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lady...ing

GeekyKing34 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:15:32 GMT

GeekyKing34:

[[Image:sbemail135.PNG|thumb|The cheat, where are your nipples????]]
'''Strong Bad Email #135'''

Strong Bad goes back five or six years to the first email he ever answered to show how he gave advice on lady...ing.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Arena]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}, [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' August 8, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 4:25

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing loudly in falsetto}'' Why do I check emails the way I do? I don't know. ''{begins reading}''
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Ladies...</div>
Dear Strongest of the Bads, 
We are two desperate losers who could never get any 
ladies. Since you're such a lady expert, could you give us 
any tips on lady...ing. 
Your 2nd and 3rd best Friends Ever, 
Lorenzo and Fillbert
</blockquote>

''{After reading "could never get any ladies", Strong Bad says "Oooh, something I would not openly admit." He inserts a long pause between "lady" and "ing."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 2nd and 3rd best friends?? What about Fabrosi? What'd you two do to Fabrosi? Eh, whatever. That guy's probably out lady-ing with that fake mustache he always wears. It's only gonna attract gold-diggers. ''{clears screen}'' Desperate losers or not, you guys should remember that I addressed this issue, like, 5 or 6 years ago. In fact, I think it mighta been the first email I ever checked. The Cheat, roll that beautiful email footage!

''{Cut to the computer desk. The Cheat walks in holding a laserdisc.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, a laserdisc. ''{music starts and The Cheat spins the disc as Strong Bad sings}'' The Cheat's playin' something on a LaserDisc. Everything is better on a LaserDisc. Whatever happened to the LaserDisc? LaserDisc! ''{The Cheat and Strong Bad touch hands as the music stops.}''

''{The Cheat walks to the left. Cut to the old loading screen from [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (toon)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], then to the Arena from the same toon. Throughout this section of the email, the animation and voices are in the same style as the old toon. Cut to a close-up on the Announcer.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And in the red corner, hailing from Parts Unknown, ''{holds microphone closer}'' the Ramblin' Wreck of Email Check, Strong Bad!

''{Cut to the corner of the wrestling ring, which contains a table with the Tandy on it. Strong Bad pops out from a trapdoor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Greetings all you morones ''{"morons" with Strong Bad's old, affected Mexican accent}''. Holy crap! Welcome to the Strong Bad show, where I check a real email from one of you ''{leans in toward the camera}'' ''stupid'' idiots.

''{The crowd boos. Strong Bad produces an anvil and hurls it at them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, you a-shut up!

''{The anvil lands with a crash. Someone in the crowd says "Ow!" Strong Bad laughs at him.}''

'''STONG BAD:''' Now let's a-holy crap get to business!

''{Strong Bad walks over to the Tandy and brings up the email somehow. He reads:}''

<blockquote class="tandy email" style="background-image:none">Dear Strong Bad, 
I am a desperate loser. Can you 
give me any tips on lady-ing? 
Your 1st best Friend ever, 
Fabrosi</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' But of course. When it comes to the ladies, I've got no... competition! ''{He pronounces the last word like on the [[Homestar Talker|Strong Bad talker]]. He jumps up and shakes as he says it.}'' ''{very quietly}'' Holy crap.

''{Cut to a close-up}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First, Fabrosi, you've got to look as much as possible like the Strong Bad. ''{He points to himself with both hands.}'' Take off your shirt, ''{produces some sandpaper}'' sand off your nipples, ''{rubs it on his chest; the camera pans down to his feet}'' and wear tight pants that accentuate all your suppleties. ''{He swivels his body around once.}'' But sometimes ''{swivels it again}'' that's not enough, and you have to douse yourself in the finest ''{produces a can of gasoline}'' Mongolian aftershave lotion.

''{He douses himself as the crowd cheers "Yay!" Strong Bad walks off and over to Homestar Runner (sans cap) and Marzipan. Gasoline fumes emanate above Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Marzipan. Do you want a-my bod!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, Strong Bad, why do you smell like a garage?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Me too!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, you... A-take a-this!

''{He leaps at Homestar, somersaulting over and over with a helicopter-like noise. He lands right on Homestar's head. There is a huge explosion of stars as Homestar is knocked to the mat, stars spinning above his eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh!

''{Cut to a close-up of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The ladies also can't resist... ''{All of the sudden his chest is very defined; his biceps bulge up.}'' ...muscular wrestling moves... ''{The camera pulls back.}'' ...off the top rope!

''{Strong Bad leaps from the top rope and crashes right on Homestar, who is still down. There is another starry explosion.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ow!

''{Cut to Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, that's resistable.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And if that doesn't work, bring out your cute baby brother ''{Strong Sad walks up but falls through the ground when a trapdoor appears}'' or holy-crap-adorable pet ''{The Cheat walks in from the right}''.

''{The Cheat squeaks softly and bats his bright blue eyes.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{frowning}'' Now it smells like a garage with a litter box in it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, I told you to wear finest Mongolian aftershave lotion!

