strong Bad snickers and walks away. Coach Z walks past.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Please, come back!

'''COACH Z:''' 'Attaboy, Strong Sad.

''{Coach Z walks away}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, where are you going? You have any solvent? Or Goof Off? Or Didi Seven? Somebody get my hands off my butt!

''{The Paper comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*If you choose "YES", after Strong Sad gets hit with dodgeballs, you can click the target on his belly to play the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
*If you choose "MAYBE" and wait a while after The Cheat goes into Strong Sad's room, a red ant will crawl visibly from left to right in the room.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first released, the extra choices weren't available; instead it immediately progressed to the "different direction" bit (which is why it's the only choice that continues with Strong Bad still typing). The choices were added a few weeks later.
*This was, until "[[rock opera]]," the only email to have an "again" option at the end, allowing for easier access to the un-selected choices.
*This was the first email to be over 2 minutes in length.


===Goofs===
*If you choose to select yes, and you go to the "Peg Strong Sad" game, hit the scoreboard. When you do so, it plays an electric buzz noise. However, the noise can be heard seconds before the ball actually makes contact.


===Glitches===
*If you know exactly where the contrast buttons are, when the book appears, it's possible to click the part of the book where the buttons are. This changes the brightness on the corner of the [[Tandy 400]] in the background. (This can also be accessed with the Tab key.)


===Real-World References===
*This email is a reference to/satire of the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] series of children's books created by [[Wikipedia:Edward Packard|Edward Packard]], in which the reader controls the direction of the story by choosing from a number of options, and is then redirected to a page much further away.
*In the book's picture, Strong Bad is in a cave, which has nothing to do with this email, but is a classic example of the type of illustrations found in the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
*[http://www.interwood.com/a/p/didi/DidiDetails.shtml Didi Seven] and [http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/goof-off.jsp Goof-Off] are real-world cleaning solvents.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Sad's (a.k.a. [[Anonymous]]'s) hands were glued to his butt at the beginning of [[rock opera]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD Version has the Peg Strong Sad game removed, because of obvious technical limitations.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail28.html|watch "1 step ahead"]]
*[[HR:sbemail28.swf|view the Flash file for "1 step ahead"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Game Emails]]

other days

Evandavis7 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:11:48 GMT

Evandavis7: /* Inside References */

[[Image:111snailmail.png|thumb|"Um... where's my house?"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #111'''

Brian asks what Strong Bad does on all the other days of the week.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Classroom]], [[Strongbadia]], [[The Office]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]] (Easter egg)

'''Computers:''' [[Compy 386]], [[Block]], [[Office Computer]]

'''Date:''' August 16, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:10

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got an email in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt. ''{stops singing}'' Again with the

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="email">dear strong bad, 
what do you do on all the other days 
of the week? 
sincerely, 
brian holmes CA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the name as "B. Ryan Holmes, certified arborist")

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing and speaking like a robot while bobbing his head sporadically}''Good question, Brian. I am going to answer this email like a robot. Don't you think this is a great idea? ''{normal voice}'' Yeah, sorry, me neither. OK, other days o' the week. Let's see...

''{A calendar appears with a heading "A Month" and weeks starting on Monday. On Monday is written "checka my e-mail".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' On Tuesdays, I check my snail mail.

''{"checka my snail mail" appears in handwriting on Tuesday. Cut to Strong Bad at a mailbox that reads "sb_snailmail.exe"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got a snail mail in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.

''{He opens his letter and reads it.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">Dear Mr. Bad, 
This constitutes your final warning. 
Please remit payment of three(3) 
dollars and sixty-two(62) cents or 
you will be turned over to a "cut off 
your toes" -style collections agency. 

Swarthily, 
Bubs' Concession Stand</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking sarcastically}'' Oh no, final warning. Is there nothing I can do to dissuade you? Like maybe give you a ride in my BMW?!? ''{Strong Bad pulls out the [[BMW Lighter|BMW lighter]] and burns the paper, laughing. He then looks around.}''WA HA HA HA! Um... Where's my house?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Then to better help folks over the hump, on Wednesdays I give free motivational lectures.

''{"give lecture" appears on Wednesday. Cut to the chalkboard with Coach Z and Strong Mad listening to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You gots to look inside yourself! Positate the negative. When life throws pies at you, you make yourself a tall, cool glass of piemonade.

'''COACH Z:''' I'm a new man!

'''STRONG MAD:''' I'M THE HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Due to a prior arrest, Thursdays are community service days, so me and the old Cheatasaurus head down to Strong Badia and give the place a firm scrubbin'.

''{"community service" appears for Thursday. Cut to Strong Badia, where Strong Bad is vacuuming the dirt and The Cheat is washing the Tire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know what I always say, The Cheat. Stay smart, vacuum...dirt.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, sounds vaguely like "And wash up the tire!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't forget to wash where the sun don't shine.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Then there's Business Casual Fridays, or as we say around the office, Biz Cas Fri. ''{"biz cas fri" appears on the Friday box}'' You know, because we have to abbreve everything.

''{Cut to the office.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' That's the day we all wear the free polo shirts we got from various software companies.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man. Did you play Online Gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' On Saturday I certainly don't wake up at 6 A.M., put on a Speedo, and go to swim practice. ''{"NOT swim practice" appears in the Saturday box}'' No, no, definitely not Speedo. But I do attend:

{''A flyer for Battle Axe Lessons appears onscreen; "NOT swim practice" is replaced by "BATTLE AXE LESSONS!" in the Saturday box.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...BATTLE AXE LESSONS AT THE REC CENTER, with my teacher Dolph Hauldhagen, The Instruc-TOR! And of course, Sunday is the OTHER day I check my email, for our Eastern European viewers across the pond.

''{"checka my eastern european emails" appears for Sunday. Cut to Strong Bad sitting at a gray computer with the word "BLOCK" in the bottom-left corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got a Polish e-mail in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.

''{reading, translator speaks over Strong Bad in Polish: Silne Złe: Proszę rozwiązywać sznurowadło z tyłu głowy. Janusz, Polska}''

<blockquote class="email" style="border: 4px solid #999">Dear Strong Bad: 
Please to be untieing that shoelace on 
the back of your head? 
 
Janus 
Poland</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Untie my shoelace, eh Janus? Your 
mother is the speed limit. 
Your aspirin, 
Strong Bad

''{Translator continues: Rozwiązywać sznurowadło, eh Janek? Twoja matka jest ograniczenie prędkości. Z aspiryną, Silne Złe}''

''{Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's pretty much my week. Now time for a refreshing glass of piemonade, or as we say around the office, p-nade.

