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Inverse Tiger — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:20:00 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

Hi. --Homestar tiger from the HRFWiki 00:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
:Yo! {{User:Inverse_Tiger/sig}}

underlings

Inverse Tiger — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:25:19 GMT

Inverse Tiger: /* Fun Facts */ added connect-the-dots goof

{{sbenav|171}}
[[Image:Coach Z suit sludge underlings.png|thumb|"Your tiny bathing suit demeans us all!"]]
Strong Bad attempts to tell others about embarrassing social mistakes.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Swimming Pool]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 7, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:15

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' My email song! Where would I be without my email song? ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Handling Smelly Underling?</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I am a manager and I have been told I must talk to one 
of my underlings about their stench. As the foremost 
expert in dealing with smelly underlings, I ask you, what is 
the best way to go about this? I wish to do this with 
some tact & professionalism. 
Sincerely, 
PlasticDiverGuy 
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces each word in the greeting separately, with short deliberate pauses between them. He pronounces "Scotia" phonetically as SKO-tee-uh.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, that show Nova is boring, but I'd watch a show called Dartmouth anyday. ''{clears screen}'' Now lemme tell ya PastyDeadGuy, you came to the right man. I've got so many underlings, I've had to deal with every nearly every awkward social situation under the awkward social sun. I'm an expoit! ''{clears screen}'' Firstly, nothing says tact and professionalism like sending a subtle hint with a hilarious novelty t-shirt. So in your situation, you could just start wearing a shirt that has like,

''{Cut to a blank T-shirt}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —some kinda—

''{A scientist holding a test tube appears on the shirt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —science person on it, with a clothespin—

''{A clothespin appears on the scientist's nose.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —on his nose, and underneath it says: "You Reek-A!"

''{"You Reek-A!" appears on the shirt. Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' That way, your smelly underling, or smunderling, can get the message from across the room, and you can safely stay out of stink's reach.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper titled "Da News Papes". He looks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, I think I'd probably watch a TV show called "Stink's Reach", too.

''{He looks back down. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Secondly, nothing says tact and professionalism like slowly revealing a sensitive topic to a friend or loved one—

''{Cut to Strong Sad, drawing on a piece of paper with a pencil.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —with a clever connect-the-dots puzzle.

''{Cut to a closeup of the paper. It's an alligator wearing sunglasses, holding a sign that reads "WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO FLUSH TWICE!". The connect-the-dots portion is only the rectangular outline of the sign. Strong Sad stops drawing.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' What is he trying to say to me with this cryptic message? ''{taps the pencil twice on "cryptic"}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Furthermore, nothing says pact and trofesssionalism like breaking tough news to someone with a reverse sunburn—

''{Cut to the pool, slowly zooming in. A sunburned Strong Mad faces away from the pool, which Coach Z is in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —on your brother's giant, square, billboard-sized back!

''{Strong Mad removes his singlet. His back has "your tiny bathing suit demeans us ALL!" on it. Cut to a closeup.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{slowly}'' Your tiny bathing suit demeans us all.

''{Cut to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, fine then! I'll take it orf!

''{He reaches underwater and pulls out a very small pink g-string. The water turns black around him, accompanied by an odd humming noise. Cut back to behind Strong Mad.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' PUT IT BACK ON! PUT IT BACK ON!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Lastly, nothing says tact and professionalism like a hidden message written in condiments.

''{Cut to a picnic. Homestar Runner is sitting at the table. Strong Bad is wearing an oven mitt and holding a plate with a hot dog with his right hand, and holding a bottle of ketchup in his left. Some ketchup has spilt on the ground. More hot dogs can be seen on a grill behind him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Here ya go, chumpion!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{taking the hot dog; a small piece of cilantro can be seen in his mouth}'' Ooh! Thanks, grillmasta!

''{Cut to the picnic table as Homestar puts the hot dog down. It has "you've had that piece" written on it in ketchup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You've had that piece—

''{The camera pans to another hot dog, with "of cilantro" written on in mustard.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —of cilantro—

''{The camera pans to a hamburger without its upper bun. "stuck between your teeth" is written in ketchup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —stuck between your teeth—

''{The camera pans yet again to a waffle with "since we ate at that mexican restaurant" with an arrow written in syrup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —since we ate at that Mexican restaurant—

''{The camera pans again to three pieces of sushi with "2" "wks" and "ago" written on them in wasabi.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —two weeks ago.

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar, who still has the piece of cilantro in his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Two weeks?!... ''TEETH?!''

''{Cut to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, in a slightly high-pitched voice and in a forced manner}'' In conclusion, these are just some of the many things that nothing says tact and professionalism like. I hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. If elected class president, I can't promise you Coke in the water fountains, but I ''can'' promise a hard-worker that will make a difference. And try to get Mrs. Hardmaster fired.

''{He types "for child abuse." and quickly clears the screen, while shaking his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, speaking normally}'' Whoa! It's like I regressed back to the fifth grade there. And the golden days of the five-paragraph essay. Well, good luck with your smunderling, PranceyDirtGirl. I gotta get started making those 'You Reek-A' t-shirts. Those things are gonna be awesome!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Awkward Social Sun.png|thumb|Now including every awkward social situation!]]
*When Strong Bad types "awkward social sun", click that phrase to see an "Awkward Social Sun" CD.
*When Strong Bad first types "smunderling", click that word to see a description of this creature:
<blockquote>
<big>SMUNDERLING</big>
All Smundy wants to do is be your 
friend. He appears at office 
parties & in enchanted caverns 
at random. Very vulnerable to 
harsh truths and Discs of Healing.
FREQUENCY: Rare 
INTELLIGENCE: Low to middlin' 
ARMOR CLASS: +8
</blockquote>
*At the end, click "awesome" to see a clip of the Stink's Reach show.
:''{In Strong Bad's basement, looking at his TV. Music plays, and pull in slowly on a sign reading "You are now entering Stink's Reach", with stink lines drawn above it.}''
:'''NARRATOR:''' In a town called "Stink's Reach", no one's record is clean.
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' Tuesdays at 8:30
:''{"Tuesdays @ 8:30" appears at the bottom of the screen, then cut through static to a screen reading "We now return to Dartmouth". The O in "Dartmouth" is a stylized mouth, with darts flying out of it.}''
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' We now return to Dartmouth.
:''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad lying on the couch, with the TV going behind him.}''
:'''TV CHARACTER:''' Dartmouth! He's getting away!
:'''DARTMOUTH:''' Stand clear. I know what to do.
:''{Sounds are heard of someone grunting, and a dart flying and hitting a piece of wood}''
:'''VILLAIN:''' Ow! Pointy!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{incomprehensible mumbles}'' Lost... Vikings! ''{more incomprehensible mumbles}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The [[wikipedia:Essay#The_five-paragraph_essay|five paragraph essay]] is comprised of an intro paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Essays of this type are often considered unacceptably short and simple after [[wikipedia:Middle school|middle school]].

===Trivia===
*The newspaper reads:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px" | A sports player signed a contract worth a bunch of money. "Whooey!" said the player's uncle. "I could buy a car with that much cashness."
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px" | Global relations set all types of box office records this weekend. Studio execs were encouraged by the turn -around. So was I.
|}
* This email is the first email since [[looking old]] not to mention [[DNA evidence]].

===Remarks===
*Homestar was shown with teeth in [[theme song]].

===Goofs===
*Strong Sad's connect-the-dots is misnumbered. The line between 9 and 10 would have to go through the alligator's hand, and there would be a gap in the sign between the 1 and 10 dots. The numbers should all be rotated one dot counter-clockwise for it to work right.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the toon was first released, at the end, the "I" at the beginning of "I gotta get started..." was clickable, but did not do anything.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad read [[Periodicals|Da NewsPapes]] while in the bathroom in [[candy product]].
*Strong Bad is holding a [[Quite Fancy 'Chup]] bottle (the label is obscured by his glove).
*Strong Bad refers to the emailer as "[[Prancing|Prancey]]".
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[couch mumbling]].
*The smunderling's intelligence being "low to middlin" likely refers to [[Thy Dungeonman II]], where you could strike the enemies high, low, or middlin.
*The smunderling's fact sheet in general is very similar to [[Jhonka]]'s from [[impression]].
*This is another appearance of [[oven mitts]].

===Real-World References===
*"Stink's Reach" is a parody of the style and theme music of the early '90s television show [[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]].
*[[Wikipedia:NOVA (TV Series)|NOVA]] is a [[Wikipedia:PBS|PBS]] television series about science topics which premiered in 1974 and is still running to this day.
*[[Wikipedia:The Lost Vikings|The Lost Vikings]] is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game which was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1992.
*The information about the smunderling's frequency, intelligence and armor class refers to the way that [[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] monsters are described, like that previously used for the Jhonka.
*The "Awkward Social Sun" CD and particularly the hairstyle on its cover are a reference to [[Wikipedia:Emo (slang)|Emo]] culture.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|171|11379}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

User:Inverse Tiger

Inverse Tiger — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:24:23 GMT

Inverse Tiger: /* Other Wikis */ fix broken links

This superbox needs words...

I'm not used to coming over here too much yet as an editor with a user space and all that.. If you need me for some reason, head on over to the forum! PM the guy with the exact same name as me. It's like a middle-of-the-years resolution for me to try to do more stuff here, though.

