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MrL — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:23:08 GMT

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{{sbenav|200|link=sbemailtwohundred}}
[[Image:SINCE THE CRAP WHEN.png|thumb|"Whaddya mean, ''your'' email?! I'm in the middle of checkin' ''my'' email!"]]

In his big bicennten-email, Strong Bad learns Homestar has his own email show and attempts to thwart it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[New Paper]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[The Paper]], [[Limozeen]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Homestar Runner's House#Interior|Homestar's Computer Room]], [[The Field]], the [[Review Revue]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, September 23, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 5:10

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

==Transcript==

''{The email begins with a red curtain with "sbemail 200" on it. A drumroll begins. Then, the curtain opens to show the Lappy with a pixelated bugle on it. Trumpets begin to play. Pan out to the Computer Room with roses on its floor. The Cheat appears and plays a trill on a flute.}''

'''SINGER:''' Two hundred sbemails, exhausting just to think about.

''{During the song, "200" appears in the fonts of the Tandy, Compy, and Lappy sequentially, followed by "strongbad_email.exe" typed out. Strong Bad enters the computer room on the red carpet while roses are thrown. Marzipan and Coach Z are seen watching him enter.}''

'''SINGER:''' How can we face two hundred sbemails?

''{Strong Bad continues to approach the computer, showing that the King of Town and Bubs are also in the room. We then cut to the singer, who is revealed to be the Poopsmith, wearing a bowtie and holding a microphone, as he finishes his song.}''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' The thought of all those sbemails makes me weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak!

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing on his stool. Strong Sad can be seen among the audience.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{finishing the song}'' ''Puke!'' ''{echoing}'' Please be seated. ''{The audience sits down.}'' ''{normally}'' How about that Poopsmith, huh? Breaking his vow of silence to perform my two hundredth sbemail intro song! ''{Close shot of Strong Bad}'' I'm almost ''{pantomimes wiping his nose}'' sniff ''{voice wavers}'' not totally disgusted!

''{Cut to the Poopsmith, surrounded by flies. He gives Strong Bad the thumbs up, and whatsit drips from his glove. Cut to Strong Bad sitting down at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I take that back. ''{types out "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Okay, here we go!

''{pulls up the email, but doesn't read it}''

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: college girls?</div>
Dear Homestar, 
Me and all of my young college friends that live in my dorm were just wondering if you wanted to come over and have a pillow fight sometime because we think you are sooooooo very cool. 
All the college dorm girls at MO 
Hannah, Micah, Rachel, Sally, Peggy, Vicky, Amber, 
and all the rest of use
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Duh-duh-duh-Dear ''HOMESTAR''!? ''{extreme close-up on Homestar's name}'' W.T.C.? ''{Camera zooms out}'' New Paper, print me out a hard copy. ''{It does and he grabs it.}'' I'll teach Homestar to steal my 200th email thunder. ''{Thunder booms}'' Hooyah! ''{Strong Bad gets up and leaves}''

''{Cut to Homestar at a table, typing on his [[Happy 8600]]}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{typing}'' —a protected landmark with surprisingly clean restrooms!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homejob! Some stupid girls that are probably really guys accidentally emailed me—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ugh. Strong Bad, how do you keep gettin' in here?

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? What are you talking about? I just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm in the middle of checking my email.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whaddaya mean, ''your'' email? I'm in the middle of checking ''my'' email!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You're not the only one around here ''{Close shot of Homestar}'' that answers emails from fans with humorous results.

''{Cut back to show the two characters}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Since the crap when?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno. Since forever. ''{Close shot of Homestar}'' Don't you remember? You're in a bunch of 'em. Like that old classic when they asked ''{Camera zooms out}'' about burglars ''{thumping his feet}'' breaking into my house.

''{Cut to Homestar in his darkened living room, in a Homestar Runner shirt, white robe and sleeping cap}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If I act all sleepy and throw a bunch of ''{holds up a cinnamon dispenser}'' cinnamon on my face, it's usually enough to throw 'em off. ''{opens the lid and throws cinnamon on his face}'' Poo, poo. Poo, poo.

''{The light turns on as he walks into living room to find Strong Bad and The Cheat having broken the cow lamp, from the email [[caper]]}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{yawns}'' Hey Strong Sad. Batman. What are you guys doing in my house?

''{Screen dims}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''Whaaaaaat?''

''{Cut to the scene from [[long pants]], where Homestar is wearing Daisy Dukes in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And who can forget when I accidentally took some of Strong Sad's pills?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapped by Homestar}'' Okay, calm down, I didn't mean to—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Long pants, Strong Bad! The longest pants! Everybody everybody! Longest pants!

''{Homestar teleports around the room to a different place after each word he says. 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!

''{Screen dims}''

''{Cut to a dimmed shot of the basement. Strong Bad is sitting on the couch. Coach Z is standing to the left wearing a fondue pot on his head and a Tigger tail.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And that one where I dressed up real good like Coach Z. ''{Screen brightens up}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Strong Bad, I think I ruined your fondue part!

'''STRONG BAD:''' My fondue part?

''{Cut back to Homestar's computer room. Strong Bad is standing on the table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{now frustrated}'' Hang! On! Shut! Face! Those were ''my'' emails and you squeazeled your way into them.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm glad you believe that, Strong Bad. Anyways, Let me see that email. ''{takes the email from Strong Bad and looks at it}'' ''{Zoom in on Homestar.}'' Oh, come on! ''Another'' pillow fight? Haven't they seen hremail #49?

''{Cut back to show the two characters. Strong Bad is sitting on the edge of the table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hr-what mail?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hremail. You've got sbemails, I've got hremails.

''{As he says "sbemails" and "hremails", they appear over his head as text, as if someone typed them}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Do you even have an email address?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Of course I do. Everybody knows it's ''{close shot of the Happy 8600 as Homestar types his email address}'' DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com.

''{Cut back to to show the two characters. Strong Bad is leaning off the table and standing on his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There's a good chance my brain is about to explode right now.

''{Zoom in on Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aww, come on, old timer. It's not so bad. You want to help me check this email?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{gets in Homestar's face and pokes him as he speaks}'' I'm not gonna help you check your email! I'm gonna help myself ''ruin'' your email! ''{Camera zooms out}'' Whooyaa!

''{Strong Bad exits to the left, and then reappears holding three ice cream sandwiches.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And help myself to your ice cream sammies. Booyaa.

''{Strong Bad runs off, leaving behind one of the sandwiches, which spins in midair.}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's computer room. The subject/to line and screen are inexplicably blank. The Lappy's cursor is on the subject/to line. Strong Bad sits down at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll teach Homestar to retroactively steal my email thunder! ''{thunder booms}''

''{Strong Bad types out the following email.}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>to: DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com</div>
Dear Homestar, 
I'm a big fan of your hremails and was wandering, can 
you give us a tour of your not-in-front-of-your-computer? 
Sewiously yours, 
Abdi
</blockquote>

''{As he types, he pronounces "wandering" with a short "A" sound as in "ham", and "sewiously" exactly as typed.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''Send!''

''{The Lappy's screen clears and the camera whips to the opposite side of the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' Let's see now, a few seconds for the DNS to resolve, server, SMTP, now he's reading it, and... ''ding''! He's taken the bait! ''{leaps away}'' Hooyah!

''{Cut to The Field. Homestar walks in to the left, carrying a clipboard, approaching a wooden sign that reads "Historic Not-In-Front-Of-My-Computer" and has a laptop with an X on top of it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, and if you look to your left, you'll see Historic Not-In-Front-Of-My-Computer: a protected landmark with surprisingly clean restrooms.

''{In the background, Strong Bad is seen running to the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Tee hee hee!

''{Cut to the Happy 8600. Strong Bad runs in from the left as rock music begins to play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh hello, idiot-proof computer! You look a little thirsty. Time for some long overdue allegedly citrus-flavored payback!

''{Strong Bad produces a giant bottle of Mountain Dew. Zoom in on Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rubs chin}'' How does that old adage go? Ah, yes. ''{mimicking Homestar}'' "Apply libewally!" ''{Camera zooms out}'' Hooyah!

''{Strong Bad pours the Mountain Dew on the Happy 8600. Within seconds, it begins to spark and smoke.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! ''{smiles}'' Ha ha!

''{New Paper comes down, but instead of showing Strong Bad's email address, it says "Click here to email Homestar Runner", with Homestar's email address. The two images of the "@" key and Strong Bad's head in an envelope are also missing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looks up}'' Hey! Whose side are you on, anyway?

''{New Paper is pulled back off-screen. Some blows are exchanged, and The Paper comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{smiles again}'' The Paper! You came back!!

''{A spark catches The Paper, and it burns to a crisp.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oops.

''{The screen clears to black, and the words "Strong Bad Emails" appear. The names of the first two hundred Strong Bad Emails scroll up from the bottom in the background.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Rolling over one of the following email names at the end brings up an image of a character (or characters) who first appeared in that email.
**[[homsar]]: [[Homsar]]
**[[band names]]: [[Limozeen]]
**[[superhero name]]: [[Strong Badman]]
**[[ghosts]]: [[Bad Graphics Ghost]]
**[[japanese cartoon]]: [[Stinkoman]]
**[[comic]]: [[Teen Girl Squad]]
**[[dragon]]: [[Trogdor]]
**[[crazy cartoon]]: [[Eh! Steve!]]
**[[kind of cool]]: [[Senor Cardgage]]
**[[montage]]: [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]]
**[[animal]]: [[Sterrance]]

*At the end, click on "legends" to see a scene about The Poopsmith's singing abilities.
*:''{a tattered scrap of brown paper appears, with The Poopsmith drawn on it, along with the words "200 email curse", "legend tells...", "The Poopsmith", and "old parchment"}''
*:'''NARRATOR:''' Legend tells that every 200 sbemails The Poopsmith will break his vow of silence—
*:''{the drawing changes to The Poopsmith holding a microphone and wearing a bowtie. The words "Well, well, well, my Michelle..." are added.}''
*:'''NARRATOR:''' —and croon anew.

*At the end, click on the "O" in "Strong" to see a scene with Limozeen. This is an edited version of their Easter egg from the 100th email, [[flashback]].
*:'''LIMOZEEN:''' Congratulations, Strong Bad, on your ''{[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'s voice interrupts, loudly saying:}'' '''200th''' ''{voice ends}'' email!
*:''{slight pause}''
*:'''LARRY:''' ''{startling the other bandmembers}'' WE'RE FROM ''{Matt cuts in again}'' '''THE YEAR 2008'''!
*:'''PERRY:''' Uh, I think it says that at the top of the screen, Larry.
*:''{the words "it is 2008!" appear over the Limozeen logo)''
*:'''LARRY:''' WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!
*:''{The band members strike various poses and the frame freezes, as the ending riff from "Brain Sister" plays.}''

*At the end, click on the "A" in "Bad", to see more with Strong Bad's soda.
*:''{Strong Bad continues to pour Mountain Dew on the Happy. Homestar walks in.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, cool. How did you get it to do that? USB? Four pin? Eight pin? Firewire? Was it Firewire? I bet it was Firewire. ''{walks out again}''

*At the end, click on the "A" in "Emails" to bring up a pop-up to download the "200 Sbemails" song by [[They Might Be Giants]].

*At the end, click on the "S" in "Emails" to see a scene with Strong Sad.
*:''{Strong Sad is giving a review on his review show, "Review Revue"}''
*:'''STRONG SAD:''' In his shocking 200th episode, Strong Bad turns the entire series on its ear. Will we ever see a 201? Is the reign of HREmails ''{emphasizes the ''H''}'' at hand? For the answers to these questions, be sure and ''not'' check out my blog. I haven't updated that thing in years!

*If an email was sent to [mailto:djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com] before December 2008, an auto reply message would be sent back, saying:
<blockquote>From: djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com 
Subject: My Inbox Runneth Ova! 
 
Oh, hello everyone! For some unknown reason I'm getting this big cavalcanche of emails all of the sudden. They're filling up the basement and I'm running out of paper towels! 
 
Just sit tight and hremails will be back to normal before you know it. 
 
And thanks again to everyone who participated in Bacon Pretend Week! Ron Staple you are a GENIUS! 
 
Okay bye, 
Homestar Runner 
<nowiki>--------</nowiki> Original Message -------- 
 
> Your original message</blockquote>

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The term "Stealing One's Thunder" (from which the title is derived) is used in situations wherein one person is associated with hoopla stemming from the efforts of another person. In this case, sbemail #200 was intended to be for Strong Bad, but the email itself was addressed to Homestar Runner, who would therefore be recognized as the recipient of the 200th email.
*When Strong Bad sends his email, he mentions several technical terms:
**[[Wikipedia:Domain Name Server#DNS_resolvers|DNS Resolving]] is a process done by a DNS (Domain Name System) server in which it identifies the IP address of a [[Wikipedia:Domain name|domain name]].
**[[Wikipedia:Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]], or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, is a standard for servers sending email.
*[[Wikipedia:Universal Serial Bus|USB]] and [[Wikipedia:IEEE 1394 interface|FireWire]] are modern types of serial connections. Older serial connectors were defined by the number of connectors or "pins" they have. Therefore, a 4-pin or an 8-pin would have 4 or 8 pins, respectively, though no such standard connections existed. Serial ports were traditionally 9-pin and 25-pin.

===Trivia===
*Opening [[HR:hremail49.html|hremail49.html]] will play an excerpt from that email.
**Opening [[HR:hremail24.html|hremail24.html]] will play what is left of an event referenced in the previous [[hremail]].
*The label on the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#duck pond|duck pond]]".
*[[John Linnell]] provides the voice of the Poopsmith, marking the only main character who is not voiced by [[the Brothers Chaps]] or [[Missy]].
*This is the only time we unambiguously hear the Poopsmith talk. 
*The Cheat is playing a [[Left Handedness|left-handed]] flute at the beginning.
*When this toon was first released, the thunder sound effects and the flashing were not there when Strong Bad said "email thunder". These were added later.
*This email took the shortest amount of time for any Strong Bad Email to come to DVD, as [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six]] came only two months later.
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad finds out Homestar has his own email show and is trying to steal his email thunder."
*This email contains about 15 Easter eggs. This is more than any email, or any toon, has ever had so far.

===Remarks===
* The bugle at the beginning has [[angled pixels]], which is a technological impossibility on such supposed low-resolution gifs.
*After the close-up on the Lappy, the cursor disappears.
*Strong Bad tells New Paper to print him out a hard copy instead of typing the print command like he did in [[autobiography]].
*In the flashbacks to [[caper]] and [[long pants]], Strong Bad's design is the newest one, rather than the one he had at that time, which was the [[Strong Bad Evolution|sixth]].
*In the flashback to [[caper]], before the light turns on, The Cheat is already standing next to the cabinet; in the actual email, he's standing in front of it.
*When The Paper comes down, it is clickable and will let you email Strong Bad until he accidentally burns it up.
*Strong Bad pulls the giant bottle of Mountain Dew from [[Hammerspace]].
*Strong Bad has no idea Homestar has an Email address, yet he knew exactly what it was in [[credit card]].
*Strong Bad is surprised at the email, but in [[the process]] he says he picks the email beforehand.
*The Strong Sad Easter egg simply said "sbemail200" on the corner of the screen without the ".html" at the end, as opposed to "sbemail179''.html''" in [[pizza joint]]. This may be because this email's URL is not "sbemail200.html" but "sbemailtwohundred.html".
*Rolling over "[[kind of cool]]" to show [[Senor Cardgage]] doesn't work on the word "cool", which is located at the beginning of the next line.
*Strong Bad never actually answers an email in this cartoon.
*During the closeup of "Dear Homestar", the following text is visible on the Lappy with a decompiler:
<blockquote>Oh...Steven! I think this may finally be it you guys! After 
200 emails I'm finally gonna get 
to make out with D-D-D </blockquote>
:This is most likely a scrapped response for the initial email, and was later featured in [[Quote of the Week#QW-2008-10-16|the Quote of the Week]].
:*Part of the text can briefly be seen if you view the email as the Flash file and make the window tall.
*The back button sends you to the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons page]] rather than the Strong Bad Email page.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar puts cinnamon on his face, his eyes are the wrong size. They're quite noticeably squished and placed too high on his face.
[[Image:EmailThunderOffSync.png|thumb|100px|Blurry blurry blurry blurry blurry blurry pants!]]
*In the clip from [[long pants]], when Homestar is blurred in the foreground, the table and carpet within the image of blurred Homestar are not in their proper places.
**Additionally, the first line of words on the screen are not there.
*On the end screen, there is no space between [[cheatday]] and [[pom pom]].

===Fixed Goofs===
*Originally on the end screen, highlighting [[ghosts]] would bring up a picture of [[Sterrance]], who never appeared in that email. This has since been corrected; the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] now appears when that email is highlighted.
*Also originally on the end screen, sibbie was spelled "sibby".