''{Strong Bad gets up and leaves. The Paper comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "brian holmes CA" after Strong Bad says "Certified Arborist" to see B. Ryan Holmes's business card.
**The card reads: "B. Ryan Holmes, Certified Arborist. Phone:555-XYLM Mobile:coming soon" It has pictures of green trees and says "I think it has to do with trees!" in cursive on the bottom.
*At the end, click on "my week" to see Strong Sad waking Strong Bad up for swim practice.
::''{cut to the couch. Strong Bad is sleeping on it, as usual. Strong Sad walks in wearing a pair of swimming goggles and a swimming cap}''
::'''STRONG SAD:''' Strong Bad...
::'''STRONG BAD:''' Dangit, chrona trigga!
::'''STRONG SAD:''' Strong Bad, wake up!
::'''STRONG BAD:''' Chrona trigga!
::'''STRONG SAD:''' We're going to be late for swim practice!
::'''STRONG BAD:''' Chrhn—''Chrono Trigger''!
::''{Strong Sad produces a stick with a pair of Speedo-style swimming trunks at the end of it, face turns away in disgust}''
::'''STRONG SAD:''' I've got your swim trunks.
::'''STRONG BAD:''' Magus, I'm gonn... I'll kill you.
*Also at the end click on "piemonade," to see an advertisement for [[Piemonade]].

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*On biz cas fri, Homestar Runner wears a shirt labelled 'Diskettes Etc.', while Strong Bad's has 'Micro Palace'.
*The Battle Axe flyer reads:
<pre>BAD AT
BATTLE AXEING???{sic}

Come join
Dolph Hauldhagen
and learn professional
techniques that will
boost your confidence
and deadlines.

Community Rec Center "The Instruc-TOR"
Sat. 6am-9am Dolph Hauldhagen

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BATTLE
AXE AND AN EXERCISE MAT.

555-4AXE{x9}</pre>
*Brian Holmes and 'Holmes' (from [[huttah!]]) are both from California.
*[[Dolph Hauldhagen]] is just Matt with a viking helmet, nothing else.
*The translator for Strong Bad's Polish email is the voice of Dan Cubus, a friend of [[The Brothers Chaps]].

===Remarks===
*The calendar starts on Monday, as per some European countries. North American calendars usually start on Sunday.
*Strong Bad's advice to "make Piemonade" is a reference to the saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
*While talking about online gaming, Homestar Runner says, "I got so many frags". It seems he's been playing numerous [[Wikipedia:First-person shooter|first-person shooters]], in which a "[[Wikipedia:Frag|frag]]" is a kill.
*It is interesting that Strong Bad helps people over the hump on Wednesdays, as some people refer to Wednesday as "Hump Day" since it is in the middle of the week.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar says "so many frags" and is looking to the left, his torso is flipped, and consequently the buttons on his collar appear on the wrong side and "Diskettes Etc." appears backwards for a split second.
*In the "my week" Easter Egg, Strong Sad enters the basement empty handed, yet he somehow produces Strong Bad's swimming trunks from behind the couch.

===Inside References===
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[Couch Mumbling|couch mumbling]].
*The Office where "biz cas fri" takes place is the same as in [[dullard]] and the [[Senor Mortgage]] short, and the conversation is very reminiscent of that from ''dullard''.
*When Strong Bad mentions having to do community service, it is likely a reference to the [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*The way that Strong Bad answers the Polish email is a likely reference to the email [[little questions]] in which he answers another foreign email.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad's intro song for this email (as well as for the snail-mail and the East-European email) is sung to the tune of ''[[Wikipedia:Oh Susanna|Oh Susanna]]''.
*When Strong Sad is waking up Strong Bad for swim practice, he mumbles various things, ranging from "I'll kill you" to the name of the classic [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] [[Wikipedia:CRPG|RPG]], ''[[Wikipedia:Chrono Trigger|Chrono Trigger]]''. The "I'll kill you" in the swim practice Easter egg is directed at [[Wikipedia:Magus (Chrono Trigger)|Magus]], a villain/party member in the game. ''(Also see Inside References.)''
** Also notable is that Janus is also a significant name in Crono Trigger, the same as Strong Bad's Polish email author.
*The name of his other computer, "[[Block]]," is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Eastern Bloc|Soviet Bloc]]—the group of Eastern European nations which were under communist government.
*The text on the battle axe lesson flyer which instructs you to bring your own axe and exercise mat is in the same font as [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden's]] name almost always appears. One of their first songs ever, "Invasion", released only on a four track album of which 5000 copies were made, was about Viking invaders.
*Strong Bad's imitation of a robot seems to be a reference to Harry in the documentary "[[IMDB:tt0334405|Spellbound]]," a spelling bee contestant who spontaneously replies to a question from the interviewer in a robotic voice, and finishes off by saying "I-am-a-musical-robot. Do-I-sound-like-a-musical-robot?"
*"Stay smart, vacuum...dirt" may be based on "Be Smart! Don't Start!", a motto used in a series of '80s PSAs trying to discourage minors from drinking alcohol.
*The phone number for Brian Holmes, Certified Arborist (555-XYLM), is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Xylem|xylem]], the major water transporting tissue of a tree.

===Fast Forward===
*"Biz Cas Fri" would be the subject of three Puppet Stuff features, [[Biz Cas Fri 1|Biz Cas Fri]], [[Biz Cas Fri 2]], and [[Biz Cas Fri 3]].
*Strong Bad's final payment notice is signed with Bubs' full name, which was revealed to be Bubs Concession Stand in [[Senorial Day]]. Here "Bubs'" has an apostrophe, though, as a possessive, which isn't seen in [[Senorial Day]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]

'''MIKE:''' Hi, Matt!

'''MATT:''' Hi, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Welcome to the email commentary for this email.

'''MATT:''' Thanks! I feel really good about this one, and I am ready to go.

'''MIKE:''' All right, let's get started. All right. We started here, well Strong Bad started here,

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad needs to learn the abbreviations for states.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's true. He has a problem with them.

'''MATT:''' This part reminds me about that kid from that movie "Spell Bound". About...

'''MIKE:''' When he's a musical robot?

'''MATT:''' When he's being a musical robot, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, it's true.

'''MATT:''' All right, here's Strong Bad's...

'''MIKE:''' Mailbox. Which has appeared one more time, one other time?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Still no sign of his house, though.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. No house. Just a mailbox. Not on the road.

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Just in the grass.