===Other Wikis===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Inverse_Tiger Wikipedia User Page]
*[http://jellob.com/backyard/index.php?title=Inverse_Tiger Article on me at the HR Wiki Forum Wiki]

Subtitles:sbemail68/en

Inverse Tiger — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:47:42 GMT

Inverse Tiger: strongsad -> strongbad

{{subtitles|English|caper}}
<pre>
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<transcript xml:lang="en-us" file="sbemail68.swf" width="550" height="400">
<line start="15" end="78" speaker="strongbad">strongbad, underscore, email, dot e-x-e. Enter.</line>
<line start="84" end="129" speaker="strongbad">"Dear Strong Bad, Why don't you and the Cheat pull a caper of some sort."</line>
<line start="130" end="197" speaker="strongbad">"It seems like there has been little cooperation between the two of you as of late. James, Detroit me."</line>
<line start="205" end="271" speaker="strongbad"> Well, you're right. It's no secret that The Cheat and I haven't been getting along very well...</line>
<line start="274" end="298" speaker="strongbad">since he screwed up our last caper.</line>
<line start="306" end="345" speaker="strongbad">I don't care about the crosswords, man, just the jumbles, the jumbles!</line>
<line start="348" end="359" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="360" end="374" speaker="strongbad">I don't know, go look over there.</line>
<line start="375" end="387" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="388" end="419" speaker="strongbad">No, look out! Oh, great, man.</line>
<line start="449" end="459" speaker="homestar" sfx="sfx">yawns</line>
<line start="485" end="538" speaker="homestar">Hey, Strong Sad. Batman. What are you guys doing in my house?</line>
<line start="541" end="569" speaker="strongbad">We've been ID'd! Every man for himself!</line>
<line start="570" end="579" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="587" end="646" speaker="strongbad">Thanks for stopping by, you guys. Thanks for breaking my cow lamp.</line>
<line start="658" end="668" speaker="strongbad">The Cheat, man.</line>
<line start="669" end="689" speaker="sfx">Music begins</line>
<line start="690" end="770" speaker="strongbad">Where did we go wrong? It seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears.</line>
<line start="773" end="793">
<strongsad voiceover="voiceover">That was yesterday!</strongsad>
<strongbad>This one's for you.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="802" end="842" speaker="strongbad">I got mad at The Cheat, uh!</line>
<line start="850" end="905" speaker="strongbad">For screwing up the jumble caper, uh!</line>
<line start="921" end="995" speaker="strongbad">I hope I don't see his name in the paper, in the obituaries</line>
<line start="998" end="1022" speaker="strongbad">Cause that would mean he's dead.</line>
<line start="1026" end="1048" speaker="strongbad">The Cheat is not dead,</line>
<line start="1070" end="1098" speaker="strongbad">I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead.</line>
<line start="1099" end="1120" speaker="strongbad">The Cheat is not dead,</line>
<line start="1121" end="1130" speaker="strongmad">DEAD!</line>
<line start="1131" end="1170" speaker="strongbad">Ohhh, I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead.</line>
<line start="1173" end="1193" speaker="strongbad">The Cheat is not dead,</line>
<line start="1196" end="1205" speaker="strongsad">Dead!</line>
<line start="1217" end="1239" speaker="strongbad">So glad The Cheat is not—</line>
<line start="1240" end="1268" speaker="strongbad">Just the claps! Just the claps...</line>
<line start="1293" end="1316" speaker="strongbad">Strong Sad, I didn't know you had any rhythm.</line>
<line start="1317" end="1338" speaker="strongsad">Oh sure, I've got tons of rhythm.</line>
<line start="1367" end="1390" speaker="strongbad">Keep it rolling for me guys, keep it rolling.</line>
<line start="1442" end="1466" speaker="strongbad">The Cheat, I... I just wanted to say that...</line>
<line start="1467" end="1475" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="1476" end="1501" speaker="strongbad">Oh, I can't stay mad at you!</line>
<line start="1502" end="1512" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="1519" end="1549" speaker="strongbad">Aww, how about a little kick for old times' sake?</line>
<line start="1550" end="1562" speaker="thecheat">The Cheat noises</line>
<line start="1564" end="1697" speaker="strongbad">Nah, I'm just kidding, man. Oh, what, watch me now! Had you there.</line>
<line start="1835" end="1864" speaker="homestar">You guys are so cute.</line>
<line start="1879" end="1939" speaker="homestar">Man, I should probably get dressed or something. What is it, like three in the afternoon?</line>
<line start="1946" end="1969" speaker="homestar">Looking good, Homestar.</line>
<line start="1974" end="2007" speaker="strongbad">Yeah, what's the deal? I didn't know you had to shave.</line>
<line start="2010" end="2034" speaker="strongbad">Oh, I don't. It's cinnamon.</line>
<line start="2120" end="2154" speaker="strongsad">Um... you think we can stop now?</line>
<line start="2156" end="2177" speaker="strongmad">KEEP IT ROLLIN'!</line>
</transcript>
</pre>

Subtitles:answer5/en

Inverse Tiger — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:15:18 GMT

Inverse Tiger: last line break back one frame, a different descriptor for Coach Z's voice

{{cleanup}}
{{subtitles|English|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0}}
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<transcript xml:lang="en-us" file="answer5.swf" width="550" height="400">

<line start="19" end="42" speaker="marzipan" voiceover="voiceover">Hi, this is Marzipan.</line>
<line start="43" end="82" speaker="marzipan" voiceover="voiceover">(singing) Leave me a message, and I'll get right back to you.</line>
<line start="84" end="131" speaker="marzipan" voiceover="voiceover">Hey! Leave me a message, and I'll get right back to you.</line>
<line start="133" end="152" speaker="marzipan" voiceover="voiceover">Hey! Leave me a messa-</line>
<line start="153" end="161" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="168" end="239" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">(slurring) Hey there Marzipan, it's Coach Z... Wheeeee!</line>
<line start="240" end="271"><coachz voiceover="yes">Look at me, I'm Coach Z!</coachz> <bubs volume="0.5" voiceover="yes">Hey, Coach! Tell her I said, "Hey!"</bubs></line>
<line start="272" end="336"><coachz voiceover="yes">Oh, I'm now, I'm a poet, though. I apologize.</coachz><bubs volume="0.5" voiceover="yes">No, no, just—Tell her I said, "Bananas!"</bubs></line>
<line start="337" end="371"><coachz voiceover="yes">I-I-I'm over at Bubs' place.</coachz><bubs volume="0.5" voiceover="yes">Tell her I said, "A bluh-buncha bananas."</bubs></line>
<line start="372" end="427"><coachz voiceover="yes">Uh, we're just hanging out here having a good time, you know.</coachz><bubs volume="0.5" voiceover="yes" sfx="sfx">unintelligible</bubs></line>
<line start="428" end="497"><coachz voiceover="yes">(singing) Good times times 3... makes 1, 2, Coach Z!</coachz><bubs volume="0.5" voiceover="yes">(singing) Good time plus twooooo!</bubs></line>
<line start="498" end="528" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">See I told you I was a poet, now.</line>
<line start="529" end="629" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Uh, so anyways, like I say, we're just hanging out over here, having a great time, and I started thinking about you,</line>
<line start="630" end="731" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">(sniffs and sobs) 'cause I always have such a great time with you, 'cause you're such... you're such a beautiful person, and you're just...</line>
<line start="732" end="810" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">(still sobbing) You're so perfect, and, you know, I couldn't ask for more in a lady.</line>
<line start="811" end="894" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">(sniffs) Oh, geez. I'm sorry. I... (sniffs) I gotta go.</line>
<line start="895" end="902" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="907" end="975" speaker="homsar" voiceover="voiceover">DaAAahhh, hello, Marzypa-yun. It's Homsar!</line>
<line start="976" end="1088" speaker="homsar" voiceover="voiceover">Dahhh, I was just calling to thank you for the flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital.</line>
<line start="1089" end="1179" speaker="homsar" voiceover="voiceover">Daahh, I'm feeling much better now, but I still can't feel my leeegs.</line>
<line start="1180" end="1213" speaker="homsar" voiceover="voiceover">Okay, bye-dee-bye.</line>
<line start="1214" end="1223" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="1226" end="1274" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">(clears throat) Cheerio, there, Mrs. Pan. </line>
<line start="1275" end="1376" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">This is Constable Anybody over here at the Royal Society for Total Dorks.</line>
<line start="1377" end="1439" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">We would like to welcome you to our pres-tee-gee-us society.</line>
<line start="1440" end="1490" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">In fact, we would make you freakin' president!</line>
<line start="1491" end="1588" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">(snickers and clears throat) Yes, so, all you have to do is, uh, go to your window </line>
<line start="1589" end="1625" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">And stick a couple of pencils up your nose, and </line>
<line start="1626" end="1680" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">(snickers) Then you'll be the president!</line>
<line start="1681" end="1742" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">(more snickering) Okay... cheers, 'cause I'm so British!</line>
<line start="1743" end="1752" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="1757" end="1796" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Hey, there, Marzipan, it's Coach Z, uh...</line>
<line start="1797" end="1860" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">So Bubs tells me I gave you a call last night, uh, in the wee hours, there. </line>
<line start="1861" end="1915" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Um, I'm not too sure what I may have said, but I'd like to apologize... </line>
<line start="1916" end="1960" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Make kind of a blanket apology, cover the whole thing there,</line>
<line start="1961" end="2005" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Like one of them blankets you put on a fire, you know, when a,</line>
<line start="2006" end="2079" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">When you're burnin' leaves in the backyard and it gets out of hand and, you know, you gotta throw that blanket over there. </line>
<line start="2080" end="2125" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">That's what this apology is, here. So, uh... </line>
<line start="2126" end="2170" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Hope I didn't offend you or say anything out of turn, there.</line>
<line start="2171" end="2229" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Though I suppose you can't really say nothing out of turn on a machine, right?</line>
<line start="2230" end="2291" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">'Cause, you know, when's your turn on the answering machine, no-not till you call back.</line>
<line start="2292" end="2373" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">Okay, so now I'm just ramblin', but, uh... I am still a poet, and, uh... and don't I know it!</line>
<line start="2374" end="2383" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="2393" end="2446" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Good evening Sir or Madam. My name is Homestar Runner.</line>
<line start="2447" end="2486" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">I represent Distinguished Businessman.</line>
<line start="2487" end="2538" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Are you getting the lowest rates from your long distance provider?</line>
<line start="2539" end="2590" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">I can give you rates as low as anybody. Seriously.</line>
<line start="2591" end="2619" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">I don't know what they are... </line>
<line start="2620" end="2648" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">But I probably could give them to you.</line>
<line start="2649" end="2716" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Um, here's one: BEEP. Haha, no, that was just me pressing the phone.</line>
<line start="2717" end="2763" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Okay, it wasn't even me pressing the phone, it was just me saying "BEEP." </line>
<line start="2764" end="2874" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Uhh, I can provide you with other stuff, too, like this pen on my desk (whacks pen on desk), or, like, these post-its.</line>
<line start="2875" end="2921" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">This is great! Am I getting paid for this, really?</line>
<line start="2922" end="2961" speaker="homestar" voiceover="voiceover">Um... (singing) doodly dee deeby deedly dee...</line>
<line start="2962" end="2971" sfx="yes">beep</line>

<line start="2979" end="3024" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">Oh, hey Marzipan, guess-who-this-is-it's Strong Sad.</line>
<line start="3025" end="3090" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">I was just calling 'cause I figured you wouldn't be home, and I'd never done that thing, you know,</line>
<line start="3091" end="3169" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">Where you call somebody and you're leaving a message on their machine, and then, while you're leaving the message, </line>
<line start="3170" end="3246" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">They pick up the phone and it's like: "Oh, hey! Hi! I was just leaving you a message, and, how're you doing?"</line>
<line start="3247" end="3319" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">And so... see, I never had that happen to me, so I thought I'd just call you and talk... </line>
<line start="3320" end="3380" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">Talk to your machine 'til you got home... so that's what I'm gonna do.</line>
<line start="3381" end="3493" speaker="strongsad" voiceover="voiceover">Hello? Hellooooo? Marzipan? Hello?</line>
</transcript>
</pre>

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Inverse Tiger — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:02:34 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

This superbox needs words...