===Glitches===
*If the Limozeen Easter egg is activated, followed by another Easter egg, Limozeen will continue to play over the other one.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's destroying the Happy with [[Mountain Dew]] parallels Homestar's similar use of the soft drink on the Compy in [[anything]]. Strong Bad even quotes Homestar's "apply liberally", imitating his impediment.
*Coach Z returning [[Strong Bad's fondue pot]] is a reference to [[50 emails]].
*Strong Bad signs his message to Homestar "Abdi", based on [[Abdi LaRue]], the sender of the very first email, [[some kinda robot]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] twice at the end of the email; once when the Happy starts to spark, and once when The Paper comes down.
*The Easter egg with Limozeen is lifted directly from [[flashback]].
*The Easter egg with Strong Sad refers to [[Strong Sad's Lament]], which, true to Strong Sad's words, hasn't been updated since September 9, 2005.
*In this email, The Cheat plays the [[Instruments|flute]].
*The Easter egg with Strong Sad uses the same theme as in the Strong Sad Easter egg in [[pizza joint]].
*Homestar's laptop [[Happy 8600]] is manufactured by [[Tandy]].
*Homestar tells Strong Bad that he once took some of Strong Sad's pills. This is a reference to [[funny]], when Strong Sad asks Strong Bad if he took some of his pills.
*Strong Bad apparently [[Interrupted Conversations|interrupts]] a Homestar Runner Email when he enters the room.
*The fonts used to write "200" in the intro are the fonts from each of [[Computers#Computers|Strong Bad's computers]].
*Homestar once again uses [[cinnamon]] for stubble.
*Homestar's disdain for the "repeat" pillow-fight topic seems to reflect the "topics the Brothers' Chap aren't likely to answer," most notably requests to "[[draw Trogdor again]]."
*Strong Bad's signs his email to Homestar with the catchphrase "[[Seriously|Sewiously]]", in the same vein as emails he received signed "[[Crapfully yours]]".
*"Squeazeled" and "cavalanche" are [[portmanteaus]].
*The Paper returns to beat up New Paper, making it the first appearance of the original on the site since the email [[the paper]].
*Strong Bad's exclamation, "WTC?" appears to be an initialism for "[[Crap|What the Crap?]]".
*There are three instances of [[Not X]] in this email: Strong Bad is "almost not totally disgusted" by The Poopsmith's singing; he asks Homestar for "a tour of your not-in-front-of-your-computer"; and in an Easter egg, Strong Sad tells viewers to "be sure and not check out my blog."
*Homestar's list of hremails is similar to the one in [[personal favorites]], in that they both have narration that says ''"like the one when... wrote in..."'' and ''"and the one where..."'', as well as the first two emails being real and the rest being fake.
*Homestar claims to have taken some of [[Strong Sad's Pills|Strong Sad's pills]] when remembering the email [[long pants]].

===Real-World References===
*The Poopsmith Easter egg refers to the song "My Michelle" by [[Guns N' Roses]].
*Homestar's laptop is modeled after an [[Wikipedia:OLPC XO-1|XO-1]], an inexpensive model distributed as part of the [[Wikipedia:One Laptop Per Child|One Laptop Per Child]] project. The laptop was made available to North American consumers during the 2007 holiday season in a "Give 1 Get 1" offer. Interestingly, the XO-1 keyboard is designed to resist liquids.
* The menu page description for this toon says, "Homestar will flip you. He will flip you for real." This is a reference to a memorable line spoken by [[Wikipedia: Benicio Del Toro|Benicio Del Toro's]] character in [[Wikipedia: The Usual Suspects|The Usual Suspects]].
*Homestar's email address is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Wolfenstein (series)| the Wolfenstein series']] Main character, BJ Blazkowicz.
*The beginning riff that plays when Strong Bad approaches Homestar's computer with the Mountain Dew is very similar to the intro riff of "Between the Hammer and the Anvil" by [[Wikipedia: Judas Priest|Judas Priest]]

===Fast Forward===
*Some full-length [[Hremails]] were released beginning in over 2009, arguably doing what Strong Sad foreshadows in the Review Revue egg and reigning over Sbemails.
*Strong Bad eventually checked his 201st email in [[hremail3184]].

==DVD Version==
*The roll-over egg and downloading of the song (for obvious reasons) are disabled.
*The HREmail 49 and 24 Easter eggs are directly accessible from the end of the toon.
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' A millstone, Mike, a Millstone coffee. This email is like a cup of Millstone coffee.

'''MIKE:''' So, we still really haven't decided if there'll be more sbemails or not.

'''MATT:''' Oh, I've decided.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, there won't be.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' There won't be?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's— we're done.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that e— that slow-motion walk clip, that was the culmination of all of eight years of efforts, or six years in Strong Bad Email case.

'''MIKE:''' In Strong Bad Email case?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' So we totally collaborated with John Linnell in this song, and for weeks ahead we sent him notes and he would send... rough drafts of the song back to us, and he totally didn't just make this song and send it to us and there was maybe one email exchange between the two of us.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Oh really?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was our creative process.

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

'''MATT:''' It was not that. No, we told him, hey, do you— we had originally asked him to do something for 199, since he had done a song for email 99, but then email 199, we kinda just came and went, did a normal email, and then, uhh, he just made this.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' He made this song.

'''MATT:''' He was like, hey, I made a little thing, a little intro for a— the sbemail 200.

'''MIKE:''' And then we listened to it about ten times in a row and then we thought, I dunno, it just came to us that maybe The Poopsmith should be singing it.

'''MATT:''' Yep. ''{pause}'' It's a bombshell, man.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, man.

'''MATT:''' TBC dropped a bombshell at the beginning of this email.

'''MIKE:''' That email thunder, the little lightning and thunder flashiness was added, like, a couple hours after it was up.

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, that's right.

'''MIKE:''' I fixed a couple goofs, and then I added that, just cause I had the idea to add it.

'''MATT:''' Nice, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' I'm surprised we didn't add, we had always talked about putting something on Homestar's wall.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It looks a little bare.

'''MATT:''' A picture of s— of, uhh, Señor Havin' A Little Trouble, maybe, or Mr. Bland. ''{pause}'' he— Homestar has, uhh, Ryan Sterritt's kitchen table.

'''MIKE:''' And Ikea's kitchen table.

'''MATT:''' And a nice molded-plastic chair. ''{pause}'' Oh, tappa-tappa-tappa.

'''MIKE:''' So we had talked about doing this for a long time, having a cartoon where you start on Homestar, and Homestar's doing a bunch of stuff, and falls asleep, and then it turns out that this was sort of the p— Homestar's version of the Strong Bad Email, where he would then come into a Strong Bad Email like this.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Did I explain that well?

'''MATT:''' Not well at all.

'''MIKE:''' We talked about making a cartoon where it's Homestar and then at the end of the cartoon or somewhere within the cartoon you see one of their little scenes where Homestar popped into a Strong Bad Email, and it was actually part of a larger story focusing on Homestar the Runner. That was eloquence. ''{unintelligible}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was a little better. Now that spent half the commentary talking about that.

'''MIKE:''' We got nothing else to talk about.

'''MATT:''' I like— I think Coach Z with that fondue pot on his head should be some kind of— ''and the tail'' should be some kind of Johnny Appleseed.

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

'''MATT:''' We should make up like a, Saddy Dumpington— it should be the Saddy Dumpington version of Coach Z.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah.

'''MATT:''' He's got a tiger tail.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Monday's update, I call that.

'''MIKE:''' Alright.

'''MATT:''' Get started, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' What was the, uh—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' I've got diarrhea, I won't be able to do work on that one.

'''MIKE:''' What did you record the, uh, sound of Homestar's computer, uh, keyboard tapping sound?

'''MATT:''' Uh, it was on my— my old, uh, laptop at home.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' Nothing— nothing interesting.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pause}'' Umm...

'''MATT:''' Whooyaa!

'''MIKE:''' He says some nice whooyaas several times.

'''MATT:''' Several, three or four whooyaas. ''{pause}'' Umm, so this is the first time we've ever seen Strong Bad re— like, send a, uh, actually send an email, right?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, the cursor blinking up in the subject bar.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was you, man.

'''MIKE:''' Mm-hn.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' Umm, how does Homestar type with no gloves of any kind on? Right? Hands? Whoo!

'''MIKE:''' Uh, what do you call that?

'''MATT:''' A blurry swoosh.

'''MIKE:''' A swoosh?

'''MATT:''' That's a whip pan.

'''MIKE:''' A whip pan, that's what I was looking for.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' A 180-degree whip stick.

'''MIKE:''' Did you see the stool, the stool was kinda slowly gliding back.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe it had been greased recently.

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

'''MIKE:''' That, uh, is that the same sign from, uh, the hygiene email? Gene's Mouth National—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, the one— Gene's Mouth National—

'''MIKE:''' Park.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' Do do do do do do do do guh guh guh guh guh guh! ''{pause}'' Umm... ''{pause}'' Throw— there's a lot of callbacks in this email.

'''MIKE:''' Mountain Dew, pouring Mountain Dew.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, there's really no original content in it at all.

'''MIKE:''' It's a clip show, it may as well just of been a clip show.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, you did a poor job on this 200th email.

'''MIKE:''' But, uh, I—

'''MATT:''' It's too bad this is the last email we're ever making.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' For sure, I decided right now, for certain, never again.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Sorry.

'''MIKE:''' I bet by the time this DVD's out we will have made one already.

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Alright.

'''MATT:''' I'm holdin' out.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''MATT:''' I have a sore throat and dia— diarrhea.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I'm sure everyone needed to know that.

'''MATT:''' That one's my favorite.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that one's my favorite.

'''MATT:''' Oh, I like that one, too.

'''MIKE:''' That one sucks.

'''MATT:''' Oh, I— oh, that one. Yeah, that one's bad.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Millstone Coffee|Millstone Coffee]] is a brand of coffee sold in the U.S., a division of [[Wikipedia:The J. M. Smucker Company|the J.M. Smucker Company]]. The company sells whole bean and ground coffee in retail settings and on its website.
*The email [[credit card]] is actually the first time that Strong Bad sent an email onscreen.
*Despite Mike's prediction, no new Strong Bad Emails were released in between email thunder and strongbad_email.exe Disc Six. Strong Bad finally made his "comeback" on June 29, 2009 in [[hremail3184]].
*Matt makes a dual reference to both Homestar's [[lack of visible arms]] and Strong Bad's ability to [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|type with boxing gloves on]].

==See Also==
*[[Place ya bets!]]
*[[Page Load Error]]

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|twohundred|14754}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSz1L3ni_4E watch "email thunder" on YouTube]
*[[HR:sbemail200_zeen.swf|view the Flash file for the Limozeen Easter egg]]
*[[HR:songs/200sbemails.zip|download the song]]


{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Lappy 486 Emails]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

specially marked

MrL — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:13:23 GMT

MrL: /* Inside References */

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

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

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

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

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

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut to a bar code}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut to the box}''

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' mazes,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes.

''{Zoom in on Strong Bad}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=== Remarks ===
*The box where Strong Bad takes out the Marshie action figure is the same box that was too lazy to put any toy inside.
*When Strong Bad reaches into the box to get the toy Marshie, his arm is longer than usual.
*The week of the Podcast's release, attempting to update the Podcast on iTunes would only bring up the message, "'Strong Bad Email' does not seem to be a valid podcast URL." The feed was not repaired until September 10, 2008.

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

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

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

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

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|194|13929|youtube=TrSgHAIqIkQ}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Spitting

MrL — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:48:27 GMT

MrL: Created page with 'Several times in the Homestar Runner universe, especially in Strong Bad Emails, some of the characters, especially Strong Bad, have either '''spat''' or made references t…'

Several times in the Homestar Runner universe, especially in [[Strong Bad Emails]], some of the characters, especially [[Strong Bad]], have either '''spat''' or made references to spitting.

==Appearances==
*Email [[time capsule]] — While Strong Bad plans his time capsule, he decides to spit in it, in case the people of the future discover how to use it to make new people.
*Email [[slumber party]] — Strong Bad mentions having enough [[Wikipedia:Skittles|Skittles]] and cream soda to make your spit hurt. A graphic is shown of a kid sticking out his tongue, which is rainbow-coloured, and a rainbow-coloured drop of spit falls from it.
*Email [[hremail3184]] — As Strong Bad describes an explosion he saw once to [[Coach Z]], he spits all over him, so much that Coach Z takes a short shower in it.
{{stub}}

[[Category: Activity running gags]]

hremail 3184

MrL — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:41:37 GMT

MrL: /* Inside References */

{{hrenav|3184|7|24}}
{{sbenav|201|link=hremail3184}}
[[Image:lappysplosion.PNG|thumb|"So popular lately!"]]

Homestar's still checking his [[Hremails]]. Strong Bad's had enough.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Female Lappy 486]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The Announcer}} (Easter egg)

'''Places (in order of appearance):''' [[Hremail Room]], [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bathroom of The Brothers Strong]], [[Athletic Field]], [[Carnival Tent]], [[The Field]], [[The Gymnasium]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, June 30, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 5:04

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
''{Homestar is sitting at his [[hremail]] desk. He has bags under his eyes and is slouching. He slips further and further down over the next line.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{half-mumbling}'' And that, Gordon Tiecollarondemous, is why I decided to ''keep'' calling you Gordon Tiecollarondemous...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from off-screen}'' Aaah! ''{A record scratch is heard.}'' I can't takes it no more!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, screaming.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Somebody hand me a rake!

''{A rake is handed to Strong Bad. He grabs it and smacks Homestar with it. A white flash and an explosive-like effect on Homestar are seen when this happens.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Raaaake!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping the rake}'' Somebody hand me a shovel!

''{A shovel is handed to him. He smacks Homestar with it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Shovel!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping the shovel}'' Somebody hand me a Garden Weasel!

''{A tool with a very spiky end is handed to Strong Bad. Again, he hits Homestar. Homestar comes back up with a "CENSORED" sign over his face; bruises and a stream of blood can be seen around it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{calmly}'' Aw, a Weasel.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{wiping his brow}'' Phew.

''{Pan over to show Marzipan, holding the rake and shovel.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, Marzipan!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Always happy to help!

''{Cut to the Lappy. Strong Bad sits down in front of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sorry, Lappy. My triumphant return to checking emails calls for some fresh blood!

''{He closes the Lappy, leaving a faint backwards "Lappy 486" in the wall behind it. He pushes it off to the side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Tech nerds, feast your eyes... on ''Steak Sandwich!''

''{He places said sandwich on the desk in front of him to a trumpet fanfare. Cut to a solo image of the sandwich.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Steaky Steaky 6 Millenium Edition ''{a steak-shaped logo for this appears in the corner}'' is a processing wonder horse, capable of sauteed onions, ''{a logo for "Sauteed Onions Ghz" appears}'' grilled mushrooms, ''{a logo for "Grilled Mushrooms 32x" appears}'' and all right, never mind.

''{The Steak logo swivels as though its left side was no longer supported while the other logos fall off the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' This is just a steak sandwich, isn't it?

''{Cut to a rear view of the desk, as Strong Bad looks at the sandwich.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, I guess I'm a little... out-of-practice with this stuff. ''{to the Lappy}'' All right, Lappy, you can stay alive for at least one more week.

''{He pushes the sandwich aside and returns the Lappy to its rightful position. He opens the Lappy and a startup tone is heard. Cut to behind Strong Bad. The Female Lappy is visible.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Another week with you, Strong Bad, is like 8 dog-weeks in cat-years.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, are you sure you're not Senor Cardgage's computer?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{from offscreen}'' No...

''{Cut back to show Senor Cardgage standing near Strong Bad, holding the sandwich.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' This steak samwich is Beverly ''clearly'' my comprooter, Bathsheba.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{smiling}'' Hey, Cardgage! D'you wanna help me come out of e-tirement?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Ummmmm... no.

''{Strong Bad lowers his head in disappointment. Senor Cardgage turns around and starts walking in place while his hair gets slightly blown, and sounds of traffic are heard. Strong Bad looks up in confusion, and starts to nervously lean back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm quite scared right now.

''{Cut to the Lappy as Strong Bad turns back to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's start over. ''{types "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Oh, man, I haven't checked my email in so long, I bet there's gonna be a half-zillion messages waiting for me!

''{He presses Return. The following comes up with a ding: "Oh, smokes! You have 2 new messages!", which are "Coolness" from "Kelly" and "Thanks for loaning me your rake" from "Homestar".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. Well, a half-''four'' messages waiting for me isn't bad. ''{He brings up "Coolness".}''

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: coolness</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
What was the coolest explosion you ever saw? 
 
From, 
Kelly 
USA
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad echos his own name. He says Kelly's name in a slightly seductive tone, leading into "USA" as "Oosa".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmmm! An exotic lady from the far east! ''{typing}'' That's kind of a vague question don'tcha think? That's like me asking, "Dear Kelly, what's your favorite molecule of air that you've breathed?" ''{not typed}'' Or... ''{clears screen, typing:}'' "What's your favorite Strong Bad muscle that you wanted to rub with hot oils?" You gotta narrow it down somehow. Like, do you wanna know about the coolest looking explosion I ever rigged up in Strong Sad's org-ethnic breakfast pouch on a Tuesday?

''{Cut to the kitchen of the Brothers Strong. Strong Bad is pretending to eat from a cereal bowl with a spoon. Strong Sad is standing next to him, wearing a tuxedo, and looking expectantly at a toaster.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{poorly acting}'' Mmm. This cereal is sooooo cerealy.