'''MATT:''' In the greens. I don't think Strong Bad's being very sincere right now, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' This is a good example of sarcasm.

'''MATT:''' We've had lots of requests for the BMW lighter. Did you mention that on the last DVD?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. I don't think it exists.

'''MATT:''' No, it doesn't

'''MIKE:''' I've tried to find them at BMW dealers.

'''MATT:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' I actually got to make a glass of piemonade when I was, uh, making the Easter Egg at the end, there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was early in the morning, wasn't it?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it was, like, 2 in the morning, and I went to Kroger and got some pie and some lemonade,

'''MATT:''' Nice work!

'''MIKE:''' I think I got an extra piece of pie and ate it and I drank some lemonade.

'''MATT:''' I think that vacuum has never made an appearance again.

'''MIKE:''' No. But I think the flowers on it are from...

'''MATT:''' Homsar?

'''MIKE:''' For kids email.

'''MATT:''' Kids show?

'''MIKE:''' Kids show. Yeah, what'd I say?

'''MATT:''' For kids. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I think it's called for kids.

'''MATT:''' I think you're right. I used to shop at Diskettes Et Cetera.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' One time. What's Strong Bad's say?

'''MIKE:''' Uhhhhh, can't read it. Micro...

'''MATT:''' Something?

'''MIKE:''' Micro something. That's me!

'''MATT:''' That's Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Holding a stand, Homestar's puppet stand. That's what that stick is, and I just photoshoped out the bottom and put in that axe.

'''MATT:''' I like that.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks!

'''MATT:''' This is our friend, Dan Cubus.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. He lived in Poland for two years.

'''MATT:''' Shoslav!

'''MIKE:''' Good job, Dan! We went to the Braves game, uh, the night of this.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Did you get a ghetto burger at...

'''MIKE:''' We got a ghetto burger at Miss Ann's Snack Stand. Ahh, good times.

'''MATT:''' Your asprino!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail111.html|watch "other days"]]
*[[HR:sbemail111.swf|view the Flash file for "other days"]]
*[[Forum:504|forum thread re: "other days"]]

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Freak (can have a foot for a leg! Ha! Wimp!) Oh, and [[rock opera]] is the funniest email ever!

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Comic Sightings

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== 8-bit Theater ==
*A dark elf explains how evil a monster is, and Trogdor comes to mind.
[http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030520 Episode 284: What could it be?!]
*In Twinkin' Out, a confused fan asks Red Mage how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on (Last letter on the page). [http://www.nuklearpower.com/redmage21.php Twinkin' Out 21]
*A [http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=050517 guest artist strip] contains Thief wearing a Strong Bad mask.

== 33 Variations on a Theme by Strong Bad ==
This is an actual fan made [[Teen Girl Squad]] comic, done in the same way [[Strong Bad]] would have drawn it. [http://www.patachu.com/tgs/]

== Accidental Centaurs ==
*In a crossover with The Wotch on March 26, 2005, The Wotch's Robin (transformed into a dragon) shouts "BURNINATE!!" as he breathes fire at some winged monkeys. [http://www.accidentalcentaurs.com/archive.php?iid=20041079&ep=4]
*In a comic dated Wednesday, August 24, 2005, Lenny borrows a line from Senor Cardgage. [http://www.accidentalcentaurs.com/image.php?iid=20041206]

== Aminal Crossing ==
*In the [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/ac/?pic=016.png 16th comic], "Were taking this baby to the mooooon!" is a reference to Strong Bad Email [[personal favorites]].
*Also, in [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/ac/?pic=22.png Episode 22], the main character gets MONKEY SLAM'D!! an unmistakable TGS reference.

== Badly Drawn Kitties ==
In the [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/comics.html October 29, 2003] (zip archive format) strip, Dirk dresses up as Homestar Runner.

== Blankism ==
In [http://www.drunkduck.com/Blankism/index.php #23] a fake credits scene appears and it reads "Produced by A. Chimendez". This is a reference to [[A. Chimendez]], the fake writer of the [[Cheat Commandos]] cartoons.

== Breakpoint City ==
*Homestar Runner is waiting in line in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2002/07/20/ July 20, 2002] strip.
*[[Bronco Trolleys]] are referenced in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2002/08/14/ August 14th, 2002] strip.
*Trogdor also appears on a sign "Live with Regis and Trogdor" in a later strip. [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2003/06/14/]
*A Homestar action figure(or something)is seen behind the TV Ben is watching in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2003/07/19/ July 19, 2003] strip.

== Bruno the Bandit ==
In the third panel of [http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20040825.html this] comic, one character mentions Strongbadia.

== Captain SNES ==
In the comic for [http://captainsnes.com/?date=20040321 March 21st, 2004], Mother Brain asks King Hippo how he can type with boxing gloves on his hands.

== Clearwater Clan ==
The comic for [http://clearwaterclan.keenspace.com/d/20050624.html June 24th, 2005] shows the cast drawn as stick figures. One of them comes out looking like Trogdor.

== Daily Routine ==
Comic #40 on [http://www.damagedgames.com/week6.html] has a reference from [[Strong Bad email]], [[fingers]]. The character, Hardhat is wearing the same arms as [[Homestar Runner]] wears in the said email. Theres even a link to the email at the bottem of the comic for those who have never heard of Homestar Runner.

== Digimon ==
In the fourth and final volume of the [[wikipedia: Tokyopop|Tokyopop]] manga adaptation of the third season of the ''[[wikipedia: Digimon| Digimon]]'' animated series, [[wikipedia: Rapidmon|Rapidmon]] utters [[What's Her Face]]'s classic line: "My blood hurts."

== DMFA ==
Trogdor can be seen in the first panel of [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_309.php this ] comic.

== Dominic Deegan ==
In the [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/d/20020923.html September 23,2002] comic, Strong Bad makes a cameo appearance as one of Dominic's customers in the last panel.

== Devstyle ==
[http://devstyle.com/extra.php?extra=dir_based&t=pinups&comic=14 Rude] is making fun of the compy 386. 
[http://devstyle.com/index.php?type=Comic&page=120 In Comic 91] Rude bumps in to Trogdor

== Droop ==
[http://www.nightgig.com/argh/droop/index.php?viewDate=20030910 This] issue of "Droop" features Homestar Runner popping up with the phrase "A Jorb Well Done".

== Digital Purgatory ==
In episode 19 [http://www.dp-comics.net/archives/19.htm "Dude, Shut the Hell Up"] of [http://www.dp-comics.net/index.htm "Digital Purgatory"], in the third and fourth panels, Trogdor appears on a whiteboard in the background.