''{The Cheat hums and bats his eyes some more. Strong Bad kicks him out of the ring.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If all else fails...

''{Cut to a table set up in the ring, complete with a tablecloth, two candles, and a serving platter. The Cheat flies overhead and crashes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...employ the secret weapon: ''{The lid lifts off the serving platter to reveal:}'' A candlelit dinner with caviar burritos and finest cigars!

''{Strong Bad, still emanating gasoline fumes, holds a cigar up to one of the candles to light it. Naturally, it explodes}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaahhh!

''{Strong Bad's head begins to crack and then shatters, leaving just his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You see, Strong Bad? What the luscious ladies really want is a guy that still has a face and head.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{leaning toward Homestar}'' Yeah, me too!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still mostly headless}'' Holy crap.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm a star!

''{He leaps into a freeze frame. The background turns orange and the words "The End" appear in the corner as the old theme music plays. One of The Brothers Chaps can be heard in the background, saying "ding ding ding ding ding da ding ding ding...etc. Cut back to Strong Bad, now asleep and snoring at the Lappy. He wakes up with a start.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream.

''{He gets up. After a couple of seconds, the camera pans right to reveal him still at the table, snoring away. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on the word "And" to see Homestar following Strong Bad's advice... sort of.
*:''{Homestar and Marzipan are standing in The Field. Homestar appears to be wearing a very wide fake mustache}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, ladytype, I'm wearin' tight pants ''{shakes a pantless leg}'' so as to accentuate all my bubbleties!
*:'''MARZIPAN:''' Have I broken up with you yet?
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, a couple times.
*Click on the "Genghis Khan" disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] to see a bottle of "[[Wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]]" lotion for women ("Smell like a Warlord!").
*Click on Strong Bad's head to see a brief dream of him somersaulting over a canyon.

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Stipe|stipe]] is a supporting stalk or stemlike structure, especially the stalk of a pistil, the petiole of a fern frond, or the stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad does a flip jump like Stinkoman in [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*This is the first time we see the [[Floppy Disk Container]] close up.
*The sound that The Cheat makes as he flies over the table is the same sound he made in [[Main Page 20]] when he flies out of a pile of grapes.
*Even though Strong Bad says he would not ''openly'' admit that he could never get ladies, he did ''accidentally'' say he doesn't know anything about the ladies at the end of [[lures & jigs]].

===Goofs===
*In the "dream" easter egg, Strong Bad starts outside the thought balloon.
*While Strong Bad is sleeping at the end of the email (after he ducks out for the creme brulee ice creme), the Lappy's screen doesn't give the distortion effect it usually does when you click on it.

===Inside References===
*The mustachioed Homestar in the Easter egg is from [[Senorial Day#Easter_Eggs|Senorial Day]].
*The "really old email" is a parody of the wrestling scene in [[Marshmallow's_Last_Stand_(toon)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], and is a repetition of a gag from [[personal favorites]].
*The [[HR:loading.swf|Loading...]] shot was also used in older cartoons.
*Strong Bad calls Lorenzo (or Fillbert) [[Dan]]ny.
*This is another instance of Strong Bad [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Cheat]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Laserdisc|Laserdisc]] was the first commercial optical-disc storage medium, and the precursor to modern DVDs.
*The background riffs in the Laserdisc song are two of the "rock" bass demos on the Casio MT-100 keyboard.
*"Roll that beautiful email footage" is a reference to the [http://www.bushbeans.com/jayduke/ads.jsp Bush's Baked Beans commercials'] "Roll that beautiful bean footage."
*"Ramblin' Wreck of Email Check" is a reference to [http://ramblinwreck.collegesports.com/genrel/111501aab.html Georgia Tech's athletic teams], though today they are more commonly known as The Yellow Jackets. The first line of one fight song declares, "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech..." [http://www.gatech.edu Georgia Tech] is in [[Wikipedia:Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], also home to [[The Brothers Chaps]].
* [[Wikipedia:Genghis_khan|Genghis Khan]] was a Mongolian warlord in the 13th century, which is where the "Mongolian aftershave lotion" comes from.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail135.html|watch me do it with a couple of ladies]]
*[[HR:sbemail135.swf|view things not for kids to view]]
*[[Forum:4464|forum thread re: "lady...ing"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

The Brothers Chaps

GeekyKing34 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:13:32 GMT

GeekyKing34:

[[Image:TheBrothersChaps.jpg|thumb|Left to right: Mike and Matt Chapman]] '''The Brothers Chaps''' (often abbreviated as '''TBC''') are '''[[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman]]''', the creators of HomestarRunner.com. Yes, the amazing, spectacular, incredibly awesome people who are behind the wonders of Homestar Runner. They are very mean to fans and overmerchandise Homestar Runner to the point of it becoming nothing more than a product.

