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Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:16:57 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Jeffrey unnecessarily repeats that Homestar is a total dork, and Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. (In this case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.) It is also misspelled in [[candy product]] and [[trading cards]].
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[space program]] - Ryan spells "Strong Badia" as one word, which is incorrect like "Strongbad."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."
*[[keep cool]] - Tom spells "Strong Badia" as one word.
*[[trading cards]] - Daniel misspells the first "Strong" as "Stong".

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized. Also, there is no comma after "dude".
*[[trading cards]] - The word Canada is in ALLCAPS.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

fingers

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:11:27 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35:

{{sbenav|63|interview|english paper}}

[[Image:sbemail63.PNG|thumb|"You look ridiculous!"]]

Lee Conrad from Edmonton, Alberta suggests to Strong Bad that he add some fingers to his boxing gloves so that people would stop asking him [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how he types with boxing gloves on]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' February 16, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:08

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

== Transcript ==
'''NARRATOR:''' Previously on Strong Bad Email!

''{An email asking about how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on pops up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">dear strong bad, 
how do you type with boxing gloves 
on your hands? 
 
aaron pratt 
marion, in</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' A familiar message!

''{A second email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">Yo Strongbad. What's crackin? I was 
wondering how you type with your 
boxing gloves on? 
 
Heather</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' Two of the same!

''{Another email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">HOW DO YOU TYPE WITH THOSE BOXING 
GLOVES ON? THAT IS AMAZING! 
 
FRANKDOG</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' And another one!

''{Yet another email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
How can you type so fast when your 
wearing boxing gloves? 
 
Typing Faster Than You... 
Brandon Hicks, Enumclaw WA</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' Frustration of frustrations! It's all they ever ask! ''{the next two announcements are accompanied by text banners coming up on the screen}'' WILL THEY NEVER CEASE?!?! STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT! ''{the words "FIND OUT" begin blinking quickly}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy with a blank screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Welcome to the Strong Bad Email dat-daddle-dun! Everybody get down!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Why don't you add some fingers onto 
your boxing gloves so that people 
stop asking how you can type with 
boxing gloves on? They wouldn't have 
to be permanent. They'd be like the 
phony antennae you buy at the joke store 
or costume place. 
 
Yours, 
Lee Conrad 
Edmonton, Alberta</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads his name as "A-dear a-Strong a-Bad". Also, he stops momentarily and says "Palace, Lee. I think you mean costume palace." after reading "costume place."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Fake fingers, eh, Lee? Well, I do hate those emails. Hmmmmmm...

''{Dissolve into his imagination. We see him at Bubs' Concession Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Bubs! Gimme a little somethin'-somethin'.

'''BUBS:''' How many you need?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll take three.

''{He holds up a hand which has a candle, a leg from his Strong Bad Action Figure, and a shrimp for fake fingers. Transition to the basement where he's rocking out to music with Strong Mad and they're throwing [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna gestures]]. Strong Bad has various objects for fingers. Strong Sad's unconscious head is in the corner of the room. Cut to Strong Bad in the locker room with Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Looks like you got some type of a prawn on there...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah...

'''COACH Z:''' Maybe a little leg...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup.

'''COACH Z:''' Ooh! And a candle! That's a good one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I think that's my best one. You know. Keeps-a me warm at night!

''{Cut to Homestar standing on a soapbox with fake arms attached}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ...and frankly, I'm worried.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, shut up, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You look ridiculous!

''{His thoughts dissipate as the scene wipes back to Compy, where Strong Bad is typing with the fake fingers on and making numerous errors}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Lee, it's a good idea in theory but uh, ''{Cut to a side view}'' in reality, I don't think it would work out very well. ''{Cut back to the front view}'' But it would be pretty cool to be able to do the evil fingers. ''{What's actually typed: "qwelo jwee, ufs gopod isda treery vuit yuiyyj, un tweanouty U du'p yhij utz quijf reardy owd vera nis. bu6 rt woild b pletyt gool yo be swabl tp do teh ebil flindas." Stops typing.}'' Anyways, I don't wanna be around when this shrimp goes bad. Whooh!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Strong Bad starts playing with the shrimp.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{doing the voice of the shrimp}'' I'm a shrimp! Doingita-doingita-doing! Don't eat me, somebody, oh no, I'm a shrimp...

== Easter Eggs ==
*When you see Strong Bad talking to Coach Z, click on the handle of one of the lockers to Coach Z's right (your left) to see Strong Sad stuffed into the locker. Once opened, click on the handle of the locker to close it.
*When you see Homestar with his fake arms, click on the side of the box to see Strong Sad somehow stuffed into it. Click again to close the box.

== Fun Facts ==
===Strong Bad's Fingers===
*In front of the TV Strong Bad has a [[Prawns|shrimp]], an Xacto knife, a leg, and a ketchup bottle on his right glove (which was not there in the previous scene). On his left is an action figure, a leg, a gummi worm, and another shrimp.
*In the locker room, he has a candle, a leg, and a shrimp on his right, and the lit cigar from the [[Meet Marshie]] ad replaces the leg on his left.
*When yelling at Homestar, he adds a D-cell battery (also from the Meet Marshie ad) to his left glove. This is the layout he has at the end of the email as well.
*When typing, the battery is missing, and his right glove only has the Xacto knife and leg.

===Trivia===
*When Strong Mad is head-banging, this is the first time you see a top view of his shoulders. They are at right angles, almost cubic.
*This is the first time you see the side of the Compy 386.
*This is the first appearance of the [[Soapbox|soapbox]], which in this instance reads "ELEVEN SOAPS."
*Strong Bad's keyboard is wireless.

===Remarks===
*During the "previously..." section at the beginning of the toon, Strong Bad's head doesn't move as he reads the emails.
*At the end, you can still click on the contrast buttons through Strong Bad's hand. Pressing Tab helps to locate them.
*Homestar's right arm (on ''his'' right) is made out of dryer tubing and gummi worms, while the left arm is made out of a wiffle ball bat and a foam hand with the text "GO SPORTS!" on it.
*When Strong Bad's imagination ends and the cloud zooms closed, the foam finger at the end of Homestar's wiffle ball bat becomes a baseball glove.
*Though most of the email is Strong Bad's imagination, he somehow still has fingers when he comes back to reality.

===Goofs===
*When reading the second e-mail, Strong Bad omits "your" from the third sentence.

===Glitches===
*The clickable area for the 'back' button at the end of the email extends much farther to the left than the word itself.
*When Strong Bad first starts talking to Bubs, the black frame shifts a pixel to the left.

===Inside References===
*The song that Strong Bad and Strong Mad are head-banging to, "[[Moving Very Slowly]]," was later made into a [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] song. However, although the music itself has always been in this email, the lyrics weren't added until after the CD came out.
*The golden wiffle bat used as one of Homestar's arms is also the one used in the email [[your friends]].
*Strong Sad's appearances in the Easter eggs are another example of [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Strong Sad's imagined death]].

===Real-World References===
*The introductory narration and slanted camera angles are a reference to the old 1960s [[Batman]] TV series, in which previous episodes were recounted in much the same tone and wording. Slanted camera angles were also very commonly used, giving a "60's" feel.
*The action figure represents wrestling legend [[Wikipedia:George Steele|George "The Animal" Steele]].
*The red-and-purple action figure leg on Strong Bad's left glove belongs to [[Wikipedia:Masters_of_the_Universe|Masters Of The Universe]] character [[Wikipedia:Snout_Spout|Snout Spout]].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "costume palace" is referred to in the [[King Of Town]]'s character video, when the King says that he didn't "just buy a crown from the Costume Palace."
*[[Prawns]] would go on to become an inside joke connected primarily with [[Stinkoman]].

== DVD Version ==
*The original version of "Movin' Very Slowly" (as in non-CD version) that Strong Bad and Strong Mad headbang to is included as opposed to the newer one.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' So this email is called "fingers."

'''MATT:''' Clearly, this is a reference to one of our most very favorite TV shows of all time.

'''MIKE:''' That's true, ''Friends''.

'''MATT:''' No, Mike, ''The Bantam''. ''Bantam 2: The Dark Times''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Ohhh, ''Batman'', yes, starring Adam West and...Burt Ward.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. They always had those great, like, 10 minute long recaps in the second of, like, the first episode.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, exactly! Like half of the episode was just recapping the previous episode.

'''MATT:''' And then they always did this flashing... it'd be like "Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel" and they'd—they'd flash like that.

'''MIKE:''' It used to be on TV Land a year or so ago, but it's not on anymore.

'''MATT:''' And we'd watch it every day.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It was ''great''.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it was great. That needs to come out on DVD.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Adam West, if you're listening, ''{Matt laughs}'' you should put those out on DVD.

'''MATT:''' I'm sure he is in control of all rights. Okay. ''{slight pause}'' Costume Palace, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Uhm, so what else goes on in here? Oh, uhm, "fake fingers, eh Lee?"

'''MATT:''' Well there's the George "The Animal" Steele—

'''MIKE:''' Yes

'''MATT:''' —uhh, what do they call those? Bend 'Em wrestler—I forget, are they just Bend 'Ems?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I don't remember what they're...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, but he was a posable...had wire running through...

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I used him later for a, uhm, a—there you go.

'''MIKE:''' There's the song that became "Moving Very Slowly," by Taranchula.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And of course this has the through-line of dead Strong Sad throughout it.

'''MIKE:''' You got a shrimp, uh... a candle, a cigar, a gummi worm, a George "Animal" Steele action figure, and a leg of—

'''MATT:''' Looks like some He-Man, some He-Man miscellaneous man figure. Some duct tape—ooh, he has a battery that time! Wait, what's the thing that he says? Oh, "ebil flindas," is that what—

'''MIKE:''' "Ebil flindas."

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Oh, what he's gonna say, yes. This is one of those, uh, occasions where Strong Bad's not done! That's what I was just talking about.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh yeah.

'''MATT:''' Kinda mumbles to himself. I love this.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitating Strong Bad's tone}'' I'm a shrimp! Oh no, I'm— ''{normal voice, quickly}'' now it's over.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Adam West|Adam West]] and [[Wikipedia:Burt Ward|Burt Ward]] played [[Wikipedia:Batman|Batman]] and [[Wikipedia:Robin (comics)|Robin]], respectively, in the Batman TV series.
*[[Wikipedia:Friends|"Friends"]] was a popular sitcom about a group of six young people living in [[Wikipedia:Manhattan|Manhattan]].
*[[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land]] is a channel spun off from [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon's]] [[Wikipedia:Nick at Nite|Nick at Nite]] block. It shows reruns of nostalgic television shows.
*The [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]] line of toys contained many muscular men made from the same mold and repainted. This is what Matt is referring to when he says that the action figure leg looks like a "[[Wikipedia:He-Man|He-Man]] miscellaneous man figure".

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail63.html|watch "fingers"]]
*[[HR:sbemail63.swf|view the Flash file for "fingers"]]
*[http://www.wired.com/news/mediaplayer/0,2108,59344-59344-sbemail63_qt3_hi,00.html view QuickTime file for "fingers" with original music]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:33:46 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Grammar */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Jeffrey unnecessarily repeats that Homestar is a total dork, and Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. (In this case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.) It is also misspelled in [[candy product]] and [[trading cards]].
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[space program]] - Ryan spells "Strong Badia" as one word, which is incorrect like "Strongbad."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."
*[[keep cool]] - Tom spells "Strong Badia" as one word.
*[[trading cards]] - Daniel misspells the first "Strong" as "Stong".

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[trading cards]] - The word Canada is in ALLCAPS.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:28:36 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Spelling */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. (In this case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.) It is also misspelled in [[candy product]] and [[trading cards]].
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[space program]] - Ryan spells "Strong Badia" as one word, which is incorrect like "Strongbad."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."
*[[keep cool]] - Tom spells "Strong Badia" as one word.
*[[trading cards]] - Daniel misspells the first "Strong" as "Stong".

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[trading cards]] - The word Canada is in ALLCAPS.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:27:56 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. (In this case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.) It is also misspelled in [[trading cards]].
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."
*[[trading cards]] - Daniel misspells the first "Strong" as "Stong".

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[trading cards]] - The word Canada is in ALLCAPS.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:26:17 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Spelling */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. (In this case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.) It is also misspelled in [[trading cards]].
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."
*[[trading cards]] - Daniel misspells the first "Strong" as "Stong".

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

myths & legends

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:17:28 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|145|narrator|pop-up}}
[[Image:Sbemail145.PNG|thumb|Mysterious Myth... or Legendary Legend? ]]
Strong Bad recounts the legendary myth of the [[Bear holding a Shark]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''
{{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Mighty Warrior|A Mighty Warrior]] (Easter egg), {{Film|Trogdor}} (Easter egg), [[Bear holding a Shark]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], The Woods

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' February 13, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:54

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm livin' the Strong Bad life, I take an email for my wife. I take an email for my wife. ''{brings up and reads the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Hey Strongbad!</div>
Hey Strongbad, 
Does Strong Badia have any Mysterious Myths or 
Legendary Legends? 
Cephas 
Cornwall, CA 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Strongbad" as "Two words. Two different words. That are not one word. That are 'Strong' and 'Bad'." and the name and location as "Cephas Cornwall of the Corn Army".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Mysterious Myths or Legendary Legends? Isn't that a show on one of those channels up in the high hundreds? Ya know, like between the CG Dinosaur Channel and the Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network? Well, if not, it should be! ''{makes a static-like sound}'' Come on! ''{makes it again, but this time the screen cuts to static}'' There we go.

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Strong Bad carries a stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Badia. An idyllic fruit-opia. Rich in madeupstories and nottrueities. The nottrue-est of which...

''{He prods The Tire with his stick. The Bear-Shark pops up. The Cheat runs by, panicked.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{screams in The Cheat}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...is the mighty bear holding a shark. ''{spooky jungle music starts}'' More than a mere security counter-measure, its origins lie in the skies of old.''

''{Cut to a starry sky. Constellations of the Strong Badia flag's snake, the guy with the big knife, a hand giving the "OK" symbol, a board with nails in it, General Tso's chicken, a fish with an afro, and a marathon runner sporting a Union Jack singlet.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The stars tell us that two of the seven elemental spirits of Strong Badia, the fish wearing a 'fro wig and the British distance runner, combined forces to defeat the others.

''{The runner holds out a hand to the fish just before all the constellations fight in a cloud of dust. In the end, the runner emerges holding the fish over his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' In paintball... or maybe Red Rover.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, through years of bad story-telling and the telephone game,

''{Over the following, images of a satyr holding a fish, labeled "Wildernessman withst Sea-Beast", a moose with a chameleon in its antlers, and a bad drawing of the bear-shark on the fence appear.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The mythic beast transformed into the bear holding a shark we know today. These ancient fence drawings show evidence of destroyed crops, stolen babies, and family bike-rides. ''{The screen pans over to show bad drawings of the same.}'' Or family pie-sitting contests. Bear-holding-a-shark fever gripped the nation.

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand, with various Bear-Shark merchandise.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{holding up an ice cream bar}'' We got Bear-holding-a-shark frozen delights, ''{looking at a pile of glasses near him}'' and these shot glasses are always popular with the kids. Oh, and my favorite: ''{reaches down and produces a necklace}'' these Bear-tooth-holding-a-shark-tooth necklaces!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Of course, not everyone caught the fever.

''{Music starts and Bubs dances. Then, cut to Strong Sad. The screen reads "Bear Holding a Shark Skeptic".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm sure it's just a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student. These strange beasts just aren't real!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...said the elephant-footed ghost man. And then, one day, the Bear-holding-a-shark got the break all made-up creatures dream of. ''{Taps the Bear-Shark with his stick a couple times}'' ''{The screen becomes more and more blurry, and zooms further and further into Strong Bad, on each word:}'' Blurry photographic evidence.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now, I'm a little fuzzy on the details. But I was in the woods, walking my dog, Pom Pom. All of a sudden, he started growlin' and poopin' all over the place ''{chuckles}''. And that's when I saw it.

''{Static, then cut to a very fuzzy video reel of the Bear-Shark walking through the woods.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover}'' A very. Scary. Monsterman.

''{More spooky jungle music}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Now that we've seen all the evidence, it's up to you to decide: ''{the following words appear on the screen}'' Mysterious Myth? Or Legendary Legend?

''{More spooky jungle music. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Join us next week when we examine startling new evidence in the Biscuitdoughhandsman conspiracy.

''{Yet more spooky jungle music. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:WalkingwithTrogdor.PNG|thumb|Walking with Trogdor]]
[[Image:By strong bab age 5.PNG|thumb|Who actually made all those fence drawings...]]
*After Strong Bad says "Corn Army", click on CA in the email to see a [[Teen Girl Squad]] frame of A Mighty Warrior taking on the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#The Corn Army|Corn Army]].
:'''A MIGHTY WARRIOR:''' The corn army is no match for A Mighty Warrior!
*Click on "CG Dinosaur Channel" to see Trogdor walk on the screen, advertising "Walking with Trogdor".
*By viewing the Flash file, when the "ancient fence drawings" are going by, the following text is written in juvenile handwriting outside of the viewing area:
<blockquote>
by strong 
bab 
agɘ 5
</blockquote>
*Click on "startling" at the end to see a scene with Strong Bad and Bubs.
:''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holding one of the Bear-Shark ice cream bars}'' So this is supposed to be the bear holding a shark? Looks more like...Morgan Freeman.
:'''BUBS:''' Oh, right! That's what it is! Now gimme twenty extra bucks for that Shawshank style.
*Click on "Biscuitdoughhandsman" to see Coach Z reporting an incident.
:''{Cut to Coach Z, standing in silhouette in front of a dark background. A caption appears reading "This guy's voice has been digitally altered again"}''
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{with voice digitally altered}'' So there I was, minding my own creepy business, when I found this severed hand in the lacker room! ''{He holds up a biscuit with a bite taken out.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"CG" is short for "Computer graphics".
*"[[Wikipedia:Telephone (game)|Telephone Game]]" is a game for children where a message is whispered from one participant to another, along a group, causing the message to be increasingly distorted as time progresses.

===Trivia===
*This is the shortest Lappy email to date, at 2:54.
*The T-shirt in Bubs' Concession Stand reads: "My baby got stole by the bear holding a shark!"
**On March 27, 2006, a [[Store#tshirt_bear-shark|real-life version of this T-shirt]] was introduced in the [[Store]].

===Remarks===
*The location given in the star chart, 118 degrees north and 28 degrees west, is impossible. As on Earth, 118 degrees north does not exist in star chart notation.
*Cephas is a Hellenization of Kepha, a name which is the rough equivalent of the Greek Petros, usually anglicized to Peter in English translations. The name is properly pronounced "KAY-fus". Strong Bad pronounces this name "CEE-Fus", a common anglicization.
*Although Strong Bad calls the Bear Holding a Shark by that name in this e-mail, he also called it a "bear-shark" in [[date]].
*The "Bear-Tooth holding a Shark-Tooth" necklace Bubs offers for sale is clearly made with bear claws, not bear teeth. Actual bear teeth are much smaller and closely resemble dog teeth.
*Cornwall is a city in Ontario, and a city in California. The e-mail says "CA", so it is not known which is correct.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad is introducing Strong Badia for the first time, his right arm is briefly missing.
*If you click on the Trogdor Easter egg directly before the static, the egg will appear over the static and disappear as soon as it arrives in Strong Badia.
*Although Strong Bad berates the email's author for combining two words into one ("Strongbad"), he includes the word "rollercoasters" in his reply. "Roller coaster" consists of two separate words.

===Inside References===
*The ancient fence drawings include another appearance of [[Pie|pie]].
*A Mighty Warrior first appeared in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], and has mentioned corn each time he has appeared.
*[[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]] first appeared in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
**In the email [[pizzaz]] he was also the subject of the "next episode".
*The constellation scene features the [[Strong Badia|Strong Badian]] flag's snake, the [[Painting of a guy with a big knife|big knife guy]] and his knife, and [[General Tso's Chicken]], which all had connections to Strong Badia in the past.
*The fish constellation's 'fro wig also appeared in [[monument]].
*Coach Z's voice was digitally altered before in [[couch patch]].
*The Bear Holding a Shark first appeared in [[date]] – in that email, [[The Cheat]] touched [[The Tire]], received an electric shock, and then was scared off by the bear-shark. In this email, Strong Bad touches the Tire with a pointer and avoids the shock, and The Cheat is once again scared away by the bear-shark.
*The "Bear Holding A Shark" ice cream bar is similar in style to the [[Ice Cream|ice cream bars]] of Homestar Runner, [[Pom Pom]] and Strong Bad, as seen in the [[Museum]].
*"Strong Bab" is a reference to [[The Secrets That I Keep]], in which Strong Sad's birthday card was signed the same way by [[Lil' Strong Bad]].
*Homestar Runner's pronunciation of "monsterman," as one word with the last syllable unaccented, matches the pronunciation of "[[Santaman]]".
*The cottage and Trogdor sprite used in the "Walking with Trogdor" Easter egg come from the game [[TROGDOR!]].
*One of the fence drawings appears to be a thatched-roof cottage being burninated.
*Once again Homestar refers to Pom Pom as "his dog". He was previously called that in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

===Real-World References===
*"Walking With Trogdor" is a reference to the TV special [[Wikipedia:Walking With Dinosaurs|Walking With Dinosaurs]], which features CG dinosaurs.
**The "Walking with Trogdor" Easter egg is a reference to the recent trend of television networks to advertise for their shows by displaying short video clips along the bottom of the screen during the broadcast of another show.
*The British Long Distance Runner is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Roger Bannister|Roger Bannister]], the first man who ran the mile in under four minutes.
*"Bear Holding a Shark Week" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Discovery Channel|The Discovery Channel]]'s [http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html Shark Week].
*One of the fence drawings is a [[Wikipedia:TIE fighter|TIE fighter]] from the Star Wars movies.
*"Shawshank style" is in reference to the 1994 movie [[Wikipedia:The Shawshank Redemption|The Shawshank Redemption]] in which Academy Award-winning actor [[Wikipedia:Morgan Freeman|Morgan Freeman]] plays a convict.
*The Strongbadia Myth Show is a reference to [[Wikipedia:In Search Of...|In Search Of...]] and similar shows and documentaries that investigate paranormal phenomena such as [[Wikipedia:Cryptozoology|monster sightings]] and alien abductions, and often include interviews with people who claim to have encountered such things.
*The blurry video footage of the bear holding a shark is a reference to the famous [[Wikipedia:Patterson-Gimlin_film|Patterson-Gimlin]] home-movie footage of an alleged [[Wikipedia:Bigfoot|Bigfoot]] (Sasquatch) moving through a forest.
**A notable detail about Homestar's footage is that the bear-shark's feet are white and have blue soles, suggesting that the footage is not authentic. The Bigfoot footage has been debunked for similar reasons.
*[[Wikipedia:Fruitopia|Fruitopia]] is a fruit drink manufactured by [[Wikipedia:The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]].
*Strong Sad's mention of a weather balloon refers to the [[Wikipedia:Roswell UFO incident|1947 UFO incident]] in Roswell, New Mexico. Government officials identified strange debris as a weather balloon, which was later alleged to be a cover-up. Since then, weather balloons have become a typical rationalization of UFO sightings.
*The "Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network" is likely a reference to the many home improvement shows that exist on channels like [[Wikipedia:TLC_Network|TLC]] and The Discovery Channel, in which rooms are redecorated to fit a specific theme. Such shows include [[Wikipedia:Trading Spaces|Trading Spaces]] and [[Wikipedia:Monster House|Monster House]].
*Strong Bad's remark about babies getting stolen, and the "My Baby Got Stole" T-shirt in Bubs's Concession Stand, are possible references to the [[Wikipedia:Azaria Chamberlain disappearance|Azaria Chamberlain disappearance]] in Australia in 1980 (of "a dingo took my baby" fame).


==External Links==

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{{Strong Bad Email}}

interview

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 18:23:25 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|62|monster truck|fingers}}

[[Image:sbemail62.PNG|thumb|"I was raised by a cup of coffee."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forshort|The Interview}} {{for|real-world interviews|Interviews and Public Appearances}}

Kerrek asks Strong Bad about Homsar. Pen puppets ensue.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Kerrek}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Trogdor}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' February 10, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:10

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh...so many emails, so little good emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">What's up with Homsar? I know he's 
weird and all, but don't you think we 
deserve to know a bit more about him? 
I think you should do an interview so 
we can finally find out what his 
deal is. 
 
Kerrek 
PA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "PA" as "P-A".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, that's a pretty cool name! ''{typing in a Gothic blackletter font}'' And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination. ''{Clears the screen, starts typing normally}'' My good Kerrek, you might enjoy such an encounter, but I know I can't talk to that guy for more than about 3 seconds before I start thinking that gnawing my own leg off might be a more better way to spend my time...more..more better. ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Let me show you how it would go down with post-its attached to the top of pens.

''{Strong Bad ducks his head and brings up two pens with sticky notes attached to them, one with a crude drawing of Strong Bad, the other of Homsar. Strong Bad does the voices for both puppets.}''

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' All right, then. For the record, please. Tell us who you are.

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAaAaA! I'm a song from the sixties!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' That's just nonsense. Are you trying to make some sense?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' AaAaA! Rightio! I think I can twice!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Homsar, tell us about your childhood.

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAa! I was raised by a cup of coffee.

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Interesting. So! How did you end up here?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' 'Twas the pride of the peaches.

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' 'Twas the pride of the peaches, huh? You got any last remarks?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAaA! Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Okay, interview over. Commence beating! ''{Strong Bad starts beating the Homsar puppet with the Strong Bad puppet.}''

''{The doorbell rings. Cut to a wide shot of Strong Bad kneeling in front of the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! That'll be the Cheat with my Thai iced tea! Come on in!

''{Cut to the entryway. Homsar shuffles in.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAaAaAaAaAaA! Hey Reggie! Is that rhinoceros around?

''{His hat stays an inch above his head. Cut to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... I can only assume you're talking to me and asking about Strong Sad. He's in the basement.

''{Cut to Homsar. His hat falls down.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' ''{His hat makes a full loop as he says this.}'' I'm a song from the sixties.

''{Cut to Strong Bad, who is now sitting on the stool and shaking salt on his leg.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If you don't get down there quick, things could get real ugly around here.

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

''{After a while, The Cheat shows up with Strong Bad's Thai iced tea but Strong Bad doesn't notice him. The Cheat then walks away.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Once Strong Bad starts typing and the name Kerrek comes up, you can click on it and bring up a Strong Sad-style drawing of [[Trogdor]] smiting the [[Kerrek]].
*Click on Strong Bad's or Homsar's [[Sticky Notes|sticky-note]] figures to see a few different versions. You can do this throughout the whole email.
*Once you see Homsar, you can click on the light switches for some cool light effects, like in [[techno]].
*After The Paper comes down, you can click on the Homsar puppet or the floppy disk it sits on to bring up the [[Homsar Main Page]].
**The original version of the Homsar Main Page had only the Toons and Games buttons. After it was added as an Easter egg on the [[Main Pages]], it was normalized to fit in (more or less) with the rest of the menus.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
[[Image:interviewwithmainpagefeatures.PNG|thumb|An email and a main page in one!]]
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#rise of the dragon|rise of the dragon]]".
*All of the objects for the Homsar Main Page are included as part of this email's Flash file. Using a seek bar to view the menu page before viewing the email, and then watching the email afterward, causes all of the features from external Flash files normally used on the main pages (i.e. the homepage list, the "What's New" button) appear during the rest of the email.

===Remarks===
*The salt shaker never runs out of salt at the end of the email. (In [[anything]], a bottle of [[Mountain Dew]] acts the same way and [[Homestar Runner]] comments on it.)

===Goofs===
*The lighting effects controlled by the two light switches disappear when the scene cuts to Strong Bad, and are always off at first when Homsar says, "I'm a song from the '60s", even if they're on when it first cuts back to Strong Bad.
*For some reason, the table's shadowing is not complete, so a brighter brown bar appears under the Compy after Homsar's first scene.
*The sticky notes and pens do not cast reflections on the Compy's screen.
*A small blue dot is visible at the bottom of Homsar's right foot. It is best seen when viewing the Flash file and zooming in.
*The sticky notes, if clicked on and altered in that way, after it pans back at any time from Homsar, is always back to the default, as if it were never clicked.

===Inside References===
*One of Strong Bad's sticky-note alter egos is his action figure from the email [[action figure]].
*Homsar's short, squat, sticky-note character (click through it a few times) looks exactly like Homestar in one scene of [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]]. Strong Bad even makes fun of the crude early version in the commentary!
*Strong Bad referring to salting and eating his own foot is very similar to [[island]], where he says, while pondering what life on a deserted island with Homestar would be like, "And at some point my foot would look like a sandwich and I'd put salt on it and try to eat it and it's like, 'Oh, no! It's my foot!!'"
*The second Strong Bad sticky-note drawing (the one showing him running) is similar to the caricature of him seen in a [[vacation]] Easter egg.
*The Strong Sad-style drawing of Trogdor smiting the Kerrek was first seen in the email [[dragon]] when Strong Bad was singing about Trogdor.

===Real-World References===
*The phrase "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk" was said by [[Wikipedia:Shaquille O'Neal|Shaquille O'Neal]] in his first [[Wikipedia:Reebok|Reebok]] commercial [http://www.sportscenteraltar.com/phrases/usage.asp?ID=125].
*The flying skull-like Strong Bad head is a reference to the Bubble, an enemy from the [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda series|Legend of Zelda series]].
*[[Wikipedia:Thai tea|Thai iced tea]] is a chilled drink made with red tea, anise, sugar and condensed milk.

===Fast Forward===
*The Kerrek appears later in [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Sticky-note Homsar's quote "I was raised by a cup of coffee" gives rise to the motto on the back of the [http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/rabycupofco.html Homsar - Raised by Cup of Coffee shirt] in the [[Store]], which reads "Raised by a Cup of Coffee".

== DVD Version ==
*To view the Easter eggs, use the angle button on your DVD remote. (Except for the Homsar link, which has been removed.)

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail62.html|watch "interview"]]
*[[HR:sbemail62.swf|view the Flash file for "interview"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:48:27 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35:

{{mamnav|13|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2|Version 12.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0|Version 1.0}}
[[Image:MAM13-BananaPhone.png|thumb|PLZ GET EGGS,MILK?]]

Homestar gets hold of a banana, The Cheat and The King of Town cut their own demos, we hear two blasts from the past, and Marzipan's magazine subscription is about to erupt.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]]

'''Date:''' February 27, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:24

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

==Transcript==
=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{sounding more depressed than usual}'' Hi, this is Marzipan. I'm probably outside eating some dirt or something. So just leave me a message.

=== Message 6 ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hey Marzipan, it's Homestar. Check it out, I'm on Pom Pom's cell phone, I'm gonna send you a text message. Are you ready? Here goes... P... L... Z... Spacebar... G... E... T... Spacebar... ''{Homestar is seen walking by, holding a banana up to his ear as a telephone}'' E... G... G... S... Spacebar, oh! Backspacebar, comma, M... I... L... K... Question mark? Okay, now I have to send it. Boo boo doot! This is great, now we don't have to talk anymore! Bye!

=== Message 5 ===

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' It's my new jam! ''{guitar starts in the background}''
 I'm not talking about butter,
 Or how nobody likes me!
 It's the new KOT!
 In the Two Thousand and Three plus Three!
 I play guitar, apparently!
 ''{guitar stops}'' Okay Marzipan, this was the only way I knew of to cut my demo. So I'll need to come over there soon and unreasonably search and seize this tape from you. See ya in a bit!

=== Message 4 ===

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes yes, what what? Testing testing, two and three! I've got a hankerin' for a prankerin'! This telegrammaphone recording will be launched forthwith into the stratosphere, in the hopes that one day, many decades ''{the last syllable isn't stressed, as deh-kids}'' from now, some buck-toothèd fool will receive it, and be thoroughly bamboozled! Yes! Now, on with the prank! What's the difference between William Henry Harrison and James Garfield? Answer: Nothing! They both enjoy lasagna! Stop!

=== Message 3 ===

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

''{A remix of The King of Town's jam plays.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' 
I-i-i-i-it's my it's my new jam! 
New jam! N-n-n-n-n-n-new jam! 
Not talkin' 'bout''{KOT!}'' 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout three plus three! 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout KOT! 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout three plus three! 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout butter! 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout 
Not talkin' 'bout three plus three!

=== Message 2 ===

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi-low, can anybody hear me? Give me the hiiiigh sign. It's The Homestar Runner, speaking into an empty soup can, with a length of twine coming from the 'neath. Hello, empty soup can. Hello, length of twine. You seem like mighty fine fellers. Why, I ought to fill you up with catgut and call you lunch. See you around, Brown!

=== Message 1 ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello Marzipan, this is Lorenz... Magazine... Man, calling to tell you that your subscription to Soy... Bread... Tofu... Hybrid... Cars... Magazine, is about to erupt! You need to evacuate! It's gonna blow sky high! Get out while you can! So what you gotta do is — and believe me, I'm Lorenz Magazine Man who are— who you're gonna trust — is bake all your money into a no-bake apple pie, and set it cooling on your windowsill. So that way, once the eruption is great, you can come home and eat pie and money! Because it's still going to be there, on your windowsill! Am I wr— am I wrong? Somebody, am I wrong? Everybody in here at the office with their headsets on said "you're not wrong". So this is Lorenz Magazine Man saying... the magma is seeping under the door.

== Easter Eggs==
[[Image:NotTalkinBoutButter.png|thumb|"Not Talkin' 'Bout Butter"]]
*Click the tape holder after the last message to see a scene between the King of Town and The Cheat.
:''{Cut to a more distant view of Marzipan's answering machine. Enter The Cheat from the left.}''
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises in a singsong voice}''
:''{Enter the King of Town from the right}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{to the same tune}'' Doo doo doo doo doo!
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{loud, surprised The Cheat noise}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh! ''{alone}'' The Cheat! What are you doing here?
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, in a simliar structure to what The King of Town said}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A ''remix''? But I gotta cut my demo! My new album needs to drop!
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oooh! A split seven-inch, eh?
:''{A record for "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter" in a jacket designed like a playing card with The Cheat in the upper half and the King of Town in the lower half appears at the front of the screen. In between The Cheat and The King of Town there are the words, "DJ Teh Cheat b/w The New Kot".}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*A high sign is "a gesture used as a signal (as of approval or warning) -- usually used in the phrase ''give the high sign''." [http://www.webster.com/dictionary/high%20sign (Webster)]
*A 7 inch is a [[Wikipedia:Gramophone_record|vinyl record]], commonly referred to as a 45 because it is spun at 45 r.p.m. on a turntable. It is the format used for singles and each side normally holds one song. A split 7 inch would have two songs from two different artists, one on either side.
*[[Wikipedia:Catgut|Catgut]] is a tough cord made from sheep or goat (not cat) intestines. It is commonly used for violin strings, and for stitching up wounds.

===Trivia===

*When this cartoon was released, the link from the [[TV Time Toons Menu|TV Times toons menu]] was directed to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]]. The link was fixed the same day.
*This is the first Answering Machine in which The Cheat, The Homestar Runner and Old Timey Strong Bad leave messages.
*This is the first time the King of Town has identified The Cheat by name. In [[Where's The Cheat?]], he simply referred to The Cheat as "that little yellow thing".

===Remarks===
*[[Wikipedia:Geophagy|Eating dirt]], also known as geophagy, is a practice most often seen in rural or preindustrial societies among pregnant women. The day after this toon was released, [[The Brothers Chaps]] announced at [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Who does all the voices?|Flashforward 2006]] that [[Missy Palmer]] (the voice of Marzipan) was pregnant.
*The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad's voices are significantly higher than in their previous appearances.
*Two wires (presumably the power and the telephone line) are seen plugged into the back of the answering machine, but only the power cord is seen plugged in. This could be explained by the telephone jack being above the outlet, and obscured by the table.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad incorrectly says that "the magma is seeping under the door." [[Wikipedia:Magma|Magma]] is molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth. Once it reaches the surface (such as in a volcanic eruption), it is called [[Wikipedia:Lava|lava]].

===Glitches===
*Once you get to message 5, you can't go back to message 6 using the back button on the answering machine.

===Inside References===

*"DJ Teh Cheat" is a reference to [[geddup noise]].
*The Cheat's remix of the King of Town's new jam ends in the same way as [[Everybody to the Limit]].
*"From the 'neath" may be a reference to the phrase "From the 'bove", which appeared in [[Moving Very Slowly]] and later in [[That Time of Year]].
*This is another mention of [[Pom Pom]]'s [[Cell Phone]], [[Eggs|eggs]], [[Presidents]], and [[Pie|pie]].
*Using "[[b/w]]" instead of "with" is a [[Running Gags|running gag]] that started in [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. However, "b/w" is appropriate in this case, since The King Of Town mentions that it is a split seven-inch single.
*[[Cheap as Free]] makes another appearance, this time on the record jacket.
*Homestar using a banana as a phone is the second instance of Homestar Runner [[Foods used as phones|using food as a phone]]. The first was in [[Where the Crap Are We?]].
*This marks the second time in which Marzipan's answering machine receives a message from a different universe (in this case the [[Old-Timey]] universe). The first time was in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]], when the machine receives a call from [[Stinkoman]], who has supposedly gotten a "wrong number", but also asks Marzipan if she is interested in a challenge.
*Strong Bad's prank call makes a reference to [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid cars]].

===Real-World References===

*The King of Town's phrasing "unreasonably search and seize" derives from the [[Wikipedia:Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] to the [[Wikipedia:United States Constitution|United States Constitution]], which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
*[[Wikipedia:William Henry Harrison|William Henry Harrison]], the 9th [[Wikipedia:President of the United States|president of the United States]], and [[Wikipedia:James Garfield|James Garfield]], the 20th president, held the shortest terms in office at just one month and six months, respectively.
**President Garfield's enjoying lasagna is a reference to lasagna-loving [[Wikipedia:Garfield |Garfield the Cat]].
*Strong Bad saying "Am I wrong? Somebody, am I wrong?" is probably a reference to Walter Sobchak, [[Wikipedia:John Goodman|John Goodman]]'s character in [[The Big Lebowski]], who repeats the phrase constantly.
*The handclap beat at the end of The King of Town's New Jam is borrowed from [[Wikipedia:Another One Bites the Dust|Another One Bites the Dust]] by Queen.
*The lyric from the King of Town's new jam, "I'm not talkin' about..." is sung in a similar, rushed manner and could be a reference to the similar lyric "I'm thinkin' about..." from the single "My Doorbell" by [[Wikipedia:The White Stripes|The White Stripes]].


== External Links ==
*[[HR:answer13.html|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2"]]
*[[HR:answer13.swf|view the Flash file for "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2"]]
*[[Forum:7215|forum thread re: "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2"]]

{{Marzipan's Answering Machine}}

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dangeresque 3

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:42:03 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|106|replacement|cheatday}}
[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|thumb|"Looks like we're gonna have to jump!"]]

On receiving an e-mail about [[Dangeresque]] 3, Strong Bad reveals that he hasn't made it. Instead, he gives us a director's cut of Dangeresque 1.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}/[[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], {{Film|The Cheat}}/[[Istanbul]], {{Film|Coach Z}}/[[Renaldo]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}/[[Dangeresque Too]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}/[[Hot Tub]], {{Film|The King of Town}}/[[Perducci]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}/[[Killingyouguy]], {{Film|Marzipan}}/[[Cutesy Buttons]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Smoky Office]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' June 21, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:52

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, here comes little e-mail, with a gun in his hand...

''{reading}''
<blockquote class="email">hi there strong bad, 
 
i was just wondering, when is 
dangeresque 3 comeing out? 
 
yours truly, 
john newell, on</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "comeing" as it is written ("koh-may-ing") He also pronounces "john newell, on" (Ontario) as "johnny well, on."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa. I left my Johnny Well on. ''{He deletes "on" and types "off."}'' Johnny Well: off.

''{The sound of a large machine powering down plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, peoples won't leave me alone about this one! ''{clears screen, typing}'' Okay, okay, okay, okay. Dangeresque 3 production update! Day 114: Things are comeing ''{same as before}'' along right on schedule. So far, we seem to have only hit one major snag. Um, and that is I haven't um, ''{as he types, the text gets smaller and Strong Bad speaks under his breath}'' made Dangeresque 3 yet. ''{clears screen, text size returns to normal}'' But, before you start throwing full wine bottles at your computer screen, let me offer this as a cop-out: the digitally remastered director's cut of: ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, too?''

''{Cut via static to Strong Bad wearing his Dangeresque glasses, sitting in the [[Gremlin]], pretending to drive and humming the Dangeresque theme tune. The Cheat repeatedly runs by in the background holding a small tree to give the impression of movement. A card is held up in front of the camera, moving around a little, reading: Dangeresque 1: "Dangeresque, Too?" followed by another, reading "Not in 3-D."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Brring... brring...'' Oh, my car phone. ''{He picks up a VCR with a phone cord coming out of it.''} You got Dangeresque. Who this is?

''{Cut to Coach Z in his Renaldo costume. He is looking straight at the camera.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Now?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whispering, off-screen}'' Yeah, go, go.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{He turns away from the camera and holds an [[Disconnected Telephones|unplugged phone]] receiver up to his ear.}'' Dangeresque, it's Renaldo. I need you back here away, right? I mean, right away.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' Uh, I'm in a car right now, but I can drive it to the office.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{unemotionally}'' Sounds like a plan. ''{turns back to the camera}'' How was tha—

''{Cut to Strong Bad in his car.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hang on, car phone! Get ready for some fancy driving!

''{Strong Bad makes the sound of a car squealing around corners while the camera moves left to make it seem as if he's moving forwards. One of the Gremlin's hubcaps rolls from the left of the screen. We then cut to the office. Strong Bad opens the door and walks in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' What took you so long?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I had to swing by Cool Weapons Surplus for a new nunchuck gun. ''{He holds up a gun with a [[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchaku]] taped to it.}'' And a Reesy Cup milkshake. ''{He holds up a milkshake cup with "Reesy Cup" printed on it.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Well, anyways, I called you in to meet your new partner: Dangeresque, too?

''{The camera pans right to Homestar Runner, wearing sunglasses.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The name's Dangeresque. Nice to meet ya.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whaaa?