== Evil Inc ==
The author of [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Fancomics/Evil/Evil.html "Evil Inc"] has said on the Bob and George forums that Satan being dressed up as Ichiro in comic #267 is a minor reference to Strong Bad dressing up as Homestar dressed up as Angus Young in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

== Final Stupidity ==
In the [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/004.html fourth] comic, "Obligatory Pop Culture Reference," [[Dangeresque too]] makes a small cameo on the last panel. 
The [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/005.html fifth comic's] title, "Burninated", is an obvious reference to Trogdor. 
The [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/007.html seventh comic's] title, "Got Witch's Brew?" is a reference to Homestar's obsession with witch's brew.

== GameCheetz ==
The seventh panel in [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=15692 comic #15692] is taken from [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]. 
[[Technochocolate]] is mentioned in the fifth panel of [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=00297 comic #00297]. 
In [http://gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=00232 comic 00232], the line, [[Parsnips-A-Plenty|"It's curtains for you!"]] is used. In the last panel, [[That A Ghost|"CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!"]] is also used.

== Hawkman ==
In the December 2003 issue of DC Comic's Hawkman (page 16 of issue 20, volume 4), an abusive spouse is seen wearing a black T-shirt featuring Strong Bad's face and gloves, and the text "FHGWHGAS." Unfortunately you'll have to pick up an old issue of the comic to see it. [http://www.dccomics.com/features/hawkman/]

== Here Is A Question ==
*Early on in the question-based spritecomic [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question28.gif Here Is A Question], JnVReno is asked an extremely [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|familar line]], to much rage.
*Only a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question51.gif short while later], he is asked the exact same question.
*Not too much later, someone also asks the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question69.gif same question] of Jesus.
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question106.gif a later comic], someone asks if he has a crush on Marzipan and Homsar appears.
*Upon being asked about [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question155.gif guitar solos], Reno demonstrates several, one which includes the 'Meedley Mee!' bit from [[guitar]].
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question161.gif another comic], he is asked is he has a Pimped out car, by a person named Kyle similar to the one in [[car]].
*In the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question300.gif 300th comic], Garkon shouts out "GARBLEDINA!", a reference to [[the facts]].
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question383.png another], a sock-puppet announces that it is a song from the sixties.
*In an [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question413.png attempt to take control] of the comic, Reno puts up a big [[No Loafing Sign]].
*In a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question441.png later comic], one of the n00bs asks Reno that old, familiar question.
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question460.png medieval times], Sir Reno was asked "how doth ye use thy quill pen whilst wearing thy gauntlets".
*One of the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question466.png many "spin-offs"] of the comic included the "New Question Show", which was cancelled during the pilot, much like [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]]
*[http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question469.png In the future], a head-controlled Reno cyborg will be asked how he can answer these questions with no limbs.
*[http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question485.png In comic #485], Reno is asked how he types with boots on, to which he replies "with my hands, at least until I develop full telekenetic potential".
*In a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question622.png very recent comic], a complimentary ninja makes a "PREOOOOOOWWWW" sound as it sails across the room, much like the Paper.

== Mid-Shift ==
This strip is not available online, but if you purchase the book, and turn to page 19, you can see a Homestar Runner mainpage on the computer. [http://www.midshiftcomic.com Official website]

== MoDCAMeRa ==
In the fourth panel of [http://www.modcamera.com/comic.php?comic=44 "Welcome to Yore Doum!"] Matt says: "Okay, let's just give up trying not to laugh at him sounding like the Homestar Runner and do something else."

== Natch Evil ==
*In [http://www.natchevil.com/comic.asp?comicID=109 Comic#109] God mentions getting an email about how he types with boxing gloves on.
*The [http://www.natchevil.com/extras.html Extra menu] is rather reminiscent of the main pages, and it even says apologies to Homestar at the bottom.
*In [http://www.natchevil.com/comic.asp?comicID=410 Comic#410] Cliff mentions [[Grumblecakes]].

== The Neopian Times ==
In three comics made by [http://www.neopets.com/randomfriend.phtml?user=_lordofthefrogs_ _lordofthefrogs_], the owner himself wears a duckie shirt ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=3775&issue=160 Comic #1]), Homestar's star shirt ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=19159&issue=166 Comic #2]), and in the 3rd comic a salesperson wears the same skirt as Marzipan ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=31406&issue=170 Comic #3]). Even if you click on his name, you'll find that his lookup says that he is a dedicated fan of Homestar Runner, and his backround is Homestar Runner in black and white. It says, 'Seriously' below him.

== Oh The Humanity ==
In the final panel of the [http://humanity.xepher.net/comic.php?date=2004-01-07 January 7, 2004] strip, somebody says "A jorb well done"

== One One Seven ==
In the 71st and 72nd guest strips of the Halo-based comic "One One Seven", Master Chief is shown sitting at a Compy 386. He even answers his own email!
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html?type=guest&image=guest71
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html?type=guest&image=guest72

== Phil Likes Tacos ==
Homsar is among one of the characters to make a cameo in [http://philtaco.keenspace.com/d/20050522.html this] strip.

== Pokemon X ==
In [http://pokemonx.keenspace.com/d/20050401.html the April fool's special], the characters are 'FOOLED!' by the [[Arrow'd Guy]].

== Questionable Content ==
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=265 comic #265], while Faye and Marten are discussing what will be the next indie rock band to break up, Faye mentions that the head of Win Butler (from The Arcade Fire) will explode during a live performance, forcing them to replace him with a Homestar Runner puppet.
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=317 comic #317], Steve is wearing an [[Eh! Steve]] T-shirt.
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 comic #333], Raven wants to be left alone to close the coffee shop. She exclaims, "I can do it! I can totally do it nine times!" This is a reference to The Cheat's crazy cartoon in [[crazy cartoon]].

== Random Codes ==
The first two lines of the [http://us.codejunkies.com/images/randomcodes16.jpg 16th comic] are "So from then on, it was all pork and beans." and "That's not very healthy..." which are close to the two lines of dialogue said by Homestar and Marzipan in [[helium]].

== Road Waffles ==
In the [http://www.roadwaffles.com/archive-rw.php?c=2003-7-23 July 23, 2003] comic, when Moses is altering how he percieves the afterlife, one of his visualisations bears a resemblance to Strong Bad standing in Strongbadia, saying 'Pop culture reference!'.