I'm not used to coming over here too much yet as an editor with a user space and all that.. If you need me for some reason, head on over to the forum! PM the guy with the exact same name as me. It's like a middle-of-the-years resolution for me to try to do more stuff here, though.

===Other Wikis===
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*[http://www.jellob.com/backyard/index.php?title=User:Inverse_Tiger and my user page there]

Zoinks! Magazine Interview

Inverse Tiger — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:31:39 GMT

Inverse Tiger: added censored version (one word, but still)

In October 2006, [[Matt Chapman]] was interviewed by [http://www.digitalstrips.com Jason Sigler] for [http://www.zoinksmagazine.com Zoinks! Magazine].

== Transcript ==
{{uncensored|Zoinks! Magazine Interview (censored)}}
Creator Q&A

''Interview by Jason "The Midnight Cartooner" Sigler''

'''Homestar Runner'''

A Q&A with one half of The Brothers Chaps, Matt Chapman

If you've heard of the Internet, chances are you've heard of the Brothers Chaps. The incredible duo that brought about an entire franchise built around a dimwit named Homestar Runner (Interesting trivia: Once known as "THE Homestar Runner") sat down with me for an intimate chat about the past, present, and future. By sat down, I mean, "replied to my e-mail", and by Brothers, I mean one. Yes, I discussed with Matt Chapman, the voice behind Homestar, Strong Bad, and the whole gang, whether, we would ever see a webcomic from he and brother Mike and just how long they think this great ride might last. Join me as the fun begins!

'''JASON:''' First off, I would be remiss in my duties as an interviewer if I didn't tell you of my teenaged sister's affections for you both. She thinks you both to be, and I'm quoting her, "teh hotness", and can't get enough of everything you do. Do you get this rockstar response everywhere you go or is it limited to teenage girls?

'''MATT:''' Absolutely not. Mike's 4 month old daughter seems to like us both pretty good though. Tell your sister thank you and that she roxxorz our soxxorz.

'''JASON:''' For the last couple of guys out there who haven't heard of the site, give us a brief synopsis of what the site's about and why is has endured in the hearts of the fans, old and young alike.

'''MATT:''' Homestar Runner is a cartoon about a bunch of dumb animal characters. Everyone likes poop jokes.

'''JASON:''' Who writes and who draws/animates? Is it a collaboration on both fronts or is there a clear distinction in your artistic talents?

'''MATT:''' It's pretty much 50/50. Though Mike usually ends up doing more animation because he'll be working while I'm recording all the sounds for a cartoon.

'''JASON:''' How does your creative process work for a typical short cartoon? Do you meet up daily to hash out story ideas and decide what will and won't work? Or does one just call the other when a good idea pops up in the ol' noggin?

'''MATT:''' We have an office/studio space that we go into every day. Early in the week we start tossing around ideas or looking for Strong Bad Emails. We have notebooks and white boards that we write little snippets of stuff down on. Jokes that could fit anywhere, stupid misspellings, bad product names, etc. Sometimes we work better sitting at laptops writing and other times we'll come up with better stuff just playing video games or throwing a frisbie or football around.

'''JASON:''' With the 'toon, "10 Years", Homestar Runner has come full circle, remaking the very first story that saw the birth of the now web-legend (The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest), as well as Strong Bad and many other cast members. Does the quality of one over the other show you how far you've come in terms of ability and talent?

'''MATT:''' I think it shows more that we're always trying to do the best we can with the resources we've got. In 1996, it was pen, paper, and Kinko's. Now we have flash and the web and recording equipment. Hopefully in another 10 years we'll be doing the best we can with our 4-D holo-cameras and bluetooth wireless broadband GPS solar hybrid hi-def pods.

'''JASON:''' Would you say that your Flash skills (if that is indeed how you create the magic) are rudimentary at best or do you think you have the chops to whip up a feature-length Homestar epic someday?

'''MATT:''' I think given that we make a 3-5 minute cartoon pretty much every week the quality is pretty good. I would hope after 6 years we've surpassed rudimentary. Though the thought of animating a feature length anything by ourselves makes me want to throw up.

'''JASON:''' How long does it take to create your basic Strong Bad E-Mail? One of the short toons? Is the writing process a longer one than the visual or is it equal parts for both?

'''MATT:''' Emails and short toons are in the 18-35 hour category for animation and recording. Then there's a few days of writing on top of that. I'm not sure what the breakdown is on writing vs. animating since we tend to do the animation in one long marathon session. The writing we try to let happen more naturally.

'''JASON:''' You're humble creators, who do your work and ask for nothing in return, but has there ever been a moment when you just wanted to throw out your manners and humility and scream, "Look at us! Our creation is emblazoned across your chest! Love us!"?

'''MATT:''' No. It's been really cool the times we've seen our shirts or stickers out in public. We totally dork out and are too nervous to say anything to the people involved.

'''JASON:''' Alright, time for a loaded question! How would you define webcomics?

'''MATT:''' Webcomics: Comics that are distributed on the web and usually look cooler and are funnier than those found in print. I feel like webcomics just need time. Quality and patience. If it's good, and they can wait around, people will find it and dig it.

'''JASON:''' Have you considered doing a webcomic yourselves? The audience is already built up to the point where anything else you two decided to pursue creatively would be a ridiculous success. Is there any one particular reason you haven't dipped your toes into our waters yet?

'''MATT:''' We thought about having Strong Sad make one of those NES sprite comics using the sprites from our Stinkoman game but we haven't done that yet. It's mostly just a time issue. It's definitely something that would be cool to try someday. I hope you're right about that 'anything we decide to do would be a success' stuff.

'''JASON:''' Are there any webcomics you read regularly? If so, what is your favorite?

'''MATT:''' 'Copper' at boltcity.com is really gorgeous. And of course there's Dinosaur Comics (the cover for the book collection is amazing!). Other than that we just read the illustration blog, 'www.Drawn.ca' every day so we end up seeing a lot of what's out there.

'''JASON:''' If one of you decided to quit tomorrow, could the other carry on the Homestar Runner legacy with the same fun and wit or would the strip be forever lost? (i.e. Is this an equal partnership; do you both bring equal amounts of creativity to the table?)

'''MATT:''' Neither of us would want to do it without the other. (awwww) Plus I do almost all the voices.

'''JASON:''' Are there any other projects that you'd like to get to sometime after Homestar Runner runs its course (assuming that's possible)?

'''MATT:''' I went to film school and we have a lot of friends in film so it'd be fun to get back into some of that one day. We have a couple of unfinished screenplays lying around. There's an animated feature and a live action comedy that would be fun to finish writing and see if somebody wanted to make it, or maybe make it ourselves. We also always talk about getting into video games somehow. Like designing for them, not the coding doodoo. We're not cut out for that.

'''JASON:''' When this whole thing started, did you have any idea that Strong Bad, the star of his own weekly "Strong Bad E-Mails", would quickly take center stage and become the star?

'''MATT:''' Once we'd made a couple cartoons and his personality started to evolve, we figured people might like him best. Everybody loves an asshole. But no, we had no idea it would become what it has. It's been really cool.

'''JASON:''' Have you ever been approached about a possible optioning of Homestar for TV or movie possibilities? Do you think the fans would turn on you and brand you "sell-outs" were you to do anything other than Web-based Flash cartoons?

'''MATT:''' We've had some interest from TV and movie type people. We have always politely declined. We try and leave those doors open for future potential non-Homestar projects, though. I do think a large part of our existing fan base would not be psyched if we put Homestar on television. Especially this far into it. I think the quality of our stuff would suffer after being run through some mainstream outlet, that fans would give it a change.

'''JASON:''' What's on tap for the rest of 2006 and beyond? Anything new and/or exciting for Homestar and the gang?

'''MATT:''' We're just finishing up our first 2-part Strong Bad Email. We're also finishing up another dvd compilation of cartoons with bunches of bonus stuff we made for it including a playable Cheat Commandos DVD game a la Dragon's Lair. We also have our first large scale game in the works that involves the main characters. Other than that, just lots more cartoons until we get sick of making 'em!

== External Links ==
*[http://www.zoinksmagazine.com Zoinks! Magazine]

[[Category: Interviews and Public Appearances]]

Zoinks! Magazine Interview (censored)

Inverse Tiger — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:30:27 GMT

Inverse Tiger: sure it was only one word, but a swear's a swear

In October 2006, [[Matt Chapman]] was interviewed by [http://www.digitalstrips.com Jason Sigler] for [http://www.zoinksmagazine.com Zoinks! Magazine].

== Transcript ==
{{censored|Zoinks! Magazine Interview}}
Creator Q&A

''Interview by Jason "The Midnight Cartooner" Sigler''

'''Homestar Runner'''

A Q&A with one half of The Brothers Chaps, Matt Chapman

If you've heard of the Internet, chances are you've heard of the Brothers Chaps. The incredible duo that brought about an entire franchise built around a dimwit named Homestar Runner (Interesting trivia: Once known as "THE Homestar Runner") sat down with me for an intimate chat about the past, present, and future. By sat down, I mean, "replied to my e-mail", and by Brothers, I mean one. Yes, I discussed with Matt Chapman, the voice behind Homestar, Strong Bad, and the whole gang, whether, we would ever see a webcomic from he and brother Mike and just how long they think this great ride might last. Join me as the fun begins!