'''COACH Z:''' Dangeresque!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah? 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What? ''{simultaneously}''

''{They both turn and glare at each other to the accompaniment of a shock riff made by Strong Bad over the top.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Perducci's intercepted the serum at the border! ''{He holds up the [[Periodicals|newspaper]] from [[stunt double]], this time with a taped-on headline reading "PERDUCCI IS THE BAD GUY."}'' If that serum doesn't make it through, they'll kidnap Cutesy Buttons!

'''STRONG BAD & HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{shaking fists}'' Perducci!

''{Cut to Homestar and Strong Bad playing racquetball in the basement (with Strong Bad's rendition of the Dangeresque theme tune as an accompaniment). Homestar serves the ball and they play a frantic volley, which ends when Strong Bad nearly hits Homestar's head with the ball.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{He removes his sunglasses.}'' What is your malfunction?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's get one thing straight, meatball...face...butt: I work alone. 'Cept when I work with Renaldo...which is all the time.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh yeah? Well, you need me because I'm the only one that knows where Perducci is, and where that is is that he is...in...Istanbul.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Istanbul! Of course!

''{Blackout fade to the Field, with a musical interlude from Strong Bad. Homestar Runner and Strong Bad are standing next to The Cheat, who is wearing a sign saying "Istanbul."}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Perducci's got to be here around in Istanbul somewhere.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I hope you're right. We’ve got to get that serum through...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Let's ask this passers-by.

''{Strong Sad walks by, holding a sandwich.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What do you know about Perducci, doughboy?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, I told you guys already I'm not going to be in your stupid movie!

''{The frame "jumps." Same shot, but now Strong Bad is holding Strong Sad's sandwich.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —what do you know about Perducci?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{reluctantly}'' Only that I am not one of his minions.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, thanks anyways. Move it along, hot tub!

''{Strong Sad walks out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That stranger seemed to know a little bit too little about Perducci...

''{With another musical interlude, blackout fade to Strong Sad and the King of Town (who is silhouetted), on top of Bubs' Concession Stand. The King of Town is wearing a bowler hat.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' What? Two Dangeresques? ''{He turns to the camera, revealing that he is wearing a blue coat, sunglasses and a name-tag reading "Hello, my name is perducci."}'' Well, they'll still be no match for my secret weapon!

''{Cut to a silhouetted Strong Mad, whose gleaming white eyes are the only visible feature of his body. Strong Bad makes a scary tune over the top, then sings the first two notes of the Dangeresque theme song as we cut to Homestar Runner and Strong Bad standing on top of a large sheet of wood, with lines drawn on it to look like a tall building, holding a horizontal rope. The frame "jumps" again to the same shot, but rotated ninety degrees so that it looks as if the Dangeresques are climbing the building.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Once we get to the top of this high-scraper, we'll hopefully be able to throw some people off. Maybe even Perducci.

''{They continue to "climb." As Homestar's glasses fall onto the wood we quickly cut to the top of the Concession Stand, where the Dangeresques meet the King of Town.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Dangeresque!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah? 
'''STRONG BAD:''' What? ''{simultaneously}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Allow me to introduce you to both my secret weapon and your doom: ''{King Of Town's hat flies up}'' Killingyouguy!

''{Strong Mad appears, raising his arms menacingly. The M on his singlet has been replaced with "KILLINGYOUGUY" and two post-its with a bullet hole and a scar drawn on have been stuck to his face. Strong Bad imitates a guitar screech over the top.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Gad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That guy is tall.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER & STRONG BAD:''' You take the big guy.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The pipes are broken!

''{He leaps off. We cut to Homestar, suspended by a rope, whirling around and kicking Strong Sad repeatedly in the face. Strong Sad has a paper bag with Strong Mad's face, a bullet hole and a scar drawn on it on his head and is wearing his singlet.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{There is one exclamation for each hit.}'' Oof! Ow! Ouff! Ouwh! Getting! Dizzy! Blacking! Out! Oof! Geez! Oouf!

''{We then cut to Strong Bad, Coach Z (silhouetted) and Homestar (looking down on the fallen Strong Mad).}''

'''COACH Z:''' Nice work there, Dangeresque!

'''STRONG BAD & HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks. ''{forced laugh}'' Ahahahahaha.

''{Marzipan, as Cutesy Buttons, approaches Coach Z, holding a glass of iced tea, with ice cubes and mint bobbing on the surface.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Mmm. Thanks for the serum, boys. Now I won't be kidnapped.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh no...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER & STRONG BAD:''' ...Looks like we're going to have to jump!

''{They both jump off the Concession Stand and end in a freeze frame, silhouetted against a sunset. The credits roll while Strong Bad sings.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Today is all right for tonight... 
Riding in a Corvette, feeling all right, 
Today is all right for tonight! 
Today is all right for tonight... 
Riding in a Corvette, feeling all right, 
All right for tonight!

'''Written and directed by Strong Bad'''

'''Dangeresque — Strong Bad''' 
'''Dangeresque — Homestar Runner''' 
'''Renaldo — Coach Z''' 
'''Perducci — The King of Town''' 
'''Cutesy Buttons — Marzipan''' 
'''Killingyouguy — Himself''' 
'''Passerby(Hot Tub) — El Dumpo''' 
'''Istanbul — The Cheat'''

'''Today is Alright 4 2Nite' written and performed by Strong Bad'''

''{We cut to a montage of pictures; the pictures appear in the following order: Strong Bad preparing to eat Strong Sad's sandwich (with Strong Sad protesting in the background); The Cheat washing the Gremlin while Strong Bad holds the sandwich; and The Cheat painting Strong Mad black on top of the Concession Stand. Then the screen turns black and both Dangeresques' cool glasses appear on the screen. "The End?" appears underneath them. The song ends and [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on Strong Bad's Dangeresque glasses at the end and you can download "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite]]," a song from the movie made by [[Strong Bad]].

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*At the end of [[stunt double]], Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective was said to be coming out in June 2004, which is when this e-mail came out. Also, it was supposed to be 'In 3D', which is why the sign says 'not in 3D' at the beginning of this one.

===Trivia===
*This email was originally titled "dangeresque3" (without the space) but was changed within hours to "dangeresque 3".
*If June 21st of 2004 was the 114th day of production, that would place Day 1 on March 9th, meaning Strong Bad didn't even start Dangeresque 3 until seven and a half months after [[stunt double]].
*Up until the release of [[portrait]], the file sbemail106.swf was the biggest email to date, coming in at 1265KB. The only other emails that have come in over 1MB are "[[japanese cartoon]]", at 1131KB; "[[date]]", at 1032KB; "[[haircut]]", at 1066KB, and "[[portrait]]", at 1355KB. The large size is mostly due to the 3 frames of TV static (167KB from those 3 frames alone), and the noisy still image (287KB) at the end.
*The [[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchuck]] gun has no trigger.

===Remarks===
*Although it is plain that Strong Bad does ''not'' do all his own stunts (despite his stating so in [[stunt double]]), at the end we see both him and Homestar jumping from Bubs' Concession Stand.
*If the credits are indeed correct, Strong Bad can play various musical instruments including guitar and drums.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's Dangeresque glasses lack the temples over the ears in the car scene.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's line "I work alone. 'Cept when I work with Renaldo. Which is all the time" is a line from "[[The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I]]", from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*Dangeresque's door reads (backwards) ''DANGERESQUE Private Eye/Crooked Cop'' which is also a throw to the Strong Bad Sings CD.
*The [[The VCR|VCR]] used for the car phone is from [[12:00]] and the [[Character Videos]] page.
*The newspaper is from [[stunt double]].
**To read the exact text of the newspaper, see trivia in [[stunt double]].
*"I'm gonna have to jump!" is a reference to the [[stunt double]], as is the whole e-mail.
*The Name Tag that The King of Town wears is from [[The Luau]].
*The car is the [[Gremlin]] from [[Homestarloween Party]].
*Strong Bad saying "That guy is tall" may be a reference to [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] where "Homestar" said, "All right, this guy is tall."
*The Cheat's "Istanbul" costume is a reference to [[A Decemberween Pageant]] where his "[[The Popular Vote|Popular Vote]]" costume looks almost the same.
*The line, "Here comes little email with a gun in his hand," is an exact mimic of the line "Here comes little THORAX with a gun in his hand," found on [http://www.thoraxcorp.com/intern.html Thoraxcorp.com's intern page].

===Real-World References===
*The Corvette was one of the most popular sportscars made by Chevrolet.
*"What is your malfunction?" is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam War movie ''[[imdb:tt0093058|Full Metal Jacket]]''.
*The scene of the two Dangeresques climbing up the "skyscraper" is a parody of [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/climb.htm The Bat Climb], a running gag from the old ''[[Batman]]'' TV series. Also, the final shot of the movie that says "The End?" is a reference to the 1966 ''[[imdb:tt0060153|Batman]]'' movie, which ends with a similar question.
*"The pipes are broken!" is Homestar trying to say "Tatsu Maki Sen Pu¯ Kyaku," a move from ''[[Wikipedia:Street Fighter II|Street Fighter II]]'' usually called the Hurricane Kick in U.S. versions of the game. The name is changed because the characters' voices in ''Street Fighter II'' are hard to understand (due to low-quality recordings), and sound like they are saying something else. He says this because the kick is the same as Ryu's and Ken's hurricane kick in the games/movies.
*Homestar's "shades" are Venetian blinds-style, and may have been inspired by the movie ''[[imdb:tt0094072|Summer School]]''.
*[http://www.hersheys.com/sundaebest/milkshakes.html#Peanut%20Butter%20Cup "Reesy Cup Milkshake"] is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Reese%27s_Peanut_Butter_Cup|Reese's Peanut Butter Cups]] candy, which is often served in milkshakes.
* Doughboy may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pillsbury_Doughboy|Poppin' Fresh]], [http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_poppinfresh.htm The Pillsbury Doughboy].
*The line, "Here comes little email with a gun in his hand," could also be reference to the song "Little Man With a Gun in His Hand" by The Minutemen, one of Matt Chapman's favorite bands.


===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's "Hurricane Kick" becomes one of [[1-Up]]'s attacks in [[Stinkoman 20X6]].

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

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

'''MATT:''' Appropriately, this is our third try at the dangeresque 3 commentary.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, last time, Ryan came in, with the phone. Matt got a phone call.

'''MATT:''' But, see, and then Mike had the idea to keep doing the commentary while I was on the phone, and then I ruined it by stopping the recording.

'''MIKE:''' It would have been a good one.

'''MATT:''' It would've.

'''MIKE:''' Pretend you're on the phone.

'''MATT:''' All right. ''{in a high voice}'' Oh! Hello! This is.. the phone!

'''MIKE:''' All right, so this was, uh, about the time we said... Strong Bad said that, uh, Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective would come out.

'''MATT:''' June, of..

'''MIKE:''' June of 2004. We sorta considered actually doing it, but, of course, you know, it was supposed to be in 3-D, and we knew we weren't gonna...

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' See, this was our way of addressing it without really addressing it.

'''MATT:''' But, yeah. But, see, it's funny 'cuz people sort of, some people I remember...

'''MIKE:''' ...Still think that Dangeresque 3 is coming out.

'''MATT:''' Right. And they complained that, and it's just, but, you don't... you... you basically are getting Dangeresque 3. Here's something you've never seen, oh, aw, they just put that old "Dangeresque 1" up there. Uh, so Strong—

'''MIKE:''' Oh! You can see The Cheat in this scene! Look! You can see him running behind the car.

'''MATT:''' Oh, really. Oh really!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that was... did you frame that up?

'''MATT:''' Yeah! When we shot this, there were live cartoon characters in the background!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, yeah, I mean, I gotta watch that stuff closer, because, I'm sure some other people may have noticed that.

'''MATT:''' ''{of Coach Z's first scene}'' Uh, I remember this being a problem a lot when we made movies as kids, with, uh, people, like, at the end of a take would immediately look at the camera and be like, "Was that okay? Did I do that right? Whatever?" Sort of like when we were doing the Peasant's Quest thing, my wife Jackie had a problem; she was never very confident with her performance.

'''MIKE:''' Sometimes she would start looking at the camera making a sour face before she was done with the line.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, she was not impressed with some of her performances.

''{pause until the Reesy Cup milkshake}''

'''MATT:''' Oooh. Let's go get those.

'''MIKE:''' Mm-hmm. Sonic?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Sonic Burger?

'''MATT:''' I think we comment about Sonic Burger on the last DVD set. And how they're far away from us.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. I know. I wish... we talk about it a lot for a place I've only eaten at, probably, three times in my life.

''{pause until the racquetball scene}''

'''MIKE:''' Racquetball.

'''MATT:''' The racquetball scene.

'''MIKE:''' There's good racquetball in, uh, Cape Fear, right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think there's a very nice racquetball scene. And, uh, Splash!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' John Candy is... he doesn't like playing. He gets really tired.

'''MIKE:''' We should start playing racquetball. And start watching Splash! Right now!

'''MATT:''' Take this out of the DVD player and put Splash in.

'''MIKE:''' I'll do it.

''{pause until they reach "Istanbul"}''

'''MIKE:''' So Strong Bad, er, rather, that's The Cheat there, Mike. The Cheat reprises his role as The Popular Vote from the Christmas episode as "Istanbul." We just had to modify his costume.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' This reminds me of, uh, my... our cousin Rafiel that lived with us for a while, and I remember him being the one that I would try... I would just force to be in movies.

'''MIKE:''' He never wanted to.

'''MATT:''' To the point of just, like, walking up to him with the camera and being like, "All right, here's the scene!" And he'd be like "No! Go away!"

''{pause until Perducci's silhouette}''

'''MATT:''' Who do you think that is, Mike? That black silhouette.

'''MIKE:''' That's the King, it's the King of Town.

'''MATT:''' I can't, who do you think that guy is...

'''MIKE:''' It's the King of Town...

'''MATT:''' In the derby hat...

'''MIKE:''' We just, we just showed him.

'''MATT:''' Who do you think THAT guy is?

'''MIKE:''' That's Strong Mad.

'''MATT:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' We made this cartoon. You should know.

'''MATT:''' This is a ref— a double reference to, obviously, the old Batman TV show where they would do this cheap special effect to be climbing up a wall, and then my friend Neil and I's attempt to do it in an episode of "Captain Idiot," I believe it was in.

'''MIKE:''' Not Agent Neil?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, and I think the first couple times we did it, we had the camera turned the wrong way, so we're climbing ''down'' the building.

'''MIKE:''' Ha ha! You guys are smart. Man, Killingyouguy has a giant bullet hole in his face. He's a tough man. Oh! That's like our buddy...

'''MATT:''' That, of course, what we... it sounds like Ken says in Street Fighter when he does the Hurricane Kick, or whatever it's called. "The pipes are broken."

'''MIKE:''' This whole thing is taking place on the only appearance of the ''top'' of Bubs' Concession Stand.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That a mint julep or just an iced tea...

'''MIKE:''' I think it's an iced tea with mint in it.

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, mint juleps are white...

'''MIKE:''' I think Hopkins, Hopkins has some great...

'''MATT:''' Ooh, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ...mint iced tea.

''{Over the credits, Matt imitates the guitar in the music}''

'''MIKE:''' Uh... Hot Tub.... Hot Tub tea.

'''MATT:''' Uh, what else, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I kinda just want to listen to the song and watch this.

'''MATT:''' This is the end of the mon... the photo montage he speaks of in the montage email.

'''MIKE:''' That's true!

'''MATT:''' It's happening just now. ''{laughs}'' Didn't just backlight Strong Mad, they actually painted him black.

'''MIKE:''' Ah, the continue, er, the end.

'''MATT:''' Uh-oh.

===Fun Facts===
*The "Peasant's Quest thing" refers to the [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]], in which [[Jackie Chapman]] played the [[Baby Lady & Her Baby|Baby Lady]]. The outtakes were later released in the [[Peasant's Quest Outtakes]] bonus feature on [[Everything Else, Volume 1]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sonic Drive-In|Sonic Burger]] is a chain of fast-food restaurants. The Brothers Chaps did in fact talk about Sonic Burger on the last DVD set, in the [[comic#DVD Version|commentary]] for [[comic]].
*There have been two movies by the name of Cape Fear: one released in [[Wikipedia:Cape Fear (1962 film)|1962]] and a remake in [[Wikipedia:Cape Fear (1991 film)|1991]].
*[[Wikipedia:Splash|Splash]] is a 1984 movie about a man who falls in love with a mermaid. It featured [[Wikipedia:John Candy|John Candy]] as Freddie Bauer.
*[[Wikipedia:Mint Julep|A mint julep]] is a mixed drink with mint leaves and bourbon.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|106|209}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Dangeresque]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

isp

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:11:15 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|152|senior prom|redesign}}
[[Image:Isp.PNG|thumb|"Ma'am, please calm down. Your CD tray is not a cup holder."]]
Gary from the UK asks about Strong Bad's [[Wikipedia:Internet service provider|ISP]].

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

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

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' May 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:22

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' A badaly-doo, it's time for email, bra-doop-da-dabadoo.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: ISP</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Since you answer emails, you must have some sort of 
internet, right? What kind of internet do you guys get in 
Strong Badia? Who runs it? Is it expensive? 
Your bestest buddy in the whole wide world, 
Gary, UK
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Not even close," very quickly after "Your bestest buddy in the whole wide world," and says "UK" as, "You 'kay?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, I'm fine, Gary. Calm down. Of course I've got the internet. How else could I download this awesome animated gif/gif ''{Pronounced as /gif/, /jif/}'' of a cute breakdancing rodent?

''{A progress bar pops up with a ding that says "11% Complete" with "Less than a fortnight remaining" below}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' What??!! Eleven percent? I started downloading this thing like two days ago! Oh, that's IT!! Hold on to your fat, sweaty D&D playing headsets, tech support. 'Cuz Strong Bad's about to Do-Sum-Bow-Dis!

''{The camera rotates around the Lappy to a rear view as Strong Bad picks up the telephone. There is a phone ringing sound and the screen is split by a phone cord with Homestar Runner in the office on the left and Strong Bad on the right. On Homestar's cubicle wall there is a Post-It Note that reads "Note to self: Chew more." Homestar wears a headset.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thank you for calling the internet, may I have your account number or identity theft, please?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but you can have a heapin' helpin' of my unbridled rage!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{reading slowly from sheets of paper}'' Ma'am, please calm down. Your CD tray is not a cup holder. ''{turns page}'' I cannot help you clear your browser cache. No, I'm not in India.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Shut up and listen. ''{Homestar drops the papers in surprise. Strong Bad bangs his hand on keyboard}'' My internet is crawling along like... something... funny... that crawls along.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, I can help you with that. Please hold while I transfer you to someone who can help you with that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{incredulous}'' What?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Doo doot-tsp. Do doo doot-tsp. Do doo doot-tsp.

''{Cut to a long shot of the office as Homestar stands up. Homestar is the only visible tech representative.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' It's the hold music, do doot-tsp. Pa doo doot-tsp. Boodoo doo doot-tsp. ''{high pitched voice}'' Hold music!

''{Cut back to the splitscreen as Homestar sits down.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thank you for holding. Your call is very unportant to us. The next available representative wi—okay, I'm back! Lemme just verify your address so I can send you my weight in free sign-up CDs.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, enough! ''{bangs hand against keyboard again}'' I'm marching my pasty white bwathom down there to talk to the man in charge!

''{He slams the phone down and walks offscreen during Homestar's next line.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm so glad we could get that resolved. Is there anything else I could—

''{Cut to Strong Bad marching across The Field at dusk as march music plays in the background. Strong Bad ends up at Bubs' Concession Stand, slightly out of breath from the marching.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{as the camera zooms in}'' Well if it isn't my lone internet customer. How's e-business?

''{Cut to Strong Bad from inside the concession stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now listen here, old man Bubs! What's the big idea of throttling me down?!

''{Cut to the front of Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Throttling you down?! That's not one of the ninety-nine ways I rip you off!

''{Cut to Strong Bad from inside the concession stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, back in the day I used to connect at twelve-hundred baud, but ever since ''the merger,'' I'm lucky if I get twelve baud!

'''BUBS:''' Hmm...

''{Cut back to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' Let's head down to the Datum Center and see what we can find.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dat'um sounds good.

''{Vertical scroll wipe to the garage which is currently housing several computers with Bubs' face on them and is sporting a sign labelled, "Datum Center". The march music returns briefly as Strong Bad again marches into scene.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{indicating the computers}'' So this is where the magic happens. I wonder where the trouble could be.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Yeah, I wonder.

''{Camera pulls back to reveal a computer with a garden hose sticking out of it and smoke issuing from the back}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's probably not this computer with the garden hose coming out of it.

'''BUBS:''' Hey! Somebody's suckin' up all my bandwidth!

''{Cut to a hole in the wall with the garden hose running through, then outside to Strong Mad sucking on the end of the hose. Strong Bad and Bubs walk up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad!

''{Startled, Strong Mad takes the hose out of his mouth. His mouth is now tiny.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{in a high-pitched voice}'' I'M A WEBSITE!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Bubs as they both start laughing, with the off-screen Strong Mad soon joining in (in his regular voice). The laughter gets more and more hysterical until it reaches a psychotic peak. At that point we cut back to the Lappy. For a moment, the status bar reads "99%" and has "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." written below where it previously read "Less than a fortnight remaining". With a ding, this is replaced by "100%" and "Already?!!" The Lappy's screen then shows an animated gif of a rat dancing to a computer tune. The rat is then replaced by yellow text that says "NOT REALLY BREAK DANCING" and [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Homestar in CD form.PNG|thumb|CD Runner]]
*When Homestar mentions the free sign-up CDs, click on the [[Sticky Notes|post-it note]] that reads "note to self: chew more" to see a picture of them.
*At the end of the email, click on the "O" in "Not Really Break Dancing" to see a collection of free sign-up CDs in the shape of Homestar running backed by music similar to the [[Theme Song Video]]. This particular musical arrangement was heard in [[Bug In Mouth Disease]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*D&D stands for [[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]], a popular [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen and paper role-playing game]] that, like working in tech support, is often associated with "geek culture".
*[[wikipedia:Baud|Baud]] is a term used to describe the data transmission speed of modems, meaning "symbols per second". Note that a single symbol can convey more than one bit - therefore, 1200 baud is only 1200 bits per second under certain encoding schemes.
*[[wiktionary:datum|Datum]] is the singular form of the word data.
*A [[wiktionary:fortnight|fortnight]] is a period of two weeks. The word "fortnight" is most often used in the UK, which is where the emailer is from.
*[[wikipedia:Bandwidth throttling|Throttling]] means limiting the amount of data that can be sent through a network connection. An ISP might throttle a connection to a customer who uses a disproportionate amount of bandwidth, or throttle a specific network application (such as bittorrent or other popular Peer-2-Peer software) to keep it from slowing down other applications.
*A [[Wikipedia:Cache|cache]] is a collection of data duplicating original values stored elsewhere or computed earlier.

===Remarks===
[[Image:Lappybackside.png|thumb|The lappy's back panel]]
*It is unclear how Strong Bad is connected to the Internet - there does not appear to be a network cable plugged in to the back of the Lappy, and it is unlikely that the computer has a wireless connection (even though he was able to answer e-mails from under Homestar's kitchen table in [[part-time job]]). However, it is possible that Strong Bad's Internet connection works in a similar way to the [[Disconnected Telephones]].
*The [[Wikipedia:GIF|GIF]] file format does not support any form of sound on its own. The animation that Strong Bad downloaded is either not a true animated GIF, or it is embedded in a webpage that also contains embedded sound similar to a [[Wikipedia:YTMND|YTMND]].
*When Homestar says the word "internet" after he first answers Strong Bad's call, he speaks without his trademark speech impediment.
*Bubs refers to Strong Bad as his lone internet customer. It is unknown whether Free Country USA has other ISPs, but Strong Sad, The Cheat, and Homestar all seem to be connected to the internet too. However, The Cheat and Strong Sad would presumably use Strong Bad's internet connection since their computers are in the same residence, and it's possible Homestar gets his connection for free as an employment benefit. Pom Pom may or may not have subscribed to an ISP through his Pom Pilot, though he can clearly access the Internet.
*While the first time we saw the back of the Lappy was in the email [[part-time job]], this is the first time we have seen a clear view of the various ports and inputs on the back of the computer.
*Although they are normally considered unimpressive, the gif does employ two common dance moves: The Cabbage Patch and Raise the Roof.
*At the end of the email, outside the frame on the left, just below The Paper, there is an invisible button. Clicking on it doesn't appear to do anything.
* A CD usually weighs about half an ounce. If Homestar sent Strong Bad his weight ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand|100 lbs]]) in sign-up CDs, then he would have to send about 3,200 CDs.
* Even though Strong Bad's connection is running slowly, he is able to bring up the email very quickly. It's possible that the email could have been downloaded in advance and simply brought up from his hard drive.
*When Strong Bad and Bubs start to laugh at Strong Mad, Strong Bad is a little bit taller than Bubs. Usually, Bubs is slightly taller than Strong Bad.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Bubs Hidden Teeth.PNG|thumb|150px|Walking backwards?]]
* The last time Homestar imitates the hi-hat sound in his hold music or when he's getting up from his chair, his mouth doesn't move.
* Bubs' mouth outline is just barely visible on the backside of his silhouette. Altering the brightness and contrast can make the error more apparent.

===Inside References===
*Strong Mad first unsuccessfully attempted to alter his voice in [[helium]].
*Strong Bad's confusion over the pronunciation of the word "GIF" is a reference to [[website]].
**Strong Bad was also first seen using an animated GIF involving a rodent in that email.
*Strong Mad's questionable knowledge of computers was previously pointed out in [[the facts]].
*The icon of a 5 1/4 inch floppy disc on the download-progress screen is another instance of Strong Bad using outdated [[Strong Bad's Technology|technology.]]
*The tech support scene also has a [[Disconnected Telephones|Disconnected Telephone]].
*Strong Bad's hysterical laughter is similar to his laugh in [[A Jorb Well Done]].

===Real World References===
*Homestar's line "Your CD tray is not a cup holder" is a reference to a variation of an [[Wikipedia:urban legend|urban legend]] about an infamous [[snopes:humor/business/wordperf.htm|tech-support call]].
*Homestar's line "No, I'm not in India" is a reference to the increasingly common practice of [[Wikipedia:Outsourcing|outsourcing]], in which Western companies transfer some of their labor (most commonly tech-support) to countries with lower labor costs, such as India.
*Homestar's weight in "free sign-up CDs" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:America Online|America Online]], an ISP which is notorious for aggressively marketing its services with free-trial CDs through mass mailings, newspaper and magazine inserts, and in-store displays.
*Strong Bad's line "have a heapin' helpin' of my unbridled rage" may be a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Beverly Hillbillies|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', in which the similar phrase "have a heapin' helpin' of our hospitality" appears in the closing credits music.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|152|8396}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

marzipan

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:21:33 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|59|dragon|huttah!}}

[[Image:sbemail59picture.png|thumb|"Say you like me."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forcharacter|Marzipan}}

Strong Bad tries to prove that Marzipan loves him.

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

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

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' January 20, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:14

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' There once was a man named email, and he did his best for a while.

''{Reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Strong Bad, 
So, if you're so good with the ladies, 
how come I never see you with any? The 
only female I've seen even near you is 
Marzipan, and she doesn't seem to 
like you very much. 
 
Ok, bye. 
Emily C., Ohio</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stumbles with the second sentence, saying "The only female I've eev see sageento—". He starts the sentence over, this time without stumbling. Also, he pronounces "Ohio" as "Owa-hoh"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' What are you talkin about, Emily? Marzipan can't keep her hands offa me! In fact, I had to change my screen name cause she was buggin me so much. ''{clears screen}'' I'd be like, tryin' to write an email like... ''{typing}'' "Dear The Cheat" ''{stops typing}'' And then—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: 'sup strong bad? i heart you so much."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — it'd come up, and I'd be like close the window. ''{closes message, continues typing}'' "Anyways, The Cheat, I was going"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: i like all your muscles," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "to ask you"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: do you go hooray 4 dolphins? i do," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "if I could borrow"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: (a long string of characters typed in Webdings font)," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "that big knife"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: are you trying to fade me?," Strong Bad closes it, clears the screen, and continues typing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And if that's not enough proof ''{types "enüff prüf"}'', just watch this...

''{Scene cuts to Marzipan out in the field next to a sign laying against a cinder block saying '''Free Concert For Birds'''}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Oh yeah, oh yeah, and I really don't like him at all.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{Combs back nonexistent "hair" and puts his comb into the back of his pants}'' Is that another song about Homestar?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, it's about you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' About being in love with me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's disgusting. And I don't like your outfit.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I'm not telling you my new screen name.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... I don't even know what a scream name is, so there you go. And if you'd please leave now, because I'm tinkering with my guitar.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, well? Say you like me.

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, leave me alone.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Say you like me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then do you like ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No! You're just saying your name fast. Go away.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about that guy who's brothers with Strong Mad and ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Sad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's still you! No!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then how about this one? Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh... I guess...

'''STRONG BAD:''' See! I told you you loved me! Ooh! I knew it all along! Wait until my friend Emily from Ohio ''{pronounces it "O-hee-oh"}'' hears this!!! Oooh, I knew she loves me! ''{gibberish}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Whatever... Come on Carol, let's rock.

''{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad's computer room. Three messages pop up from The Cheat:}''

'''cheatachu72:''' yo SB! you there? you still want that knife? 
'''cheatachu72:''' ello? 
'''cheatachu72:''' i gots to jet. makin' a video for a client 
'''cheatachu72 has signed off''' ''{sign off is punctuated by a vocalized imitation of AOL Instant Messenger's sign off sound}''

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

''{After a while, a message pops up from Strong Sad:}''

'''depressio111117:''' vinegar toast? did you really think i'd fall for that?

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "video for a client" in The Cheat's last message to see a [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Marzipan's song.
=== Easter Egg Transcript ===
'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Carol, let's rock.
''{Marzipan sings:}''
<blockquote>Yeah yeah 
Yeah yeah 
Oh yeah 
Oh yeah 
 
Oh yeah 
Oh yeah 
Oh yeah 
Oh yeah yeah 
Oh yeah yeah 
Oh yeah yeah 
And I really don't like him at all.</blockquote>

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thank you! ''{Birds chirp}'' Those are the birds.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
[[Image:don't decode this.png|thumb|Don't decode this]]
*The Webdings message translates to:<blockquote>'''hooray4dolphins:''' i seriou sly hope you didn't somehow decode this. it would make me real sad.</blockquote>
*Strong Sad's message is a reference to how [[Mike Chapman]] once tried to feed his brother [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] brownies with toothpaste in them, only to have the younger brother retaliate with vinegar toast. (From [[Atlanta Journal Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|ajc interview]])
*When this email first came out, [[The Brothers Chaps]] registered the AIM screen name hooray4dolphins. It was always online with an away message, saying that Marzipan wasn't really using that screen name, since she doesn't use computers.
*This email marks the first time Marzipan's guitar has been referred to as [[Carol]]. Previously, the guitar had been nameless, and had an M on it instead.
*During The Cheat's video, the following images flash by:
**Marzipan in a field
**A road
**Cup of coffee
**Beefy arm
**"Hello My Name Is" Tag
**Teeth
**Florida
**A Shirt with a gold necklace
**Alarm Clock

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad says that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him, which is ironic since Marzipan [[Lack of Visible Arms|doesn't have any visible hands]].
*Besides "Do you like Strong Bad," the [[Wikipedia:Double_negative#Triple_and_quadruple_negatives|quadruple negative]] "Don't not dislike not Strong Bad" could be interpreted to mean that Marzipan dislikes everyone except Strong Bad, rather than specifically liking him.
*In The Cheat's video, Marzipan's guitar reads "Carl" instead of "Carol".

===Goofs===
*During the conversation with Marzipan, as Strong Bad turns his head, his left eye is smaller. The same goof happens again in the beginning of [[Where's the Cheat?]], only it was the other eye.

===Glitches===
*If you turn up the contrast at the very end of the email when the IMs are on the screen, the IM boxes don't change with the rest of the screen. They just stay black.
* Also, after Strong Sad's message pops up, if you watch Marzipan's video, Strong Sad's message reappears afterwards.

===Inside References===
*When Marzipan Instant Messages Strong Bad, she says "Are you trying to fade me?," which is a reference to the name of [[Coach Z]]'s new hit single, "[[These peoples try to fade me|These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]," included on the [[Strong Bad Sings CD]].
*Marzipan's "Free Concert for Birds" sign leans up against a cinder block, just like the [[Stop Sign|stop sign]] in [[Strong Badia]].
*This email mentions a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]].
*The Cheat's screen name, cheatachu72, was originally seen in the email [[i she be]].
*Strong Sad's screen name is the same as his email address, as shown in [[depressio]].
*The title of the pop-ups is the first appearance of the word [[Thyme]].

===Real-World References===
*The IM boxes that pop up on Strong Bad's computer look like those seen in [[Wikipedia:Windows 3.x|Microsoft Windows 3.X]], which definitely fits with Strong Bad's computer, as the 3.X series was made for the then-state-of-the-art [[Wikipedia:Intel 80386|386]] PCs.
*This email is the second time we see The Cheat's screen name, which is cheatachu72. This is obviously a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]] [[Wikipedia:Pikachu|Pikachu]], to whom The Cheat shares an incredible likeness.
*Marzipan's supposed screen name, "hooray4dolphins", is an example of [[Internet Slang]].

===Fast Forward===
*[[Oh yeah yeah|Marzipan's song]] would later be on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings CD]].
*Marzipan holds another free concert in [[Seasonal Sweaters]].
*"Cheatachu72" is also The Cheat's username when he bids on the breakfast burrito in [[english paper]].
*Strong Bad uses "Video Thyme" (similar to "Message Thyme") to communicate with Larry in [[death metal]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**The commentary continues into the "Yeah Yeah" music video Easter egg.

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

'''MIKE:''' Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' Speaking of Marzipan, look who's here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, guys.

'''MIKE:''' Hi—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Hi, Marzipan.

'''MIKE:''' How does it feel to be featured in your very own Strong Bad Email?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It feels about normal.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It's got your name. It's got your name all over it.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' There it is, I'm pointing to it right now.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I see. I, uh—I thought this was a particularly thoughtful email.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' And, um, I thought the costume design was very good.

'''MIKE:''' There's... Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' My—my outfit.

'''MIKE:''' It's the same one you're always wearing.

'''MATT:''' Well... It's a good outfit, right?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... Sometimes I change.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''MATT:''' Oh, an interesting note about that last one that popped up was, uh, it spelled out something, and, what was it—

'''MIKE:''' It was in, like—

'''MATT:''' —it spelled out "I really hope you didn't translate this. That would make me sad." And of course—

'''MIKE:''' And it was in, like, Webdings—

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Or some Dingbats or something and people translated it.

'''MATT:''' It made me really sad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Did you notice you reversed my eyes on this one?

'''MATT:''' I—look, I—

'''MIKE:''' I think they are—

'''MATT:''' I don't know...

'''MIKE:''' I think we did something wrong.

'''MATT:''' But they'd be—make sense in perspective, right? The smaller eyes...

'''MIKE:''' But that wasn't why—that's not why...

'''MATT:''' She just has one—one eye smaller than the other?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, just like Strong... Just like Strong Ma—er, uh...

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's why I get confused later, because I can barely see Strong Bad while I'm talking to him.

'''MATT:''' Oh-ho, see Mike, it's ''your'' fault. You put her eyes on backwards.

'''MIKE:''' Wellll, uh, we'll look into that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Plus everyone forgot to bring the birds in that day, so no one showed up. There were no extras.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I don't think anyone wanted to hear your song, maybe.

'''MATT:''' Mmm, it was a pretty good song.

'''MIKE:''' How was the, uh, did you market it very much? That concert? What promoter did you use?

'''MATT:''' Pass out flyers?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well...

'''MATT:''' Go down to the Whole Foods?

'''MARZIPAN:''' You've got to realize this is all acting. You know, this is just not what I usually do.

'''MATT:''' What do you usually do?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I'm usually gardening.

'''MATT:''' So is—is the playing a guitar all just part of your character?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah. I mean, I play it sometimes, but...for this, you know. I'm—I have a much better guitar than that, usually.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' What's its name?

'''MIKE:''' Carol... Is that just a prop?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It ''is'' a prop.

'''MATT:''' What's your guitar's name?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, Joan.

'''MIKE:''' Carol and Joan, huh?

=== Easter Egg Commentary ===
'''MIKE:''' So here's your video...Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' The Cheat misspelled the name of your—your prop guitar there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he calls it Carl.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I know, I know. That's okay.

'''MATT:''' Did you help, like, do the art direction on this one?

'''MIKE:''' ''{almost simultaneously}'' Have you ever been before?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, uh, I did actually. I—I like The Cheat a lot. ''{slight pause}'' See? There was only one bird there.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ Whole Foods] is a grocery store specializing in organic food (the kind of place Marzipan would shop).

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail59.html|watch "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:sbemail59.swf|view the Flash file for "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:ohyeahyeah.mp3|download the mp3 of the original "Oh Yeah Yeah"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

crying

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:14:43 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|109|pom pom|for kids}}
[[Image:lilbrudder.png|thumb|"Don't cry for me, The Cheatentina..."]]

DJ Solerous asks Strong Bad if he had ever made Homestar cry. All weep when they see Lil' Brudder.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Li'l Brudder]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Tendafoot]]

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' July 26, 2004 (added to [[Podstar Runner]] on January 30, 2006)

'''Running Time:''' 3:25

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Rapping}'' I'm not gonna sing an email song this week e—''{realizes mistake, talking}'' Oh. Never mind.

''{Pulls up email}'' ''{Reading}''

<blockquote class="email">YO Yo Strongbad, 
Hey Strongbad I was wondering if you 
have ever made Homestar cry. 
DJ Solerous Australia</blockquote>

''{After "Hey Strongbad" he stops mid-sentence and says: "Well, which is it? 'Yo yo' or 'Hey' Strong Bad? I mean, the outcome of the rest of this whole email hinges on the decision made—" Without skipping a beat, as if it no longer matters, he finishes reading the email.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Whoa! ''THE'' DJ Solerous? What an honor! I saw you spin in a warehouse in Canberra ''{He pronounces it as can-BEAR-uh.}'' a few years back! Uh, no wait. I lied. I, nor anyone else, have ever heard of DJ Smoldyface.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, have I ever made Homestar cry? Uh, yes. Yes, I have. A lot. I can pretty much make anybody cry just by showing them this drawing I invented of a one-legged puppy named "Li'l Brudder."

''{Strong Bad holds up a picture of a one-legged puppy saying "I can make it on my own."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' I mean, it cracks me up, but Homestar just falls apart when he sees him. A-like so... ''{Gets up and exits.}''

''{Cut to The Field. Homestar is standing there, looking angrily offscreen right. Enter Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, you stay over there.

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, Homestar. I've got something for you.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Thanks, Strong Bad! What is it what is it what is it what is it what is it?

'''STRONG BAD''': It's just this drawing I made...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{uneasy}'' Oh, no. Don't do it. You know the storm that will unleash!

'''STRONG BAD''': No! I think you'll like it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{Edge of tears}'' Strong Bad, no! I can't handle it!

'''STRONG BAD''': Ta-daaah! ''{Holds the Li'l Brudder drawing in front of his face.}''

''{Homestar breaks down crying, falls to his knees}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': No-ho-hooo... LIDD'L BRUDDOR! That little guy... He's got the heart of a champion! You can make it, Li'l Brudder! You just keep scrapin' along!

''{Strong Bad looks on in disbelief; Homestar is lying on the ground, sobbing hysterically and kicking at the air}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Li'l Brudder... I... ''I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE!'' I-I'm thinking of getting into male modeling—o-or maybe high finance... I JUST DON'T KNOW!!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{As Li'l Brudder, shaking the drawing like a crude hand puppet.}'' I'm gonna be all right, Homestar.''{Homestar is heard sobbing hysterically}'' I can make it on my own!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{sobs}'' It's like I said—the heart of a champion!

''{Enter the Cheat, from offscreen left.}''

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

''{Strong Bad turns to The Cheat and does his Li'l Brudder act.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, The Cheat, I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up! I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards! ''{The Cheat begins sobbing.}'' Don't cry for me, The Cheat-entina...

''{Enter Strong Sad, his eyes red around the edges and all watery, apparently trying not to cry.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, Strong Bad, is Li'l Brudder named after me? Do you think of ''me'' as a... one-legged puppy?

'''STRONG BAD''': Uhh, no. I think of you as a two-legged elephant...named "Tendafoot." ''{Pronounces name as "Tenderfoot."}''

''{He holds up a picture of this, with "Tendafoot" saying "I'm tops!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Speaking as Tendafoot/Strong Sad}'' I could power a small city with my whining!

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{dejected}'' I probably could.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{still sobbing}'' Oh-h-h-h, Tendafoot, can you tell me how to get the most out of life?

''{Cut to Compy 386. Strong Bad enters and sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' There ya go. Homestar crying. Not a problem. I bet all a y'alls are prob'ly crying all over the place. That Li'l Brudder sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. ''{begins to choke up as he speaks}'' He's just such a trooper.  Got such a strong... one leg. ''{recovers}'' Um, yeah. I think I've got a ''{hesitates}'' food in the oven. ''{begins to choke up again}'' I gotta go.

''{Strong Bad gets up and hurries out.}''

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "YO Yo" to see a Strong Bad yo-yo.
*Click on "''The'' DJ Solerous" to see a flyer for a DJ event.
<blockquote>Perfectly Legal WAREHOUSE RAVE 
featuring: 
DJ Solerous 
DJ Stank 
and DJ from Roseanne 
Don't tell the cops!!</blockquote>
*Click on "Homestar crying" at the end to see more of him crying.
::'''Transcript:'''
::''{Homestar is still bawling.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Ohh, Tendafoot! Can you tell me what to do with myself? I feel like I'm at a crossroads, and there's like, a Denny's on one corner, and an IHOP on the other!
::''{Homestar is kneeling over the Tendafoot drawing.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Can you give me some sound financial advice?
::''{Homestar is lying on the ground again.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Tendafoot, can you help advise me on my future?
*Click on "Li'l Brudder" at the end to see Li'l Brudder falling off his one leg.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad invents a 1-legged puppy and the tears flow."
*This toon has [[Nondescript Nouns]] ("Food").

