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Teen Girl Squad Issue 10

Hatkirby — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:53:58 GMT

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[[Image:TeenGirlSquad10.PNG|200px|thumb|"Teen Girl Squad Tenthennial Extravaganza!"]]

The Teen Girl Squad celebrates The Ugly One's sweet [[Glossary#S|someteenth]] birthday in 24 great-smelling colors!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Mighty Warrior|A Mighty Warrior]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olympic Man and Coach|Olympic Man]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olympic Man and Coach|Coach]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Wave o' Babies|Wave o' Babies]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Smiley Face Man|Smiley Face Man]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#George Washington, Abraham Lincoln & Henry Rollins|Henry Rollins]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#George Washington, Abraham Lincoln & Henry Rollins|Abraham Lincoln]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#George Washington, Abraham Lincoln & Henry Rollins|George Washington]], {{Film|Thomas}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olda Boys|Olda Boys]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Quarterback|Quarterback]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Possums|Possums]], [[Visor Robot]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Gift Exchange Lion|Gift Exchange Lion]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Hawaiian Guy|Hawaiian Guy]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No I In Team Boy|No I In Team Boy]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Dinosaur|Dinosaur]], [[Mrs. Commanderson]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Scotsmen|Scotsmen]], {{Film|Tompkins}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Fatty|Fatty]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Intercom|Intercom]], [[Manolios Ugly One]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Vultures|Vultures]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Trolls|Trolls]], [[Mr. Pitters]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Learner's Permit Girl|Learner's Permit Girl]], {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#The Cafeteria|The Cafeteria]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Olympic Race Track|Olympic Race Track]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#The Ugly One's House|The Ugly One's House]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Giza|Giza]], [[House of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Date:''' Monday, October 10, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:34

'''Page Title:''' Tenth Issue-versary!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' TEEN GIRL SQUAD: TENTHENNIAL EXTRAVAGANZA! In 24 Great-Smelling Colors! ''{the screen is filled with color}'' Cheerleader! ''{groovy grapefruit pink}'' So And So! ''{viscious violent violet}'' What's Her Face! ''{radacious bodadical razzberry blue!}'' The Ugly One! ''{gnarly nursing home green}''

''{The episode begins with Cheerleader, So And So, and What's Her Face sitting at a lunch table.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Lunchtime gals. Now let's get ready to eat...

'''CHEERLEADER, SO AND SO, WHAT'S HER FACE:''' NO FOOD!

'''SO AND SO:''' Eating lunch is for weirdos.

''{The Ugly One walks onto the screen with a cafeteria tray piled high with corn in her hands.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Holla grlfrndz. It's Corn and Corn Alone Day!

''{The Ugly One places the plate of corn on the table. Cut to a close-up of the corn. A tiny samurai warrior carrying a [[Wikipedia:naginata|naginata]] jumps out of the corn.}''

'''A MIGHTY WARRIOR:''' Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' So... who wants to come to my sweet someteen birthday bash tonight?

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Is it going to be Nick-at-Night themed again?

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{slaps her forehead}'' I don't think I can stomach another show not on the WB.

'''CHEERLEADER:''' No! We can't come. We have... the... Olympics... tonight!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Oh, cuz it's a boy/girl party...

''{Close-up of So And So and Cheerleader, both of whom look rather insane.}''

'''CHEERLEADER, SO AND SO:''' a B'GRL PRTY?!?

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Taking the vowels out of words doesn't always make them cool.

'''SO AND SO:''' 'm srry.

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{holds up a cell phone, from which "the olympics are sooooo dumb!" is coming}'' So, coach just called and said the Olympics are dumb. We'll be there like shareware!

''{Cut (the music stops). A small man in a red hoodie labeled "coach" is standing next to a rather angry-looking burly man labeled "olympic man." Behind him is a banner that says "OLYMPIC RACE," and a cell phone identical to Cheerleader's is on the ground beside the coach.}''

'''COACH:''' I don't know what they're talking about, I swear!

''{Cut again to the Teen Girl Squad (music starts again).}

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Now, more than ever before, let's get ready to look....

'''CHEERLEADER, SO AND SO, WHAT'S HER FACE, THE UGLY ONE:''' SO GOOOD! ''{the camera does a 360-degree spin around the girls}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! That was about the coolest thing ever! Me gotta see that again.

''{The cartoon rewinds and replays the 360-spin. The "SO GOOOD!" speech bubble has disappeared and doesn't return. At the end, however, What's Her Face is still spinning.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. We got a spinner.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Wheeeee! ''{the word slides to the right across the text bubble}''

''{A title slide entitled "AT THE PARTY" (imprinted on a cigarette, which a man is smoking) appears. Cut to the boy/girl party. Various characters from previous TGS episodes are attending. Pan right to reveal the TGS sans The Ugly One. What's Her Face is still spinning.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Alright, wallflowers, watch a professional at work... I'm fit to get makey outy all over those uppaclassmen.

''{Cut to three Scots standing around a wooden barrel marked "XXX," holding froth-topped mugs.}''

'''SCOT #1:''' ACHGH!

'''SCOT #2:''' ACHGH!

'''SCOT #3:''' ACHGH!

''{Cheerleader walks in.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Any o'you boys wanna ditch this preschool party? I know of a couple HAWT junior college jams we could hit.

''{One of the Scots throws Cheerleader away from them.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' CABER TOSSED!!

''{Cut to a spinning What's Her Face next to a table with a bowl of corn chips}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I really want... some of these chips.

''{Dead Cheerleader falls at the feet of What's Her Face.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Tonk! Ponk!

'''SCOT:''' ''{off-screen}'' BAGH! Only 23 metres!

''{Cut to the bowl of chips. The warrior jumps out of the chips.}''

'''A MIGHTY WARRIOR:''' Corn chips are no place for a mighty warrior!

''{The samurai's naginata digs into What's Her Face as she rotates, and the upper half of What's Her Face's body falls off.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{grinding sound}'' LATHE'D!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Oww! I hope they have those corn chips in heaven!

''{Cut to So And So and Tompkins, who is playing a Game Boy.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Say, Tompkins, Brett Bretterson and I are Splitsville, so I'm lookin for a little rebound action!

'''TOMPKINS:''' Hecks no! I got Bowser on the ropes!

''{A Koopa shell comes out of the Game Boy and strikes So And So in the face.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{the word "pØwned!!" appears}'' Puh-owned! Or however you say that...

''{Cut to The Ugly One's Father, standing at a microphone, speaking to the party crowd.}''

'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' OK, party people, get ready to give it up for my little girl on her sweet someteenth birthday... and remember, if you're looking for low prices on used and broken electronics, don't forget... Manolios Ugly One's Lectro-Pawn!

'''TOMPKINS:''' ''{offscreen}'' p4wned! ''{said "peh-awned"}''

'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' And here she is... THE UGLY ONE!

''{Cut to The Ugly One, wearing a red dress and looking ''much'' more attractive than before. The music is interrupted by a scratching-record sound.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Did ''I'' draw that new hotness?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Thanks for coming to my party everyone! Now let's get it on like Diddy Kong!

''{The music starts back. All people at the party, including The Ugly One, begin dancing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ARROWED II! ELECTRIC—

''{Arrow'd Guy appears on the screen, wearing a tuxedo and holding a diamond ring in a box. He has two spikes on his back, a bad case of razor burn, and what appears to be a mound of corn in his breast pocket.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute! Not this time, mister!

''{Strong Bad places a new piece of paper on the screen, containing The Ugly One and a muscular Strong Bad in a construction helmet and blue pants. In the background are the [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx of Giza]] and two pyramids.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, why, hello, The Ugly One, you're looking so makey outy tonight.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Why thank you Sir Hotbod Handsomeface. So are you!

''{Strong Bad and The Ugly One start making out. Cut to Strong Bad at his desk, making out with the paper of The Ugly One. Zoom out to a broader view of the desk, revealing Strong Mad, Strong Sad, and The Cheat standing next to him, looking bewildered.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh...mmm, not bad...oh, twice...

'''STRONG MAD:''' Aah?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Aaa?

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

''{Strong Bad notices them, then quickly hides the paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! Uh, this is a piece of uh... pi- pizzaa-aaa...

''{Strong Bad shoves most of the paper into his mouth.}''

''{Cut to a crumpled & salivated paper, with the "IT'S OVER" screen printed on it. A faint outline of the making-out scene on the reverse side of the paper is visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{slightly muffled}'' IT'S OVER!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' Uh, Strong Bad, were you just first-basin' it with that piece of loose-leaf?!

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on the "O" to play a scene with Manolios Ugly One.
:'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' So okay, guys. Come down and be shopping at Manolios Ugly One's Lectro-pawn! ''{"come down and see us" flashes on the screen.}'' I have a price on broken VCR, smashed tape, or something like that. I'll be over here yelling, Manolios Lectro-pawn! ''{he appears upside-down from the top of the screen}'' Manolios Lectro-pawn! Or something like that.
* Click on the "!" to play a scene with the girls.
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' It's our tenth issue-versary!!! Let's do a clip show!!!
:'''SO AND SO:''' Let's have a wedding!!
:'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Let's have a baby!!!
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Let's kill someone off!
:''{Pause}''
:'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Okay!
:''{A "splat" is heard, and Cheerleader's head is turned upside-down, but with one ponytail still coming out of the "top" of her head, with the other ponytail on her backside and her arms and legs swapped. So and So is squished by a giant golf ball. The Ugly One is eaten by a carnivorous plant. What's Her Face has a lampshade over her head.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"24 great-smelling colors" refers to scented markers like the [http://www.sanford.com/sanford/consumer/jhtml/new-product/productdetail.jhtml?attributeId=&nrProductId=SN20678 Mr. Sketch] series.
*"pØwned" is a variation of Internet slang meaning "owned". "[[Wikipedia:Pwn|Pwned]]" has numerous pronunciations, with popular ones including "owned" or "poned". Along the same lines, "P4wned" would also be [[Wikipedia:Leet|leetspeak]] for "pawned" as in pawn shop.
*The [[Wikipedia: Caber toss|Caber toss]] is a traditional Scottish sport, usually involving a log of specific weight. However, the remark "BAGH! Only 23 metres!" does not apply to the sport, for distance is not the object, rather how straight the throw is after it lands end-over-end.
*A [[Wikipedia:lathe|lathe]] is a tool used to create objects with [[wikipedia:rotational symmetry#Rotational symmetry with respect to any angle|cylindrical symmetry]], such as table legs. It works by rotating the subject while a cutting or smoothing tool is applied, evenly removing material around its circumference.
*[[Wikipedia:Clip show|Clip shows]], weddings, new babies, and characters getting killed off are staples of anniversary episodes and are generally considered signs of a TV show [[Wikipedia:Jumping the shark|jumping the shark]]. Such episodes also reprise characters and themes from the show as a whole (this issue features a great number of minor characters from previous issues). In the '60s, some shows, such as ''[[IMDb:tt0055662|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', were thought to have jumped the shark when they made the switch from black and white to color.
*The "Sweet Someteen" birthday is a play on [[Wikipedia:Sweet sixteen (birthday)|sweet sixteen]].
*[[Wikipedia:Shareware|Shareware]] is generally software that an individual creates and allows users to download a trial version of for free. This version usually has limited features and/or a time limit on it that eventually requires the user to purchase the full version.
*The 3 "X's" on the beer barrel surrounded by the Scots are marks that once signified the thoroughness of distillation of [[Wikipedia:moonshine|moonshine]], but now have come to be synonymous with any type of alcohol.

===Trivia===
*This cartoon uses a higher [[Wikipedia:Frame rate|frame rate]] than any of the other ones before (20 fps, where others are 12) due to the 3-D sequence; this makes Strong Bad's makeout sequence and a few minor effects such as So And So's spinning eyes seem a little smoother than normal. In addition, the animation of the word "loading" (which has used the same number of frames since the second issue) appears on the screen (and, if necessary, repeats itself) more quickly than normal.
*The music at the party is a dance mix version of the TGS main theme song.

===Remarks===
*If The Ugly One's dad's name is Manolios Ugly One, then "Ugly One" is actually her surname; this calls to mind So and So's step-mom being named [[Mrs. So-and-so-erson]], and What's Her Face possibly having the surname "Her Face" (in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]]).
*This toon has more characters in it than any other toon to date.
*Even though it says in "24 great smelling colors", there are 43 colors.
*Strong Bad drew the "It's Over!" page on the back of the making-out page (the latter can be seen reversed through the page, which is crumpled).
*This is the first time Strong Bad has been seen kissing something.
*When Strong Bad places the paper of himself greeting The Ugly One over the ARROWED II page, the ARROWED page is faintly visible beneath it.
*This toon, the 10th issue special, was released on October 10, or 10/10.
*This is the first Teen Girl Squad issue to show the regular Homestar Runner universe (not counting the [[Wikipedia:frame story|frame story]] in the email [[comic]]).
*The speech balloons for the Mighty Warrior's first phrase, the Coach's phrase over the cellphone and "SO GOOD!" are opaque; the lines on the paper aren't visible inside them.
*When Strong Bad says "It's over", it sounds like the making-out page is still in his mouth. However, "It's over" is written on the back of the same piece of paper.
*If the Scotsman was able to toss Cheerleader 23 metres (about 75 feet), The Ugly One's party must be in a large room or outside.
*The back button at the end of this comic leads to the Toons menu instead of the Teen Girl Squad menu.
*So and So's pose in the beginning is different than in all the other episodes.
*Strong Bad's impersonation of a Scotsman sounds more Irish than Scottish.
*When Cheerleader and So and So remove the vowels from "A Boy-Girl Party," they remove the "Y" in "Boy," but not in "Party."
*Bodadical is a [[portmanteau]].

===Goofs===
*"Vicious" is misspelled as "viscious" in So and So's description.
*When Manolios says "give it up," his speech bubble says "give up." Yet on the DVD version, the word "it" is not omitted. Similarly, The Ugly One says "everyone" but her speech bubble says "everybody".
*Near the end, in the "real life" scene, we see the "ARROWED II" paper on the desk. However, it is missing the "II".
*In the Easter Egg, when Manolios Ugly One is waving his arms around, a gap opens and closes repeatedly in his beard.
*So And So's teeth are pink in her introductory shot.
*After the first rotation, though not noticeable without zooming in, there is a line under What's Her Face's mouth.
[[Image:Babydaddy.PNG|100px|thumb|Oops.]]
*Strong Bad's line to The Ugly One misplaces the apostrophe in "you're", instead spelling it "your'e".

===Glitches===
*In the rotational scenes, Cheerleader's ''baby daddy'' floats off of her dress. This is probably because of a shortcut taken which involves decorations such as eyes rotating around spherical objects, such as heads. Masks are then added to cause the eyes to disappear when they leave the head area. Apparently The Brothers Chaps forgot to add this mask to Cheerleader's dress.

===Inside References===
* "ARROWED II!" is a reference to "ARROWED!" on [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
* "[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brett Bretterson|Brett Bretterson]]" is So and So's imaginary boyfriend in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]].
* The three scotsmen saying, "ACHGH! ACHGH! ACHGH!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]], when three of the girls say "word" and "a'ight" in the same fashion. Also a similar occurrence in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5|Issue 5]] appears, with George Washington, Abe Lincoln, and Henry Rollins all saying "woot" in sequence.
* The barrel with three Xs is a reference to [[alcohol]].
* Kissing a piece of paper (which he claims to be [[pizza]]) is the closest Strong Bad has ever gotten to [[Making Out|making out]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Nick at Nite|Nick at Nite]] (misspelled as "Night" in the toon) is a programming block of [[Nickelodeon]] that runs "classic" TV (which at the time included ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Cosby Show|The Cosby Show]]''), while [[Wikipedia:The WB Television Network|The WB]] (now [[Wikipedia:The CW Television Network|The CW]]) was a network historically aimed at teens, with shows such as ''[[Wikipedia:Dawson's Creek|Dawson's Creek]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Gilmore Girls|Gilmore Girls]]''. Ironically, many of the shows from the WB later made it to Nick-at-Nite.
*[[Wikipedia:Bowser (Nintendo)|Bowser]] and [[Wikipedia:Diddy Kong|Diddy Kong]] are [[Nintendo]] characters. Bowser is the king of [[Wikipedia:Koopa|Koopas]], which is why a Koopa shell hit So And So.
* "Let's get it on like Diddy Kong" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Trace Adkins|Trace Adkins]]'s ''Honky Tonk Badonkadonk'', which contains the lyrics "Got it goin' on like [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]]". Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's sidekick.
*Tompkins is playing the original 1989 [[Nintendo#Game Boy|Game Boy]] model.
*"ARROWED II! Electric..." is a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'']]. It has become frequently referenced as an example of facetious follow-ups to popular films.
*The "spinner" gag refers to glitches in physics simulation used in CGI animation, such as when certain objects fail to stop moving. Examples can be seen in the DVD special features of the computer-animated film ''[[IMDb:tt0198781|Monsters, Inc.]]''
*Henry Rollins is colored bright red when he is shown socializing at the party. This is a reference to the make-up he wore in the video for ''[[Wikipedia:The Rollins Band|The Rollins Band]]'' song called "Liar."

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad removes a crumpled paper from his mouth. In every online episode after this one, the paper is slightly crumpled.
*In [[strong badathlon]], Strong Bad describes the [[Strong Badathlon (contest)|Strong Badathlon]] as "Someteen Days of Glory".
*The Olympic Man is later seen in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] as [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Peacey P|Peacey P]]'s bodyguard.
*The Coach is later seen in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] as the girls' gym teacher.
*In [[Baddest of the Bands]], the girls are again seen in color in [[Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen]].

== 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]].)

'''MATT:''' Hey Mike, we just made this a couple weeks ago!

'''MIKE:''' Two weeks ago, Matt! Teen Girl Squad number ten!

'''MATT:''' We didn't know if we'd make it...

'''MIKE:''' We did.

'''MATT:''' So, there's a big deal— a lot of big deals in this Teen Girl Squad! There's colors...

'''MIKE:''' ...colors...

'''MATT:''' ...there's— there's three D's, in quotes...

'''MIKE:''' ...and lots of corn. And samurais.

'''MATT:''' I like this little samurai.

'''MIKE:''' He just sounds like old Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Str— that's right. Strong Bad was a s—, a samurai. Not a wrestleman.

'''MIKE:''' I spelled Nick-at-Nite wrong there.