''{The toaster pops up a breakfast pastry with a conspicuous red light on it. Strong Sad catches it. Over the next line, the light begins to blink faster and faster while making ticking noises.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, child! I am gonna enjoy this saag paneer Pop-Tart with a vengeance! Then I've got to go stand around in this tuxedo with a ven— OOOHHH!!

''{The Pop-Tart explodes into green goo, which gets all over Strong Sad and leaves a couple of green stain drips on the camera.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Waa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Or do you wanna know like, the coolest explosion I ever saw that had one of those blast-wavy Saturn rings around it that've become so popular lately.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in his bathroom, holding a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz I've caused ''plenty'' of those.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But the coolest part was actually later on, when I was telling Coach Z all about it.

''{Cut to the Athletic Field. Strong Bad is talking to Coach Z.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And so first, there was this little explosion, that was like, "Dooooooj!" ''{some drops of spit fly away from him toward Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ya don't say?

'''STRONG BAD:''' And then secondary charges blew and it was like, "Ka-plssshhhhh!" ''{more drops of spit fly toward Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' You say?

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally one of those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately shot out, and was like, "PSSSSSSHHHHH!!!!"

''{Strong Bad draws out the explosion. A wave of spit drops flies toward Coach Z for nearly eight seconds. As Strong Bad continues the explosion, Coach Z pulls out a bar of soap and a bottle of "PORT PLUS +". He rubs the soap on his body and dumps some shampoo over his hat. He then tosses the bottle away and rubs his hat, which becomes sudsy.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Thanks for the great story, Strong Bad! I was gonna hit the showers, but now I don't has to!

''{Strong Bad spits a few more drops toward Coach Z. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Everybody knows that the more spit it takes to describe an explosion, the cooler said explosion was. ''And'' the cooler said explosion-talker-abouter is!

''{Cut to Strong Sad talking to Coach Z in the Athletic Field.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And then my saag paneer Pop-Tart said it like... "Ptoo."

''{A single large drop of spit flies toward Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{angrily}'' Are you kiddin' me? I can't even warsh my hands with that mess!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But if history has taught us anything, then we all know that the coolest explosions have come from my very own computers.

''{A quick montage results where the Tandy explodes, throwing Strong Bad back, Strong Bad knocks the Tandy off the desk with an inexplicable explosion, Bubs' shotgun blows a hole in the Compy, Strong Mad gulps from a mini-explosion from the Compy, and the Tandy explodes in a green pixelated mushroom cloud with Homestar nearby. Cut back to the Lappy, with the female Lappy visible.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' But waimt, Strong Bad, does that means?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm afraid so, sweet Lappy. I figured that USB self-destruct button I bought a couple weeks ago woulda clued you in.

''{Cut to a closeup of a big red button with "dooj" written on it, connected to the Lappy via USB. Then cut to a rear view of the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But... it's time. ''{Cut to behind Strong Bad}'' Why wait around for someone else to blow up your computer tomorrow when you can blow it up yourself today?

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' You should put that on your bwees-ness cards.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sadly}'' That's a great idea, Lappy. ''{cut to rear view of the desk}'' Good bye. ''{presses the button}'' Dooj.

''{Cut to a silhouette of the house with a tree beside it. The explosion knocks the tree away and blows the roof clear of the house. Two shockwaves appear as part of the explosion. A ghostly image of the Female Lappy icon with fangs appears in the explosion.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So popular lately.

''{Cut to Bubs and Coach Z on lawn chairs, watching the explosion.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oooooor! Awwwwwr! 
'''BUBS:''' Ooooooh! Awwwwww!

'''COACH Z:''' I can't wait till Strong Bad tells me 'bout that one. I'm'a go ahead and strip down to da nude!

'''BUBS:''' ''{pointing at Coach Z}'' Ponk!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, standing next to the desk. Strong Bad himself is unharmed, but the desk it broken in two from the explosion, and the paint has been torn away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now that—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{poking in from the side; quickly}'' Don't call it a comeback.

'''STRONG BAD:''' —is what I call—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{more angrily; still quickly}'' Don't call it a comeback.

'''STRONG BAD:''' —a—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{disappears off the side and reappears upside-down}'' Don't call it a comeback.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{jumping forward on his knee}'' —comeback!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{disappears and reappears rightside-up, makes an annoyed sigh}''

''{Homestar disappears while Strong Bad looks upward.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, if a paper survived that, maybe come down... now?

''{Black ashes fall from the top of the screen. Strong Bad looks down at them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. Looks like I need a new one of those, too.

==Easter Eggs==
*When the [[Lappy]] tells [[Strong Bad]] to put his catch phrase about computer destruction on his "bwees-ness" cards, click "bwees-ness card" to see a business card for a computer destruction business.
*At the end, click on the hole in the wall to see an exchange between [[Strong Sad]] as Gardenboy from [[yes, wrestling]] and [[The Announcer]].
:''{Cut to a scene at the [[Gymnasium]] with The Announcer at the left and Gardenboy at the right}''
:'''GARDENBOY:''' Well, you know, announcer man, that's right! All you gophers out there better listen up! The Magnificent Marzipan stole all Gardenboy's garden tools, and I don't care if she's a women's champion, a men's champion, a half woman-half man's champion... Uh, do we have one of those?
:'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Uh, yes, I believe we do.
:'''GARDENBOY:''' Well, can I fight them instead?

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Saag|Saag paneer]] is an Indian curry based dish consisting of spinach, mustard leaf, curry, and [[Wikipedia:Paneer|paneer cheese]].

===Trivia===
[[File:Homestar uncensored.png|thumb|"Aw, a Weasel."]]
*The hiatus between [[email thunder]] and this email (280 days, or nine months and one week) is the longest gap between any two Strong Bad Emails.
*Although it is only visible for a fraction of a second, the text on Homestar's desk has now been changed to "Still this guy!"
*When the Flash file is decompiled, Homestar's battered face is visible behind the censored box.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container|mega race]]".
*This episode marks the first time Strong Bad actually acknowledges how creepy [[Senor Cardgage]] is.
**To be fair, it also marks the first time Senor Cardgage exhibits [[Homsar]]-like [[Homsar#Homsar_and_the_Laws_of_Physics|reality-altering powers]].
*This is the first time the exterior of [[House of the Brothers Strong|Strong Bad's house]] is shown outside of [[SBCG4AP]].
*Strong Bad's [[Periodicals|newspaper]] contains the following [[News Articles|articles]]:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | A sports player signed a contract worth a bunch of money. "Whooey!" said the player's uncle. "I could buy a car with that much cashness."
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | Global relations set all types of box office records this weekend. Studio execs were encouraged by the turn -around. So was I.
|}
*This is the only [[hremail]] accessible from [[Denny's Menu]], as well as the only one accessible from outside the [[New Stuff]] page, not counting the unnamed hremail in [[email thunder]].
*There is no link to email Strong Bad in this email.

===Remarks===
* In [[virus]], the virus caused everything to become corrupted. As part of the corruption, Bubs' shotgun resembled Homestar's leg. However, in the flashback, the shotgun is clearly still a shotgun even before the [[Compy 386]] is shot.
** After the virus was gone, Bubs was seen using a pump action shotgun, when in this clip, it is a double-barreled shotgun.
* Homestar Runner's email was not blocked by [[Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] or his Idiot Filter, as all Homestar emails are in [[candy product]] and [[Strong Badia the Free]], respectively.
* The USB standard had not yet been invented at the time 486-based laptops were available.
* This email contains several instances of [[Deliberately Poor English]].
*Marzipan's Garden Weasel has five wheels with four tines each, while real models have six wheels with eight tines each.
* The subject of Kelly's message, "Coolness", is spelled with a capital 'C' when shown in Strong Bad's inbox. However, when Strong Bad opens the message, "coolness" is displayed with a lowercase 'c'.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar is hit with the Garden Weasel, his face is still visible. The bruises, scars, and blood only appear ''after'' the camera zooms in.
*When the ashes of the paper come down, they fall in front of Strong Bad, but after, some are behind Strong Bad on the floor. Also, although Strong Bad does not move, he is standing on some of the ashes as well.
*When Strong Bad is holding the Garden Weasel and wiping his head, the arm wiping his head is not visible.
*The word "millennium" is misspelled during the description of the steak sandwich.
*For one frame the black part of Strong Bad's mask in the reflection comes off the Tandy when Strong Bad punches it.
*Strong Bad's pants switch from having a purple sheen to having a gray sheen during the course of the cartoon.


===Inside References===
*The text on the mug on Homestar's desk appears to read "Auntie Gertr♥de's Tea", which is likely a reference to [[Aunt Gert]], the pantyhose doll from [[garage sale]].
*The explosion montage comprises scenes from [[gimmicks]], [[invisibility]] (slightly modified; see below), [[virus]] (not previously depicted), [[retirement]] (B), and [[retirement]] (A), respectively.
**In his flashback, the broken [[Tandy 400]] explodes when Strong Bad knocks it off his desk. There was no such explosion in [[invisibility]].
*The broken section of wall above the destroyed desk is the same shape as the the broken section of wall behind the Compy at the end of [[virus]].
*[[Onomatopoeia|Dooj]], as the USB self-destruct button reads, is a common sound effect used for explosions in the Homestar Runner Universe.
*The scene of Bubs and Coach Z in the field is reminiscent of [[Happy Fireworks]], in which the two watched [[fireworks]] in a similar fashion.
**Likewise, the can of [[Cold One#Coldson Lite|Coldson Lite]] reappears.
**Oddly enough, this toon appeared just several days before the 4th of July, the holiday Happy Fireworks was about.
*Strong Sad's "Gardenboy" wrestling persona (seen in the Easter egg) originated in the email [[yes, wrestling]].
*The entire toon is about [[explosions]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when Senor Cardgage first shows up in his house, and he and [[Strong Sad Smiling|Strong Sad]] both smile in the Pop-Tart scene.
*Although censored, [[blood]] can still be seen trickling down Homestar Runner's face after being hit with the garden weasel.
*The scene in which Strong Bad introduces his "new computer" is a parody of the [[Lappy 486]]'s intro in the email [[animal]]. The background is originally from [[The Show]].
*Strong Bad's description of the explosion to Coach Z includes [[Spitting|spitting]].
*Coach Z's "Port Plus" was previously mentioned in [[Jibblies 2]], where he asked the [[Horrible Painting]] for some.
*The Lappy's pronunciation "bwees-ness" was used previously in [[theme park]], where Strong Bad makes fun of how the email's author misspells "business".
*Strong Sad exclaiming "Oh, child!" echoes [[retirement]], when the Lappy exclaimed the same thing.
*The "Fightin' Coach Zs" logo from [[One Two, One Two]] appears on the athletic field.
*Strong Bad's line "Aaah! I can't takes it no more!" from offscreen is reminiscent of [[First Time Here?]].
*"Org-ethnic" is a [[portmanteau]] of "[[organic]]" and "ethnic".
*The image of a [[Lappy_486#Female_Lappy_486|Female Lappy]] with [[Fangs|fangs]] in the explosion could be a reference to the ghosts of the [[Tandy 400]] and [[Compy 386]], as seen in the end of [[retirement]].
**The fanged Lappy itself appeared previously in [[SBCG4AP]], when you [[DELETED]] an email.
*Strong Bad imitating an echo when he reads "Dear Strong Bad," is reminiscent of the beginning of [[redesign]], in which Strong Bad's voice actually echoed as he read those words. (redesign had been released after an extensive hiatus between Strong Bad Emails.)
*Strong Bad reading "Da Newspapes" in the bathroom refers to [[candy product]] and [[underlings]], complete with matching articles and similar one-liners.
*The pop-tart scene involves Strong Bad [[Poor Acting|acting poorly]].

===Real-World References===
*The [[Wikipedia:Garden Weasel|Garden Weasel]] is a garden implement made famous mainly through late night infomercials.
*Strong Bad's remark that Kelly-Usa sounds exotic is a reference to the [[Snopes:business/genius/usa.asp|urban legend]] about Japan renaming a town Usa. This legend was also referenced in [[Donut Unto Others]].
*Senor Cardgage's "Beverly clearly" is a reference to children's author [[Wikipedia:Beverly Cleary|Beverly Cleary]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Pop-Tarts|Pop-Tart]] is a popular breakfast pastry that comes in several flavors and is commonly prepared with a toaster.
*Coach Z's "PORT PLUS +" is a reference to the shampoo/conditioner "Pert Plus", just in a Coach Z accent.
*Strong Bad's "Dooj" button resembles the "Easy" button from commercials for [[Wikipedia:Staples Inc.|Staples]], an office supply chain.
*Homestar's repeating the phrase "Don't call it a comeback" is a reference to the first line of "[[WIkipedia:Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]" by [[Wikipedia:LL Cool J|LL Cool J]].
*Gardenboy's line in the Easter Egg that he doesn't care if Marzipan is a "women's champion or man's champion..." is a nod to [[Wikipedia:Andy Kaufman|Andy Kaufman]], the intergender wrestling champion.
*When the The Steaky Steaky 6 Millenium Edition promo is shown, the "Grilled Mushrooms 32x" refers to the [[Wikipedia:Sega 32X|Sega 32X]], a mushroom shaped add-on for the [[Wikipedia:Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:hremail3184.html|watch "hremail3184"]]
*[[HR:hremail3184.swf|view the Flash file for "hremail3184"]]
*[[Forum:15632|forum thread re: "hremail3184"]]

{{Hremail}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Hremail]]

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:49:42 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sing(s) to music, they '''sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to'''. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] — [[Strong Bad]] sings a few of his songs out of tune.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*[[Strong Bad Email|Email]] [[sibbie]] — Strong Bad sings "I Freakin' Hate Sibbie" in a key that doesn't match the notes from the accompaniment.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*Email [[do over]] — When Strong Bad serenades Ali and Ali's sister, he sings out of tune.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Several characters' last notes in the song are slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Teen Girl Squad]] [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15|Issue 15]] — When [[Tenerence Love]] sings "Light Purple Cummerbund", he's a little flat.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] (Easter egg) — When Homestar sings Saria's Song from ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', he sings a few wrong notes.

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[[Category:Activity running gags]]

sibbie

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:45:34 GMT

MrL: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|76}}
[[Image:sbemail76.png|thumb|"I'd just about had it with that talking toaster."]]

Strong Bad tries his hardest not to write or sing a song about Sibbie.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]], [[The Classroom]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, June 9, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:19

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email! Email! Email! Email!

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
You rock! Your are the most awesomest 
thing ever, but how come you made a 
song about fhqwhgads? Will you make 
a song about me? 
 
Sibbie.</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stops reading after "fhqwhgads" to say:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa. Spelled fhqwhgads right. You wouldn't believe how many I get where they're like, "Hey Strong Bad, I love your fubugrass." Or "Dear Strong Bad, where's that fuguman?" Anyways...

''{He continues reading, his voice getting progressively more incredulous as he does, as apparently he's shocked by the question. He also reads the name as "Sibbie?!" After he finishes, he says...}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh... ''{typing}'' You people and your demands. Look, I'm not here to fulfill your every freakin' whim, alright? Make a song about me. Send Trogdor over to my house. Put on a purple thing and dance around! Well, I've had it! I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever make a song about the sibbie.

''{A beat starts playing in the background, and Strong Bad types and reads along with it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about— ''{stops singing, but continues typing}'' HEY! WHAT!?? Where's that beat coming from?

''{Zoom out a bit. Strong Bad turns to the side and sees The Cheat bobbing around as he plays a keyboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look who thinks he's Clever Dan. What are you trying to do, man? Get out of here!

''{The Cheat mutters something, picks up the keyboard, and walks behind Strong Bad's computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that brought this email to a screeching halt. My focus is all... Krokused. Guess it's time for a break.

''{Strong Bad exits stage left. The Cheat peeks up from behind the computer. Cut to Strong Bad's Basement. Strong Bad enters stage right. The TV emits canned laughter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And... whoop! ''{He leaps over the back of the couch, sitting down to watch TV.}'' Oh, this is the one where the guy's mom shows the guy's girlfriend the pictures of the guy when he was a baby.

'''TV VOICE:''' ''{sounding offended}'' MOM!!! ''{canned laughter, again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the embarrassment.

''{Strong Sad enters stage left, listening to an iPod.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ...never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about Sibbie.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Shut up! Where'd you hear that?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Geez, I don't know. Some song I just downloaded off the Internet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! Ugh. I gotta get out of here. ''{He exits stage left.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{walks toward stage right}'' And I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever...

''{Cut to The Field. Homestar Runner is standing next to a radio, occasionally bobbing left and right to the music.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing on the radio}'' And I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about Sibbie.

''{Strong Bad enters stage right.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{on the radio}'' And coming in at number 4, that was Strong Bad with "Song About Sibbie."

'''STRONG BAD:''' I didn't write a song about Sibbie! The Cheat just started playing some beat! I mean, I wasn't even-- I didn't mean to-- It was never my intention to-- I FREAKIN' HATE SIBBIE!!!

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And debuting at number 3, it's Strong Bad with "I Freakin' Hate Sibbie!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing on the radio}'' I freakin' hate Sibbie...