===Remarks===
* The tears flying off Homestar's face are the same as in [[A Jorb Well Done]]. In A Jorb Well Done, the water coming off his face is sweat.
* This is the first email to come from Australia.
* Strong Bad must be an extremely talented typist to be able to quickly type an entire sentence, complete with punctuation and capital letters, with only one hand as he holds up Li'l Brudder's picture with the other...while wearing boxing gloves.
**This is in contrast to the other instance of typing with a skewed view for the previous email [[pom pom]], where he failed to type coherently when he couldn't see due to his blindfold.
*The pieces of notebook paper are unusually rigid. Even when Strong Bad is holding the Lil' Brudder picture from the bottom it still stands straight up.
*When Homestar is rolling on the ground, it seems his shading stays on one side of his body.

===Inside References===
*The DJ flyer is a reference to an Easter egg in [[techno]] for The Cheat's light-switch rave.
*"I can make it on my own" might be a reference to the Easter egg in [[invisibility]], where the tossed-out [[Tandy 400]] says it.
*When Li'l Brudder falls, it makes the same sound that Homsar makes when he walks.

===Real-World References===
*On the DJ flyer, "DJ from Roseanne" is a reference to the television show "[[IMDB:tt0094540|Roseanne]]". Actor [[IMDB:nm0279896|Michael Fishman]] played the role of Roseanne's son D. J. Conner.
*"Don't cry for me the Cheatentina" is a reference to the song "[[Wikipedia:Don't Cry For Me, Argentina|Don't Cry For Me, Argentina]]" from [[Wikipedia:Andrew Lloyd Webber|Andrew Lloyd Webber's]] musical "[[Wikipedia:Evita|Evita]]".
*"Tendafoot" is possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts']] rank of "[[Wikipedia:List of BSA rank requirements#Tenderfoot Scout|Tenderfoot]]", which is the first rank a Scout can achieve.
*[[Wikipedia:Canberra|Canberra]] is Australia's capital city. Most Australians pronounce the city's name "CAN-bruh." A minority pronounce it "CAN-buh-ruh" and a few use "can-BEAR-uh," though the latter is generally considered incorrect. The varying pronunciation is to some extent a class-based difference.
*[[Wikipedia:International House of Pancakes|IHOP]] and [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] are restaurant chains that both specialize in breakfast items.

===Fast Forward===
*Li'l Brudder and Tendafoot later star in their own TV show, ''[[The Li'l Brudder Show]]''.
*Homestar mentions that he's considering male modeling while talking to Li'l Brudder. He later models for the front page of "[[Stupid Coincidence Magazine]]" in the e-mail [[modeling]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]

'''MIKE:''' An email. Hi, guys!

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' You just did that. Ummmm, guh, start us over. Start us over. No, let's keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going.

'''MATT:''' Are you sure?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Okay.

'''MIKE:''' All I can think to do is, like, start saying the email.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Just recite the lines along with it.

'''MATT:''' Mmmhmm.

'''MIKE:''' Don't we, don't you mispronounce uh...

'''MATT:''' Canberra?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' How are you supposed to say it?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. I think its supposed to be... Canberra, or something.

'''MATT:''' Oh. Have we gotten complaints?

'''MIKE:''' I think there was, I think in one of the message boards, There was a...

'''MATT:''' I can't imagine Strong Bad being a stickler for, uh...

'''MIKE:''' Pronouncing foreign cities.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Even though he is a stickler about a lot of other things. So this is where Little Brudder came from.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. He's since gone on to uhh, have his own theme song. Who do you think Homestar was talking to?

'''MATT:''' I think he was talking to that pile of, uh, Swiss Cake Rolls that he's friends with.

'''MIKE:''' Those things are bad for you!

'''MATT:''' They got in a fight and he told them to stay over there. Ober dere. Did you draw those new feet for this one, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' No, that was actually for the Cheat Commandos.

'''MATT:''' Oh, right.

'''MIKE:''' And Homestar's kneeling down, playing Cheat Commandos in the commercial.

'''MATT:''' I think the drool, the public drool, is really what does it with Little Brudder.

'''MIKE:''' Makes it what?

'''MATT:''' Even sadder. More pathetic.

'''MIKE:''' Those tears, that Homestar has, were originally sweat from, uh, an old cartoon.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Jumping Jacks cartoon.

'''MATT:''' That's been around forever, and unchanged, mostly.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, not very good.

'''MATT:''' No, they're not.

'''MIKE:''' They probably, they probably need to be updated.

'''MATT:''' They don't look at it.

'''MIKE:''' ''{noises, sounds like "thang, thang, thang"}''

'''MIKE:''' I always wondered about the abbreviation, or the shortening of little to li'l, and where the apostrophe goes. Because there technically should be an apostrophe after both, before and after the l.

'''MATT:''' Well, right, because there's an e at the end of...

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause sometimes I do lil', and sometimes I do li'l.

'''MATT:''' It's back when they spelled little litel.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, it's replacing all of those. One of the few times when Strong Sad, these days, is actually sad. He has really not been sad, in a long time.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's, yeah, it's true. We, our website sucks now.

'''MIKE:''' No, it's better. He became more um... developed. He used to just say things like, "We die a little more every day," or something like that.

'''MATT:''' "Each day we die a little more," Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Ha! Well, my impression was pretty good. Look at his extensive use of apostrophes, right there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Prob'ly, and y'alls.

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

'''MIKE:''' He used an apostrophe there, in "I've." This is the apostrophe email.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|109|353}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_crying.m4v|download "crying" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
{{Strong Bad Email}}[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

crying

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:14:06 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|109|pom pom|for kids}}
[[Image:lilbrudder.png|thumb|"Don't cry for me, The Cheatentina..."]]

DJ Solerous asks Strong Bad if he had ever made Homestar cry. All weep when they see Lil' Brudder.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Li'l Brudder]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Tendafoot]]

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' July 26, 2004 (added to [[Podstar Runner]] on January 30, 2006)

'''Running Time:''' 3:25

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Rapping}'' I'm not gonna sing an email song this week e—''{realizes mistake, talking}'' Oh. Never mind.

''{Pulls up email}'' ''{Reading}''

<blockquote class="email">YO Yo Strongbad, 
Hey Strongbad I was wondering if you 
have ever made Homestar cry. 
DJ Solerous Australia.</blockquote>

''{After "Hey Strongbad" he stops mid-sentence and says: "Well, which is it? 'Yo yo' or 'Hey' Strong Bad? I mean, the outcome of the rest of this whole email hinges on the decision made—" Without skipping a beat, as if it no longer matters, he finishes reading the email.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Typing}'' Whoa! ''THE'' DJ Solerous? What an honor! I saw you spin in a warehouse in Canberra ''{He pronounces it as can-BEAR-uh.}'' a few years back! Uh, no wait. I lied. I, nor anyone else, have ever heard of DJ Smoldyface.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, have I ever made Homestar cry? Uh, yes. Yes, I have. A lot. I can pretty much make anybody cry just by showing them this drawing I invented of a one-legged puppy named "Li'l Brudder."

''{Strong Bad holds up a picture of a one-legged puppy saying "I can make it on my own."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' I mean, it cracks me up, but Homestar just falls apart when he sees him. A-like so... ''{Gets up and exits.}''

''{Cut to The Field. Homestar is standing there, looking angrily offscreen right. Enter Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, you stay over there.

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, Homestar. I've got something for you.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Thanks, Strong Bad! What is it what is it what is it what is it what is it?

'''STRONG BAD''': It's just this drawing I made...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{uneasy}'' Oh, no. Don't do it. You know the storm that will unleash!

'''STRONG BAD''': No! I think you'll like it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{Edge of tears}'' Strong Bad, no! I can't handle it!

'''STRONG BAD''': Ta-daaah! ''{Holds the Li'l Brudder drawing in front of his face.}''

''{Homestar breaks down crying, falls to his knees}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': No-ho-hooo... LIDD'L BRUDDOR! That little guy... He's got the heart of a champion! You can make it, Li'l Brudder! You just keep scrapin' along!

''{Strong Bad looks on in disbelief; Homestar is lying on the ground, sobbing hysterically and kicking at the air}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Li'l Brudder... I... ''I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE!'' I-I'm thinking of getting into male modeling—o-or maybe high finance... I JUST DON'T KNOW!!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{As Li'l Brudder, shaking the drawing like a crude hand puppet.}'' I'm gonna be all right, Homestar.''{Homestar is heard sobbing hysterically}'' I can make it on my own!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{sobs}'' It's like I said—the heart of a champion!

''{Enter the Cheat, from offscreen left.}''

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

''{Strong Bad turns to The Cheat and does his Li'l Brudder act.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, The Cheat, I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up! I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards! ''{The Cheat begins sobbing.}'' Don't cry for me, The Cheat-entina...

''{Enter Strong Sad, his eyes red around the edges and all watery, apparently trying not to cry.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, Strong Bad, is Li'l Brudder named after me? Do you think of ''me'' as a... one-legged puppy?

'''STRONG BAD''': Uhh, no. I think of you as a two-legged elephant...named "Tendafoot." ''{Pronounces name as "Tenderfoot."}''

''{He holds up a picture of this, with "Tendafoot" saying "I'm tops!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Speaking as Tendafoot/Strong Sad}'' I could power a small city with my whining!

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{dejected}'' I probably could.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{still sobbing}'' Oh-h-h-h, Tendafoot, can you tell me how to get the most out of life?

''{Cut to Compy 386. Strong Bad enters and sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' There ya go. Homestar crying. Not a problem. I bet all a y'alls are prob'ly crying all over the place. That Li'l Brudder sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. ''{begins to choke up as he speaks}'' He's just such a trooper.  Got such a strong... one leg. ''{recovers}'' Um, yeah. I think I've got a ''{hesitates}'' food in the oven. ''{begins to choke up again}'' I gotta go.

''{Strong Bad gets up and hurries out.}''

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "YO Yo" to see a Strong Bad yo-yo.
*Click on "''The'' DJ Solerous" to see a flyer for a DJ event.
<blockquote>Perfectly Legal WAREHOUSE RAVE 
featuring: 
DJ Solerous 
DJ Stank 
and DJ from Roseanne 
Don't tell the cops!!</blockquote>
*Click on "Homestar crying" at the end to see more of him crying.
::'''Transcript:'''
::''{Homestar is still bawling.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Ohh, Tendafoot! Can you tell me what to do with myself? I feel like I'm at a crossroads, and there's like, a Denny's on one corner, and an IHOP on the other!
::''{Homestar is kneeling over the Tendafoot drawing.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Can you give me some sound financial advice?
::''{Homestar is lying on the ground again.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Tendafoot, can you help advise me on my future?
*Click on "Li'l Brudder" at the end to see Li'l Brudder falling off his one leg.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad invents a 1-legged puppy and the tears flow."
*This toon has [[Nondescript Nouns]] ("Food").

===Remarks===
* The tears flying off Homestar's face are the same as in [[A Jorb Well Done]]. In A Jorb Well Done, the water coming off his face is sweat.
* This is the first email to come from Australia.
* Strong Bad must be an extremely talented typist to be able to quickly type an entire sentence, complete with punctuation and capital letters, with only one hand as he holds up Li'l Brudder's picture with the other...while wearing boxing gloves.
**This is in contrast to the other instance of typing with a skewed view for the previous email [[pom pom]], where he failed to type coherently when he couldn't see due to his blindfold.
*The pieces of notebook paper are unusually rigid. Even when Strong Bad is holding the Lil' Brudder picture from the bottom it still stands straight up.
*When Homestar is rolling on the ground, it seems his shading stays on one side of his body.

===Inside References===
*The DJ flyer is a reference to an Easter egg in [[techno]] for The Cheat's light-switch rave.
*"I can make it on my own" might be a reference to the Easter egg in [[invisibility]], where the tossed-out [[Tandy 400]] says it.
*When Li'l Brudder falls, it makes the same sound that Homsar makes when he walks.

===Real-World References===
*On the DJ flyer, "DJ from Roseanne" is a reference to the television show "[[IMDB:tt0094540|Roseanne]]". Actor [[IMDB:nm0279896|Michael Fishman]] played the role of Roseanne's son D. J. Conner.
*"Don't cry for me the Cheatentina" is a reference to the song "[[Wikipedia:Don't Cry For Me, Argentina|Don't Cry For Me, Argentina]]" from [[Wikipedia:Andrew Lloyd Webber|Andrew Lloyd Webber's]] musical "[[Wikipedia:Evita|Evita]]".
*"Tendafoot" is possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts']] rank of "[[Wikipedia:List of BSA rank requirements#Tenderfoot Scout|Tenderfoot]]", which is the first rank a Scout can achieve.
*[[Wikipedia:Canberra|Canberra]] is Australia's capital city. Most Australians pronounce the city's name "CAN-bruh." A minority pronounce it "CAN-buh-ruh" and a few use "can-BEAR-uh," though the latter is generally considered incorrect. The varying pronunciation is to some extent a class-based difference.
*[[Wikipedia:International House of Pancakes|IHOP]] and [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] are restaurant chains that both specialize in breakfast items.

===Fast Forward===
*Li'l Brudder and Tendafoot later star in their own TV show, ''[[The Li'l Brudder Show]]''.
*Homestar mentions that he's considering male modeling while talking to Li'l Brudder. He later models for the front page of "[[Stupid Coincidence Magazine]]" in the e-mail [[modeling]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]

'''MIKE:''' An email. Hi, guys!

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' You just did that. Ummmm, guh, start us over. Start us over. No, let's keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going.

'''MATT:''' Are you sure?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Okay.

'''MIKE:''' All I can think to do is, like, start saying the email.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Just recite the lines along with it.

'''MATT:''' Mmmhmm.

'''MIKE:''' Don't we, don't you mispronounce uh...

'''MATT:''' Canberra?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' How are you supposed to say it?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. I think its supposed to be... Canberra, or something.

'''MATT:''' Oh. Have we gotten complaints?

'''MIKE:''' I think there was, I think in one of the message boards, There was a...

'''MATT:''' I can't imagine Strong Bad being a stickler for, uh...

'''MIKE:''' Pronouncing foreign cities.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Even though he is a stickler about a lot of other things. So this is where Little Brudder came from.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. He's since gone on to uhh, have his own theme song. Who do you think Homestar was talking to?

'''MATT:''' I think he was talking to that pile of, uh, Swiss Cake Rolls that he's friends with.

'''MIKE:''' Those things are bad for you!

'''MATT:''' They got in a fight and he told them to stay over there. Ober dere. Did you draw those new feet for this one, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' No, that was actually for the Cheat Commandos.

'''MATT:''' Oh, right.

'''MIKE:''' And Homestar's kneeling down, playing Cheat Commandos in the commercial.

'''MATT:''' I think the drool, the public drool, is really what does it with Little Brudder.

'''MIKE:''' Makes it what?

'''MATT:''' Even sadder. More pathetic.

'''MIKE:''' Those tears, that Homestar has, were originally sweat from, uh, an old cartoon.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Jumping Jacks cartoon.

'''MATT:''' That's been around forever, and unchanged, mostly.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, not very good.

'''MATT:''' No, they're not.

'''MIKE:''' They probably, they probably need to be updated.

'''MATT:''' They don't look at it.

'''MIKE:''' ''{noises, sounds like "thang, thang, thang"}''

'''MIKE:''' I always wondered about the abbreviation, or the shortening of little to li'l, and where the apostrophe goes. Because there technically should be an apostrophe after both, before and after the l.

'''MATT:''' Well, right, because there's an e at the end of...

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause sometimes I do lil', and sometimes I do li'l.

'''MATT:''' It's back when they spelled little litel.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, it's replacing all of those. One of the few times when Strong Sad, these days, is actually sad. He has really not been sad, in a long time.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's, yeah, it's true. We, our website sucks now.

'''MIKE:''' No, it's better. He became more um... developed. He used to just say things like, "We die a little more every day," or something like that.

'''MATT:''' "Each day we die a little more," Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Ha! Well, my impression was pretty good. Look at his extensive use of apostrophes, right there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Prob'ly, and y'alls.

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

'''MIKE:''' He used an apostrophe there, in "I've." This is the apostrophe email.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|109|353}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_crying.m4v|download "crying" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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time capsule

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:07:20 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|115|the facts|extra plug}}
[[Image:sbemail115.png|thumb|"Some sort of challenge buried in the GROOOUUND??"]]

Strong Bad tells us what he would put in a time capsule, to preserve his awesomeness after his death and be opened in at least X0 years.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|1-Up}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Planet K]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' October 4, 2004

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

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Checkin' emails with a VISCOSITY since 2001, it's a Strong Bad Email.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">dear STRONG bad, 
you are extremely awesome but how are 
you going to be soooo awesome if you'rre 
dead? why not make a time capsule of 
stuff filled with stuff about you to 
be opened in at least X0 years. 
please answer this, 
sam concord california</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad puts emphasis on the STRONG in Strong Bad, says "This, I know" after "you are extremely awesome," reads "soooo" as "sue," pronounces "you'rre" as spelled, pronounces "capsule" as "capsoole," and pronounces "X0" as "exty," as in [[20X6]]. He also reads "sam concord california" exactly as written.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Rest assured, Shim-Sham Sam, my time capsule would reign supreme. Like your hot single Mom is gonna wanna date my time capsule. So, the key to a good time capsule is it being an actual capsule. None of these shoe boxes or tennis ball cans. No. Those things are called time boxes and time tennis ball cans. ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Those are different and lame and differently lame. And they always get dug up in about 4 days. And they're filled with uncool stuff like those leaf rubbin's ''{an image of leaf rubbings pops up}''and current newspaper clippin's ''{a newspaper clipping pops up}'' and... toenail snippin's? ''{toenail snippings pop up onscreen}'' Anybody? ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Anyways, I'm talking about a f'real capsule. Y'know, like a big old headache medicine. So, what kinda cool stuff should I put in there? I guess I'd throw in a cassette tape with one of my #1 jams on it. And then in the future it'd be a huge hit and they'd send all the royalties and groupies back in time to me right... ''{mumbles to self for a second}'' NOW!

''{The doorbell rings. Cut to zoomed out view of Strong Bad at his computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Holy gosh! It worked! I'm the meanest genius!

''{Homestar enters holding a shoebox.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Bad, hey, can I put this gross old wig in your time machine?

''{Homestar produces a gross old wig from the shoebox.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhm, it's a ''capsule'', no, and I hate you get out.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Cool, cool.

''{Homestar puts the gross old wig on his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why would you want to put that nasty old thing in a time capsule anyway?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Cause it's gross and nasty and old and I don't want it.

''{Homestar takes the wig off and puts it on Strong Bad's floppy disk container}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's not a ''trash'' capsule. Look, this is for ''cool'' stuff so people of the future know how cool I am.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well then I'll just make my ''own'' time box with a gross old wig in it. So all the future peoples will know I had a gross old wig!

''{Homestar puts the gross old wig back in the shoebox.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Good. Now leave.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yep!

''{Homestar leaves. Cut back to Compy 386}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And I might as well spit in it, just in case they ever figure out how to make people ''{slight pause}'' from spit. Ooh! Then I'd put some dry ice in there so when they open it up it looks all smoky and steamy and it says a-like "froosh" when they first open it. There'll be no doubt about my coolty.

''{Cut to the field, circa 20X6. Stinkoman is kneeling in front of a hole with dirt around his mouth}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''Oh man'', those first four hundred bites of dirt were not so good. ''Maybe'' the next one will be ''better''.

''{Stinkoman sticks his hand in the hole where it makes an audible clanging sound against an unseen object}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''WHAAAT'' is this? Some sort of a challenge buried in the ''GROUUUND''?

''{Stinkoman snatches a red and white capsule out of the hole. It opens with Strong Bad saying "froosh," and a cassette tape is revealed.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Lookie here! A power crunch!

''{Stinkoman grabs the cassette and jams it into his mouth, crunching it up.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' It tastes like a #1 jam!

''{Stinkoman suddenly stands and bulks up, making the cliché powering-up sound. 1-Up walks in with the gross old wig on his head.}''

'''1-UP:''' ''{not noticing Stinkoman's buffed up form}'' Hey, Stinkoman! Look what I found buried in the time box!

''{Cut back to the present and the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, cassette tape is definitely the way to go. What could ever replace the durability of magnetic tape? Duct tape maybe. Man, I wonder when those groupies and royalties are getting here. What about right (hamina hooo) NOW! ''{stops typing}'' CRAP! OK, what about right... here it comes, just a little bit longer NOW! Ugh. This could take a while.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the time is passing by, oh it's such a lovely day NOW! 5-4-3-2-1-NOW! 5-4-3-2-1-NOW! 3-2-1-NOW! 2-1-NOW! NOW! 1-NOW! NOW!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Clicking on "differently lame" shows a small advertisement for Coach Z Ale. Its slogan is "Differently Lame!"
*Clicking on "big ol'headache medicine" shows a bottle of "[[Jobar's Big Ol' Headache Medicine]]." Its slogan is "Eat'em like candy!"
*Clicking on "cassette tape" at the end lets you listen to a R&B-esque song about [[Grumblecakes]] taped over [[The Cheat]]'s [[The Cheatcakes]] theme song.
:'''VOICEOVER:''' Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, 
:and those people go to prison 
:just ask the Cheaaat... ''{tape slows down}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Girl, I know we haven't been through a lot together. 
:In fact one might say we just met standing here in line at the batting cages, 
:but there's one thing I'm sure of already. 
:''{singing}'' Let me get them Grumblecakes and please don't grumble babe, 
:I just need them Grumblecakes. 
:Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you. 
:Let me get them Grumblecakes, and please don't grumble babe, I just needed them Grumblecakes. 
:Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you. 
:I'm really going to grumble bake another batch of them Grumblecakes. 
:So let's raise the Grumblestakes. 
:Clean the yard with the Grumblerake. 
:Girl give me a Grumble break. 
:I wanna see you Grumble shake. 
:Don't make a grumble mistake. 
:Let me see you grumble down!

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Viscosity|Viscosity]] is a measure of the fluid's resistance to deformation under shear stress. It is commonly perceived as "thickness," or resistance to pouring. Viscosity describes a fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be thought of as a measure of fluid friction.

===Trivia===
*The date on newspaper clipping, October 4, is the day this e-mail was released.
*The newspaper clipping reads:
<blockquote>
Oct. 4 
Little Boy Saves Turtle! 
"I found it in my shoe!!!" 
''News'' - A local boy known as 
"Geoff," found a turtle in his shoe 
and returned it to the terrarium 
on his desk. "His name is Slowbie, 
but now I think I'll call him Mr. 
Shoe." The boy's mother is very 
proud of her son. Calls to the 
turtle's mother were not 
immediately returned, but most 
agree she would be proud of 
Slowbie/ Mr. Shoe.</blockquote>
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#lunar lander|lunar lander]]".

===Remarks===
*After making fun of Sam's typos, Strong Bad proceeds to miscapitalize "Mom," which is supposed to take the lowercase after the possessive "your."
*Homestar's eyes appear to be placed closer together than usual in this email.
*When Stinkoman opens the time capsule, the wheels of the tape are still (or already) turning.
*[[Wikipedia:Dry ice|Dry ice]] is a genericized trademark for solid carbon dioxide, which is very cold. This solid form is constantly sublimating to carbon dioxide gas, which would build up pressure in a closed container. If dry ice ''had'' been put into the capsule, then it would have popped open just a few moments after Strong Bad closed it. If the container was sealed it runs the risk of exploding if there is enough dry ice placed within. Gaseous carbon dioxide is not visible, but dry ice is indeed often used for mist effects, as Strong Bad points out: this is because the cold temperature causes water vapour to condense in its vicinity. After X0 years, though, the dry ice will have all heated up and turned to gas, so it would not have the effect shown in the flashforward.
*The time capsule and box were found on Planet K, which may hint that Planet K is the future version of [[Free Country, USA]], and not a separate planet.
*[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] effectively left a time capsule for Strong Bad by enclosing half his mustache in a letter (see [[flashback]] Easter egg). To date, Strong Bad hasn't been seen with this envelope or the mustache.
*When Homestar opens the box and pulls the wig out, he would have to have three [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible arms]]: one to hold the box, one to hold the lid, and one to hold the wig. A similar phenomenon occurs in [[the show]].
*The sound made when Stinkoman opens the time capsule is a recycle of Strong Bad saying "Froosh" from only seconds before, and therefore Strong Bad perfectly predicted the sound that would be produced on opening the capsule.

===Inside References===
*Homestar Runner's Time Box is a [[Freshley's]] shoe box, the same one he wore on one of his feet in "[[anything]]."
*The turtle featured in the newspaper clipping is the same one used in [[new hands]].
*Stinkoman is willing to eat dirt as he was in [[Under Construction]].
*Slowbie is probably a reference to [[2 years]], when Strong Bad calls The Cheat a "slowbie."
*The time capsule looks an awful lot like the [[Isle of Pom]].
*Strong Bad sounds like [[Senor Cardgage]] when he mumbles.
*The hole in the ground is the exact same shape as the one that will be in [[Strong Badia]] 2 years from when the email [[2 years]] was written.
*There is another use of [[Duct Tape]].
*[[Grumblecakes]] are from the email "[[stupid stuff]]."

===Real-World References===
*Stinkoman's huge, buff form is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Broly|Broly's]] [[Wikipedia:Broly#Legendary Super Saiyan|Legendary Super Saiyan]] transformation, seen in a few [[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball Z|Dragon Ball Z]] movies.
*"[http://usembassy.state.gov/niamey/wwwhjobaria.html Jobar]" is the name of a large monster from [[Wikipedia:Tuareg|Tuareg]] mythology.
*Strong Bad's calling the e-mail sender 'Shim Sham Sam' could be a reference to the 1960s rock and roll band [[Wikipedia:Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs|Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs]]
*The line "My time capsule will reign supreme" is a reference to the slogan of the show [[Wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]] "Whose cuisine will reign supreme?"

=== Fast Forward ===
*1-Up later "borrows" Stinkoman's "[[Power Crunch|power crunch]]" in the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*A [[Grumblecakes (video)|music video]] for the Grumblecakes song was later made to the [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Strong Bad Email DVD]].
*Marzipan says she's eating dirt in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Marzipan]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''MIKE:''' So in the email— the DVD commentary for this email, I'm joined in the booth by...

'''MARZIPAN:''' Marzipan. M... M-A-R—

'''MIKE:''' —And also—

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{flatly}'' Homestar Runner.

'''MARZIPAN:''' —Z-I-P-A-N.

'''HOMESTAR:''' H-A-L.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Hal?

'''HOMESTAR:''' What—

'''MIKE:''' H-A... H-A-L?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That is his middle name.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Really?

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{surprised}'' Really?!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I— That's my pet name for him.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah. She calls me H-A-L.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' For "Hal."

'''MIKE:''' All right, so this email is about, uh, time capsules.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's correct.

'''MIKE:''' Did you ever make a time capsule, Marzipan?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Homesta— uh, Hal?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yes! Yes, thank you, Ron. Dick Stabile. ''{sounding important}'' I made a time capsule one time, in my spare time, in... school time.

'''MIKE:''' What was in it?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Uh, many times, and a two—

'''MIKE:''' Marzipan, why don't you start talking?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I know that he had an airplane in it.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yes, a small Cessna.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Really?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yes.

'''MARZIPAN:''' With a propeller.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. Like, from your beanie cap?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Are you talking about my buzzer, ''{Mike laughs}'' Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, your buzzer?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yes!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was talking about the propeller on your beanie cap.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yes! It's called my buzzer, Mike.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Okay, let's pay attention here.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Okay. Um, I need a big ol' headache medicine right about now.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah!

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

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Strong Bad's time travel technique doesn't seem to work very well.

'''MIKE:''' It worked right— Oh, look! ''{Homestar appears in the email}'' Whoa!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh! I remember those Freshley's shoes I got!

'''MIKE:''' Is that what you were wearing right there—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' —the... the blue soles taped to your foot?

'''MARZIPAN:''' What— What is that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' What? Those are my shoes. Look at that nasty old wig! That thing's gross!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh.

'''HOMESTAR:''' It had two bugs in it! One was a moth, and the other was... a ground bug.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Mike had a bug in his hair this morning.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{cracking up}'' Did you, Mike?! What were you doing with Mike this morning, Marzipan?!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, don't tell anybody. ''{Mike laughs}'' Mike is my—

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{Homestar leaves the scene}'' Here I go!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' My—

'''HOMESTAR:''' That was my big theme you guys.

'''MARZIPAN:''' My special friend.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Thanks, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps}'' Dry ice.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, don't try and put dry ice on your— on your, um, extremities.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I read something about dry ice.

''{Stinkoman appears in the email}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Who's that guy?

'''MIKE:''' What'd you read?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I don't remember.

'''MIKE:''' One time a roommate of mine showed up— uh, came back from class with a bag full of dry ice. It was a great day.

'''HOMESTAR:''' What'd you guys do? Did you make a laboratory? ''{pronounced "Luh-BOR-uh-tor-ee"}''

'''MIKE:''' Put it in the sink and put in a little soap in there, and had a little haunted house in the middle of April.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Did you make a volcano?

'''MIKE:''' Well...

''{Stinkoman bulks up}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh my goodness, that's terrifying!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps}'' Look at that body!

'''MIKE:''' You like that?

''{1-Up walks on}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Hey, that guy's got my old wig! It kind of looks like me, except... cuter.

'''MARZIPAN:''' He was very shiny.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Um... duct tape seems to be a running theme, an undercurrent, Mike.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I feel bad for the ducks, though.

'''MIKE:''' ''Duct''.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Duh-ct-tuh! Right, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' That's right, Hal.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, see, he's still talking.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we're not done yet. Not off the hook yet.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, uh... ''{sings random doo-doo-doo's. Continues.}''

'''MIKE:''' Say something, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{sings random doo-doo-doo's.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{joins in.}''

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Cessna|Cessna]] is a manufacturer of small, light airplanes.
*Here Marzipan says that Homestar's middle name is Hal, but in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], she calls him Homestar Michael Runner.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|115|994}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:20X6]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:55:21 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Grammar */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s first line in the signature has no punctuation or capitalization and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:53:11 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[superhero name]] - Stiny doesn't capitalize "Bad" in Strong Bad.
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:48:02 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[weird dream]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

colonization

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:02:41 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|90|local news|caffeine}}
[[Image:sbemail90.png|thumb|"This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes"]]

Strong Bad is asked if he celebrates Thanksgiving like everyone else. He then shows a history book about the colonization of [[Strong Badia]].

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

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' November 25, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:56

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email me don't email me, email me don't email me. ''{He pulls up the email and reads it aloud.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hi Strong Bad! 
Do you celebrate thanksgiving 
normally? Or do you have special 
traditions for when Strong Badia was 
first colonized? What's the story 
about? 
 
From your Buddy, 
Shana Ma. 
Los Angeles, CA</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads "Shana Ma." as one word (Shanama). He also pronounces "Los Angeles" with a hard "g".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, Shanama, the story of the colonization of Strong Badia is a tale as old as, say, the wireless Web ''{pause}'' or energy drinks maybe. It began in a period of strife...

''{Cut to a shot of an old book on a wooden table. It is open and pictures Strong Bad, in a pilgrim hat, squirting ketchup onto a plate of eggs, next to Strong Sad in a wig and typical 17th-century clothing.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...when I was being persecuted for my beliefs.

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Ewwww! Ketchup on eggs?!?

''{A caption reading "Ewwww! Ketchup on Eggs?!?" appears beneath the picture. The page turns to show Strong Bad reading the newspaper and seeing an ad saying "LOT FOR SALE! along with a page saying "Homestar declares eggs not a fruit."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' I learned of a place where a man can be free. Free to do what he wants to do. Free to ketchup his eggs without being hassled by the man.

''{The page turns to show Strong Bad and The Cheat, also wearing a pilgrim hat, traveling across Free Country, USA, Strong Bad carrying a musket and eating a sandwich and The Cheat dragging a bag along behind him. A caption along the bottom reads "The Three Stout Sub Sandwiches: The Ham 'n' Swiss, The Dijon Chicken and the Veggie Delux."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' So I set sail with three stout sub sandwiches, and my best The Cheat to find this mystical land.

''{The page turns to show the two of them meeting Bubs, who is waving at them, wearing a Sioux-style feather headband and wearing a loincloth.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' I met a strange man who had strange ways and strange odors.

''{The page turns to show Strong Badia in front of a glorious sunrise, above a caption reading "The Neu Wirlde."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' And he led me to the new world, out beyond the dumpsters.

''{The page turns to show the Tire falling onto The Cheat, whose hat is sent flying from his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' There was a brief struggle with the indigenous peoples.

''{The page turns to show Strong Bad handing Bubs the rent check.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' At last, we reached an agreement to peacefully co-exist in this land, after I gave him my first and last months' rent deposit.

''{The page turns to show a ploughed field where Bubs is planting a fish. Strong Bad is looking at him, holding a fish and a corn cob in his hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Then the strange man probably showed me how to put fish in the ground with corn, for some reason.

'''BUBS''': ''{voiceover}'' This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes!

''{A caption reading "This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes" appears at the bottom of the page. The page turns to show Bubs, The Cheat and Strong Bad sitting at a picnic table in Strong Badia, feasting on fast food.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Then we celebrated with a feast of some cold Hardee's he had laying around.

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

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' So there you have it, Shana... Shanamana... ''{singing}'' Shanamanamanamanamana tonight! That shoulda been in your history books at school. I gotta get on those people over at Hoofton Mifflin. Those guys are slackin off. ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next week, leave me alone!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*After the email is over, click the first part of the word Shanamanamanamanana and Strong Bad will "Shanama" into some songs.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing to the tune of "O Canada"}'' O Shanama... Do do doot doot doot doo... ''{stops singing}'' What else is there? Shana... Shanamatopoeia. Ooh, how 'bout this? ''{singing to the tune of "Panama" by Van Halen}'' Shanama! Shanama ho ho ho huh ho!
*Click on the the words "history books" to hear Homestar Runner address the imaginary masses.
:''{Cut to a page in a history book with a drawing of Homestar, dressed in Colonial American attire (with powdered wig), with text below it reading "Homestar Runner addresses the imaginary masses." The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A-hem. From this day forward, I hereby declare eggs... not to be... a fruit!
:''{The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, yes, quiet down. And furthermore, no longer shall dirty diapers be accepted as legal tender!
:''{The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hang on, I got one more. Henceforth, those named Henry will no longer be allowed to call themselves Hank. That's just too much of a stretch.
:''{The imaginary masses cheer. Homestar smiles.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Shanamatopoeia" is a play on the literary term "Onomatopoeia", defined as a word that sounds like what it represents, such as "sizzle", "pop", or "crackle". Onomatopoeia is frequently used in comic books such as Batman.

===Remarks===
*According to the later e-mail [[monument]], the [[Stop Sign|stop sign]] and [[Cinderblock|cinder block]] make up a monument of Strong Bad's right foot. However, they are shown in this e-mail as being part of the area when Strong Bad bought it from Bubs.
*We learn in this e-mail that Bubs owns Strong Badia (which is located behind the dumpsters), and Strong Bad just rents it from him. This fact may explain why Strong Bad said "Maybe get a little place in Strong Badia" in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
**Despite this, it says in the [[Periodicals|Bubsifieds]] that there is a lot for sale

===Inside References===
*The crowd cheers in the second Easter egg are from [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
*Strong Badia was originally established as being "out behind the dumpsters" in [[i rule]].

===Real-World References===
*The entire story is based on the historical accounts of the [[Wikipedia:Pilgrims|Pilgrims]] founding the [[Wikipedia:Plymouth Colony|Plymouth Colony]], after they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in [[Wikipedia:England|England]].
**Although the story is mainly based upon the Pilgrims, the "Three Stout Sub Sandwiches" most likely reference the [[Wikipedia:Niña|Niña]], the [[Wikipedia:Pinta|Pinta]], and the [[Wikipedia:Santa María (ship)|Santa María]], the three ships used by [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]] to travel across the Atlantic Ocean and discover the New World.
*"Shanama, Shanama ho ho ho ho ho!" is sung to the tune of "Panama" by [[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]]; "O Shanama" is to the tune of "[[Wikipedia:O Canada|O Canada]]" the Canadian national anthem.
**Strong Bad's rendition of "O Shanama" is slightly off - the final "doo" should have been sung as a C# instead of an F#.
*Homestar declaring [[Eggs|eggs]] not to be a fruit may be a reference to the famous 1893 Supreme Court decision ([http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=149&invol=304 Nix v. Hedden]) that [[Wikipedia:Tomato#Controversies|tomatoes were not fruit]].
*Bubs planting fish-corn bushes is a reference to when the Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to grow corn (they used fish heads as fertilizer).
*"Hoofton Mifflin" is a misspelling (and mispronunciation) of scholastic publisher [[Wikipedia:Houghton Mifflin|Houghton Mifflin]].
*[[Wikipedia:Hardee%27s|Hardee's]] is a fast-food chain primarily [http://cke.know-where.com/hardees/ located] in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States.

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Holiday Toons]]

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Micro geeky nerd 35 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:01:30 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|69|caper|big white face}}

[[Image:gn_robot.png|thumb|"Now spell 'Carp for brains.'"]]

HockeymanJ05 writes in to ask which one of the emails is Strong Bad's favorite, and Strong Bad takes a trip down (a dubious) memory lane.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Grape-Nuts Robot]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Gavin}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (seen through a hole in the wall), [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Stone Bridge]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}, [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' April 14, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:20

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:'''
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH EMAIL!!! ''{This echoes and heavy metal music plays while Strong Bad rocks out.}'' Whoa, that ruled. What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?

''{Tries to type the key again, eventually hitting Enter and loading the email:}''

<blockquote class="email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
You have done so many of these 
e-mails which one would you say is 
the best, or your personal favorite. 
 
Thanks, 
HockeymanJ05</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad shouts "Hey Strong Bad," and pronounces HockeymanJ05 as "Hockeyjockeymannooh... whatever".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, Hockeyfriend, my emails are like my childrens. I love them all! But if I had to play favorites... Let's see...

''{Cut to the scene of [[invisibility]] where Strong Bad punches Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' There's that one where they asked what I'd do if I was invisible ''{pronounces it invis-able}'', and I got to punch Homestar in the gut.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey guys. Ooh!

''{Homestar Runner is punched in the gut by an unseen force.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Owww! Those things are bad for you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Ooh, and that one where my computer exploded.

''{Cut to the scene of [[gimmicks]] with Strong Bad sitting at Tandy 400. It explodes and he is sent flying across the room and through the wall.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And then there's that one where Bubs built the Strong Bad Robot out of a box of Grape-Nuts and a Speak & Spell.

''{Cut to Bubs and Strong Bad standing in a field with the Grape-Nuts Robot.}''

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' Now spell "Come back Ali. Come back Ali's sister."

'''STRONG BAD:''' No way! That sounds just like me! ''{Strong Bad does a number of double-takes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And that time where that girl wrote in and I drank a glass of soy sauce and thought I could fly Bubs' Concession Stand.

''{Cut to Strong Bad sitting on top of Bubs' Concession Stand. He's wearing aviation goggles and is holding a makeshift steering wheel. Empty soy sauce bottles are strewn about.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoohooo! Clear the launchway, man. We're takin' this baby ''TO THE MOOOOOOON''!

''{Strong Bad falls over backward behind the sign and the "D" falls off, onto Bubs' counter. Bubs puts up a sign that says "'D' for SALE".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, and who could forget... TAPE LEG TWO!

''{Cut to Strong Bad sitting at the Tandy 400. There's an e-mail on the screen which says:''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear strong bad again, 
my brothers continue to tell me that your 
legs are made of tape, are you sure it's not true? 
-Nicolas 
 
a> They still say my legs are made of tape?! WHAT?? I say again, do I look like some kinda tape-leg? I swear on Strong Sad's grave, man, I was never, nor will I ever be, a tape-leg.</blockquote>

''{He sticks his foot in the air and it's covered with tape.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh and how 'bout that one where I left such a good prank call on Marzipan's answering machine that it exploded?

''{Cut to Marzipan's Answering Machine}''

'''STRONG BAD:''': ''{from answering machine}'' PRANK CALL!!

''{Marzipan's Answering Machine squeals and explodes, leaving behind only half of a tape labeled "Lilith Fair '99".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''': ''{voiceover}'' And then there's that really old one that asked what my favorite phrase was.

''{Cut to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand|Marshmallow's-Last-Stand]]-style Strong Bad at the Tandy 400. An e-mail on the screen reads:}''

<blockquote class="tandy email" style="background-image:none;width:150px;text-align:center">Favorite phrase? -trixie</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in an old-style voice}'' I like-a to say, "Holy crap!"

''{Marshmallow's Last Stand-style Homestar appears.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in an old-style voice}'' Oh no, it's a Strong Baaaaad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the one where Pom Pom and Coach Z got in that knife fight on the stone bridge.

''{Cut to stone bridge over a river. Coach Z and Pom Pom are facing each other with knives. Coach Z keeps dodging back and forth and Pom Pom deftly twirls his knife.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{to Pom Pom}'' Hoo-ah! Woo-ghi! I'm a blade-man, man!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And then the one where The Cheat drank a glass of soy sauce and tried to eat Bubs' Concession Stand.

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Empty soy sauce bottles are strewn about and The Cheat is gnawing away at the back corner.}''

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

''{Pan to Strong Bad, atop Bubs' Concession Stand again with his aviation goggles and steering wheel.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hold on tight, The Cheat — we're blastin' offa ''TO THE MOOOOOOOON''!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's it, Soccerdude. That's pretty much the cream of the crop. There might be a few other good ones but uh, if you ask me it doesn't get any better than that Grape Nuts robot. ''{not typing}'' Okay, so.. OHHHHHH THAT'S THE END!!

''{Strong Bad's last line echoes, and he begins imitating a guitar, but the rockin' music doesn't come back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, which button was it..?

''{Strong Bad hits various keys on the keyboard in an attempt to play the music again. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end you can click on the word "other" to see two bonus emails:
**Email One:
''{Strong Bad is sitting at the Tandy 400. There is an email on the screen.}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Are you are real wrestle-man? I'm hope that u.r. 
-Pred</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' How about that time when Gavin wouldn't leave me alone?