'''MATT:''' Did you? How'd you spell it?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I spelled vicious earlier— wrong earlier too.

'''MATT:''' We should change that.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. So when you're listening to this commentary, we're talking about some misspellings that aren't actually there!

'''MATT:''' Maybe! Depending on how lazy we are.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, maybe we won't fix them.

'''MATT:''' Look at— I love the way Cheerleader looks right now. She's—

'''MIKE:''' I like the Ugly One's smile right there. She's got Marzipan's smile.

'''MATT:''' That is the single best moment of any cartoon we've ever made. Mike, I, I— we talked about—

'''MIKE:''' Ah, look at that!

'''MATT:''' That's sweet deal. I agree, Strong Bad. So, uh, we spent way too much time on that.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. That was sort of the reason we why kept What's Her Face spinning there, was because we spent so much time on those, like, spinning animations that we wanted to, uh, get some more use out of it.

'''MATT:''' Just blomp  it. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Look, here's all your favorite past TGS friends! Including Mrs. Commanderson!

'''MATT:''' And Henry Rollins from the liar video by Rollins band!

'''MIKE:''' Look, here's the techno remix of Teen Girl Squad theme song!

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That middle Scotsman looks kind of like our friend John. We really— and it looks kind of like a drawing that John would do, too. We later learned that that's wrong. The caber toss is not about distance.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' It's not about distance.

'''MATT:''' It's about straightness.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I guess.

'''MATT:''' She's more can opener'd than lathe'd, there.

'''MIKE:''' Can opener'd maybe would have been better.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Lathe'd is fine.

'''MATT:''' Tompkins is playing his really, really old Game Boy that weighed, like, five pounds.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Maybe he's playing Battletoads, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Ooh, Tecmobowl?

'''MIKE:''' I think those are the two games, we had. That and Tetris for— those and Tetris, for the—

'''MATT:''' Right.

'''MIKE:''' —old green Game Boys.

'''MATT:''' Uh, The Ugly One's dad is, um—

'''MIKE:''' —a slob!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' A fat slob!

'''MIKE:''' So, Manolios; Matt, tell everyone about Manolios!

'''MATT:''' Manolios! Uh, my wife and I went to Greece this summer and we got to take a ride on the Manolios boat around Santorini.

'''MIKE:''' And Matt didn't shut up about it for about a month afterwards, ''{incomprehensible}''

'''MATT:''' It was— it was the best thing ever.

'''MIKE:''' Aw, look at Mr. Pitters!

'''MATT:''' Oh, he's got corn— he had corn in his pocket; I don't know if you noticed that, and he had some razor burn. Because he had to shave really quickly for the prom, and to ask The Ugly One to marry her [''sic''] at the prom, apparently.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, ooh, my!

'''MATT:''' That's— that's a little much, Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, look at this! Twenty frames, uh, a second animation instead of our usual twelve.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it really throws everyone off.

'''MIKE:''' I kinda like it, uh, maybe I want to start doing some more stuff. It definitely took a lot longer.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That's the problem.

'''MIKE:''' Roughly eighty percent longer!

'''MATT:''' ''{incomprehensible noise}'' ''{imitating Strong Sad}'' Loose leaf?

== External Links ==
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SctWtK2h_w watch "Teen Girl Squad Issue 10"] on [[YouTube]]

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Talk:specially marked

Hatkirby — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:41:06 GMT

Hatkirby: /* UPCs... */

== Brain ==
I would just like to say that I think that the piece of the brain picture that strong bad mentions is a picture of the final boss of contra III: alien wars.
:[http://sdb.drshnaps.com/sheets/Misc/Misc/Other/Contra3LastBoss.gif Sure looks like it], minus the two horns though. [[User:Maktaka|Maktaka]] 12:59, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
::Good catch. And we know TBC play Contra because of [[Couch Mumbling]]. Someone who know about about it add it to the RWR. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 13:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Hm. Very interesting. I'd say the head-on view makes the case pretty strong for whatever this boss's name is, but what about the Mother Brain from Metroid? We also know that they have played it, from the Tandy in [[invisibility]] and "NES Endings" in [[japanese cartoon]]. She only ever appears in profile, though. Perhaps we could add a might for her? Now, yes, I know that me introducing this will elicit screams of TTATOT, but it really isn't.--{{User:Onamuji/sig}} 21:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
::::I think the angle really make the difference here. Not only there is an eye in the brain, it's also in the exact center, and is seen from the same point as the Contra boss. I think even the creases on the bran itself are similar. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:Looks like a [[Cacodemon]] to me, especially considering previous references to them. The "moustache" isn't really there (might be on purpose to keep the look of a brain) but you can see a hatched area at the bottom of the picture suggesting a mouth, the Contra boss doesn't have anything that corresponds to that --[[User:91.4.91.91|91.4.91.91]] 13:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
::I agree that it looks like a Cacodemon. It would make more sense, given the texture of a brain.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 09:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

== UPSerif ==

How notable is this remark? Almost all cereal boxes contain UPC codes; that's not what Strong Bad is complaining about. It's when you have to SEND IN UPC codes, which would probably be noted somewhere on the cereal's box in any font they chose. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
: What remark are you talking about exactly?
:: Okay, it's listed as a "Goof." Whatever. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
:::I say if we keep it at all it should be listed under Remarks and not Goofs. Though I don't think this is even needed. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I assume the remark in question has something to do with SB's "waste of serif" line? In which case... Sans Serif is an actual font used in word processors; I think it's pretty obvious that that's what he's referencing here. Anyone agree? (Maybe STUFF it?) -Zero.exe
:Typefaces are classified as either [[Wikipedia:Serif|Serif]] or [[Wikipedia:Sans serif|Sans serif]]; serifs themselves are the little modifications that only serif typefaces have. By claiming they're a "waste of serif", to me it seems he's suggesting they're a waste of ink or a waste of letters. The "goof" here is that the typeface used on the box in the email is actually a sans-serif font, and there are no serifs wasted, if we interpret his statement literally as referring to serifs rather than letters/ink. As Jay notes, it also doesn't make much sense to call the UPC itself a waste of anything. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 01:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::I think it was SB referring to it being a waste of letters. I would have added it to explanations or external references if I had figured out which it was...--[[User:Gaeamil|Gaeamil]] 04:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

== Strong Bad's Mum ==

This is the second email in a row in which SB has mentioned his mother.
:Probably could add that to the remarks section. depends how often he mentions her aside from these 2 emails. please ID your posts. {{User:Joshr915/sig}} 23:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

== Marshmallow ==

Worth mentioning that one of the marshmallows appears to be a boxing glove? [[User:Xerzes|Xerzes]] 20:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
:It is, if it's not already in the transcript. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 21:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

==obvious reference to Lucky Charms==
Lucky Charms are the originator or squary, sugary pieces of Styrofoam.
: It's the most famous, for sure, but it's certainly not the only such cereal and I'm not even sure it's the first. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

== Maze ==
[[Image:Crack Stuntman Maze.png|thumb|You can't escape me!]]
Out of curiosity...someone should get a screen grab and see if the maze on the box is actually solvable. Could add that to the remarks section. (which currently doesn't exist) {{User:Joshr915/sig}} 23:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
: It is solvable and fairly well done, I suspect TBC have done this sort of thing before. I'd upload my screengrab if I could get the appropriate permission. ~ TMX
::No permission needed — go ahead! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
::: No, you don't understand, when I try to upload it here, I get this error message. "Permission error The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups Autoconfirmed users, Bots, Sysops." I guess I could dump it at imageshack then link it here if that's cool.
::::Oh, ''that'' kind of permission. Yeah, you'll have to wait about a day or so before you're autoconfirmed; I'll go ahead and upload it. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::And I found out the solution already. Man, that was easy. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
::::::I can't find it! Can someone please tell me how to get past the glasses? Or are the glasses part of the maze? {{User:Hrjcm/sig}} 11:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Here's the [[:Image:Crack Stuntmaze Solution.png|solution to the maze]] (z0mg spoilers). {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:21, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Look like Stuntman had a bad tan... {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 12:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

== Defibrillators ==

Strong Bad mentions them as restarting a heart "if it stops" but this is not what they're used for. A defibrillator "resets" a heart that is beating too quickly. For a stopped heart, you use an adrenaline shot. — [[User:BustedHambroiger|BustedHambroiger]] ([[User talk:BustedHambroiger|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/BustedHambroiger|contribs]]) 23:09, 21 April 2008 (left [[HRWiki:Standards#Do sign your Talk posts|unsigned]])
:I don't think so..thats why they have defibs in public places and such. So if someone has a heart attack or whatever they can use it on em. They don't have adrenaline shots in public. I don't doubt they use shots, Im just saying I think the defib has a broader use that what you stated. And please ID your posts. thanks {{User:Joshr915/sig}} 23:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
::I think BustedHambroiger is medically correct there, in that defibrillators are, as the name suggests, used to treat ventricular fibrillation (rapid, irregular beating) - it's a common mistake in the media that people are typically defibrillated when they have flatlined. It might be worth trying on flatlined patients in case the heart is in very rapid fibrillation, but it won't help if the heart has just stopped entirely. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 01:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:BustedHambroiger is right. The Wikipedia article states: "Defibrillation is the definitive treatment for the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia." The former is a condition where the cardiac muscles contract spastically, and the latter is a rapid heart rhythm. Hollywood has given the impression that defibrillators can revive a stopped heart mostly due to the film "Flatliners", but while failing to stop ventricular fibrillation can cause a flatline, using one on someone whose heart has stopped is likely to have no effect. The More You Know! ^_- [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 08:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::Technically the article says its not likely to work, or that its not the preferred method for dealing with a stopped heart. That does not mean that they couldn't or shouldn't be used to restart a stopped heart. -[[User:JamesDean|JamesDean]]

:::There's only one way to settle this... Clear! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 19:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Being a certified [[Wikipedia:National Safety Council|National Safety Council]] instructor in the use of home and office defibrillators, I can say with some certainty that, while not their primary usage, they can be used to restart a heart. A defib. works to make the heart rhythms closer to the normal range, and will work whether the heart is beating too fast, too slow, or not at all. {{User:Flashfight/sig}} 19:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::The relevant question is whether any of this is notable enough to be mentioned on the page. I vote not. Strong Bad's usage is equivalent of that of the general populace, correct or not. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 21:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, this is good talk page material, but it's not enough of a misunderstanding to warrant inclusion in the article. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, Strong Bad isn't a doctor. Everything he knows about medicine probably comes from watching medical dramas on the TV. "Fantastic! I can restart my heart if it stops!" is funnier than "Fantastic! I can restart my heart if it undergoes life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia!" {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hypotheticos-Temporarios?/Braineye-Foreheadjewel? ==

I see a connection of some kind between the Hypotheticos cerial and the Temporarios cereal from [[strong badathlon]]. I also think the eye in Strong Bad's brain might have something to do with the jewel in his forehead. Anyone agree? {{User:Neox/sig}}

:Re cereal: They've got similar names, but I don't see anything else to connect the two (like, it's not obvious that they're different versions of the same cereal or anything).
:Re braineye: That crossed my mind too, but now that I see it's reference to the boss of ''Contra III'', I don't think it has any other meaning. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 19:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::Re re braineye: I knew that too from reading the above talk sections, but I think it could be more than a coincidence...{{User:Neox/sig}}

== Outside the border ==

Okay, i know we usually don't bother with stuff outside the border in the flash file, but this is just odd. At the end, after you click on homestar's feet, there will be a second crappy stuntmask off to the right side... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
:That's the mask that will print if you click the print button. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

== Specially Marked Chip's Challenge? ==

In the DVD version, the Easter egg that shows all the cereals scrolls through them automatically, and music plays. When I listened to the music, it reminded me of the music from the computer game Chip's Challenge for some reason. Anyone else think so? Zombies? Jelly? Grapity? [[Special:Contributions/166.128.87.44|166.128.87.44]] 23:50, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

== UPCs... ==

According to my limited knowledge of UPCs, they typically have 12 digits; if a barcode does have 13 digits, it's usually an ISBN. The number in the email has 13 digits. So what I want to know is:
1. [[Halloween Fairstival|Am I right or am I left?]]
2. Is this remark-worthy?
01:58, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

There is a new type of barcode that is often referred to as UPC because they have the same usage called EAN/UCC-13, which do happen to look like ISBN-13s, but are not the same. --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 01:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

== Lean Hard To The Right. ==

So, could this phrase be a reference to Speed? So, he's not in a bus, but Keanu says almost the same thing before going around the turn... thoughts? [[User:Javaguy78|Javaguy78]] 19:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

== 194 Seconds ==

Should it be mentioned that, if [[160 Seconds]] went up to the present, this email would not be included? (I read that in the sandbox) [[User:SBE-mail Checker Dan|SBE-mail Checker Dan]] 23:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

= The UPC =

Did anyone notice that when you type the UPC seen here on a calculator and flip it upside down it says OBOESH OESEGGS? The return of the mysterious OBOE SHOES, with a side order of EGGS. And yes, I have no life so I notice this kind of things. [[Special:Contributions/79.175.120.232|79.175.120.232]] 21:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
:Already mentioned in inside references. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 21:55, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
::Ah, didn't notice that. Thanks for informing me. [[Special:Contributions/79.175.120.232|79.175.120.232]] 22:32, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

specially marked

Hatkirby — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:29:12 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Trivia */ Added representation of UPC code.

{{sbenav|194}}
[[Image:Sbemail194.png|thumb|Giving cereal a specially marked piece of his mind]]
Strong Bad educates us on the free toys found in cereal boxes.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]] ([[Riverquest Safariventure]]), [[Marzipan's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, April 21, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 3:08

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' If everybody in the world checked their email, the Internet would probably break.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: cerial box toys</div>
Hey ho, Strongbad. 
What kind of free toys would you put in specially marked 
cerial boxes? 
PB 
Over the hills 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads 'Hey ho, Strongbad' as 'Hey! Ho! Strongbad!' (as if it was from "[[Wikipedia:Blitzkrieg Bop|Blitzkrieg Bop]]", [[specially marked#Real-World References|see below]]) and 'cerial' as 'keh-ree-al'.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Ooh, I'm glad you asked Problem Brian. I've been wanting to give specially marked boxes of cereal a specially marked piece of my mind for some time now.

''{A dotted-line circle appears near the top of Strong Bad's head. Two lines appear, going from the circle to a new circle, this time larger and in front of Strong Bad's head. In the bigger circle, there is a picture of Strong Bad's brain.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I choose...this piece.

''{An arrow points to a spot on the left side of Strong Bad's brain. He clears the screen, and the circles disappear.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well before you get the toys inside, you first have to navigate the treacherous, jaggedy rock filled class 5 rapids of specially marked cereal box fake outs! Luckily, I'm a lame sandal wearing hippie with a ponytail that's been down these rapids with groups of tourists many times!

''{Cuts to Strong Badia, where Strong Bad and The Cheat, wearing a ponytail and a helmet, respectively, are in the 'Riverquest Safariventure' box, with a hose running in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ok guys, now I'm gonna need everyone to lean hard to the right! ''{Strong Bad pulls out some sort of microphone and makes a clicking noise}''

''{Cut to Marzipan's kitchen. Strong Bad walks in from the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The first hazard you have to watch out for is cereals with anything grown in Iowa in the name. You know...

''{Music starts to play in the background.}''

''{As Strong Bad says the items, boxes of Corn Krunch, Wheat Chaff, Oh T'meel, Cripsy Hog Crunchities, and Fundament-o's appear, in that order.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...corn, wheat, oats, hogs, fundamentally-sound college basketball players. Please, to stay away from these. Those cereals only ever put fitness-related crap in specially marked boxes.

''{A picture of a step counter appears against a blue background. In flashing letters on the bottom, it says "One Free TakesteppaTM Step Take Monitor!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Sarcastic voiceover}'' Oh, great! I can count how many steps I took today!

''{A picture of a defibrillator appears on-screen. At the top of the screen, it reads "Clear?! One FreeTM Defib Kit Inside!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Sarcastic voiceover}'' Fantastic! I can restart my heart if it stops!

''{Cut back to Marzipan's kitchen, where Strong Bad's face is on a box of 'Hypothetic-O's'.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on the box}'' What you do want to look for are cereals with sound effects in the name.

''{The box flies off-screen. When Strong Bad names the sound effects, boxes of Fruit Smax, Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops, Soundy Puffs, Blue Laser Blasts, and Sugar Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall appear in order.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Smacks, pops, puffs, blasts, and, um, gunshots in a crowded mall.

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing in the kitchen. X, explosion, boxing glove, square, shoe, and [[Marshie]] shaped marshmallows appear around him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, the kind with the squarish, sugared pieces of styrofoam that they claim are marshmallows. These are guaranteed to have a nice, big—

''{Cut to a dirty Strong Bad hand reaching in the box of Cheat Commandos...O's}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —reach-your-nasty-unwashed-hand-straight-to-the-bottom-of-the-box toy in it.

''{Strong Bad pulls out a [[Ser-g-geant Marshie]] figure in its blister pack}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing in the kitchen with a box of Fruit Smax on the table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Next up are the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet.

''{Zoom to Strong Bad's mouth}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' U...P...C.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' If you spot these wastes of serif on a cereal box,

''{Cut to a bar code}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' turn and run as fast as you can.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' This means not only are they gonna make you buy ''{six more boxes of Fruit Smax appear}'' several more boxes that you have to cut the bar codes off of, but you're also gonna—

''{Cut to a close shot of a Cereal Flakes box. Above, the red text reads "FREE PLUSH CEREAL BOX" and the black text reads "WITH 25 PROOFS OF PURCHASE AND $15 SHIPPING AND HANDLING"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —have to involve your mom to write a check for the shipping and handling if she's back from Vegas!

''{Record scratch. Cut back to Strong Bad standing, talking angrily}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The nerve of those cereals! You leave my mom ''{slams fist on the table}'' out of this!

''{Screen changes, there is now a box of Cheat Commandos...O's on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Some cereals can't even be bothered with a toy at all.