''{Strong Bad screams. As he screams, he grabs the radio, piledrives it, kicks it over, and then suplexes the radio, damaging it so that it stops playing. He then stands up, breathing hard. His right eye twitches twice in succession.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, man! I'd just about had it with that talking toaster.

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

==Easter Eggs==

*Click on the words "purple thing" to see Strong Bad's [[Wikipedia:Fruit of the Loom|Fruit of the Loom]] impression as purple [[grapes]] with the caption "lookin' good, SB."
*At the very end you can click on the [[booOOMbox]] to see Strong Bad teaching a class how to say "[[Fhqwhgads]]."
:''{Strong Bad and Homestar are standing in front of a chalkboard with "FHQWHGADS" written on it.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' "Fhqwhgads."
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Fubugrass.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Say it with a flourish. "Fhqwhgads."
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Fooboomagoo.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' It doesn't sound like it looks. "Fhqwhgads."
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{popping up in the foreground}'' Forhorglingrads!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Coach Z, I thought I asked you to leave, like, an hour ago.
:'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{pushing Coach Z out of the way}'' DOUGLAS!!!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! We've had a breakthrough! You get a gold star.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Fhqwhgads" originated in [[i love you]]; the song Sibbie is referring to is [[Everybody to the Limit]].

===Trivia===
*The menu on [[Strong Sad's iPod]] reads "playlists", "songs", and "settings", but a Rev. 1 iPod's menu should read "Playlists", "Artists", "Songs", "Settings", "About", and "Now Playing".
**However, it is possible to change the settings of an iPod to customize the main menu.
*When this email was first released, Strong Bad had typed "stongbad_email.exe" as in the previous email, with no ill effects. This error was corrected about a year later.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#id 50 K race walk|50 K race walk]]".

===Remarks===
*The voice of Strong Bad on the radio and the lyrics Strong Sad sings include the phrase "...song about Sibbie." However, Strong Bad said "...song about ''the'' Sibbie." Furthermore, the beat had not entered by the time he said Sibbie.
**Similarly, the lyric for "I Freaking Hate Sibbie" doesn't sound like what Strong Bad screamed.
*The beat generated by The Cheat's keyboard stops by itself.

===Goofs===
*[[The Cheat's keyboard]] appears to have an extra key between E and F and ''two'' extra keys between B and C.
*When Strong Bad performs the vertical suplex on the radio, the radio is picked up speaker-up, and lands speaker-up. The way this move is performed, it should have landed speaker-down.

===Inside References===
*Strong Mad saying "[[Douglas]]!" in the "fhqwhgads class" Easter egg is a reference to [[cheat talk]].
*The "fhqwhgads class" itself is a reference to [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*The radio which Homestar is listening to also appears in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*Strong Bad calling The Cheat "Clever Dan" is yet another reference to the running gag of [[Dan]].

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad refers to the Swiss metal band [[Wikipedia:Krokus|Krokus]], which had mainstream success in the '80s with their covers of rock anthems such as "School's Out" and "Ballroom Blitz".
*Strong Bad reveals his [[Professional Wrestling|wrestling]] skill when he attacks the radio, performing a [[Wikipedia:Professional wrestling throws#Piledriver|piledriver]], kick, then a [[Wikipedia:Suplex#Vertical suplex|vertical suplex]].

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad makes the same screaming sound when he is stuck in the black in [[virus]], when [[Little Girl]] asks him to in [[Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!]], and in [[Where The Crap Are We?]].
*The Cheat creates another musical remix of spoken dialogue in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]].
*Strong Bad semi-contradicts his statement of not having to fulfill every demand requested of him in the email [[lady fan]], where he says when he's sent stupid emails, he's obligated by law to do what they ask.

== DVD Version ==
*The Fruit-of-the-Loom Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail76.html|watch "sibbie"]]
*[[HR:sbemail76.swf|view the Flash file for "sibbie"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:33:33 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decides to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads|fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] et al — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.
*Email [[dictionary]] — Two of the words in ''[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]'', "pffgh" and "graaauuughnck", have five consonants in a row for each word. Furthermore, "pffgh" doesn't have a single vowel.
*Email [[videography]] — A tape emerges from a VCR with a label on it reading "bar-mitzfvfahs". "Mitzfvfahs" has five consecutive consonants.

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[[Category:Word running gags]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:30:27 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads|fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] et al — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.
*Email [[dictionary]] — Two of the words in ''[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]'', "pffgh" and "graaauuughnck", have five consonants in a row for each word. Furthermore, "pffgh" doesn't have a single vowel.
*Email [[videography]] — A tape emerges from a VCR with a label on it reading "bar-mitzfvfahs". "Mitzfvfahs" has five consecutive consonants.

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Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:28:37 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sing(s) to music, they '''sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to'''. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] — [[Strong Bad]] sings a few of his songs out of tune.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*Email [[do over]] — When Strong Bad serenades Ali and Ali's sister, he sings out of tune.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Several characters' last notes in the song are slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Teen Girl Squad]] [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15|Issue 15]] — When [[Tenerence Love]] sings "Light Purple Cummerbund", he's a little flat.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] (Easter egg) — When Homestar sings Saria's Song from ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', he sings a few wrong notes.

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Talk:Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:25:56 GMT

MrL: /* Okay page, but the examples are kinda... */

== Okay page, but the examples are kinda... ==

Off. First of all, unless it's mentioned by the characters themselves, do the keys need to be noted?

Secondly, I think "Light Purple Cummerbund" did deliberately that for stylistic reasons. "Havin' Fun with my Friends"... I don't think Homestar IS singing off-key, except on the solitary word "hands". Okay, Strong Sad is a bit off in [[fan club]], and we can note The Cheat in [[Where You Goin' To?]] completely safely since even Marzipan comments on it being off-key, but I'm unsure on LPC and just think HFwmF should be completely stricken from the record. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
:I've been trying to check on LPC all day, and my computer flat-out refuses to load TGS 15. I seem to recall it being non-jarring, though, as JaY says (I'd really think someone who had several years of ear training like I did would have noticed a truly bitonal work). As for HFwkF, yes, agree completely. There are a few notes in that song that are not so much off-key as they are just spoken, not sung. But Teenage Homestar's still in C.
:While I want to subtract one, I have a suggestion for something to add: Strong Sad's pretty horribly off in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]. That'd maybe be enough to make this page more worthwhile. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
::Even if they sang "Light Purple Cummerbund" out of tune on purpose, it's still out of tune, so I'd say it's worth mentioning. [[User:MrL|MrL]] 15:25, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== Stubbed articles ==

How can you really tell if an article is a "stub" or not? Does the article have to be a certain length? And have we already found all the examples so far? [[User:MrL|MrL]] 21:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Strong Bad Sings

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:21:27 GMT

MrL:

{{toonnav|Shorts|sbsings|The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar|Kick the Can}}
[[Image:Strong Bad Sings Toon.png|thumb|right|300px|"You've got an ugly butt, and a stupid... butt."]]

{{abouttoon}} {{for|[[Wikipedia:Compact disc|compact disc]]|Strong Bad Sings And Other Type Hits}}

An advertisement for a fictional album of songs by Strong Bad.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Fat Bluebird]], {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Date:''' 2000

'''Running Time:''' 1:42

'''Page Title:''' A Web-Only Special Offer

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{Open on a snowy mountain backdrop. While the Announcer is first speaking, Strong Bad walks up and a big, fat bird alights on his boxing glove}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' For years, he's thrilled and captivated himself with his music. And now, it's your turn.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am. I mean, how awesome I AAAAAAAAAAAAM.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Strong Bad Sings! Featuring hundreds of your favorite Strong Bad hits!

''{Cut to Strong Bad singing in front of a black backdrop. Titles of his various songs scroll by. Titles in bold are yellow on the screen.}''

*Who is the Guy That Wins All the Contests?
*What's the Problem With Your Stupid Face?
*Everybody Loves a Little Competition
*I Never Said I Wouldn't Try to Beat the Crap Out of You
*'''Let's Make Believe That We're in Love (So I Can Break Up with You)'''
*The Last Time I Didn't Come in First Was Never, I Mean Earlier Today
*The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name
*Everyone Who Doesn't Like Me More Than Likely Sucks Real Bad
*'''You've Got an Ugly and Stupid Butt'''
*Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested
*This One Time I Saw Homestar Punching a Kitten in the Throat
*The Only Thing Wrong With You is Everything
*'''Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Let's make believe that we're in love, so I can break up with you.

''{another Strong Bad head appears in profile above the other Strong Bad and begins to sing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' You've got an ugly butt, and a stupid... butt.

''{The extra Strong Bad heads disappear. Background switches to a desert background, and the main Strong Bad begins zooming in slowly.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Now available for the first time anywhere outside his basement.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting announcer and singing}'' Somebody told me that you were so stupid, but I didn't believe them, but now I believe them.

''{Cut to a display of all the media available. As The Announcer states what they are, items appear and stack up}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Available on three records, seven CDs, twelve cassettes or thirty 8-track tapes. You might expect to pay almost a hundred dollars for this rare collection. It's all yours for only one easy installment of $193.75!

''{Cut to the cover of the album mentioned below.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Act now and receive "Strong Mad Forgets the Words To His Favorites" absolutely free!

''{Cut to a room where The Cheat is playing "Happy Birthday" on a piano.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Ummmm.... uuuhhh... Ummmm...

''{Cut to the "Order now" screen. The "Strong Bad Sings" record, CD, cassette, and 8-track are shown, with the ordering information below it.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' To order your copy of "Strong Bad Sings," call 1-800-428-64 tooty-two, or send check, cash, or money order to ''{stumbling over words}'' four six-ty nine, The Place to Be... Uhhh... refunds not available in Maine or Arkansas.

''{The ordering information is actually a bit different. It says:}''

<blockquote>Strong Bad Sings 
1-800-555-SBSINGS 
 
or send check, cash, money order, 
brownies, or birthday presents to: 
 
P.O. Box 212 
Strong Bad's House 
Free Country, USA</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
[[Image:Strong Bad Sings missing title.png|thumb|right|220px|Hidden title]]
===Trivia===
*The photos used for the background of the CD/Cassette/8-track cover have "[[Wikipedia:Corbis|corbis.com]]" in the bottom left corner of them. (It's most noticeable on the [[8-Tracks]]: just zoom in.)
*In older versions of the Flash, the phone number at the end was 1-800-BAD-SONG. That was changed because it turned out that was a real number for a Limousine service in the New York area.
**The number would really be: 1-800-223-7664.
*There is another title in the song list that was never shown in the toon. It's called "Keep On Keepin' It On (I Am So Awesome)".
*[[Mike Chapman]] is the voice of Announcer 2.
*At the end, the commentator says to call 1-800-428-64 tooty-two. This phone number actually belongs to Tank Technologies and Supply in Rogers, MN, assuming tooty-two is 22.
*Three records (LPs) would equal 135 minutes of music (2 hours, 15 minutes).
**Seven CDs worth of songs would equal, at most, 560 minutes of music (9 hours, 20 minutes).
***Twelve cassette tapes would equal 1080 minutes of music (18 hours).
****Thirty 8-track tapes would equal up to 1200 minutes of music (20 hours).
*This is the first mention of [[Free Country, USA]].
*This is the first appearance of [[Tooty-two]].
*Some of the songs are [[Singing Out of Tune|sung out of tune]].

===Remarks===
*Strong Mad's eyebrows are gray for this cartoon.
*The phone number at the end is 13 digits long. Standard phone numbers in the United States include only 10 digits; however, additional letters are often added in commercials for the value of having the phone number spell a word.

===Inside References===
*The song "Who is the Guy That Wins All the Contests?" is a reference to the song Strong Bad sings to himself in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*The title "Everyone loves a little competition" is a reference to [[The Reddest Radish]].

===Fast Forward===
*Many of these songs are remade and featured on the CD [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].

== DVD Version ==
*The song The Cheat plays to Strong Mad is changed to "Hot Cross Buns".
*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]])
[[Image:Fat Bluebird.PNG|thumb|Yep, it's on the wiki.]]
'''MATT:''' Oh, that Fat Bluebird.

'''MIKE:''' It's the re— it's one of my favorite characters. ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' I wonder is the Fat Bluebird on the wiki?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Look at Strong Bad's mouth and his mask. It's before he had the highlights on his eyes—

'''MATT:''' What about that great background we're using there?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. I think I may have bought that as clip art.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' I think so.

'''MATT:''' How legitimate of you, for as early on as this was.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah. It was like five bucks, maybe. Strong Bad's mouth gets a lot, uh, wider no— back then than it does now.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, and taller. It pretty much goes from stem to stern.

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

'''MATT:''' Uh, so a lot of— some of these songs we ended up making on the CD. The Strong Bad Sings CD. Now that back—

'''MIKE:''' ''{cracking up while speaking}'' That background I did not pay for!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' You didn't pay two cents for that one!

'''MIKE:''' I didn't try very hard, either!

'''MATT:''' I always enjoyed this part, though. I thought you did a good job. I was amazed that we could fit that many symbols on the screen at the s— at one time. I didn't think that was possible.

'''MIKE:''' ''{incomprehensible}''

'''MATT:''' So, here's the old announcer; he's still around. So don't, you guys, don't tell them about it; we had to change this so—

'''MIKE:''' Hot Cross Buns!

'''MATT:''' The Happy— the Happy B-day people—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously, sings}'' Hot Cross Buns! ''{alone, speaking}'' Those Nazis! ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' ''{cracking up while speaking}'' —didn't come and make us pay them eight cents!

'''MIKE:''' The Hot Cross Buns people are totally cool. ''{laughs}'' That's my first appearance on the website, vocally.

'''MATT:''' That's true.

'''BOTH:''' It used to be 1-800-BAD-SONG—

'''MIKE:''' —and it was a real number.

'''MATT:''' It was, like, a limo driver in Brooklyn, or something, I think!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, somebody, and he would send us angry emails about people calling that number.

===Fun Facts===
*"[[Wikipedia:Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday to You]]" is in fact a [[Wikipedia:Happy Birthday to You#Copyright issues and public performances|copyrighted]] song, which explains The Brothers Chaps' remark about having to change the song The Cheat plays to "Hot Cross Buns".
*At the time of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]]'s release, the Fat Bluebird was not mentioned specifically on the wiki. On the first day the disc was available, the bluebird was listed in the cast at the top of this page in response to the commentary above, and then not long after that it got its own screenshot and article.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbsings.html|watch "Strong Bad Sings"]]
*[[HR:sbsings.swf|view the Flash file for "Strong Bad Sings"]]

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[[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:18:56 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sing(s) to music, they '''sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to'''. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] — [[Strong Bad]] sings a few of his songs out of tune.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*Email [[do over]] — When Strong Bad serenades Ali and Ali's sister, he sings out of tune.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Several characters' last notes in the song are slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.
* [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] (Easter egg) — When Homestar sings Saria's Song from ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', he sings a few wrong notes.

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Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:18:31 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sing(s) to music, they '''sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to'''. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] — [[Strong Bad]] sings a few of his songs out of tune.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*Email [[do over]] — When Strong Bad serenades Ali and Ali's sister, he sings out of tune.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Several characters' last notes in the song are slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.
* [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — In an Easter egg, when Homestar sings Saria's Song from ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', he sings a few wrong notes.

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Doomy Tales of the Macabre

MrL — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:14:24 GMT

MrL: /* Easter Eggs */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|ween09|Decomposing Pumpkins|Homestarloween Party}}
[[File:GloomyTalesOfTheMacabre.png|thumb|Doomy Tales]]

Strong Sad takes control this year!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[Onion Bubs]], {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Sad Kids}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}

{{costumeslink}}

'''Places:''' [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[The Halloween House]], [[Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Thursday, October 29, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 5:57

'''Page Title:''' Available wherever doomy books are sold!

==Transcript==
''{Open to an almost-entirely black screen, with a window in the corner. As the following words are said, they are written at the bottom of the screen in red.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''{He has a slight echo throughout the toon, unless noted.}'' One chilled ''{said as "chillèd"}'' Hallow's Eve I rose,

''{Strong Sad steps out of the shadows. The next line is not written on the screen.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And sat right down to writing,

''{He sits down as a desk moves in to view, with a paper and inkwell on it. He pulls out a pen and takes it to the paper.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' For none had bothered to propose, to their parties, my inviting.

''{Cut back to another mostly-black screen with another window. Strong Sad is seen writing at the desk in white silhouette. The words are again written in red.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So I crafted such a macabre ''{said in an exaggerated fashion}'' tale there in my darkened room

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' To achieve literary justice, and send each to their DOOOOM! ''{As he says the final word, a skull image appears over his head, the screen glows slightly green, and a musical sting is heard.}''

''{To music, a book entitled "DOOMY TALES OF THE MACABRE by S. Sad" appears. On the cover, Strong Sad is dressed as the grim reaper and laughing. In front of him lie skulls of other main characters.}''

''{Cut to the exterior of the King of Town's castle. One window is brightly lit. The camera zooms in on that window.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' We start with the most expendable. Grrrreetings, ''{with the R rolled}'' King of Town!