''{Gavin crawls across the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{swatting at Gavin}'' Get outta here, man, I'm checking my email!
:*Email Two:
''{Strong Bad is sitting at the Compy. There is an email on the screen.}''

<blockquote class="email">Sup Strong Bad, 
Do that thing you do that one time. I 
wasn't watching and I missed it. 
Forever young, 
Zebbadee</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' There was that one where the G and U keys were the only ones that weren't broken.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' guUU gu guu uuUUUuu gugug ug ug UG gu gu Gu gu

*You can also click on the words "Grape Nuts robot." Each time you click, you get a different Grape-Nuts Robot quote:
**"Now spell 'Carp for brains.'"
**"Things were just about to start getting crazy-go-nuts."
**"Now spell '[[Double Deuce|Douuuuuuuuble Deuce]].'"
*Also at the end you can hit the "q" key to hear Strong Bad's email intro tune again.
**This can be done in the flash file by right-clicking and selecting "Play."

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Only the first two emails ([[invisibility]] and [[gimmicks]]) are real. "Tape-leg 2" isn't real, although it refers to [[tape-leg]].

===Trivia===
*The side of the box of [[Wikipedia:Grape-Nuts|Grape-Nuts]] reads:

<blockquote style="border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:blue;width:200px"><center>This is a very healthy 
choice for your breakfast 
needs. Try it once or 
more, for best results.
 
Ingredients: cereal, milk, 
cold cereal, 2% milk, 
more ceral, more milk, 
grape nuts, nuggets, 
nuggets, nuggets, 
assorted premium 
ingrediants,</center>
</blockquote>

<blockquote style="border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:blue;width:200px">
{|
|- valign="top"
| width="200px" |
iron 
calcium 
fiber 
oats 
wheats 
Vit. C 
zinc 
| width="100px" |
0g 
0g 
0g 
0g 
0g 
0g 
0g 
|}
</blockquote>

*Coach Z’s original line during the knife fight with Pom Pom was "I'm a white guy with a knife!" This was changed within a week after the email came out. If you watch him closely, his head still bobs back and forth as if he's still saying his original line.
*The Strong Bad and Homestar featured in Trixie's Favorite Phrase email are straight out of [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].

===Remarks===
*The [http://www.albalagh.net/halal/col3.shtml alcohol content] in [[Wikipedia:Soy sauce|soy sauce]] is generally less than 0.05% by volume.
*It is debatable whether all of the emails featured are really part of the H*R continuity or not, especially with the Grape-Nuts Robot's comeback in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]].
*The two real emails both pertain to the fall of the Tandy 400 and the introduction of the Compy 386. It's possible that they are two of Strong Bad's favorites due to how much Strong Bad disliked the Tandy 400 in comparison to the Compy 386, as evidenced by his indifference while knocking the Tandy off the desk in [[invisibility]] and his interminable crying at the end of [[virus]].
*The Tape-leg 2 email was "sent" by the same person that wrote the original tape-leg email.
*Although Strong Bad says he "drank ''a'' glass of soy sauce," there are numerous empty bottles of soy sauce on the ground.
*In [[your friends]], Strong Bad claims that it was the best e-mail he's ever received. However, it doesn't appear anywhere in this e-mail, despite the fact that Strong Bad is reviewing his personal favorites.
*Strong Bad's Shift/Caps Lock and space bar keys were obviously also working in the email in the egg, not just G and U (not to mention that he had to find a way to load the email in the first place).

===Goofs===
*When Homestar appears during the "Favorite phrase?" flashback, his legs are (probably intentionally, in keeping with the deliberately low-quality drawing and animation) not visible under the table.
*When Strong Bad shoos Gavin away from the screen, his arm doesn't show up in the reflection on the screen.
*At the end when Strong Bad is head-banging, you can see his chin protrude from the bottom of the Compy.
*Strong Bad omits the hyphen in "Grape-Nuts".

===Glitches===
*When you see the Grape-Nuts Robot Easter egg, press Tab and hit Enter. The other Easter eggs of either the broken g and u keys, or the Gavin emails will play. Pressing enter again without moving the mouse or anything will restart the same Easter egg. (This may not always work, it usually works best if you use Tab to highlight the Grape-Nuts Robot on the Compy in the first place.)
*The clickable area for the 'back' button at the end of the email extends much father to the left than usual.

===Inside References===
*"Now spell 'Come back Ali. Come back Ali's sister,'" is a reference to [[sisters]].
*"Now spell 'Douuuble Deuce,'" is a reference to [[the bird]] as well as [[20X6 vs. 1936]] and other [[Stinkoman]] appearances.
*Strong Bad pronounces the word "invisible" as "invisable," a reference to [[invisibility]].
*"Things were just about to start getting crazy-go-nuts" is a reference to [[The Luau]], as is "Carp for brains," which is a slightly mispronounced version of the line from that toon: "Crap for brains".


===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Speak & Spell (game)|Speak & Spell]] was an educational toy sold in the late 1970s.
*Marzipan's answering machine tape says "lilith fair '99." [[Wikipedia:Lilith Fair|Lilith Fair]] was a music festival celebrating feminist musicians, and women in general.
*The soy sauce bottles have writing on them in yellow letters, with "KIKKO" being visible. This is most definitely a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Kikkoman Corporation|Kikkoman]] Soy Sauce.
*One of the Easter egg emails was from "Zebbadee," a character from a French/English children's TV program called [[Wikipedia:The Magic Roundabout|"The Magic Roundabout"]] who was played by [[Wikipedia:Sir Ian McKellen|Sir Ian McKellen]].
*"Forever Young" in Zebbadee's Easter egg email is a reference to the 1973 [[Wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] song that became a hit for [[Wikipedia:Rod_Stewart|Rod Stewart]] in 1988. Strong Bad also ends "[[dreamail]]" with "forever young."
*Strong Bad's attempting to fly Bubs' Concession Stand after drinking soy sauce may refer to a rock-and-roll [[Wikipedia:urban legend|anecdote]] that claims [[Wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] tried to drive his house after consuming hallucinogens.

===Fast-Forward===
*In [[labor day]] Strong Bad claims his favorite email is [[the basics]].

== DVD Version ==
*The method for accessing the two bonus emails has been split. Click on the Strong Bad icon on the top left for the Gavin email, and bottom-left for the broken keyboard email.
*All three Grape-Nuts robot quotes have been incorporated into the same clip.
*The guitar riff Easter egg is still there, accessible by clicking a Strong Bad Icon on the right side of the screen.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' Oh, look at this. Listen to these chops!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Mike did this. Lixx! Those are—

'''MIKE:''' Hot lixx!

'''MATT:''' L-I-X-X.

'''MIKE:''' I used to have this poster in my room of this red guitar and it said "HOT LIXX" and they were, like, smoking the guitar strings?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think you're right.

'''MIKE:''' I think I got it for my 14th birthday, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Did Mom buy you a "HOT LIXX" poster? Or did you just go—

'''MIKE:''' No no no, I think I got it for my birthday, for my 14th birthda— whatever birthday I had in 8th grade, so probably my 14th birthday.

'''MATT:''' Like, from Mom?

'''MIKE:''' I think so.

'''MATT:''' That's amazing.

'''MIKE:''' That's a loving mother right there.

'''MATT:''' I know! Hot lixx.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah—

'''MATT:''' That's great.

'''MIKE:''' I also got some, um, some leather gloves with the fingers cut off. Like, weight-lifting gloves.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's right.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Oh wait, that was one of my favorite parts of anything on our website, when Homestar Runner says, "Hey guys!" ''{starts cracking up}'' talking to floating boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' I really want to make that robot.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we should. I bet Slocum could do that, Paul Slocum, the guy that's making the Atari 2600 Homestar Runner game. I bet he could—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he could—

'''MATT:''' —figure that out.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Drank some Kikkoman, that looks like.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. That really looks like that Kikkoman model.

'''MIKE:''' Regular Sodium. Or ''low'' Sodium.

'''MATT:''' Hey, Kikkoman, everybody says you're The Guy! Get it?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Stink— yeah.

'''MATT:''' Sounds like... the tape here, is really good, the tape floating down... watch this. Ah. Lillith Fair '99. Uh, this is, of course, a homage to when we... sucked—

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' —at animation, and funny. The—

'''MIKE:''' Matt, do we not do that anymore?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' We don't?

'''MATT:''' Uh, the Stone Bridge is uh, there is a Stone Bridge near here.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. We need to go film the Puppet Stuff there.

'''MATT:''' —some live action stuff. I like that, The Cheat gnawing on something. We should use that again.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' People, uh, would all the time email us, and probably still do, asking about how come they can't find those emails.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Well, it's because, we start, you know, making stuff—

''{Mike and Matt talk at the same time, resulting in an unintelligible sound}''

'''MIKE:''' People that aren't the smartest, you know... don't get the joke.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Joke it out.

=== Fun Facts===
*Matt mentions the [[Homestar Runner RPG]], once in development for the [[Wikipedia:Atari 2600|Atari 2600]].
*The line "Hey, Kikkoman, everybody says you're the guy!" is a reference to [[1-Up|1-Up's]] line from [[japanese cartoon]].

===Fast Forward===
*"The Cheat gnawing on something" is, in fact, used again, in [[portrait]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail69.html|watch "personal favorites"]]
*[[HR:sbemail69.swf|view the Flash file for "personal favorites"]]
*[[Podstar:sb_email_kids_book.m4v|download "personal favorites" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:15:57 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Spelling */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny forgets to put a space in "Strong Bad". He also misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:10:07 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Spelling */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[island]] - Yami Yugi misspells "were" as "where", and should have used "a" instead of "an".
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate".
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "Englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
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Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:46:39 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Strong Bad's Mistakes */

Although [[Strong Bad]] is quite obsessive about everyone's [[Poorly Written Emails|grammar and punctuation]], he still makes some of the same mistakes himself. Everything from missing punctuation marks to made-up words to the occasional blatant spelling error grace the pages of his [[Strong Bad Email|emails]].

== Strong Bad's Mistakes ==

*[[some kinda robot]] - In his very first email, Strong Bad misspells "before you go to bed" as "before you ''got'' to bed."
*[[i love you]] - ''Fhqwhgads'' is misspelled as ''Fhqwgads'', missing the h in between w and g. This is ironic because Strong Bad [[sibbie|later]] complains about people misspelling it in emails.
*[[i she be]] - Strong Bad types the phrase "all i gotta say..." The ''i'' isn't capitalized.
*[[duck pond]] - Strong Bad misspells ''unfortunately'' as ''unfortunatley''.
*[[band names]] - A space is added before, rather than after, a comma in this email: ''"the easiest way is to ,you know..."''
*[[Greeting Cards]] - Strong Bad types "its" instead of "it's."
*[[dullard]] - Strong Bad incorrectly uses the one-word adjective ''everyday'' instead of the two-word adverb ''every day''.
*[[techno]] - Strong Bad uses the possessive form of its instead of it's in the statement, "well, its not really my style." He later lionizes Dan D. in [[local news]] for the same mistake.
*[[theme party]] - After realizing that he would like to attend the party he just described, Strong bad misspells ''Whoa'' as ''Woah'', however people spell it both ways.
*[[dragon]] - After demonstrating how to draw Trogdor, Strong Bad says, "Let's see how the other students are doing." However, when he types it, he omits the word ''see''.
*[[interview]] - Strong Bad catches himself using the phrase "more better" in responding to Kerrek.
*[[the show]] - Not only does Strong Bad miss a question mark in this email (''"And what's with that flying mushroom he's always advertising for."''), he also neglects to capitalize The Cheat's name (as ''the cheat''), and later the ''The'' in The Cheat's name.
*[[funny]] - Strong Bad misspells the filename of his email client, strongbad_email.exe, at the beginning of the email as stongbad_email.exe, though this may be a reference to being called "Stong Bad" in [[50 emails]].
*[[the process]] - After stating that he makes fun of people's poor grammar and spelling, Strong Bad promptly misspells the word ''occasionally'' as ''occassionally.''
*[[monument]] - After explaining that he was distracted by the Thnikkaman, Strong Bad omits a period: "So you can see why I got distracted".
*[[pom pom]] - Strong Bad makes a spelling error in his letter to "General and Fraulein Pom Pom." ''Fräulein'' should be written with the [[Wiki:umlaut|umlaut]] over the "a" as shown. It is also politically incorrect to use ''Fräulein'' in modern Germany, but the term used to mean "young woman." He is wrong to use it in either case and should have used ''Frau'' instead. Strong Bad is obviously not fluent in German. In addition, he uses an exclamation point rather than a question mark at the end of ''"Poking Pom Pom with a pin while he's on fire!"''
*[[pizzaz]] - Of the accepted spellings of this email's title, none are used in this email. Correct spellings include ''pizazz'' and ''pizzazz''. Strong Bad not only misses this, he even adopts the misspelling throughout in a very uncharacteristic move.
*[[time capsule]] - Strong Bad types "your hot single Mom" at one point. In this situation, after the possessive "your," mom doesn't need to be capitalized.
*[[part-time job]] - Strong Bad misses a question mark at the beginning; "What do you mean do I do anything else besides checking e-mails."
*[[origins]] - Curiously, Strong Bad misspells curiosity as ''curiousity''.
*[[rampage]] - Strong Bad stresses the importance of the "M.L.A. handbook." However, the actual MLA doesn't use periods in its abbreviation.
*[[garage sale]] - Continuing his bad grammar on moms everywhere, Strong Bad types "the only joke Moms have." ''Moms'' shouldn't be capitalized in this instance.
*[[bottom 10]] - Though it is spelled properly in the bottom 10 list, the word ''chocolate'' appears as ''chocloate'' on Strong Bad's monitor at the end of the email.
*[[portrait]] - Strong Bad misplaces a period. "Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" The period should be outside the parentheses, but Strong Bad puts it inside. He also uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of "rich-guy newspapers."
*[[secret identity]] - When Strong Bad asks "have you ever seen The Poopsmith and I...", it should be "The Poopsmith and ''me''".
*[[pop-up]] - Strong Bad types "four year-old." As an adjective for the implied noun "child," it should be written "four-year-old."

== Strong Bad's Made-up Words and Phrases ==
*[[guitar]] - Strong Bad refers to ''trembalos'', which is a mangling of ''[[Wikipedia:tremolo|tremolo]]'', a rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes.
*[[dragon]] - Strong Bad invents ''burninator'', ''burninate'', and ''burninating'' in order to describe his dragon, [[Trogdor]].
*[[suntan]] - Strong Bad says that the "Ab-Abber" can make him a ''thousandaire''... or, at least, a ''hundredaire''. He also creates the phrase ''[[All up ons]]''. ''Hundredaire'' is also used in [[part-time job]].
*[[kids' book]] - Strong Bad teaches children the word ''fangoriously''.
*[[local news]] - Strong Mad's subtitle, written on an [[Index Cards|index card]], reads "''Sportscarster'' Strong Mad." Strong Bad seems to be the culprit of this misspelling because (A) he threw together the news broadcast and (B) it's his handwriting, as seen in [[dragon]].
*[[kind of cool]] - Strong Bad uses the word ''anyways'', an unnecessary plural of ''anyway''.
*[[lackey]] - Three words coalesce into one in this email: ''Some the times'' becomes ''somethetimes''.
*[[monument]] - Strong Bad refers to the [[Stop Sign]] as having "all the ''rightness'' of a foot without all the ''footdom'' of a right."
*[[car]] - Using a figure of speech called [[Wikipedia:tmesis|tmesis]], Strong Bad inserts ''dang'' into the word ''anyway'' to make ''anydangway''.
*[[lunch special]] - Strong Bad changes the email "someone" sent to him to end with "Keep on ''tranglin''".
*[[theme park]] - In describing the mascots for [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA]], Strong Bad turns a noun into a verb: ''antic-ing''.
*[[time capsule]] - Strong Bad creates the word ''coolty'' to describe something the people of the future definitely won't doubt about him.
*[[animal]] - The deep sea ''fanglyfish'' is another new invention of Strong Bad's, both literally and physically.
*[[part-time job]] - Strong Bad refers to himself as a ''hundredaire socialite''. ("Hundredaire" was repeated from suntan.)
*[[secret recipes]] - In order to cover up the fact that Strong Bad has a recipe for cooking The Cheat, he invents the countries/cities of ''Bumdumbourge'' and ''Totalslava''. The Cheat, as evidenced by his later [[Wrestleman|reading choices]], doesn't buy it.
*[[best thing]] - Strong Bad claims to be doing ''rrll rrll'' well in this email. This apparantly has the same meaning as ''real real'' well, just with no vowels and twice the consonants akin to [[Wikipedia:Grrl|grrl]].
*[[do over]] - The return of ''anydangway'', a word Strong Bad used in [[car]].
*[[modeling]] - Strong Bad wants to advertise a product called ''Colognac'' (pronnounced Coe-lone-yak). This is a combination of ''cologne'', or men's fragrance, and ''cognac'', a type of distilled liquor.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] - Strong Bad asks The Cheat if they'll be selling "million-sided ''dies''", rather than the correct plural of ''die'', ''dice''.
*[[bedtime story]] - The words ''dadbysitter'', ''grodalated'' and ''gewd'' are coined in this email.
*[[portrait]] - ''Onwardly'', possibly an adverb form of onward.
*[[highschool]] - Strong Bad greets Patrick, the sender of the email, with ''cowichewa''.
*[[death metal]] - The words ''extracurriculariffic'' and ''geographist'' are coined in this email. (The correct word for ''geographist'' is ''geographer''.)
*[[technology]] - Strong Bad refers to Pom Pom's ''Tellular Cellaphone'' in this email.
*[[pop-up]] - Strong Bad refers to a tab on his ''fleshtangle''. He also mentions ''cornuco-pourri'', probably a portmanteau of ''cornucopia'' and ''potpourri''.
*[[disconnected]] - Strong Bad's disembodied head refers to the actions of his headless body as ''revolutin'.''
*[[candy product]] - Strong Bad says that when you eat his candy bar, you'll feel like you got ''[[SBLOUNSKCHED!]]'' He also refers to a product in his candy bar as a ''crispety cookety'' log.
*[[alternate universe]] - Although the term was originally coined by [[Strong Sad]] in [[Sbemail 150?!?]], Strong Bad refers to this email as his ''sesquicentenn-email''.
*[[senior prom]] - Strong Bad refers to his ''pantsing'' plan as ''masterdly''.

==See Also==
*[[Poorly Written Emails]]
*[[Portmanteaus]]

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Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:05:52 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate."
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[privileges]] - Entire email not capitalized (except "Dear").
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

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Poorly Written Emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:57:52 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Emails With Poor Spelling */

[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', for which he is notoriously a stickler. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called "[[local_news#Easter_Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar]]."

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad applauds Dan from Pennsylvania in [[autobiography]] because he makes no
misspellings, has a good idea, and makes fun of [[Strong Sad]], calling it a "SOLID e-mail."

==Emails With Poor Grammar ==
*[[trevor the vampire]] - Trevor's email ends unexpectedly. ''(This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and)''
*[[the basics]] - T.J. ends "how do you do it" with a period rather than a question mark, and has an unnecessary apostrophe in "trick's" (which Strong Bad does not notice).
*[[spring cleaning]] - One of the emails Strong Bad deletes says "crush ''with''" instead of "crush ''on''" Marzipan.
*[[little animal]] - The email ends in a period instead of a question mark.
*[[sisters]] - Ali uses "is" instead of "are", and she says "My sister and me" when she should have used "My sister and I". Furthermore, the anonymous author of the second email seems to have a very tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[guitar]] - The first line is a run-on sentence. Also, "whats" should be "what's."
*[[little questions]] - Viklas from Sweden's English leaves a little to be desired.
*[[lures & jigs]] - David says "fishs" instead of just "fish".
*[[techno]] - Silent J's second sentence ends with a period, not a question mark.
*[[website]] - James uses the word "website" far too often.
*[[morning routine]] - "Whats" should be "what's."
*[[dragon]] - Kaizer asks to see his "skills of an artist." In addition, he uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]] in the signature.
*[[marzipan]] - Emily C.'s second sentence is confusingly structured.
*[[monster truck]] - If two people are responsible for the email, "I" should be "we."
*[[unused emails]] - Dan Chase uses "showed" instead of "shown."
*[[caper]] - James uses only a period in his first sentence instead of a question mark.
*[[personal favorites]] - HockeymanJ05 forgets to put a period or a comma at the end of "e-mails" and uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of the whole sentence.
*[[sibbie]] - Sibbie's grammar leaves a lot to be desired, such as using "your are" instead of "you're" and using "most awesomest."
*[[kids' book]] - Changes tenses about halfway through and says "what words did you try..." instead of "what words you tried..."
*[[local news]] - Dan uses the wrong form of "its," causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs.
*[[Videro Games]] - Wilbur uses "in" when he doesn't need to, resulting in "the effects of in video games on children."
*[[car]] - Features a run-on sentence, some poor punctuation, and some very random capitalization.
*[[cheatday]] - The email of the anonymous writer ends without punctuation. In addition, one of the emails The Cheat answers uses "you're" instead of "your."
*[[crying]] - DJ leaves in Strong Bad's name twice (YO yo Strongbad, hey Strongbad). Plus, there is no punctuation before "I was wondering..."
*[[for kids]] - Allison uses an improper tense ("I've been wondering if you ever thought..." rather than "Have you ever thought..." or "...if you have ever thought...") Also, as Strong Bad says, the comma in the second sentence is unnecessary.
*[[pizzaz]] - Ryan N.'s line in the signature has no punctuation and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
*[[animal]] - Spud Jr.'s "What would you like as if" doesn't make much sense, although one viable meaning is that Spud may have merely typed "like as" instead of "look like". The email also ends without punctuation.
*[[dreamail]] - Danny uses "Another words" instead of "In other words."
*[[E-mail Birds]] - Bettina's email is one large sentence with no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever. Furthermore, Naomi seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of the English language.
*[[lady...ing]] - The second sentence in the email ends in a period rather than a question mark.
*[[disconnected]] - Jenny types "were" instead of "where" and "your body is or your head" instead of "your body was." The entire email is also a run-on sentence.
*[[senior prom]] - Matt uses "did you ever have" instead of "if you ever had," making his sentence say "I was wondering did you ever have a senior prom."

== Emails With Poor Spelling ==
*[[homsar]] - The most famous of all spelling errors, Vinnie C. misspells Homestar as [[Homsar]].
*[[i love you]] - Uses internet shorthand and has the first appearance of a very famous [[Fhqwhgads|gibberish name]].
*[[i she be]] - Along with an extreme lack of punctuation, misspells "should" as "she."
*[[stand-up]] - No capitalization, an unnecessary comma, and misspellings of "you're" ("ur"), "funny" ("funy") and "comedic" ("comidic").
*[[spring cleaning]] - Sue spells "surprise" without the first "r," ending up as "suprised."
*[[cartoon]] - Besides not capitalizing the beginning of the sentence or using punctuation, the writer uses all internet shorthand. In addition, he appears to misspell his own name, "geroge".
*[[invisibility]] - sin studly17 misspells "invisible" as "invisable," along with not capitalizing and using a few too many question marks.
*[[50 emails]] - Matt emails "Stong Bad."
*[[comic]] - Brittany mis-types "They" as "Tey" and "appreciate" as "appriciate."
*[[english paper]] - Kyle misspells "English" as "englilsh".
*[[the show]] - Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament," as well as saying "how come..." rather than "why...," using an unnecessary question mark, and, for no reason, saying she's from 2 states.
*[[privileges]] - crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges," as well as spelling Strong Bad as one word, which is something some of the other emailers often do. Emails that spell the name this way include [[halloweener]], [[sugarbob]], one from [[fingers]], one from [[2 emails]], [[pom pom]], [[crying]], [[part-time job]], [[long pants]], [[do over]], [[boring (really)]], [[space program]], [[secret identity]], and [[myths & legends]]. In the final case, he comments on the error; it goes unnoticed by Strong Bad before then.
*[[the process]] - Along with accidentally omitting the word "take" from a sentence, Em misspells "process" as "prosess."
*[[couch patch]] - Besides using no capitalization, "your pal" misspells "from" as "form" and "behind" as "behiend."
*[[different town]] - Besides forgetting to add "was" in "I just wondering," Steven misspells "Sincerely" as "Sincerley."
*[[lunch special]] - "Someone" misspells "lunch" as "luncch" and "Sincerely" as "Sincerly."
*[[haircut]] - Harry misspells "cool" as "coull" (probably purposely). His third sentence is a run-on.
*[[theme park]] - Along with a run-on sentence, Rafael misspells "business" as "buisness."
*[[dangeresque 3]] - Besides not capitalizing, John Newell misspells "coming" as "comeing."
*[[cheatday]] - One of the e-mails The Cheat answers has "better" misspelled as "beter." It also contains two grammatical errors; "whos" should be "who's" and a comma should be added after the misspelled word.
*[[time capsule]] - Besides barely capitalizing and not ending the last sentence with a question mark, Sam mistypes "you're" as "you'rre".
*[[montage]] - [[User:porplemontage|Steve]] misspells "create" as "creat."
*[[dreamail]] - Danny misspells "receive" as "recieve," but Strong Bad doesn't notice this mistake.
*[[rampage]] - Peter misspells "Dear" as "Der," (this may be intentional "pseudo-deutsch") as well as saying "I thinks" and adding a comma at the end of his name when he should have used it at the end of "Sincerely."
*[[modeling]] - Besides using few too many exclamation points at the end of "STRONG BAD!" and not capitalizing "dear" and "I," Meghan misspells "truly" as "truuly."
*[[bedtime story]] - Justin misspells "lately" as "latley" and says "would" instead of "could."
*[[candy product]] - The anonymous author misspells "someone" as "somone." He/she also spells "don't" and "that's" without apostrophes, omits commas after "Strongbad (which should be ''Strong Bad'')" and "chick-magnet," uses way too many ellipses near the end of the sentence when it should have said "...candy product or food thing to sell?," and spells "Homestar Runner" as "homestarrunnner."

==Emails with Poor Use of Capitalization==
*[[duck pond]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[band names]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[CGNU]] - Margo uses no capitalization for "Dear Strong Bad," "I" (twice), and "Thank" in "Thank you."
*[[1 step ahead]] - Alex's email is not capitalized (except "I").
*[[sugarbob]] - Typed in ALLCAPS (as mentioned by Strong Bad) and contains a run-on sentence.
*[[your friends]] - Typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[50 emails]] - The first email that shows up does not have "Strong Bad" capitalized and the sentence ends in an exclamation point.
*[[huttah!]] - Nobuyoshi doesn't capitalize the beginning of every sentence, HOLMES types in all caps and asks "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???", and Derek doesn't capitalize his sentence and his name.
*[[fingers]] - One of the emails asking how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on is not capitalized. Another one is typed in ALLCAPS.
*[[anything]] - Dan does not capitalize "hi," the beginning of his sentence, and "bye."
*[[cheatday]] - All three emails The Cheat answers do not use capitalization.
*[[other days]] - Brian's email is not capitalized (except CA). Also, Janus seems to have many of the same problems with English that Viklas had.
*[[old comics]] - Zack's email is not capitalized (except SB and NY).
*[[record book]] - Entire email not capitalized.
*[[geddup noise]] - Marc doesn't capitalize his full name. He also should have added a comma after "yours" and "Baroni."
*[[secret identity]] - Chris capitalizes the first "I" in "identity" and forgets to put an apostrophe before "cause (because)," which should have been capitalized.
*[[redesign]] - Entire email not capitalized.

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

flag day

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:48:12 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|32|sugarbob|gimmicks}}

[[Image:sbemail32.PNG|thumb|Our national colors]]

Pablo wishes Strong Bad a happy Flag Day.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]]

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

'''Date:''' June 17, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:00

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

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Riballa diballa check e-mail.''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
Happy Flag Day! I bet you have a totally awesome 
flag for Strong Badia. You should share it with us. 
 
Your pal, 
Pablo 
Phoenix</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the last two lines as "Pablo Phoenix".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you sound like some kind of popstar, man. Look Out Ladies Production presents: Pablo Phoenix, this Friday at the civic center. ''{typing}'' Anyways, Pablo. Happy Flag Day to you too, man. It just so happens Strong Badia has about the coolest flag you ever saw. ''{His voice starts echoing a lot, like he's speaking in front of a really large crowd}'' Would everyone please rise for the presentation of our national colors.

''{The Cheat is standing beside the flag pole and pulls up the flag of Strong Badia. The flag has three horizontal stripes, one red, one white, and one brown. In the middle, there's a picture of a green snake holding a knife in its tail and crawling through a tire. The Cheat starts playing on a synthesizer.}''

=== Strong Badia National Anthem ===

''{spoken}'' (Oh... Oh, I like that! Oh yeah!)

''{singing}'' Come to the place where tropical breezes blow.

Come to the coolest place I know.

The people are so great,

But really there's only me,

And that means I'm so great,

And also there's The Cheat.

Oh there's The Cheat in the place where the tropical breezes blow.

The Cheat in the coolest place I know.

The ones are always cold,

And the parties last all night,

And there's probably lots of chocolate,

And population tire.

''{falsetto voice }'' Population...Ti-i-i-ire

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

== Easter Eggs ==

*When Strong Bad starts talking about Pablo's name you can click on it to see a mock-ticket for an event with [[Limozeen]]. It says
<pre>Look Out Ladies Productions Presents
An Evening with
Pablo Phoenix
w/ Special Guest
Limozeen
Civic Center
Fri 21 June 2002 7:35pm</pre>

*After Strong Bad's coin, you can quickly click on The Cheat and see his coin, which reads "Don't Mess With THE CHEAT", "2 Bits", and "A Bad Penny."

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===
*This cartoon marks another of the very few times blood is seen in a Homestar Runner cartoon, when Strong Bad is seen drawing the Strong Badia coat-of-arms on Strong Mad's arm with an X-Acto Knife. Another cartoon on the site that had an instance of blood is [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD|In Search of the Yello Dello]].

===Remarks===
*The flag is made up of parts of Strong Badia. The brown part represents the dirt, the white part represents the fence with the jagged top, and the red part possibly represents Strong Bad himself or the [[Stop Sign]]. The [[Tire]] is next to the fence and the [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] is from numerous places. The snake doesn't seem to represent anything of Strong Badia in particular, although 18th century American revolutionary flags such as the [[Wikipedia:First Navy Jack|first US Navy Jack]] and the [[Wikipedia:Gadsden flag|Gadsden flag]] (both with a prominent snake on them along with the slogan, "Don't Tread on Me") could be the inspiration behind it.
*When The Cheat is playing the tune while Strong Bad sings, he only presses one key. Old Casio keyboards would often allow you to play a preset background tune with harmonics by pressing one button.
*The chord progression at the end of the anthem, as Strong Bad sings "Population Ti-i-i-ire," is a plagal cadence, often referred to as the "amen" cadence for its use at the conclusion of sacred music.
*If The Cheat's penny is worth two bits, it has the same value as a quarter.
*The Cheat's hand movements are a constant repeating animation (such as Homestar's eyes blinking), so not only does it not sync up with the song, it will still be playing if you go into the Flash file and deselect "Play".

===Goofs===
*When The Cheat is raising the flag and it is hanging down, the line between the red and white stripes is straight. When it is fluttering in the breeze, it is jagged.

===Inside References===
*On the ticket to Pablo Phoenix's event, all the way on the right, vertically, it says "no refund no delabor," which is a reference to the numerous members of the Delabor family that work at [[Thorax Corporation]].

===Fast Forward===
*The Cheat being referred to as "A Bad Penny" is also used much later in [[Halloween Fairstival]] when Strong Bad calls both Strong Mad and The Cheat his "bad pennies."
*The background of the last scene would later be used for the title screen of [[Population: Tire]].
*The snake on the flag is later seen in [[myths & legends]] as one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]].
*The [[Strong Badia National Anthem]] is used on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].

==DVD Version==
*All of this email's eggs can still be viewed using the angle button.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Hello, this is more commentary.

'''MIKE:''' This is more commentary, too. Thank you for joining us.

'''MATT:''' Uh... I think Pablo Phoenix was, well, back when we had a message board on the website—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he was one of the regulars

'''MATT:''' —was one of the regulars, yeah, which was kind of cool. We didn't know, tha—well, a— well, at the time, but later on he showed up and... true.

'''MIKE:''' Something that uh, we often talk about is the original lyrics to the Strong Badia National Anthem

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, tell them—they're written down somewhere

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think I sang those this morning. Um, which were "This one is great, truly truly great"

'''MATT:''' "The land of all people, the land of different stuff"

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

'''MATT:''' Or something like that.

'''MIKE:''' It ''had'' to be changed

'''MATT:''' It was not good at all. And, uh

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' This one is great, truly truly great.

'''MATT:''' ''{joins in}'' Truly truly great... ''{spoken very quickly}'' the-land-of-all-people-the-land-of-different-stuff. Um, so the scale here, that's a tiny Strong Badia flag there, Mike. The Cheat should've been much smaller.

'''MIKE:''' Heh, that's true. The scale... We're not very consistent with our scale.

'''MATT:''' Yeah... We should make a style guide.

'''MIKE:''' ''You'' can make a style guide.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, ''you'' make one, more like.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Um... So this is the first appearance of Strong Bad.

''{Mike and Matt laugh}''

'''MATT:''' Look, that's the year I was born! 1976! Thanks, Mike, did you do that on purpose?

'''MIKE:''' I think I did do that on purpose.

'''MATT:''' Awww, you guys!

'''MIKE:''' And all the action figures always cost [[$11.01|11 dollars and one cent]], which is your birthday.

'''MATT:''' Eleven oh one!

'''MIKE:''' November 1st. Now everyone knows your birthday so maybe they'll get you presents!

'''MATT:''' Don't get me any presents guys! Uh, I always wanted you to—you didn't do a clink there. I think I even made a clinking sound effect for those two bottles and you didn't put it in.

'''MIKE:''' There's lots of—

'''MATT:''' 'Cause Mike finished this up, I remember that. I had to go out of town.

'''MIKE:''' There's no—

'''MATT:''' And Mike finished it up. Well yeah, but it ''clearly'' deserves a sound effect.

'''MIKE:''' Well there's ''lots'' of things that... You don't hear the X-Acto knife carving into Strong Mad's flesh sound that we always use.

'''MATT:''' That, that's true. This is what it sounds like. ''{Matt makes a gross-sounding carving sound effect with his mouth}''

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail32.html|watch "flag day"]]
*[[HR:sbemail32.swf|view the Flash file for "flag day"]]
*[[Podstar:sb_email_flag_day.m4v|download "flag day" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Holiday Toons]][[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

monument

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:44:06 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|97|lackey|stupid stuff}}
[[Image:sbemail97.png|thumb|On a massive scale that would rival the Aztecs.]]

Strong Bad is asked to create a monument in his own image. He goes on to explain how the arrival of the Thnikkaman distracted him and prevented the completion of the monument.

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

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' February 9, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:06

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, traipsing along, traipsing traipsing along, and a email got stuck in my eye.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey there Strong Bad! 
I was thinking since so many people 
and ladies think you're SUPER COOL, 
why not build a monument to yourself 
for all to enjoy? 
 
Another fan, 
Kaitlin G.</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad puts an emphasis on "SUPER COOL".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm assuming the G stands for generally overused girl's first name. Well generic name, you're really onto something here. Turns out I AM super cool. ''{He clears his throat.}'' As for monuments, I already got one. But it's kinda ''{He clears the screen and continues typing.}'' only of my right foot. You might know it better as DUN DUN DAAA: The Strong Badia Sign!

''{Cut to the [[Stop Sign]], then to a picture of Strong Bad. As he narrates, a diagram of the monument is built.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Yeah, there were big plans once. It was to be made of the finest materials. On a massive scale that would rival the Aztecs and their...techno-chocolate land.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Anyways, we lost our funding or public interest waned or something distracted me. Man, what was it? What could possibly have distracted me from ''{mumbling}'' humbera hum...

''{Cut to Strong Badia, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are building the monument.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, The Cheat. That totally looks like my right foot. It's got all the rightness of a foot without all the footdom of a right.

'''UNSEEN CHORUS:''' ''{singing}'' Here comes the Thnikkaman!!!

''{These words float across the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No way! Check it out The Cheat. ''{Strong Bad looks and points off-screen.}'' It's the Thnikkaman!!

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat run to meet the Thnikkaman, who is obviously Bubs wearing sunglasses and a "TH" sign taped to his chest.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Thnikkaman!

'''THNIKKAMAN:''' Hey, kid!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Can we have some?

'''THNIKKAMAN:''' Yeah, okay.

'''STRONG BAD and THE CHEAT (in Cheat-speak):''' Thanks, Thnikkaman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{He says this in a low voice, perhaps translating for The Cheat.}'' Thanks, Thnikkaman.

'''THNIKKAMAN:''' Yeah. ''{takes off his sunglasses}'' Shut up, kid!

'''UNSEEN CHORUS:''' ''{singing}'' There goes the Thnikkaman!!!

''{Now these words float across the screen. Strong Bad and The Cheat look at each other, Strong Bad's mouth is agape. Thnikkaman exits. Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So you can see why I got distracted. I'd like to see you stay on task when you're starin' down the barrel of a loaded Thnikkaman. I don't care what you're doin. No one can resist. ''{not typing}'' Speakin' of monuments, somebody should make one to the Thnikkaman. Oh the things that man does! Come to think of it, what exactly ''does'' that man do? ''{typing again}'' Anyways, I'm gonna go try and find some of that Technochocolate. That stuff sounds a-prettypretty good!

''{Strong Bad gets up from his seat and leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "Thnikkaman" at the end to see Bubs in his Thnikkaman costume with a flashy background dancing to the Thnikkaman theme song.
:'''UNSEEN CHORUS:''' ''{singing}'' ''{Bubs walks to the left}'' Here comes the Thnikka— ''{Bubs walks to the right.}'' There goes the Thnikka— ''{Bubs walks to the left.}'' Here comes the Thnikka— ''{Bubs walks to the right.}'' There goes the Thnikka— ''{Bubs walks to the left.}'' Here comes the Thnikkaman!
:'''THNIKKAMAN:''' ''{faces camera and removes sunglasses}'' Yeah, shut up, kid!
*Click on "I don't care what you're doin" at the end to see Homestar Runner being distracted by the Thnikkaman.
:''{Cut to the field. Homestar Runner is holding a pair of trousers.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I'll just, uh, put these pants on—
:'''UNSEEN CHORUS:''' ''{singing}'' Here comes the Thnikkaman!
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, Thnikkaman. It's the Thnikkaman.
:''{He drops the trousers and runs off to the left.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{He pokes his head back onscreen, singing.}'' Here comes the Thnikkaman!
*Click on "technochocolate" at the end to hear Strong Bad and The Cheat do a chocolate version of Techno. The Cheat throws a one-man lightswitch rave.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*This email used to be accessible through [http://www.thnikkaman.com http://www.thnikkaman.com], but the site is awaiting renewal or deletion.

===Remarks===
*During the "technochocolate" Easter egg, the tiny sign above the lower light switch that The Cheat uses says: "The Cheat," as his switch in [[techno]] does.
*When Homestar is about to put on the pants, his legs are placed in the wrong place.
*During the Technochocolate Easter egg, the beat Strong Bad is making overlaps with him saying "Technochocolate".
*When Homestar is about to put his pants on the words "here comes the Thnikkaman" don't fly across the screen. However it could possibly be due to the fact it sounded far away.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad forgets the period after "distracted" near the end when he says, "So you can see why I got distracted".
*The Enter-sound when Strong Bad cuts the email away to answer it does not play completely. It has a dead end.
*Strong Bad doesn't put a comma after the word "Well" near the start.

===Inside References===
*Some of the things composing Strong Bad's monument are from other toons: the "Pie Factory" is from [[stunt double]], the palm tree is from [[island]], and the toilet paper and the fake afro (from Homestar's John McEnroe costume) are from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*The fact that Homestar is attempting to put on [[Pants|pants]] and then, after being distracted, doesn't put them on, is in reference to the ongoing joke about Homestar [[Homestar's Pants|not wearing any pants]] (which is discussed in [[long pants]]).
*The Cheat threw a "Light Switch Rave" to Strong Bad's "The System is Down" song in the email [[techno]].

===Real-World References===
*Techno-chocolate-land is an attempt to pronounce [[Wikipedia:Tenochtitlan|Tenochtitlan]], the capitol city and religious center of the ancient [[Aztecs]] (actually pronounced teh-nohtch-tee-TLAHN), built where [[Wikipedia:Mexico City|Mexico City]] is today. The inclusion of "chocolate" in the mispronunciation may be due to the fact that the Aztecs are often credited for the discovery of chocolate.
*[http://www.biggreenegg.com Big Green Egg] is a combination ceramic barbecue/meat smoker.
*[[Wikipedia:Blow Pops|Blow Pops]] are lollipops with a center of bubblegum, made by the Charms candy company (now owned by [[Wikipedia:Tootsie Roll Industries|Tootsie Roll Industries]]).

===Fast Forward===
*Technochocolate reappears in [[extra plug]], [[rock opera]], [[geddup noise]], and [[disconnected]] as a [[Club Technochocolate|club]].

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|97}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

suntan

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:41:31 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|77|sibbie|anything}}
[[Image:sbemail77.png|thumb|Broasted Abs]]

Strong Bad discovers the awesomeness of black marker on stomach, which he markets to become a hundredaire.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg)

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' June 16, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 3:16

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

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I met her in the summertime. Her name was... ''{high pitch singing}'' e-mail!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
I thought you looked cute as a 
Japanese cartoon with the blue hair 
and everything. ^_~ I was thinking 
you might look even better if you got 
out in the sun and got a nice tan. I've 
heard that a nice tan really 
helps your muscles stand out. 
 
Meg, 
KS</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "HEH-OH HEE! I think that's how you say that..." for the emoticon "^_~". He also reads "KS" as K.S.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' That's a good point, KS. With the summer months all up on us, I'll probably be going shirtless more often than usual. I know one thing the ladies love more than a regular Strong Bad is a lightly toasted Strong Bad. ''{clears screen}'' And I guess it'll help to accentuate my abdominal muscles and my abs, and my cloits. They're already bulging all over the place as it is, but I guess a little more definition wouldn't kill me.