''{Cut to the box}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' They try and pass off the back of the box—

''{Box flips, revealing a cutout of Crack Stuntman's head, with holes at the sides so that it can be made into a mask. On the top left are scissors indicating that it can be cut out and the words "snip snip".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —as some kind of prize. ''{Zoom in on the mask}'' That dotted line you expect me to cut along is like a toyless slap in my face! Masks,

''{The image of Crack's face becomes a maze. [[Gunhaver]] appears in the bottom left at the maze's entrance, with a caption reading "Help! I'm lost!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' mazes,

''{The top part of the maze becomes a word search, most of which consists of uncommon letters, like "Q", while the words "'''BUY MORE CEREAL'''" appear in bold. [[Reynold]] is seen on the upper right, with a caption reading "Find 3 words!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' word searches, PAH!

''{Throws box, cut back to Strong Bad standing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know the kind of kids that enjoyed these funtivities on the backs of cereal boxes, and let me tell you, they were real easy to beat up.

''{Homestar Runner walks in wearing a Crack Stuntman mask.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Blah, Strong Bad, blah! I'm a crappy Stuntman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know what kind of toys I'd put in specially marked boxes?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes.

''{Zoom in on Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anything ''{Reaches into a cereal box}'' heavy and pointy enough ''{Zoom in on box}'' to do lasting damage to the face.

''{Zooms out as Strong Bad takes out a chainsaw-car and throws it at Homestar, knocking him backwards onto the floor.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wahhhh! Strong Bad, while I'm down here, can you help me finish this word search? I can't find 'dextrose-flavornoids'.

''{[[New Paper]] comes down}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click the words "Problem Brian" to see the book by [[Lem Sportsinterviews#Beverly Sportsinterviews|Bev Sportsinterviews]].
*Click on Homestar's foot at the end to see a [[printable]] [[Crack Stuntman]] mask.
*Click on Strong Bad's head at the end to see [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|all the cereal boxes shown in the email]].

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Whitewater#Classification of whitewater|Class 5 rapids]] have rocks, waves and possibly a steep drop, requiring advanced rafting experience. It is the second highest of the six whitewater classifications.
*The UPC, or [[Wikipedia:Universal Product Code|Universal Product Code]], is a type of [[Wikipedia:barcode|barcode]] that is used to track the movement of store products.
*[[Wikipedia:Chaff|Chaff]] is material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
*Dextrose is a simple sugar (specifically, the metabolizable form of [[Wikipedia:Glucose|glucose]]). It is the primary means of energy for living things.
*"Flavornoid" may be a [[portmanteau]] of flavor and [[Wikipedia:Flavonoid|flavonoid]], a member of a group of substances found in many plants and plant-based foods with anti-oxidant properties.
*A [[Wikipedia:defibrillator|defibrillator]] is a device used to restart someone's heart to a regular heartbeat when it goes into cardiac arrest (a common cause of death where the heart fails to beat correctly). They are standard medical equipment in most hospitals and ambulances, but not in cereal boxes.

===Trivia===
*The pedometer reads "EVERY STEP U TAKE: 12 STEPS".
*The Cheat Commandos O's box now has Fightgar saying "Those still aren't O's!", similar to Fightgar's comment "Those aren't O's!" on the box in [[Cheat Commandos...O's]].
*The UPC text reads "UPC FUNZONE | Collect them all!", and the UPC number is "566353 0453080", which represents [http://www.upcdatabase.com/coupon.asp?upc=0566353045308 a generic, $0.30 coupon].
*The summary of the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad gives specially marked boxes of cereal a piece of his mind."

=== Remarks ===
*The box where Strong Bad takes out the Marshie action figure is the same box that was too lazy to put any toy inside.
*When Strong Bad reaches into the box to get the toy Marshie, his arm is longer than usual.
*The week of the Podcast's release, attempting to update the Podcast on iTunes would only bring up the message, "'Strong Bad Email' does not seem to be a valid podcast URL." The feed was not repaired until September 10, 2008.
*Strong Bad says the defibrillator is used to "restart my heart if it stops". It's actually a myth that defibrillators are used to start hearts that have stopped. As mentioned above, they are actually used to restart a heart when it has irregular heartbeats, in an attempt to get a regular pattern started again.

=== Goofs ===
*The "Problem Brian" Easter egg is still clickable when hidden by the closeup of Strong Bad's brain.
*Strong Bad's hair doesn't move in sync with his head in the Riverquest Safariventure scene.
*There is a layering problem with the milk on the Cheat Commandos...O's box that makes it look as though the milk is behind the back of the bowl. See [[Cheat Commandos...O's]] for the way it should be.
*The Email Strong Bad and Back buttons at the end of the email are still clickable when hidden by the Crack Stuntman mask's background in the Easter egg.
*Strong Bad says that the letters UPC are "wastes of [[Wikipedia:Serif|serif]]" however the letters UPC shown on the cereal box do not contain serifs.

=== Inside References ===
*The chainsaw car is from [[what I want]].
*Strong Bad's ponytail was first seen in [[bike thief]] as part of his college student persona.
*The walking man on the step counter is from [[50K Racewalker]].
*Corn Krunch was previously seen in [[death metal]], where it contained a full-size alto saxophone (contradicting Strong Bad's claims in this email).
*Strong Bad pulls a [[Ser-g-geant Marshie]] toy out of the box of Cheat Commandos...O's.
**Also, one of the "squarish, sugary pieces of styrofoam" marshmallows is shaped like [[Marshie]] himself.
*This toon prominently features [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].
*Strong Bad says to "leave [his] [[parents|mom]] out of this."
*The UPC says "[[technology|OBOE SHOES]]" and [[EGGS]] upside down.
*"Iowa Groan", "Oh! T'Meel" and "New Tritious" are all [[homophones]].
*One of Strong Bad's lines is a variation of [[Please to be]].

=== Real-World References ===
[[Image:SBbrain.PNG|150px|thumb|Strong Bad's brain]]
*The opening of the email, "Hey, ho, Strong Bad," is said in a way reminiscent of "[[Wikipedia:Blitzkrieg Bop|Blitzkrieg Bop]]" by [[Wikipedia:Ramones|the Ramones]]. The song's chant was previously parodied in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], in which [[Marzipan]] dressed up as [[Wikipedia:Joey Ramone|Joey Ramone]].
* Strong Bad's [[Brains|brain]] is based on the second form of the final boss in the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|Super Nintendo]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Contra III: The Alien Wars|Contra III: The Alien Wars]]''.
* The Fundament-O's box resembles cereal brands like [[Wikipedia:Wheaties|Wheaties]], in which they put a popular athlete on the front of every box.
**It is also a reference to [http://www.x-entertainment.com/cerealprizeproject/group007/index.php Wheaties Dunk-A-Balls], a basketball-shaped cereal from 1993.
* The 'One Free Takesteppa Step Take Monitor!' is a reference to the free [[Wikipedia:pedometer|pedometers]] which have actually come free in boxes of certain healthy cereals.
*"Every step U take" is a line from the song "[[Wikipedia:Every Breath You Take|Every Breath You Take]]" by [[Wikipedia:The Police|The Police]].
*There was a cereal named [[Wikipedia:Smacks|Smacks]]. It had previously been known as Honey Smacks since the 1980s, and had its name simplified in the 1990s because its mascot, the Dig 'Em Frog, was simply calling them "Smacks". The name was reverted in 2004.
*There was a cereal named [[Wikipedia:Corn Pops|Pops]]. It was previously known as Corn Pops, and was changed to Pops in mid 2006, but was reverted that same year due to poor sales.

==DVD Version==
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' I don't eat enough cereal anymore, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' I've made a conscious effort to try to eat more, Golden Grahams being my main...

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' There was one day where they had, uh, Golden Grahams on sale...

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' And so I bought four boxes...

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' And I realized... I was wearing my Golden Grahams shirt. ''{both laugh}'' So I walked up to the checkout counter with four boxes of Golden Grahams, wearing a Golden Grahams shirt, and I was a pretty cool guy.

'''MATT:''' Nice!

'''MIKE:''' I used to have a Blimpie shirt that I would accidentally wear when I would go to Blimpie ''{muffled by Matt laughing}'' in college, and always feel like a dork.

'''MATT:''' Good job! ''{pause}'' Uh, I like Strong Bad's end boss brain he had there.

'''MIKE:''' I didn't see it! What...

'''MATT:''' Piece of his mind, I think he says.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' And he has a gross eyeball and some horns...

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

''{Mike and Matt talk over each other, pause}''

'''MATT:''' ''{in response to Riverquest Safariventure}'' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' Do you remember... My two favorite cereals growing up were Halfsies...

'''MATT:''' Uh-huh.

'''MIKE:''' ...which don't exist anymore...

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' ...and, uh, Bigg Mixx, which doesn't exist anymore.

'''MATT:''' Bigg Mixx, that had the, what was it called? Chicken... wolf...

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Chicken-wolf Moose-pig.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Did he have a name, or was he just called the Chicken-wolf Moose-pig?

'''MIKE:''' I think he was just called the Chicken-wolf Moose-pig.

'''MATT:''' I remember one of the things you got in specially marked boxes of Bigg Mixx was this-- Ooh! Look at that Videlectrix...

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Pedometer?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Um... Sorry. But it came with, like, tape, like, police tape, that said, uh, Chicken-wolf Moose-pig Crossing on it, or something.

'''MIKE:''' ''{talking over Matt}'' Really? Wow. I have to see if I can find some of that.

'''MATT:''' I like that little Gunshot, uh...

'''MIKE:''' Sheriff?

'''MATT:''' Sheriff. He's a thing of puffed wheat or shredded wheat, maybe.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Looks like Strong Bad's arm is a little longer than usual, reaching down into that box.

'''MATT:''' It's alright, man. ''{pause}'' Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' There you go. ''{long pause}'' C'mon. Talk.

'''MIKE:''' Uh... Ssss.... Uh...

'''MATT:''' Flakes! Awful good cereal flakes, Miss McDunnough!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I would like to have... ''{laughs, lets Matt finish}'' I would like to have a little, um, plush of that cereal... piece of cereal.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah! It...

'''MIKE:''' We should make one of those.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Little flake?

'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckling}'' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' ''{as Crack Stuntman}'' BLAAAH! ''{as himself}'' Huh? I do that voice.

'''MIKE:''' ''{reading box}'' Snip Snip!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Uh, I need, uh, my hair... My hair needs a clippin'. Snip snip. That was maybe the easiest word find I've ever seen, Mike. Where every other...

'''MIKE:''' Word finds...

'''MATT:''' ...every other letter was Q... ''{Mike laughs}'' ...except for the one...

'''MIKE:''' Do you ever see people at the airport doin' a word find? A book of word searches?

'''MATT:''' Yeah! My wife does them on the plane. So stop makin' fun.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Where is... Where is the fun in a word search?

'''MATT:''' ''{indignantly}'' It's fun. ''{both laugh}'' Wait, what is that one called? I forget what that last kind of cereal is called.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Sweet Deals?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Sweet Deals? And it just has an alien hand holding a spoon...

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, I spent four seconds on that... that box of cereal.

'''MATT:''' You made, like, twelve different cereals! ''{continues unintelligibly}''

'''MIKE:''' I had to give up at some point. ''{Matt laughs}''

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Talk:A Decemberween Mackerel

Hatkirby — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:34:30 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Screen size */

== Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ==

After who knows how long, we finally get a toon! This truly is a D-Ween Mackerel!
On to Bweeze-Ness. Here are some things I have noticed.
*On the Main Page it says "New Holiday Toon", and when hovered over it says "For real!"
*When Cardgage is "revived" he makes the same shine and noise as when "Eh, Steve!'s mouth exploded the universe" in Cactus Coffee and the No Tell Hotel"
*Non specific mouthwash and the guy who says I'm going to need you to sign this makes fun of people being sued for using product names.
*Marzipan and Homestar both sung a modified version of O, Decemberween.
*Strong Sad being locked in the tub is a reference to other D-Ween toons.
*This toon constantly references Cardgage's death. And hints at Homsar's
*When Marzipan and Homestar are walking at the beginning, Homestar has footsteps and Marzi is leaving a solid trail, again hinting she is just a mass in a dress shape
*When Cardgage comes out of the bush, he makes the same traffic noise as in his FBI warning and Hremail 3184
*Coach Z is wearing a Blubb-Os box.
*The Bubs scene could be an instance of duplicate characters.
*Homeschool winner, Preshy, Rafferdy, Champeen, The Hurricane and another mass I can't identify at the end of the line are all in the bubs scence
*The Defib unit was previously seen in the Breakfast cereal email
*This is an toon not only in widescreen but it is big altogether even bigger than the games menu(I personally can't fit it on my screen VERTICALLY entirely)

Just things I konticed.
--[[User:Geonightman|Geonightman]] 23:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
:You should add those to the fun facts section of the article. (I could, but then you wouldn't be credited in the history.) If you're worried about formatting, don't be. Someone will fix it for you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:54, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
::If you can't fit it onto your screen, press F11 (at least in IE) to view full screen. F11 again will shrink it back. Or you can view the Flash file which will automatically fit to your browser. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 00:39, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
:::Oh shoot. I put in the part about the people in line. Sorry! I didn't know. You can do the rest of them. {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

== The end of the line ==

Who is that guy at the end of the line before Marzipan? I have no idea. {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
:I think it's that girl from a DVD extra.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:14, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
::That'd be three [[Unguraits]] standing on each others head. The fun facts already got it. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 03:19, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

== Marzipan's Voice ==

I know the sound quality is better, but does Marzipan's voice sound a little different to you guys? I don't know, it sounds more refined, for lack of a better word, maybe it's just been so long I forgot what she sounded like. I understand the sound quality is better for this one, but I don't think that has too much to do with it --[[User:The Swedish Ace|The Swedish Ace]] 03:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
:Yes, it's different. I can't describe it either. It was different in [[DNA Evidence]] too.. according to Matt in the DVD commentary, "You can tell Melissa's got a cold here. She's a little snotty." Don't think it's the same thing here, though. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 03:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

== Video Lag During the End? ==

Anybody else have the video studder/lose synch during the end of the cartoon? I've played it about 3 times, and it does it at the same part every single time.

== High horse ==

I think "We Come Down Off Our High Horse!" in the HTML title isn't referring to Homestar's line but rather to the Chaps themselves. They're jokingly saying they've stopped doing whatever they're doing these days long enough to make a new toon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:05, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
:You know, I was actually thinking the exact same thing. I didn't want to bring it to the talk because it was a very fleeting suggestion, and I interpreted it to refer to Marzipan's line instead of Homestar's. However, if there's no more verification of this, we don't really have any means of professionally adding this to the article. If we're taking a double <strike>rainbow</strike> meaning out of this page title, we need to be absolutely ''sure'' that this indeed ''is'' a double meaning. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 04:09, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

: I agree with Dot com here. It wouldn't be the first time they've acknowledged a long break between toons, and it was also something that definitely crossed my mind when I read it the first time. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 04:16, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

:: Makes sense to me. {{User:Salty/sig}} 04:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

== Screen size ==

Is there a way of watching this toon without having to scroll? Not the Flash file, the HTML toon. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 05:09, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
:You could do any of the following:
:#Get Firefox, get Greasemonkey, then get [[User:Phlip/Greasemonkey|Phlip's All-in-one script]], which includes a feature to automagically make the toon the size of you screen.
:#Press F11 to make your browser go fullscreen (this is standard across all browsers).
:#Increase the resolution of your screen by going to control panel and then under Appearance and Personalization there should be a link that says "Adjust Screen Resolution" (at least that's on Vista, might be slightly different in 7 and probably similar in OS X).
:#Buy a bigger monitor/better video card.
:--{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

:You could also lower the font-size (Cmd minus or Ctrl minus), that's what I did. --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 11:34, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

==Sports==

When Marzipan said "Senor Cardgage won first place in sports" it reminded me of the reporter in Coach Z's 110% that said "Homestar Runner, you just won the sports". So now I'm wondering if there's any other time the term "sports" is used in place of an actual sport, and if not, if this seems notable in any way at all.

Oh yeah also when Coach Z pops out of the snow before Cardgage appears there's a line in the snow where he came out that disappears before the scene zooms in.--[[User:Topmonhit|Topmonhit]] 05:33, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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A Decemberween Mackerel

Hatkirby — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:30:36 GMT

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[[File:A Decemberween Mackerel opening.png|thumb|At Decemberween time, it's our duty as people with more than one DVR to help those much, much, much, much, way very, very, very much, really smelly, a lot much less fortunate than us.]]

Senor Cardgage says he's dying so Marzipan tries to stuff him with Decemberween spirit to save him.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Bubs}}, [[Homeschool Winner]], [[Rafferdy]], [[Preshy]], [[Champeen]], [[The Hurricane]], three [[Unguraits]], {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Homsar}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, December 14, 2010

'''Running Time:''' 6:05

'''Page Title:''' We Come Down Off Our High Horse!

== Transcript ==
''{Music plays. A silhouette of Homestar and Marzipan can be seen through the falling snow. Lines representing the wind curl by.}''

''{Cut to Marzipan with earmuffs and scarf holding a dish and Homestar in his brown hat walking through The Field through the snow. Homestar looks distressed.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan! Explain to me why we're slogging through this blizzard again? I don't think I can slog much further!

''{Cut to a tighter shot of the two}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I told you, at Decemberween time, it's our duty as people with more than one DVR to help those much, much, much, much, way very, very, very much, really smelly, a lot much less fortunate than us.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And, you think bringing him bean sprouts is, ahem, helping?

''{Pull back to a wider shot. Marzipan looks angrily at Homestar.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Be quiet and keep slogging. We're almost there.

''{A bush comes into view.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, man! This guy? ''{They stop walking}'' When you said less fortunate, I just assumed you meant Coach Z.

''{Coach Z pops up in the foreground from under a snow drift wearing a Blubb-O's box}''

'''COACH Z:''' Me too!

''{Coach Z disappears}''

''{A doorbell sounds. Senor Cardgage rises into view accompanied by traffic sounds. He's facing away from Marzipan and Homestar.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Hello, Chi Minh?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, Mr. Senor! Happy Decemberween!

''{Cut to a tighter shot of the three of them.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Is this a frank call?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, no, over here. ''{Cardgage turns around.}'' We brought you some food for the holidays.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah. We come down off our high horse to spread a little Decemberween cheer.

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Thank you, Hot Pooey. ''{Homestar looks mad. Zip pan to a close-up of the bush.}'' Would you care to coincide?

''{Close-up of Homestar and Marzipan}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, did that guy just call me "Hot Pooey"? And invite me inside that bush?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{embarrassed}'' Maybe?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's it, I'm going back to your house. Later on, we'll conspire.