''{Cut to inside the castle, where the King of Town is slowly sinking into a giant boiling pot.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' For this glutton, a stew of mutton in which to slowly drown!

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I thought these were tales of the McArby: ''{A book appears with "TALES OF THE McARBY" on it, showing an enormous hamburger.}'' the mythical fast-food crossover sandwich of legend!

''{The book disappears. The King of Town is now mostly submerged. He gurgles a bit and munches on the mutton on the way down. A skull image in the shape of The Municipality logo appears over his head as he sinks, to a musical sting. Cut to an image of a crystal ball.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' What's this? ''{Marzipan walks up to the crystal, and a distorted reflection of her is visible in it.}'' The fair maid Marzipan considering a brand new man?

''{Homestar leans in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan! Have you seen my toenail clippings? I left them right on top of your toothbrush.

''{Marzipan glares at Homestar for a moment, and then into the crystal.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Crystal, crystal, on the ball, I need a better boyfriend, y'all!

''{Closeup on the ball, which is glowing. A buzzing sound is heard.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' But the gypsy forces she invoked decided they would play a joke!

''{The ball flashes to a thunderclap. Cut to Homestar, but pan immediately so that only his shadow is visible.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' AaaaaaaaAAAAAAA...

''{His shadow and voice both shift to match Coach Z's}''

'''COACH Z:''' AAAAARRAOOOOOORR!

''{Pan back over to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey there, my little love jorb! ''{Holds up his foot, which is encased in a shoe that's falling apart. It's stained and some hairs are on it.}'' These bunions, corns, and calluses aren't gonna pumice themselves!

''{Cut to Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{halfheartedly; a skull appears over her face to the musical sting}'' Nuuuuuuu... Oh, wait, ''{squinting}'' what's that say? ''{The skull appears to the musical sting again.}'' Nooooooooo!

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is in silhouette. The top of the screen resembles the paper Strong Sad is writing on, and Strong Sad's line is written on it.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And now we join a man obse—

''{Sudden cut back to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, what abrat ''my'' doom?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Um, you're already Coach Z. No sense in beating a dead horse.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, good point!

''{A skull appears over his face to the musical sting. Cut back to the Concession Stand, the same as before.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And now we join a man obsessed with sales and liquidation,

''{Cut to inside the Stand. Bubs is concocting some sort of potion with a complicated device. He has some bubble gum in his costume's wig. A bottle of "TOXIC WASTE" is sitting near him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dabbling with fiendish tests and genetic experimentation.

'''BUBS:''' I'll just take this piece of brain from my wig... ''{grabs the bubble gum and throws it into the concoction. Strong Sad's face appears in the top-left corner of the screen.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' But you all know how these things go, with unnatural creations.

''{Cut back outside the Stand.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A puff of smoke! ''{smoke appears}'' A greenish glow! ''{the space inside the Stand turns green}'' Voila! Horrible abominations!

''{A giant puff of smoke appears. The text on the stand has been replaced with Bubs-like eyes, and teeth resembling Bubs' teeth hang above the stand's window. Bubs, now clearly visible, looks up at this. The stand growls and the teeth shake.}''

'''BUBS:''' Aw, this was supposed to ''reduce'' my overhead! Not turn ''into'' my head!

''{The teeth chomp at Bubs, severing his head from his body. The head, with Xs in place of eyes, flies forward and lands in front of Onion Bubs.}''

'''ONION BUBS:''' Welcome to my world! Ehhhhh-heheheheheheeeeeeeh!

''{A skull appears over Bubs' head to a musical sting. Cut to Pom Pom and the Poopsmith in the middle of the field.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' These two no-talkers need to go!

''{A piece of paper comes down from the top of the screen; both characters look at it. "Poopmith" is written on it over Strong Sad's next line.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Let's eliminate a Poopsmith O!

''{The word on the paper becomes "POpmith". A tire pump that looks like it came from an old video game appears in front of the Poopsmith. The Poopsmith looks at it and starts pumping it. As he does, a tube connects from it to Pom Pom. Pom Pom becomes pixelated and grows bigger, until he pops. Crickets chirp for a moment.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover, unsure}'' Oh, uh, and Pom Pom was filled with a deadly gas... ''{a cloud of gas appears where Pom Pom was}'' that killed the Popsmith...really...fast.

''{The Poopsmith suddenly falls over onto the tire pump. A skull appears over his head, and over Pom Pom's cloud, with a really fast musical sting. Cut to Homestar running in the field.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Homestar Runner, fast, like the whind, but how fast can he run when his knees can't bend?

''{As Homestar passes a tree, his legs straighten out to a musical sting. He keeps running, albeit slower, anyway.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oooh! Hey, this ain't so bad! ''{Hearts appear over his head}'' Give me the good thoughts, you know.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Well, I'll revise, then, if you please. What if each leg had several knees?

''{A flash of light and musical sting as Homestar's legs become curved and tangled. Nonetheless, he shuffles along anyway.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, great! It's like I'm wadin' through puddin' with every step! And everyone knows how much the Homestar Runner loves wadin' through puddin'. ''{He stops.}'' Strong Sad, these doomy tales of macrame aren't very scary. ''{He walks forward.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, there's an idea!

''{Cut to the dark room where Strong Sad is writing, now silhouetted in gray. Homestar shuffles in as a white silhouette. The words are written on the bottom of the screen again.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A crafty fad, once loved by all. I'll hang you on a '70s basement wall!

''{Suddenly, the background becomes a yellow wallpaper, and Homestar becomes a macrame owl hanging on it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{terrified}'' Oh no! Macrame! My worst nightmare!

''{Marzipan steps forward.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' But Macrame Owl Homestar, I give you a macrame dream catcher for Decemberween every year.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My point exactlyyyyyyy!

''{A skull appears over the macrame Homestar to the musical sting. Marzipan jumps back in surprise. Coach Z steps in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Get back upstairs and cook my seventies dinner, woman!

''{Marzipan scowls and walks off.}''

'''COACH Z:''' And put on a pantsuit, fer cryin' out loud!

''{Cut to the Sad Kids approaching a house with a candy bag. A paper appears, with Strong Sad's words written on it.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Halloween is very handy, for those with appetites for candy.

''{The paper disappears as a hand drops a piece of candy into the bag. The Sad Kids walk off.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Except for greedy trick-or-treaters...

''{Cut to Strong Mad and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Like Strong Mad and The Cheat... ''{struggles for a rhyme}'' er...

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' CHECK OUT MY NEW TREAT BAG!

''{He indicates a dumpster with "TR[[Lowercase i's|i]]CK TREAT" spray-painted on it.}''

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

''{Cut to the moon, panning back.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' All night long, they gathered sweets,

''{The dumpster comes into view. Candy is poured into it.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And tossed upon the growing heap! When finally struck the midnight hour,

''{Strong Mad and The Cheat appear in the dumpster and start scarfing down candy. The Cheat disappears suddenly.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' 'Twas not just candy he devoured! ''{chuckles}''

''{Strong Mad chokes a little and yellow hairs fly out of his mouth.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' THE CHEAT? NOOOOOO!!!

''{A skull appears over Strong Mad's head, and another appears around his stomach for The Cheat, for the musical sting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' That's not macabre! ''{pronounced as "macab-er"}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing near the dumpster.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad eats The Cheat like four times a day! Why[[#Footnotes|1]] do you think we give him baths?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, fine! ''{Strong Bad looks upwards left and right, in search of Strong Sad}'' Well, I saved the ''most'' macabre ''{exaggerated}'' for last!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'd like to see you get macabré on mé!

''{Cut to the Compé. Strong Bad types Strong Sad's words.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Strong Bad, as he always does, checks emails from his fans, what if,

''{Cut to behind the Compé.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' instead of boxing gloves, a pair of human hands?!

''{Strong Bad's hands are replaced by human hands. Strong Bad recoils. The Compé's monitor falls away. The hands' fingers continually move, except when in contact with the Compé's keyboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaahhh! I'm hideous! How will I ever type with these waggly knuckled monstrosities?!

''{He attempts to type, but fails. A skull appears over his head to the musical sting. Fade out and back in to Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Now all have met their grisly fate, such horrors for you to see. Perchance next time they'll all think twice before not inviting me!

''{The lights suddenly come on, and Strong Sad looks up with a happy surprised face.}''

'''ALL:''' Happy Halloween, Strong Sad!

''{Cut back to show Strong Sad looking at all the other main characters except Homsar.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{His voice no longer exhibits the echo}'' A surprise party? Just for me?! Oh, you guys shouldn't have! You all really do care!

''{The characters all fall forward, revealed to be a giant cardboard cutout with a tape player behind it.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh. ''{to the viewer, nervously:}'' Heh, heh, you weren't really supposed to see that, uh... let's just flick the light back off, shall we?

''{He turns off the light. The words "the end." appear to music, with skulls of the characters appearing below it. Cut to a scene of all the characters standing around in the field.}''

===Footnotes===
#This may also be heard as "how".

==Easter Eggs==
* During the scene with Pom Pom and The Poopsmith in the field, click on The Poopsmith's Goron Ruby tattoo to see the Homsar Easter egg.

:''{Shows the clip of Homsar being crushed by the Heavy Lourde from [[homsar]].}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Crushed once by a Heavy Lourde in sbemail number two. To keep this little weirdo dead, only a heavy gourd will do!
:'''HOMSAR:''' My punjab has a pretty price-tag! ''{His bowler hat spins in midair and flies off the top of the screen}''
:''{A gourd marked "Heavy Gourd" comes down and crushes Homsar, then his skull flashes over where he used to be to the musical sting. His hat lands on top of the gourd.}''

*At the end, click on Strong Mad:
:'''STRONG MAD:''' MOVE-A MOVE-A!

*At the end, click on The Poopsmith:
:''{Homestar sings Saria's song from [[Wikipedia:The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time|The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time]] [[Singing Out Of Tune|slightly off-key]] as The Poopsmith dances}''

*At the end, click on Bubs:
:'''BUBS:''' Hey, Coach Z, you seen my wallet?
:'''COACH Z:''' Well, what does it look like?
:'''BUBS:''' It's the one that says "Bad business practices".

*At the end, click on The King of Town:
:'''STRONG BAD:''' The King of Town ate the colonel's mustard, and the rope, and the parlor.
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I admit to only two thirds of that statement!

*At the end, click on Coach Z:
:'''COACH Z:''' Say, Marzipan, peep this: "You take two steps frorward and I'll take two steps back." Huh? No? I'm a cold-hearted snake? Rush rush? The Laker girls?

*At the end, click on The Cheat:
:''{The Cheat grabs his backside and pulls himself into the air. A stone podium inscribed "UNLESS" appears under The Cheat, and he flies away. The podium disappears and The Cheat reappears with a pop.}''

*At the end, click on Strong Bad:
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the evil moon is crashing into the Earth again! What a totally un-frustrating way to play a video game!

*At the end, click on Marzipan:
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Run, Marzipan, Run—off of a cliff, preferably.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' You Kinder-Überraschung!

*At the end, click on Homestar:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, I'm just gonna save everybody some time and burn through these. ''{quickly}'' Pom Pom? Underwater orange juice man? Classic. Strong Bad? Scarecrow and Mrs. King? I would've preferred Jake and the Fat Man, but nice work. The Cheat as the thorax? Love it. Favorite part of the insect. Coach Z? Not sure if I wanna know the answer to this, but did you steal Mickey Mouse's pants? Marzipan, off-duty Ronald McDonald? It is what it is. And finally, Homestar, you seem to be distraught. ''{turns around}'' People try and make me sound a lot... weird, y'know, and I'm strong! And I can... kick... ''{lifts his leg to kick. It becomes the curled-up tangle it was during the toon.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Macabre|Macabre]] is a literary and artistic style characterized by its grim nature and details of death.
*[[Wikipedia:Macrame|Macrame]] is a form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time Onion Bubs has ever spoken.
*This is the fourth Halloween toon featuring more than one character's costumes being from the same source (and the second consecutive one), after the following:
**[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] (two [[Mario]] characters: the King of Town as Mario, Bubs as Captain Lou Albano, the voice of Mario on a cartoon show based on the games)
**[[Happy Hallow-day]] (three [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]] characters: Strong Bad as Father Guido Sarducci, Strong Sad as Tony Clifton, Homsar as Ed Grimley)
**[[Most in the Graveyard]] (two [[Wikipedia:Scud: The Disposable Assasin|Scud]] characters: The Cheat as Drywall, Pom Pom as SCUD)
*This is also the second time that a character has sported two different costumes in the same Halloween Toon: Strong Sad is wearing his Grim Reaper getup on the cover of his book.
*This is the second Halloween toon with no real credits, after [[Happy Hallow-day]].

===Remarks===
*Many characters [[fourth wall breaks|break the fourth wall]] by speaking to Strong Sad as he narrates. Marzipan does so by "misreading a cue card". Strong Bad also does so by typing what Strong Sad is narrating. Strong Sad does so by addressing the audience at the end.
*The patty on the McArby resembles that of the [[Blubb-O's|Thick 'n Nasty]].
*This cartoon suggests that both Coach Z and Homestar have toes.
*The Compé was purchased with, and has been shown with, a mouse. However, it appears to be absent in this toon, though it could have fallen off the desk with the Compé itself.
*This toon suggests that Strong Bad has a wireless keyboard.
*Marzipan wears a tank top in this Toon, revealing her skin. This adds to the theory that her body is skirt-shaped.

===Goofs===
*The Poopsmith is dressed as Darunia, but the tag at the end says that he is "King Dirunia". In addition to the spelling error, Darunia (though the leader of the Gorons) is not a king. The Gorons in Goron City refer to him only as "Big Brother".
*Homsar's hat is dressed up for Halloween, but at the end, he is wearing his normal bowler hat.
*"Poopsmith" and "Popsmith" are both missing the "s" when they are written on the parchment Paper.

===Inside References===
*Bubs' Concession Stand turning into Bubs's head also happened in the [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!|2005 April Fools' Day special]].
*Strong Bad's fate is [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|human hands]].
*The dooms written by Strong Sad involve the [[death]]s of several characters.
*The King Of Town's "death" is by [[stew]].
*Strong Sad mentions that Homsar was killed by the [[Heavy Lourde]] in [[homsar|sbemail number 2]].
*Homestar has trouble [[What are you supposed to be?|identifying the costumes]].
*Strong Sad's pronunciation of "macabre" is [[Foreign Words|irregular]].
*Strong Sad suggests that Strong Mad [[The Cheat being eaten|eats the Cheat]].
*The King of Town's skull image resembles the logo for [[the Municipality]].
*This toon is done in the style of the poetry of [[Edgar Allan Poe]].
*Strong Bad previously showed his inability to type with fingers in email [[fingers]].
*Strong Sad is seen [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiling]].
*Coach Z says [[Jorb]].
*Homsar was previously referred to as "this little weirdo" in [[different town]].

===Real-World References===
[[File:Majora's Moon.png|thumb|300px|What a totally unfrustrating likeness!]]
*McArby is a [[portmanteau]] of [[McDonald's]] and [[Wikipedia:Arby's|Arby's]].
*Strong Bad's comment about the moon falling refers to ''[[The Legend of Zelda|The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'', in which, the moon would come crashing down after 3 in-game days (About 54-72 minutes real-world time, under normal conditions), causing a game over unless Link reset time using the Ocarina of Time. His comment about it being a "totally unfrustrating" manner of play refers to how this time limit and limited saving caused frustration among some gamers having to repeat similar parts of the game frequently as well as a feeling of being rushed. The face on the moon as he says this resembles the one in the game.
*The song that Homestar sings and the Poopsmith dances to is Saria's Song from [[Wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]. In this game, the player must make Goron Chieftain Darunia dance to this song. This tune also plays in different locations in various later games in the series.
*Marzipan says "Crystal, crystal, on the ball," a reference to the line "Magic mirror, on the wall" from [[Wikipedia: Snow White|Snow White]], which was mistakenly interpreted as "Mirror, mirror, on the wall."
*When you click on Homestar at the end of the toon, the Easter Egg wraps up with him claiming to be strong and able to kick. This, along with Homestar's costume, is a reference to Crispin Glover's 1987 [[wikipedia:Crispin_Glover#Late_Night_appearance|appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman"]] where he kicked at Letterman.
*Coach Z's Easter egg makes heavy reference to [[Wikipedia:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]], including her songs "[[Wikipedia:Opposites Attract|Opposites Attract]]", "Cold Hearted Snake" and "Rush Rush". [[Wikipedia:MC Skat Kat|MC Skat Kat]] first appeared in the Abdul's "Opposites Attract" video.
*Strong Bad's quote "Run, Marzipan, Run" is based on the source of Marzipan's costume, the German movie ''[[Wikipedia:Run Lola Run|Run Lola Run]]''.
**Marzipan's reply, "You [[Wikipedia: Kinder Surprise|Kinder-Überraschung]]!" refers to the [[German]] confection also known as "Kinder Surprise" or "Kinder Egg".
*Bubs' Easter egg is reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'', where his costume, Jules, originated from. Jules had a wallet saying a similar, but vulgar phrase on it.
*Bubs pulling the brain from his hair is a reference to a scene from Pulp Fiction.
*[[Wikipedia: Scarecrow and Mrs. King|Scarecrow and Mrs. King]] was a US TV series that ran from 1983 and 1987 about the adventures of a spy and a divorced housewife.
*[[Wikipedia: Jake and the Fatman|Jake and the Fatman]] was a US TV series that ran from 1987 to 1992 about a prosecuting attorney and an investigator.
*The Cheat "lifts himself up by the seat of his pants" and "takes leave of this place... without leaving a trace," leaving only a pile of rocks bearing the word "UNLESS," just as The Lorax does.
**There is also a Thneed lying at The Cheat's feet when he is first shown. A Thneed is a product made from the Lorax's beloved Truffula Trees, and which (claims the Once-Ler, the book's villain) "everyone, everyone, everyone needs."
*When Strong Mad says "MOVE-A MOVE-A," it is a reference to a lyric spoken in the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing."
*Homsar is dressed as [[Wikipedia: Little Orphan Annie|Little Orphan Annie]], and his line refers to "Punjab," a recurring character from that comic strip.