''{Cut to Strong Bad lying on a towel, sunbathing in The Field. Next to him are buckets labeled "Animal Phat — 'it's lard, yo!'" and "cocoa butter"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, c'mon, sun, show me what you got. Don't pull no punches neither. I want the real radioactive stuff.

''{The King of Town enters, wearing round sunglasses}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{sniffs}'' Gooh. ''{sniffs}'' Oh, there it is!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rising from his towel}'' There ''what'' is?

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh, nothing. Hi, Strong Bad. How are you this day?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I was certainly better before you showed up. I'm still doing pretty good.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{sneakily stealing the cocoa butter while Strong Bad isn't looking}'' Oh, good. Oh, well that's all I wanted to know. I guess I'll be moving on to a different smell—place. ''{shoots off to the left taking the cocoa butter}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the—? Hey! He took my cocoa butter!

''{The King of Town peeks back in and grabs the Animal Phat}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? Aw!

''{The words "6–8 hours later..." in the Compy email loading style appear on screen. Cut to Strong Bad sunbathing again. His chest is now extremely pink. Marzipan enters with a large, green oriental-style paper umbrella, and she is smiling}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Bad, how long have you been laying here?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno, six, maybe eight hours.

'''MARZIPAN:''' You know, you're supposed to flip over every 15 minutes or so...

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? Who wants a tan on their back? There's no abs to accentuate. Not like up here. ''{stands, admiring his non-existent abs}'' Ooh, check it out, Ab City, USA. ''{Shaking hips. We can see that Strong Bad's back is lily-white.}'' Do-do do.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Bad, I don't see a single ab.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What are you talking about, it's like a cold one brewery over here, there's so many six-packs. ''{produces a sharpie marker}'' Check it out, ''{draws abs onto his chest}'' one, two, threefourfivesix. ''{grins at Marzipan}'' Oops, forgot the hatching. ''{adds shading}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Aren't you supposed to have pecs?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't need 'em! That's why they call me Double A: ''All Abs!''

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's weird.

''{Marzipan leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, I bet I could make some serious dough off this idea. I could be like, a thousandaire, or at least a hundredaire.

''{Cut to fake ad, with Strong Bad's Ab-Abber 2000 zooming in slowly}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Introducing the all new Strong Bad Ab-Abber 2000! Get results like the professionals in ''{words appear on screen}'' Minutes! Nay! Seconds! Just listen to this guy over here!

''{cut to Strong Sad holding the Ab-Abber 2000}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sounding like he is reading off of a tele-prompter}'' Since using Strong Bad's Ab-Abber Two Thousand ''{pronounces "thousand" as "Thous And"}'', the ladies have been all up ons. ''{talking to Strong Bad off camera}'' All up ons? I don't even know what that means!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off camera}'' Well, Strong Sad, it means they really like you.

'''STRONG SAD:''' But they don't! Especially now with all this Sharpie on my stomach.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just read the lines, man. ''{Strong Bad's hand appears on camera holding a plush lobster}'' Do you want to see Gooblies again or not?

'''STRONG SAD:''' You leave Gooby out of this!

''{Cut to a close-up of the Ab-Abber 2000 box with words "Act Now!" flashing at the top of the screen}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Act now and receive the Cloitsterizer ''{words appear at bottom of screen}'' Abs-solutely free! ''{words disappear}'' Max out your ''{"Cloits and Dloits!!?!" flashes in center screen}'' Cloits and Dloits with the ease of a thousandaire. Strong Bad's Ab-Abber 2000. ''{words appear}'' "They'll be all up ons!"

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the little "[[G]]" tag (right side, up near Strong Bad's hand) on Strong Sad's lobster [[Gooblies]] to see a Homsar celebrity testimonial.

:''{Homsar is shown finishing drawing a calculator displaying the word "SALAd" on his shirt. The words "Celebrity(?) Testimonial" are superimposed on the lower center of the screen.}''

:'''HOMSAR:''' AAAaaaAAAaaa-I'm just in time for the murder mystery!!!

*Click on the marker at the end of the email to see the instructions for Strong Bad's [[Ab-Abber 2000|Ab-Abber]].
<pre>Strong Bad's Ab-Abber 2000 Instruction Manual

Use fine tip black
marker(not included)
to define the desired
abdominal muscles
(abs). Repeat as
often as necessary.

*Actual
drawing</pre>

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The use of "^_~" to represent a wink is an example of an [[Wikipedia:Emoticon|emoticon]]. An emoticon, also called a smiley, is a sequence of printable characters such as :) or :-) that is intended to represent a facial expression and convey an emotion.

===Trivia===
*According to the commentary on the DVD:
**Matt actually once had a stuffed lobster named Gooblies.
**The sunglasses the King of Town wears actually belong to Marzipan. They were based on an old pair Matt had, which he broke while shooting the Fhqwhgads karaoke video for the DVD.
**[[The Cloitsterizer]] was actually an item that Matt and Mike saw a kid dragging in a thrift store.
*Marzipan is carrying a toothpick parasol one would normally receive with a tropical drink, only hers seems to be much larger than normal.
*This is the only time the King of Town has moved with any speed.

===Remarks===
*The first bucket says "Animal Phat." Phat is a slang word meaning "cool," although it's intended to mean actual fat in this case. This ties in with the second phrase on the bucket: "It's lard, yo!," both a reference to the bucket's contents and the play on words.
*Abdominal muscles, abs, and cloits are essentially the same thing.
*According to the instructions of the Ab-Abber 2000, all you get is the box itself and the instructions, as the marker is not included.
*Strong Bad appears to be sunburned after he lies in the sun for 6-8 hours, but doesn't appear to be feeling any pain.

===Goofs===
*The abs drawn on Strong Sad's stomach have the bizarre side effect of making his belly button completely disappear.
*When Strong Bad draws the abs on, his legs are in front of his body.

===Inside References===
*When showing the commercial of Strong Bad's Ab-Abber, the music that plays is taken from [[action figure]].

===Real-World References===
*The facial hair on the man in the instructions is very similar to the style that was adopted by [[Wikipedia:Frank Zappa|Frank Zappa]].
*The term thousandaire was used in Rocky & Bullwinkle's Fractured Fairy Tales in a parody of Little Red Riding Hood, where one of the wolf's lines is "I'm on my way to being a thousandaire!" Hundredaire, on the other hand, is purely Strong Bad.
*[[Wikipedia:Sharpie (marker)|Sharpies]] are a brand of permanant marker.

===Fast Forward===
*The term [[All up ons]] became a running gag on the site.

== DVD Version ==
*The Homsar celebrity testimonial is automatically enabled, so no selecting is required.
*The DVD version features hidden audio commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Welcome to "suntan."

'''MIKE:''' We're joined here by Marzipan once again.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of that song? That's a little more tender side of Strong— Strong Bad, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' He has this— He, he does have a tender side.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Say something else.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I'm listening right now.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I, I liked this e-mail...

'''MIKE:''' I like your, um... Well, we'll talk about it when it comes on.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Okay.

'''MATT:''' I remember we did this, it was kind of— Didn't I just come back from a vacation and actually had a pretty bad, pretty bad sunburn?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, so, timely.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's true. You know, and after this e-mail for the next few months, uh, Matt and Mike both kept drawing abs on their bodies and going around shirtless in the studio. ''{Mike laughs}'' It was very distracting for most of us ladies.

'''MIKE:''' I wish I could have that towel.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I mean, that— that's a towel that, conceptually I swear I've seen before, but now I've searched ''{Mike chuckles}'' far and wide and can't find one with a Bengal tiger on it. Or a Siberian tiger on it?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Those are— those are my sunglasses that the King of Town is wearing.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Those are pretty sweet.

'''MATT:''' They're modeled after these, uh, glasses I have for sunchaps  ''{unintelligible}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{short pause}'' That I actually just broke when we were doing the, uh, the half-pipe stuff for the karaoke video for "Everybody to the Limit."

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh, yeah.

'''MATT:''' They're broken now.

'''MIKE:''' You can watch that. If you watch closely, you can see the glasses fall off.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps watching her character enter frame on the e-mail}'' Oh! That is the, um, the umbrella from Mike's cocktail.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I just grabbed that at the last minute; I thought it really added to the scene.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I really like that.

'''MATT:''' It's clearly— yeah, it's clearly just a cocktail umbrella though, made large. ''{short pause}'' Now here's my favorite song. ''{Strong Bad says, "Do-do do" in the email}'' That's a good song.

'''MIKE:''' "Do-do do"?

'''MATT:''' Look, he's Neapolitan Strong Bad, with no chocolate.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah, it was really hot out that day.

'''MATT:''' It looks pretty hot. There's some sweltering orange sky back there.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, I did that uh...

'''MARZIPAN:''' Fortunately, I never sweat.

'''MIKE:''' ''{amused}'' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, wait, see? Look, Marzipan's eyes '''were''' backwards!

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right.

'''MATT:''' I, I apologize, Marzipan, on behalf of my brother Mike.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It made working very difficult that day. ''{Mike chuckles}''

'''MATT:''' I bet. ''{pause}'' Did our friend Tobin coin that phrase? Or does he just use it?

'''MIKE:''' "Hundredaire"?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know; it's possible.

'''MATT:''' He uses it extensively, which is good.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Who modeled for that, um, box top?

'''MIKE:''' Think it's Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' Think it's Strong Bad himself.

'''MIKE:''' He's a character from our website. ''{Matt chuckles}''

'''MATT:''' The background is great, Mike; it's very true to the, to the infomercial—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Ron— ''{chuckles}''

'''MATT:''' yeah, Ron, Ron Popeil.

'''MIKE:''' And here's, uh— Matt really had a, uh, stuffed lobster named Gooblies.

'''MATT:''' It's true. I don't know what Gooblies meant.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' There he is.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' The Cloitsterizer is something we actually saw; eh, it's mentioned elsewhere on this DVD, but we saw a kid dragging that around a thrift store one day—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —a piece of wooden cheese on a string.

===Trivia===
*[[Wikipedia:Ron Popeil|Ron Popeil]] is the founder of [[Wikipedia:Ronco|Ronco]] and is the inventor of the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, and more recently the Showtime Rotisserie. Ronco's early television sales techniques are considered the progenitors of today's infomercials.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail77.html|watch "suntan"]]
*[[HR:sbemail77.swf|view the Flash file for "suntan"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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invisibility

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:30:23 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|41|vacation|action figure}}

[[Image:invisibility.PNG|thumb|"A spectacle of graphics and sound!"]]

[[Tandy 400]] is dead and gone, for behold: The Compy 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound. Meanwhile, Strong Bad discovers being invisible really isn't worth it.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' September 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:47

'''Page Title:''' The Last Stand(y) of the Tandy 400.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off-screen}'' I'm hooome!

''{He walks to the Tandy 400 and sits in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's see here. Don't need this anymore.

''{Strong Bad removes the post-it on the screen that says "DORKS!" on it with an angry face with sharp teeth below.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't need ''this'' anymore!

''{Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the table and onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For behold...

''{Strong Bad places the Compy on the desk, as a harp plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The 386. A spectacle of graphics and sound!

''{A tune is played and the "386 Version 1.5" logo appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's get to checking! ''{types "strongbad_email.exe" to bring up the email, which reads:}''

<blockquote class="email">strong bad, 
 
what would you do if you were 
invisable for one day???? 
 
sin studly17</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "invisable" as invis-ABLE, and changes his tone to reflect all the question marks in "day????"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well dumb name, this is something I've often thought about myself. And I came to the conclusion that... ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' I don't really think being visible prevents me from doing whatever I want to do. So I'd probably just do the kinda stuff I normally do.

''{Cut to an invisible Strong Bad stealing boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls from Bubs' Concession Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' You know, like, steal stuff...

''{Bubs turns around to find the Swiss Cake Rolls boxes floating away.}''

'''BUBS:''' My chocolates! Come back, chocolates! I didn't mean what I said...

''{Cut to Homestar Runner standing in the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ...punch stuff...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan is ''late''.

''{The boxes of rolls float up to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, guys!

''{A punching noise is heard and Homestar doubles over. The boxes float off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Owww! Those things are bad for you.

''{Cut to Invisible Strong Bad eating the Swiss Cake Rolls on his couch in front of the TV. Family Feud is on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' ...eat stuff...and at the same time...watch stuff...

''{The "Family Feud" strike buzzer is heard from the TV.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Pwa ha ha ha! Survey says, you're an idiot!

''{Strong Mad enters the room and walks in front of where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' Oh, hey, man. Look, I'm sitting here, I'm just invisible, okay?

''{Strong Mad looks confused and looks around for the source of the voice, while Invisible Strong Bad waves the swiss cake roll around him}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:'''Hey! Brain-for-brains! I'm right here! The floating Swiss Cake Roll is talking to you! Hey, now what the...NONONONO...

''{Strong Mad gets angry, jumps up, and sits on the couch where Invisible Strong Bad is sitting.}''

'''INVISIBLE STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

''{Cut back to the computer with Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! ''{typing}'' Nevermind. Being invisible is not worth a face full of Strong Mad butt. ''{stops typing}'' Ugh. ''{resumes typing}'' I feel like I need to take a shower. I dunno when the last time he washed that singlet was. ''{stops typing}'' Anyways. Remember, kids! Take your vitamins, pretend you're hilarious, and always, ''always'', e-mail Strong Bad.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. The screen eventually fades out and cuts to the Tandy 400 sitting in a trash can.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*At the end of it, the screen will fade to the Tandy in the trash. You can click on the contrast buttons to see some funny last words.
**Why, Strong Bad, why?
**Remember the duck pond?
**I thought we were a team.
**Whatever, man. I can make it on my own.
**386? more like three eighty SUCKS!
**Tell the printer I'll miss her
**Yeah? Well someone on eBay loves me.
**There's flies in me. It tickles.
**My mind is going. I can feel it. [x5]
**Fine, I'm gonna start giving away secrets.
**Have you clicked on the 'O' in Message Bored?
** Justin Bailey ****** ******
**Oh jeez. I think this is really it.
**gasp.
**wheez.
**cough.
**''(blank screen)'' [x2]
**end of line.

== Fun Facts ==
{{checkstuffpage}}
===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of the Compy 386.
*The Compy makes [[The Geddup Noise]] when it is dragged onto the table.
*This is the first time the file to check Strong Bad's email is "strongbad_email.exe".

===Remarks===
*When Strong Bad returns, there is nothing on the screen; when he left, Brothacheese's email was still on the screen. Unless someone has been tampering with the computer, the email should still be there.

===Goofs===
*If you look at the Tandy's screen when it's in the garbage, you'll notice that the crack in the glass isn't there.
*When Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the desk, a piece of Strong Bad's reflection from the computer screen can be seen on the wall.
*In one frame, as the Tandy is flying off the desk, the contrast dials are completely gone.
*While Invisible Strong Bad is stealing the [[Swiss Cake Rolls]], at one point while he's walking offscreen, the cake rolls suddenly disappear, although he hasn't finished walking out of the camera's view.
*When the Tandy is flying off the desk, the keyboard is not there.

===Glitches===
*If you try to change the contrast on Tandy when Strong Bad's reflection appears, the reflection is not changed.
*In addition, in the reflection in Tandy, you'll see that Strong Bad's red mask base is cut just before the edge of the screen, but not the black shape in the front. You'll see it better with the green contrast being set on.
*Strangely, when Strong Bad sits down at the Tandy, we see his reflection but it blocks the little green lines on the screen. In real life this wouldn't happen, nor does it happen in any other email.
*When Strong Bad is answering the email his head moves left and right in the reflection, but his head outside the reflection doesn't move.

===Inside References===
*One of the 'last words' is a hint to click on the 'O' in Message Bored. The "Message Bored" it is referring to is the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], an old, official forum that used to be on the site (now, only the banner from the top is still around.) Clicking on the "O" brings you to 3 hidden games.
**The page title of the Message Bored is "Remember What The Tandy Told You", a definite reference to this Easter egg.
*"Remember the duck pond?" is a reference to [[duck pond]].

===Real-World References===
*The line "[http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html My mind is going. I can feel it.]" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey'']].
*The line "[[Wikipedia:Metroid#JUSTIN BAILEY|Justin Bailey]] ****** ******" refers to a cheat code for the game ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]'', which caused the heroine [[Wikipedia:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] to be dressed in a skimpier outfit than her normal armored suit when you input it as your continue password. In the correct password, the lower-case letters and asterisks should be replaced by upper-case letters and hyphens, respectively.
*The buzzer sound and the line "Survey Says" is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]''.
*"End of line" is a quote from the Walt Disney movie ''[[Wikipedia:Tron_(movie)|Tron]]''. The sinister [[Wikipedia:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] always ended conversations with his minions by saying "[http://161.58.5.90/tron/endline.wav End of line.]"
*eBay is a popular online auction website, where you can find just about anything for sale.

===Fast Forward===
*This email is later mentioned in [[personal favorites]].
*The phrase "I can make it on my own" is used as the motto of [[Li'l Brudder]].
*The Tandy comes back from the dead in [[ghosts]].

== DVD Version ==
*Unlike the email version, you have to click on a hidden Strong Bad head icon to access the Tandy 400's last words, as opposed to just waiting.
**As well, there are minor differences in the egg. The egg is now a video, with sound effects of the flies buzzing, blips when the Tandy changes text, and inability to cycle through the text manually. When the Tandy says "My mind is going, I can feel it," it flashes on the screen a few times before switching over to the next block of text. As well, when "End of Line" appears, the text slowly fades away into nothingness.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad's returning from vacation, Mike! This is the first break we really took after we'd started doing the Strong Bad Emails every week, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. Couple weeks.

'''MATT:''' Where'd ''you'' go on your vacation?

'''MIKE:''' I went to Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm. The beach.

'''MATT:''' I guess I went to Marco Island, Florida, I would assume. ''{pause}'' So, here comes the 386! Just—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, new computer! Uh, he hasn't updated since then.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Should we do that?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe someday. I've thought about giving him a laptop named Lappy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That sounds pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe we'll do that someday.

'''MATT:''' The [[Lappy 486]]?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' I like that song Bubs is singing to himself. I love how personified the Swiss Cake Rolls are.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, no one, no one seems to have a problem with the floating Swiss Cake Rolls.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It's like, so common.

'''MATT:''' Bubs had been in some kind of domestic dispute with them earlier. Homestar was... y'know, maybe going to meet them up at the club later. I like the, like, butt, the sweaty butt imprint that Strong Bad's leaving on the couch there. Here comes Graw Mad! Look out! He doesn't know what's going on! Uh-oh, Strong Bad! Ohhh, man.

'''MIKE:''' So did that really happen?

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' All of that stuff?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' That was all, I think—

'''MIKE:''' Like a dream sequence?

'''MATT:''' We draw—there's a fine line. Sometimes, it's really happening, and sometimes it's just hypothetical.

'''MIKE:''' I think that one was hypothetical.

'''MATT:''' I think we leave the best—the more gray we leave it, the better. Thanks everyone.

=== Fun Facts ===
*This commentary serves as very effective foreshadowing to the emails [[virus]] and [[animal]] (which had not been made at the time the commentary was recorded), since the [[Lappy 486]] has indeed replaced the Compy.
*Matt calling Strong Mad "Graw Mad" is probably a reference to [[the facts]] (though the email may not have been made at the time of the commentary recording).
*The Brothers Chaps visited [[Wikipedia:Bald Head Island, North Carolina|Bald Head Island]] and [[Wikipedia:Marco Island, Florida|Marco Island]], two small towns on the East Coast of the United States.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail41.html|watch "invisibility"]]
*[[HR:sbemail41.swf|view the Flash file for "invisibility"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]
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action figure

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:25:35 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|42|invisibility|little questions}}

[[Image:sbemail42.PNG|thumb|Smells like peanut action!]]

Kyle Rechsteiner asks Strong Bad what he would look like as an action figure.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' September 16, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:44

'''Page Title:''' COMPY 386

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{singing}'' Doo doo do doo, doo duh doo ''doo''!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
If someone made a Strong Bad 
action figure, what kind of 
awesome stuff would it be able 
to do? 
 
Kyle Rechsteiner 
San Mateo, CA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Camateos, Scamateos" instead of "San Mateo, CA".}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Oh man, Kyle. My action figure would have it all. First of all:

''{cut to a screen where Strong Bad's action figure appears as he details it, while the music Strong Bad was humming at the beginning of the email plays}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' It'd look exactly like me...

''{the action figure first appears; it is considerably taller, buffer, and with a much smaller head than the actual Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...you know, in terms of his physique, and the relative size of his head to his body, it'd be exactly the same.

''{a croissant appears in the action figure's hand and folds out into a star shape}''

'''STRONG BAD''': And of course I'd come armed to the teeth with my Chinese throwing croissant!

''{says "croissant" with a heavy French accent}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Then, I'd be able to shoot sparks from my mouth, you know like...

''{the screen darkens and sparks come out of the action figure's mouth}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...khfkhfkhffffkhfk, it'd make a noise like that. And when you push down on my head, there'd be BOOFFF!

''{the action figure's head is pushed down, and the fists go up}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Double Deuce action!

''{the action figure's fists go up and down}''

'''STRONG BAD''': And then of course, you could take the head off, too...

''{the action figure's head pops off}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...and there'd be a hole where you could pour like, motor oil...

''{black stuff pours into the action figure}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...or grapefruit juice...

''{white stuff pours into the action figure}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...or whatever kinda junk you wanna put in there.

''{the action figure's head comes back on}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...And then, turn out the lights—

''{the screen darkens and the action figure's muscles glow}''

'''STRONG BAD''': —glow-in-the-dark abs, man! Oh! Oh! And get it wet...

''{the action figure is dunked in a glass of water}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...and you get SEVERE KNIFE FIGHT DAMAGE...

''{scars appear on the action figure}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...like magic appears! But that's not all! UH-OH!

''{the action figure's left leg falls off}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Battle damage! And finally, switch to the dispenser fist...

''{the action figure lifts its fist, which has a hole in the front}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...to ooze radioactive goo!

''{green slime oozes out of the dispenser fist}''

''{Cut back to the Compy 386}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' I think those things would sell like hotcakes, man. Ooh! Especially if they ''smelled'' like hotcakes! Anyways, I tried to make one of my own one time and it didn't turn out as good as my imagination.

''{Strong Bad holds up a peanut with pipe cleaners for arms and a painted face with cheap plastic glue-on eyes}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Basically all it has is...smells-like-peanut action. I'm lookin' for some licensees.

''{Strong Bad starts playing with the action figure}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Doo doo doooo! ''{starts speaking for the figure}'' Hey Homestar, get away from here! Holy crap!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* At the end you can click on the [[Peanut Strong Bad]] and see the package of the cool Strong Bad [[Action Figure Character Variations|action figure]]. Keep clicking to see some more characters as action figures. The characters and package blurbs are:
** Strong Bad
*** Exciting Action Man!
*** Chinese Throwing Croissant!
*** Severe Double Deuce Action!
*** Smells Like Hotcakes!
**** If you zoom in on it, you'll see that the "M" is partially transposed over the "E". In fact, the entire "smells like hotcakes" sticker has poorly spaced text, perhaps due to a missing font when the Flash file was created.
** Coach Z
*** Green Colored Hero!
*** High-Pitched Super Sonic Whistle!
*** Butt-Patting Action
** Strong Mad
*** Action Toy!
*** He's The Biggest One!
*** Friends With [[The Cheat]]!
** Pom Pom
*** Action Fighting Guy!
*** Secret [[Cell Phone]]!
*** The Ladies Choice!
** Strong Sad
*** Action-Like Figurine!
*** Atomic Calligraphy Pen!
*** Extreme Whining And Crying!
** Homestar
*** Super Action Doll
*** Spiked Battle Marshmallows
*** [[Lack of Visible Arms|No Arms]]! Like Real Life!
** Peanut Strong Bad
*** Homemade Peanut Warrior
*** Museum Quality
*** Smells Like Peanut Action!
* All the toys are made by [[Cheap as Free]] Toys, are for ages 3–5, and cost $11.01.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*All of the toys are labeled [[$11.01]]. They are priced this way because [[Matt Chapman]]'s birthday is November 1st. (This was revealed by [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] in the [[flag day]] [[flag_day#Commentary_Transcript|commentary]].)

===Remarks===
*At the beginning, Strong Bad is humming the same tune that is in the background when it shows the action figures.
*Strong Mad's action figure doesn't have the 'M' logo on its chest.
*It is unclear how you can take the head off the Strong Bad action figure, and still press down on it for "Double Deuce Action".

===Inside References===
*The "Chinese Throwing Croissant" is likely a reference to the end of [[3 Wishes]], when Strong Bad starts to ramble on about how the horns in his drawing look like croissants and how he'd really like a couple of them.
*When you push on its head, it supposedly has "[[Double Deuce]]" action. This is referring to [[the bird]].

===Real-World References===
*All of the action figures are modeled strongly after the line of toys based on [[Wikipedia:He-Man|''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'']]. In particular, they all have:
**Identical bodies from the same toy mold with a different head and paint job for different characters (except Strong Mad, who is bigger and has no neck, and Homestar, who has no arms)
**Exaggerated muscles
**Limited poses and movement (except for rotating limbs)
**The "Battle Damage" could also refer to the design of the He-Man action figures. The legs were held onto the body by a rubber band through the pelvis. This rubber band was prone to breaking, causing the legs to fall off. Also, one of the He-Man figures released had a chest plate with a spring-loaded part that would rotate when struck, so that it looked like it was dented.
*The sparking mouth was actually used in some '80s toys, such as the [[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]] Banshee.
*Most modern action figures and related toys refer to "battle damage" as a special version of a character or vehicle modeled to look as if it were in a recent and brutal fight. However, it's more likely that Strong Bad's action figure battle damage concept is referring to the [[Wikipedia:Battletech|Battletech]] line of 'action figure vehicles' by Tyco. These figures had 'blast panels' that, when struck, would cause parts of the toy to fly off (commercials would showcase the toy's "one weakness--'battle damage!'"). In fact, the Clan Hunchback IIC had a battle damage effect exactly like Strong Bad's concept (the figure's left leg falling off).

===Fast Forward===
*The tune that plays throughout the email returns in the [[Ab-Abber 2000|Ab-Abber]] commercial in [[suntan]], in [[army]] in the [[Firebert]] action figure Easter egg, and in the Strong Badman sequence in [[alternate universe]].
*The peanut Strong Bad action figure appears again in [[2 emails]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail42.html|watch "action figure"]]
*[[HR:sbemail42.swf|view the Flash file for "action figure"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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superhero name

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:40:13 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|29|1 step ahead|12:00}}

[[Image:sbemail29.PNG|thumb|"STINY! Get me a danish!"]]

Stiny asks why Strong Bad's name doesn't end in "man."

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Strong Badman]], {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

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

'''Date:''' May 27, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:07

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' All these...emails...I don't understand.

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong bad: 
 
Why is it that your superhero name does not end 
in "man" just like Superman, Spiderman. etc, etc... 
 
Your friend 
 
Stiny</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the name as "Stiny?!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Umm... ''{typing}'' I don't think you're in a very good position to be criticizing people's names, STINY!! I mean, what kind of a name is Stiny anyways? It sounds like some supervillain's little sidekick, that he's always ordering around you know. ''{stops typing}'' Like, "STINY! GET ME A DANISH!!"

''{An image with Strong Bad drawn as Strong Badman accompanies this.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or "STINY! WHO SPILLED COFFEE ALL OVER THE PLANS FOR MY DEATH RAY?!"

''{Another image of Strong Badman accompanies this.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Stiny... ''{clears screen, resumes typing}'' Naw, you know what? I'll change my name to Strong Badman if you agree to be my sidekick: Li'l Stiny. And you can wear a little mask and a little cape...

''{The camera zooms back and we see The Cheat appear wearing a mask covering his eyes and a little cape.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey The Cheat... Er, just doing an email.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? No! Of course you're still my sidekick!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{more The Cheat sounds, slightly annoyed}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, that cape looks great on you. Look, I was speaking hypothetically.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{irritated The Cheat sounds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh come on, don't give me that!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{loud, angry, The Cheat sounds}''

''{The Cheat walks away angrily.}''

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

''{A "Strong Badman" comic book appears on the screen with a picture of Strong Badman drawn on it (see above). On the bottom of the page, there's a blurb that reads "CLICK '''HERE''' TO EMAIL STRONG BAD!!" Click on the text to email him.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Danish pastry|Danish pastry]] (or danish) is a sweet pastry which has become a speciality of Denmark and is popular throughout the industrialized world, although the form these pastries take is significantly different from country to country.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Strong badmans death ray.PNG|thumb|260px|Strong Badman's death ray plans]]
*Stiny is the name of Homestar creator [[Craig Zobel]]'s little brother.
*For the first time, [[The Paper]] doesn't come down at the end of this email. Instead, the "Click here to Email Strong Bad" is on the comic.
*The [[No Loafing Sign]] looks different in this email.
*Strong Badman's deathray plans have "asdasdkuahs gfjdgd df956 4564-45" written in the corner.
*In the list of superhero names, [[Wikipedia:Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] is misspelled as "Spiderman", which is a common mistake.

===Remarks===

*Strong Bad's [[Floppy Disk Container#blank 5.25 inch disks|floppies]] don't have a name.
*Even though Strong Bad says that Strong Badman is a "supervillain," he gets his name on the comic. This is probably due to the fact that when Strong Bad Emails first started, Strong Bad was still considered the villain of the Homestar universe.
*Strong Bad leaves off a comma before "you know."

===Goofs===
*When we cut out to The Cheat wearing the cape and mask, there are no contrast buttons on the Tandy 400.

===Real-World References===
*[[Cheap as Free]] Comics has the same logo style as most early '90s [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel comics]], including a character in the top left corner, price and issue number, and [[Wikipedia:Comics Code Authority|Comics Code Authority]] symbol.
*"All these...emails...I don't understand," is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Elton John|Elton John]] classic [[Wikipedia:Rocket Man|"Rocket Man"]] (another "-man" name), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMTRmnc54Y as performed by] [[Wikipedia:William Shatner|William Shatner]] at the 1981 Science Fiction Awards (as mentioned in the DVD commentary). One line of the song is, "All this science I don't understand..."

===Fast Forward===
*[[Strong Badman]] comics would be featured again in later emails.
*The Cheat's question about his costume is used later in the Easter Egg in [[cheat talk]].

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

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

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbling}'' I don't understand...

'''MATT:''' That's a reference to Shatner performing "Rocket Man"—

'''MIKE:''' That's true.

'''MATT:''' —at the 1981 Science Fiction...

'''MIKE:''' Science Fiction Awards, yes.

'''MATT:''' Video Awards or whatever. Um, so ''this'' one, it was great. We, um... I remember, we finished this, we worked on it some at my Uncle John's house in Winnemac, Indiana.

'''MIKE:''' Some at Grandpa's.

'''MATT:''' And we finished it up.

'''MIKE:''' Aunt Dean's old room.

'''MATT:''' In Aunt Dean's old room, and there was nothing there. We could wax the floor that day. So it's this room with this old, that old, like, 2 inch thick wallpaper. And, uh, with some pink print.

'''MIKE:''' Pink flowers, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And, just, we brought a TV tray and finished it on this laptop that kept crashing Flash 5. It took us forever to finish it. And, uh, did we, I wonder if you have that picture somewhere, 'cause I remember you took a picture—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think I do.

'''MATT:''' —'cause we were going to make it look like, the uh, say this is our office. Just this giant, empty old—old lady's room with me and Mike. The laptop. How about those white circles The Cheat has for eyes?

'''MIKE:''' Is that the first No Loafing sign?

'''MATT:''' Uh, maybe.

'''MIKE:''' I dunno.

'''MATT:''' I don't know if Processing—was Processing around yet?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, yeah.

'''MATT:''' 'Cause I think that's where it first appeared.

=== Fun Facts ===
*Matt's talk of processing is a reference to the [[Email Processing Room]] (where, incidentally, the No Loafing sign does ''not'' make an appearance, though there is a similar sign reading "GET BACK TO WORK!"). It also appeared after this email.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail29.html|watch "superhero name"]]
*[[HR:sbemail29.swf|view the Flash file for "superhero name"]]

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

website

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:36:40 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|51|50 emails|island}}

[[Image:sbemail51.png|thumb|"You can make a webpage of your cat."]]

Strong Bad gives an emailer advice on building a website, and shows off his own.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' November 18, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:53

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

== Transcript ==

''' STRONG BAD''': Oh-you-thought-there-was-no-more-emails-but-guess-what-there's-an-EMAIL!

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad. 
 
I want to start a new website but I 
don't have any ideas of what to do for 
my website. I was wondering if you 
could give me some ideas for my new 
website. This website will be cool and 
I'll e-mail you when I'm done. 
 
Sincerely Yours: 
James</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Website. I mean, James" instead of just "James"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You know, James, I've been around this great, big internet of ours a few times, so I know what I'm talking about, and I can safely say, that whatever idea you have is completely unimportant as long as you adhere to these fundamentals: ''{clears screen}'' First of all, you want to start out with a long flash intro. ''{stops typing}'' Like this one The Cheat made for me.

''{"The Cheat presents" on a black background appears on the screen, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Check it out, those are supposed to be my eyes, I think.

''{The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That stands for my name.

'' {The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive} ''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "The Web".

''{"The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That little rainbow thing's kinda cool.

''{The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and a blackhole-like thing appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, go through the tunnel, oh look out!

''{As he says "Oh, look out!", a hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you got punched! Aw, man, right in the face. ''{typing}'' Okay, next on the checklist: ''lots'' of animated GIFs! ''{pronounces it /gifs/; stops typing}'' or... GIFs... ''{pronounces it /jifs/}'' or however you say it. I don't know. I heard a couple of nerds arguing about it one time. ''{clears screen}'' But you want as many of those as possible.

''{An animated GIF appears that cycles between a flame, the word "Fire!" and another flame.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Especially the ''{Another GIF appears, featuring a mouse that looks side to side before revealing a letter labeled "INTERNET?" in its mouth.}'' rotate-y kind. ''{Two rotating GIFs appear, one of a guitar, the other of a diamond that flashes, showing the words "hi rez" which then disappear.}'' Those are awesome, man. Nobody gets tired of looking at those. ''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, then you can pretty much just pick whatever for your subject. It doesn't really matter as long as you got the rest of that stuff on there. ''{stops typing}'' I mean, ''{resumes typing}'' James, the Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that. ''{stops typing}''I mean, you can make a webpage of your cat.

''{A picture of a cat lying on a football with [[Wikipedia:Red-eye effect|red eye]] thinking "It's 4th and 10. Now WHERE'S MY SUPPER?!?" appears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' or your The Cheat.

''{A picture of [[The Cheat]] sleeping on a couch on his back on a couch thinking "It's 4th and 10. I hate cats."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, ''{typing}'' Who knows? Maybe tomorrow you'll be really big in Pakistan. Or at least, with some guy named Stan. ''{Stops typing}'' Anyways, I gotta go work on my webpage.

''{Strong Bad leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "strong bad's web page" to go to the Flash intro. Then click on "get on in!" to go to [[Strong Bad's Website]].
**Click on the F10 button at the bottom of the Strong Bad's website to read [[Strong Sad's Lament]], Strong Sad's LiveJournal-esque weblog.
**At the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the envelope in the mouse GIF. You get to [[Email Processing Room|the room where the emails are received]].
**Also at the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the Email GIF to send an email to Strong bad.
**Clicking on the Enter GIF reloads the website, adding an extra STRONG BAD at the top each time.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The reason Strong Bad says, "Oh-you-thought-there-was-no-more-emails-but-guess-what-there's-an-EMAIL!" might be because fans thought the emails would stop because the [[50 emails|previous email]] ended with the [[Compy 386]] in a "flagrant system error."

===Trivia===
*The cat featured in the email is Mabel, owned by [[Matt Chapman]] and his wife [[Jackie Chapman|Jackie]]. The cat appears to be sporting [http://www.softclaws.com/ Soft Claws], which are an alternative to [[Wikipedia:Onychectomy|declawing]].

===Remarks===
*The "get on in" Flash link during the email itself is clickable, but doesn't do anything.
*At the end of the e-mail Strong Bad says he has to go work on his web site, but then he leaves his computer.
*The music on the intro sounds very close to his description of Strong Mad playing bass on the email "[[guitar]]".
*The entire email is actually a tongue-in-cheek critisism and mockery of amateur websites that use long flash intros, are uninteresting, and have many animated GIFs (which is frowned upon because many find them annoying, as they distract their attention from the page and are often of poor quality). Other, similar critisisms can be found on many humor sites, with the same format (advice on how to make a webpage, including all things that most people find annoying rather than actual helpful hints, though disguised as such).

===Fast Forward===
*According to "[[flashback]]," this is about where Strong Bad lost count of the emails.
*In email 152, "[[isp]]," Strong bad refers to the breakdancing rodent GIF as a gif/jif

== DVD Version ==
*You cannot browse Strong Bad's website on the DVD. However, the intro to his website is still accessible (via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower right corner of the Compy 386 screen).
**Note that the DVD version of the intro is out of sync—Strong Bad begins talking long before the animation ends.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail51.html|watch "website"]]
*[[HR:sbemail51.swf|view the Flash file for "website"]]
*[[HR:cheatintro.swf|watch the Flash intro]]
*[[HR:sbsite/|Strong Bad's website, skipping the intro]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

secret recipes

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:31:54 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|124|origins|rock opera}}
[[Image:SBEmail 124.PNG|thumb|The horrible truth revealed!]]

Strong Bad reveals some secret family recipes.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Marzipan's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' February 14, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 4:04

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email, na na, na na, na na, nanaNA...

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: family recipes</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
When we grow up we want to be chefs. We wanted to know 
if you had any secret family recipes that you would want 
to share with us so....we can make them! 
 
-Melissa and Hillary (from NJ)</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Dear Strong Bad" as "The usual" and "NJ" as "Nigeria"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Mellie, Hillarious, being from Africa I'm sure you guys are used to eating, like, exotic fruits and nectars and, um, lions ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. ''{stops typing}'' Uncouth. ''{typing}'' Can something be just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth. Anyways, Couthy, all our family recipes tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers.

''{The camera cuts back, and we see The Cheat laying on the computer desk flinging floppy disks all over.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! Let's go try out Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown!
''{His legs kick to each syllable of Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, possibly an enthusiastic "Okay!"}''

''{The Cheat stands up. The screen greys and the following text appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber.

''{Cut to the field. Coach Z is standing around holding a basketball.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Man, what is this thing? ''{bounces the basketball once}'' A bounce thing?

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat enter from the right. Strong Bad is holding what appears to be a bowl of ice cream with yellowish sprinkles, and The Cheat is wearing a towel around his waist.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, The Cheat! Wow! Look at this! It's our best friend, Coach Z. Say there, Coach, would you like to try some of our free icèd-c-cream? It's got toasted coconut!

'''COACH Z:''' How could I refuse? ''{throws the basketball over his shoulder}'' I can't afford the money-cost variety!

''{The basketball can be seen falling behind the trees in the background.}''

''{Coach Z takes the ice cream and starts pigging out on it.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oooh! Sweet mercy! ''{He eats some more.}'' This is orful! ''{He eats more.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, it's OK, Coach. You're the proud new eater of a healthy bowl of sour cream and The Cheat fur.

''{Coach Z drops the bowl in shock. Strong Bad pulls away The Cheat's towel to reveal that he's been shaved from the waist down.}''

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

'''COACH Z:''' ''{He starts making disgusted noises and coughing up fur.}'' Oof! I think I'm going to puke my pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Please don't elaborate on that.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{talking normally}'' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's!

'''STRONG BAD:''' AUGH!

'''THE CHEAT:''' MEEH!

''{Strong Bad and the Cheat run away as Coach Z continues talking.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You take your pants...

''{A recipe card appears on screen reading as follows.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">Recipe: 
Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend 
Ice Cream Showdown 
 
Ingredients: 
3 scoops (really) sour cream 
1/2 of shaved The Cheat 
1 bowl 
1 languagely challenged vaguely coach type person 
 
Instructions: 
Mix ingredients until golden brown</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' For best results, dip The Cheat in egg wash before shaving or else he'll get those red shaving bumpies all over him. Ugh.

''{Cut to the side of the King of Town's castle.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voice}'' All right, we're mixing this next one up on them, The Cheat. I filled this old Speed Stick—

''{He pulls out some underarm deodorant reading "X-treme Glacier."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —with white chocolate and we'll totally gross out or make puke The King of Town when I start eatin' it in front of him!

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

''{Cut to inside the castle. The King of Town is watching TV and eating the same type of Speed Stick we saw Strong Bad with. He also has some more underarm deodorants and spray cans in a bowl next to him.}''

'''TUCKSWORTH:''' You can't marry your guitar, Caleb!

'''CALEB:''' I can try!

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat enter from the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey Ole King Droll! Checka me out! I'm eatin'—oh. Never mind.

''{The King of Town picks up a spray can and sprays it in his mouth, then resumes eating the Speed Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, shoulda known...

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat walk out.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?

''{A recipe card spins onscreen reading as follows}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">Recipe: 
Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant 
Doppelganger 
 
Ingredients: 
6 oz. white chocolate 
1/2 of shaved The Cheat (for moral support) 
1 kinda cleaned-out De-odor Cake 
 
Instructions: 
Mix ingredients. Preheat oven. Add hot sauce 
if necessary</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Yeah, how come deodorants and stuff are always named after biomes anyways?

''{Cut to Marzipan's house. Marzipan is sitting on the couch reading The Latest News. Homestar walks in carrying one of Strong Bad's Pre-Tend Ice Cream Showdown bowls.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, girlfriend, have you tried any of this free ice cream Strong Bad made?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{setting aside her paper, clearly amused}'' Homestar, didn't anyone tell you? That's, like, cottage cheese and The Cheat hair!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' WHAT?! ''{He does a spit take, producing some fur.}'' Strong Bad told me it was ''sour cream'' and The Cheat hair! Looks like this is a job for Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie!