''{Cut back to a wider shot. Homestar walks off screen left. Cardgage is now shaking.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, you poor wretch. What's the matter?

''{Cut to medium shot of Marzipan and Cardgage.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Oh, not much... I'm just... dying.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Gasp!

''{A red title card with a holly border slides in from screen right. Words appear as the singers sing them.}''

'''SINGERS:''' A Decemberween Mackerel. (The name of this cartoon.)

''{Crossfade to Homestar wearing a mistletoe sweater and a red bow laying on Marzipan's couch, the camera slowing trucking back to reveal his entire body.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, Marzipan! Is that you? I'm wearing a sweater made out of mistletoe! And what feels like a colony of venomous bugs! ''{various black insects jump around Homestar's body}''

''{Cut to a wider shot. Cardgage enters screen right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah! You!

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{sing-song}'' Hot pooey.

''{Marzipan follows screen right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan! What's the big idea of bringing this guy home? ''{Cut to close-up to Homestar}'' I was about to give you your Decemberween make-out present. ''{Homestar winks and clicks with his mouth.}''

''{Cut back to previous shot.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This is serious, Homestar. Senor Cardgage is dying! ''{Cardgage nods}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, cool. Then we'll just make out after. What do you give him, five minutes? No minutes? ''{Homestar steps towards Marzipan.}'' No minutes?

''{Close up of Marzipan. She's angry. }''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Homestar, I don't have time to trick you into making out with a mop again this year. ''{Her expression clears}'' Hmm, if we cram him full of enough holiday cheer, maybe he can squeeze out a Decemberween miracle!

''{Cut to medium shot of all three}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, I love cramming holiday cheer. I'll go get my ''{pulls from off screen}'' tinsel-wrapped cram rod!

''{Beat. Homestar glances around once.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, I'm back.

''{Push wipe up red card reading "Holiday Cheer Cramlist" "Caroling"}''

''{Push wipe up to reveal Homestar, Marzipan and Cardgage outside singing at sunset around a bathtub with chains around it. Homestar is waving his cram rod and Marzipan is holding a candle.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER & MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Coach Z's been drinking non-specific mouthwash-ween.

''{A arm with papers shoots in from screen left.}''

'''MAN:''' I need you to sign here.

''{Homestar pushes the papers away with his cram rod.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{echoey}'' Oh, thanks guys. That warms my heart.

''{Cut to a shot inside of the tub. Strong Sad's face is seen in the bottom right of the frame and a chain around his body. Homestar is looking through the slats above.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Not enough to stave off the onset of hypothermia, of course. But a month-long ''{cut back to outside. Cardgage is groaning and swaying}'' coma's nothing I haven't dealt with before.

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' My coma's toast....

'''MARZIPAN:''' Time to go!

''{The Marzipan and Cardgage dash off screen right, while Homestar follows.}''

''{Cut to red card as before. Caroling is crossed out and "Greeting Card" is in the center. A musical sting plays.}''

''{Push wipe down to reveal Pom Pom with a camera on a tripod and lighting umbrellas behind him. He is gesturing with an arm.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{Reverse shot reveals Homestar in his mistletoe sweater, Marzipan with lights in her ponytail and Cardgage wearing a olive green cardigan. Homestar moves slightly to the right in the frame.}''

''{Reverse shot. Pom Pom gestures his arm up.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{Reverse shot. Marzipan moves up slightly.}''

''{Reverse shot. Pom Pom gestures to his right.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{Reverse shot. Cardgage moves slightly to the right.}''

''{Reverse shot. Pom Pom, irritated, gestures his arm and bubbles for a long time.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{Reverse shot. Cardgage continues to move to the right until his is halfway out of the frame.}''

''{Reverse shot. Pom Pom indicates for Cardgage to stop.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{He picks up Gooblies and squeezes him. There is a white flash and cuts to a card with "Seasoned Greetings", with a picture of Homestar and Marzipan, and Cargage halfway out of the frame.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Okay, now we need to make the corresponding ''{cut to a wider shot, showing the card in the lower left, while Marzipan is wearing half-moon glasses.}'' newsletter to brag about our family. ''{Marzipan clicks the pen and takes a deep breath. As she starts to write, the words appear behind her. Very rapidly:}'' This year was so great! Our family is so great! I can't believe Homestar has started fourth grade! How time flies. It's so great! Senor Cardgage won first place in sports and was selected to be terminally ill! ''{She starts writing on the paper in various angles, across already-written words, and in margins.}'' I am in book club and PTA carpool and redoing the back-splash. It's so great! Warm wishes, ''{Carves this last line into her table:}'' The Marzipan-Homestar-Cardgages.

''{Cut to Homestar sitting on the arm of the couch with his cram stick. Cardgage is lying on the couch.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Our family is, literately and figuratively, so great! ''{Cardgage groans}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{off-screen}'' Movin' on!

''{Push wipe left red title card. Caroling and Greeting Card are now crossed out with "Waiting In Line" in the center.}''

''{Push wipe left to reveal Bubs' Concession Stand. A silhouette of Bubs can be seen waving his arms. A line of people can be seen, ending with Marzipan and Cardgage. Camera slowly pans and reveal Homestar in the foreground.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{faintly}'' I've got a deal on everything. I've got all sorts of stuff!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, Bubs. ''{Camera pans to reveal Bubs standing next to Homestar. Homestar pokes him with the cram rod.}'' What's this line for?

'''BUBS:''' The holidays.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Perfect! How long is it?

'''BUBS:''' Three miles or eighteen days. ''{Pull back to reveal Cardgage standing behind them. He begins to groan.}'' Whichever comes first.

''{Cardgage turns around groaning. Bubs looks annoyed.}''

''{Marzipan sticks her head in screen right.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' All right, that's enough. Let's move. Preoow! ''{She grabs Cardgage and dashes off screen right. Homestar is stunned.}''

''{Push wipe right red title card as before. Caroling, Greeting Card and Waiting In Line are all crossed off, with "Tree Lighting" now in the center.}''

''{Push wipe right to Coach Z standing next to Homestar. Homestar is waving his cram rod.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nothing crams Decemberween cheer like the annual lighting ''{Cut to wider shot of Coach Z, Homestar, Marzipan and Cardgage standing around the telephone pole. Yellow lights are strung from the pole, and an orange extension cord is in the foreground. Cardgage sways.}'' of the lights attached to a pole in a tree-shaped fashion.

''{Cut back to the shot of Coach Z and Homestar. Homestar has picked up the extension cord.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If this doesn't cure him, nothing will!

'''COACH Z:''' Don't I know it! Last year, these lights cured me of chronic athlete's tongue and the year before that, it was rub rash, and then hot pooey—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Excuse me, you're disgusting. Barf.

''{Homestar throws up and turns away. Coach Z looks disappointed. Homestar than plugs in the extension cord.}''

''{Cut to a wider shot. The lights turn on.}''

'''HOMESTAR, MARZIPAN, & COACH Z:''' Oh!

''{Cut to medium shot of Marzipan and Cardgage. Cardgage is disheveled and his glasses are falling off.}'''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh wow, if it was pitch black and I squinted and was a few miles away, ''{cut to a wide silhouette of all standing around the tree}'' this would sort of look like a tree almost! ''{Cut back to previous shot.}'' Isn't it wonderous, Senor? A real miracle-inducing spectacle, isn't it?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{moans}'' Oh, my Toyota Cressida... ''{Cardgage falls down}''

''{Cut to wider shot with Cardgage in the snow.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, no!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, yes!

''{Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat come in from the bottom of the frame. Cut to medium shot of Marzipan and Strong Bad, with Strong Mad in a sweater and The Cheat green hat behind him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's goin' on here?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Help, quick! I think Senor Cardgage is dying!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And what makes you think that?

''{Cut to close up of Marzipan}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' He told me so when I brought him a hot covered dish to brighten his dismal life.

''{Cut back to the medium shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''He'' told you. ''{Close up of Strong Bad}'' You decided to take at face value something the guy who lives in a bush and talks to melty candy bars said.

''{Cut back to medium shot}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Maybe?

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, who not fifteen minutes ago, told me I ''{cut to the Basement of the Brothers Strong. Strong Bad is standing on the arm of the orange couch and Cardgage is standing next to it. Marzipan's dish is sitting on the couch.}'' "might paste away if I Dinty Moore." ''{Strong Bad begins to leap on the dish.}''

''{Cut back to The Field. Cardgage stirs and holds up a can that says "Dented")''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You rally might, Pez dispenser. ''{He collapses}''

''{Close up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Besides, everybody knows the way to save Senor Cardgage is to cut a bunch of motor sports magazines in half and pour gravy on a defibrillator. A-like so.

''{Cut Strong Mad with magazines that read "Modasports. The 2[covered] Tomatocyle!!!! Daaaang!" The Cheat is standing next to a defibrillator and a gravy boat. Strong Mad grunts and pulls the magazines apart. The Cheat then takes the gravy boat and pours the gravy on the defibrillator. Music plays and the silhouette of Cardgage can be seen rising.}''

''{Cut to a shot of Cardgage with rays behind him, standing tall.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Oh, my grabness, grabness. It really is—

''{Cut to a shot of all standing around the tree. Strong Sad is still in his tub, next to The King of Town and Strong Mad. The Poopsmith is standing behind Bubs screen left.}''

'''ALL:''' A Decemberween mackerel!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{disappointed}'' And nobody's dying.

''{Cut to an emaciated Homsar lying in the snow, his hat faintly wiggling as he speaks}''

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAaAaAa! I'm your death's door neighbor. Puff. Cough. Toff.

''{Red card with End appears}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Clicking on the E on "End" at the end of the toon will show a quick scene of Homestar Runner making out with "Marzipan".
*:''{The door of Marzipan's closet is shown, with some mistletoe leaves scattered outside it. Homestar's voice comes from inside the closet}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... Oh, I must say... Oh, twice... Marzipan, it's so romantic the way you lured me into this closet! ''{Marzipan is seen walking by the closet}'' ...And the way your wet stringy face tastes like seven kitchen floors! ''{Homestar coughs}'' ...Cockroach.

*Clicking on the D on "End" at the end of the toon will show a new product from the makers of "Hot Jones".
*:''{A mug of Hot Jones is shown}''
*:'''ANNOUNCER:''' From the makers of Hot Jones comes Hot Pooey, our newest holiday sensation! ''{The mug is replaced by a different mug, the contents of which are censored}'' Hot Pooey! Oh dear God... what have we done?

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A DVR is a [[Wikipedia:Digital video recorder|digital video recorder]].
*To come down off your high horse is to stop thinking less of other people.
*This toon was released eighteen days before New Year's, which is the time Bubs's "holiday line" lasts.

===Trivia===
*The [[FeedBurner Page#New Holiday Toon - A Decemberween Mackerel|RSS description]] for this toon is:
<blockquote>Surprise! Like an errant reindeer that's come loose from the sleigh, hurtling towards the earth at breakneck speed, bursting into flames, and impact cratering the crap out of your front yard...It's a Decemberween cartoon! Marzipan takes it upon herself to try and improve Senor Cardgage's dismal life. Man! Years go by fast, huh?! Cram that holiday cheer! Cram it!</blockquote>
*This is only the second toon of 2010.
*On the homepage, when "[[Main Page Messages|new holiday toon!]]" is moused over, its words change to "for real!"
*This toon was built at the normal 550×400 size but is shown at double that size (the first such toon to be displayed that way).

===Remarks===
[[File:ADecemberweenMiracle.png|thumb|A Decemberween Miracle]]
[[File:HotPooeyUncensored.png|thumb|Ohh, there's two of them!]]
*Much like [[Homestar Presents: Presents]], this cartoon appears to be presented in a [[Sound Quality|higher audio sample rate]] than usual.
*For four frames, while the title is coming to the foreground, it reads "A Decemberween Miracle".
*During the caroling, the candle Marzipan is holding is the same as in the email [[love poems]].
*Hot Pooey, beneath its censored bar, is identical to [[Hot Jones]].

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad is [[Homestar Presents: Presents|locked in a bathtub]].
*This is another instance of [[Making Out|making out]], [[death]], and [[spoken sound effects]].
*Homestar says "Oh, [[Twice]]" in one of the Easter eggs.
*Coach Z pops up wearing a [[Blubb-O's]] box.
*The silhouettes of a number of [[rejected characters]] appear in line for Bubs' Concession Stand.
*The last line of Marzipan and Homestar's carol, "Coach Z's been drinking nonspecific mouthwash", is a reference to the song "O Decemberween" at the end of [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]. The original line was "Coach Z's been drinking Listerine."
*Senor Cardgage appears from [[hammerspace]], accompanied by the traffic noise first heard in [[hremail3184]].
*Pom Pom picks up [[Gooblies]] when taking the picture.
*Homestar saying "That is literally, and figuratively, so great" is a reference to [[Jibblies 2]].
*The [[Minor Foods#Tomatocyle|tomatocycle]] previously showed up in [[Where U Goin' 2?]].
*Homestar [[Puking|pukes]] when Coach Z tells him about his illnesses.
*The music that plays when Cardgage comes back to life is similar to the [[Lappy 486]]'s startup noise.
*The word "pooey" was first spoken by [[The Homestar Runner]] in [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]. When he encounters [[Rumble Red]], he says, "Aw, phooey! And after that, pooey! Not you again!"

===Real-World References===
*Homestar's quote, "Later on, we'll conspire," is from the Christmas song "[[Wikipedia:Winter Wonderland|Winter Wonderland]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Hormel|Dinty Moore]] is a brand of canned [[stew]].
*"Hello, Chi Minh" is a play on the name of Vietnamese revolutionary [[Wikipedia:Ho Chi Minh|Ho Chi Minh]].
*Cardgage calls Strong Bad "[[Wikipedia:Pez|Pez dispenser]]".
*Right before Cardgage collapses, he complains about his [[Wikipedia:Toyota Cressida|Toyota Cressida]] (which, in his case, appears to be an organ and not a car). This might be a reference to the anime/manga [[Wikipedia:Great Teacher Onizuka|Great Teacher Onizuka]], where the principal regularly bemoans the constant destruction of his beloved Toyota Crestas.

== External Links ==
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[[Category:Decemberween]]

Songs

Hatkirby — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:29:07 GMT

Hatkirby: /* from Strong Bad Emails */ Added "A Sweaty, Overweight Jam" to songs in "love poems"

[[Image:Strong Bad in the studio.png|thumb|Strong Bad recording a number one jam.]]

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'''Songs''' in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work range greatly from the amateur musical stylings of [[Strong Bad]] to the occasional collaboration with [[They Might Be Giants]]. Here is a general listing of the songs and the toons they appear in.

== Songs by [[The Brothers Chaps]] (and/or [[Missy Palmer]]) ==
=== from Toons ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] || Homestar Runner Theme Song Reprise
|-
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] || Cheat Commandos Theme ([[Mirror:cc_theme.zip|PC]] [[mirror:cc_theme.sit|MAC]])
|-
| [[Cool Things]] || Cool Tapes ([[Mirror:marzy_cooltapes.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Decemberween In July]] || [[Seasonal Sweaters]] ([[videlectrix:xmas08/SeasonalSweaters.zip|Download]])
|-
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] || Cheer up Coach Z ([[mirror:hs_cheerupcz.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Ever and More!]] || Ever and More
|-
| [[Everybody Knows It]] || Everybody Knows It
|-
| [[Everybody to the Limit]] || [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)|Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| [[Fan Costume Commentary]] || People With Too Much Time On Their Hands
|-
| [[A Folky Tale]] || Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight
|-
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] || Backyard Peaches
|-
| [[Happy Dethemberween]] || The Dethemberween [[Thnikkaman]]
|-
| [[A Holiday Greeting]] || Everybody Everybody (Decemberween Mix) ([[HR:xmas.mp3|Download]])
|-
| [[Hooked on Decemberween]] || Homestar Runner Presents: Presents 
If I don't get Video Games for Decemberween
|-
| [[An Important Rap Song]] || Too Many Knives ([http://www.homestarrunner.com/songs/Too%20Many%20Knives.mp3 Download])
|-
| [[Intro]] || Everybody Everybody
|-
| [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] || Who's the Guy Who Wins All the Contests?
|-
| [[Labor Dabor]] || Labor Day Song ([[Mirror:labordaysong_hs.zip|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Let us give TANKS!]] || No One Understands Me
|-
| [[The Li'l Brudder Show]] || The Li'l Brudder Show Theme Song
|-
| [[labor day]] || Everybody Knows It
|-
| [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] || T-TV, TV Show
|-
| [[The Luau]] || [[Poot-Slap]]
|-
| [[Loading Screens]] || Loading screens
|-
| [[Malloween Commercial]] || They're Orange, They're Black
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] || Leave me a message
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] || You Said You'd Bake Us A Cake!
|- valign="top"
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] || Not Talkin' 'bout Butter Not Talkin' 'bout Butter Remix
|-
| [[New Boots]] || Hip Hop Dance
|-
| [[One Two, One Two]] || Independent Girl
|-
| [[Rap Song]] || Rap Song
|-
| [[Senor Mortgage]] || Mortgage Jingle
|-
| [[Sing Along]] || Once I knew this guy
|-
| [[Some Stupid Turkey]] || Some Stupid Turkey
|-
| [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] || Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
|- valign="top"
| [[Strong Bad Sings]] || I Can't Believe How Awesome I Am Let's Make Believe That We're In Love (So I Can Break Up With You) [[You've got an Ugly & Stupid Butt]] [[Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)]]
|-
| [[Strong Bad Main Page]] || [[Poot-Slap]]
|-
| [[Summer Short Shorts]] || Brain Sister
|-
| [[Super NES]] || Homestar Theme Song
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] || Teen Girl Squad Theme Song
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] || Mrs. Commanderson (Easter egg)
|- valign="top"
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] || Ooncha Ooncha! It's Over (Kissyboots)
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] || "Best Friends Squad" Theme Song
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] || The Chumbly Wumbly Bear
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] || [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-06-21|Garbage Disposal]]
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] || It's Over (Tite Rolled)
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]] || Light Purple Cummerbund
|-
| [[The Cheatar]] || Run Away (Easter egg)
|-
| [[Theme Song Video]] || Homestar Runner Theme Song
|-
| [[Trudgemank]] || Collaboration between [[Peacey P]] and [[Taranchula]]
|-
| [[Weclome Back]] || Cool Tapes 2
|-
| [[Where U Goin' 2]] || Where U Goin' 2
|-
| [[Workin' on the Game]] || Good Graphics Song
|-
| [[Trogday 08]] || The S is for Sucks (children's version)
|-
| [[Trogday 08]] || The S is for Sucks (heavy metal version)
|-
| [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] || The Xeriouxly Forxe theme song
|}