==External Links==
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How do you type with boxing gloves on?

MrL — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:43:19 GMT

MrL:

[[Image:compy 386 side view.png|thumb|I don't see any fingers, do ''you'' see any fingers?]]
[[Image:Stoyboard boxing gloves.PNG|thumb|A claustrophobic close-up]]
[[Image:Typing with gloves on.PNG|thumb|Clickety clack clack]]

'''"How do you type with boxing gloves on?"''' and its variants are questions that [[Strong Bad]] is asked on a regular basis in his [[Strong Bad Email|emails]]. [[The Brothers Chaps]] obviously must be asked it so often that they made it a running gag.

Strong Bad hates this question, and it is often [[DELETED]]. [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] is apparently frequently asked the similar question, "How do you manage the [[Supra Modern Telegram|telegramophone]] whilst wearing gentleman's sport gloves?" Strong Bad parodies this question in the [[Fan Costume Commentary]] and the email [[vacation]]. In the DVD commentary for the email [[video games]], The Brothers Chaps say that they might come up with a way to answer this question someday. However, in February 2006, they also included this question as one of five topics which will likely [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|never be addressed in a Strong Bad Email]].

On a related note, Strong Bad seems capable of typing not only with his boxing gloves, but with any part of his body he wishes. In [[sisters]] he types "head—hit—keyboard" by striking the keyboard with his head, and in [[funny]] he types "WOAH!! I CAN TYPE WITH ONE FOOT!" by hitting the keyboard with his foot. In [[bottom 10]], he even typed when his keyboard was covered in [[puking|vomit]], and in [[tape-leg]], he typed with one hand while removing tape from his shoe. Likewise, in [[crying]], he typed a complete sentence, with punctuation and spelling, with one hand, while holding up a drawing of [[Li'l Brudder]] with the other.

Oddly enough, in [[dullard]] Strong Bad types with his thumbs facing up, as if he were touching the keys with the bottoms of his fists.

At one point, in the email [[fingers]], he tried prosthetic fingers made of various items such as [[prawn]], action figures, etc. Their effect on his typing skills, though, was disastrous. However, in [[morning routine]] he was able to type successfully with a [[Potate]] bag covering his right hand.

Since Strong Bad just about never looks at his keyboard whilst typing, he is considered to be a "touch-typist", yet in the email [[pom pom]], he puts a blindfold on while he's at the computer, which greatly messes up his typing.

In the email [[highschool]], [[Teenage Variation|Teenage Strong Bad]] plays the keyboard in [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]], even though he doesn't have fingers.

In the email [[pop-up]], the [[Tandy 400]] was featured in the book asking "HOW TYPE BOX GLOVES?" Strong Bad described this as "his [[Crap|crappy]] old computer, asking the same crappy old questions."

In the email [[part-time job]], Strong Bad portrays himself in a drawing without his left glove on, displaying 3 fingers instead.

A similar question that gets asked often is how [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]], [[Marzipan]], [[The King of Town]], and [[Homsar]], among other characters, are able to pick things up [[Lack of Visible Arms|without having any arms]].

==Appearances==
*Email [[spring cleaning]]
*Email [[50 emails]] (Homestar tries to delete this one)
*Email [[fingers]]
*Email [[huttah!]]
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]]
*Email [[virus]] (at the end, in Strong Bad's crying scene, as "How do you text with boxing gloves on?")
*Email [[pop-up]] (on the Tandy page in the pop-up book as "HOW TYPE BOX GLOVES?")
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]]
*Email [[your funeral]]
*Email [[email thunder]] ([[email thunder#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) ([[Matt Chapman]] asks, "How does Homestar type with no gloves of any kind on?")
*[[Hremail 7]] (While waving his arm, Strong Bad starts to ask "How am ''I'' supposed to type with—" before [[The Cheat]] cuts him off with a reply. Strong Bad accepts The Cheat's answer.)
*Email [[independent]] — Strong Bad's intro rap is about how he prefers to click prompts, and typing them "made [his] boxing gloves sick".
*Email [[videography]]

==Variations==
*Email [[some kinda robot]] — Strong Bad is asked if he takes off his boxing gloves before going to bed.
*Email [[the bird]] — Strong Bad was asked if it was hard to [[Double deuce|flip someone off]] with boxing gloves on.
*[[Nintendo Power July 2008 Interview]] — Strong Bad is asked "How hard is it to play Wii with your Power Glove on?"
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad complains that he can't make template emails on the [[Snacky 186]] with boxing gloves on, and says that "Typing I can handle; don't ask me how."

==See Also==
*[[Parents]]
*[[Draw Trogdor Again]]

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

candy product

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:35:12 GMT

MrL: /* Inside References */

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[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], A Hill, [[Alleyway]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:01

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone - he blows into the mic and taps it}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. [[#Footnote|[1]]] SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunnner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (rhyming with "font"), inserts exaggerated pauses at each ellipsis (even humming to himself for a few seconds while he waits on the longest one right before the end), and pronounces "somone" similar to the name "Simone".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one... like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end, and types it slowly}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A candy-based periodic table covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We'll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs fill the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres begin floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol' BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''BRITISH-ACCENTED VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED! name.

''{"SBLOUNSKCHED!" appears [[Wikipedia:Embossing|embossed]] on the candy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talkin' to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... shape, shape, shape shape shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of [[Indiana]] (with the word "BAR" written on it), a mustache, and the bust of Van Buren.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants?

''{The candy morphs into the shape of Strong Bad's pants}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{a bite is taken out of the pants, with a 'chomp' sound}'' for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

''{A candy commercial begins. Fade in to a close-up of Strong Bad's feet and pants as he walks down a road towards the camera. The words "copyright 2006 Cheap as Free Foodstuffs" appear in the bottom-right corner for the first few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, singing}'' You got the munch.

The crisp and the crunch.

Livin' in the gutter with Grandma...

When Coach puts you in,—

You gotta go for the win.

Y2K turned out all riiiight!

''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

You can do it!

SBLOUNSKCHED!

Crunchy chew it!

''{with chorus}'' Who's got the money?!?

You got... SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has slight trouble pronouncing the name}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Strong Bad moves his head to the side to peek under The Paper shortly after it appears.}''

===Footnote===

#This could also be "Sibilants. Sibilants."

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
*Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
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| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |[[image:No homestar.png|float|right|54 px]]Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
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{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;clear:both;"
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! align="left" style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC" | Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: Besing Friends
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Draw Trogdor again ;)
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: re: re: resending
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: PharamBlacy news
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Possible caper
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Rrrrates so low!!!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Shemp vs. Curly Joe
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
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| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | It´s almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|}
|}

*At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

*Also at the end, click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy, distorted voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them, a common example being [[wikipedia:Jell-O|Jell-O]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sibilant consonant|Sibilance]] (or "sibilants") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up and balanced properly against other speech.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].
*[[Wikipedia:Veal|Veal]] is the meat taken from young calves, which some consider to be an inhumane practice. It is generally appreciated for its delicate taste, tender texture, and nutritious qualities.
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.

===Trivia===
*One of Homestar's emails asks for Strong Bad to [[Draw Trogdor again]].
*See [[The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]] for the full table.
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Strong Bad reading "Da NewsPapes." Note how the bottom part of the text overlaps into the wall.]]
*Strong Bad's [[Periodicals|newspaper]] contains the following [[News Articles|articles]]:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | Famous couples were spotted eating, walking around, and on movie screens across the country.
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | World events continued for the 43rd consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of the all-time record of 46. Many believe this to be a sign of things to come. Ed Bache concurs. "This is a sign of things to come."
|}
*The name for the "SBLOUNSKCHED!" bar has [[Multiple Consonants|five consonants in a row]].

===Remarks===
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, you can't adjust the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] as you normally could.
*The Tandy gives the "current" date as month-day-year, with a 4-digit year, but it is asking for the new date as day-month-year with a 2-digit year.
*Requesting a "new date" at startup was very common for early Tandy computers, as many of them did not have any battery powered memory installed to keep track of the date and time while powered off.
*As evidenced by the "a:\>" prompt on the Tandy, Strong Bad exited the date program without entering the new date.
*The [[Edgar|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] filter screen is in the [[Compy 386|Compy]]'s [[font]], Commodore 64, instead of Glitch0, the Lappy's font.
*Although licorice candy is mentioned as a part of Strong Bad's [[Wikipedia:Confectionery|confectionery]], it is the only candy ingredient of the candy bar that is not one of the visible "elements" in the periodic table (other than Pepperoni, but that is not "candy" per se).
*From the start of the commercial to just before The Paper comes down is exactly 30 seconds—the standard length of a TV commercial.
*Though Strong Bad says he doesn't have any candy named after him, he does have a chewing gum named after him in an Easter egg from [[2 emails]].
*The effects used on the nougat (the swirls and liquid effects) were used in the pool Strong Bad was sitting near in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], only this time the swirls are a different color.
*Strong Bad's Periodic Table of Candy Elements has two elements abbreviated as "Ch": "Chocolatium" and "Chewy".
*Strong Bad is [[breaking the fourth wall]] when he says, "I betcha I will by the end of this email".

===Goofs===

*When Strong Bad is reading Da NewsPape, part of the text is overlapping onto the wall.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'm talking to you, Baby Ruth", he doesn't move his mouth into an 'O' when he says, "Ruth".
*If you access an Easter egg before Strong Bad peeks under The Paper, after the Easter egg his head is under The Paper.
*When Strong Bad changes the shape of the "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" to the shape of his pants the SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is still in the shape of a bar while in its wrapper.
*The wrong [[font]] was used for the word "contrast" on the Tandy 400.

===Fixed Goofs===


*When this email was released, there was no back button at the end. It was fixed within a day of the email's release.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd: or Re: in the subject line.
*"Rrrrates so low!!!!" were once also offered by Homestar Runner to Marzipan in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]].
*This is another example of [[Homestar Runner Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van Buren|bust of Van Buren]].
**Another is a [[Strong Mad's Chainsaw|chainsaw]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*"Edgar's Baby's Daddy" is another instance of [[Edgar]]-based computer protection software.
**In [[long pants]], Edga Jr. was "The Long Email Killa Filta". "Filta" is used again for the latest Edgar filter, "Edgar's Baby's Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta".
*"Possible caper" refers to [[caper]].
*"Da News[[Papes]]" is a reference to the newspapers in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]], which were called "The Local Newspapes".
*The camera rotating around Strong Bad while he's standing on the hill is a possible reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*One of Homestar's email subject lines contains an example of [[be's]].
*The part of the commercial with Senor Cardgage sleeping in an alley is a reference to [[Senorial Day]].
*The SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is another example of a [[concoction]]. It also involves an ingredient [[Food Still In Peel or Package|still in its package]].
*The score of "R" is another [[Scoreboard#Irregular Scores|irregular score]].

===Real-World References===

*"Sibilance", a word describing the "s" sound, was used by [[Wikipedia: Tom Hanks|Tom Hanks]] in a "[[Wikipedia: Wayne's World|Wayne's World]]" sketch on ''[[Wikipedia: Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]'' in a soundcheck for [[Wikipedia: Aerosmith|Aerosmith]]. The word was also used during a soundcheck scene from the 1984 mock rockumentary, ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''.
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial is a parody of a series of TV commercials for [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] candies. In these commercials, it is suggested that you can get away with virtually anything so long as you have the advertised product.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular 2-ounce candy bar in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's comment about "athletes with their own candy bars" may refer to the common assumption that the Baby Ruth was named after baseball great [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]]. ([http://www.babyruth.com/ Officially], Baby Ruth was named after the daughter of U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland|Grover Cleveland]], but this may have been a smokescreen to avoid paying royalties to the Babe.)
:*There have been a number of candy bars actually named after athletes, [[Wikipedia:Reggie Jackson|Reggie Jackson's]] '''Reggie!''' bar being one of the first (debuting in the 1970s) and probably the best known.
*Strong Bad later alludes to Baby Ruth's "piece of crap shape", this is most likely a reference to a similar gag in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*Grizzly Chomps, a Hostess-brand chocolate cupcake introduced in 1992, similarly featured a "built-in bite." The package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."
*"Crispity" is a made-up word used in advertisements, along with "crunchity" and "peanut-buttery," to describe the [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] candy bar.
*"Re: PharamBlacy news", which appears in the Junkmail Filta, is a subject line from an actual [[Wikipedia:E-mail spam|spam]] that was circulating in heavy volume around the time this email was produced. It advertised discount prescription drugs offered by many southeast Asia-based "pharmacies," and the subject had two random letters inserted where the B and l appear here to avoid detection by spam filters.
*[[Wikipedia:Shemp Howard|Shemp Howard]] and [[Wikipedia:Curly Joe DeRita|"Curly Joe" DeRita]] served as the third of the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] at various points in the act's history.
*The "Periodic Table of Candy Elements" which appears behind Strong Bad's candy creation as he is making it is a spoof of the "Periodic Table of Elements" which is the basis for most chemistry and other scientific research.


===Fast Forward===
*In the remake of the [[Strongest Man in the World]] cartoon, the textual representation of the sound effect when [[Señor]] drops his grapes is "SBLOUNSKCHED".
*The email [[underlings]] includes a similar scene where Strong Bad reads Da NewsPapes in the bathroom.
*The bowl of puffed rice cereal would later be seen in [[hygiene]].
*"Fun Size" SBLOUNSKCHED! bars appear in [[Most in the Graveyard]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Karen Wagner]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, who's this crazy lady?

'''MIKE:''' Homestar, I'd like you to meet my sister Karen.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did she just wander in off the street?

'''KAREN:''' Oh yeah, I did.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... You smell nice for, for someone who did that.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Thanks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The last person we had in here that wandered off the streets smelled like a, um, a rat party.

'''MIKE:''' A rat party?

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Although, you know, I'm really nervous about doing the commentary so I'm kinda sweatin'. So maybe I do smell bad.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's okay.

'''KAREN:''' But, as usual, when this email came out, I got lot of requests for actually putting out a SBLOUNSKCHED! bar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did they want it to be just like it was in the cartoon?

'''KAREN:''' Yep! With the little tiny bowls of puffed rice cereal and the pepperoni—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wow.

'''KAREN:''' — and all that other stuff.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I like how the crispety cookety part is shaped like a log. It has a leaf on it.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' I was gonna say doesn't it even have a leaf?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it a mint leaf, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I think it's a real leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Really. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it growing, somehow growing out of the cookety log?

'''MIKE:''' It's a cookety log leaf.

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' And the SBLOUNSKCHED! adds up to 150 percent.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Strong Bad always gives 150 percent.

'''KAREN:''' What about you, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm, I'm—

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' How much percent do you give?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm around se— I was 725 the last time I checked.

'''MIKE:''' 725?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I have a scale that's kinda like a weigh you, weigh you down scale, you know.

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh. You step on—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' That I stand on, and it tells me what sort of percent I'm giving for the day.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and it's always up in the seven hundreds somewhere?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It was this morning.

'''MIKE:''' That's uh—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quickly}'' That's right!

'''MIKE:''' — impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' Here I go!

'''MIKE:''' That's impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' There's the leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Darkium Chocolatium. I like all those candy elements in the background.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, it took me a long time to, uh, get all of those. I had to watch it many times. But, see now, with the DVD, I can just pause it.

'''MIKE:''' There are a couple of them that I think that are repeated. Uh, those two letter symbols?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad just offended the British.

''{all laugh}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You did a good job of making that looking like it was etched in there, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ew, was Strong Bad on the toilet?

'''MIKE:''' No, you didn't see— there's no evidence of a toilet. It was just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' He was in a tiled room, reading a newspaper.

'''MIKE:''' Well, he's got a tiled room for newspaper reading.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think there was some insinuation going ons there.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know what you're talking about.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, what's the deal with this trend?

'''KAREN:''' About the—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' With products makin' you able to get away with murder or get girls?

'''MIKE:''' Or sneaking into a concert by wrapping a bandana around your head?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah. Pretending to be a road-eye. See, everybody loves him. Even Strong Sad gives him the thumbs up.

'''KAREN:''' Even though his head has been pushed through the ceiling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Diet Coke!