'''JASON:''' First off, I would be remiss in my duties as an interviewer if I didn't tell you of my teenaged sister's affections for you both. She thinks you both to be, and I'm quoting her, "teh hotness", and can't get enough of everything you do. Do you get this rockstar response everywhere you go or is it limited to teenage girls?

'''MATT:''' Absolutely not. Mike's 4 month old daughter seems to like us both pretty good though. Tell your sister thank you and that she roxxorz our soxxorz.

'''JASON:''' For the last couple of guys out there who haven't heard of the site, give us a brief synopsis of what the site's about and why is has endured in the hearts of the fans, old and young alike.

'''MATT:''' Homestar Runner is a cartoon about a bunch of dumb animal characters. Everyone likes poop jokes.

'''JASON:''' Who writes and who draws/animates? Is it a collaboration on both fronts or is there a clear distinction in your artistic talents?

'''MATT:''' It's pretty much 50/50. Though Mike usually ends up doing more animation because he'll be working while I'm recording all the sounds for a cartoon.

'''JASON:''' How does your creative process work for a typical short cartoon? Do you meet up daily to hash out story ideas and decide what will and won't work? Or does one just call the other when a good idea pops up in the ol' noggin?

'''MATT:''' We have an office/studio space that we go into every day. Early in the week we start tossing around ideas or looking for Strong Bad Emails. We have notebooks and white boards that we write little snippets of stuff down on. Jokes that could fit anywhere, stupid misspellings, bad product names, etc. Sometimes we work better sitting at laptops writing and other times we'll come up with better stuff just playing video games or throwing a frisbie or football around.

'''JASON:''' With the 'toon, "10 Years", Homestar Runner has come full circle, remaking the very first story that saw the birth of the now web-legend (The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest), as well as Strong Bad and many other cast members. Does the quality of one over the other show you how far you've come in terms of ability and talent?

'''MATT:''' I think it shows more that we're always trying to do the best we can with the resources we've got. In 1996, it was pen, paper, and Kinko's. Now we have flash and the web and recording equipment. Hopefully in another 10 years we'll be doing the best we can with our 4-D holo-cameras and bluetooth wireless broadband GPS solar hybrid hi-def pods.

'''JASON:''' Would you say that your Flash skills (if that is indeed how you create the magic) are rudimentary at best or do you think you have the chops to whip up a feature-length Homestar epic someday?

'''MATT:''' I think given that we make a 3-5 minute cartoon pretty much every week the quality is pretty good. I would hope after 6 years we've surpassed rudimentary. Though the thought of animating a feature length anything by ourselves makes me want to throw up.

'''JASON:''' How long does it take to create your basic Strong Bad E-Mail? One of the short toons? Is the writing process a longer one than the visual or is it equal parts for both?

'''MATT:''' Emails and short toons are in the 18-35 hour category for animation and recording. Then there's a few days of writing on top of that. I'm not sure what the breakdown is on writing vs. animating since we tend to do the animation in one long marathon session. The writing we try to let happen more naturally.

'''JASON:''' You're humble creators, who do your work and ask for nothing in return, but has there ever been a moment when you just wanted to throw out your manners and humility and scream, "Look at us! Our creation is emblazoned across your chest! Love us!"?

'''MATT:''' No. It's been really cool the times we've seen our shirts or stickers out in public. We totally dork out and are too nervous to say anything to the people involved.

'''JASON:''' Alright, time for a loaded question! How would you define webcomics?

'''MATT:''' Webcomics: Comics that are distributed on the web and usually look cooler and are funnier than those found in print. I feel like webcomics just need time. Quality and patience. If it's good, and they can wait around, people will find it and dig it.

'''JASON:''' Have you considered doing a webcomic yourselves? The audience is already built up to the point where anything else you two decided to pursue creatively would be a ridiculous success. Is there any one particular reason you haven't dipped your toes into our waters yet?

'''MATT:''' We thought about having Strong Sad make one of those NES sprite comics using the sprites from our Stinkoman game but we haven't done that yet. It's mostly just a time issue. It's definitely something that would be cool to try someday. I hope you're right about that 'anything we decide to do would be a success' stuff.

'''JASON:''' Are there any webcomics you read regularly? If so, what is your favorite?

'''MATT:''' 'Copper' at boltcity.com is really gorgeous. And of course there's Dinosaur Comics (the cover for the book collection is amazing!). Other than that we just read the illustration blog, 'www.Drawn.ca' every day so we end up seeing a lot of what's out there.

'''JASON:''' If one of you decided to quit tomorrow, could the other carry on the Homestar Runner legacy with the same fun and wit or would the strip be forever lost? (i.e. Is this an equal partnership; do you both bring equal amounts of creativity to the table?)

'''MATT:''' Neither of us would want to do it without the other. (awwww) Plus I do almost all the voices.

'''JASON:''' Are there any other projects that you'd like to get to sometime after Homestar Runner runs its course (assuming that's possible)?

'''MATT:''' I went to film school and we have a lot of friends in film so it'd be fun to get back into some of that one day. We have a couple of unfinished screenplays lying around. There's an animated feature and a live action comedy that would be fun to finish writing and see if somebody wanted to make it, or maybe make it ourselves. We also always talk about getting into video games somehow. Like designing for them, not the coding doodoo. We're not cut out for that.

'''JASON:''' When this whole thing started, did you have any idea that Strong Bad, the star of his own weekly "Strong Bad E-Mails", would quickly take center stage and become the star?

'''MATT:''' Once we'd made a couple cartoons and his personality started to evolve, we figured people might like him best. Everybody loves an *******. But no, we had no idea it would become what it has. It's been really cool.

'''JASON:''' Have you ever been approached about a possible optioning of Homestar for TV or movie possibilities? Do you think the fans would turn on you and brand you "sell-outs" were you to do anything other than Web-based Flash cartoons?

'''MATT:''' We've had some interest from TV and movie type people. We have always politely declined. We try and leave those doors open for future potential non-Homestar projects, though. I do think a large part of our existing fan base would not be psyched if we put Homestar on television. Especially this far into it. I think the quality of our stuff would suffer after being run through some mainstream outlet, that fans would give it a change.

'''JASON:''' What's on tap for the rest of 2006 and beyond? Anything new and/or exciting for Homestar and the gang?

'''MATT:''' We're just finishing up our first 2-part Strong Bad Email. We're also finishing up another dvd compilation of cartoons with bunches of bonus stuff we made for it including a playable Cheat Commandos DVD game a la Dragon's Lair. We also have our first large scale game in the works that involves the main characters. Other than that, just lots more cartoons until we get sick of making 'em!

== External Links ==
*[http://www.zoinksmagazine.com Zoinks! Magazine]

[[Category: Interviews and Public Appearances]]

User:Inverse Tiger

Inverse Tiger — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:20:09 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

This superbox needs words...

I'm not used to coming over here too much yet as an editor with a user space and all that.. If you need me for some reason, head on over to the forum! PM the guy with the exact same name as me.

I'm a total wiki-n00b--for example, I was just using my user page as a sandbox, forgetting that changes here show up in recent changes. Bah. Anyway, I've done a few minor edits. I'm gonna try to help out over here more often, if that's at all possible.

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Inverse Tiger:

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Inverse Tiger — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:13:38 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

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Inverse Tiger:

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cliffhangers

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:42:30 GMT

Inverse Tiger: /* Real-World References */ big lebowski ref

{{sbenav|158|trading cards|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:sbemail158.png|thumb|"Prepare to be resolved!"]]
Strong Bad resolves three cliffhangers, and is confronted with "sweet lady irony."

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}/[[The Thnikkaman]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Cliffs|A Cliff]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], Inside [[The Proud Anselmo]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Office]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' September 18, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:21

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oooh, it's a e-email, money, money, money. Oooh-ooh. Shut up. ''{brings up email}''
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: cliffhangers</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Resolve all the cliffhangers please. 
 
Thanks, 
Jake
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Jake" as "Little Jakey please and thanks".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Hmmmmm. The clifhangers, eh? I never really thought to call them that, but I guess it ''is'' what they are. Yeah. Why not? ''{gets up, accompanied by the geddup noise}''

''{Cut to a face of a cliff. Homsar and the King of Town are both hanging from seperate ropes, which are attatched to the top of the cliff.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' This dinner party is top dollar!

''{Strong Bad is seen walking up to the edge of the cliff. Zoom in on him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Alright, cliffhangers. Prepare to be resolved!

''{Strong Bad takes out a knife and slices both the ropes, causing the King of Town and Homsar to fall to the bottom, which is not seen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and I brought you some snacks.

''{Strong Bad tosses some paper bags labeled "Hom" and "Kot" down the cliff.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' ''{Echoey}'' You're a good friend, Strong Bad!

''{Strong Bad leaves. Cut back to Strong Bad's computer room. Strong Bad sits back down, and the screen has already been cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Alright, alright. I know what you really mean, Jakesy. So, you say you want a resolution, huh?

''{Static away to the words "Cliffhanger #1" on a dark grey screen. Then, cut to the Locker Room. The Thnikkaman is crammed into a locker, bound with ropes. Coach Z is facing him.}''

'''COACH Z:''' And now, Thnikkaman, at long last, the world will discover your secret, sorcret identity!

''{Cut to a closeup of Coach Z's face.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Therefore, rendering you useless as a Thnikkaman!

''{Cut back to the original view of the locker room.}''

'''THNIKKAMAN:''' I'll render you ''toothless''!

'''COACH Z:''' Now, give me them cool shades!

''{Coach Z swipes at the Thnikkaman's "cool shades". Just as he's about to take them off, freeze the frame. Coach Z's arm is blurred. Zoom in, and play the "dun, dun, duuun" sound effect. The screen fades, and "Resolution" appears over the top in yellow text. This goes away, and we return to the scene – Coach Z misses the glasses and falls on his face.}''

'''THNIKKAMAN:''' Yeah, shut up, Coach.

''{The Thnikkaman jumps out of the locker on top of Coach Z, and walks off the left of screen. The usual singers chime in, the words flying across the screen.}''

'''SINGERS:''' You missed unmasking the Thnikkaman!!! Because you have really bad hand-eye coordination!!!