=== from [[Strong Bad Email]]s ===
This list does not include the original opening songs Strong Bad sings in most [[Strong Bad Email Intros]]. See [[#Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps|Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps]] and [[#Songs not by The Brothers Chaps|Songs not by The Brothers Chaps]] for non-original email intro songs.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Email !! Songs
|-
| [[flag day]] || [[Strong Badia National Anthem]]
|-
| [[helium]] || The "High Voice Crew" song
|-
| [[vacation]] || It's That Clock
|-
| [[lures & jigs]] || The Fish Lure (Come on and get in the Boat)
|-
| [[techno]] || [[The System Is Down (song)|The System Is Down]]
|-
| [[new hands]] || [[These peoples try to fade me]]
|-
| [[theme party]] || [[Circles]] ([[HR:songs/Circles.zip|PC]] [[HR:songs/Circles.sit|Mac]])
|-
| [[dragon]] || [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]]
|-
| [[marzipan]] || [[Oh yeah yeah]] ([[HR:ohyeahyeah.mp3|Download]])
|-
| [[monster truck]] || [[Because, It's Midnite]] (Download [[HR:midnight.swf|CD Version Excerpt]])
|-
| [[fingers]] || [[Moving Very Slowly]]
|-
| [[caper]] || [[The Cheat is Not Dead]] (Download [[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|CD Version Excerpt]])
|-
| [[mascot]] || CGNU Fight Song
|- valign="top"
| [[sibbie]] || Song about Sibbie I freakin' hate Sibbie
|-
| [[stunt double]] || [[The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I|Dangeresque II Theme Song]]
|- valign="top"
| [[local news]] || It's Just ITS ([[Mirror:sb_itsits.mp3|Download]] mirror) Whatever Happened to Capitalization? Don't Forget to Spellcheck YOUR/YOU'RE I Don't Care How They Spell Things on the Internet ([[local_news#Easter_Eggs|lyrics]])
|- valign="top"
| [[kind of cool]] || You smell like pea soup
|-
| [[monument]] || Here Comes [[the Thnikkaman]] (Download Homestar's [[Mirror:hs_thnikkaman.mp3|version]]. Mirror) Technochocolate
|-
| [[stupid stuff]] || [[The Cheatcakes]] advert jingle (Easter egg)
|-
| [[lunch special]] || Chickenshine (Download for [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.sit|Mac]] mirrors)
|-
| [[haircut]] || [[Cardboard Boxes|Box]] (Easter Egg)
|-
| [[dangeresque 3]] || Today is All Right 4 2 Nite
|- valign="top"
| [[cheatday]] || The Day of Birth Song the two-o duo (Easter egg)
|- valign="top"
| [[for kids]] || "Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?" Theme Song The Count To Three song [[All Is On]] song (Easter egg)
|-
| [[old comics]] || "She Partied Without Dancing" (by [[West Is Lip]])
|-
| [[pizzaz]] || Here Comes the Strong Bad
|-
| [[the facts]] || Homestar's "We'll be right back" jingle (Easter egg)
|-
| [[time capsule]] || Strong Bad's #1 Future Jam: "Grumblecakes" (Easter egg)
|- valign="top"
| [[extra plug]] || All Is On I really gotta pee
|- valign="top"
| [[montage]] || [[Mirror:youreagirl.zip|You're A Girl]] (mirror) Ain't That a Drag? [[Showdown]] It's the Weekend (Party Party Party) I'm The Best Around (Easter egg)
|-
| [[radio]] || The Portly Washboy Theme Song
|-
| [[part-time job]] || When All My Dreams Come True (Easter egg)
|-
| [[origins]] || Homestar's Bread Sing Alongs
|-
| [[rock opera]] || SBEMAIL!
|-
| [[best thing]] || [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] Theme Song
|-
| [[rampage]] || "I'm On A Rampage" by Strong Bad and Coach Z
|-
| [[do over]] || "Big Ol' Red Head" by Strong Bad
|- valign="top"
| [[bottom 10]] || "Feed the Childrens" by Limozeen Buttdance Again
|-
| [[record book]] || The "I'm Just Me" Song
|-
| [[lady...ing]] || Laserdisc
|-
| [[geddup noise]] || [[The Cheat|DJ Teh Cheat]]'s Indie-Tronic remix of "The Geddup Noise" ([[Mirror:geddupnoise.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[bedtime story]] || Bran Muffin
|-
| [[space program]] || [[Space Captainface]]: "Pretender of the Galaxy"
|-
| [[highschool]] || Havin' Fun With My Friends
|- valign="top"
| [[death metal]] || "The Decoupage" by [[Taranchula]] plus brief clips of songs by [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], and [[Strong Mad]].
|-
| [[lady fan]] || Homestar's "Tweesercize" song
|-
| [[candy product]] || SBlounskched theme song ([[Mirror:sblounskched.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[alternate universe]] || Save The Last Email For Strong Bad
|-
| [[senior prom]] || "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show" theme song
|-
| [[isp]] || The Hold Music
|-
| [[theme song]] || "Strong Bad Email Show" theme songs
|-
| [[road trip]] || Jammin' Tunes
|-
| [[coloring]] || Limozeen's "Coloring (Outside the Lines)" and "Pressed Bunson"
|-
| [[your funeral]] || Taranchula's "Brother in a Jar"
|-
| [[concert]] || [[sloshy]]'s "we don't even really care about you" ([[Mirror:sloshy_wedont.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[pizza joint]] || Pizza Party (Easter egg)
|-
| [[slumber party]] || Slumber Party (Easter egg)
|-
| [[nightlife]] || Smart Drinks
|-
| [[love poems]] || The "Mo'nin" song "A Sweaty, Overweight Jam" by [[Tenerence Love]]
|}

=== from Games ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Game !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[Audition with Marzipan]] || Thoughts on a Bird Your Own Medicine Summertime is Here
|- valign="top"
| [[Dancin' Bubs]] || Everybody Everybody [[The System Is Down (song)|The System Is Down]] [[Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| [[Homestar Quiz]] || Stupidest Guy
|- valign="top"
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] || [[Please Stop Trying to Handle My Style]]
|- valign="top"
| [[Strong Badia the Free]] || [[Protest Song]]
|- valign="top"
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] || [[Food-Related Love]] Stealin' Stuff from My Own Dang Store Left Shift-Alt-Delete Slide to the Right Y'all Bridesmaids [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Doin' the Wigglie]] Roll Wit' 'Da Punches Hugo Left Me Miserable The Three O'Clock Twist [[Songs from SBCG4AP|My Face (Please Don't Put Needles In It)]] Boys, Boys, Boys Throwing Rocks through Old Man Marzipan's Window [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Limozeen is Not Very Nice]] The Same Riff for Several Minutes Smooth Charade [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Kick the Chort]]
|}


=== from "[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]" ===
These songs originated on the "Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits" CD.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Track !! Songs
|-
| 7 || [[Let's get started on doing all those awesome things I suggested]]
|-
| 9 || [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song]]
|-
| 10 || [[i think i have a chance with this guy]] (by [[What's Her Face]])
|-
| 11 || [[It's like it was meant to be]]
|-
| 12 || [[Nite Mamas]] (by [[Limozeen]])
|-
| 13 || [[Sensitive To Bees]] (by [[Marzipan]])
|-
| 16 || [[The ladies in my town all know my name]]
|-
| 20 (end) || [[Secret Song]]
|}

=== from the [[strongbad_email.exe|strongbad_email.exe DVD]] ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[sugarbob]] (hidden commentary) || Sugarpie, Sugarbob (by Marzipan) The Saddest Song (by Marzipan)
|}

=== from Other Sources ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! From !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[Quote of the Week]], 06 July 2006 || Cool Tapes 3
|- valign="top"
| [[Quote of the Week]], 18 August 2006 || When Email Comes To Town
|- valign="top"
| [[They Might Be Giants]] Podcast37A || [[Crystal Fortress]]
|- valign="top"
| [[Quote of the Week]], 25 July 2009 || Stinkoman 20X6 level 1 fanmade heavy metal remix
|}

=== [[TMBG Concert - 3 May 2006]] ===
*Everybody To The Limit (by TBC, performed by Strong Bad and TMBG)

== Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps ==
<h3 id="from_Toons-p">from Toons</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[A Holiday Greeting]] || Oh Holy Crap (based on "O Holy Night", music by [[Wikipedia:Adolphe Adam|Adolphe Adam]])
|- valign="top"
| [[Ever and More!]] || DuckTales by Mark Mueller (Parody lyrics sung by Homestar)
|- valign="top"
| [[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] || Bad Jokes (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|- valign="top"
| [[Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams]] || Tropical Lazor Beams (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|- valign="top"
| [[Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities]] || Vitamins (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG) Celebrities (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|- valign="top"
| [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] || Decemberween, Decemberween (based on "O Tannenbaum"/"O Christmas Tree", composer unknown)
|- valign="top"
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || Blitzkrieg Bop by [[Wikipedia:The Ramones|The Ramones]] (Parody lyrics sung by Marzipan) Believe It Or Not ("Theme From [[Wikipedia:The Greatest American Hero|The Greatest American Hero]]"), by Stephen Geyer and [[Wikipedia:Mike Post|Mike Post]] (Parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner)
|}

<h3 id="from_Strong_Bad_Emails-p">from [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]]</h3>

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Email !! Songs
|-
| [[japanese cartoon]] || Rad Racer/Stinkoman Theme Song (Music by [[Wikipedia:Nobuo Uematsu|Nobuo Uematsu]], lyrics by The Brothers Chaps)
|- valign="top"
| [[anything]] || [[Wikipedia:The NeverEnding Story (film)#Music|The NeverEnding Story]] (music by [[Wikipedia:Giorgio Moroder|Giorgio Moroder]]), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|- valign="top"
| [[colonization]] || O Shanama (based on "O Canada!", music by [[Wikipedia:Calixa Lavallée|Calixa Lavallée]]) Shanama! (based on "Panama" by [[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]])
|- valign="top"
| [[different town]] || email intro song, new lyrics to "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants Different Town (music by They Might Be Giants, lyrics by The Brothers Chaps)
|-
| [[Videro Games]] || email intro song based on "[[Wikipedia:We Are the World|We Are the World]]" by [[Wikipedia:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]] and [[Wikipedia:Lionel Richie|Lionel Richie]]
|- valign="top"
| [[strong badathlon]] || "[[Wikipedia:Old Time Rock and Roll|Old Time Rock and Roll]]" by [[Wikipedia:Bob Seger|Bob Seger]], parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|- valign="top"
| [[the paper]] || [[Wikipedia:The NeverEnding Story (film)#Music|The NeverEnding Story]] (music by [[Wikipedia:Giorgio Moroder|Giorgio Moroder]]), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|}

=== [[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]] ===
[[Image:TMBG Marshie closeup 20040925.jpg|thumb|Marshie on stage]]
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Marshy.27s_Song|Marshy's Song]] (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#With_a_Little_Help_From_My_Friends|With a Little Help From My Friends]] (song by [[Wikipedia:Lennon-McCartney|Lennon-McCartney]], collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Soundcheck_-_Homestar_and_Friends|Homestar and Friends]] (song by [[Wikipedia:Lennon-McCartney|Lennon-McCartney]], collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Soundcheck_-_Marshy_Make-Up|Marshy Make-Up]] (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)

== Songs not by The Brothers Chaps ==
<h3 id="from_Toons-n">from Toons</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[Ballad of The Sneak]] || "The Ballad of The Sneak", written and sung by members of [[DaVinci's Notebook]]
|-
| [[Experimental Film]] || "[[Wikipedia:Experimental Film (song)|Experimental Film]]" by [[They Might Be Giants]]
|-
| [[Kick the Can]] || "[[Wikipedia:The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer]]" by [[Wikipedia:Scott Joplin|Scott Joplin]]
|-
| [[Main Page 4]] || "Renegade Master" by [[Wikipedia:Fatboy Slim|Fatboy Slim]] (Note: Only on older version of [[Main Page 4]]. See [[Secret Pages]].)
|-
| [[Main Page 6]] || "[[Wikipedia:Knockin' on Heaven's Door|Knockin' On Heaven's Door]]" by [[Wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] (Sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[Main Page 8]] || "[[Wikipedia:Up, Up and Away|Up, Up and Away]]" by [[Wikipedia:The Fifth Dimension|The Fifth Dimension]] (Sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[Malloween Commercial]] || "[[Wikipedia:Toccata and Fugue in D Minor|Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]]" (BWV 565) by [[Wikipedia:Johann Sebastian Bach|Johann Sebastian Bach]]
|-
| [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] || "[[Wikipedia:Tropicalia (Beck song)|Tropicalia]]" by [[Wikipedia:Beck|Beck]]
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] || "[[Wikipedia:Back in Black (song)|Back In Black]]" by [[Wikipedia:AC/DC|AC/DC]] (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] || "[[Wikipedia:An American Tail#Soundtrack|Somewhere Out There]]" by [[Wikipedia:James Horner|James Horner]], [[Wikipedia:Barry Mann|Barry Mann]] and [[Wikipedia:Cynthia Weil|Cynthia Weil]] (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Sing Along]] || "[[Wikipedia:The Rose (song)|The Rose]]" by [[IMDB:nm0564389|Amanda McBroom]] (sung by Homestar Runner)
|- valign="top"
| [[Strong Bad Sings]] || (web version) "[[Wikipedia:Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday to You]]", music by Patty and Mildred Hill, lyricist anonymous (Barely sung by Strong Mad) (DVD version) "[[Wikipedia:Hot cross bun#Music|Hot Cross Buns]]", traditional (Barely sung by Strong Mad)
|-
| [[Strong Bad Main Page]] || "[[Wikipedia:Do You Feel Like We Do|Do You Feel Like We Do]]" by [[Wikipedia:Peter Frampton|Peter Frampton]]
|-
| [[The Cheat Theme Song]] || "The Cheat Theme Song" by [[The Skate Party]]
|-
| [[On Break]] || "[[Wikipedia:Yakety Sax|Yakety Sax]]" by [[Wikipedia:Boots Randolph|Boots Randolph]] and James Q. "Spider" Rich (sung by [[The Brothers Chaps]])
|}

<h3 id="from_Strong_Bad_Emails-n">from [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]]</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[ghosts#Easter_Eggs|ghosts]] || "Ghost of John" (traditional, sung by Strong Sad)
|-
| [[lunch special]] || "[[Wikipedia:Aloha 'Oe|Aloha 'Oe]]" (sung by [[The Brothers Chaps]])
|-
| [[car]] || "Theme from [[Wikipedia:Night Court|Night Court]]" by [[Wikipedia:Jack Elliot|Jack Elliot]] (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[strong badathlon]] || "[[Wikipedia:Old Time Rock and Roll|Old Time Rock and Roll]]" by [[Wikipedia:Bob Seger|Bob Seeger]] (sung by [[Homestar Runner]])
|-
| [[your funeral]] || [[Wikipedia:Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35]] (Movement 3, main theme) by [[Wikipedia:Frédéric Chopin|Frédéric Chopin]] (sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[email thunder]] || "200 sbemails" by They Might Be Giants (sung by John Linnell as [[The Poopsmith]])
|}

== Songs by [[Matt Chapman]] from Sealab 2021 ==
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Television|Respek Knuckles]]
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Television|The Knowledge Hat]]

{{Songs}}

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gimmicks

Hatkirby — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:07:51 GMT

Hatkirby: undid revision 692734; Why was this removed? Please explain yourself when making changes to pages

{{sbenav|33}}

[[Image:sbemail33.PNG|thumb|This does not look good for Strong Bad.]]

The beginning of the end of the [[Tandy 400]]: Mike W. misses the days when Strong Bad would answer emails without some sort of gimmick. Then, the computer [[Explosions|explodes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' Monday, June 24, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:16

'''Page Title:''' TANDY 400!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Super great, super great... Check your email! Diggity...

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Do you remember when you would answer emails and 
be funny without some sort of gimmick? I do, I miss 
those days. 
 
With a lot of crap, 
 
Mike W 
Everett, MA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces MA as "ma."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yep. I remember those days, Mike. Those were good days... ''{sniffs}'' good days. ''{The email shrinks to the center of the screen with a powering-down noise.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Mutters}'' What the...crap? ''{The monitor sparks sharply}'' Whoa! Whgjht?

''{silence}''

''{The computer spontaneously explodes in Strong Bad's face covering his head in soot and ash. He flies across the room screaming, and breaks through the wall into Strong Sad's room. He groans and opens his eyes and sees Strong Sad standing above him upside down.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, jeez! Are you okay?

''{Strong Bad stands up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What, yeah, no, I'm fine! ''{brushes burnt wrestling mask parts backwards}'' Nothing happened; I'm fine!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did your terrible computer explode?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, shut up! Look, I'm gonna need to borrow like nine hundred dollars.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, I hope that's for a new computer. You could get one like yours at a garage sale for like... ''{chuckling}'' fifteen dollars.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said SHUT UP!!! ''{sulkily}'' I ''liked'' that computer.

''{Strong Bad crawls through the hole in the wall back to his room.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I hope some of that money's for buying me a new poster. You don't seem too broken up about that.

''{Cut to what's left of the Tandy 400. The back button is still on the screen, but shakes and fluctuates constantly. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==

*At the end of the email, click on the contrast buttons to make the broken monitor spark and flash.
**Pressing the left contrast button causes the broken bulb-like component in the center to flash bright white.
**Pressing the right contrast button causes the green wire to jump and spark.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===

*This is the first instance of [[Strong Bad's computer malfunctioning]].
*This email marks the first appearance of Strong Sad's new mouth movement style.