'''KAREN:''' Hey, are they going to have a Diet SBLOUNCSKCHED!?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, they should. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Either that or South Beach SBLOUCHSKCHED!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi, Strong Bad! Hi!

===Fun Facts===
*Strong Bad jumping in the air at the end of the SBLOUNCSKCHED jingle is similar to [[Wikipedia:Diet Coke|Diet Coke]]'s commercials in the late 1980s, thus prompting Homestar's comment.
*[[Wikipedia:South Beach diet|South Beach Diet]] is a diet plan the emphasizes "good carbs" and "good fats".

==See Also==
*The [[Candy Product Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the jingle.

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

[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:29:17 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] et al — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.
*Email [[dictionary]] — Two of the words in ''[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]'', "pffgh" and "graaauuughnck", have five consonants in a row for each word. Furthermore, "pffgh" doesn't have a single vowel.
*Email [[videography]] — A tape emerges from a VCR with a label on it reading "bar-mitzfvfahs". "Mitzfvfahs" has five consecutive consonants.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Word running gags]]

videography

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:25:38 GMT

MrL: /* Inside References */

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

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

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

{{Comp|Compé}}

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

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

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

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

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

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

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

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

''{clears screen}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{The photo disappears.}''

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

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

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

''(diamond cut to Locker Room}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut to Computer Room}''

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

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

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

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

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

''{The [[Compé-per]] comes up}''

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

==Fun Facts==

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

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

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

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

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

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

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Talk:videography

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:23:06 GMT

MrL: /**/Oh, that music!

==lens flare==

Mention the lens flare when SB is talking in the lacrosse vid?

==Grandma say wha?==

I think Grandma Aundpaw is saying someing like "I never ??? loved you."
:It's "I never loved any of you" -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.119|128.103.10.119]] 06:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== "and take on such a task" ==

*Just a note that SB misreads it as "''to'' take on such a task". [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 07:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
:"To" would be correct grammar in the context, incidentally. --[[User:Belthazar|Belthazar]] 08:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== what problem child? ==

why is "problem child" listed in real-world references? what is the reference? falling down stairs? that doesn't seem like enough... --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] 07:50, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
:The videocassette Strong Bad labels over is labelled "Problem Child 1-8". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:52, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Real world explanations ==

I put a Video Toaster entry in real world references before noticing it was in explanations already. Then I saw that Applebee's is in real world references. It would seem that if VT is an explanation Applebee's should be also, and if Applebee's is a rwr VT should be as well (though I could see a flip). What's the proper placement in this case?[[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 11:37, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
:I think they are both where they should be. Applebee's is mentioned in a natural context, referred to as a real place—thus, real-world references. The video toasters shown, on the other hand, are not what actual video toasters really are. Thus the unfamiliar term needs an explanation. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 12:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== lacrosse point ==
Is this a parody of "Lagrange Point"? {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 20:37, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
:Um, more than likely no. The joke is that Strong Bad doesn't know what scoring in lacrosse is called (I believe they're "goals"). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Remarks ==

Under remarks it says the longest video cassette is 5 hours. This isn't true. Standard VHS tapes were able to record up to 6 hours at EP and some extended length tapes were able to record up to 8 1/2 hours at EP speed.

== Oh, that music! ==

I feel like that music that plays during the wedding video sounds very familiar. Does anyone recognize it?[[User:MrL|MrL]] 21:23, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:17:42 GMT

MrL:

[[File:dictionary.png|thumb|"Or, ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth'', for short.]]
'''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!''', alternatively titled '''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth''' (for short, although it's actually longer), is a [[dictionary]] hypothetically created by [[Strong Bad]]. The book is dribbled with butterscotch sauce, so as to stick the pages together and make for "way less words". A suffix section is included, featuring many natural disaster suffixes, and there is a section on "gutteral utterances" or "gutterances" which are used to express complete disinterest in specific people. Additionally, some entries, such as "[[paunch]]", have scratch-and-sniff stickers to further describe the word's definition. In order to keep the power of the Strong Badian language from falling into the hands of "[[Homestar Runner|lesser minds]]", the dictionary is booby-trapped with an endless "see also" loop.

==Known Entries==
[[File:dictionary paunch sticker.png|thumb|"How are ya gonna define a word like paunch, without smelling Strong Sad's considerable paunch!"]]
* '''[[Ab-Abber 2000|ab-abber]]''' ''{definition unknown}''
* '''boodroscotch ''n.''''' — a sweet, boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive.
* '''dribble-drabble ''v.''''' — the act of making frozen cheescake appear delicious by scribbling raspberry sauce over it.
* '''gutterances ''n.''''' — low growly noises made to express utter disdain at another person's very existence.
* '''hwimswelf ''n.''''' — [[The Cheat]]'s carpet & couch and satin sheets [[Peeing|ruining]] [[Own Dang X|owndangself]].
* '''paunch ''(paw•nch) n.''''' — umm...er...
* '''pukernado ''(pyook•er•nay•doh) n.''''' — a cyclonic [[Puking|upchucking]]
* '''pukevalanche ''(pyook•vuh•lanch) n.''''' — a lot, lot, lot of the puke
* '''sawesome ''adj.''''' — not unlike having the qualities of an awesome sauce.
* '''zawesome ''adj.''''' — see [[crap]]-[[For Brains|for-brains]].

==Known Suffixes==
*'''-valanche'''
*'''-quake'''
*'''-rnado'''
*'''-onsoon'''
*'''-forest fire''' (although this could just be another of Homestar's misunderstandings)

==Known Gutterances==
*'''pffgh!''' (for [[Coach Z]])
*'''aungh!''' (for [[Marzipan]])
*'''graaaauuuughnck!''' (for [[Strong Sad]])

==The See Also Loop==
*'''crap for brains ''n.''''' — see also carp for brains.
*'''carp for brains ''n.''''' — see also brain for brains.
*'''brain for brains ''n.''''' — see also crap for brains.

==See Also==
*[[Count Longardeaux's Book]]

[[Category:Books]]

Count Longardeaux's Book

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:16:33 GMT

MrL:

[[Image: worldly record book.png|thumb|"Now that sounds like a book worthy of every toilet-side magazine basket."]]
'''Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records''' is a record book made up and referenced by Strong Bad. [[Homestar Runner]] uses it to tell bad redneck jokes. It is seen in "[[record book]]".

== Known Records ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Record !! Chapter !! Record Holder
|-
|[[Image:Strongsadwasteofdump.PNG|150px]] || Biggest Waste of Dump || 7 - Records of Loneliness || [[Strong Sad|Strong "The Biggest Waste of Dump" Sad]]
|-
|[[Image:Kotleasthealthyman.PNG|150px]] || Least Healthiest (Man?) || 3 - Disgusting Eating/Old Person Records ||[[The King of Town]]
|-
|[[Image:Homsarmustardman.PNG|150px]] || The Semi-Annual Mustard Man Award Or Best Offer! || 81 - Awkwardnesses || [[Homsar]]
|-
|[[Image:Strongmadmacaroni.PNG|150px]] || Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube... By Strong Mad Just One! || 2 - Special Records || [[Strong Mad]]
|-
|[[Image:Marzipanpolevault.PNG|150px]] || Pole Vault 20 ft. 1.5 in. || 11 - Records of Smell/Track and Field || [[Marzipan]]
|-
|[[Image:Bubscutestcouple.PNG|150px]] || Cutest Couple || 9 - Superlatives || [[Bubs]]
|-
|[[Image:Sbbullhonkey.PNG|150px]] || Longest "Bull Honkey" 13.4 seconds || 7 - Saying Words for a Long Time Records || [[Strong Bad|The Human Strong Bad]]
|}
==Trivia==
*There are two chapter sevens: one for "Saying Words for a Long Time Records", and the other for "Records of Loneliness".

== Known Redneck Jokes ==
*Q: What do you call a redneck, with no teeth, that watches stock car racing all day?
*A: Man, they do not wear shirts!
 
*Q: What does a redneck man call a dead possum, lyin' in the middle of the road?
*A: Probably sushi!

== See Also ==
*[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary]]

[[Category:Books]]

Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:12:56 GMT

MrL:

[[File:dictionary.png|thumb|"Or, ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth'', for short.]]
'''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!''', alternatively titled '''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth''' (for short, although it's actually longer), is a dictionary hypothetically created by [[Strong Bad]] in [[dictionary]]. The book is dribbled with butterscotch sauce, so as to stick the pages together and make for "way less words". A suffix section is included, featuring many natural disaster suffixes, and there is a section on "gutteral utterances" or "gutterances" which are used to express complete disinterest in specific people. Additionally, some entries, such as "[[paunch]]", have scratch-and-sniff stickers to further describe the word's definition. In order to keep the power of the Strong Badian language from falling into the hands of "[[Homestar Runner|lesser minds]]", the dictionary is booby-trapped with an endless "see also" loop.

==Known Entries==
[[File:dictionary paunch sticker.png|thumb|"How are ya gonna define a word like paunch, without smelling Strong Sad's considerable paunch!"]]
* '''[[Ab-Abber 2000|ab-abber]]''' ''{definition unknown}''
* '''boodroscotch ''n.''''' — a sweet, boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive.
* '''dribble-drabble ''v.''''' — the act of making frozen cheescake appear delicious by scribbling raspberry sauce over it.
* '''gutterances ''n.''''' — low growly noises made to express utter disdain at another person's very existence.
* '''hwimswelf ''n.''''' — [[The Cheat]]'s carpet & couch and satin sheets [[Peeing|ruining]] [[Own Dang X|owndangself]].
* '''paunch ''(paw•nch) n.''''' — umm...er...
* '''pukernado ''(pyook•er•nay•doh) n.''''' — a cyclonic [[Puking|upchucking]]
* '''pukevalanche ''(pyook•vuh•lanch) n.''''' — a lot, lot, lot of the puke
* '''sawesome ''adj.''''' — not unlike having the qualities of an awesome sauce.
* '''zawesome ''adj.''''' — see [[crap]]-[[For Brains|for-brains]].

==Known Suffixes==
*'''-valanche'''
*'''-quake'''
*'''-rnado'''
*'''-onsoon'''
*'''-forest fire''' (although this could just be another of Homestar's misunderstandings)

==Known Gutterances==
*'''pffgh!''' (for [[Coach Z]])
*'''aungh!''' (for [[Marzipan]])
*'''graaaauuuughnck!''' (for [[Strong Sad]])

==The See Also Loop==
*'''crap for brains ''n.''''' — see also carp for brains.
*'''carp for brains ''n.''''' — see also brain for brains.
*'''brain for brains ''n.''''' — see also crap for brains.

==See Also==
*[[Count Longardeaux's Book]]

[[Category:Books]]

Talk:Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:07:21 GMT

MrL: /**/Stubbed articles

== Okay page, but the examples are kinda... ==

Off. First of all, unless it's mentioned by the characters themselves, do the keys need to be noted?

Secondly, I think "Light Purple Cummerbund" did deliberately that for stylistic reasons. "Havin' Fun with my Friends"... I don't think Homestar IS singing off-key, except on the solitary word "hands". Okay, Strong Sad is a bit off in [[fan club]], and we can note The Cheat in [[Where You Goin' To?]] completely safely since even Marzipan comments on it being off-key, but I'm unsure on LPC and just think HFwmF should be completely stricken from the record. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
:I've been trying to check on LPC all day, and my computer flat-out refuses to load TGS 15. I seem to recall it being non-jarring, though, as JaY says (I'd really think someone who had several years of ear training like I did would have noticed a truly bitonal work). As for HFwkF, yes, agree completely. There are a few notes in that song that are not so much off-key as they are just spoken, not sung. But Teenage Homestar's still in C.
:While I want to subtract one, I have a suggestion for something to add: Strong Sad's pretty horribly off in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]. That'd maybe be enough to make this page more worthwhile. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

== Stubbed articles ==

How can you really tell if an article is a "stub" or not? Does the article have to be a certain length? And have we already found all the examples so far? [[User:MrL|MrL]] 21:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Template:Strong Bad Email

MrL — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:59:26 GMT

MrL:

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[[animal]] ● [[radio]] ● [[part-time job]] ● [[dreamail]] ● [[origins]] ● [[secret recipes]] ● [[rock opera]] ● [[best thing]] ● [[long pants]] ● [[rampage]] ● [[garage sale]] ● [[do over]] ● [[boring (really)]] ● [[modeling]] ● [[bottom 10]] ● [[record book]] ● [[lady...ing]] ● [[geddup noise]] ● [[bedtime story]] ● [[space program]] ● [[portrait]] ● [[highschool]] ● [[death metal]] ● [[secret identity]] ● [[technology]] ● [[narrator]] ● [[myths & legends]] ● [[pop-up]] ● [[lady fan]] ● [[disconnected]] ● [[candy product]] ● [[alternate universe]] ● [[senior prom]] ● [[isp]] ● [[redesign]] ● [[keep cool]] ● [[theme song]] ● [[road trip]] ● [[trading cards]] ● [[cliffhangers]] ● [[retirement]] ● [[coloring]] ● [[4 branches]] ● [[the chair]] ● [[what I want]] ● [[looking old]] ● [[strong badathlon]] ● [[unnatural]] ● [[the movies]] ● [[your funeral]] ● [[rough copy]] ● [[underlings]] ● [[more armies]] ● [[the paper]] ● [[mini-golf]] ● [[concert]] ● [[hygiene]] ● [[original]] ● [[bike thief]] ● [[pizza joint]] ● [[slumber party]] ● [[web comics]] ● [[business trip]] ● [[yes, wrestling]] ● [[diorama]] ● [[nightlife]] ● [[environment]] ● [[winter pool]] ● [[fan club]] ● [[pet show]] ● [[licensed]] ● [[buried]] ● [[shapeshifter]] ● [[rated]] ● [[specially marked]] ● [[love poems]] ● [[hiding]] ● [[your edge]] ● [[magic trick]] ● [[being mean]] ● [[email thunder]] ● [[hremail3184]]
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Template:Strong Bad Email

MrL — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:57:27 GMT

MrL:

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[[some kinda robot]] ● [[homsar]] ● [[butt IQ]] ● [[homestar hair]] ● [[making out]] ● [[depressio]] ● [[halloweener]] ● [[brianrietta]] ● [[i love you]] ● [[trevor the vampire]] ● [[i rule]] ● [[credit card]] ● [[i she be]] ● [[duck pond]] ● [[the basics]] ● [[band names]] ● [[studying]] ● [[stand-up]] ● [[tape-leg]] ● [[spring cleaning]] ● [[cartoon]] ● [[sb_email 22]] ● [[little animal]] ● [[super powers]] ● [[CGNU]] ● [[3 Wishes]] ● [[1 step ahead]] ● [[superhero name]] ● [[12:00]] ● [[sugarbob]] ● [[flag day]] ● [[gimmicks]] ● [[sisters]] ● [[guitar]] ● [[dullard]] ● [[helium]] ● [[property of ones]] ● [[vacation]] ● [[retirement]]
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MrL — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:47:22 GMT

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[[File:dictionary.png|thumb|Fo' My Own Words!]]
Strong Bad talks about his very own dictionary.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Shut Up, Lady|Lady]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Stage]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[Basement of The Brothers Strong]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Movie Theater]] (Easter egg), [[Strong Badia]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compé}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is at the Compé, this time with a Where's An Egg? II wallpaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, people can you feel me? To e-mail me? Also, please don't try to really feel me. ''{double-clicks on the strongabad_email.exe icon}''

{{compeemail|1=
Dear Strong Bad, 
You are the superest, awesomest guy ever. That 
makes you sawesome. Do you have a Strong Badian 
dictionary fo your own words? 
Sincerely Yours, 
Costrick
}}
''{"fo" is pronounced as written. Strong Bad hesitates a little when saying "Costrick"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Course I do Cross-stitch. ''{rapping}'' You think the regular dictionary can handle all the quotient quotables I'm droppin' on a ''{he does not type the word "a"}'' daily basis? Those dictionaries are only good for helping ''{cut to a scene of The Cheat in the bathroom, standing on two dictionaries, and brushing his teeth}'' The Cheat brush his teeth ''{cut to a scene outside in The Field, Homestar walking in frame right}'' and helping Homestar lose his teeth.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hurl!

''{Strong Bad throws the dictionary at Homestar's head}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Tooth! ''{a giant tooth flies out of Homestar's mouth and lands on the ground. Homestar leans over to look at it}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' For something this sawesome, I had to once again call upon the finest name in names to put in front of book titles. And thus was born unto the world, ''{cut to a close up of the book}'' ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!''

''{Strong Bad puts a [[sticky note]] on the book}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Or ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth'', for short.

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' We all know the main problem with dictionaries is that there are too many words, and not enough butterscotch sauce! So I went ahead and dribble-drabbled a little boodroscotch all over it. Kinda like a frou frou dessert ''{cut to a slow zoom of the book on a plate, drizzled with sauce; romantic music is playing in the background}'' at a chichi restaurant, restaurant.

'''OLD LADY:''' Oh, that looks sinfully—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{record scratch}'' Shut up, shut up, lady! The sauce makes the pages stick together—

''{Cut to a scene with Strong Sad trying to read the sauce covered book, flipping pages back and forth}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' which makes for way less words!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, this dictionary goes straight from "crap-valanche" to "puke-valanche"!