== Room ==
A recent update of this puzzling pixelart webcomic has an appearance of a pixelart Strong Bad and The Cheat. He's looking at a computer, but it doesn't appear to be any of the ones he's owned. [http://www.aintaer.com/room/room.php?strip=49]

== Roy the Duck ==
*Explore [http://roy.esmilde.com/mathtitle.htm Roy the Duck's math book] to find Homestar Runner and to learn how to count (see page 4 especially).
*The new ''Ye Castle's Final Houre'' [http://roy.esmilde.com/castlebook.htm book] says "...don't throw full glass wine bottles at the screen."
*It also has two references to homestarrunner.com on the [http://roy.esmilde.com/zBay.htm zBay] page. On it Bubs is selling the [[Broken Compy Menu|Slightly Shotgunned Compy]]. It also contains a link to the [[HR:amazon.html|bookazon.com]] page.
*[http://roy.esmilde.com/palmstatetimes.htm The Palm State Times] on the site contains an article about [[Thorax Corporation]].
*Their [http://roy.esmilde.com/cloogle.htm Cloogle] page has a Senor Cardgage Mortgage reference.

== Runaways ==
In the July 2005 issue of this [[wikipedia: Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] publication, as the title characters head off on a mission to rescue the captive mother of their newest accquaintance, Victor, Victor himself remarks that he is "not sure why he should entrust his mom's life to the freakin' '''Teen Girl Squad'''!" Chase, the only male member of the Runaways team, corrects him with: "That's Teen Girl Squad plus one, amigo!"

== Scary Go Round ==
[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20050818 In the comic posted on August 18th, 2005], Shelley tells Gibby to tell her father about the "terrible a-splosions", an obvious reference to Vector Strong Bad.

== Sluggy Freelance ==
The weekly filler Meanwhile in the Dimension of Pain shows the demons deathmatching. When Horribus uses the Unholy Hand grenade and the demons are all incinerated, the panel reads "And all was laid to burnination."
[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040501 link]

== SMAX ==
The ''Top Ten'' spin-off comic ''[http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Jess%20Nevins/Smax/Smax%20index.htm SMAX]'' puts Jaafs Macksun and his partner Toybox in a world of fantasy. A wanted poster for Trogdor is on a pole and the silhouette of Homestar and Pom Pom are seen in town.

== Sore Thumbs ==
In [http://www.sorethumbsonline.com/comics/st20041220.gif this] comic, a drugged director quotes Strong Bad's "H*R and Marzipan Dating Simulation XR" from Strong Bad Email [[date]].

== Staccato ==
In the online webcomic, Staccato, when the author portrays his characters as Fantastic Four characters, the one portrayed as the "The Human Torch" says "'The Human Torch?' 'Flame On?' That all sounds kinda' fruity... Couldn't I be be called like 'The Burninator' or something?" in direct reference to our beloved Trogdor!
[http://www.staccatocomic.com/2005-011.php]

== Teen Titans Go! ==
In the issue of this [[wikipedia: DC Comics|DC Comics]] comic entitled "Finding Nero," there is a carnival game with Strong Sad plushies as prizes.

== Tex and Jenny ==
Tex sees his good and evil conscience in [http://texandjenny.comicgen.com/d/20051002.html this] strip. However, since Tex is an atheist, he makes them change to Homestar Runner and Strong Bad.

== Theater Hopper ==
Tom Brazelton of Theater Hopper had himself in his [http://www.theaterhopper.com/comics/040623.jpg comics] on June 23, with a Homestar shirt.

== Under Power ==
*In the [http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20040202 Feb 02, 2004] Strong Bad is behind the elf and saying ARROWED! Also, the copyright line at the bottom reads "strong bad © 2001-2004 the brothers chaps".
*In the [http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20040519 May 19, 2004] comic, Strong Bad and the Cheat are the DJs in panel 2.

== Universal Voyage ==
*In [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Subcomics/UVoyage/index.php?num=1 Comic #2] there are sprites of Strong Bad and Trogdor as a team called "Burninators!"
*In [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Subcomics/UVoyage/index.php?num=113 Comic#563], Homestar makes a rather ''shocking'' sprite cameo.

== VG Cats ==
*The "[http://www.vgcats.com/first/ New to the site]" page starts "Welcome aboard the USS VGCats.com, this is a website!", both mimicking and linking to [[First Time Here?]]
*In [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/100.php Comic 100], at the end, click on 100 Comics to see a little cutscene with the Compy 386.
*In the 6th panel of [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=129 Comic 135], a The Cheat Talking Plush Doll is visible with the rest of the merchandise behind the glass.
*At the top of the new layout, there is a [http://www.vgcats.com/quotes/rotate.php rotating image], featuring several different quotes. A few of them are [How do you type with boxing gloves on?], [We are the band LIMOZEEN!] and [Let's get ready to look SO GOOD!]
*The title for the news post on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 12:43 PM is "Throw baby", a [[Peasant's Quest]] reference.

== Walking Is Still Honest ==
*In [http://www.stillhonest.com/?strip_id=69 strip #69], the power is out, and there is a picture of Strong Bad's head with the words "Power Failured!" above it.
*In [http://www.stillhonest.com/?strip_id=94 strip #94], the trebuchet is nicknamed 'Trebdor, the Flinginator'.

== Witchs' Brew ==
The origin of the Witch's Brew name came from Homestar's famous Halloween [[Witches' Brew|witch's brew]] line. (Alas, however, the phrase is not spelled correctly in the comic.) Also, in the [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew01.html first] comic, Homestar appears on the last panel, and the [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew03.html third] comic uses the CHILDREN! panel from [[Teen Girl Squad]]. The [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew06.html sixth] comic tells us to not fake the funk on a nasty dunk, one of [[Homsar]]'s quotes from [[interview]]. And the author bios describe one of the creators as "one of the few lucky non-peasant humans to be burninated."