===Remarks===

*If the flash file is paused during the explosion, it can be seen that the "explosion" is just glass shards overlapped on the screen.
*As Strong Bad flies across the room, he passes the same door and window several times. Repeating backgrounds are common in low-budget animation.
*When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad, his mouth is unusually small.
*The spinning fan inside the exploded Tandy at the end doesn't seem to be attached to anything else, and is just floating in midair.
*Most computers need fans, but gears of the size shown are never found in a home computer. This is likely a joke referring to Strong Bad's taste for old computers.
*As of [[sisters]], the Tandy's exploded screen is shown as if it was never shattered, but instead it is shown as slightly cracked.
*It is unusual for the back link to be on the screen, as the [[Wikipedia:Cathode ray tube|picture tube]] of the Tandy is facing the table and most likely broken.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Tandy 400 Exploding.png|thumb| Misplaced head and glass shards.]]
*When you click the left contrast button at the end of the email, the rainbow star logo disappears until the animation is done, along with the word "Contrast."
**As well, the contrast buttons, the back link and a glass shard from the Tandy's monitor remain on top of the flash of light.
*When the Tandy explodes, Strong Bad's reflection is incorrect. It is located at the top of the computer screen, at the same angle as the computer.
*When Strong Bad is flying through the air and crashes into the wall, the bottom-left corner of Strong Sad's room's wall protrudes more than it should where it meets the floor.
*As Strong Bad is flying, the last object in the background is a door. When he is in Strong Sad's room, the last object before the wall is a window.
*When Strong Bad wakes up in Strong Sad's room, he brushes off a piece of rubble which later disappears.
*After Strong Bad lands from the computer explosion, his mouth moves in an odd, overlapping way.

===Inside References===

*Strong Bad receives another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]]; this is the last time he reads such a signature without expressing his displeasure at it.
*As this is Strong Bad Email 33, The phrase "Super Great" (said twice) at the beginning could be a reference to [[butt IQ]], the third email, in which Strong Bad states that "on a scale of 1 to awesome, [he is] 'Super Great.'"

===Real-World References===

*The opening song is perhaps based on the song [[Wikipedia:Super Freak|"Super Freak"]] by [[Wikipedia:Rick James|Rick James]].

===Fast Forward===
*The Tandy's explosion and Strong Bad's flying backward were featured in the explosions montage in [[hremail3184]]. It was also featured in [[personal favorites]].

==DVD Version==

*Instead of clicking on the contrast buttons to make pieces of the computer short-circuit/explode, the malfunctions happen without user interaction.

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail33.html|watch "gimmicks"]]
*[[HR:sbemail33.swf|view the Flash file for "gimmicks"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]

Talk:Crud

Hatkirby — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:43:50 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Crud Commonness */

==deletion discussion==
don't think this page is necessary. It's a common word, and it's not used in HR very often besides. It doesn't have a particular connection to a character like crap does to strong bad. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 14:12, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
:However, I think that the reason for it's use (to prevent overuse of [[crap]]), is useful, and it has appeared enough to warrant noting. '''Keep''' {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:12, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
::But it's not clear that that was specifically the reason for its use, except in the last case, which wasn't even by TBC. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.154|132.183.140.154]] 17:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

:::It seems like a fine page to me. We have enough examples. '''''Keep.''''' -Espemon333

::::I'd say there's enough references. It has been used seldom enough to warrant a page. '''''Keep.''''' {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 15:23, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

::::: I really like where this page is going. The appearences of "crud" are getting funnier and more delibirate. Why, just last month Strong Bad made several jokes about "crudfully", and several times in a mocking fashion. '''Oh crud, for real keep'''--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 20:34, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Since crud is something you say instead of "crap" when you're don't want to be vulgar, saying it on a site where "crap" is such a common term is something notable. So much that it makes me wonder what "crudcrap" is even supposed to mean. Since other people seem to also think so, I removed the TBD tag. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

== Crud Commonness ==

The article states that it is more common for the sender of a sbemail to say the word "crud" than Strong Bad himself, however, 3 of the 5 examples are of Strong Bad saying "crud" and 2 are of the sender of a sbemail saying "crud". Either that or the list of examples isn't complete. --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 14:39, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Crud

Hatkirby — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:39:01 GMT

Hatkirby: /**/Crud Commonness

==deletion discussion==
don't think this page is necessary. It's a common word, and it's not used in HR very often besides. It doesn't have a particular connection to a character like crap does to strong bad. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 14:12, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
:However, I think that the reason for it's use (to prevent overuse of [[crap]]), is useful, and it has appeared enough to warrant noting. '''Keep''' {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:12, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
::But it's not clear that that was specifically the reason for its use, except in the last case, which wasn't even by TBC. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.154|132.183.140.154]] 17:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

:::It seems like a fine page to me. We have enough examples. '''''Keep.''''' -Espemon333

::::I'd say there's enough references. It has been used seldom enough to warrant a page. '''''Keep.''''' {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 15:23, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

::::: I really like where this page is going. The appearences of "crud" are getting funnier and more delibirate. Why, just last month Strong Bad made several jokes about "crudfully", and several times in a mocking fashion. '''Oh crud, for real keep'''--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 20:34, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Since crud is something you say instead of "crap" when you're don't want to be vulgar, saying it on a site where "crap" is such a common term is something notable. So much that it makes me wonder what "crudcrap" is even supposed to mean. Since other people seem to also think so, I removed the TBD tag. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

== Crud Commonness ==

The article states that it is more common for the sender of a sbemail to say the word "crud" than Strong Bad himself, however, 2 of the 5 examples are of Strong Bad saying "crud" and 2 are of the sender of a sbemail saying "crud". That seems pretty equal to me. Either that or the list of examples isn't complete. --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 14:39, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Cool Things

Hatkirby — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:51:44 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Explanations */

{{toonnav|Big Toon|coolthings|Bug In Mouth Disease|A Folky Tale}}
[[Image:cool tapes.PNG|200px|thumb|"What in Pete Sampras is goin' on here?"]]

Homestar tries to do something constructive. Strong Sad gets a date. Marzipan forms a [[Cool Tapes|band]] with Strong Mad and The Cheat. Bubs decides to stick it to the man.

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

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, August 15, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 4:00

'''Page Title:''' Sittin' with a kitty...

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

==Transcript==

''{COOL THINGS appears on Marzipan's carpet. Tilt up to see Homestar and Marzipan sitting on the couch. Marzipan is reading "Peter Threadbare", while Homestar looks bored and uninterested.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sighs in a 'ho-hum' fashion}'' Sitting on the couch is zero amount of fun when there's not a TV or hang glider in front of it.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, why don't you do something constructive? Like read a book, or write a novella.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Naw, I already did some writing today. And then I read what I wrote.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{enthusiastically, puts book down}'' Yay! Good for you. Can I see it?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's right over there. Check it out!

''{Homestar looks at the left wall. The camera view cuts to left wall to show that "Cool tapes" is roughly written on it.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Why did you write "Cool tapes" on my wall?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{as if the answer should be obvious}'' Uh, hello? ''{Cut back to the couch. Marzipan and Homestar both look annoyed.}'' Maybe because I like cool tapes?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I hope you like "cool" painting, because this has got to go.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{imitating a trombone}'' Mwah, bwah, bwahhhh.

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is inside, looking depressed. Three cans of "yella paint" are stacked next to him. Homestar walks up to the stand.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say there, old Bubs! I need three cans of yella paint, and one pair of cool shades.

'''BUBS:''' Sorry, customer, I'm closed.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{confused}'' But you're standing right there. And I see the yella paint right next to you.

'''BUBS:''' But I'm closed! Cutbacks, layoffs, downsizing, you know the drill.

''{Homestar looks over his shoulder conspiratorially, then looks back at Bubs.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Bubs, can you steal three cans of yella paint for me?

'''BUBS:''' I never pass up a chance to stick it to the man! Here you go! ''{He gives the cans of paint to Homestar.}'' ''{whispering}'' I slipped the cool shades in the can number two.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, Bubs. ''{leans closer}'' Power to the people!

''{Homestar picks up the cans and walks away.}''

'''BUBS:''' I heard that!

''{Cut to Homestar's silhouette walking away from the stand. Then cut to a close-up of Homestar walking in the field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think I'm gonna bust out my new cool shades. ''{He kneels down, opens one of the paint cans, and pulls out a pair of [[cool shades]] that are completely covered in yellow paint. He puts them on.}'' Coool! Everything's yellow and drippy.

''{Strong Sad enters.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Dripping Yellow Madness!

'''STRONG SAD:''' What? I'm Strong Sad! Dripping Yellow Madness moved away after fifth grade!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Look, I'd love to stay and argue that you are in fact Dripping Yellow Madness, but this paint and I ''{kicks one of the cans}'' have a date with a wall!

'''STRONG SAD:''' I wish I had a date with a wall.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Go for it! Here. ''{gives the cans to Strong Sad}'' You'll need these.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And, uh, good luck tonight. ''{makes clicking noise}''

''{Homestar walks off. He lands in a small hole. There is a sign next to it that says "death hole" in Strong Bad's handwriting. Homestar screams while falling in and continues to scream after he's stopped falling. He stands in a hole up to his neck.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{screaming; gradually getting quieter}'' Aaaaaaaaaaah... I'm at the bottom of a giant piiiiit...

'''STRONG SAD:''' Homestar, take off those stupid cool shades.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I should probably return these things.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{walking offscreen, singing}'' Oh, getting lucky tonight...

''{Paint runs down the screen as a scene transition. The view then shows a close-up of Homestar in front of Bubs' Concession Stand, still wearing the cool shades.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to Bubs}'' Hey, friend. Lemme get my money back for these cool shades.

''{The view changes to a medium shot to reveal Bubs inside, with a banner on the stand that says "UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT!!"}''

'''BUBS:''' Little bit closer, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. ''{He walks closer, and walks past Bubs a bit. Bubs moves in front of him.}'' Lemme get my money back for these cool shades.

'''BUBS:''' Sure! You got your receipt?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, no. ''{removing his shades, with eyes closed, in a professional voice}'' The sales representative I dealt with gave them to me... free of charge. I believe... his name was Stan.

'''BUBS:''' Stan?! I fired that guy after the fifth grade! Without a receipt, I can only exchange them for something of lesser or much lesser value. And the only thing that qualifies is this! ''{He holds up a bag with four [[grapes]] in it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{takes the bag}'' These'll do! These'll do juuust fine!

''{Cut to Homestar's silhouette walking away from the stand. The sun is lower than before, and the sky is a purplish color. Cut to a view of Homestar walking into Marzipan's house, then cut to Marzipan's living room, where Marzipan, Strong Mad and The Cheat are standing in front of the wall with "Cool Tapes" written on it. Strong Mad has an electric bass, The Cheat has a drum kit, and Marzipan has [[Carol]].}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' All right, boys. From the top. ''{Homestar's silhouette appears in the foreground.}'' One, two—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What in— ''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar's face. He looks angry.}'' —Pete Sampras is going on here?!

''{Cut to a close-up of Marzipan's face.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... you took too long, so Strong Mad, and The Cheat and I formed a band called Cool Tapes. ''{She smiles sheepishly.}''

''{Cut back to a still-angry Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{tone benign, but angry}'' Oh, really?! What kind of... music do you play?!

''{Cut to a wide shot of Marzipan, Strong Mad and The Cheat.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, here, we'll show you. We only have one song so far, and it's not quite finished, but here goes. Ready, boys?

''{Strong Mad, The Cheat and Marzipan all play their instruments.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' One, two, three, four!

''{singing}'' 
''Cool tapes are cool, 'cause they're where it is at,'' 
''Cool tapes are cool, and we like it like that!'' 
''Cool tapes! Cool tapes!'' 
''We like to get it down with the cool, cool tapes,'' 
''We like to get down with'' ...um... ''{the music stops}'' um...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A bag of four grapes? ''{holds up bag of grapes}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{music starts again, singing}'' A bag of four graaaaapes!

''{An audience cheers. Homestar pops up from the bottom of the screen and shakes the bag, which makes a noise like a cymbal. A cassette tape appears in the foreground that reads "THE END." Homestar peeks through one of the holes in the cassette.}''

==Easter Eggs==

*Click on "THE" on the cassette at the end to see a conversation with Strong Bad and The Cheat.
:''{Strong Bad is lying on the couch in his basement, watching TV.}''
:'''KID:''' ''{on TV}'' ...same truck that tried to kill my dad!
:''{The Cheat enters, carrying his drumsticks.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat. We catch anything in the Death Hole today?
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' What? There's no way he could've been in there. He moved away after fifth grade!

*Click on "END" on the cassette at the end to see a [[T-shirt]] for [[Cool Tapes]].

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===

*A [[Wikipedia:Novella|novella]] is a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a [[Wikipedia:Novelette|novelette]] and a novel.

===Trivia===

*The crowd cheering sound effect is taken from the end of [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)]].
*When Homestar puts the cans on top of each other, the cool shades would have most likely been in the bottom can if Bubs did the order from left to right. Alternatively, numbering from top to bottom results in Homestar finding the shades in the correct can.

===Remarks===

*None of the paint remains on Homestar's face after he removes the cool shades, even though much of it drips.
*Paint appears to drip from Homestar's glasses into his mouth. However, this doesn't seem to bother him.
*The clouds above Free Country U.S.A look more realistic. In the past, they looked like cartoony swirls.
*This is the first time that the exterior of Marzipan's house is shown during the day. It looks remarkably similar to [[Homestar Runner's House|Homestar's House]].
*This is the first time Marzipan's teeth are shown (aside from [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons).
*[[Carol]] looks like a classical guitar, but is apparently an [[WIkipedia:Electric acoustic guitar|electric acoustic guitar]], capable of producing a distorted tone much like an [[Characters' Instruments#Electric Guitar|electric guitar]].
*The tape at the end is the same shade of yellow as the yellow highlights that appear around buttons when the Tab key is pressed, slightly obscuring the Easter egg highlight over "The" and completely obscuring the highlight over "End." Since the tape was grey during the song, this may have been intentional.
*"Stupid cool shades" is an example of the literary device [[Wikipedia:juxtaposition|juxtaposition]].
*Just before Homestar is stopped by Strong Sad, he walks right where the death hole should be. Afterwards, he turns around and falls in the death hole, which is suddenly there.

===Goofs===
*The phrase "Cool Tapes" changes position slightly during the toon. To see this better, focus on the bottom of the "p" in "Tapes" and the lighter part of the yellow wall.
*With the cool shades on, the paint drips off the lens over his right eye, but the drops fall in front of the left side of the mouth and the paint disappears half way down his face.
*When Homestar goes to return his cool shades to Bubs, in the second wide shot, Homestar is suddenly standing to the left of where he was in the first wide shot.
*When Homestar is returning the Yella Shades at the concession stand, the paint suddenly stops dripping between the close-up and the wide shot.
*As he walks back from Bubs' with the bag of four grapes, Homestar's walk cycle doesn't quite fit the speed at which he is walking.
*The amp that is behind Marzipan disappears after a couple of cuts.

===Glitches===
*When Marzipan closes her eyes and sings "...a bag of four graaaaapes!", her closed eyes distort for a brief moment. This is because she and Homestar blink every four seconds or so, and with her eyes closed, she attempts to blink over her closed eyes. The effect can also be observed if the toon is paused while her eyes are closed.
*When the Cool Tapes writing is seen for the first time, there is a yellow hole in the floor.
**This is probably caused by the flash's background being entirely yellow, and everything else is put on top of it.

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad's patting his belly makes the same dodgeball noise it made in [[modeling]].
**The dodgeball noise was previously heard in [[1 step ahead]].
*Strong Sad mentions that he likes to talk to walls in his [[Strong Sad#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*The amps that Marzipan plays through are from [[different town]].
*Strong Mad's playing the bass was mentioned in [[guitar]], but this is the first time it's actually seen.
*The show Strong Bad is watching is the "killer truck" show The Cheat watches in [[privileges]].
*This is another instance of [[Homestar Runner Peeking|Homestar peeking]].

===Real-World References===

*The title of the page, "Sittin' with a kitty," is a lyric from the [[Wikipedia:Sonic Youth|Sonic Youth]] song "[[Wikipedia:Kool Thing|Kool Thing]]."
*"Stick it to the Man" and "Power to the People" were common phrases used during student protests in the 1960s and '70s.
*[[Wikipedia:Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras]] is a retired professional tennis player.
*Strong Mad's bass is the same shape as a [[Wikipedia:Hofner|Hofner]] 500/1 [http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/hofner/hof_models/hof_basses.htm violin bass], the kind [[Wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney]] plays.
*The amplifiers that they use very closely resemble [[Wikipedia:Marshall Amplifiers|Marshall Amps]].

===Fast Forward===

*Strong Sad's line "Oh, getting lucky toniiiight..." is repeated by [[Other Character Variations|French Homestar]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*Cool Tapes later reappeared in [[Weclome Back]] and in [[Baddest of the Bands]].
*The T-shirt in the Easter egg was later sold at the [[Store]].
*Marzipan would later show her teeth again in [[Quality Time]] and [[pet show]].
*In the preview for [[Baddest of the Bands]], the band Strong Bad is seen in is Cool Tapes.

==External Links==

*[[HR:coolthings.html|watch "Cool Things"]]
*[[HR:coolthings.swf|view the Flash file for "Cool Things"]]
*[[Forum:4531|forum thread re: "Cool Things"]]

[[Category:Toons]]

Talk:Doomy Tales of the Macabre

Hatkirby — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:55:34 GMT

Hatkirby: /**/Eating The Cheat

== Buh-hubs. ==
A simple question: how should one word the Bubs RWRs? The Wiki strives to be family-friendly, while both his first line of the toon (regarding the brain in his afro) and his line in the Easter Egg refer to Pulp Fiction, both parts of which are...less than family-friendly. I thought perhaps it could read:
*Bubs' line about brain in his afro and about his wallet are both references to scenes from [[Wikipedia:Pulp_Fiction_(film)|Pulp Fiction]].
and a content warning could (and ''should'') be added to the end of the line, which I can't remember the Wiki format for at the moment. --{{User:Onamuji/sig}} 05:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think it is necessary to say what Jules says in Pulp fiction. That would be explaining the joke. I like the way it is worded currently {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 12:40, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::That being said, would someone please be so kind as to explain the joke to me? I've...never actually...seen Pulp Fiction.{{User:Neox/sig}} 21:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::: Try http://us.imdb.com/character/ch0001783/quotes and search for "wallet". -- [[User:Sentroyd|Sentroyd]] 01:02, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

== The Transcript ==

Sorry for not showing any progress, the wiki stopped working for me last night. This server does not really like taking any unusual load at all or something. --[[User:InsanityBringer|InsanityBringer]] 11:29, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, what about Homsar's lines?