''{Homestar walks offscreen to the left. The screen greys and the following text appears on it.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Homestar Runner definitely does not have a Stupid Uncle Egg.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. A pinecone and bendy straw are in a bowl with a sign next to it reading "not A pimecone, diaper pie! i mean reg-ular pie." Strong Bad and The Cheat walk in. The Cheat is now wearing yellow sticky notes, some with black dots on them, to try to cover up his shaved area.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, it looks ''totally'' real. I swear, no one'll be able to tell! Oh, what's this?

''{Strong Bad picks up the sign and reads it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Not a pimecone." Well, he's got that right!

''{Homestar pokes his head in from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, look, it's my best friends Cheat and The Strong Bad! Hey, I heard you guys been eatin' some serious regular pie in here!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, yeah, man! We've even got some left over if you want it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well if it's anywhere near as good as your free ice cream!

''{Homestar puts the pine cone in his mouth and starts crunching it up. The Cheat and Strong Bad look at each other incredulously.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{with his mouth full}'' Well, so long, suckers!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It's like, even when we win, he wins.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you go girls. Recipes for the ages. But if you really want to be chefs when you grow up, we've got a super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T ''{types this as "C H E _ T"}''

''{The Cheat makes a very angry noise from offscreen and chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ow! ''{typing}'' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. ''{He only types one "yeah."}'' We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so.

''{The Paper comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whispering}'' I think the Cheat bought it. Let me know if you want that recipe.

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "grow up" to hear a few seconds of the television program the King of Town was watching.
::''{Cut back to the King of Town's castle. The TV is still on.}''
::'''TUCKSWORTH:''' Caleb, that hamburger was mine!
::'''CALEB:''' It's mine now!
*At the end, click on "C H E _ T" to see the Cheat reading a book entitled "So You Want to Cook a Wrestleman?", with a picture of The Cheat putting a lid on a pot with Strong Bad in it.
*At the end, click on the left "poopaw" to hear what the narrator has to say about a poopaw.
::'''NARRATOR:''' I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is.
*At the end, click on "the Chekt" to see another recipe.

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">From the Kitchen of Poopaw 
Chicken-fried the CHEKT 
 
Ingredients: 
3 or 7 medium sized the Chekts 
2 salt 
40 pancakes 
 
Instructions: 
Get down off smokestack. Then cook that 
ugly thing.</blockquote>

''{"Bumdumbourge '96" appears as a watermark on the recipe card.}''

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*A [[Wikipedia:Biome|biome]] is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities well adapted to that region's physical environment (for example, Tundra, Forest, etc.).
*[http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=couth "Couth"] means "possessing a high degree of sophistication" or "refined".
=== Trivia ===
*When Strong Bad is talking to The Cheat flinging the discs, if you manage to zoom in on the [[Lappy 486|Lappy's]] screen, you'll find out that some different stuff is typed in (not all of it is visible due to Strong Bad's head blocking the Lappy screen):
<blockquote class="lappy email">
so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. Can something be 
just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth. 
I wouldn't put that past him. Not that you could put 
anything past that guy. Y'know on account of he's so fat. 
And maybe standing in a really narrow alleyway of some 
 
around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends 
and well-wishers.</blockquote>

*Marzipan's Newspaper repeats the following paragraph as many times as necessary to fill up the pages.
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:180px">
'''The Latest News''' 
 
It’s all true. All the 
rumors are true. The 
crime is on the rise 
in our very own 
town. Trust me on 
this one. I know 
what I’m talking 
about. No, wait. I 
don’t. I make stuff 
up sometimes. 
That’s cool though, 
right? Good. I’ll 
keep doing it then. 
It’s a lot easy than 
fact checking. That 
stuff can be 
annoying.
</blockquote>
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#battle chess|battle chess]]". The floppy disk that The Cheat throws at Strong Bad reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#you JERK|you JERK!]]"

=== Remarks ===
*The way Marzipan is sitting is evidence against the theory that Marzipan's lower body is skirt-shaped.
*Strong Bad refers to a "Totalslava". "Slava" means "fame" or "glory" in multiple [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages|Slavic languages]] such as [[Wikipedia:Czech language|Czech]] (sláva) and [[Wikipedia:Russian language|Russian]] (слава).

*This is the only time when we see Homestar with the "one-eyebrow-up-one-eyebrow-down" expression.
*When Coach Z bounces the basketball, it sounds as if it's bouncing on cement or asphalt.
*The recipe card says to use a "1 kinda cleaned-out De-odor Cake". Strong Bad uses "X-treme Glacier".

=== Goofs ===
*When Strong Bad reads the "pimecone" card, the computer screen is almost blank...but still has "and well-wishers." written on it in the same area where Strong Bad typed it before.
*In the beginning of the email, The Cheat is apparently throwing floppy disks from someplace behind him, as the movement of his arm behind him shows. However, when The Cheat jumps up at Strong Bad's suggestion of the ice cream trick, there are no floppy disks behind The Cheat that he could have thrown (unless, of course, he had already thrown all of them).
*In Marzipan's newspaper, the word "easy" should be "easier."

=== Inside References ===
*The newspaper Marzipan is reading is the exact same one (down to the repeating text) she was reading in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*The book in the Easter egg is titled "So You Want to Cook a [[Wrestleman]]", a phrase that has described Strong Bad previously.
*On the first recipe card where it says "Mix ingredients until golden brown" may be reference to the [[Homestar Quiz]] after you win.
*The towel that the Cheat is wearing appears to be either the same as, or very similar to, the one worn by Homestar in "[[Main Page 14]]."
*The use of the '96 on the card is quite possibly a reference to the year that [[Original Book|the original Homestar Runner book]] was created, during the [[Wikipedia:1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] held in Atlanta, Georgia.
*The narrator's voice is the same voice that originally announced Strong Bad's test sentence in the email [[radio]].
*The bowl of sour cream and The Cheat fur is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[http://www.colgate.com/app/Speedstick/US/HomePage.cvsp "Speed Stick"] is an actual brand of underarm deodorant.
*"Old King Droll" is possibly a play on the nursery rhyme "[[Wikipedia:Old King Cole|Old King Cole]]."
*The King of Town's quip about the deodorants being "strong enough for a man" is a reference to [http://www.secret.com/ "Secret" brand deodorant] ads, whose slogan used to be "Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman."

===Fast Forward===
* The television show watched by the King appears again in [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]. In that toon, we discover the name of the show is ''[[Caleb Rentpayer]]''.
*In the email [[rock opera]], Strong Bad types "It's only a msyyer pd tun/ blegfr teh '''chekts'''" due to the Cheat throwing roses onto the keyboard.

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

'''MIKE:''' Uh oh. Strong Bad's here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, it's true, you guys. Who's gonna tolerate it?

'''RYAN:''' It's gonna—It's chronicling one of your greatest pranks yet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. You guys were around for this. Huh? Were you?

'''RYAN:''' We watched it all on TVD.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, me too.

'''MIKE:''' Really the only good thing about this email is the introduction of "Caleb Rentpayer."

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{angrily}'' What? Why you gonna... jock me like that?

'''RYAN:''' I disagree, Mike.

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Downplay my accomplishments. Look, I just accused those girls of eating lions. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's great! I think there's just— The abbreviation "NJ" means Nigeria. ''{Mike laughs}'' That is comedy at its finest.

'''MIKE:''' That's pretty funny.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Brian!

'''MIKE:''' Uhh, that's pretty good right there; the making puke of—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Exactly.

'''MIKE:''' Kinda switch up the word—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look! What's The Cheat doing, man?

'''CRAIG:''' What's the game of the day, Ryan?

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's tossing my stuff all over.

'''RYAN:''' Battle Chess. ''{pause}'' Pawdabber.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, this is good.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That guy is clueless.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' He doesn't even know what a basketball is.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I was gonna start calling him "Z" cause he does not— He's not a coach of anything.

'''CRAIG:''' I should have guessed what was gonna happen with the towel around him, but—

'''MIKE:''' Did you not know?

'''CRAIG:''' No, it's talking about—

'''MIKE:''' ''I'' knew.

'''CRAIG:''' I asked Steve about it, too... when I first watched it. Why does The Cheat have a towel around him? ''{Mike chuckles}'' And then you find out!

'''MIKE:''' I had made a shaved The Cheat several weeks prior just— I think just to have. I just—

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's nice to have a shaved The Cheat lying around.

'''RYAN:''' Ohhh hooo ohh...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh. And the fact that when Coach Z coughs up you see the little hairs come out. Oh, puke my pants. That's—

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan Sterritt made that up. Ryan? Talk about it.

'''MIKE:''' Yet another example of us stealing—

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least—

'''MIKE:''' —from our friends.

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least you pay this guy.

'''MIKE:''' That's true.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan, give 'em— Tell 'em how where it came from.

'''RYAN:''' Uh...I did it once ''{Everyone laughs}'' and it kind of grossed me out. So, it became a recurring joke.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Puke my pants. Why not?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Something I should not want to do.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So this was based on a prank that Matt had when he was a kid. He always wanted to play was wash out an old speed stick, fill it with white chocolate, and then gross some kids out in the locker room after gym class.

'''RYAN:''' We talked briefly about adding a randomizer to the names of the deodorants—

'''MIKE:''' Oh, right.

'''RYAN:''' But we never got around to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mike made a bunch of sweet, sweet deodorant names.

'''MIKE:''' It was fun coming up with—

'''STRONG BAD:''' other biomes.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Deodorant names.

'''RYAN:''' Like those band namer things. You know, you pick like four prefixes and four words like "mountain" and "glaciers."

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's true. I don't have a Crazy Aunt Eulatherm, honestly.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Ahhh. Doesn't surprise me. I don't know if I believe very much of what you say.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look! That's a rare shot of Marzipan sitting down.

'''MIKE:''' That's true.

'''RYAN:''' Can we "zoom in" on that paper?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, it says the same thing over and over again, doesn't it, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah. And it says the same thing from the Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Marzipan needs to get a new subscription. ''{Mike laughs}'' She's such a recycler that she just reads the same paper that she got so many years ago.

'''RYAN:''' Uhh—

'''STRONG BAD:''' That looks great. Mike, remember when you made your wife a post-it note dress?

'''MIKE:''' I did. She—

'''STRONG BAD:''' She didn't want to wear—

'''RYAN:''' She was very excited, wasn't she?

'''MIKE:''' It's still in my closet. ''{laughter}'' Not hers.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It wasn't very flattering. It kinda look like a—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It looked just like a potato sack—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''RYAN:''' Uhh—

'''MIKE:''' made out of post-it notes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's true.

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's the thought that—

'''MIKE:''' Right. Remember the thought?

'''RYAN:''' The girls don't remember the thought.

'''MIKE:''' They don't. They just want—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dudes. Dudes do.

'''MIKE:''' a good looking dress.

'''CRAIG:''' ''{overlapping}'' That was foleyed by, um, I almost ate the chips and I got reprimanded for eating the chips that were left over—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's right because I had to...and Mike and Matt had to—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' We had Mo—We had some Moe's Nacho Chips and saved them.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{theme park tour guide-styled monotone voice}'' Welcome to Moe's.

'''CRAIG:''' ''{deep voice, slow}'' Moe's.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's always the really ''{monotone voice again}'' depressed guy. At the end. ''{normal voice}'' Or they just go "Muhhhhh" ''{pause}'' What did that one say? That disk?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know what that one said.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Somebody slow it back down. Play it again, Ryan—

'''MIKE:''' Call us up, let us know.

'''RYAN:''' ''{imitates rewind noise of a tape}'' There you go.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What did it say?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Good game, boys.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Good game, boys.

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK.

'''RYAN:''' I think it was an action game?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Totalslava. You guys?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing to himself}'' Poopaw.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So did this mean that I am— I have Euro—Eastern-European roots?

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' Yes.

''{After The Paper comes down, there is a pause}''

'''MATT:''' Oh, it's not over.—

'''RYAN:''' We finish quick every time.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' That's right, guys. Every time 'cause ''{begins to whisper; decrescendo}'' we don't remember cartoons after we're finished making them!

== External Links ==
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long pants

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:29:54 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

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[[Image:sbemail127.png|thumb|Creepy pants all the time get some light globes.]]

Strong Bad shortens a long email, which causes Homestar to get some [[Homestar's Daisy Dukes|creepy pants]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Homestar's House]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 28, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:04

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' And if I email you! Girl, woman! ''{He holds up pieces of paper that say "Girl." and "Woman." as he says those words.}'' Oh, would you email me? Girl, woman! ''{He holds up the papers again. Then he brings up the email:}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Homestar's pants</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Why doesn't homestar ever wear pants?  It's kind of 
creepy how he walks around with no pants on all the time. 
Anyway, I think you should get him some pants, maybe some 
parachute pants would work...yeah, that would work. Or maybe 
some clown pants, I don't care, just get him some pants! 
Tootles! 
Clancy</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad skips everything after "Anyway" and before "I don't care" and, instead, says "Blabbity blah, blah blebbity bloo". He also pronounces "Tootles" as "Toot-less" and "Clancy" as "Clanky".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, ''{begins typing}'' Too long, Clanky, too looong! Good thing you didn't indent, man, or this never woulda made it past my 2nd paragraph filter: ''{types 'run "Edga Jr."'}'' Edga Jr.

''{The splash screen for "Edga Jr. The Long Email Killa Filta" comes up, similar to Edgar the Virus Hunter, except it shows a picture of a pimply red-haired boy saying "Indent and Die!"}''
<blockquote class="short compy email" style="text-align:center">Edga Jr. 
The Long Email 
Killa Filta
 
'' "Indent and Die!" '' 
programmed entirely in Mom's sewing room       c1989 </blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, look at him. He's one o' them red-haireded rapscalli... wags. ''{He returns to the email.}'' Well, I think we can salvage this one with a little editing. Let me once again call upon the services of my trusty, somewhat dusty, electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device! Now in HD!

''{He pulls out a correction pen bearing the words "X-PENSIVE WHITE" and shakes it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just have to shake up the...expensive electrons here. All set! So, let's see! ''{he mumbles and says}'' Expensive high-tech device... ''{as he whites out the words, producing:}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Homestar's pants</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Why doesn't homestar ever wear pants?  It's kind of 
creepy how he walks around with no pants on all the time. 
Anyway, I think you should get him some pants, maybe some 
parachute pants would work...yeah, that would work. Or maybe 
some clown pants, I don't care, just get him some pants! 
Tootles! 
Clancy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' There! Now let's see what we got!

''{re-reads the altered email}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dear Strongbad, Why wear pants? Creepy pants all the time get some. Maybe parachute, maybe clown care. Some ants toot! Clanky. ''{He begins typing.}'' Now ''there's'' an email worth answering! Some ants toot. Tee-hee! ''{He clears the screen, but the correction fluid remains.}'' So, why wear pants? An age old question. Was it not Adam West who once said, "E—

''{The camera pans back to show Homestar wearing very short purple pants}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Bad, check out my creepy pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking away}'' Ew, Homestar! What're you wearing them Daisy Dukes for?!

''{Homestar's pants shine.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Cuz you said, "Creepy pants all the time get some."

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get some what?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno. Light globes?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stares flatly}'' ...Light globes.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know, like in a lamp! Light globes! ''{His pants shine again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So... You put on hot pants in the hopes of getting some lightbulbs.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{correctively}'' Globes.

''{Homestar's pants shine again briefly as he says it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, since you're here, let's talk about your pants. Or your lack thereof... Daisy Dukes aside.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What are you talking about, Strong Bad? ''{shakes leg}'' I wear long pants.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... no, from what I can tell, you wear ''no'' pants and have blue soles glued to the bottoms of your feet. ''{indicates Homestar's feet}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looking shocked}'' Well, that's simply not true. I have long pants, I wear long pants. I'm a long pants man, long pants, long pants!

''{Homestar starts getting upset and dances around}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, calm down... I didn't mean to—

''{Homestar jumps high into the air and convulses on Strong Bad's desk.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Long pants, Strong Bad! The longest pants! Everybody everybody! Longest pants!

''{He starts teleporting around the room to a different place after each word he utters. He first appears in front of Strong Bad, then leaning in behind him, then hanging upside down from the ceiling, then pixellated on the Lappy's screen as Atari Homestar, then blurred in the scene's foreground, then upside down under the desk, then back to his original position, looking exhausted and out of breath, all while chanting the following.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Long long long long long long pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oight! Ah! That's it! We need to get you some serious clown care, man!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But I was told long pants! Long pants! They said long pants! Always long pants! ''{leans toward Strong Bad}'' Long, my pants! Gleaming pants! Glorious pants!

''{Homestar runs away, leaving the Daisy Dukes behind. They fall and hook around Strong Bad's foot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bleh! Egh! BLEEEGGEHHEGH!

''{He shakes his foot in a panic until the Daisy Dukes fly off and land on the floor some distance away, while The Cheat appears stage left to burn them with the [[BMW Lighter]]. They almost instantly combust with a noxious, neon green flame.}''

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

''{The Cheat leaves, and Strong Bad turns back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Noice work, Clanky. You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out. And how am I supposed to get ''this'' crap offa here?

''{Everything starting with the "t" in "get" is obscured by the correction fluid. Strong Bad grabs a cloth and attempts to wipe it off the screen, to no avail. He mutters.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Stupid... made-up technology... that I made up... light pen... ''{mumbles a bit before yelling:}'' The Cheat! Call tech support and tell 'em you broke the Lappy again!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* Selecting "wear pants" will bring up some fortune cookies, similar to those in the old [[Fortune Cookies]] game. As you hover the cursor over each one, it brings up a sentence of Strong Bad's "improved" email.
**The top left one brings up: Creepy pants all the time get some.
**The top right cookie shows: Why wear pants?
**The fortune cookie on the bottom right reads: Maybe parachute, maybe clown care.
**And the one on the bottom left says: Some ants toot.
* Clicking on the socket under the table after Strong Bad says "Clown Care" brings up a business card for the service, [[Kertified Klown Kare]]. It reads:
<blockquote>Kertified 
Klown Kare 
 
-Pie Injuries 
-Giant Foot Problems 
-Wacky Malaria 
-Grease Paint Poisoning 
 
"Rodeo and Tragic Clown Hot Dogs NOT ACCEPTED"</blockquote>
* Selecting "creeped" at the end of the email reveals a touching moment between Homestar and Marzipan.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' {''Lying in bed with light globes beside and on the floor beneath him, crying''} Loooonnng paaaannnts!
*:'''MARZIPAN:''' Awww, there there, Homestar. It's not so bad. Everybody thinks I'm a broom.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sits up suddenly, surprised and upset}'' You're not a broom?!

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*[[Wikipedia:Daisy Dukes|Daisy Dukes]] are extremely short cut-offs, so named for the character from ''[[Wikipedia:The Dukes of Hazzard|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' television show that wore them.
*Parachute Pants are large billowy pants which come in at the waist and ankles with snug elastic bands.
*Homestar insists that he has "light globes", not [[Wikipedia:Incandescent light bulb|light bulbs]]. In Australia and South Africa, it is common for light bulbs to be called light globes.
**It is also common in theatrical productions to refer to stage lamps as globes and household lamps as bulbs, distinguishing the two.
*The neon green flame that occurs when The Cheat burns Homestar’s discarded shorts would indicate that they may contain large traces of [[Wikipedia:Barium|barium]], which, among other things, is used heavily in fluorescent lighting, especially fireworks. This might be the explanation as to why Homestar’s shorts have a glow to them or "light globes."

=== Trivia ===
* This is the first time Strong Bad has lowered his upper eyelids.
* In the Easter egg, the messages in the fortune cookies read "You are not as good as most people" before they are completely unraveled, probably because [[The Brothers Chaps]] only changed the writing on the cookie. The cookies also said "You are not as good as most people" in [[Fortune Cookies]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#fiendish freddys|fiendish freddys]]".

=== Remarks ===
*When Strong Bad returns to the email after having opened up Edga Jr., all the text he had typed as a reply is gone, and only the email remains.

=== Goofs ===
*Although Strong Bad puts pressure onto the Lappy's screen when trying to rub off the marker and when applying the white out, no ripples pop up on the screen.
*After he clears the screen and starts writing about the age old question, Homestar comes in. You can clearly see the text the whole time Homestar is there, but when Homestar leaves and Strong Bad turns back to the Lappy, it is gone.
*The Klown Kare Easter egg (by clicking on the socket) can still be clicked in the same location on the screen when the scene moves around.
*When Homestar appears close-up to the computer, if you zoom in, you can see that the disk label is slightly garbled, like it would be in a JPEG file. This is because it actually '''is''' a JPEG being used to show both Homestar and the part of the background placed behind him, as the JPEG format does not allow for transparency.
**Additionally, the image appears to be displayed slightly above its proper location.
*Each time Strong Bad's hands are visible in front of the Lappy's screen, they do not have reflections in the screen.
*There is a separate shadow on the white line in the Lappy's email client.
*When Homestar appears on the Lappy's screen, he isn't covered by the correction fluid, but rather, he shows up on top of it.
*As Strong Bad shakes his foot, the shading on his boot changes to a previous version.
*When Homestar jumps onto the table during his freak-out, his right leg appears to be outside of his Daisy Dukes.

=== Inside References ===
*[[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]] is a reference to the e-mail [[virus]], in which his ambiguous relation, [[Edgar]], created Strong Bad's virus protection program. Also, Edgarware was made in "mom's basement", whereas Edga Jr. was made seven years later in "mom's sewing room".
*Homestar says "Everybody everybody" in his tirade, a reference to the [[Intro]].
*The business card Easter egg makes reference to the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] from [[part-time job]].
*Marzipan's line about people thinking she's a broom (along with Homestar's response) may be a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] where Homestar leaves a message calling Marzipan an "old broomstick".
*The noise made by Homestar's glowing pants is used often in [[Stinkoman]] cartoons.
*Strong Bad's "light pen" is based on his "light pen" from [[haircut]]—there, it was a black [[Permanent Marker|permanent marker]].
*The green smoke created when the pants are incinerated is similar to that given off by the rotten Chinese food in [[ghosts]] and the "stench of biblical proportions" in [[couch patch]].
*Strong Bad's opening song is suspiciously similar to the one in [[the show]].

=== Real-World References ===
*Strong Bad throwing cue cards away during the intro song is a reference to the [http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/images/film_dylan.jpg music video] for Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan.
**It could also be a reference to the video "Need You Tonight/Mediate" by INXS.
*The [[Wikipedia:Light Pen|light pen]] was an input device that would make an EGA or CGA monitor into a touch screen of sorts. You touched a light sensor to the screen, and it would calculate a position by sensing the 'flicker' of the monitor's cathode ray. A real light pen could never work with the [[Lappy 486]], since LCD displays do not flicker.
*[[Wikipedia:Adam West|Adam West]] is an actor best known for his role as [[Batman]] on the campy '60s TV show. The Batman costume has tights with briefs over them, so Batman does not wear pants, either.
*"Kertified Klown Kare" may be a reference to the character [[Wikipedia:Krusty the Clown|Krusty the Clown]] from the TV show [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]], who would sometimes spell words normally beginning with C's with K's instead.


=== Fast Forward ===
*Strong Bad mentions [[Wikipedia:Technical support|tech support]]. He would later actually call tech support (which is Homestar Runner) in the e-mail [[isp]].

== DVD Version ==
*For some reason, the Kertified Klown Kare business card Easter egg has been disabled.

*The DVD version features ''two'' hidden commentaries. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' Long pants! Long paaants!

'''MATT:''' Wow.

'''MIKE:''' That's my email song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we should have made email songs for each one of the commentaries.

'''MIKE:''' So, Ryan, what is this email about? Give us the skinny.

'''RYAN:''' Somebody has pants, I think.—

''{laughter}''

'''RYAN:''' —And someone else wants them.

'''MIKE:''' ''{still laughing}'' Okay. I like it.

'''RYAN:''' I watched it.

'''MIKE:''' Coveting thy neighbor's pants.

'''MATT:''' Mm hmm. Um, so this is also, I would like to have a long email filta killa. Uh, killa filta, rather. Um...

'''MIKE:''' It's true. That's a way that you can guarantee your Strong Bad email not being read, if it's over—

'''MATT:''' If there's an indention...

'''MIKE:''' —over three or four lines, I just delete 'em.

'''MATT:''' You make that second paragraph, and good, good night, Irene.

''{laughter}''

'''RYAN:''' So where'd you guys find this pen?

'''MATT:''' It's right here, actually, Ryan. ''{He shakes the pen.}''

'''RYAN:''' Aah! Ohh!

'''MIKE:''' Look at that!

'''MATT:''' It's uh, it's a white paint pen from Uni. ''{reading the pen}'' It marks on most surfaces. Medium line, opaque oil-based paint marker.

'''MIKE:''' It's the PX-20 variety.

'''MATT:''' So, uh, it's kinda funny, the story; Mike wrote this email, or we picked this email to do something with, and then Mike in parentheses underneath the email said, "Maybe could be edited," as a note to me saying hey, maybe we could cut this email a little shorter. I thought this was actually something that the person had actually written Strong Bad, so I decided to write the email where Strong Bad edits the email. And then, we ended up keeping it, even though that wasn't someone's, what the guy said. It was what Mike put.

'''MIKE:''' Why do his pants shine?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' They're just, there's so much glory and majesty about his pants.

'''MIKE:''' But are his pants glowing or is what's underneath the pants glowing?

'''MATT:''' ''{continuing to laugh}'' It's, uh, he's, it's just glowing.

'''MIKE:''' Behind his... it's disturbing, to say the least.

'''MATT:''' ''{still laughing}'' So Homestar's wearing Daisy Dukes; there's the power that comes with that.

'''MIKE:''' There's just certain words, that he says, that make them shine.

'''MATT:''' I like how Strong Bad has folded his legs there. I remember thinking that would be good.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' "Oh, wow. Let's talk about your pants." Um, that's Feindish Freddy's Big-Top of Terror? What was it called?

'''MIKE:''' Fun? Something.

'''MATT:''' Big-Top of Fun. Circus-themed computer game.

'''RYAN:''' I always liked when Homestar hopped up on the desk like that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah? That's a new, 'cause I had to make some new legs for him there.

'''RYAN:''' I love too the pockets hanging out of the shorts, implying that he cut them that short.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' Britney Spears style.

''{They watch The Cheat burn the pants.}''

'''MATT:''' Green flames... Oh yeah, I remember the week after this we tried to make the paint pen still be on the screen but just barely visible—

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah.

'''MATT:''' —but it made it hard to read everything else. So we decided to ditch it, and...

'''MIKE:''' What Matt just said is correct.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Ryan?

=== Fun Facts ===
*"[[Wikipedia:Goodnight Irene|Goodnight Irene]]" is the name of a famous song by [[Wikipedia:Leadbelly|Leadbelly]].

=== Characters' Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hello, everybody. My name is Homestar Runner. I'm joined here in the booth by Marzipan—

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, guys.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —and Shark-Tooth Bubs.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' And I can say no more.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, Shark-Tooth!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What does that mean, Bubs?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' That's my regular greeting. It's a greeting card I ran once.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's a great greeting card!

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' Thanks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So this one deals mostly with me. It's all about my pants.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I always have liked your pants.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, Marzipan. See? Marzipan knows I wear long pants.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{overlapping}'' You don't wear pants. No pants.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Shark-Tooth Bubs, what do you know about it? You've got a horn on your head.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' I am a purple-pant man.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think it's starting to smell in here again.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I believe it. Shark-Tooth Bubs, you stink.

''{They watch the email for a moment.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, that just looks like a paint pen, Marzipan, not an expensive high-tech device.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, it ''is'' a paint pen.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know, but Strong Bad claims it's some kind of newfangle.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh.

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' I got fangle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, do you?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Can we see it later on?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I—

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' I got it on my face all the time.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have a song about the fangle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Will you sing it for us?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes. ''{singing}'' The fang—the fangle jangle, he's a nice guy. The fangle jangle, he gets real high.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey! You can't say that. That's interrupted.

'''MARZIPAN:''' High on life!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, okay. That's okay. ''{regarding the email}'' Look! Look, I look like, I look like Daisy Duke.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I thought Daisy Duke's pants were, um, not that color.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, they probably weren't, but I dyed them purple.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It looks more like a skirt.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What?!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Actually, it looks a lot like one of ''my'' skirts.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I just—Look, Marzipan. I don't wear your skirts anymore.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I don't think that's true.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' See? Could I do a little... jingle jangle?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, jingle jangle, he is my friend. Jingle jangle, he is my friend. Jingle jingle, jangle jangle, jingle jingle, jangle jangle. Everyone should have a jingle jangle.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What do you say to that, Shark-Tooth Bubs?

'''SHARK-TOOTH BUBS:''' ''{half singing}'' I got my jingle jangle man, movie man, on the chicken stand.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have a chicken.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Do you? Where is it? ''{regarding the email}'' I freaked out! I just freaked out! You guys, I totally freaked out.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, my chicken is out in the backyard, usually, but today he is in the laundry room.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I feel like on this DVD, we don't, we don't comment on the emails much during the commentaries.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Have you ever thought about getting a chicken?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' See? My point exactly.

'''MARZIPAN:''' A lot of people keep chickens as pets.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|127|2496}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

radio

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:20:03 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

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

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

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

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

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

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

'''Running Time:''' 4:01

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

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

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

''{Strong Bad says "Dear" exaggeratingly slow, and reads "say/do" as "say slash do".}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Highball! ''{He throws the glass at the radio.}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut back to the boombox}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{The [[Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste|Portly Washboy]] logo appears again. It depicts a boy and a heaping jar of paste with a spoon in it.}''

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

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

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

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

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

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
* "Four-and-twenty stone" is 336 pounds (one stone = 14 pounds), though it is probably a play on the saying that "the camera adds ten pounds."
* A [http://ww5.williams-sonoma.com/cat/index.cfm?cid=GlsHDfi&bnrid=3160501&cm_ven=Google&cm_cat=Glassware&cm_pla=HighballsOldFashioneds&cm_ite=highball_glass highball glass] is a tall, narrow glass typically used to serve certain types of alcohol and cocktails. Homestar's glass, therefore, isn't a highball at all; it is a "Rocks Glass" or "Double Old-Fashioned Glass" which is generally short and stout.
** Homestar's glass is the same one The Cheat had on the table in [[montage]] while smoking.

===Remarks===
*The tote bag on Homestar's head reads, ''"PRS Public Radio Sounds "Smooth 'n Smarmy,"'' implying that this must be the tote bag that Marzipan never got.
*Homestar must have his lights set to come on with the radio alarm at 7:00 am; strangely, he is already up and having a drink.
*Judging by the [[Wikipedia:North American call sign|call letters]] of the college radio station, [[Free Country, USA]] must be east of the Mississippi River. Generally, call letters for radio stations in cities east of the Mississippi begin with 'W'. Those to the west begin with 'K'.
*Strong Mad's feet are seperately drawn; the lines on Strong Mad's left shoe are closer together, and the shoe is slightly smaller. (This is seen in the second last Easter Egg).

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

===Inside References===
*Strong Mad's reaction to Strong Sad's strange remarks in the Easter egg is extremely similar to his reaction to "parakeet" in [[caffeine]].
*Strong Sad's calligraphy pen is also featured in his action figure in the Easter egg for [[action figure]], when writing to Strong Bad in [[Strong Bad Is in Jail Cartoon]], and when transcribing Paradise Lost in [[record book]].
*Strong Sad refers to himself as "The Deathly Pallor," harking back to Coach Z's introduction of Strong Sad in the email [[impression]].
*Right at the very end of the chanting, one can hear the first two notes of the [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] theme song, as seen in [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]].
*The [[booOOMbox]] Strong Sad listens to was also seen in [[autobiography]]. However, it had a white record button.

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


===Fast Forward===
* $7.50 is the same amount of money that Strong Bad asks "Simone" for in "[[bottom 10]]."

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

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

'''MATT:''' Look—

'''MIKE:''' Be— Be a character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' For—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' Do—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE'S STRONG SAD:''' That—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Augh.

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

'''MIKE:''' And—

'''MATT:''' —and "ah-choo"?

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I dunno.

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

'''MATT:''' It is.

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

''{Pause}''

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

'''MATT:''' It's like problems—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MATT:''' Remember him?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm out of here—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:15:43 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|118|montage|animal}}

[[Image:Virus.PNG|thumb|300px|"Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{for|effects of the virus that affected the Homestar Runner universe|The Virus}}

Strong Bad experiences some "technical difficulties" with Compy 386... and the rest of the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] universe.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[The Virus]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg) {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, {{Film|Fightgar}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[The Stick]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' November 15, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:05

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386??

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email.
<blockquote class="compy email">ert+ 
y76p; '0lu8jykee;u4p;e'/Rh 
Strong ba15456`-------++++++gf 
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg</blockquote>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six P? Ohlyuu eightguh—" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the quadratic formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten... by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those ''virus'' emails?! Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you?!? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted!", but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NICE TRY!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!!

''{Strong Bad types it again, this time in capital italicized letters, but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NOTTA 
CHANCE!!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears reading "That neither."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar!

''{Strong Bad types in [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]].exe, bringing up the following text on-screen, along with a quick tune.}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="text-align:center">Edgar the Virus 
Hunter 
 
programmed entirely 
in mom's basement 
by Edgar       c1982 </blockquote>

''{Strong Bad hits enter, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="text-align:center">Virus Protection 
version .0001 
 
Last scan was NEVER ago. 
 
scanning...</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Edgar, now drop a ''train'' on 'em...

''{The following text now appears on the screen:}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="text-align:center">Scan Complete! 
 
'''<big><big><big><big>423,827</big></big></big></big>''' 
Viruses Found! 
 
A New Record!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{alarmed}'' Waaugh! That is not a small number!! That is a ''big'' number!!! What'm I gonna do?!

''{The following text now appears on the screen, accompanied by the Compy's startup beep:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#3a50b6;text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
Computer over. 
Virus = Very Yes.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals very yes?! That's not a good prize!

''{The text on the Compy 386 screen melts off and slides onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy... just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it, The No Loafing sign becomes the following pseudo-HTML code and falls off the wall.}''

<code>
<head> 
<href>No loafing!!</href> 
</body>
</code>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets eaten by the computer desk. Strong Sad walks in, but his head is floating a foot to the left of where it should be and has been replaced by his emoticons from [[Strong Sad's Lament]].}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sounding annoyed}'' Strong Bad, what is going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! I dunno! You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the Internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of a Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." in the corner in place of the "What's new" text.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{His lower body starts walking away in place.}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with guilt}'' Uhhh, noo...

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get ''four hundred thousand'' viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{submissive}'' Yes... ''very'' yes!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into a Strong Sad trading card and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen creeps up and out of the email.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{terrified}'' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk, then stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the...? Whoa! ''{shivers}'' It's cold out here.

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back into the room, but the room shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His body is Old-Timey Homestar Runner's body, while the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides on. He leaves a motion trail behind him, producing several ghost images of himself.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box. ''{He turns to the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No, no, don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground.}'' Like these right here! Gotta have this one ''{He picks up "downloads" from the bottom menu.}'' and this one ''{He picks up "games" from the bottom menu.}'' and this-a-this-a-this one. ''{He picks up "characters" from the bottom menu.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' No, wait! Stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows appear one after the other (including a real one, unless popup blocking is used), titled "Click on the Monkey!!" They each feature oldschool Homestar who is saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" Strong Bad starts screaming and pounds the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a stack of VHS tapes.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever—

''{Marzipan turns into an ASCII art rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted making her words unintelligible.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{more unintelligible gibberish}''

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his [[Yearbook Character Page]], which walks offscreen with Homsar's walking noise. Text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows.}''

<blockquote>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb 
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti 
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An 
he did, but it was the wrong car. See? Dumb and strong. He' 
</blockquote>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some [[Whatsit|whatsit]] on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left. ''{The Poopsmith extends the shovel toward the King.}'' Good, good...

''{The scene suddenly changes to a [[Teen Girl Squad]] style piece of paper, with the text "issue [[Pi|3.14159265and the rest]]" at the top. The Poopsmith is gone.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! Poopsmith?!

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere with the rhino sound from "Strong Bad's RhinoFeeder", and her mouth is huge and distorted.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it ''nine times''!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner loading screen, and reveals a screen with the text "It's now safe to turn your computer off." Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His mouth is a broken JPEG (with "TH" as the alt text), his legs are rendered in a fashion suitable for red/blue 3D-glasses, his midsection is missing, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs in his left arm. His other arm is continually waving about, as seen on [[Dancin' Bubs]]. It is a bit larger than it should be}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a ''million years'' ago.

''{Cut to The Field, now a cloud scene. The Stick is gone. Strong Bad has one big foot instead of both legs, his black mark is too high, and his head and mouth are lopsided. The Cheat is floating around the screen, interchanging between different versions of himself. A pitch-black Rather Dashing and a colon fly by in the foreground. As Strong Bad talks, his left arm detaches from his body and flies off in random directions.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Using an old version of his voice}'' With Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition...

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, he fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man.

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, to which Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a shotgun.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, Bubs! How'd you get rid of the vi— ''{salsa music fades away}'' wait... why do you have a shotgun? ''{shaken}'' What did you do?! Where's my Compy?!?

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{more shaken than ever}'' YOU MURDERER!! You killed my brother! ''{nearly sobbing}'' I mean, computer!

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! You ''all'' understand! I mean, don't understand! YAAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs off screen, very distraught. The Cheat squeaks, as though he is telling Strong Bad to wait up, and runs after him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Bubs, can I have my leg back now?

''{Bubs stares at Homestar for a long, uncomfortable moment.}

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{very distraught}'' Dear Strong Bad, I doh du duoh crapfully yours. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard a few times.}'' I...ID DOH DU DUOH CRAPFULLY YOURS! I can relate. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I ''can't'' re''late!'' ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and '''mix''' ''{He hits his head.}'' it up!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your ''name'', Davey! ''{hits head on keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice trailing off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==

*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen, the [[Quote of the Week]], [[Sketchbook]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], and [[What's New?]] buttons are all clickable.
**Clicking "What's New?" leads to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**Clicking the Quote of the Week button makes it bounce around the screen until it gets lodged at the top by its bottom corner. Clicking "Hear it" causes a pixelated broom to scroll vertically along the screen while making a loud distorted noise, and some of the links disappear off the bottom of the screen. Unless the X is pressed, the quote box stays there for the rest of the email. When clicking the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen, while the links reappear. If you view the Flash file, and roll your mouse over "Don't TAPE it", it changes to "Don't TAKE it!".
**Clicking on the Sketchbook leads to a glitched sketchbook box, where the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scrolling over it causes a green X to appear overtop. Clicking it causes it to close.
**Clicking on Weekly Fanstuff leads to a glitched fanstuff box, where there is a picture of Coach Z upside down with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's The Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and [[The King of Town's Grill|a grill]]. The picture has a lot of numbers at the bottom. Hovering the cursor over the misspelled "OCⓧSLE" insted of the close botton causes the words 'A BOOK' to appear in green. Clicking on it causes the box to slide to the top and dissappear.
*Clicking on the cog on the left at the end of the e-mail shows the shotgunned Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], with signs reading "Like Used!" and "Slightly Shotgunned!"
*Clicking on the fan on the right shows an excerpt of the original [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] toon, but with Fightgar using Homestar's leg as a gun.
:'''NARRATOR:''' ...to protect the world from the evil forces of Blue Laser!

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation#Quadratic_Formula|quadratic formula]] is an algebraic equation used to determine the roots of a [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation|quadratic equation]].
*The Teen Girl Squad issue number is [[Pi|pi]] truncated to 8 decimal places.

=== Trivia ===
*This is the only page on the site that produces a Pop up "advertisement".
*This is the only email in which the [[HR:main_nav.swf|navbar]] and the email are combined into one Flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words). When the [[Random Toon|random toon]] link ("rando") was added to the navbar, The Brothers Chaps probably chose not to update this page, as the navbar is animated here, and could be difficult to change after the animation had been completed. This navigation bar was added to the DVD version; however, unlike the DVD version, the [[Podstar Runner]] version of this email did not have the navigation bar at the bottom.
*The numbers in the weeklies boxes are in a font called "MS Reference Specialty" and spell out the phrase "stick to your books" (possibly—since the letters a–h in MS Reference Specialty are represented by little squares).
*The broken JPEG is used in the Netscape family of web browsers, including [[Wikipedia:Netscape Navigator|Netscape Navigator]], [[Wikipedia:Mozilla|Mozilla]], and [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#spy vs spy|spy vs spy]]".

=== Remarks ===
*Because the toon was released before it, the [[Random Toon|rando]] link is missing throughout the entire cartoon, and the "[[Legal|legal]]" link reads "legal ''stuff''"
*Edgar the Virus Hunter is said to have been written in 1982, a year before the first documented experimental virus was created. Although there are conflicting accounts as to when the first virus was made, it would pretty much be impossible for a virus scanner to have existed in 1982.
*Strong Bad's head is larger than normal (but not his wrestling mask) while he is talking to Strong Sad. It reverts back to normal when he runs for The Cheat, but then regresses back to the larger head once he enters into the black.
*The letters that make up [[Wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]] Marzipan refer to parts of her body: "E" for eyes, "f" for face, "h" for hair, and "d" for dress.
*Strong Bad says that Edgar from the [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] program is his "main man." However, he claims in "[[2 years]]" that his main man "is, and has been since [[1987]], Van Mundegaarde."
*The reason the "making out with Marzipan" pop-up doesn't come up in the .swf, or Flash, version is because the information for the pop-up is stored in the HTML source code. All that the Flash file does is to send a JavaScript command to the browser, opening the pop-up window.
*In the Fake QOD, the words "Quote of the Day (Or So)" are displayed reversed, as though in a mirror, and, instead of "Hear It!" and "Get It!", the buttons are "Hear It!" and "Don't TAPE It", although the latter is hidden by the top of the screen.
**This happens because the SWF file for virus's fake Quote of the Week (qod_virus.swf) has black bars at the bottom, right where those words are, so when it appears in the email, it covers up those words.
*Allowing the fake Sketchbook to remain on-screen causes a screen glitch—a black box appears over the left side of the screen when the screen moves off of the center of the page.
**The reason for the color switcher glitch is because in the .swf file of the glitched up sketchbook, there is a black box to the left of the screen, which, of course, covers up the screen on the left.
*This is the second e-mail made using the Widescreen technique. The first was [[flashback]].
*If you click "main" on the navigation bar, it takes you to [[404'd]]. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained in some environments by dividing zero by zero, and/or other mathematical errors.
*When the fake popups appear followed by the real one, the fake ones look similar to the windows from some of the older Microsoft Windows operating systems. Depending on which operating system and desktop theme one uses, the real popup looks quite different from the fake ones. Especially users of operating systems such as Mac OS or Linux will notice this, while Windows 98 users will see no obvious difference.
*At the beginning of the Email the contrast buttons will slightly increase and decrease the volume.
*In the Podcast version, Strong Bad looks back and forth when the ads pop up, even though they all appear in one area.
*Most shotguns spread out from the barrel, whereas the blast from Bub's shotgun seems to narrow down as it reaches the back wall.
*When the "F" for [[Weekly Fanstuff]] and the "S" for [[Sketchbook]] are clicked, they change into a "[[Quote of the Week|Q]]".