== The Wotch ==
In the June 24, 2003 comic, Lilly and Jennie are playing with Homestar Runner action figures. In particular they are acting out a scene from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]. [http://www.thewotch.com/062403.html 062403.html]

== Zelda comic ==
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=096.gif Comic 96] is entitled Dot, Dot, Dot.
*In [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=136.gif Comic 136], Bub says "Ow! my stomach lining!!!"
*On comic [http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=162.png 162], the characters are swamped by Cuccos with the caption "CUCCO'D!"
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=164.png Comic 164] is actually called "Yet Another Subtle Homestar Reference." The reference is "shut it up, you."
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=170.png Comic 170] is entitled "I'm So Glad the Bub is Not Dead."
*In [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=193.png Comic 193], the Miscreant decapitates Edgar with the caption "DECAPITAT'D!"
*On the [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=200.png 200th] comic, they used the "Its almost over!" screen from Teen Girl Squad.
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=212.png Comic 212] is entitled "Yeah, Shut Up, Kid."
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=217.png Comic 217], Link says "Rock, rock on!"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=220.png Comic 220], Link says,"That sounds re-zon-able".
*On comic [http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=223.png Comic 223], when Link rolls his eyes, it says "Eye roll'd!"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=225.png 225], Link asks what would happen if Bub fights Lloyd. Bub answers saying "his head a splode?"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=227.png 227], Lloyd dodges an attack with the caption "Matrix'd!"
*Also in the bonus section, there is a thing called "Flame War 04." The [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/bonus/flamewar04/flame1.jpg first comic] is a reference to the Strong Bad email [[dragon]], and the state (California) with the underwear is a reference to Strong Bad email [[weird dream]].

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== 8-bit Theater ==
*A dark elf explains how evil a monster is, and Trogdor comes to mind.
[http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030520 Episode 284: What could it be?!]
*In Twinkin' Out, a confused fan asks Red Mage how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on (Last letter on the page). [http://www.nuklearpower.com/redmage21.php Twinkin' Out 21]
*A [http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=050517 guest artist strip] contains Thief wearing a Strong Bad mask.

== 33 Variations on a Theme by Strong Bad ==
This is an actual fan made [[Teen Girl Squad]] comic, done in the same way [[Strong Bad]] would have drawn it. [http://www.patachu.com/tgs/]

== Accidental Centaurs ==
*In a crossover with The Wotch on March 26, 2005, The Wotch's Robin (transformed into a dragon) shouts "BURNINATE!!" as he breathes fire at some winged monkeys. [http://www.accidentalcentaurs.com/archive.php?iid=20041079&ep=4]
*In a comic dated Wednesday, August 24, 2005, Lenny borrows a line from Senor Cardgage. [http://www.accidentalcentaurs.com/image.php?iid=20041206]

== Aminal Crossing ==
*In the [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/ac/?pic=016.png 16th comic], "Were taking this baby to the mooooon!" is a reference to Strong Bad Email [[personal favorites]].
*Also, in [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/ac/?pic=22.png Episode 22], the main character gets MONKEY SLAM'D!! an unmistakable TGS reference.

== Badly Drawn Kitties ==
In the [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/comics.html October 29, 2003] (zip archive format) strip, Dirk dresses up as Homestar Runner.

== Blankism ==
In [http://www.drunkduck.com/Blankism/index.php #23] a fake credits scene appears and it reads "Produced by A. Chimendez". This is a reference to [[A. Chimendez]], the fake writer of the [[Cheat Commandos]] cartoons.

== Breakpoint City ==
*Homestar Runner is waiting in line in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2002/07/20/ July 20, 2002] strip.
*[[Bronco Trolleys]] are referenced in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2002/08/14/ August 14th, 2002] strip.
*Trogdor also appears on a sign "Live with Regis and Trogdor" in a later strip. [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2003/06/14/]
*A Homestar action figure(or something)is seen behind the TV Ben is watching in the [http://www.breakpointcity.com/archives/2003/07/19/ July 19, 2003] strip.

== Bruno the Bandit ==
In the third panel of [http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20040825.html this] comic, one character mentions Strongbadia.

== Captain SNES ==
In the comic for [http://captainsnes.com/?date=20040321 March 21st, 2004], Mother Brain asks King Hippo how he can type with boxing gloves on his hands.

== Clearwater Clan ==
The comic for [http://clearwaterclan.keenspace.com/d/20050624.html June 24th, 2005] shows the cast drawn as stick figures. One of them comes out looking like Trogdor.

== Daily Routine ==
Comic #40 on [http://www.damagedgames.com/week6.html] has a reference from [[Strong Bad email]], [[fingers]]. The character, Hardhat is wearing the same arms as [[Homestar Runner]] wears in the said email. Theres even a link to the email at the bottem of the comic for those who have never heard of Homestar Runner.

== Digimon ==
In the fourth and final volume of the [[wikipedia: Tokyopop|Tokyopop]] manga adaptation of the third season of the ''[[wikipedia: Digimon| Digimon]]'' animated series, [[wikipedia: Rapidmon|Rapidmon]] utters [[What's Her Face]]'s classic line: "My blood hurts."

== DMFA ==
Trogdor can be seen in the first panel of [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_309.php this ] comic.

== Dominic Deegan ==
In the [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/d/20020923.html September 23,2002] comic, Strong Bad makes a cameo appearance as one of Dominic's customers in the last panel.

== Devstyle ==
[http://devstyle.com/extra.php?extra=dir_based&t=pinups&comic=14 Rude] is making fun of the compy 386. 
[http://devstyle.com/index.php?type=Comic&page=120 In Comic 91] Rude bumps in to Trogdor

== Droop ==
[http://www.nightgig.com/argh/droop/index.php?viewDate=20030910 This] issue of "Droop" features Homestar Runner popping up with the phrase "A Jorb Well Done".

== Digital Purgatory ==
In episode 19 [http://www.dp-comics.net/archives/19.htm "Dude, Shut the Hell Up"] of [http://www.dp-comics.net/index.htm "Digital Purgatory"], in the third and fourth panels, Trogdor appears on a whiteboard in the background.

== Evil Inc ==
The author of [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Fancomics/Evil/Evil.html "Evil Inc"] has said on the Bob and George forums that Satan being dressed up as Ichiro in comic #267 is a minor reference to Strong Bad dressing up as Homestar dressed up as Angus Young in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

== Final Stupidity ==
In the [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/004.html fourth] comic, "Obligatory Pop Culture Reference," [[Dangeresque too]] makes a small cameo on the last panel. 
The [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/005.html fifth comic's] title, "Burninated", is an obvious reference to Trogdor. 
The [http://www.jediburger.com/comics/finalstupidity/007.html seventh comic's] title, "Got Witch's Brew?" is a reference to Homestar's obsession with witch's brew.

== GameCheetz ==
The seventh panel in [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=15692 comic #15692] is taken from [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]. 
[[Technochocolate]] is mentioned in the fifth panel of [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=00297 comic #00297]. 
In [http://gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=00232 comic 00232], the line, [[Parsnips-A-Plenty|"It's curtains for you!"]] is used. In the last panel, [[That A Ghost|"CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!"]] is also used.