'''COACH Z:''' Enough already, I get it! My secret sorcret has been revereled.

''{The words "Cliffhanger #2" appear. Cut to Strong Bad in his Space Captainface outfit inside a cardboard spaceship, talking on a cardboard cell phone, with a little paper umbrella as an antenna.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah I know, Lita Ford... but I'm in orbit, baby! Look, I'll call you back when I'm not—

''{Cut to The Cheat, dressed as Strap, who plays an alarm sound on a CD player, and turns a lamp with a red bulb on and off.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strap! Collision alarm! Bring it up on screen.

''{Strong Mad takes away the piece of cardboard representing the screen, revealing a circular silhouette hanging from a piece of string, and holds up a sign reading "Malmsteen's Comet".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We're on a collision course with Malmsteen's Comet! Full power to the forward humbuckers!

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

''{The Cheat points to a screen drawn on the cardboard that reads "The forward humbuckers have never worked!".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Humbuckers are offline? Then strap in, Strap, and prepare for ramming speed! If this is the end, then we can at least make it awesome for the people in...

''{Strong Bad looks out a side window labelled "the view" at a desktop globe of the Earth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Greenland.

''{The Cheat plays a rockets firing sound on the CD player, and the ship starts shaking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooohhhh... Shooooooo....

''{Everything freezes, and the same "dun, dun, duuun" sound effect plays.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Will Cap and Strap make it out of this one?

''{Cut to the silhouetted comet, with a question mark overlaid, Strong Mad holds up a sign reading "Tune in next time...".}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Tune in next—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nope, none of that, just get to resolving.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Okay!

''{Up comes the "Resolution" screen, then cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat holding on to each other as the ship shakes around them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is it, Strap!

''{The shaking stops, the rocket sound dies away, and the "comet" comes out of the silhouette, revealing it to actally be a mouldy cantaloupe, with the label "grodalated cantaloupe.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute... that's no comet! We've wandered into the Forgotten Produce belt of Tablature 5!

''{The cantaloupe is joined by a bunch of overripe bananas and an overripe avocado.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's guacamole and banana bread time, Strap!

''{Some upbeat music plays, and Strong Bad and The Cheat dance to it. "Cliffhanger #3". Strong Sad and Homestar are standing around a table.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Look, you can tell me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can't!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Come on, what is it?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm... pregnant!

''{Slow zoom in on Homestar, "dun, dun, duuun". Up comes the "Resolution" screen.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... no, you're Homstar. Runner. ''The male''.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oohhhh, phew. Thought I was a pregnant woman for a second there.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yeah, uh, I think I'd like my money back now.

''{Cut through static to Strong Bad walking back to the computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And there you go, Jakenstien. All the cliffhangers have been re— Aah!

''{The Lappy isn't on the desk, it has been replaced by a ransom note, which reads "i got your Lappy", and has a blood-splattered comma key from the keyboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' My computer's been Lappy-napped! And they cut off her little toe! Oh, sweet lady irony! Why do you mock me?

''{"Dun, dun, duuun". The Paper comes down, reading "Tune in next time for the cliff hanging conclusion!!}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on Jake to see a book called "Little Jakey Pleasenthanks" by Dr. Sportsinterviews.
*Click on the power plug to see a scene with Coach Z and Bubs at the concession stand:
:'''COACH Z:''' Nah, I bet if you take away them cool shades and rip that "TH" off this chest, underneath, you'd find a thin green man with a big ol' "Z" hanging from his—
:'''BUBS:''' Coach, are you accusing yourself of being the Thnikkaman?
:'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, I, uh— no! Er, uh, rumble-dumble sports team?!
*Click on the ransom note at the end to see an extra scene in the office with Homestar and Strong Bad.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, you know who I think done it? Homestar Runner, think about it, think about it. He's got the history, he's got the motive...
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, are you admitting that you stole my computer?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What? No! I was just making watercooler conversation, trying to sound up with the times, uh, um, sports team?

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*[[Wikipedia:Humbucker|Humbucker]] is a type of guitar pick-up that uses two coils.
*Whammy is another term for [[Wikipedia:Tremolo Arm|Tremolo arm]], a device used to stretch a guitar's strings in order to change the pitch.
*[[Wikipedia:Tablature|Tablature]] is a specialized type of sheet music for stringed instruments, such as guitar.

=== Inside References ===
*Strong Bad first appeared as Space Captainface in [[space program]].
*When The Thnikkaman waddles away, he makes Homsar's [[Sound Effects|walking noise]].
*The sticker on the cantaloupe says "grodalated", a word that first appeared in [[bedtime story]].
*This email marks another spoken reference to "Cool Shades."
*Strong Bad wields a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] in this email.

=== Real-World References ===
* "So you say you want a resolution, eh?" is a reference to the Beatles song "Revolution", specifically its hook "You say you want a revolution."
* The Malmsteen comet is a reference to Swedish guitar player [[Wikipedia:Yngwie Malmsteen|Yngwie Malmsteen]].
* The floppy disk reads [[Wikipedia:Cakewalk_%28disambiguation%29|Cake Walk]]. Cake Walk is a game for the Atari 2600 involving cakes on a conveyor belt.
*The bloody comma key on the ransom note that Strong Bad calls a "little toe" refers to the movie [[Wikipedia:The Big Lebowski|The Big Lebowski]], in which a ransom note appears for a disappeared woman along with a severed little toe.

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How does this need cleaning? It looks like all the other subtitle pages. [[User:Inverse Tiger|Inverse Tiger]] 03:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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Inverse Tiger: spelling

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<transcript xml:lang="en-us" file="sbemail58.swf" width="550" height="400">
<line start="17" end="73" speaker="strongbad">Here I go once again with the email. Every week I hope that it's from a female.</line>
<line start="78" end="107" speaker="strongbad">Oh man! It's not from a female.</line>
<line start="177" end="189" speaker="strongbad">Hmm, ok.</line>
<line start="343" end="382" speaker="strongbad">To begin, draw an 'S', for snake.</line>
<line start="388" end="417" speaker="strongbad">...or...dragon. Whatever.</line>
<line start="422" end="453" speaker="strongbad">Next, we'll draw a more different S.</line>
<line start="462" end="505" speaker="strongbad">For the head, put a top mark on a long V.</line>
<line start="521" end="588" speaker="strongbad">Then you add some legs, draw on a couple of arms, and...</line>
<line start="589" end="642" speaker="strongbad">Woah... wait a minute. I think I need to start over.</line>
<line start="650" end="678" speaker="strongbad">This thing doesn't look... natural.</line>
<line start="694" end="739" speaker="strongbad">Okay, starting again, the same way. S, more different S.</line>
<line start="745" end="770" speaker="strongbad">Close it up real good at the top for his head,</line>
<line start="775" end="846" speaker="strongbad">and then, using consummate V's, give him teeth, spinities, and angry eyebrows.</line>
<line start="857" end="932" speaker="strongbad">Then, you can add smoke or fire, or maybe some wings, if he's a...wing-a-ling dragon.</line>
<line start="938" end="971" speaker="strongbad">Let's put one of those beefy arms back on him for good measure.</line>

<line start="981" end="1030" speaker="strongbad">That looks really good. Comin' out of the back of his neck, there.</line>
<line start="1035" end="1049" speaker="strongbad">Now he needs a name.</line>
<line start="1058" end="1076" speaker="strongbad">How about...</line>
<line start="1077" end="1123" speaker="strongbad">"Trogdor the Burninator"!</line>
<line start="1132" end="1171" speaker="strongbad">Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty.</line>
<line start="1270" end="1299" speaker="strongbad">All right! Whatta you got for me, Coach Z?</line>
<line start="1303" end="1335" speaker="coachz">Take a look there! I think she's lookin' pretty good!</line>
<line start="1347" end="1390" speaker="strongbad">I said consummate V's! Consummate! Geez.</line>
<line start="1400" end="1432" speaker="strongbad">Guy wouldn't know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face.</line>
<line start="1436" end="1447" speaker="coachz" voiceover="voiceover">That happened once!</line>
<line start="1448" end="1484" speaker="strongbad">Strong Mad. You just, keep doing your thing, man.</line>
<line start="1517" end="1529" speaker="strongbad">Get outta my house!</line>
<line start="1535" end="1575" speaker="homsar">I do what I'm told...</line>
<line start="1581" end="1607" speaker="strongbad">Oh crap! I didn't know you were doing one.</line>
<line start="1611" end="1654" speaker="strongsad">Oh, sure. I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too.</line>
<line start="1655" end="1695" speaker="strongsad">I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and...</line>
<line start="1696" end="1711" speaker="strongbad">I'll improve on your methods!</line>

<line start="1712" end="1719" speaker="strongsad">What?</line>
<line start="1738" end="1757" speaker="strongsad">That's not an improvement!</line>
<line start="1758" end="1791" speaker="strongbad">Bwahahaha! Trogdor strikes again!</line>
<line start="1801" end="1885" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">TROGDOR!!! TROGDOR!!!</line>
<line start="1889" end="1914" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Trogdor was a man!</line>
<line start="1930" end="1937" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">I mean...</line>
<line start="1942" end="1972" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">He was a dragon-man!</line>
<line start="1983" end="2031" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Uh, maybe he was just a dragon.</line>
<line start="2043" end="2052" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Um...</line>
<line start="2066" end="2164" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">But he was still TROGDOR!!! TROGDOR!!!</line>
<line start="2170" end="2205" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Burninating the countryside!</line>
<line start="2212" end="2249" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Burninating the peasants!</line>
<line start="2255" end="2287" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">Burninating all the people,</line>
<line start="2293" end="2402" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">in their thatched roof COTTAGES!!! THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!!!</line>
<line start="2410" end="2461" speaker="strongbad" voiceover="voiceover">And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIGHT!!!</line>
</transcript>
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Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:33:16 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

This superbox needs words...

If you need me for some reason, head on over to the forum! PM the guy with the exact same name as me.