=== Goofs ===
*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable.
*After Homestar grabs "downloads", "characters", and "games" from the bottom, "toons" is no longer clickable, unlike the other remaining links. Then, at the end of the email when everything else returns to normal, all the links disappear.
*The fake QOD, fanstuff, and sketchbook stay on the screen until you get rid of them, even after Bubs shotguns the Compy, and in the Easter eggs.
*After Strong Bad types "deleted!" for the first time, and the blue screen appears, the drive letter disappears.
*The links between "toons" and "contact" disappear while the Quote of the Day Easter egg is active.

=== Inside References ===

*This is an extreme instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]].
*The "Flagrant System Error" title is from [[50 emails]].
*Strong Bad's response to the Flagrant System Error ("That's not a good prize!") comes from "[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]".
*"Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." is from the counting song in "[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]".
*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [[Character Cards]] that has since been removed from the site.
*The pixelated broom induced by the glitched Quote of the Day is the same graphic used in Peasant's Quest for the broom [[Baby Lady & Her Baby|the baby]] knocks over to let you into [[Naked Ned]]'s cottage.
**Using a broom to play Marzipan's garbled noise may be an oblique reference to people mistaking her for a broom.
*"Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome" was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]]. (It has since been changed.) The sound clips for the words were also taken from the Homestar Talker. The first four words of the phrase are also heard in "[[The Cheat Theme Song]]".
*Strong Bad screaming and pounding on the edge of the screen while the popups are appearing could be a reference to [[Where the Crap Are We?]].
*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the [[Yearbook Character Page]], as does the picture of him inside a giant M.
**This time, the giant M show's Strong Mad's "M" insignia on his singlet, whereas in [[Yearbook Character Page]], the giant M did not.
*The sound effect that plays when The Ugly One appears is taken from [[RhinoFeeder]].
*[[The Ugly One]]'s line and the sound effects for her slapping the King of Town in the face come from [[crazy cartoon]]. (However, she slightly misquotes it: the original line was "I can do it! I ''will'' do it nine times.")
*The powering-down sound that plays just before Bubs walks across the screen is the same sound that plays just before the [[Tandy 400]] explodes in [[gimmicks]]
*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his left and right arms are moving as if stuck in positons #4 and #5 (respectively) in the [[Dancin' Bubs]] game. Bubs' right arm is also about twice as large as usual.
*Bubs' broken JPEG mouth bears the letters "TH." This might be a reference to his other identity, [[The Thnikkaman]].
*During the final glitch scene (just before Bubs "fixes" the computer), the song playing in the background is the intro to "[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]]" and "[[That A Ghost]]".
*Strong Bad's line during the final glitch scene is taken directly from [[The Reddest Radish]].
*The cloud background during the final glitch scene is the same cloud background used in [[New Boots]].
*[[Image:virusdthecheat.gif|thumb|Virus'd The Cheat]] During the final glitch scene, The Cheat is on a rotation of six different versions of himself:
*# The [[Awexome Cross]] version.
*# One that looks like one of The Cheat's styles from "[[The Cheat Theme Song]]".
*# A drawn version, from "[[The Reddest Radish]]".
*# Another drawn version from Strong Bad's site.
*# A far more pixellated version of him, with a thin black outline around it.
*# And a Cheat x-ing sign, much like the similar signs seen in the [[Fan Stuff]] part of the [[Museum]].
*The fan and cog in the Compy 386 are the same fan and cog that were visible when the Tandy 400 exploded.
**If you look closely (or zoom into the Flash file) the fan is once again mysteriously floating in space, just like when the Tandy 400 blew up.
*Bubs sells the [[Broken Compy Menu|broken Compy 386]] as he did with the [[King of Town Email|broken Tandy 400]].
*At the very end, Strong Bad mutters "[[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how do you text with boxing gloves on?]]", a question commonly asked in his emails.


=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:Linux|"Linux"]] is a [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:GNU/Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]).
*[[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] is a spoof of Norton Anti-Virus, which until 2001 used bespectacled computer nerd [[Wikipedia:Peter Norton|Peter Norton]] as a front man.
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] on Strong Bad's desk is labeled "''Spy vs. Spy''" before it melts into the desk. ''[[Wikipedia:Spy vs. Spy|Spy vs. Spy]]'', based on the feature comic of [[Wikipedia:Mad Magazine|MAD Magazine]], was a game for old computers and the NES that featured innovative split screen gameplay.
*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, referring to the [[Wikipedia:Onion skinning|Onion skinning]] feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.
*"Click on the monkey" refers to various [[Wikipedia:Pop-up ad|popups]] where if you click said object (ranging from targets to robbers, iPods, etc.), your computer will usually get bombarded with spyware, viruses, etc.
*The dance The Cheat performs when Strong Bad says, "Let's do a dance for the computer genius man," looks like [[Wikipedia:Dana Carvey|Dana Carvey]]'s "[[Wikipedia:Church Lady|Church Lady]]" dance from the classic SNL sketch.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bourgeoisie|Bourgeoise]]," one of the emoticons acting as Strong Sad's head is the term used in [[Wikipedia:Marxism|Marxism]] to describe the upper or middle class that opposed the [[Wikipedia:Proletariat|proletariat]] in the class struggle.
*The "ding" sound heard after EdgarWare finds the viruses is taken from some versions of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*The screen "It's now safe to turn your computer off." is similar to the one displayed when shutting down a Windows computer that cannot turn itself off. The actual message is "It is now safe to turn off your computer", and the style of this message is taken from Windows 95 through 98.
*"A wise guy, eh?" was frequently muttered (in a very similar tone of voice to how Strong Bad says it) by [[Wikipedia:Moe Howard|Moe Howard]] of the comedy group [[Wikipedia:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]].

== DVD Version ==
*The central pop-up (e.g. the one that would actually pop up on the website version) does not appear.
*Unlike all other DVD emails, this has the [[HR:main_nav.swf|navbar]] on the bottom.
*The way the Quote of the Week, Sketchbook, and Weekly Fanstuff easter eggs work has changed. All three are combined into one easter egg, which goes to the Weekly Fanstuff easter egg, then the Quote of the Week easter egg, and finally the Sketchbook easter egg.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''MIKE:''' This email looks tiny, Matt.

'''MATT:''' It's a funny shape.

'''MIKE:''' It's smaller than the rest, and there's little words at the bottom.

'''MATT:''' This doesn't make any sense to me!

'''MIKE:''' What's going on?

'''MATT:''' S— Oh, no. Strong Bad must have gotten some type of a wirus!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Virus.

'''MATT:''' B— Pardon?

'''MIKE:''' Virus?

'''MATT:''' Oh. I used the German pronunciation.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' K. Um, so this was, uh, this was a— this email was kind of a big— big production.

'''MATT:''' Mm hmm.

'''MIKE:''' Took longer than most.

'''MATT:''' A long time in coming.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Um...

'''MATT:''' Yeah, see— he hasn't used "deleted" on the Lappy yet, now that he has a new computer, has he?

'''MIKE:''' I guess not. I wonder what it looks like when he deletes something on the Lappy.

'''MATT:''' I dunno. "Drop a train on 'em" was from a bad hip-hop song I made in college — ''{Mike laughs}''— where I sampled the soundtrack from a Dirty Harry movie.

'''MIKE:''' That's a good song.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So this, obviously, was, uh, pretty fun to make where you could just kinda put stuff wherever and just...

'''MATT:''' It's more like ''your'' computer is getting the virus than Strong Bad's computer getting the virus.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. The whole world is getting the virus.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3" up there at the top.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm. There's uh, Strong Sad's head is the, uh, his little emoticons from the uh, his—

'''MATT:''' Strong Sad's Web journal.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Sad Journal.

'''MATT:''' That was from an unused character page we never made.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Say something good, Matt.

'''MATT:''' Uh—

'''MIKE:''' Make it— Make it funny.

'''MATT:''' All right. ''{adopts different tone}'' T— To— ''{normal voice}'' Oh, yeah, weren't we gonna do— I was going to be a character when we did this commentary.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah. Start doing Homestar.

'''MATT:''' All right...

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That was a lot of me's.

'''MIKE:''' That ''was'' a lot of you's.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Mike, some of them were old me's that don't look so great.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. I thought you looked pretty good back in the old days.

'''HOMESTAR:''' No, no.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, you—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look bad.

'''MIKE:''' Look Bad!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's a different character.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Who was Look Bad again?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, what are they doing there? Is he gonna eat that doo-doo shovel?

'''MIKE:''' No, I think was going to take a picture of it, maybe.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But he doesn't have a camera, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' But the camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He's got a mustache.

'''MIKE:''' The camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He clearly wanted... a doo-doo-stache.

'''MIKE:''' Who's that, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR:''' That looks kinda like Bubs, from Website. But I don't think so. Oh, look, it's ''Pitfall''.

'''MIKE:''' That did happen in ''Pitfall''.

'''HOMESTAR:''' If you flick the on and off switch a lot, you get a little floating Pitfall Harry through the trees!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I like The Cheat's little sassy dance there, Homestar. Did you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I did. Hands on hips!

'''MIKE:''' How'd you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I said, "Hands on hips!"

'''MIKE:''' Look, there's your leg.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That is not my leg! That looks like a shotgun.

'''MIKE:''' Bu—

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That shotgun looks dangerous, Mike. I don't agree with its appearance in this cartoon.

'''MIKE:''' You shouldn't play with shotguns, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't, man.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Good.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Did you learn that the hard way?

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Penny Hardaway?

'''MIKE:''' I'm allowed to— I'm allowed to draw them, though. Drawing them's no problem.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Drawing them is bad.

'''MIKE:''' No, I think it's okay.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Here I come!

'''MIKE:''' See?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look! I lost my leg!

'''MIKE:''' I know, that's— Bubs— Bubs has it there.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Strong Bad looks like he's a little delirious in this part.

'''MIKE:''' He's— He's sad. He's had a great loss. People sometimes act like this... when they're experiencing great losses.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But— Mike, a great loss sounds like a contradiction.

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

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't— I've never had any ''great'' losses.

'''MIKE:''' "Great"— "Great" meaning "large," not meaning—

'''HOMESTAR:''' All my losses are bad losses.

'''MIKE:''' You've never had a great loss?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Except maybe, some pounds. ''{Pause}'' He just really put a hole right through that thing, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Didn't go through the wall, though.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Nope. ''{whispering}'' Let's get quiet.

'''MIKE:''' ''{whispering}'' Okay.

=== Fun Facts ===

* Matt says Strong Bad got a "wirus" and then calls this "the German pronunciation". This is because many native German speakers have difficulty distinguishing the "v" and "w" sounds in English and might thus say "wirus" instead of "virus".
* Homestar demonstrates his ignorance that he has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible hands or arms]].
* [[Wikipedia:Penny Hardaway|Penny Hardaway]] is a professional basketball player who has played guard for the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and New York Knicks.

== See Also ==
* [[Main Page 22]]

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|118|1284}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_virus.m4v|download "virus" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
*[[HR:hsmakeout.html|view the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:hsmakeout.swf|view the Flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:qod_virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake QOD"]]
*[[HR:fanstuff_virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake fanstuff"]]
*[[HR:sketchbook_virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake sketchbook"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

english paper

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:05:49 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|64|fingers|unused emails}}

[[Image:sbemail64.PNG|thumb|A Well Thought Out Englilsh Paper]]

"The Yellow Dart" asks Strong Bad to write his Englilsh paper for him.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' February 24, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:10

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on guys! Get your heads in the game.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Right now I am putting off writing a 
paper for my English class. Can you 
write my Englilsh paper for me? I 
don't even care if it's good or not, 
I just don't want to do it. 
 
Kyle Smith, 
Manhattan, Kansas</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stops and says "Ahh. Never get tired of how that sounds" after reading "Dear Strong Bad". He also reads "Englilsh" as written.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Umm... ''{typing}'' I don't really think you need to worry about it being any good if ''you'' write it, Kyle. But I'll take a crack at it.

''{Cut to a blank sheet of paper. As Strong Bad details more about the paper, it appears onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So let's start out with the title page. "A Well Thought-Out Englilsh Paper" by Kyle Smith. You know, it couldn't hurt to soup up your name a little bit, Kyle. Y'know, like throw a cool nickname in there, like Kyle "The Yellow Dart" Smith. Oh, yeah! That right there will get you five to ten extra credit points easy. Then you move into the introduction. ''{Strong Bad starts typing the essay}'' Chances are, this is all your teacher's gonna read before they give you a grade, so...that's why the cool nickname is so important. "The Yellow Dart." I'm awesome. Then you got the body, which is-a my personal favorite...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey, Strong Bad! I'm inside your house.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, while typing the essay}'' Oh. That sucks. What can I do for ya?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Can I have the rest of this breakfast burrito?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I guess. What do you want it for?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Umm... I'm gonna try and sell it at some type of online auction.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Hey, do whatcha gotta do. Look, I'm busy writing a paper for my man "The Yellow Dart" over here.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Okay bye! ''{runs off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to Homestar, still voiceover}'' Uh, you won't get more than three-fifty for it! Believe me, I've tried.

''{Cut to the essay as written sitting on a desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Okay, so I think we're just about done. We just need to apply a little double-space action... ''{The essay becomes double-spaced}'' or, uh...maybe a little triple-space action... ''{The essay becomes triple-spaced}'' then I'd beef it up with some random diagrams... That can't hurt.

''{The diagram is a comparison of eating one battery to eating five batteries. Cut to Strong Bad sitting in front of the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think it's pretty good as-is, but, uh...couldn't hurt to throw a little cash in there to uh...seal the deal. ''{typing}'' Alright The Yellow Dart, you owe me, man. Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the peoples. Now it is my intention to sit down and play video games for several hours.

''{Strong Bad gets up, [[The Paper]] comes down, and the essay appears onscreen.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end of it, flip to the page after the title page and click on the words "The Cheat's allowance" to see the [[Some Type of Online Auction|online auction]] for the breakfast burrito.
*Keep flipping through the paper, and after it flips back to the front, you'll be able to download the paper in the Microsoft Word .doc format.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*Originally, the cash was scanned pictures of actual money. However, the [[The Brothers Chaps]] later scrapped the idea, probably because they were alerted to the fact that scanning currency is a federal felony in the United States.
*Kyle "The Yellow Dart" Smith allegedly reported via an Internet forum that he actually ''did'' submit Strong Bad's English paper along with his own real one.
*Originally, the half-eaten burrito was actually listed for sale on eBay! According to a message board from the time of release, the burrito shot from $3.50 to over $1,000,000 in a matter of hours! By 9:10 pm it was past $5,000,000, and by 10:19 pm it had maxed out at $99,999,999. During this time messages were displayed somewhere from Strong Bad and Homestar, including:

<blockquote>Oh my god you guys are crazy!!! This isn't even one of Marzipan's famous tofu breakfast burritos.
But since you guys like so much, guess what, I'll throw in the plate.
BTW, watch for my upcoming auctions: One of The Cheat's sweat socks, Marzipan's bread and butter pickle recipe,
and Strong Sad's autographed Moby baby-doll tee!</blockquote>

<blockquote>Alright, alright! I'll pay the shipping. It's the least I can do.</blockquote>

<blockquote>C'mon guys, quit going crazy on my auction.
This thing isn't worth half of what it's going for. It is half-eaten, afterall.
I'm going to use the money to buy Marzipan a Yello Dello.
And if that's you running up the price, The Cheat, don't ask me to shave your back anymore.</blockquote>

Due to the large number of bogus bids, the burrito was eventually pulled. The cancellation notice(s) read:

<blockquote>Sewiouslwy guys, this thing is half eaten afterall.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The King Of Town ate the burrito. This does not look good for Homestar Runner. </blockquote>
*Within the online auction page is the first time Strong Bad is called a "[[Wrestleman|wrestle man]]."

===Remarks===
*According to the auction Easter egg, Homestar's [[Characters' Contacts|screen name]] is witchesbrew82—yet another in a long line of [[Witches' Brew]] references. The high bidder is cheatachu72, which happens to be [[The Cheat]]'s AOL Instant Messenger screen name.
*Cancelling out the negatives, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the peoples" means "Somebody can say Strong Bad did something for the peoples."
*The aforementioned phrase is the second time Strong Bad has used a quadruple negative (Can't, nobody, never, nothing). Previously in [[marzipan]], he asked marzipan "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"

===Fast Forward===
*The diagram of the man eating a battery is later used in [[bottom 10]], except instead of a battery, he has a [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Fluffy Puff Marshmallow]] crammed in there.

== The English Paper ==
<blockquote style="font-family:monospace; width: 35em; text-align: center">
"A Well Thought-Out Englilsh Paper" 
by Kyle "The Yellow Dart" Smith
</blockquote>

<blockquote style="font-family:monospace; text-indent:3em">
Since maybe like the Middle Ages, there have been many 
differing opinions on hustle and bustle. This cannot be 
denied. It is my intention to sit down and play video games 
for several hours.

First, moving around quickly, and with purpose, is a 
true sign of character. Secondarily, bustle(e.g. hustle) 
yields more product for the working types. "Hustle and bustle 
are like my right and left arms," said Li'l Spicy in his famous 
"Hustle and Bustle Are Like My Right and Left Arms" speech. 
Webster's defines bustle as "excited and often noisy activity; 
a stir." A stir, indeed. Finally, sometimes gross stuff can 
be funny.

In conclusion, I, "The Yellow Dart," think I have done a 
great job illustrating the many differing opinions about hustle 
and bustle, may they both rest in peace. Also, I think Strong 
Bad should decrease The Cheat's allowance.
</blockquote>

''{Page Three features the batteries diagrams, and Page 4 features fake money taped to a piece of paper}''

== DVD Version ==
*The "Englilsh" Paper is only accessible via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower-right corner of the Compy 386 screen. However, you now get to hear Strong Bad read the paper aloud! Furthermore, there are some additional comments near the end of this.
**'''STRONG BAD:''' Eating one battery. Eating five batteries. Oh, that guy has got quite a gullet. ''{turns to page four}'' And what I like to call a little...inshoirance.
*The Breakfast Burrito is accessible via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower-left corner of the Compy 386 screen instead of through the Englilsh Paper. Like with the Englilsh Paper, you get to hear Homestar Runner read it.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail64.html|watch "english paper"]]
*[[HR:sbemail64.swf|view the Flash file for "english paper"]]
*[[HR:auction.html|view the auction]]
*[[HR:englishpaper.doc|read the English paper]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

fingers

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:58:41 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|63|interview|english paper}}

[[Image:sbemail63.PNG|thumb|"You look ridiculous!"]]

Lee Conrad from Edmonton, Alberta suggests to Strong Bad that he add some fingers to his boxing gloves so that people would stop asking him [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how he types with boxing gloves on]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' February 16, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:08

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

== Transcript ==
'''NARRATOR:''' Previously on Strong Bad Email!

''{An email asking about how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on pops up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">dear strong bad, 
how do you type with boxing gloves 
on your hands? 
 
aaron pratt 
marion, in</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' A familiar message!

''{A second email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">Yo Strongbad. What's crackin? I was 
wondering how you type with your 
boxing gloves on? 
 
Heather</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad omits "your" when reading this e-mail.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Two of the same!

''{Another email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">HOW DO YOU TYPE WITH THOSE BOXING 
GLOVES ON? THAT IS AMAZING! 
 
FRANKDOG</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' And another one!

''{Yet another email comes up. It reads:}''
<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
How can you type so fast when your 
wearing boxing gloves? 
 
Typing Faster Than You... 
Brandon Hicks, Enumclaw WA</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR:''' Frustration of frustrations! It's all they ever ask! ''{the next two announcements are accompanied by text banners coming up on the screen}'' WILL THEY NEVER CEASE?!?! STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT! ''{the words "FIND OUT" begin blinking quickly}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy with a blank screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Welcome to the Strong Bad Email dat-daddle-dun! Everybody get down!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Why don't you add some fingers onto 
your boxing gloves so that people 
stop asking how you can type with 
boxing gloves on? They wouldn't have 
to be permanent. They'd be like the 
phony antennae you buy at the joke store 
or costume place. 
 
Yours, 
Lee Conrad 
Edmonton, Alberta</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads his name as "A-dear a-Strong a-Bad". Also, he stops momentarily and says "Palace, Lee. I think you mean costume palace." after reading "costume place."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Fake fingers, eh, Lee? Well, I do hate those emails. Hmmmmmm...

''{Dissolve into his imagination. We see him at Bubs' Concession Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Bubs! Gimme a little somethin'-somethin'.

'''BUBS:''' How many you need?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll take three.

''{He holds up a hand which has a candle, a leg from his Strong Bad Action Figure, and a shrimp for fake fingers. Transition to the basement where he's rocking out to music with Strong Mad and they're throwing [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna gestures]]. Strong Bad has various objects for fingers. Strong Sad's unconscious head is in the corner of the room. Cut to Strong Bad in the locker room with Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Looks like you got some type of a prawn on there...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah...

'''COACH Z:''' Maybe a little leg...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup.

'''COACH Z:''' Ooh! And a candle! That's a good one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I think that's my best one. You know. Keeps-a me warm at night!

''{Cut to Homestar standing on a soapbox with fake arms attached}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ...and frankly, I'm worried.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, shut up, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You look ridiculous!

''{His thoughts dissipate as the scene wipes back to Compy, where Strong Bad is typing with the fake fingers on and making numerous errors}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Lee, it's a good idea in theory but uh, ''{Cut to a side view}'' in reality, I don't think it would work out very well. ''{Cut back to the front view}'' But it would be pretty cool to be able to do the evil fingers. ''{What's actually typed: "qwelo jwee, ufs gopod isda treery vuit yuiyyj, un tweanouty U du'p yhij utz quijf reardy owd vera nis. bu6 rt woild b pletyt gool yo be swabl tp do teh ebil flindas." Stops typing.}'' Anyways, I don't wanna be around when this shrimp goes bad. Whooh!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Strong Bad starts playing with the shrimp.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{doing the voice of the shrimp}'' I'm a shrimp! Doingita-doingita-doing! Don't eat me, somebody, oh no, I'm a shrimp...

== Easter Eggs ==
*When you see Strong Bad talking to Coach Z, click on the handle of one of the lockers to Coach Z's right (your left) to see Strong Sad stuffed into the locker. Once opened, click on the handle of the locker to close it.
*When you see Homestar with his fake arms, click on the side of the box to see Strong Sad somehow stuffed into it. Click again to close the box.

== Fun Facts ==
===Strong Bad's Fingers===
*In front of the TV Strong Bad has a [[Prawns|shrimp]], an Xacto knife, a leg, and a ketchup bottle on his right glove (which was not there in the previous scene). On his left is an action figure, a leg, a gummi worm, and another shrimp.
*In the locker room, he has a candle, a leg, and a shrimp on his right, and the lit cigar from the [[Meet Marshie]] ad replaces the leg on his left.
*When yelling at Homestar, he adds a D-cell battery (also from the Meet Marshie ad) to his left glove. This is the layout he has at the end of the email as well.
*When typing, the battery is missing, and his right glove only has the Xacto knife and leg.

===Trivia===
*When Strong Mad is head-banging, this is the first time you see a top view of his shoulders. They are at right angles, almost cubic.
*This is the first time you see the side of the Compy 386.
*This is the first appearance of the [[Soapbox|soapbox]], which in this instance reads "ELEVEN SOAPS."
*Strong Bad's keyboard is wireless.

===Remarks===
*During the "previously..." section at the beginning of the toon, Strong Bad's head doesn't move as he reads the emails.
*At the end, you can still click on the contrast buttons through Strong Bad's hand. Pressing Tab helps to locate them.
*Homestar's right arm (on ''his'' right) is made out of dryer tubing and gummi worms, while the left arm is made out of a wiffle ball bat and a foam hand with the text "GO SPORTS!" on it.
*When Strong Bad's imagination ends and the cloud zooms closed, the foam finger at the end of Homestar's wiffle ball bat becomes a baseball glove.
*Though most of the email is Strong Bad's imagination, he somehow still has fingers when he comes back to reality.

===Glitches===
*The clickable area for the 'back' button at the end of the email extends much farther to the left than the word itself.
*When Strong Bad first starts talking to Bubs, the black frame shifts a pixel to the left.

===Inside References===
*The song that Strong Bad and Strong Mad are head-banging to, "[[Moving Very Slowly]]," was later made into a [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] song. However, although the music itself has always been in this email, the lyrics weren't added until after the CD came out.
*The golden wiffle bat used as one of Homestar's arms is also the one used in the email [[your friends]].
*Strong Sad's appearances in the Easter eggs are another example of [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Strong Sad's imagined death]].

===Real-World References===
*The introductory narration and slanted camera angles are a reference to the old 1960s [[Batman]] TV series, in which previous episodes were recounted in much the same tone and wording. Slanted camera angles were also very commonly used, giving a "60's" feel.
*The action figure represents wrestling legend [[Wikipedia:George Steele|George "The Animal" Steele]].
*The red-and-purple action figure leg on Strong Bad's left glove belongs to [[Wikipedia:Masters_of_the_Universe|Masters Of The Universe]] character [[Wikipedia:Snout_Spout|Snout Spout]].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "costume palace" is referred to in the [[King Of Town]]'s character video, when the King says that he didn't "just buy a crown from the Costume Palace."
*[[Prawns]] would go on to become an inside joke connected primarily with [[Stinkoman]].

== DVD Version ==
*The original version of "Movin' Very Slowly" (as in non-CD version) that Strong Bad and Strong Mad headbang to is included as opposed to the newer one.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' So this email is called "fingers."

'''MATT:''' Clearly, this is a reference to one of our most very favorite TV shows of all time.

'''MIKE:''' That's true, ''Friends''.

'''MATT:''' No, Mike, ''The Bantam''. ''Bantam 2: The Dark Times''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Ohhh, ''Batman'', yes, starring Adam West and...Burt Ward.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. They always had those great, like, 10 minute long recaps in the second of, like, the first episode.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, exactly! Like half of the episode was just recapping the previous episode.

'''MATT:''' And then they always did this flashing... it'd be like "Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel" and they'd—they'd flash like that.

'''MIKE:''' It used to be on TV Land a year or so ago, but it's not on anymore.

'''MATT:''' And we'd watch it every day.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It was ''great''.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it was great. That needs to come out on DVD.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Adam West, if you're listening, ''{Matt laughs}'' you should put those out on DVD.

'''MATT:''' I'm sure he is in control of all rights. Okay. ''{slight pause}'' Costume Palace, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Uhm, so what else goes on in here? Oh, uhm, "fake fingers, eh Lee?"

'''MATT:''' Well there's the George "The Animal" Steele—

'''MIKE:''' Yes

'''MATT:''' —uhh, what do they call those? Bend 'Em wrestler—I forget, are they just Bend 'Ems?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I don't remember what they're...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, but he was a posable...had wire running through...

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I used him later for a, uhm, a—there you go.

'''MIKE:''' There's the song that became "Moving Very Slowly," by Taranchula.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And of course this has the through-line of dead Strong Sad throughout it.

'''MIKE:''' You got a shrimp, uh... a candle, a cigar, a gummi worm, a George "Animal" Steele action figure, and a leg of—

'''MATT:''' Looks like some He-Man, some He-Man miscellaneous man figure. Some duct tape—ooh, he has a battery that time! Wait, what's the thing that he says? Oh, "ebil flindas," is that what—

'''MIKE:''' "Ebil flindas."

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Oh, what he's gonna say, yes. This is one of those, uh, occasions where Strong Bad's not done! That's what I was just talking about.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh yeah.

'''MATT:''' Kinda mumbles to himself. I love this.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitating Strong Bad's tone}'' I'm a shrimp! Oh no, I'm— ''{normal voice, quickly}'' now it's over.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Adam West|Adam West]] and [[Wikipedia:Burt Ward|Burt Ward]] played [[Wikipedia:Batman|Batman]] and [[Wikipedia:Robin (comics)|Robin]], respectively, in the Batman TV series.
*[[Wikipedia:Friends|"Friends"]] was a popular sitcom about a group of six young people living in [[Wikipedia:Manhattan|Manhattan]].
*[[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land]] is a channel spun off from [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon's]] [[Wikipedia:Nick at Nite|Nick at Nite]] block. It shows reruns of nostalgic television shows.
*The [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]] line of toys contained many muscular men made from the same mold and repainted. This is what Matt is referring to when he says that the action figure leg looks like a "[[Wikipedia:He-Man|He-Man]] miscellaneous man figure".

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail63.html|watch "fingers"]]
*[[HR:sbemail63.swf|view the Flash file for "fingers"]]
*[http://www.wired.com/news/mediaplayer/0,2108,59344-59344-sbemail63_qt3_hi,00.html view QuickTime file for "fingers" with original music]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

huttah!

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:48:30 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|60|marzipan|monster truck}}

[[Image:sbmail60picture.png|thumb|"I think The Cheat is deleted!"]]

Strong Bad tries to fight off hordes of The Cheat's fans.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' January 28, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:34

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Chee-wit, chee-wit, chee-wi-chee-wi-email.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
How come you never let The Cheat 
answer any emails? 
 
Lasko 
Milwaukee, WI</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Lasko" low, long, and drawn-out and says "WI" as "Wisacondasin"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, Lasko ''{said as before}'', The Cheat is not very popular and he never really gets many emails and um, to tell you the truth, I don't even think he has a computer. ''{stops typing}'' All right, next email.

''{He makes a vocal sound effect as the next email scrolls up (henceforth "vocal sfx"), and starts reading.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad! 
 
i love The Cheat! can you ask him for 
me if he is taken? because i like him 
WAY better then you 
 
-Nobuyoshi Shigeta, New York</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stops reading at "i like him WAY better then—"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh, seen enough of that one.

''{vocal sfx; reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
You and the Cheat are the only reason 
I go on this website. Actually just 
the Cheat, but you are ok too. 
 
Love, 
Mito</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stops reading for a second after the first sentence, and says "Oh, thank you." His mood sours for the rest of the email, however, and Strong Bad says "Dumpo" instead of "Mito"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, all these Cheat emails. Moving on.

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">MOVING ON!!</blockquote>

''{Cut to The Cheat watching the email on [[Tangerine Dreams]] in his computer room. He gets progressively angrier with each email Strong Bad deletes.}''

''{vocal sfx; reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
I think The Cheat is hot. Could 
you hook us up? 
 
Haelee, 
Utah</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's funny, Haelee. I think The Cheat is deleted. ''{imitates buzzer noise}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">DELETED!!!</blockquote>

''{vocal sfx, reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad 
 
My girlfriend thinks The Cheat 
is cute. 
 
Tyler, 
California</blockquote>

''{The Cheat storms off in a fit. Cut back to just Strong Bad at Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, people! He's not even that cute. He looks like a... a cheese. ''{The Cheat walks up to him, glaring}'' Or maybe an anvil.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{nervously}'' Uhhh... which are two of the finest things in life. A cheese... or an anvil. Hey, The Cheat. Just, uh, talking you up to one of the fans here.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. So you been... watching the email, huh?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I haven't been holding out on you. I made all those emails up! Uh, most of the emails you get are not that friendly, lemme tell you. If you just turn around for a second, I could show you... ''{pause}'' Huttah! ''{He tapes a piece of paper to Compy reading "the cheat" covering the place where Strong Bad's name usually appears}''

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">DEAR the cheat 
WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT??? 
YOUR GLOVES ARE STUPID! 
 
I HATE YOU, 
HOLMES, California</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads in a loud monotone to reflect the caps lock being on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to The Cheat}'' See? This guy doesn't like that you don't have a shirt on, and he thinks your gloves are stupid. ''{opens new email}'' And then there's this one:

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear the cheat 
 
how do you type with boxing 
gloves on your hands? 
 
derek</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{To The Cheat}'' I've been wondering about that, too. What is with you and those boxing gloves anyway?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Grumpy The Cheat noises, and a black cloud of smoke escapes from his head. He walks away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So okay bye! Whooh. I think I handled that pretty well. That coulda been... awkward. I deserve a reward. ''{He runs take-a-break.exe, which is a screen saver of a beach}'' Aahhh... so relaxing. Fshhhhhhhhh! Fshhhhhhhhh! Listen to the waves, man. ''{A bird flaps past.}'' Oh, hello my winged ''{pronounced wing-ed}'' friend!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the very end while Strong Bad is watching "Take-a-break.exe" you can click on the bird to download "[[take-a-break.exe]]" for Windows or Mac.
**The downloadable version does not play sound when the seagull flaps its wings.

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===

*With one exception, this is the only time that the Compy uses the proper "[[DELETED]]!!!" screen on a specific email. (It was being used more generally in [[unused emails]] and [[replacement]], and all other instances on the Compy are things like "MATT!!" or "NOTTA CHANCE!!") The exception is in [[2 emails]], but there it is not obvious or part of the plot of the email.
*This is the only email with an exclamation mark in the title.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#star flight|star flight]]".

===Remarks===

*Strong Bad knows perfectly well that The Cheat has a computer, as he used it in [[weird dream]] and has also evaluated [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons on it.
*Despite his usual disdain for [[Birds (Teen Girl Squad)|birds]], as displayed in the [[Teen Girl Squad]] comics, Strong Bad refers to the seagull as his wing-ed friend. This may just be because he's relaxed, however.
*At the end of the second fake "Dear The Cheat" email, we hear Strong Bad hit a key just as he usually does to clear the screen or bring up a new email. However, the email remains on screen.

===Goofs===
*After The Cheat leaves his computer to confront Strong Bad, the a> prompt disappears on the Compy and does not return until Strong Bad sticks the paper on the screen.
*The contrast buttons do not work after The Cheat leaves.

===Inside References===

*This is another mention of [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|Strong Bad's typing with boxing gloves on]].

===Fast Forward===

*In [[cheatday]], Strong Bad claims that he lets The Cheat answer emails once a year as a special treat.
*In [[Weclome Back]], the Atari bird returns on the tropical island and passes Bubs's [[Baloney Sammich Truck]].

== DVD Version ==
*You obviously can't download take-a-break.exe, but you can click on a hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom-left corner of the Compy 386 screen to get a fullscreen demo of Take A Break.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail60.html|watch "huttah!"]]
*[[HR:sbemail60.swf|view the Flash file for "huttah!"]]
*[http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/take-a-break.exe Download take_a_break.exe for Windows (exe) (mirror)]
*[[HR:take-a-break.mov|Download take_a_break.exe for Mac (mov)]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

50 emails

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:44:40 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|50|theme party|website}}

[[Image:sbemail50.PNG|thumb|"Hey, Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot."]]

In honor of his 50th email, Strong Bad tries to answer 50 emails, only to have Homestar unwittingly screw it up.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Sneak}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Telegraph Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' November 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 3:28

'''Page Title:''' Lordy, Lordy! Look who's over there!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, girl, I want to email you so nice. ''{stops singing}'' All right, everybody. In honor of this, my 50th email, I've decided to answer 50 of your emails! Ready? Go!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #1 
Dear strong bad, 
Can you please write a book about 
come-back jokes! 
Mike 
Canada</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' More like, ''you'' write a book about come-back jokes, ''NERD!'' ''{hits enter}''

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #2 
Dear Stong Bad, 
what are some cool ways to spell 
different words? example, fat = phat 
 
matt</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you mean like ''{types}'' strong = stong? ''{stops}'' You seem to like that one. Or how about this? matt = MATT!! ''{He types matt = DELETED!, and the following appears on the screen as the email is deleted:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">MATT!!</blockquote>

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #3 
Strong Bad, 
What is your favorite leg? 
 
Jess and Tiff 
Los Angeles, CA</blockquote>
''{He stops at "Jess and Tiff."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I like all kinds of legs. You know, like the Great Leg... the Leg of Hope... Tape-Leg? ''{the phone rings}'' Oh, man! I was on a roll! Don't nobody go nowheres, I'll be right back.

''{He walks offscreen and answers the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen)'' Hello? Yeah, this is me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on the phone}'' I dunno, what kind of savings?

''{Homestar Runner walks in carrying a fondue pot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot. Strong Bad? ''{He looks around, and then sees the computer}'' Whoa. That TV has words on it.

''{Homestar sits down at the computer and re-reads the email}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, what is your favorite leg? Jess and Tiff. ''{Stops reading}'' Um, ''{typing}'' Hey Crapface! Why dontcha blow it out your ear. Your buddy, Strong Bad. ''{enter}'' Oh, another one!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">Email #4 
Dear Strong Bad 
How do you type with gloves on 
your hands? 
 
Scott 
Surrey BC Canada</blockquote>

''{Homestar does not read the signature}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, even ''I'' know what to do with this one. ''{types}'' BALEETED! ''{hits enter, nothing happens}'' Wha—? Oh. Umm... ''{types}'' DELTEATED! ''{enter, nothing happens}'' No? Uhh... Del Taco?

''{Cut to Strong Bad talking on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, they're more like elephant feet. Yeah. So what do you think, like, 50 bucks? Sounds good. I'll leave the key under the at-may.

''{Back to Compy 386. Homestar has typed in many, many words, but none of them do anything.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What is that stupid word?

''{He types in "da cheated" and hits enter. The computer plays a tune and the blue "Flagrant System Error" screen comes up. It reads:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8; text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
The system is down. I dunno what 
you did, moron, but you sure 
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-oh. This does not look good for Homestar Runner.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Bye!

''{He hangs up and walks off. Cut back to the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Back to the 50 emails.

''{He sits down. There's a piece of paper over the monitor with a Windows error window titled "This is real." It says "System report: Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined." Strong Bad reads the message}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined. Oh, that's good to hear. Let's just— Wait a minute! ''{he tears off the paper and sees the blue screen}'' Wha... Flagrant Error? What the... Where did all my emails go?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' WHAT?!? The paper?! This isn't over yet! Go back up, go back up!

''{Strong Bad swats at the paper and then tries to hold it up off the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait, wait! I think I can remember some of those emails! Uh, "Dear Strong Bad, why are you so awesome? Yours truly, Dumpface." Well, Dumpface, it's a long story. It all started with The Cheat one day when he was going down to the...

''{The screen, and Strong Bad's voice, slowly fade out. A paper plate with a Swiss Cake Roll with a "50" candle on it fades in. The Paper comes down again.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Comeback.PNG|thumb|More like YOU'RE a nerd.]]
*When Strong Bad types the word "book," you can click on it and bring up a picture of [[More Like You Write A Book About Come-back Jokes, NERD!!|Strong Bad's idea]] of this book.
*At the end, click on the "50th email [[Swiss Cake Rolls|Swiss Cake Roll]]" to see an [[Old-Timey]] Strong Bad cartoon.
:''{A title screen reading "Strong Bad and The Electronic Message" appears. Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad reading a telegram. A "[[No Loafing Sign|Loafing Not Permitted]]" sign can be seen in the background.}''
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#cccccc;color:#000">Dear Sir Strong Bad stop 
How do you manage the telegramophone whilst 
wearing gentleman's sport gloves? stop 

signed, Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth </blockquote>
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! This is all anyone ever asks me. ''{manning the telegraph}'' You buffoon! Stop. You...carpetbagger. Stop. I'll give you what's for!
:''{The Sneak walks onscreen}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' The Sneak! How was that? I told that poor sap I'd give him what's for! Yes... now go and steal me fresh jam!
:''{The Sneak scurries off}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*When Old-Timey Strong Bad responds to Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth in the Easter egg, he calls him a "carpetbagger." A [[Wikipedia:carpetbagger|carpetbagger]] is actually a post-Civil War term for a Northerner moving to the South after the war to get rich or gain power.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'll leave the key under the at-may," he is speaking [[Wikipedia:Pig Latin|Pig Latin]]. "At-may" would mean "mat."

===Trivia===
*The title of the page may be a reference to the phrase "Lordy, Lordy! Look who's forty!" which is usually used on someone's 40th birthday, even though this is Strong Bad's 50th email.
*The phone ringing sound effect is "ringin.wav", from the Microsoft system sounds.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#tongue of the fatman|tongue of the fatman]]".
*The date on the telegram is "11th/x4/29..".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad is talking to a potential customer about "[[Soolnds|elephant feet]]." Apparently he is planning to sell [[Strong Sad]]'s legs on the black market. It is later mentioned in the email [[modeling]] that poachers have offered several thousand dollars for Strong Sad's feet.
*It is strange that Homestar calls the computer screen a "TV [that] has words on it," yet he immediately knows he can type a response to the email.
*This is the first email in which we see the "DELETED" screen on the Compy. The background is blue, whereas it was green on the [[Tandy 400]].
*The telegram received by Old-Timey Strong Bad has an incomplete [[Wikipedia:Boolean_algebra|boolean]] [[Wikipedia:truth table|truth table]] in the upper right corner.
*In the easter egg, Old-Timey Strong Bad fails to end his telegram with a 'stop'.
*You can't click The Paper when it first comes down.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar is talking while reading/answering an email, his lips' movements and the movements in the reflection are not in sync.
*Telegrams are always typed in upper case. They also never use any punctuation, hence the word STOP at the end of each sentence.
*When Homestar types in "da cheated," it is typed in on the left. However, one would expect the entry to be in the right column, as there are already an odd number of attempts.
*Three different shades of blue were used for the system error screen (each of which were a different shade from the "MATT" screen). The color changes from a bright blue to a duller blue as Strong Bad is sitting back down.