== Hawkman ==
In the December 2003 issue of DC Comic's Hawkman (page 16 of issue 20, volume 4), an abusive spouse is seen wearing a black T-shirt featuring Strong Bad's face and gloves, and the text "FHGWHGAS." Unfortunately you'll have to pick up an old issue of the comic to see it. [http://www.dccomics.com/features/hawkman/]

== Here Is A Question ==
*Early on in the question-based spritecomic [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question28.gif Here Is A Question], JnVReno is asked an extremely [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|familar line]], to much rage.
*Only a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question51.gif short while later], he is asked the exact same question.
*Not too much later, someone also asks the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question69.gif same question] of Jesus.
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question106.gif a later comic], someone asks if he has a crush on Marzipan and Homsar appears.
*Upon being asked about [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question155.gif guitar solos], Reno demonstrates several, one which includes the 'Meedley Mee!' bit from [[guitar]].
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question161.gif another comic], he is asked is he has a Pimped out car, by a person named Kyle similar to the one in [[car]].
*In the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question300.gif 300th comic], Garkon shouts out "GARBLEDINA!", a reference to [[the facts]].
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question383.png another], a sock-puppet announces that it is a song from the sixties.
*In an [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question413.png attempt to take control] of the comic, Reno puts up a big [[No Loafing Sign]].
*In a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question441.png later comic], one of the n00bs asks Reno that old, familiar question.
*In [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question460.png medieval times], Sir Reno was asked "how doth ye use thy quill pen whilst wearing thy gauntlets".
*One of the [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question466.png many "spin-offs"] of the comic included the "New Question Show", which was cancelled during the pilot, much like [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]]
*[http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question469.png In the future], a head-controlled Reno cyborg will be asked how he can answer these questions with no limbs.
*[http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question485.png In comic #485], Reno is asked how he types with boots on, to which he replies "with my hands, at least until I develop full telekenetic potential".
*In a [http://pixelzelite.com/~jvnr/HIAQ/Question622.png very recent comic], a complimentary ninja makes a "PREOOOOOOWWWW" sound as it sails across the room, much like the Paper.

== Mid-Shift ==
This strip is not available online, but if you purchase the book, and turn to page 19, you can see a Homestar Runner mainpage on the computer. [http://www.midshiftcomic.com Official website]

== MoDCAMeRa ==
In the fourth panel of [http://www.modcamera.com/comic.php?comic=44 "Welcome to Yore Doum!"] Matt says: "Okay, let's just give up trying not to laugh at him sounding like the Homestar Runner and do something else."

== Natch Evil ==
*In [http://www.natchevil.com/comic.asp?comicID=109 Comic#109] God mentions getting an email about how he types with boxing gloves on.
*The [http://www.natchevil.com/extras.html Extra menu] is rather reminiscent of the main pages, and it even says apologies to Homestar at the bottom.
*In [http://www.natchevil.com/comic.asp?comicID=410 Comic#410] Cliff mentions [[Grumblecakes]].

== The Neopian Times ==
In three comics made by [http://www.neopets.com/randomfriend.phtml?user=_lordofthefrogs_ _lordofthefrogs_], the owner himself wears a duckie shirt ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=3775&issue=160 Comic #1]), Homestar's star shirt ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=19159&issue=166 Comic #2]), and in the 3rd comic a salesperson wears the same skirt as Marzipan ([http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=31406&issue=170 Comic #3]). Even if you click on his name, you'll find that his lookup says that he is a dedicated fan of Homestar Runner, and his backround is Homestar Runner in black and white. It says, 'Seriously' below him.

== Oh The Humanity ==
In the final panel of the [http://humanity.xepher.net/comic.php?date=2004-01-07 January 7, 2004] strip, somebody says "A jorb well done"

== One One Seven ==
In the 71st and 72nd guest strips of the Halo-based comic "One One Seven", Master Chief is shown sitting at a Compy 386. He even answers his own email!
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html?type=guest&image=guest71
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html?type=guest&image=guest72

== Phil Likes Tacos ==
Homsar is among one of the characters to make a cameo in [http://philtaco.keenspace.com/d/20050522.html this] strip.

== Pokemon X ==
In [http://pokemonx.keenspace.com/d/20050401.html the April fool's special], the characters are 'FOOLED!' by the [[Arrow'd Guy]].

== Questionable Content ==
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=265 comic #265], while Faye and Marten are discussing what will be the next indie rock band to break up, Faye mentions that the head of Win Butler (from The Arcade Fire) will explode during a live performance, forcing them to replace him with a Homestar Runner puppet.
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=317 comic #317], Steve is wearing an [[Eh! Steve]] T-shirt.
*In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 comic #333], Raven wants to be left alone to close the coffee shop. She exclaims, "I can do it! I can totally do it nine times!" This is a reference to The Cheat's crazy cartoon in [[crazy cartoon]].

== Random Codes ==
The first two lines of the [http://us.codejunkies.com/images/randomcodes16.jpg 16th comic] are "So from then on, it was all pork and beans." and "That's not very healthy..." which are close to the two lines of dialogue said by Homestar and Marzipan in [[helium]].

== Road Waffles ==
In the [http://www.roadwaffles.com/archive-rw.php?c=2003-7-23 July 23, 2003] comic, when Moses is altering how he percieves the afterlife, one of his visualisations bears a resemblance to Strong Bad standing in Strongbadia, saying 'Pop culture reference!'.

== Room ==
A recent update of this puzzling pixelart webcomic has an appearance of a pixelart Strong Bad and The Cheat. He's looking at a computer, but it doesn't appear to be any of the ones he's owned. [http://www.aintaer.com/room/room.php?strip=49]

== Roy the Duck ==
*Explore [http://roy.esmilde.com/mathtitle.htm Roy the Duck's math book] to find Homestar Runner and to learn how to count (see page 4 especially).
*The new ''Ye Castle's Final Houre'' [http://roy.esmilde.com/castlebook.htm book] says "...don't throw full glass wine bottles at the screen."
*It also has two references to homestarrunner.com on the [http://roy.esmilde.com/zBay.htm zBay] page. On it Bubs is selling the [[Broken Compy Menu|Slightly Shotgunned Compy]]. It also contains a link to the [[HR:amazon.html|bookazon.com]] page.
*[http://roy.esmilde.com/palmstatetimes.htm The Palm State Times] on the site contains an article about [[Thorax Corporation]].
*Their [http://roy.esmilde.com/cloogle.htm Cloogle] page has a Senor Cardgage Mortgage reference.