Check the easter eggs section for those --[[User:InsanityBringer|InsanityBringer]] 16:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== Hand ==

I believe that hand is not the hand of the Onceler and actually the hand of the mom from Career Day. In fact, I am almost sure of it. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 18:49, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:Nope, it's not the same object, not shaped the same, nothing similar aside from being a hand. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:56, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::Have you even tried comparing the two? They've both got the roundy bracelets and the extended fingernails. They're almost definitely the same. And it's definitely not The Onceler like the article is currently claiming. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 19:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:::I tend to agree, it looks like the hand was based on the Mom hand. Its definitely closer to that than to the Onceler. (Note, the Mom hand appears as the same object in career day and hygene.) -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.194|132.183.140.194]] 19:11, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::::I agree. It looks very much like the mom's hand, and not particularly like the Onceler's.[[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 19:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== Move-a ==

Should there be some mention that Strong Mad's Easter egg line is from "[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a6lc_dire-straits-money-for-nothingvideo_music Money for Nothing]?" Related to that, I would argue that move-a is a better spelling than moova (it refers to the fact that the character is moving refrigerators and moving color TVs).[[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 19:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:heck, it even says 'Move-a' on the costume discription page. I'll fix it. But, you don't always have to ask before putting something. '''be bold!''' {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 20:01, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== How/Why? ==

Does STrong Bad say "How do you think..." or "why do you think..."? The latter makes more sense, but the former is what many people, including me partially, hear. Which is it?--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 23:20, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think the concept makes much sense either way. But I hear "how". — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:16, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

== Reduce [an] overhead? ==

What exactly does that mean, and do we need an explanation on the page as to what it means? -[[User:Everybody!|Everybody!]] 01:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

== Eating The Cheat ==

In this video, Strong Bad claims that Strong Mad eats The Cheat all of the time. However, the email "[[narrator]]" refers to a movie supposedly called "I'm Surprised Strong Mad Hasn't Eaten The Cheat By Now". Would this be a continuity issue? --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 02:55, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Hatkirby

Hatkirby — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:10 GMT

Hatkirby:

Hey there Hatkirby. First off, welcome! Or Haldo as it were. You are off to a great start and have already made some really quality edits. Keep on tranglin and lemme know if you need anything. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 03:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast :) Anyway, thanks! This wiki's a fun place :) --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 18:43, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Hatkirby

Hatkirby — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:39:23 GMT

Hatkirby:

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Hatkirby — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:39:05 GMT

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Hi. I'm Starla Insigna. I'm a girl. I like the H*R body of work, obviously, that being the reason I'm here. [[Marshie]] is awesome. Marshie is EXTREMELY awesome and LOL. [[The King Of Town]] and [[Homsar]] are also awesome, but not to the same extent.

Also, The King Of Town's jam in Marzipan's Answering Machine 13.2 is awesome. ''Not talkin' bout, not talkin' bout, not talkin' bout three plus three!''

This page will probably be added on to. :)

User:Hatkirby

Hatkirby — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:28:46 GMT

Hatkirby: Created page with 'Hi. I'm Starla Insigna. I'm a girl. I like the H*R body of work, obviously, that being the reason I'm here. Marshie is awesome. Marshie is EXTREMELY awesome and lol. [[The Ki…'

Hi. I'm Starla Insigna. I'm a girl. I like the H*R body of work, obviously, that being the reason I'm here. [[Marshie]] is awesome. Marshie is EXTREMELY awesome and lol. [[The King Of Town]] and [[Homsar]] are also awesome, but not to the same extent.

Also, The King Of Town's jam in Marzipan's Answering Machine 13.2 is awesome. ''Not talkin' bout, not talkin' bout, not talkin' bout three plus three!'' (pssst: 3+3 by The Gates Of Sleep)

This page will probably be added on to. :)

videography

Hatkirby — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:31:48 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Inside References */ Added reference to Blatant Lies

{{sbenav|205}}
[[Image:Sbemail videography.png |thumb|"You name it! I'll videographa...fize it!"]]
Robert McSwain needs a "videographer". Strong Bad is happy to oblige.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Videlectrix Mascot}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Grandmaw Auntpaw]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Living Room of The Brothers Strong]], [[The Classroom]], [[Dining Room]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Basement of The Brothers Strong]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[The Garage]], [[Homestar Runner's House]],

{{Comp|Compé}}

'''Date:''' Monday, October 5, 2009

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

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is at the Compé. The wallpaper is a picture of marshmallows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Checkin' e-mails with boxing gloves. The sweet computer science. ''{double-clicks on the sbemail.exe icon}''

{{compeemail}}
To Whom It May Concern; (aka Strong Bad) 
I'm getting married in August. I'm looking to hire a "videographer" to videotape our wedding. Could you use all your skills and powers and take on such a task? I want it to look real nice. 
Robert McSwain 
Video Media Technologist 
ITS Department
{{compeemailend}}

''{Strong Bad reads "aka" as written, "and take on" as "to take on", and "ITS Department" as "Iiiit's Da Partment!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well McSwobert, that works out perfectly, because "videographer" is just one of my many professions that have quotes around them.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm also a—

''{A photo showing Strong Bad in his living room wearing nurse's scrubs and holding a chainsaw appears over the scene. It is labeled:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over, still typing}'' "heart surgeon",

''{The photo disappears and another photo appears. This photo depicts Strong Bad in the classroom wearing a lab coat. He's still holding the chainsaw. It is labeled:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' a "licensed technician",

''{The photo is replaced with an image of Strong Bad at a dining table. A rusty pan with a single chicken wing sits on the table in front of him. Again, he is holding the chainsaw.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' a "poultry farmer",

''{The photo is replaced with an image of Strong Bad at The Field. There is a can of lighter fluid and a can of gasoline on the ground nearby. He's holding the chainsaw again, but the chainsaw is now on fire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' and a "fireman".

''{The photo disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And you say you're getting married in August? So like, 2 months ago? Also, not a problem. My videograph will have so many fancy wipes, fades, and transitions, your wife will never even know you guys aren't in it! Take a look at my demo reel.

''{cut through static to a miniature screen of Strong Bad in The Field behind a scrolling background with "Demo Reel" written. It disjointedly gets larger until it fills the entire screen}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there. I'm famed quotation marked videographer Strong Bad. ''{The word "Videog-rapher" appears onscreen, taking up two lines}'' Do you like quick zooms and solarizing effects? What about diamondy transitions, pixelated wipes, or slow fade-outs? ''{an example of each of these effects is shown as Strong Bad names them}'' All these effects and more will make your cherished event that happened last month be cherished forever.

''(diamond cut to Locker Room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jimmy's lacrosse debacle never looked so good.

''(the screen briefly solarises. Static cut to Strong Bad's shoes at The Field)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Unintelligible mumbles}'' Little Jimmy is playing lacrosse! ''{More mumbles, the POV briefly switches up to a view of the sun}'' Oh, he scores the winning... lacrosse point! ''{A whistle is heard}''

''{Pixel wipe to three lacrosse sticks being held in the air}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and his dad was totally there and not at Applebee's! ''{The camera lowers to reveal The Cheat holding the sticks before clock-wiping back to Strong Bad's shoes}'' ''{the text "Good Shot, Johnny!" appears on-screen}'' Good shot, John—Jimmy! ''{the on-screen caption corrects the name}''

''{static cut to The Garage. There are four VCRs stacked on the table. Strong Bad is holding a CD with "Seedy Rom" written on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Add panache, pizzazz, and pep with a Seedy Rom work of unanimated clip art and copyright-free classical music.

''{Videlectrix Mascot-wipe to a title screen reading "Video Evidence of Homestar & Marzipan's 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th Anniversary Celebration!!!" Classical music plays}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voice-over}'' Are you sure this will work, aka Strong Bad?

''{Videlectrix Mascot backwards-wipe to Homestar in his living room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over; whispered}'' Definitely! Just act like you're celebrating!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dancing and throwing confetti}'' Oh, twice! I'm a lavish gift-giver!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in The Garage}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{As he says each name, a tape reading those words appears from each of the VCRs.}'' Weddings? Bar-mitzfvfahs? Bar-Fvfights? First steps? Droopy ''{snickers}'' drawers? ''{a photo of [[Lil' Strong Sad]]'s backside appears.}'' You name it! I'll videographafize it!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in a cowboy outfit at a table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a faux-cowboy accent}'' Take family meatloaf night back to the ooold west! ''{normally}'' Did somebody say—

''{cut to a meatloaf on the table. The image changes to sepia tone as Strong Bad speaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —''sepia tones?'' ''{"Here Comes The Strong Bad" theme music plays, and the text "FAMILY MEATLOAF NIGHT" appears over the image}''

'''VARIOUS VOICES:''' ''{voice-over}'' Uh, no. I don't... think so. I definitely didn't.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the kitchen, with four toasters bearing the current logo of Video Toaster}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And with our new sweet, sweet suite of video toasters, ''{the four toasters pop out VHS tapes, one per toaster}'' your precious memories will have titles that defy the very laws of reason.

''{Cut to a picture of a decoration. The caption "YOUR WEDDING VIDEO" appears on-screen. The word "Your" twirls around in 3D, while a rocket sound plays.}''

'''VOICES:''' ''{voice-over}'' Oooh!

''{Cut to a picture of a rose. The text "The Union of ROBERT McSWAIN: VIDEO MEDIA TECHNOLOGIST and THE LADY HE MARRIED IN AUGUST" appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' Hopefully that will be enough to keep your wife from wondering why her video media technologist husband wasn't smart enough to think of putting a video camera on a tripod across the room and press record.

''{Cut to Computer Room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But you could probably also get away with just putting—

''{cut to a shelf of VHS tapes. Two are labelled "blank", and a third is labelled "especially blank". Another with a blue label is titled "Problem Child 1-8"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' —a label that says "WEDDIN TAPE" on a VHS cassette— ''{Strong Bad places a piece of masking tape marked "WEDDIN TAPE" over the Problem Child video's label}''

''{cut back to the computer room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' —since none-out-of-none couples actually ever watch their wedding video. Unless of course a baby drops an f-bomb, somebody pukes in their toupee, or Grandmaw Auntpaw rolls down the stairs in her wheelchair. In which case you simply post it online and turn it into internet gold! And I can ''definitely'' arrange for some of that stuff to happen at your wedding, if you enlist my services as an "event coordinator." ''{stops typing; the words "event coordinator" shift slightly on each syllable}'' A-heh heh heh, heh heh heh-HEM.

''{The [[Compé-per]] comes up}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on "Grandma Auntpaw" at the end shows a short clip of Strong Bad showing off his video camera.
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' My state-of-the-art camera has a state-of-the-art microphone mounted right next to the giant videotape motor. So you're guaranteed to hear mostly that, and not what Grandmaw Auntpaw just said on her hundred-and-ninth birthday.
*:''{Title card reading "Grandmaw Auntpaw's 100-Somethingth Birthday Stand-around" appears. Cut to a scene showing a wall and the shadow of an old woman sitting in a wheelchair just out of frame. The recorder's motor plays loudly.}''
*:'''GRANDMAW AUNTPAW:''' ''{barely audible}'' I never loved any of you.
*Clicking on "internet gold" at the end brings up a scrap of paper showing the [[YouTube]] video ID for [[Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Lacrosse|Lacrosse]] is a field [[sport]] played with a solid rubber ball and long-handled racquets. The object of the game is to score the most goals by shooting the ball into the net, much like hockey.
*The sport of [[Wikipedia:boxing|boxing]] is sometimes referred to as [http://www.thesweetscience.com/ The Sweet Science].
* AKA stands for "Also Known As".

===Remarks===
*Clicking on "internet gold" originally linked directly to the YouTube video. This was changed later that day.
*Strong Bad's VHS tape is labeled "Problem Child 1-8". Even if there were eight Problem Child movies, they would have most likely required at least a 12 hour long cassette. The longest VHS cassette is eight and a half hours.

===Goofs===
*After the camera zooms out in Marzipan's kitchen, the cabinet in the background is gone.
*The "sbemail.exe" text overlaps the Email window for a single frame.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro references [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|typing with boxing gloves]].
*When Strong Bad describes his other professions that have quotes around them:
**Strong Bad holds [[Strong Mad's Chainsaw]] in all of the photos.
**Strong Bad is seen [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiling]] in all of the photos.
**The chainsaw is on [[fire]] when Strong Bad brings up "fireman", and containers of "Lite em up [[Dan]]" lighter fluid from [[pizza joint]] are at his feet.
**In the "licensed technician" picture, Strong Bad appears to be in [[the classroom]] wearing a lab coat, as he was in [[technology]].
*Strong Bad was last shown with a pan with a [[chicken|chicken leg]] in it in [[slumber party]].
*The music played at the beginning of Strong Bad's demo reel is the theme song from the [[Sbemailiarized]] toons.
*Strong Bad's wallpaper is one of the [[wallpaper]]s from the [[Downloads]] page.
*The music that plays during the meatloaf night scene is the theme song to "The Strong Bad", which was introduced in [[pizzaz]].
*The last time [[The Brothers Chaps]] created a YouTube exclusive was when they released [[Strong Bad Gameways]], the video ID for which appeared in a similar Easter egg in [[shapeshifter]].
*Several [[VCR]]s are hooked to [[Laser Lemon|The Cheat's oscilloscope]] from [[coloring]].
*"Seedy Rom" is a [[homophone]] of "CD-ROM".
*"Dropping an F-Bomb" is another reference to [[Swears|swearing]].
*One of the transitions is the [[Videlectrix]] mascot.
*Strong Bad [[Blatant Lies|lies]] several times about the quality and content of his video-graphing (such as the lacross game tape where Strong Bad says that Johnny/Jimmy's father was "totally there and not at Applebees!")

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Applebee's|Applebee's]] is a US chain of family dining restaurants (that used to be based in [[Georgia|Atlanta]]).
*[[Wikipedia:Video Toaster|Video Toaster]] is a hardware and software system for editing and adding effects to videos. A version of the logo appears on Strong Bad's toasters.
*[[Wikipedia:Problem_Child_(film)|''Problem Child'']] was a series of early 1990s films and an animated series about a bratty child. However, there were only three films in the series.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|205|15820}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Compé-per

Hatkirby — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:25:55 GMT

Hatkirby: Added videography to /* Appearances */

[[Image:virtualpaper.png|thumb|400px|Preeow 3.0, with Preeow 1.0 downgrade!]]

The '''Compé-per''', pronounced Com-Paper, is the replacement for [[New Paper]] after the [[Lappy 486]] [[Explosions|exploded]] in [[hremail3184]]. It resembles a pop-up bubble reading "click to email strongbad" that serves as a built-in paper with the [[Compé]], though does not appear on the Compé itself, and overlays all elements of the cartoon. It comes up from the bottom left corner of the screen, as opposed to the previous papers which came down from the top. It also contains the "back" button which previously was shown on the computer monitor. This "paper" debuted with an "Ah-ha!" noise at the end of [[independent]], much to [[Strong Bad]]'s delight. Strong Bad then customized Compé-per's pop-up noise to match [[The Paper]]'s old "[[Preeeeow]]" noise, though the sound is significantly distorted.

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[independent]]
* Email [[dictionary]]
* Email [[videography]]

{{strongbadpapers}}

[[Category: Items]]

lackey

Hatkirby — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:41:42 GMT

Hatkirby:

{{sbenav|96}}
[[Image:sbemail96.PNG|thumb|"So excited, so naïve..."]]

Steve from Victoria, BC, wants to know why The Cheat is such a diligent lackey.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[Doreauxgard]], Puppet {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), Puppet {{Film|Doreauxgard}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}} (DVD Easter egg)

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 26, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:47

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' So innocent and email-free... That's you 'n me.

''{He pulls up the e-mail and reads it aloud.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey yo there Strong Bad! 
I was wondering why The Cheat is such 
a diligent lackey. Did you save his 
life one time and now he has to repay 
you? 
 
Steve 
Victoria, BC</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' BC? Whoa! This is an old freakin' email. Most of the emails I get are ADs. And the occasional JD. Wow. I wonder if it was written on, like, a stone tablet. Or maybe some, uh, papyrus. Anyhow... ''{Strong Bad clears the screen and continues typing.}'' No, Steve, The Cheat is a good lackey because he "knows what's best" and "doesn't want to get left by the side of the road during a thunderstorm" or "taped to Pom-Pom again." ''{He clears screen and continues typing.}'' It probably also has to do with the fact that I "treat him like a brother that's not Strong Sad" instead of a "little yellow squeaky thing that somethetimes steals my ladytypes." I also pay him real nice. Which isn't very difficult considering The Cheat "thinks pencil shavings are legal tender." Check it out...

''{Strong Bad sharpens a pencil with a small handheld sharpener.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, The Cheat!

''{The Cheat walks in.}''

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

''{Strong Bad waves his hand over the fresh pencil shavings.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll pay you all these precious pencil shavings if you go pilfer me a cantaloupe from Marzipan's melon patch.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, then darts off with motion blur}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Ahhhh, look at him go. So excited, so naive... ''{"Naive" is said like the word "knave."}''

''{The Cheat runs back in with a cantaloupe.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, supa soivice! Thanks man. You can go back to whatever you were doin'.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry The Cheat noises while pointing to the pencil shavings}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. Your "payment." Here ya go!

''{Strong Bad scrapes pencil shavings onto The Cheat's head.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwww, that's almost adorable... Now, what am I gonna to do with all my tons of new stuff? A sharp pencil...and a can-ta-loo-pay. The possibilities are endless! I suppose I could use the pencil to draw a little guy on the cantaloupe.

''{Strong Bad mumbles while drawing a face on the cantaloupe.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, and then if I jammed the cantaloupe on the end of the pencil... Hey everybody look! It's Doreauxgard! How ya doin', Doe?

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mister Strong Bad! Well, I'm fine, past couple days though...

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand with The Cheat.}''

'''BUBS:''' Your total comes out to fifteen tooty-two!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes a The Cheat noise while pushing the pencil shavings onto the counter.}''

'''BUBS:''' What's this malarkey?

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

''{The Cheat points to a sign saying: "We'll Gladly Accept: Cash, Money, or Cash Money." "Pencil shavings" on a scrap of paper has been taped on at the bottom.}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, if it's on the sign... Nice doin' business witchya!