Strongest Man in the World

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:30:23 GMT

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{{toonnav|Big Toon|10years|Weclome Back|The King of Town DVD}}

[[Image:Strongest Man Contest Judges.png|thumb|"Really quite an impressive bowl!"]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] celebrate [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner's]] 10th anniversary by retelling the [[Original Book|original story]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Grape Fairie}}, [[The Fat Bee]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Gymnasium]]

'''Date:''' August 21, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

==Transcript==
''{The cover page of the Original Book appears. The book opens and the first page of appears.}''

''{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form. The book pans away to The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!

''{Pom Pom enters and pulls out a flier}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A strongest man in the world contest? ''{pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner}'' Sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

''{Pan to the gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights. The training music from [[montage]] is playing in the background.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extra-size, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that exercise! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

''{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other.}''

'''SINGER:''' Showdown!

''{Fade out. Cut back to the Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

''{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{not annoyed}'' Wait—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are not very strong!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry, loud bubble noises}''

''{Strong Bad reacts in surprise.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. ''{exits with The Cheat}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph! I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

''{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover over microphone}'' Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot be ready for the ''{pan down to show The Announcer}'' Strongest Man In The World Contest!

''{He flips the microphone from one hand to the other.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants!

''{Cut to a silhouette of Mr. Bland with disco lights in the background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Hailing from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mundane, it's ''{spotlight turns on}'' Mr. Bland!

''{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And next, our returning champion, the walking—

''{Cut to a smiliar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette.}''

'''THE ANNOUCER:''' —metal robot... The Robot!

''{A spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves. A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while Mr. Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And from foreign lands, a foreign man,—

''{Cut back to the disco scene, now with Señor in silhouette.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' —Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

''{A brown background of beans pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And...

''{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, who's respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly}'' Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar.

''{Homestar looks surprised. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

''{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{in a mobster accent}'' All right, you slow brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes.

''{A pile of grapes takes the place of the floating scroll.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Then I adds one at a time.

''{A grape appears above the pile.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' The bum what holds the most grapes—

''{A golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' —wins this golbol.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen; sounds impressed}'' Dang, Pom Pom, you see that goldbol? ''{zooms in on "golbol"}'' That's a nice golbol.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's get this over with!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ollzy oop. ''{zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' ''{monotonously}'' Okay.... This is going really well.

''{The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' Oh.

''{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Down goes Bland!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ka-bu op! ''{pings a single grape over each contestant}''

''{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' Oh, no, boy. I havin' a little trouble!

''{The pile falls on Señor with a "Sblounskched!" He sticks his arm out of the grapes}''

'''SEÑOR:''' I still alive!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{affirmative The Cheat noises, salutes}''

''{The Cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "Aw"s among the crowd are heard.}''

''{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around}'' Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

''{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer, who are admiring the bowl and not paying attention to the contest.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Honest to God, Mookie Wilson gave me the golbol in my hands in 1974.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Really quite an impressive bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off screen}'' Hellooo?

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Oh. Right.

''{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{poofs another grape on top of everyone}'' Crazy eights!

''{Strong Bad begins to lose his grip on the grapes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat? Big help here! Big help!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay.... Even it out there on the south side.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jump her up.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously. At first it was cute, but this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! ''{drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' Could I just borrow this a second? ''{grabs The Cheat}''

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

''{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackey-sack, then does a slow-motion flip and kicks The Cheat straight backwards over his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{melodramatically}'' Oh-nooo! ''{gets squished by his pile of grapes}''

''{The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}''

''{Cut to Pom Pom}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom wins!

''{Pom Pom winks; a record scratch sounds, cut to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh.... These grapes are succulently crushing my windpipe.... Ooh, but they're seedless! ''{The pile of grapes begins to collapse as Strong Bad eats it}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the trophy.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises, pulls the trophy back a bit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everbody! Now gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

''{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of the Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left.}''

== Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on the [[Contests|Contest]] sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph, on which is written:
<blockquote>homestar, 
dare to dream! believe in yourself 
and you can achieve anything!! 
your pal 
Stong Ba... 
wait a sec, 
2nd try: 
homestar, 
you're 
a butt. 
''Strong Bad''</blockquote>

*Clicking the [[Trophies|trophy]] at the end shows a shot of it (captioned "GOLBOL") in the same style as the ones shown when Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot are introduced.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*The [[Main Page Messages|main page message]] for this toon read "10 years!".
*This toon is the first time Mr. Bland and Señor are given a voice.
*Despite its attempt, this toon's page title is not the longest one of the website. [[Shopping for Danger]]'s page title "Blue Las-alert, Kids! Cheat Commandos will be right back after these messages!" surpasses it by four symbols.

===Remarks===
*When The Grape Fairy's mouth disappears when he isn't talking, his five-o'clock shadow disappears with it.
*When Homestar holds up the grapes, they float as if he's controlling them with his mind rather than with [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible arms]].
*Señor may also defy physics. He holds the pile on one side with the other half of the pile mysteriously floating in mid-air. This was also true in the original book.

===Inside References===
*When Señor gets squished, the onomatopoeia used is "[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]".
*The song during the training scene is "Showdown" from [[montage]], except with vocals by someone who sounds like [[Larry Palaroncini]].
*The outfit Homestar wears during the training scene originally appeared in [[lady fan]].
*The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad gives to his "main man" Van Mundegaarde in [[2 years]].
*Homestar is shown [[Kicking The Cheat]], albiet in a more elaborate fashion than in the original book.
*Señor's line "I still alive!" may be a reference to [[Strumstar Hammer]], in which this scene is captioned with the line "this blue guy died."

===Real-World References===
*The logo in the background of the Easter egg is that of the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]], the team of which [[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]] is best known as a member.
*The statement in Strong Bad's autograph "believe in yourself and you can achieve anything" is from [[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]].
*"Unplugged" refers to the MTV [[Wikipedia: MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series.

==External Links==
*[[HR:10years.html|watch "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[HR:strongestmanredux.swf|view the Flash file for "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[Forum:9577|forum thread re: "Strongest Man in the World"]]

Talk:Strongest Man in the World

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:25:53 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

== 10 years! ==

Nice toon. I added this to the filmography of mr. bland and señor's charecter pages. I'm glad they re-did the old book. and there is another thing that I saw, when señor gets crushed, it says "sbloncheked" or what ever sb's candy bar was.
[[User:Cessna Man!|Cessna Man!]] 23:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
:I really liked this toon. It really captures the series' appeal. Who's doing the transcript for this, by the way? I hope they get done soon. We should put up pictures of Senor, Mr. Bland, etc.'s new forms on their pages. And also, Senor's voice doesn't sound like Matt's; think it could've been done by someone else?-[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Brightstar Shiner]] 00:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:I'm almost certain that Mr. Bland was voiced by Mike. Anyone know for sure? --[[User:Bigscarymike|BigScaryMike]] 01:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Not on main page? ==

Does anyone else not see this on the Main Pages? Should this be included as a Fun Fact of some kind?
:I see it there. Maybe clear your cache? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Introduction ==

The intro says that Homestar enters the contest yet again. This seems a little misleading, as the toon is a modernization, not a sequel, as the intro could imply.

== Everybody Loves The Homestar Runner ==

doesnt he say "Everybody loves THE me" not "loves a'me"? that would make more sense to me. --([[User:Superplough|superplough]] not logged in) [[User:132.181.7.1|132.181.7.1]] 02:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:He does say "the me." You can go ahead and change that. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 02:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Mega Man Introductions? ==

I think that Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot's introductions may be references to games from the [[Wikipedia:Mega_Man_(series)|Mega Man series]], in which the bosses are introduced with a snazzy background, a pose, and a sound effect before you begin their levels. Or, is this a more general reference? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 02:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

:The opening to The New Leave it to Beaver Show introduced the cast in a similar fashion if I remember correctly. Can't find any substantiating images though. Does it have to be a reference? Maybe it's just a visually interesting way to introduce characters. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]] 02:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Slo-Mo Action ==

Currently, the article page says that Homestar's slo-mo kicking of The Cheat is a reference to Super Mario Strikers. I think that it's actually a reference to The Matrix.

Hmmm... I dont think its necessarily a Matrix reference...its just in slow motion. the camera doesnt rotate around Homestar like the famous "bullet time" effect usually does. To me it just looks like a bicycle kick.
- [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 02:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, you're probably right. But I don't think TBC would make a reference to Super Mario Strikers. {{User:The_Spainish_Inquisition/sig}} 03:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

TBC have mentioned in an Interview (can't remember which one) that they are fans of Nintendo games, it is possible that they would reference Super Mario Striker, In SMS if a player passes the ball to a teammate in front of the Goal and the recieving teammate holds down the shoot button, the game will go into slow motion and the reciving teammate will do one of many different styles of Kicks,The most popular one Being the exact same move that Homestar did on Teh C. Also regarding the fact that it may be actually a reference to The Matrix, I recall no such move being used in any of the Matrix movies,{{User:Dctcool}}

It actually reminded me most of Shaolin Soccer... but that could be because I just watched it today.

==I still alive?==
I think Senor says "I see the light!" Instead of "I still alive"! I see the light is much funnier. The Chaps would go for I See The Light!-Me
: I hear "I still alive," funny or not. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:I originally thought it was "i see the light", but i think "I still alive" makes more sense with the way he waves his hand up through the grapes. And his bad grammar does fit with hes dialect. -[[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 02:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
: I was just about to add a discussion on this line. I hear, "I ''feel'' alive!" His accent is a little hard to decipher, so I don't see this ending well. Prepare for weeks of arguing...--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 02:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
::FWIW, the first time I heard it I heard "I steel alive!" and it was hilarious. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:03, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:::I heard "I steel alive" [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 03:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[[Media:Alive.ogg|The first quote in question]]--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 03:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
::::I heard "I see de light!" {{User:The_Spainish_Inquisition/sig}} 03:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:::::It is clearly "I steel alive" {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
After watching it a few timew I thought that it was I see de light [[User:Smallowman|Smallowman]] 04:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== All right, you crap-for-brains ==

What is it that the Grape Fairie is saying in his first line. I can't tell what it is, but it doesn't sound anything like "stupid" to me. Thoughts? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:My first guess is "sorry brains", but I'm not sure enough to change the transcript.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 02:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
::Perhaps "slowest brains"? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

:: ive just listeend to it a bunch of times and im pretty sure its just one syllable. kinda sounds like "All right you slows brains". Im not really hearing the 2 sylables of slowest and not the "ee" sound of sorry. But yea definatly not "stupid brains" -[[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 03:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[[Media:Listenup.ogg|The second quote in question]]--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 03:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
::sounds like: " i'm ready, so you'se brains listen up smart " possibly calling them brains in conjunction with listen up smart. {{User:Csours/sig}} 03:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Unplugged? ==

The first fun fact credits the show MTV Unplugged with the creation of the term unplugged. I think (and am researching) that the term predates the show. [[User:Mila|Mila]] 03:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

:"Unplugged" dates back to the beginnings of elictricity. But as a description of music played without extra amplification, MTV gets the credit. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 04:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

The unplugged fact is credited both to MTV and Eric Clapton in different sections, which is kind of contradicting itself. One or the other should be taken out.