== Runaways ==
In the July 2005 issue of this [[wikipedia: Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] publication, as the title characters head off on a mission to rescue the captive mother of their newest accquaintance, Victor, Victor himself remarks that he is "not sure why he should entrust his mom's life to the freakin' '''Teen Girl Squad'''!" Chase, the only male member of the Runaways team, corrects him with: "That's Teen Girl Squad plus one, amigo!"

== Scary Go Round ==
[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20050818 In the comic posted on August 18th, 2005], Shelley tells Gibby to tell her father about the "terrible a-splosions", an obvious reference to Vector Strong Bad.

== Sluggy Freelance ==
The weekly filler Meanwhile in the Dimension of Pain shows the demons deathmatching. When Horribus uses the Unholy Hand grenade and the demons are all incinerated, the panel reads "And all was laid to burnination."
[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040501 link]

== SMAX ==
The ''Top Ten'' spin-off comic ''[http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Jess%20Nevins/Smax/Smax%20index.htm SMAX]'' puts Jaafs Macksun and his partner Toybox in a world of fantasy. A wanted poster for Trogdor is on a pole and the silhouette of Homestar and Pom Pom are seen in town.

== Sore Thumbs ==
In [http://www.sorethumbsonline.com/comics/st20041220.gif this] comic, a drugged director quotes Strong Bad's "H*R and Marzipan Dating Simulation XR" from Strong Bad Email [[date]].

== Staccato ==
In the online webcomic, Staccato, when the author portrays his characters as Fantastic Four characters, the one portrayed as the "The Human Torch" says "'The Human Torch?' 'Flame On?' That all sounds kinda' fruity... Couldn't I be be called like 'The Burninator' or something?" in direct reference to our beloved Trogdor!
[http://www.staccatocomic.com/2005-011.php]

== Teen Titans Go! ==
In the issue of this [[wikipedia: DC Comics|DC Comics]] comic entitled "Finding Nero," there is a carnival game with Strong Sad plushies as prizes.

== Tex and Jenny ==
Tex sees his good and evil conscience in [http://texandjenny.comicgen.com/d/20051002.html this] strip. However, since Tex is an atheist, he makes them change to Homestar Runner and Strong Bad.

== Theater Hopper ==
Tom Brazelton of Theater Hopper had himself in his [http://www.theaterhopper.com/comics/040623.jpg comics] on June 23, with a Homestar shirt.

== Under Power ==
*In the [http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20040202 Feb 02, 2004] Strong Bad is behind the elf and saying ARROWED! Also, the copyright line at the bottom reads "strong bad © 2001-2004 the brothers chaps".
*In the [http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20040519 May 19, 2004] comic, Strong Bad and the Cheat are the DJs in panel 2.

== Universal Voyage ==
*In [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Subcomics/UVoyage/index.php?num=1 Comic #2] there are sprites of Strong Bad and Trogdor as a team called "Burninators!"
*In [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Subcomics/UVoyage/index.php?num=113 Comic#563], Homestar makes a rather ''shocking'' sprite cameo.

== VG Cats ==
*The "[http://www.vgcats.com/first/ New to the site]" page starts "Welcome aboard the USS VGCats.com, this is a website!", both mimicking and linking to [[First Time Here?]]
*In [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/100.php Comic 100], at the end, click on 100 Comics to see a little cutscene with the Compy 386, which also includes a quote from the email [[Sibbie]]
*In the 6th panel of [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=129 Comic 135], a The Cheat Talking Plush Doll is visible with the rest of the merchandise behind the glass.
*At the top of the new layout, there is a [http://www.vgcats.com/quotes/rotate.php rotating image], featuring several different quotes. A few of them are [How do you type with boxing gloves on?], [We are the band LIMOZEEN!] and [Let's get ready to look SO GOOD!]
*The title for the news post on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 12:43 PM is "Throw baby", a [[Peasant's Quest]] reference.

== Walking Is Still Honest ==
*In [http://www.stillhonest.com/?strip_id=69 strip #69], the power is out, and there is a picture of Strong Bad's head with the words "Power Failured!" above it.
*In [http://www.stillhonest.com/?strip_id=94 strip #94], the trebuchet is nicknamed 'Trebdor, the Flinginator'.

== Witchs' Brew ==
The origin of the Witch's Brew name came from Homestar's famous Halloween [[Witches' Brew|witch's brew]] line. (Alas, however, the phrase is not spelled correctly in the comic.) Also, in the [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew01.html first] comic, Homestar appears on the last panel, and the [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew03.html third] comic uses the CHILDREN! panel from [[Teen Girl Squad]]. The [http://homepage.mac.com/witchsbrew/brews1-10/brew06.html sixth] comic tells us to not fake the funk on a nasty dunk, one of [[Homsar]]'s quotes from [[interview]]. And the author bios describe one of the creators as "one of the few lucky non-peasant humans to be burninated."

== The Wotch ==
In the June 24, 2003 comic, Lilly and Jennie are playing with Homestar Runner action figures. In particular they are acting out a scene from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]. [http://www.thewotch.com/062403.html 062403.html]

== Zelda comic ==
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=096.gif Comic 96] is entitled Dot, Dot, Dot.
*In [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=136.gif Comic 136], Bub says "Ow! my stomach lining!!!"
*On comic [http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=162.png 162], the characters are swamped by Cuccos with the caption "CUCCO'D!"
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=164.png Comic 164] is actually called "Yet Another Subtle Homestar Reference." The reference is "shut it up, you."
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=170.png Comic 170] is entitled "I'm So Glad the Bub is Not Dead."
*In [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=193.png Comic 193], the Miscreant decapitates Edgar with the caption "DECAPITAT'D!"
*On the [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=200.png 200th] comic, they used the "Its almost over!" screen from Teen Girl Squad.
*[http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=212.png Comic 212] is entitled "Yeah, Shut Up, Kid."
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=217.png Comic 217], Link says "Rock, rock on!"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=220.png Comic 220], Link says,"That sounds re-zon-able".
*On comic [http://www.zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=223.png Comic 223], when Link rolls his eyes, it says "Eye roll'd!"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=225.png 225], Link asks what would happen if Bub fights Lloyd. Bub answers saying "his head a splode?"
*On comic [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/zc/?pic=227.png 227], Lloyd dodges an attack with the caption "Matrix'd!"
*Also in the bonus section, there is a thing called "Flame War 04." The [http://zeldacomic.net/archives/bonus/flamewar04/flame1.jpg first comic] is a reference to the Strong Bad email [[dragon]], and the state (California) with the underwear is a reference to Strong Bad email [[weird dream]].

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