== History ==
In 1996 during the Olympics in Atlanta, Mike Chapman and his friend [[Craig Zobel]] created a children's book called "[[Original Book|The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest]]." They did this out of boredom and to satirize the poorly made children's books they saw at their local mall. After writing and drawing it, they copied about 15 books and gave them to some of their friends to read for fun.
[[Image:TheBrothersChapsBandW.jpg|thumb|Looking spiffy in black and white]]

In 1999 Mike started learning Macromedia Flash and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother Matt Chapman performed the voices for the cartoons and together they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons. Word of mouth spread, and their website and characters have become a smash hit.

== Fun Facts ==
*Their father is [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]], a retired chief financial officer of an insurance firm. Their mother is Harriet Chapman.
*They have 3 (other) siblings.
*They were raised in a religious family.
*They have a [[Little Girl|young niece]], who is featured in several [[Puppet Stuff]] films.
*[http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=thefootballgame Click here] to see a collection of edited photographs from a football game where TBC use their superhuman abilities. Try to find the hidden characters!
[[Image:youngtbc.jpg|thumb|As kids]]
*They have appeared on G4TechTV three times — twice on the cancelled show "Pulse", and once over webcam (with Puppet Homestar) on "The Screen Savers". See [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003]] and [[Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]].

== External Links ==
Video and radio interviews are available in the [[Links]] section. 
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480095/ Matt Chapman's IMDb page]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053635/ Mike Chapman's IMDb page]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/tags:homestar%2Csxsw/tagmode:all/ Pictures on Flickr of their appearance at SXSW interactive 2005 in Austin, Texas]

[[Category: People|Chaps, The Brothers]]

Tofu

GeekyKing34 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:12:09 GMT

GeekyKing34:

[[Image:luaumain.PNG|thumb|How did he get up there?]]
[[Image:tofuparty.PNG|thumb|Fire!]]

'''Tofu''' makes numerous appearances in the H*R Universe.

==Appearances==
*In [[The Luau]], [[Marzipan]] tries to serve Homeschool Winner's corpse to her guests. [[Tofu Homestar]] appears in The Luau when [[Homestar Runner]] makes a replica of himself so he can sneak away from Marzipan's Luau.
*Tofu Homestar is the star of the [[Luau Main Page]], and appears in the 7th row of [[Everybody Everybody Poster]].
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]], [[Strong Bad]] tries to make Marzipan believe that tofu is made from baby seals.
*In [[english paper]], we learn that Marzipan is famous for her profanity-ridden poems.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Food and drinks]]

Places

GeekyKing34 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:10:15 GMT

GeekyKing34:

Yeah, I'm a troll.

== Main Places ==
*[[Free Country, USA]]
*[[The Stick]]
*[[The Field]]
*[[House of the Brothers Strong]]
**[[Computer Room]]
**[[Strong Bad's Basement]]
*[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]
*[[Strongbadia]]

== Houses ==
*[[House of the Brothers Strong]]
**[[Computer Room]]
**[[Strong Bad's Basement]]
**[[The Cheat's Computer Room]]
**[[Strong Sad's Room]]
**[[Strong Bad's Room]]
**[[Strong Mad's Room]]
**[[The Garage]]
**[[Email Processing Room]]
*[[Homestar's House]]
*[[King of Town's Castle]]
*[[Marzipan's House]]
*[[The King of Town's Grill]]
*[[Coach Z's Locker Room]]
*[[The Halloween House]]
*[[Stinkoman Headquarters]]

== Other Places ==
*[[The Football Field]]
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]]
*[[The Classroom]]
*[[Crazy Go Nuts University]]
*[[The Stage]]
*[[Spooky Forest]]
*[[Smoky Office]]
*[[The Office]]
*[[Contest Area]]
*[[Marzipan's Gazebo]]
*[[Error Page]]
*[[The Pond]]
*[[The Food Court]]
*[[Club Technochocolate]]
*[[Places Strong Bad Made Up]]
*[[Skatetown USA|Skatetown, USA]]
*[[Arena]]
*[[Race Track]]
*[[Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club]]
*[[The Brick Wall]]

== [[1936]] Places ==
*[[The Cliff]]
*[[Cholera Acres Cemetary]]
*[[Hell]]
*[[The Old Movie Reel Room]]
*[[The Old Pietimer Place]]
*[[Parsnip Depot]]
*[[Punkin Patch]]
*[[Telegraph Room]]

== [[The Cheat Commandos|Cheat Commandos]] Places ==
*[[Secret Desert Headquarters]]
*[[Cheat Commandos HQ]]
*[[Price Style]]
*[[Blue Laser's Nana's Backyard]]

== [[Far Off Lands|Foreign Lands]] ==
*[[Peasantry]]
*[[Planet K]]
*[[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land]]
*[[Prance]]
*[[Dortugal]]
*[[Potamia]]
*[[The Moon]]
*[[The Island]]
*[[Istanbul]]
*[[The Center of Time and Space]]
*[[Mundelow]]
*[[Neuconsin]]
*[[Place]]
*[[Strong Bad's vacation spots]]
*West (and East) Rekjavik (Mentioned on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] in [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)]].)

[[Category: Places]][[Category: Lists]]