== Reference ==

I recently removed these RWRs from the page:

*Homestar's slow-motion move (a Pele kick) seems similar to a "Slo-mo Cross Shot" from [[Wikipedia:Super_Mario_Strikers|Super Mario Strikers]].
**It could also be a reference to the "Bullet Time" sequences in [[Wikipedia:The_Matrix|The Matrix]].
***Another possibility is they modeled it after the Sphere Shot in [[Wikipedia:Final Fantasy X|Final Fantasy X]].

This seems to me to be the very definition of TTATOT. I'd be glad to entertain discussion to help settle what Homestar's move ''actually'' refers to; however, I kind of suspect it's actually just a generic fighting move and not a reference at all. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

:Heh, I agree. But now that you mention the Sphere Shot...--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 04:12, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== ==hacky sack vs footbag== ==

in the transcript, it says that homestar kicks the cheat around like a hacky sack. this is a brand name. footbag is the generic term.{{User:Csours/sig}} 03:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
: I never play with hackysacks or footbags, but I don't know anyone who would know what you mean if you say footbag [[User:Inverse Tiger|Inverse Tiger]] 04:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Page Title ==

Is "The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!" actually the longest page title on the website? [[User:!!|!!]]

: [[User talk:William | Shall we find out?]] [[User:William|William]] 04:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

== Wretched Simmons Outfit ==

Homestar's spandex workout uniform is from the Lady Fan E-mail.
:Yep, that's already mentioned there. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Enough with the golbol! ==

Alright already! I see that it's captioned as GOLBOL in the Easter egg. I can accept that many, if not all, characters pronounce it "golbol". But, for the love of all that is humane, can we PLEASE use "gold bowl" or "trophy" when we are describing it? Please, oh please. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 04:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
:Since you asked so nicely... --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Strongest Man in the World Poster ==

If I am not mistaken, it features the "Big Beefy Arm" from Trogdor fame.

== LotR reference? ==

It's a stretch, but I thought I'd bring it up here. When Pom Pom has the trophy at the end, Homestar says he should give it to him for his birthday, which of course was today. This is like when Gollum's friend got the Ring and Gollum demanded it for his birthday, which was that day. Of course Homestar didn't kill Pom Pom... but could they be related? I don't feel sure enough about it to add it without some agreement [[User:Inverse Tiger|Inverse Tiger]] 04:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Strongest Man in the World

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:17:19 GMT

Inverse Tiger: /* Remarks */ missed a period

{{toonnav|Big Toon|10years|Weclome Back|The King of Town DVD}}

[[Image:Strongest Man Contest Judges.png|thumb|"Really quite an impressive bowl!"]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] celebrate [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner's]] 10th anniversary by retelling the [[Original Book|original story]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Grape Fairie}}, [[The Fat Bee]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Gymnasium]]

'''Date:''' August 21, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

==Transcript==
''{The cover page of the Original Book appears. The book opens and the first page of appears.}''

''{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form. The book pans away to The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!

''{Pom Pom enters and pulls out a flier}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A strongest man in the world contest? ''{pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner}'' Sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

''{Pan to the Gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extra-size, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that exercise! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

''{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other. Fade out.}''

''{Back to The Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

''{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{not annoyed}'' Wait—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are not very strong!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry, loud bubble noises}''

''{Strong Bad reacts in surprise.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. ''{He and The Cheat exit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph! I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

''{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover over microphone}'' Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot be ready for the ''{tilt down to show The Announcer}'' Strongest Man In The World Contest! ''{flips microphone from one hand to the other}'' Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants! ''{cut to a silhouette of Mr. Bland with disco lights in the background}'' Hailing from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mundane, it's ''{spotlight turns on}'' Mr. Bland.

''{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And next, our returning champion, the walking ''{cut to a smiliar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette}'' metal robot... The Robot! ''{a spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves}''

''{A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while Mr. Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And from foreign lands, a foreign man, ''{cut to the disco scene with Señor in silhouette}'' Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

''{A brown background of beans pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And...

''{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, who's respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly}'' Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar. ''{Homestar looks surprised}'' ''{Cut back to The Announcer}'' Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

''{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' All right, you slow brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes. ''{a pile of grapes takes the place of the floating scroll}'' Then I adds one at a time. ''{a grape appears above the pile}'' The bum what holds the most grapes ''{a golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes}'' wins this golbol.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover; sounds impressed}'' Dang, Pom Pom, you see that goldbol? ''{zoom in on the gold bowl}'' That's a nice golbol.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's get this over with!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ollzy oop. ''{zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' ''{monotonously}'' Okay.... This is going really well. ''{The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.}'' Oh.

''{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Down goes Bland!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ka-bu op! ''{pings a single grape over each contestant}''

''{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' Oh, no, boy. I havin' a little trouble! ''{The pile falls on Señor with a "Sblounskched!" He sticks his arm out of the grapes}'' I still alive!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

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

''{The Cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "Aw"s among the crowd are heard.}''

''{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around}'' Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

''{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer, who are admiring the bowl and not paying attention to the contest.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Honest to God, Mookie Wilson gave me the golbol in my hands in 1974.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Really quite an impressive bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off screen}'' Hellooo?

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Oh. Right.

''{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{poofs another grape on top of everyone}'' Crazy eights!

''{Strong Bad begins to lose his grip on the grapes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat? Big help here! Big help!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay.... Even it out there on the south side.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jump her up.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously. At first it was cute, but this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! ''{drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' Could I just borrow this a second? ''{grabs The Cheat}''

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

''{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackey-sack, then does a slow-motion flip and kicks The Cheat straight backwards over his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{melodramatically}'' Oh-nooo! ''{gets squished by his pile of grapes}''

''{The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}''

''{Cut to Pom Pom}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom wins!

''{Pom Pom winks; a record scratch sounds, cut to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh.... These grapes are succulently crushing my windpipe.... Ooh, but they're seedless! ''{The pile of grapes begins to collapse as Strong Bad eats it}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the trophy.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises, pulls the trophy back a bit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everbody! Now gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

''{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of the Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left.}''

== Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on the [[Contests|Contest]] sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph, on which is written:
<blockquote>homestar, 
dare to dream! believe in yourself 
and you can achieve anything!! 
your pal 
Stong Ba... 
wait a sec, 
2nd try: 
homestar, 
you're 
a butt. 
''Strong Bad''</blockquote>

*Clicking the [[Trophies|trophy]] at the end shows a shot of it (captioned "GOLBOL") in the same style as the ones shown when Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot are introduced.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*The [[Main Page Messages|main page message]] for this toon read "10 years!".
*This toon is the first time Mr. Bland and Señor are given a voice.

===Remarks===
*When The Grape Fairie's mouth disappears when he isn't talking, his five-o'clock shadow disappears with it.

===Inside References===
*When Señor gets squished, the onomatopoeia used is "[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]".
*The song during the training scene is "Showdown" from [[montage]], except with vocals by someone who sounds like [[Larry Palaroncini]].
*The outfit Homestar wears during the training scene originally appeared in [[lady fan]].
*The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad gives to his "main man" Van Mundegaarde in [[2 years]].
*Homestar is shown [[Kicking The Cheat]], albiet in a more elaborate fashion than in the original book.
*Señor's line "I still alive!" may be a reference to [[Strumstar Hammer]], in which this scene is captioned with the line "this blue guy died."

===Real-World References===
*The logo in the background of the Easter egg is that of the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]], the team of which [[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]] is best known as a member.
*The statement in Strong Bad's autograph "believe in yourself and you can achieve anything" is from [[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]].
*"Unplugged" refers to the MTV [[Wikipedia: MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series.

==External Links==
*[[HR:10years.html|watch "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[HR:strongestmanredux.swf|view the Flash file for "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[Forum:9577|forum thread re: "Strongest Man in the World"]]

Strongest Man in the World

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:16:48 GMT

Inverse Tiger: grape fairie 5 oclock shadow remark

{{toonnav|Big Toon|10years|Weclome Back|The King of Town DVD}}

[[Image:Strongest Man Contest Judges.png|thumb|"Really quite an impressive bowl!"]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] celebrate [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner's]] 10th anniversary by retelling the [[Original Book|original story]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Grape Fairie}}, [[The Fat Bee]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Gymnasium]]

'''Date:''' August 21, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

==Transcript==
''{The cover page of the Original Book appears. The book opens and the first page of appears.}''

''{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form. The book pans away to The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!

''{Pom Pom enters and pulls out a flier}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A strongest man in the world contest? ''{pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner}'' Sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

''{Pan to the Gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extra-size, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that exercise! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

''{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other. Fade out.}''

''{Back to The Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

''{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{not annoyed}'' Wait—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are not very strong!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry, loud bubble noises}''

''{Strong Bad reacts in surprise.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. ''{He and The Cheat exit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph! I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

''{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover over microphone}'' Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot be ready for the ''{tilt down to show The Announcer}'' Strongest Man In The World Contest! ''{flips microphone from one hand to the other}'' Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants! ''{cut to a silhouette of Mr. Bland with disco lights in the background}'' Hailing from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mundane, it's ''{spotlight turns on}'' Mr. Bland.

''{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And next, our returning champion, the walking ''{cut to a smiliar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette}'' metal robot... The Robot! ''{a spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves}''

''{A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while Mr. Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And from foreign lands, a foreign man, ''{cut to the disco scene with Señor in silhouette}'' Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

''{A brown background of beans pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And...