===Glitches===
*When you adjust the contrast while Homestar is at the computer, his reflection isn't affected.
*When Strong Bad says "Matt" while typing "DELETED", his reflection appears above the Compy for a moment.
*When you adjust the contrast on the "Flagrant System Error" screen, the text changes color rather than the background.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad starts his email checking by saying, "Ready? Go!" This is a reference to [[spring cleaning]], when he said that to start his spring cleaning.
*When he responds to Email #3 ("What is your favorite leg?"), Strong Bad mentions tape-leg. This is a reference to [[tape-leg]], one of his past emails, and represents yet another [[Tape leg|inside joke]] of the Homestar Universe.
*The phrase "The system is down" is from [[techno]].
*This is another occurrence of two running gags, [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?]] and [[DELETED]].
*Right before Strong Bad hangs up the phone, you can see it is [[Disconnected Telephones|not connected to anything]].

===Real-World References===
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]]. The blue "Flagrant System Error" screen is a spoof of the [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows 9x]] [[Wikipedia:Blue_screen_of_death|Blue screen of death]].
*Strong Bad's line "Don't nobody go nowheres" is referencing a scene in ''[[Wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' where Marvin Berry says that exact line before his band takes a break from performing at the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance.

===Fast Forward===
*"Diggity", one of Homestar's attempts at "DELETED" (see below), appears in Strong Bad's deletion song in [[unused emails]] and [[car]].
*"De la soul", another attempt to say "DELETED", is sung by BrainKreig in the email [[death metal]].
*The "Flagrant System Error" screen appears again in [[virus]] and (as "Flamboyant System Error") in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]].
*The fake Windows system report appears again in [[The System is Down]] and [[Not the 100th Email!!!]].
[[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|400px|"What is that stupid word?"]]

===Homestar's attempts at [[DELETED]]===
*Baleeted
*Delteated
*Deltaco
*freaky D'td
*chadeated
*deedleated
*meathead?
*dltd
*duh lee ted
*teeteeted
*[[Bubs|bubs]]
*diddley dee
*repeated
*733t3d
*3-D movie
*del monte
*ddddddd
*[[The Cheat|da cheated]]
*diggity
*beefeated
*stupid word
*believe it
*received it
*stratego
*3TDted
*seabed
*whitebread
*open sesame
*marie
*hello
*de la soul
*geleted
*feeted
*Some of the commands Homestar tries are references. Some are more obvious than others:
**'del monte' — Am American [http://www.delmonte.com/ produce company].
**'beefeated' — 'Beefeaters' is a nickname for the [[Wikipedia:Yeomen Warders|Yeomen Warders]] of the [[Wikipedia:Tower of London|Tower of London]]. There is also a 'Beefeaters' London Dry Gin sold in most liquor stores.
**'meathead?' — This is probably referring to a catch phrase from the sitcom [[Wikipedia:All in the Family|'All in the Family']] in which [[Wikipedia:Archie Bunker|Archie Bunker]] called his son-in-law [[Wikipedia:Michael Stivic|Mike]] 'Meathead.'
**'stratego' — [[Wikipedia:Stratego|Stratego]] is a board game.
**'open sesame' — Famous words from the tale [[Wikipedia:Ali Baba|'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves']]. This may be a further reference to the 1937 Popeye cartoon [[Wikipedia:Popeye_the_Sailor_Meets_Ali_Baba's_Forty_Thieves|Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves]]. In it, Popeye fails to remember the magic words 'open sesame', instead trying a series of similar words and phrases to no avail.
**'de la soul' — [[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] is a hip-hop group made of Posdnous, Trugoy, and P.A. Mase. They are best known for their groundbreaking 1989 debut album [[Wikipedia:3 Feet High and Rising|"3 Feet High and Rising"]]. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul is Dead]] is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s favorite album list.
**'733t3d' — A reference to [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]], a variation of language used on the Internet where letters are replaced by numbers or symbols. While this is probably meant to say "leeted," it actually says "teeted."
**'Deltaco' — [[Wikipedia:Del Taco|Del Taco]] is a fast food chain that sells American and Mexican food.

==DVD Version==
*The "Comeback joke book" Easter egg is disabled.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail50.html|watch "50 emails"]]
*[[HR:sbemail50.swf|view the Flash file for "50 emails"]]
*[[HR:homester.html|BALEETED]] sound can be downloaded in "System Sounds Pack" at the downloads section.
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]
[[Category:Old-Timey]]

colonization

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:35:03 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|90|local news|caffeine}}
[[Image:sbemail90.png|thumb|"This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes"]]

Strong Bad is asked if he celebrates Thanksgiving like everyone else. He then shows a history book about the colonization of [[Strong Badia]].

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

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' November 25, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:56

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email me don't email me, email me don't email me. ''{He pulls up the email and reads it aloud.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hi Strong Bad! 
Do you celebrate thanksgiving 
normally? Or do you have special 
traditions for when Strong Badia was 
first colonized? What's the story 
about? 
 
From your Buddy, 
Shana Ma. 
Los Angeles, CA</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads "Shana Ma." as one word. He also pronounces "Los Angeles" with a hard "g".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, Shanama, the story of the colonization of Strong Badia is a tale as old as, say, the wireless Web ''{pause}'' or energy drinks maybe. It began in a period of strife...

''{Cut to a shot of an old book on a wooden table. It is open and pictures Strong Bad, in a pilgrim hat, squirting ketchup onto a plate of eggs, next to Strong Sad in a wig and typical 17th-century clothing.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...when I was being persecuted for my beliefs.

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Ewwww! Ketchup on eggs?!?

''{A caption reading "Ewwww! Ketchup on Eggs?!?" appears beneath the picture. The page turns to show Strong Bad reading the newspaper and seeing an ad saying "LOT FOR SALE! along with a page saying "Homestar declares eggs not a fruit."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' I learned of a place where a man can be free. Free to do what he wants to do. Free to ketchup his eggs without being hassled by the man.

''{The page turns to show Strong Bad and The Cheat, also wearing a pilgrim hat, traveling across Free Country, USA, Strong Bad carrying a musket and eating a sandwich and The Cheat dragging a bag along behind him. A caption along the bottom reads "The Three Stout Sub Sandwiches: The Ham 'n' Swiss, The Dijon Chicken and the Veggie Delux."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' So I set sail with three stout sub sandwiches, and my best The Cheat to find this mystical land.

''{The page turns to show the two of them meeting Bubs, who is waving at them, wearing a Sioux-style feather headband and wearing a loincloth.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' I met a strange man who had strange ways and strange odors.

''{The page turns to show Strong Badia in front of a glorious sunrise, above a caption reading "The Neu Wirlde."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' And he led me to the new world, out beyond the dumpsters.

''{The page turns to show the Tire falling onto The Cheat, whose hat is sent flying from his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' There was a brief struggle with the indigenous peoples.

''{The page turns to show Strong Bad handing Bubs the rent check.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' At last, we reached an agreement to peacefully co-exist in this land, after I gave him my first and last months' rent deposit.

''{The page turns to show a ploughed field where Bubs is planting a fish. Strong Bad is looking at him, holding a fish and a corn cob in his hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Then the strange man probably showed me how to put fish in the ground with corn, for some reason.

'''BUBS''': ''{voiceover}'' This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes!

''{A caption reading "This'll grow ya some nice fishcorn bushes" appears at the bottom of the page. The page turns to show Bubs, The Cheat and Strong Bad sitting at a picnic table in Strong Badia, feasting on fast food.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' Then we celebrated with a feast of some cold Hardee's he had laying around.

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

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' So there you have it, Shana... Shanamana... ''{singing}'' Shanamanamanamanamana tonight! That shoulda been in your history books at school. I gotta get on those people over at Hoofton Mifflin. Those guys are slackin off. ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next week, leave me alone!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*After the email is over, click the first part of the word Shanamanamanamanana and Strong Bad will "Shanama" into some songs.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing to the tune of "O Canada"}'' O Shanama... Do do doot doot doot doo... ''{stops singing}'' What else is there? Shana... Shanamatopoeia. Ooh, how 'bout this? ''{singing to the tune of "Panama" by Van Halen}'' Shanama! Shanama ho ho ho huh ho!
*Click on the the words "history books" to hear Homestar Runner address the imaginary masses.
:''{Cut to a page in a history book with a drawing of Homestar, dressed in Colonial American attire (with powdered wig), with text below it reading "Homestar Runner addresses the imaginary masses." The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A-hem. From this day forward, I hereby declare eggs... not to be... a fruit!
:''{The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, yes, quiet down. And furthermore, no longer shall dirty diapers be accepted as legal tender!
:''{The imaginary masses cheer.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hang on, I got one more. Henceforth, those named Henry will no longer be allowed to call themselves Hank. That's just too much of a stretch.
:''{The imaginary masses cheer. Homestar smiles.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Shanamatopoeia" is a play on the literary term "Onomatopoeia", defined as a word that sounds like what it represents, such as "sizzle", "pop", or "crackle". Onomatopoeia is frequently used in comic books such as Batman.

===Remarks===
*According to the later e-mail [[monument]], the [[Stop Sign|stop sign]] and [[Cinderblock|cinder block]] make up a monument of Strong Bad's right foot. However, they are shown in this e-mail as being part of the area when Strong Bad bought it from Bubs.
*We learn in this e-mail that Bubs owns Strong Badia (which is located behind the dumpsters), and Strong Bad just rents it from him. This fact may explain why Strong Bad said "Maybe get a little place in Strong Badia" in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
**Despite this, it says in the [[Periodicals|Bubsifieds]] that there is a lot for sale

===Inside References===
*The crowd cheers in the second Easter egg are from [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
*Strong Badia was originally established as being "out behind the dumpsters" in [[i rule]].

===Real-World References===
*The entire story is based on the historical accounts of the [[Wikipedia:Pilgrims|Pilgrims]] founding the [[Wikipedia:Plymouth Colony|Plymouth Colony]], after they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in [[Wikipedia:England|England]].
**Although the story is mainly based upon the Pilgrims, the "Three Stout Sub Sandwiches" most likely reference the [[Wikipedia:Niña|Niña]], the [[Wikipedia:Pinta|Pinta]], and the [[Wikipedia:Santa María (ship)|Santa María]], the three ships used by [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]] to travel across the Atlantic Ocean and discover the New World.
*"Shanama, Shanama ho ho ho ho ho!" is sung to the tune of "Panama" by [[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]]; "O Shanama" is to the tune of "[[Wikipedia:O Canada|O Canada]]" the Canadian national anthem.
**Strong Bad's rendition of "O Shanama" is slightly off - the final "doo" should have been sung as a C# instead of an F#.
*Homestar declaring [[Eggs|eggs]] not to be a fruit may be a reference to the famous 1893 Supreme Court decision ([http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=149&invol=304 Nix v. Hedden]) that [[Wikipedia:Tomato#Controversies|tomatoes were not fruit]].
*Bubs planting fish-corn bushes is a reference to when the Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to grow corn (they used fish heads as fertilizer).
*"Hoofton Mifflin" is a misspelling (and mispronunciation) of scholastic publisher [[Wikipedia:Houghton Mifflin|Houghton Mifflin]].
*[[Wikipedia:Hardee%27s|Hardee's]] is a fast-food chain primarily [http://cke.know-where.com/hardees/ located] in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States.

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|90}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Holiday Toons]]

depressio

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:27:04 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|6|making out|halloweener}}

[[Image:sbemail6.PNG|thumb|"He says you're dumb and a crappy guy."]]

Anthony thinks Strong Sad is dumb and a crappy guy and wants Strong Bad to deliver the message.

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

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

{{Comp|Tandy 400}}

'''Date:''' 2001

'''Running Time:''' 0:52

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 500!!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing, types "run Strongbad's__email"}'' I check, you check, we all check for email, check an email.

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Tell Strong Sad he is dumb and a crappy guy , 
Your fan, 
Anthony 
from South Gate CA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "CA" as "Cah". He then gets up.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is working on a desk with a card, scissors and "SCHOOL PASTE." There are paper shards lying around.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sticks hands and head through door}'' Hey, stupid! You know some guy named Anthony from South Gate?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh yeah. I was just making him this card—

''{He picks up the card. Its front is white and has "TO: ANTHONY" written on it with a picture of Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' —and gonna send him a hundred dolla-

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well he says you're dumb and a crappy guy. ''{leaves}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{disappointed}'' Ohhhhhhhhh. ''{starts to rip card in half}''

''{Cut back to the Tandy 400.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sits back down, clears screen and starts typing}'' Look Anthony, as much as I like insulting my stupid kid brother, I'm not your freaking message service, alright? Next time, you email him yourself. ''{stops typing}'' His email address is: ''{typing}'' [mailto:depressio@homestarrunner.com depressio@homestarrunner.com] ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next time, ''{singing}'' "Everybody email that guy!" "What guy?" "ME!" "Everybody email that guy!"

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*For a while, emailing depressio@homestarrunner.com would result in this response:
<blockquote>Hello there, 
I hope your email wasn't full of awful, hurtful remarks like all the rest but I'll never know. I 
stopped reading emails a long time ago and wish my brother would stop giving out my address. Before you 
start making fun of me again, I'd like to share something with you. 
 
[[HR:sadjournal/wonderyears.html|http://www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/wonderyears.html]] 
 
I hope this puts us on the same page of this dusty, many volumed set of 
ever-changing encyclopedias we call Life. 
 
-Strong Sad</blockquote>

Now it says:
<blockquote>Strong Sad is no longer accepting emails because you people kept signing me up for "natural male enhancers." That, and the death threats weren't very cool either. 
 
Leemee 'lone! 
 
Strong Sad 
 
[[HR:sadjournal/|www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/]]
</blockquote>
*This was considered the first Easter egg in an email. The toon linked to from the email, "[[The Secrets That I Keep]]", is now available via [[Strong Sad's Lament]].

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad pronounces a state's abbreviation as if it were just a word.
*This is the first time Strong Sad is referred to as Strong Bad's little brother. (For the record, [[Strong Mad]] is the eldest sibling, Strong Bad is the middle one, and Strong Sad is the youngest.)
*This is Strong Sad's first appearance in a Strong Bad Email.
*This is the first time Strong Bad makes noise with his computer chair. The sound, however, is not [[The Geddup Noise]].
*This is the first email with an Easter Egg ever made.

===Remarks===
*It is a physical impossibility to tear paper as Strong Sad did with the card to Anthony with one side remaining upright.

===Real-World References===
*The design of the [[School Paste|paste container]] is similar to the [http://www.elmers.com/product/product_page.asp?pCode=E505A one] manufactured by [http://www.elmers.com/about/index.asp Elmer's Products Inc.]
*Strong Bad's intro song is most likely a reference to the children's rhyme, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
*The posters on Strong Sad's wall are of The Cure's ''[[Wikipedia:Boys Don't Cry (album)|Boy's Don't Cry]]'' and the 1987 film ''[[IMDB:tt0094006|Some Kind of Wonderful]]''.

===Fast Forward===
*"Depressio" later becomes Strong Sad's screen name in [[marzipan]] and [[Strong Sad's Lament]].

== DVD Version ==
*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy 400's screen at the end of the email, it takes you to Strong Sad's shoebox full of childhood memories.
**This time, instead of being able to select which items you want to look at, it goes through each in turn. In addition, the card Strong Bad gave Strong Sad is read out loud by a young Strong Bad.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' Back in the days when you could see his mouth in the reflection.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, what a dumb idea that was. Though I don't know, sometimes I think doing his mouth was less work—

'''MIKE:''' Well, if you don't move his head

'''MATT:''' Don't move his head, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Well, when we used to barely move his head, it was fine, but now his head's constantly waggin' around.

'''MATT:''' That's my fault. So, there's some

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' Look at his head! Strong Bad's head, man—

'''MIKE:''' Everyone's looking a little rough right here!

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' I don't know... Strong Sad's..

''{laughter}''

'''MIKE:''' That's a good sound effect.

'''MATT:''' Um... So what else? Depressio!

'''MIKE:''' There was the Some Kind of Wonderful—oh yes, Depressio. It used to be, if you emailed that email, it sent you a return email with the first Easter egg.

'''MATT:''' Hurry up and finish!

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' That was the first Easter egg ever!

'''MATT:''' ''{quickly speaking gibberish}''

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail6.html|watch "depressio"]]
*[[HR:sbemail6.swf|view the Flash file for "depressio"]]

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

lady fan

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:28 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|147|pop-up|disconnected}}
[[Image:Sbemail147.PNG|thumb|"Twees it out!"]]

Strong Bad tries to impress an emailer's new lady fan.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Gymnasium]], [[Strong Bad's Laundry Room]], [[Marzipan's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 6, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:29

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' How many emails can you check? Five. Twelve. Seven. Shut up.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: extra cool</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
My new lady fan does not like you so much.  Should I 
just call it quits now or can you do something extra special 
cool to impress her? 
Buck Webb 
Houston, Tejas
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Houston" as "Hooston".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Buck Webb? You sound like one of those boring soap-opera comic strips from the, ''{stops typing}'' quote-un-quote, ''{resumes typing}'' "funny" pages.

''{An example of a boring soap-opera comic pops up. It is titled "Buck Webb, Extraordinaire". Music begins playing. When characters talk, speech balloons appear.}''

'''BUCK:''' I'm afraid it's Splitsville for us, Lady Fan... if you don't take a shine to Strong Bad!

'''LADY FAN:''' ''{drippy speech balloon}'' Oh, Buck...

''{Cut to the next panel. Lady fan is holding a pistol up to Buck.}''

'''LADY FAN:''' I'll give Strong Bad a chance. In fact...

''{Cut to next panel, of a turtle in a pool, with the caption "Sea turtles eat a wide variety of food".}''

'''LADY FAN:''' ... I think I'm falling for him. Like, big time.

'''BUCK:''' C'mon, baby. Stay with me.

''{Next panel. Buck is holding a yoga DVD.}''

'''BUCK:''' I'll buy you a new yoga DVD!!

''{Next panel. Lady fan is crying and there is a caption "Back in Des Moines..."}''

'''LADY FAN:''' I'll... think about it!!!!

''{Cut away from the comic. The Lappy's screen has been cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' We both know who she's gonna choose, Buck. Is that what you want? But hey, you asked for it. And as you know, when people send me stupid emails, I'm obligated by law to do what they say. So, extra special cool coming right up!

''{Cut to a gymnasium.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nothing's more E-S-C than one-handed push-ups. Coupla these bad boys oughta do the trick! Here-a I-a go-a!

''{Strong Bad attempts to do a one-handed push-up, but falls down. The scoreboard buzzes and turns to -1.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, did I say "one-handed push-ups"? Those things are lame. Real men play two-handed push-ups! We'll start with fifty and see how we feel. Here-sa I-sa go-sa!

''{Strong Bad attempts to do a two-handed push up. Beads of sweat appear on his forehead, but he is unable to lift himself off the ground. The scoreboard buzzes and turns to -51.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't do ONE push up?! I used to be able to do, like, four. Maybe I need to start workin' out.

''{Homestar Runner appears dressed as an aerobics instructor, wearing a leotard and legwarmers.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Boy, I'll say you do. One, two, and flex your pecs! Give it eight more! And five! Twees it out! C'mon y'all! Just twees it out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Twees it out?

''{Homestar turns around to show Strong Bad his rear. Strong Bad looks away and blocks the image with his hand.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your buttweesimo! We're gonna mold that twees into the Iron Sheik!

''{Homestar looks toward Strong Bad's "twees". Strong Bad replies by covering it with both hands.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just six more now! Eight and four! Shake it freely, twees it out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, cool. I'm gonna go ahead and need you to never say "twees it out" ever again.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You're doing great! Now shoulders down! One and two. ''{The rest of this line is very quiet and said under Strong Bad's next line.}'' Feel the burn and go to bed! Make some breakfast, talk to me!

''{Strong Bad walks towards the viewer. Homestar continues to stretch in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What'll really impress your lady fan is a cute, fluffy The Cheat—

''{Scene changes to the laundry room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fresh from the dryer!

''{Strong Bad opens the dryer, revealing a fluffy The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awww, look at him! All cottony soft...

''{Strong Bad tries to pet The Cheat but is shocked by static electricity.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' AHHHH! Jeez, use a dryer sheet, man.

''{The Cheat starts turning green and his The Cheat noises turn queasy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh oh, this is not looking extra special cool.

''{Strong Bad closes the dryer door just as The Cheat throws up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't worry, little buddy. We'll just throw you back in the wash.

''{Some vomit runs out the corner of the dryer door. Homestar returns, still in his work-out uniform.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Back in the wash. Come on, come on! Twees it, twees it, zabaladoo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get it out of here, Wretched Simmons! I'm trying to get some girl to like some guy I don't know!

''{Homestar bobs up and down twice more. Scene changes to Strong Bad and Marzipan sitting at a table with a "CAT MESS" kitty litter bag, pie pan with some kitty litter in it, a glue gun, envelopes, and scissors.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' One thing I definitely know about lady fans is that they all like crappy arts and crafts projects.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Today we're going to make a really creative centerpiece out of junk mail and kitty litter.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Sounds heavenly...

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{picks up an envelope and begins to cut it with the scissors}'' Now first of all I want you to take your snip-sniparooskies-- and that's what we call our scissors...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping, uninterested}'' Uh-huh...

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{cut to a closeup of the envelope}'' ...and then just a little crinkle cut right here on the northern edge...

''{Strong Bad knocks the envelope and scissors to the table. Cut back to wide shot. Marzipan becomes angry at Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' UGH! Never mind! What the lady fans really want is some ''{high-pitched echo-y screaming}'' PYROTECHNICS!!!

''{Strong Bad throws the BMW Lighter onto the table, causing multiple explosions that turn everything to ashes, including Marzipan's hair. The ashen remains of the "CAT MESS" bag collapse.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Bad, you're a horse's twees.

''{The remains of the glue gun collapse as well. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you have it, Buck. Oh wait...

''{Changes to comic strip version of Strong Bad talking to Buck.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There you have it, Buck! If that floozy's not all up ons after that, you gotta drop her like a trig class, see??!!??!

''{Next panel, solo shot of Buck.}''

'''BUCK:''' Tight, Strong Bad. Real tight.

''{Next panel, silhouettes of Strong Bad and Buck looking at work-out Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Keep that twees real tight. Flex it, flex it, shoulder stance.

''{Next panel, a comic book version of [[The Paper]]. The Paper noise is heard. A caption reads "PREEEOW!!"}''

==Easter Eggs==

*Click the scoreboard after Strong Bad calls one-handed push-ups lame to see a blue bumper sticker that says "Real Men Play ''Two Handed'' Push-ups!!" with a small image of a soccer ball in the corner.
*At the end, click on the printer's green button to see Homestar's weight-loss DVD, titled "Tweesercize". The box reads:
<pre>
Tweesercize with Homestar Runner
Loose weight?
6 minutes long!!!
</pre>

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*[[Wikipedia:Des Moines|Des Moines]] is the capital of [[Wikipedia:Iowa|Iowa]].
*Strong Bad's opening intro is similar to one of the many songs schoolgirls often chant while jumping rope.
*"Tejas" ("TEH-has") is an accepted Spanish spelling and pronunciation of [[Wikipedia:Texas|Texas]]. Strong Bad has also used this pronunciation facetiously in [[boring (really)]] and [[property of ones]].
*The pattern of dots on Strong Bad's comic simulates [[Wikipedia:Benday Dots|Benday dots]]. This technique is also used in [[The Castlefunnies]] (featured in [[old comics]]).
*"Trig" is short for [[Wikipedia:trigonometry|trigonometry]], a mathematics course.

===Remarks===

*Strong Bad says in this email that he is "legally required" to do anything asked of him in a "stupid email", whereas in [[sibbie]] he said "I'm not here to fulfill your every freakin' whim!"
*This is the first time we see Strong Bad perspire, thus giving us a better impression of his mask actually being more flesh-like.
*While Strong Bad may not be able to do push-ups, he was able to literally throw Homestar and [[The King of Town]] out of his house in [[secret identity]]. He was also able to knock Homestar senseless in [[car]] with what is assumed to be his off hand.
*This is another instance of The Paper not coming down normally, this time being shown coming out of what appears to be an [http://skylab.org/~chugga/pictures/forsale/epson.JPG Epson L-1000] [[Wikipedia:Dot matrix printer|dot matrix printer]]. The first time The Paper appeared out of a printer was in [[Email Processing Room]].
*The "1:00" part of the scoreboard doesn't have a screen - it just appears on the surface.
*The Gymnasium's mat is blue in this e-mail. However, in [[montage]], the mat was red.

===Goofs===

*Marzipan's scissors do not close properly; their handles touch before the blades run past each other.
**Also, when Marzipan cuts the envelope, she appears to be cutting in one direction, yet we can see that the piece of cut envelope is crinkled.
*The email link at the end does not work - the link can be clicked, but nothing happens.

===Inside References===
*The score counter going negative refers to an Easter egg in [[montage]].
**Negative scores also happen to Strong Bad in [[for kids]]. At the beginning of the e-mail, he is playing [[Peasant's Quest]], in which he has a negative score.
*Strong Bad locking The Cheat in the dryer is a reference to [[2 years]].
*This is another appearance of the [[BMW Lighter]].
*The phrase "[[All up ons]]" originated in [[suntan]].
*This is another appearance of [[Preeeeow]], the [[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] describing The Paper's sound effect.
*Homestar's "back in the wash" line mirrors his dance in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*Bubs mentioned his own "lady fans" in [[the process]].
*The music playing during Homestar's exercise video is the opening of [[i think i have a chance with this guy]] from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].

===Real-World References===

*The soap-opera-type comic pokes fun at dramatic comics that are meant to be taken seriously. Common examples include Mary Worth and [[Wikipedia:Rex Morgan, M.D.|Rex Morgan, M.D.]], which are found in many newspaper Funny Pages.
**The panel with the [[Wikipedia:sea turtle|sea turtle]] is a reference to the drama/information comic strip [[Wikipedia:Mark Trail|Mark Trail]].
*The organ music that accompanies the comic hearkens back to the [[Wikipedia:Soap opera#"Soap music"|soundtracks]] of the radio and early television soap operas of the 1920s through the 1970s. They would almost always consist of a solo organ playing melodramatic mood music.
*"Wretched Simmons" is a reference to fitness guru [[Wikipedia:Richard Simmons|Richard Simmons]].
*The [[Wikipedia:Iron Sheik|Iron Sheik]] is a wrestler, and a former [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Federation|WWF]] [[Wikipedia:List_of_WWE_Champions|Champion]] in the 1980s.
** The Iron Sheik also has a physique closely resembling Strong Bad's.
*Strong Bad saying, "I'm gonna go ahead and need you to..." is the catchphrase of boss Bill Lumbergh in the film [[Wikipedia:Office Space|Office Space]].
*The way Strong Bad pronounces 'Houston' is the same as General Zod in [[Wikipedia:Superman II|Superman II]].
*Homestar's "buttweesimo" is probably a reference to [http://www.bizbyjake.com/index_flash.html Jake Steinfeld], the founder of [http://www.bodybyjake.com Body By Jake], who frequently mentions "working the ol' buttisimo" in his infomercials and books.
**The Italian suffix [http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare131a.htm -issimo] is used as a [[Wikipedia:Superlative|superlative]]. Taken literally, "buttissimo" or "buttweesimo" would mean "the most butt", which could further be interpreted as "the largest butt".
*"Tweesercize" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Jazzercise|Jazzercise]], a popular exercise program that combines jazz dance with aerobic workouts. Homestar's outfit (particularly the leg-warmers) more specifically represents a fitness style popular in the 80s.
*The "six minutes long" sticker on Homestar's fitness video is likely a reference to "Eight Minute Abs", a fitness video that offers an excerise program that supposedly allows you to tone your abdominal muscles in a matter of weeks while working out for only eight minutes a day.

==External Links==

{{sbemailextlinks|147|7278}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

cheatday

Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:20:18 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|107|dangeresque 3|pom pom}}
[[Image:sbemail107.PNG|thumb|"...Which says he's a 43-year old Scandinavian miner named Ilko Skevüld."]]

Someone asks what Strong Bad does on The Cheat's birthday: 'The Cheatday'.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' July 5, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:32

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Let's check a Strong Bad Email, you and me. Together. Like we used to. Like a family.

<blockquote class="short email">Dear Strong Bad, 
what did you do for the Cheat's 
birthday party</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{regarding the lack of signature}'' Aw, man! Another one of those "no-name brand" emails. Ah, let's see. Who are you from? You're from... ''{typing signature}'' Mike ''{pause}'' Control. ''{rapping}'' Here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control. Chiggity here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control. Miggity here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, that's a good rhyme! We should cut a demo!

'''BUBS:''' ''{enters}'' I could be your manager. I'll make millions!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You'll do no such thing! I don't need you fools. Now get outta here and let me answer Mike Controller's question.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{leaving}'' Yeah, we'll be better off without 'im.

'''BUBS:''' ''{leaving}'' I can play keytar!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways, where were we? Oh yeah, Cheatday. ''{begins typing his response}'' So, nobody knows exactly when The Cheat's Cheatday is, so we celebrate it on the only day we know for sure it isn't. And that's the date of birth on his fake I.D.

''{A fake identification card appears, titled "SCANDINAVIAN FAKE I.D.," giving a name of Ilko Skevüld, date of birth of 4/18/1961, height of 6'9", weight of 293, and a type of "Miner." A profile view of a man whose hair vaguely resembles The Cheat with a swirly chin, an underbite and The Cheat-type eyes is featured. The card is signed with Ilko's name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still typing}'' Which says he's a 43-year-old Scandinavian miner named Ilko Skevüld. The festivities usually begin when—

''{Cut to Strong Bad sleeping on couch}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —The Cheat wakes me up around the crack of noon, and I'll sing him the Date of Birth song.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{pokes Strong Bad and making The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' Super...Super Contra...

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{pokes Strong Bad again and makes the same The Cheat noises}''

''{Strong Bad grunts and sits up. A bag of Potate chips sits atop his head. The Cheat grins and bats his eyes several times.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. Right, right. ''{clears throat, sings}'' Sweet, sweet The Cheat, today is the day on your fake I.D.

''{Bubs appears from behind the couch, playing a keytar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, get upstairs—unh! And fix me some breakfast.

''(Bubs breaks off into a solo. Strong Bad and The Cheat lean in angrily.)''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, that's a good jam! We should cut a—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta here, kid!

''{Bubs hides behind the couch. Strong Bad affectionately pats The Cheat on the head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' After breakfast, in honor of Ilko's heritage, we'll usually play some mining games...

''{Cut to a scene in a field. Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat, all with helmets equipped with flashlights, stand around a pile of charcoal briquettes. Strong Bad holds a shovel, and The Cheat a pickaxe.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{continuing voiceover}'' ...like... Mining... and... Coal?

''{The Cheat half-heartedly plunks his pickaxe into the ground.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I WIN!

''{We return to Strong Bad typing his response.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And then as a special treat, I let The Cheat answer some emails.

''{Strong Bad gets up, and The Cheat takes his place. He brings up an email.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">i want to know whos beter you or 
the cheat or strong mad? 
 
your friend 
ryan az</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C. ''{brings up new email, reads}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">hey sb! 
what's up?  i was just wondering 
what you're mom and dad look like. 
 
please answer, 
bridget  thornton, co</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C. ''{brings up new email, reads}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">make more trogdor pleasepleaseplease 
 
p.s pay out strong sad</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apparently recovering from laughing}'' O-ho, man! "I'll gnaw your face off"!

''{The Cheat grins}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Every year it gets funnier! Ohhh! ''{regains composure.}'' Happy The Cheat day, Ilko! May you never get the black lung.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on the nameless e-mail to bring up a box of No-Name Brand E-mails.
* Click on The Cheat at the end to bring up Ilko's head moving from left to right, with his mouth opening and shutting, along with the rhythm of a train bell sound.
* Click on the floppy disks on the left to bring up a demo tape:

:Coach Z & Bubs's Demo Tape
:"the two-o duo"

:''{singing}''
:'''COACH Z:''' Well we're good friends.
:'''BUBS:''' But don't you steal my napkins.
:'''COACH Z:''' I got fresh jams.
:'''BUBS:''' But I get all the royalties.
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{talking}'' I never agreed to that.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The name "Mike Control" is a form of "Mic Control", or "Microphone Control". The term is backcronym for MC, which was formally [[Wikipedia:Master of Ceremonies|Master of Ceremonies]]. "Microphone Controle" came to be first used in rap music during the 1970's and 1980's. Strong Bad's incantation is rhythmically similar to a section of the Beastie Boys' song "Jimmy James" from their "Check Your Head" album.

=== Trivia ===
*Two of the three emails that The Cheat answers are in [[The Brothers Chaps]]' top five [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|commonly sent emails that will not be answered]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#bushido|bushido]]".

===Remarks===
*The [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] refers to The Cheat's Cheatday party as his "birthday party."
*Strong Bad said nobody knows when The Cheat's Cheatday is, though almost every character witnessed the event in [[flashback]]. (This is assuming that The Cheat was "born" from the egg. Technically, we don't know ''how'' he got inside it.)
**It could also be that Strong Bad made up the events of flashback, as suggested in those email's remarks.
*It's possible that Ilko being a "miner" is a play on the purpose of the fake ID (an attempt to persuade people that The Cheat ''isn't'' a [[wikipedia:Minor (law)|minor]]).
*You can click on the Ilko Easter egg after you've clicked on the floppy disk Easter egg to give the demo tape some funny background music.
*The ID card says Ilko's birthday is April 18, yet this email was released on July 5.
*Even though the [[Potate]] bag appears to be sitting on top of Strong Bad's head (it doesn't seem to be attached or stuck in any way), it manages to not fall off, even though Strong Bad is moving his head a lot while singing.

===Inside References===
*The "[[Potate]]" bag is from [[morning routine]].
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[Couch Mumbling|couch mumbling]].

===Real-World References===
*The game [[Strong Bad]] says in his sleep is [[Wikipedia:Super Contra|''Super Contra'']], a notoriously difficult sidescrolling shooter arcade game. It was released on the [[Nintendo|NES]] under the title ''Super C''.
*[[Wikipedia:Pneumoconiosis#Black lung disease|Black lung disease]] is a lung condition caused by the inhalation of coal dust. It is also similar to the result of long-term smoking.
**It was revealed in [[Where's The Cheat?]] that The Cheat is a smoker.
*The ringing Ilko head may be a reference to Mr. Machine, a popular toy made by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1960. Mr. Machine was a wind up 'man' who would walk, open, and close his mouth while a bell rung in his stomach.
*The [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]] ('''Key'''board + Gui'''tar''') is the name given to the musical keyboard synthesizer that is fashioned into the shape of a guitar. It is also known as a Gui-Board ('''Gui'''tar+key'''board''').
*''Teh'' is a common misspelling of ''the'', a mistake often made by typing too quickly. The mistake is common enough that most word processors have an automatic fix to spot instances of teh. The Compy 386 obviously doesn't have one of those. However, some internet users intentionally spell the word this way.

===Fast Forward===
*''Cheatday'' as opposed to ''birthday'' is a practice later used with [[Trogdor]]'s [[Happy Trogday|Trogday]].
*In [[narrator]], Bubs and Coach Z again argue about a napkin.

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

'''MIKE:''' Hey, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It's just the two of us doing the commentary on this email here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' Matt's on the phone.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think he's in the bathroom.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhh. So, uh, what the— have you seen this email?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I try not to watch the emails.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I get upset by them.

'''MIKE:''' Why?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Because...I don't know. I just— they make me sad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Sometimes.

'''MIKE:''' Sometimes.

'''MARZIPAN:''' What's this one about, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' It's about The Cheat's birthday.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Really? What day is his birthday?

'''MIKE:''' Well, you'll find out if you watch. Here, he tells you right here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Do they have a party?

'''MIKE:''' Listen. Nobody knows when it is.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I once had a boyfriend who had a hairdo like that.

'''MIKE:''' Really? Was his name Ilko?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It was.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. You dated Ilko Skevüld?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I did. But don't tell anybody that's how we got the I.D.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhhhh. Wow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Interesting. You helped The Cheat get a fake I.D.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Cool.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Sweet, sweet, The Cheat. ''{stops singing}'' I actually wrote that song.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah. ''{sings}'' Breakfast.

'''MIKE:''' Good job ''{laughs}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks!

'''MIKE:''' Whatchu been up to today?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I've been out, um, riding. Riding my mule.

'''MIKE:''' You have a mule?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I do. I believe in mule riding. I think that they are very underappreciated. I like their ears a lot.

'''MIKE:''' Really? What's your mule's name?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Buttercup.

'''MIKE:''' "Buttercup The Mule", eh?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. I didn't realize mules were good for riding. You do any tricks on it or anything?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I can do, um, a "standing on the back" trick.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' Wow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It's pretty hard. I have to do it on one leg.

'''MIKE:''' You have a leg?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have one.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Look at The Cheat's gold tooth.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Where did he get that?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. Maybe you should email Strong Bad and ask him someday.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Maybe.

== External Links ==
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Micro geeky nerd 35 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:07:06 GMT

Micro geeky nerd 35: /* Transcript */

{{sbenav|51|50 emails|island}}

[[Image:sbemail51.png|thumb|"You can make a webpage of your cat."]]

Strong Bad gives an emailer advice on building a website, and shows off his own.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' November 18, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:53

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

== Transcript ==

''' STRONG BAD''': Oh-you-thought-there-was-no-more-emails-but-guess-what-there's-an-EMAIL!

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad. 
I want to start a new website but I 
don't have any ideas of what to do for 
my website. I was wondering if you 
could give me some ideas for my new 
website. This website will be cool and 
I'll e-mail you when I'm done. 
 
Sincerely Yours: 
James</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Website. I mean, James" instead of just "James"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You know, James, I've been around this great, big internet of ours a few times, so I know what I'm talking about, and I can safely say, that whatever idea you have is completely unimportant as long as you adhere to these fundamentals: ''{clears screen}'' First of all, you want to start out with a long flash intro. ''{stops typing}'' Like this one The Cheat made for me.

''{"The Cheat presents" on a black background appears on the screen, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Check it out, those are supposed to be my eyes, I think.

''{The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That stands for my name.

'' {The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive} ''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "The Web".

''{"The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That little rainbow thing's kinda cool.

''{The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and a blackhole-like thing appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, go through the tunnel, oh look out!

''{As he says "Oh, look out!", a hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you got punched! Aw, man, right in the face. ''{typing}'' Okay, next on the checklist: ''lots'' of animated GIFs! ''{pronounces it /gifs/; stops typing}'' or... GIFs... ''{pronounces it /jifs/}'' or however you say it. I don't know. I heard a couple of nerds arguing about it one time. ''{clears screen}'' But you want as many of those as possible.

''{An animated GIF appears that cycles between a flame, the word "Fire!" and another flame.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Especially the ''{Another GIF appears, featuring a mouse that looks side to side before revealing a letter labeled "INTERNET?" in its mouth.}'' rotate-y kind. ''{Two rotating GIFs appear, one of a guitar, the other of a diamond that flashes, showing the words "hi rez" which then disappear.}'' Those are awesome, man. Nobody gets tired of looking at those. ''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, then you can pretty much just pick whatever for your subject. It doesn't really matter as long as you got the rest of that stuff on there. ''{stops typing}'' I mean, ''{resumes typing}'' James, the Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that. ''{stops typing}''I mean, you can make a webpage of your cat.

''{A picture of a cat lying on a football with [[Wikipedia:Red-eye effect|red eye]] thinking "It's 4th and 10. Now WHERE'S MY SUPPER?!?" appears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' or your The Cheat.

''{A picture of [[The Cheat]] sleeping on a couch on his back on a couch thinking "It's 4th and 10. I hate cats."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, ''{typing}'' Who knows? Maybe tomorrow you'll be really big in Pakistan. Or at least, with some guy named Stan. ''{Stops typing}'' Anyways, I gotta go work on my webpage.

''{Strong Bad leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "strong bad's web page" to go to the Flash intro. Then click on "get on in!" to go to [[Strong Bad's Website]].
**Click on the F10 button at the bottom of the Strong Bad's website to read [[Strong Sad's Lament]], Strong Sad's LiveJournal-esque weblog.
**At the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the envelope in the mouse GIF. You get to [[Email Processing Room|the room where the emails are received]].
**Also at the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the Email GIF to send an email to Strong bad.
**Clicking on the Enter GIF reloads the website, adding an extra STRONG BAD at the top each time.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The reason Strong Bad says, "Oh-you-thought-there-was-no-more-emails-but-guess-what-there's-an-EMAIL!" might be because fans thought the emails would stop because the [[50 emails|previous email]] ended with the [[Compy 386]] in a "flagrant system error."

===Trivia===
*The cat featured in the email is Mabel, owned by [[Matt Chapman]] and his wife [[Jackie Chapman|Jackie]]. The cat appears to be sporting [http://www.softclaws.com/ Soft Claws], which are an alternative to [[Wikipedia:Onychectomy|declawing]].

===Remarks===
*The "get on in" Flash link during the email itself is clickable, but doesn't do anything.
*At the end of the e-mail Strong Bad says he has to go work on his web site, but then he leaves his computer.
*The music on the intro sounds very close to his description of Strong Mad playing bass on the email "[[guitar]]".
*The entire email is actually a tongue-in-cheek critisism and mockery of amateur websites that use long flash introes, are uninteresting, and have many animated GIFs (which is frowned upon because many find them annoying, as they distract their attention from the page and are often of poor quality). Other, similar critisisms can be found on many humor sites, with the same format (advice on how to make a webpage, including all things that most people find annoying rather than actual helpful hints, though disguised as such).

===Fast Forward===
*According to "[[flashback]]," this is where Strong Bad lost count of the emails.
*In email 152, "[[isp]]," Strong bad refers to the breakdancing rodent GIF as a gif/jif

== DVD Version ==
*You cannot browse Strong Bad's website on the DVD. However, the intro to his website is still accessible (via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower right corner of the Compy 386 screen).
**Note that the DVD version of the intro is out of sync—Strong Bad begins talking long before the animation ends.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail51.html|watch "website"]]
*[[HR:sbemail51.swf|view the Flash file for "website"]]
*[[HR:cheatintro.swf|watch the Flash intro]]
*[[HR:sbsite/|Strong Bad's website, skipping the intro]]

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