''{The Cheat walks off with his new "Boy's Hobby Kit." Doreauxgard shows up}''

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mr. Bubs. I'm from the collection agency. You missed your last payment. Gonna have to bust your kneecaps if ya don't pay up!

'''BUBS:''' Oh, dag! You found me!

''{Bubs slams down a metal shop gate, revealing "SB wa5 HeRe" graffiti.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Forgot about that one! I mean...

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Sure is some niiice graffiti!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the top of the "[[Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit|boy's hobby kit]]" box when The Cheat is buying it to see what it says.
<blockquote> hollerin' jimmy's hobby kit 
"We have no idea what's in this box!!" </blockquote>
*Click on the "SB" part of the graffiti to play a StrongBad Lib.
<blockquote>No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey 
because he "''(active verb phrase (i.e. "does some stuff."))''" 
and "''(negative active verb phrase (i.e. "doesn't do some stuff."))''" or 
"''(active verb phrase)''." It probably 
also has to do with the fact that I 
treat him "''(comparison phrase (i.e. "like an idiot"))''" 
instead of a "''(noun)''." 
I also pay him real nice. Which isn't 
very difficult considering the Cheat 
"''(another stupid active verb phrase)''." 
Check it out. </blockquote>
*Click on Doreauxgard's head at the end to see a video of the "Homestar and Doreauxgard Show!"
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show! Brought to you by Hollerin' Jimmy Hobby Kits!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Doreauxgard! We've got our own show!
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Boy, I'll say! I'm gonna be a star!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nope. I'm afraid there's only one job for you on ''this'' show!
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Well, lay it on me!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You have to be...the ''produce''-r! ''{Homestar and the audience laugh.}''
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Forget you, Whitey! I'm going solo! ''{Doreauxgard walks off. Soon Homestar stops laughing.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first put up, you could click "Stone Tablet" and "Papyrus" to see fake emails written on said items. These have since been removed.
*In the StrongBad Libs Easter Egg, Strong Bad's [[green tongue]] can be seen, which was introduced in [[Super NES]].
*The floppy disk container was placed behind the flash border, and cannot be read in the toon. Decompiling the Flash file reveals the title to be "[[Floppy Disk Container#maniac mansion|maniac mansion]]".
*The Strong Bad Libs Easter egg uses the unmodified version of [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], so certain characters such as apostrophes will show up as spaces.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad spells [[Pom Pom]] with a hyphen.
*When Strong Bad faces the screen to say "The possibilities are endless" he doesn't actually turn his head; his head snaps from profile to front within one frame.
*"BC" stands for [[Wikipedia:British Columbia|British Columbia]], a province in Canada.

===Goofs===
*When Doreauxgard is in front of the Compy, you can't see or use the contrast buttons.
*When Strong Bad contemplates what to do with his sharp pencil and cantaloupe, you can see another pencil behind Strong Bad's head. The pencil is resting on the keyboard, which is where Strong Bad was holding it earlier in the email.
*When Strong Bad turns back to the computer with the cantaloupe on the pencil, the second pencil is no longer by the computer.
*When Strong Bad turns back to the computer when The Cheat is getting the cantaloupe, the screen is blank, even though he didn't clear it.
*When the camera zooms out, the text in the Compy is a meaningless jumble of two screens:
<blockquote class="compy email">o has to do with the 
onal JD. Wow. I 
d" instead of "a 
thing that 
y ladytypes." I 
. Which isn't 
ring The Cheat 
s are legal</blockquote>
*When Strong Bad is holding the pencil and the cantaloupe, the sharp end of the pencil is pointing up. When it cuts to him drawing on the cantaloupe, the sharp end is pointing down.
*When you click on the Easter egg with Strong Libs, the front page is coming out of the back.
*During the intro for the Easter egg with the puppets, part of the blue square in the top-left corner is briefly visible outside of the toon's box.

===Inside References===
*The hobby kit bought by The Cheat "comes to fifteen-[[Tooty-two]]".
*The Cheat was previously taped to Pom Pom in [[your friends]].
*In the Strong Lib Easter egg, the author of the email is called [[Dan]].
*Strong Bad saying "soivice" is another example of [["Er" pronounced as "Oi"]].

===Real-World References===
*"JD" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Julian day| ''Julian Date'']], an astronomical dating system that counts the total days from January 1, 4713 BC (for example, January 26, 2004 AD is 2453031 JD).
*Strong Bad's remark about "super service" (in a Brooklyn accent) is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] short [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/ViolentCurly.htm ''Violent is the Word for Curly''].
*When Strong Bad sends The Cheat away to get the cantaloupe he makes a reference to a Bugs Bunny quote: "So trusting, so naive."

===Fast Forward===
*Doreauxgard is an actual cantaloupe in the Easter egg, but [[The Brothers Chaps]] later created an actual Doreauxgard puppet with a moving mouth. It has since been seen in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|2003 Pulse interview]], on [[Main Page 25]] and in [[Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]].
*Bubs accepts more pencil shavings in [[secret identity]].
*The Strong Bad Libs version of Strong Bad would later be seen in [[pop-up]], as "Senor Muybueno".

== DVD Version ==
*The Boy's Hobby Kit Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show Easter egg is now fullscreen and in much higher quality video. It also adds a tiny bit of additional footage to the end (though sans any dialogue).
*The Strong Libs Easter egg now has Strong Sad moderating a Strong Lib and Strong Bad reluctantly playing.
===Transcript===
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Awww, don't make me do this thing! They're only funny when you're, like, 4 years old.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' No, we're gonna do it, and it's gonna be great! ''{booklet flips to page two}'' OK, I need an active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Uhm... "brings the noise"

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes "brings the noise" in.}'' ''{voiceover}'' OK, now I need a negative active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Never takes two."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "never takes two."}'' ''{voiceover}'' O-kay... Uh, another active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Uh, let me think about it, "gets busy."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "gets busy."}'' ''{voiceover}'' OK. A comparison phrase. You know, like "like an idiot."

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Like a beard."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "like a beard."}'' ''{voiceover}'' What? Oh, OK, I need a noun.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Throat lozenge."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "throat lozenge."}'' ''{voiceover}'' All right, and finally, one more active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I can't think of anymore!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "can't think of anymore."}'' OK! Great! Let's see how it turned out! ''{turns page}'' "A Strong Bad Email. No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey because he 'brings the noise' and 'never takes two' or 'gets busy.'" You see, that's... You told me to write that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, irritated}'' I know! Hurry up and finish!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh! "It probably also has to do with the fact that I treat him 'like a beard' instead of a 'throat lozenge.'" You see, that's good, you see, you wouldn't... you'd rather be treated like—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, angry}'' Come on!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "I also pay him real nice. Which isn't very difficult considering that the Cheat 'can't think of anymore.' Check it out." See, that turned out pretty good! Strong Bad?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, more distant}'' I'm already playing Nintendo in the other room!

===Fun Facts===
*Oddly enough, Strong Sad writes the phrases in Strong Bad's handwriting.
*Strong Bad mentions [[Nintendo]].

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|96}}*[[HR:sbemail96 puppet.swf|view the Flash file for the puppet short]]
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Puppet Stuff]]

lackey

Hatkirby — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:39:28 GMT

Hatkirby: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|96}}
[[Image:sbemail96.PNG|thumb|"So excited, so naïve..."]]

Steve from Victoria, BC, wants to know why The Cheat is such a diligent lackey.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[Doreauxgard]], Puppet {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), Puppet Doreauxgard (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}} (DVD Easter egg)

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 26, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:47

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' So innocent and email-free... That's you 'n me.

''{He pulls up the e-mail and reads it aloud.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey yo there Strong Bad! 
I was wondering why The Cheat is such 
a diligent lackey. Did you save his 
life one time and now he has to repay 
you? 
 
Steve 
Victoria, BC</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' BC? Whoa! This is an old freakin' email. Most of the emails I get are ADs. And the occasional JD. Wow. I wonder if it was written on, like, a stone tablet. Or maybe some, uh, papyrus. Anyhow... ''{Strong Bad clears the screen and continues typing.}'' No, Steve, The Cheat is a good lackey because he "knows what's best" and "doesn't want to get left by the side of the road during a thunderstorm" or "taped to Pom-Pom again." ''{He clears screen and continues typing.}'' It probably also has to do with the fact that I "treat him like a brother that's not Strong Sad" instead of a "little yellow squeaky thing that somethetimes steals my ladytypes." I also pay him real nice. Which isn't very difficult considering The Cheat "thinks pencil shavings are legal tender." Check it out...

''{Strong Bad sharpens a pencil with a small handheld sharpener.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, The Cheat!

''{The Cheat walks in.}''

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

''{Strong Bad waves his hand over the fresh pencil shavings.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll pay you all these precious pencil shavings if you go pilfer me a cantaloupe from Marzipan's melon patch.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, then darts off with motion blur}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Ahhhh, look at him go. So excited, so naive... ''{"Naive" is said like the word "knave."}''

''{The Cheat runs back in with a cantaloupe.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, supa soivice! Thanks man. You can go back to whatever you were doin'.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry The Cheat noises while pointing to the pencil shavings}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. Your "payment." Here ya go!

''{Strong Bad scrapes pencil shavings onto The Cheat's head.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwww, that's almost adorable... Now, what am I gonna to do with all my tons of new stuff? A sharp pencil...and a can-ta-loo-pay. The possibilities are endless! I suppose I could use the pencil to draw a little guy on the cantaloupe.

''{Strong Bad mumbles while drawing a face on the cantaloupe.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, and then if I jammed the cantaloupe on the end of the pencil... Hey everybody look! It's Doreauxgard! How ya doin', Doe?

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mister Strong Bad! Well, I'm fine, past couple days though...

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand with The Cheat.}''

'''BUBS:''' Your total comes out to fifteen tooty-two!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes a The Cheat noise while pushing the pencil shavings onto the counter.}''

'''BUBS:''' What's this malarkey?

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

''{The Cheat points to a sign saying: "We'll Gladly Accept: Cash, Money, or Cash Money." "Pencil shavings" on a scrap of paper has been taped on at the bottom.}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, if it's on the sign... Nice doin' business witchya!

''{The Cheat walks off with his new "Boy's Hobby Kit." Doreauxgard shows up}''

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mr. Bubs. I'm from the collection agency. You missed your last payment. Gonna have to bust your kneecaps if ya don't pay up!

'''BUBS:''' Oh, dag! You found me!

''{Bubs slams down a metal shop gate, revealing "SB wa5 HeRe" graffiti.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Forgot about that one! I mean...

'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Sure is some niiice graffiti!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the top of the "[[Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit|boy's hobby kit]]" box when The Cheat is buying it to see what it says.
<blockquote> hollerin' jimmy's hobby kit 
"We have no idea what's in this box!!" </blockquote>
*Click on the "SB" part of the graffiti to play a StrongBad Lib.
<blockquote>No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey 
because he "''(active verb phrase (i.e. "does some stuff."))''" 
and "''(negative active verb phrase (i.e. "doesn't do some stuff."))''" or 
"''(active verb phrase)''." It probably 
also has to do with the fact that I 
treat him "''(comparison phrase (i.e. "like an idiot"))''" 
instead of a "''(noun)''." 
I also pay him real nice. Which isn't 
very difficult considering the Cheat 
"''(another stupid active verb phrase)''." 
Check it out. </blockquote>
*Click on Doreauxgard's head at the end to see a video of the "Homestar and Doreauxgard Show!"
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show! Brought to you by Hollerin' Jimmy Hobby Kits!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Doreauxgard! We've got our own show!
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Boy, I'll say! I'm gonna be a star!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nope. I'm afraid there's only one job for you on ''this'' show!
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Well, lay it on me!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You have to be...the ''produce''-r! ''{Homestar and the audience laugh.}''
:'''DOREAUXGARD:''' Forget you, Whitey! I'm going solo! ''{Doreauxgard walks off. Soon Homestar stops laughing.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first put up, you could click "Stone Tablet" and "Papyrus" to see fake emails written on said items. These have since been removed.
*In the StrongBad Libs Easter Egg, Strong Bad's [[green tongue]] can be seen, which was introduced in [[Super NES]].
*The floppy disk container was placed behind the flash border, and cannot be read in the toon. Decompiling the Flash file reveals the title to be "[[Floppy Disk Container#maniac mansion|maniac mansion]]".
*The Strong Bad Libs Easter egg uses the unmodified version of [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], so certain characters such as apostrophes will show up as spaces.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad spells [[Pom Pom]] with a hyphen.
*When Strong Bad faces the screen to say "The possibilities are endless" he doesn't actually turn his head; his head snaps from profile to front within one frame.
*"BC" stands for [[Wikipedia:British Columbia|British Columbia]], a province in Canada.

===Goofs===
*When Doreauxgard is in front of the Compy, you can't see or use the contrast buttons.
*When Strong Bad contemplates what to do with his sharp pencil and cantaloupe, you can see another pencil behind Strong Bad's head. The pencil is resting on the keyboard, which is where Strong Bad was holding it earlier in the email.
*When Strong Bad turns back to the computer with the cantaloupe on the pencil, the second pencil is no longer by the computer.
*When Strong Bad turns back to the computer when The Cheat is getting the cantaloupe, the screen is blank, even though he didn't clear it.
*When the camera zooms out, the text in the Compy is a meaningless jumble of two screens:
<blockquote class="compy email">o has to do with the 
onal JD. Wow. I 
d" instead of "a 
thing that 
y ladytypes." I 
. Which isn't 
ring The Cheat 
s are legal</blockquote>
*When Strong Bad is holding the pencil and the cantaloupe, the sharp end of the pencil is pointing up. When it cuts to him drawing on the cantaloupe, the sharp end is pointing down.
*When you click on the Easter egg with Strong Libs, the front page is coming out of the back.
*During the intro for the Easter egg with the puppets, part of the blue square in the top-left corner is briefly visible outside of the toon's box.

===Inside References===
*The hobby kit bought by The Cheat "comes to fifteen-[[Tooty-two]]".
*The Cheat was previously taped to Pom Pom in [[your friends]].
*In the Strong Lib Easter egg, the author of the email is called [[Dan]].
*Strong Bad saying "soivice" is another example of [["Er" pronounced as "Oi"]].

===Real-World References===
*"JD" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Julian day| ''Julian Date'']], an astronomical dating system that counts the total days from January 1, 4713 BC (for example, January 26, 2004 AD is 2453031 JD).
*Strong Bad's remark about "super service" (in a Brooklyn accent) is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] short [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/ViolentCurly.htm ''Violent is the Word for Curly''].
*When Strong Bad sends The Cheat away to get the cantaloupe he makes a reference to a Bugs Bunny quote: "So trusting, so naive."

===Fast Forward===
*Doreauxgard is an actual cantaloupe in the Easter egg, but [[The Brothers Chaps]] later created an actual Doreauxgard puppet with a moving mouth. It has since been seen in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|2003 Pulse interview]], on [[Main Page 25]] and in [[Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]].
*Bubs accepts more pencil shavings in [[secret identity]].
*The Strong Bad Libs version of Strong Bad would later be seen in [[pop-up]], as "Senor Muybueno".

== DVD Version ==
*The Boy's Hobby Kit Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show Easter egg is now fullscreen and in much higher quality video. It also adds a tiny bit of additional footage to the end (though sans any dialogue).
*The Strong Libs Easter egg now has Strong Sad moderating a Strong Lib and Strong Bad reluctantly playing.
===Transcript===
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Awww, don't make me do this thing! They're only funny when you're, like, 4 years old.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' No, we're gonna do it, and it's gonna be great! ''{booklet flips to page two}'' OK, I need an active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Uhm... "brings the noise"

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes "brings the noise" in.}'' ''{voiceover}'' OK, now I need a negative active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Never takes two."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "never takes two."}'' ''{voiceover}'' O-kay... Uh, another active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Uh, let me think about it, "gets busy."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "gets busy."}'' ''{voiceover}'' OK. A comparison phrase. You know, like "like an idiot."

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Like a beard."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "like a beard."}'' ''{voiceover}'' What? Oh, OK, I need a noun.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Throat lozenge."

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "throat lozenge."}'' ''{voiceover}'' All right, and finally, one more active verb phrase.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I can't think of anymore!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "can't think of anymore."}'' OK! Great! Let's see how it turned out! ''{turns page}'' "A Strong Bad Email. No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey because he 'brings the noise' and 'never takes two' or 'gets busy.'" You see, that's... You told me to write that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, irritated}'' I know! Hurry up and finish!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh! "It probably also has to do with the fact that I treat him 'like a beard' instead of a 'throat lozenge.'" You see, that's good, you see, you wouldn't... you'd rather be treated like—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, angry}'' Come on!

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "I also pay him real nice. Which isn't very difficult considering that the Cheat 'can't think of anymore.' Check it out." See, that turned out pretty good! Strong Bad?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, more distant}'' I'm already playing Nintendo in the other room!

===Fun Facts===
*Oddly enough, Strong Sad writes the phrases in Strong Bad's handwriting.
*Strong Bad mentions [[Nintendo]].

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|96}}*[[HR:sbemail96 puppet.swf|view the Flash file for the puppet short]]
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Puppet Stuff]]

The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar

Hatkirby — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:36:15 GMT

Hatkirby: Added filmography categories

{{toonnav|Shorts|puppetmation|On Break|Strong Bad Sings}}

Animated Puppet Homestar has an animated adventure.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Homestar Runner]], [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]], [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Strong Bad]], [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[The Cheat]], [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Marshie]], [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Doreauxgard]], [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Strong Sad]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, September 15, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 3:00

'''Page Title:''' Made with 50% fewer technologies!

==Transcript==

==Fun Facts==

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad mentions everything being "[[Styles Upon Styles|Piles Upon Piles]]"
*Homestar's pile contains [[Eggs|an egg]] and a strip of [[Bacon|bacon]].

===Real World References===
*Strong Bad's "garbldy-garbldy" is mentioned as being the new "Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum" from Jack & the Beanstalk.

==External Links==
*[[HR:puppetmation.html|watch "Animated Aventures of Puppet Homestar"]]
*[[HR:puppetmation.swf|view the Flash file for "Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Puppet Stuff]][[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:Bubs Filmography]][[Category:The Cheat Filmography]][[Category:Marshie Filmography]][[Category:Doreauxgard Filmography]][[Category:Strong Sad Filmography]]