''{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, who's respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly}'' Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar. ''{Homestar looks surprised}'' ''{Cut back to The Announcer}'' Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

''{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' All right, you slow brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes. ''{a pile of grapes takes the place of the floating scroll}'' Then I adds one at a time. ''{a grape appears above the pile}'' The bum what holds the most grapes ''{a golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes}'' wins this golbol.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover; sounds impressed}'' Dang, Pom Pom, you see that goldbol? ''{zoom in on the gold bowl}'' That's a nice golbol.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's get this over with!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ollzy oop. ''{zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' ''{monotonously}'' Okay.... This is going really well. ''{The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.}'' Oh.

''{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Down goes Bland!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ka-bu op! ''{pings a single grape over each contestant}''

''{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' Oh, no, boy. I havin' a little trouble! ''{The pile falls on Señor with a "Sblounskched!" He sticks his arm out of the grapes}'' I still alive!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

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

''{The Cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "Aw"s among the crowd are heard.}''

''{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around}'' Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

''{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer, who are admiring the bowl and not paying attention to the contest.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Honest to God, Mookie Wilson gave me the golbol in my hands in 1974.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Really quite an impressive bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off screen}'' Hellooo?

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Oh. Right.

''{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{poofs another grape on top of everyone}'' Crazy eights!

''{Strong Bad begins to lose his grip on the grapes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat? Big help here! Big help!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay.... Even it out there on the south side.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jump her up.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously. At first it was cute, but this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! ''{drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' Could I just borrow this a second? ''{grabs The Cheat}''

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

''{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackey-sack, then does a slow-motion flip and kicks The Cheat straight backwards over his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{melodramatically}'' Oh-nooo! ''{gets squished by his pile of grapes}''

''{The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}''

''{Cut to Pom Pom}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom wins!

''{Pom Pom winks; a record scratch sounds, cut to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh.... These grapes are succulently crushing my windpipe.... Ooh, but they're seedless! ''{The pile of grapes begins to collapse as Strong Bad eats it}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the trophy.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises, pulls the trophy back a bit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everbody! Now gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

''{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of the Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left.}''

== Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on the [[Contests|Contest]] sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph, on which is written:
<blockquote>homestar, 
dare to dream! believe in yourself 
and you can achieve anything!! 
your pal 
Stong Ba... 
wait a sec, 
2nd try: 
homestar, 
you're 
a butt. 
''Strong Bad''</blockquote>

*Clicking the [[Trophies|trophy]] at the end shows a shot of it (captioned "GOLBOL") in the same style as the ones shown when Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot are introduced.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*The [[Main Page Messages|main page message]] for this toon read "10 years!".
*This toon is the first time Mr. Bland and Señor are given a voice.

===Remarks===
*When The Grape Fairie's mouth disappears when he isn't talking, his five-o'clock shadow disappears with it

===Inside References===
*When Señor gets squished, the onomatopoeia used is "[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]".
*The song during the training scene is "Showdown" from [[montage]], except with vocals by someone who sounds like [[Larry Palaroncini]].
*The outfit Homestar wears during the training scene originally appeared in [[lady fan]].
*The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad gives to his "main man" Van Mundegaarde in [[2 years]].
*Homestar is shown [[Kicking The Cheat]], albiet in a more elaborate fashion than in the original book.
*Señor's line "I still alive!" may be a reference to [[Strumstar Hammer]], in which this scene is captioned with the line "this blue guy died."

===Real-World References===
*The logo in the background of the Easter egg is that of the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]], the team of which [[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]] is best known as a member.
*The statement in Strong Bad's autograph "believe in yourself and you can achieve anything" is from [[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]].
*"Unplugged" refers to the MTV [[Wikipedia: MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series.

==External Links==
*[[HR:10years.html|watch "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[HR:strongestmanredux.swf|view the Flash file for "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[Forum:9577|forum thread re: "Strongest Man in the World"]]

Strongest Man in the World

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:03:58 GMT

Inverse Tiger: split reference, added vox by palaroncini

{{toonnav|Big Toon|10years|Weclome Back|The King of Town DVD}}

[[Image:Strongest Man Contest Judges.png|thumb|"Really quite an impressive bowl!"]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] celebrate [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner's]] 10th anniversary by retelling the [[Original Book|original story]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Grape Fairie}}, [[The Fat Bee]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Gymnasium]]

'''Date:''' August 21, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

==Transcript==
''{The cover page of the Original Book appears. The book opens and the first page of appears.}''

''{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form. The book pans away to The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!

''{Pom Pom enters and pulls out a flier}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A strongest man in the world contest? ''{pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner}'' Sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

''{Pan to the Gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extra-cise, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that exercise! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

''{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other. Fade out.}''

''{Back to The Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

''{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{looks behind himself}'' W— wait. ''{looks annoyed again}'' Hey! ''{not annoyed}'' Wait—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are not very strong!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry, loud bubble noises}''

''{Strong Bad reacts in surprise.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. ''{He and The Cheat exit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks annoyed}'' Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph! I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

''{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover over microphone}'' Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot be ready for the ''{tilt down to show The Announcer}'' Strongest Man In The World Contest! ''{flips microphone from one hand to the other}'' Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants! ''{cut to a silhouette of Mr. Bland with disco lights in the background}'' Hailing from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mundane, it's ''{spotlight turns on}'' Mr. Bland.

''{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And next, our returning champion, the walking ''{cut to a smiliar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette}'' metal robot... The Robot! ''{a spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves}''

''{A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while Mr. Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And from foreign lands, a foreign man, ''{cut to the disco scene with Señor in silhouette}'' Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

''{A brown background of beans pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And...

''{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, who's respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly}'' Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar. ''{Homestar looks surprised}'' ''{Cut back to The Announcer}'' Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

''{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' All right, you slow brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes. ''{a pile of grapes takes the place of the floating scroll}'' Then I adds one at a time. ''{a grape appears above the pile}'' The bum what holds the most grapes ''{a golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes}'' wins this golbol.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover; sounds impressed}'' Dang, Pom Pom, you see that goldbol? ''{zoom in on the gold bowl}'' That's a nice golbol.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's get this over with!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ollzy oop. ''{zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' ''{monotonously}'' Okay.... This is going really well. ''{The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.}'' Oh.

''{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Down goes Bland!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ka-bu op! ''{pings a single grape over each contestant}''

''{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' Oh, no, boy. I havin' a little trouble! ''{The pile falls on Señor with a "Sblounskched!" He sticks his arm out of the grapes}'' I still alive!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

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

''{The Cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "Aw"s among the crowd are heard.}''

''{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around}'' Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

''{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer, who are admiring the bowl and not paying attention to the contest.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Honest to God, Mookie Wilson gave me the golbol in my hands in 1974.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Really quite an impressive bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off screen}'' Hellooo?

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Oh. Right.

''{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{poofs another grape on top of everyone}'' Crazy eights!

''{Strong Bad begins to lose his grip on the grapes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat? Big help here! Big help!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay.... Even it out there on the south side.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jump her up.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously. At first it was cute, but this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! ''{drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' Could I just borrow this a second? ''{grabs The Cheat}''

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

''{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackey-sack, then does a slow-motion flip and kicks The Cheat straight backwards over his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{melodramatically}'' Oh-nooo! ''{gets squished by his pile of grapes}''

''{The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}''

''{Cut to Pom Pom}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom wins!

''{Pom Pom winks; a record scratch sounds, cut to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh.... These grapes are succulently crushing my windpipe.... Ooh, but they're seedless! ''{The pile of grapes begins to collapse as Strong Bad eats it}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the trophy.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises, pulls the trophy back a bit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everbody! Now gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

''{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of the Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left.}''

== Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on the Contest sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph, on which is written:
<blockquote>homestar, 
dare to dream! believe in yourself 
and you can achieve anything!! 
your pal 
Stong Ba... 
wait a sec, 
2nd try: 
homestar, 
you're 
a butt. 
''Strong Bad''</blockquote>

*Clicking the trophy at the end shows a shot of it (captioned "GOLBOL") in the same style as the ones shown when Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot are introduced.

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===
*The [[Main Page Messages|main page message]] for this toon read "10 years!".
*This toon is the first time Mr. Bland and Señor are given a voice.

===Inside References===
*When Señor gets squished, the onomatopoeia used is "[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]".
*The song during the training scene is "Showdown" from [[montage]], except with vocals provided by someone sounding like [[Larry Palaroncini]] instead of Strong Bad.
*The outfit Homestar wears during the training scene originally appeared in [[lady fan]].
*The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad gives to his "main man" Van Mundegaarde in [[2 years]].
*Homestar is shown [[Kicking The Cheat]], albiet in a more elaborate fashion than in the original book.
*Señor's line "I still alive!" may be a reference to [[Strumstar Hammer]], in which this scene is captioned with the line "this blue guy died."

===Real-World References===
*The logo in the background of the Easter egg is that of the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]], the team of which [[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]] is best known as a member.
*The statement in Strong Bad's autograph "believe in yourself and you can achieve anything" is from [[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]].
*"Unplugged" refers to the MTV [[Wikipedia: MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series.

==External Links==
*[[HR:10years.html|watch "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[HR:strongestmanredux.swf|view the Flash file for "Strongest Man in the World"]]
*[[Forum:9577|forum thread re: "Strongest Man in the World"]]

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Inverse Tiger — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:01:38 GMT

Inverse Tiger:

Summer Short Shorts

Inverse Tiger — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:57:21 GMT

Inverse Tiger: nitpick edit: loaf -> slice

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

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

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

'''Places:''' [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], Prehistoric lands, [[The Field]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], laser show, bar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{a little quickly}'' And can I get you gentlemen anything else?

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Blinnnng!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The Limozeen sequence simulates a [[Wikipedia:Laser lighting display|laser show]].
*The name of this episode is taken from the name of Camp Counselor Shortshorts in [[Teen Girl Squad 11]]

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

===Goofs===
*The french fry on the table loses its reflection after the cut to the wider shot.
*The french fries The Cheat spits out have no reflection.

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

===Real-World References===
*Texas circumscribing the calculator is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments]].
*The wave behind Pom Pom is in a similar style to [[Wikipedia:Hokusai|Hokusai]]'s [[Wikipedia:Image:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg|"The Great Wave Off Kanagawa"]].

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

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

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