''{Cut to a close-up of the book, this time opened to the "Suffix" section}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And that brings us to the Suffix section. ''{each "suffix" is highlighted in turn}'' -valanche, -quake, -rnado, -onsoon.

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing behind the butterscotch covered book}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All the great natural disaster suffixes are included!

''{Cut to a sample from the book}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{smoothly}'' This suckquake of a movie is a complete wastenado of my seven bucksonsoon.

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad smiling in front of many flashing colored lines, disco music playing in the background}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now ''that's'' talking like a Strong Bad dude!

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' For some words, words alone are not enough to define them. That's why my dictionary has scratch n' sniff stickers!! I mean, how are you gonna define a word like ''{cut to Strong Bad opening the book to the P's}'' paunch, without smelling ''{Strong Bad puts a sticker with a Strong Sad caricature that reads "Paunch it up!"}'' Strong Sad's considerable paunch!

''{Cut to Strong Sad in his room, arms akimbo, angrily standing in front of the open book}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' My paunch does not smell! ''{Strong Sad hits his body with both of his fists to punctuate the last two words}''

''{Cut to all the main characters gathered on The Stage}''

'''ALL:''' Yes it does!

''{Crowd claps and the curtain closes}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Not to be outdone by that no-talent schwa sound, the Strong Badian Dictionary features several gutteral utterances, or you guessed it ''{Cut to a "Family Feud" display which already reads "Zsa Zsa" and "Kneepads". A quick scale is heard when "Gutterences" is revealed, followed by a buzzer}'' gutterences ''{cut back to the Compé}'' that are used to express complete disinterest in specific people.

''{Cut to Strong Bad twirling a football, screen right in the locker room. Coach Z enters screen left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' There's the "pffgh!" sound ''{a tattered piece of paper with a symbol (a P with an umlaut and a sideways f attached to it) and name for "pffgh!" comes down}'' for Coach Z. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Strong B'd! Wanna hear about my glory days on the fierld?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pffgh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The "aungh!" ''{a tattered piece of paper with a symbol (an upside-down A with a circumflex below it and a dot on either side) and name for "aungh!" comes down}'' sound ''{Strong Bad remains in the same place, but the scenery changes to a fenced area, with Marzipan holding Carol and standing in front of a microphone}'' for Marzipan. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{amplified}'' Wanna hear my cover of "Glory Days"?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aungh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And of course, the ever popular ''{the scene shifts again, this time to the Basement of the Brothers Strong, with Strong Sad sitting on the couch, and a piece of paper with a symbol (a g that rotates in place between braces) and name for "graaaauuuughnck!" comes down}'' "graaauuughnck!!" sound for you-know-who. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Talk?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Graaauuughnck!! ''{after a brief pause, he twirls the football once more}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' In order to keep the power of the Strong Badian language from falling into the hands of lesser minds, I've built booby-traps right into the dictionary. Nothing gets rid of Homestar for a few hours like an endless "see also" loop.

''{Cut to Homestar, looking fatigued, and wearing night clothes, reading the dictionary at night in the kitchen}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' "Crap for brains", see also "carp for brains". See also "brain for brains". See also "crap for brains". See also— Man, this is the best choose my own adventure I've ever play-read!

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And there you have it Caustic. The Strong Badian dictionary. From A:ab-abber to Z:zawesome. ''{quickly}'' Available where ever fine made up reference books are sold. ''{normally}'' Oh! And speaking of, The Cheat's probably done brushing his teeth now. Better go see if ''someone'' can go pee-pees in um potty all by hwimswelf. Ugh! The Cheat training... what're ya gonna do?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Give him the goods, Compé...-per.

''{Strong Bad gets up, making [[The Geddup Noise]], and the [[Compé-per]] appears. Crossfades to a dictionary page entitled "Today's Entries".}''

==Easter Eggs==
* Clicking on "Cross-Stitch" at the beginning brings up a [[needlepoint]] picture of Strong Bad.
* Clicking the V in the school play scene brings up a [[Playbill]] advertising "Yes it does".
* At the end, click "Boodroscotch" to see some boodroscotch fall on the word. Click it again to see it disappear.
* At the end, click "raspberry sauce" to see a scene of Homsar in Strong Badia.
:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{holding the book titled "Learn to Speak Strong Badian"; his hat floats off while he speaks}'' GrRrRraaauuughnck there, Rubbermaid, can you redirect me to the nearest Puke-valanche?
:''{The Tire bounces away.}''
* At the end, click "hwimswelf" to see a scene of Homestar in the movie theater.
:'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{wearing his viking helmet}'' This suckquake of a movie is a complete wastenado of my seven bucks-forest fire.
*Click on the Sawesome Jack sticker to see an extension of the Family Feud scene.
:''{"Onion Bubs" is added to the "Family Feud" display from before for 51 points. Music plays and the audience cheers, with one voice screaming "Onion Bubs!" repeatedly.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Today's Entries===
* '''boodroscotch ''n.-''''' a sweet, boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive.
* '''dribble-drabble ''v.-''''' the act of making frozen cheescake appear delicious by scribbling raspberry sauce over it.
* '''gutterances ''n.-''''' low growly noises made to express utter disdain at another person's very existence.
* '''hwimswelf ''n.-''''' The Cheat's carpet & couch and satin sheets ruining owndangself.
* '''sawesome ''adj.-''''' not unlike having the qualities of an awesome sauce.
* '''zawesome ''adj.-''''' see crap-for-brains.

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:quotient|quotient]] is the result of a [[wikipedia:division (mathematics)|division]] operation.
*[[Wiktionary: frou-frou|Frou frou]] (usually spelled with a dash) means fancy. [[Wiktionary:Chichi|Chichi]] means trendy or chic. Both words are derived from [[French]].
*A [[schwa]], written as ə , is an unstressed, toneless vowel present in several languages, including English.

===Trivia===
*The natural disaster suffixes Strong Bad mentioned are for "avalanche", "earthquake", "tornado", and "monsoon". Homestar adds "forest fire" as another natural disaster suffix in one of the Easter eggs.
*The page Strong Bad adds the paunch scratch-and-sniff sticker to reads:
<blockquote><big>P</big> 
paunch ''(paw-nch) n.'' 
:umm...er... 
 
pukernado ''(pyook-er-nay-doh) n.'' 
:a cyclonic upchucking 
 
pukevalanche ''(pyook-vuh-lanch) n.'' 
:a lot, lot, lot of the puke</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*Strong Sad himself can be seen behind Pom Pom when the main characters protest that Strong Sad's "paunch smells." His body is even moving, indicating that he is saying "Yes it does."
*When Homestar flips from "crap-for-brains" to "carp-for-brains", he flips from near the end of the dictionary to near the beginning, even though both words start with C. He looks up "brain-for-brains" near the end of the dictionary as well. Also, when he flips from one section to another, one section has a "C" on the page, and the other has a "P", just as it did in the Strong Sad scene.
*There is a double-space between "little" and "boodroscotch", and between "droppin'" and "on".
*Although the suffix "-rnado" is shown, the narrator and Homestar use it without the "r" when they say "wastenado."
*The suffix "-onsoon" (hinting at [[Wikipedia:Monsoon|monsoon]]) does not fit in the list because monsoon is actually not considered to be a natural disaster.
*Coach Z's body (from his [[Coach Z Evolution|sixth design]]) is hidden in the Flash File.
*Predictably, two of the "sound" words included in Strong Bad's dictionary have [[Multiple Consonants|several consonants]].

===Goofs===
[[File:glovegoof.png|thumb|right|Disconnected Again?]]
*Strong Bad doesn't type the "a" in "droppin' on ''a'' daily basis."
*In the definition for "boodroscotch", the word "that" is repeated.
*The Back button leads to the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], instead of the [[Strong Bad Email menu]].
*When Strong Bad puts his left hand on his dictionary, his left arm and hand is down, but a boxing glove can be seen held up. Also, when his left hand is on the dictionary, a small area of his left hand (on his left arm) can be seen.
*In the definition for "dribble-drabble", the third "e" in "cheesecake" is missing (though it's possible this was intentional in order to fit the whole definition in two lines).

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's desktop appears to advertise a sequel to [[Where's an Egg?]]
*One of the dictionaries The Cheat is seen standing on is labeled "Thick n' Nasty DICTIONARY", a reference to the Thick n' Nasty burger seen in [[Blubb-O's Commercial]].
*This is another instance of [[Shut Up, Lady]]. Her quote "That looks sinful" directly reflects a quote in [[bottom 10]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when saying "Now that's talkin' like a Strong Bad dude!"
*The music that plays in the Easter egg featuring The Movie Theater is from [[city (comma) state]].
*The entire email is about [[portmanteaus]].
*[[Count Longardeaux's Book|Count Longardeaux]] first appeared in [[record book]].
*[[Trivia Time]] appears again in Homestar's kitchen.
*Coach Z calls Strong Bad "[["man" pronounced as "m'n"|Strong B'd]]".
*The colored lines background previously appeared in [[Coach Z's 110%]].
*The email mentions "[[peeing|pee-pee]]", [[crap]], [[for brains]], [[Ab-Abber 2000|ab-abber]], [[paunch]], and the [[schwa]].
*The Sawsome Jack! sticker is labeled "Awesome Sauce", from [[funny]] and [[keep cool]].
*The sound clip of an audience cheering and an unseen character screaming "[[Onion Bubs]]!" repeatedly is taken directly from [[original]].
**The music which plays during this scene is from [[Main Page 19]].
*"Carp for brains" and "Brain for brains" are references to [[personal favorites]] and [[invisibility]], respectively.
*[[Homestar's teeth|Homestar's tooth]] falls out of his mouth.
*Strong Sad and Homsar mention a [[puking|Puke-valanche]].
*The "graaauuughnck" symbol features a rotating lowercase [[G]].
*The "cross stitch" resembles [[Needlepoint]].
*On the scoreboard it mentions [[Team Kneepads]].
*The Cheat is mentioned to pee by his [[Own Dang X|owndangself]].
*Homsar's quote is similar to one by [[Senor Cardgage]] in [[fan club]].
*The scene where all the characters appear on the stage to shout in unison is taken from [[rock opera]].
*Homestar remarks that the dictionary is the [[Best/Worst X ever|best choose my own adventure he's ever play-read]].
*The Easter Egg featuring Homestar wearing a [[viking helmet]] and talking in the Movie Theater is similar to another scene in [[the movies]].

===Real-World References===
*"Quotient Quotables" is a reference to Potent Potables, a common category on [[Wikipedia:Jeopardy!|''Jeopardy!'']].
*The screen that pops up at "Gutterances" and "Onion Bubs" is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]'s Fast Money Round, the board being from the [[Wikipedia:Richard Dawson|Dawson]]-[[Wikipedia:Ray Combs|Combs]] era. The screen also references actress [[Wikipedia:Zsa Zsa Gabor|Zsa Zsa Gabor]].
*"[[Wikipedia:Glory Days (song)|Glory Days]]" is a song written and performed by [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]].
*The "[[Wikipedia:Mumford High School (Michigan)|Mumford Phys. Ed. Dept.]]" T-shirt Homestar wears is the same design as the T-shirt worn by [[Wikipedia:Eddie Murphy|Eddie Murphy]] as Axel Foley in ''[[Wikipedia:Beverly Hills Cop|Beverly Hills Cop]]''.
*In the "Yes, it does" Easter egg, ''[[Wikipedia:Mr. Holland's Opus|Mr. Holland's Opus]]'' is mentioned.
*The symbols used by Strong Bad for different utterances are a parody of the [[Wikipedia:International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet]].
*The entry for "boodroscotch" references actress [[Wikipedia:Lisa Kudrow|Lisa Kudrow]]. "Kudrow-based adhesive" may be a reference to the film [[Wikipedia:Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion|Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion]]; in one scene Kudrow claims to have invented the formula for the adhesive on the back of Post-Its.
*Homestar's remarks during the "see also" loop makes reference to the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] books popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
*[[Wikipedia: Rubbermaid|Rubbermaid]] is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products including such well-known brands as Rubbermaid food storage, home organization, and refuse container products.
*Sawesome Jack is a reference to Saucy Jack, a name signed by [[Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper|Jack the Ripper]], or the song about said man by [[Spinal Tap]].

==External Links==
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MrL — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:46:45 GMT

MrL:

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[[File:dictionary.png|thumb|Fo' My Own Words!]]
Strong Bad talks about his very own dictionary.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Shut Up, Lady|Lady]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Stage]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[Basement of The Brothers Strong]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Movie Theater]] (Easter egg), [[Strong Badia]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compé}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is at the Compé, this time with a Where's An Egg? II wallpaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, people can you feel me? To e-mail me? Also, please don't try to really feel me. ''{double-clicks on the strongabad_email.exe icon}''

{{compeemail|1=
Dear Strong Bad, 
You are the superest, awesomest guy ever. That 
makes you sawesome. Do you have a Strong Badian 
dictionary fo your own words? 
Sincerely Yours, 
Costrick
}}
''{"fo" is pronounced as written. Strong Bad hesitates a little when saying "Costrick"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Course I do Cross-stitch. ''{rapping}'' You think the regular dictionary can handle all the quotient quotables I'm droppin' on a ''{he does not type the word "a"}'' daily basis? Those dictionaries are only good for helping ''{cut to a scene of The Cheat in the bathroom, standing on two dictionaries, and brushing his teeth}'' The Cheat brush his teeth ''{cut to a scene outside in The Field, Homestar walking in frame right}'' and helping Homestar lose his teeth.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hurl!

''{Strong Bad throws the dictionary at Homestar's head}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Tooth! ''{a giant tooth flies out of Homestar's mouth and lands on the ground. Homestar leans over to look at it}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' For something this sawesome, I had to once again call upon the finest name in names to put in front of book titles. And thus was born unto the world, ''{cut to a close up of the book}'' ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!''

''{Strong Bad puts a [[sticky note]] on the book}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quickly}'' Or ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth'', for short.

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' We all know the main problem with dictionaries is that there are too many words, and not enough butterscotch sauce! So I went ahead and dribble-drabbled a little boodroscotch all over it. Kinda like a frou frou dessert ''{cut to a slow zoom of the book on a plate, drizzled with sauce; romantic music is playing in the background}'' at a chichi restaurant, restaurant.

'''OLD LADY:''' Oh, that looks sinfully—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{record scratch}'' Shut up, shut up, lady! The sauce makes the pages stick together—

''{Cut to a scene with Strong Sad trying to read the sauce covered book, flipping pages back and forth}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' which makes for way less words!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, this dictionary goes straight from "crap-valanche" to "puke-valanche"!

''{Cut to a close-up of the book, this time opened to the "Suffix" section}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And that brings us to the Suffix section. ''{each "suffix" is highlighted in turn}'' -valanche, -quake, -rnado, -onsoon.

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing behind the butterscotch covered book}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All the great natural disaster suffixes are included!

''{Cut to a sample from the book}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{smoothly}'' This suckquake of a movie is a complete wastenado of my seven bucksonsoon.

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad smiling in front of many flashing colored lines, disco music playing in the background}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now ''that's'' talking like a Strong Bad dude!

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' For some words, words alone are not enough to define them. That's why my dictionary has scratch n' sniff stickers!! I mean, how are you gonna define a word like ''{cut to Strong Bad opening the book to the P's}'' paunch, without smelling ''{Strong Bad puts a sticker with a Strong Sad caricature that reads "Paunch it up!"}'' Strong Sad's considerable paunch!

''{Cut to Strong Sad in his room, arms akimbo, angrily standing in front of the open book}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' My paunch does not smell! ''{Strong Sad hits his body with both of his fists to punctuate the last two words}''

''{Cut to all the main characters gathered on The Stage}''

'''ALL:''' Yes it does!

''{Crowd claps and the curtain closes}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Not to be outdone by that no-talent schwa sound, the Strong Badian Dictionary features several gutteral utterances, or you guessed it ''{Cut to a "Family Feud" display which already reads "Zsa Zsa" and "Kneepads". A quick scale is heard when "Gutterences" is revealed, followed by a buzzer}'' gutterences ''{cut back to the Compé}'' that are used to express complete disinterest in specific people.

''{Cut to Strong Bad twirling a football, screen right in the locker room. Coach Z enters screen left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' There's the "pffgh!" sound ''{a tattered piece of paper with a symbol (a P with an umlaut and a sideways f attached to it) and name for "pffgh!" comes down}'' for Coach Z. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Strong B'd! Wanna hear about my glory days on the fierld?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pffgh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The "aungh!" ''{a tattered piece of paper with a symbol (an upside-down A with a circumflex below it and a dot on either side) and name for "aungh!" comes down}'' sound ''{Strong Bad remains in the same place, but the scenery changes to a fenced area, with Marzipan holding Carol and standing in front of a microphone}'' for Marzipan. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{amplified}'' Wanna hear my cover of "Glory Days"?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aungh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And of course, the ever popular ''{the scene shifts again, this time to the Basement of the Brothers Strong, with Strong Sad sitting on the couch, and a piece of paper with a symbol (a g that rotates in place between braces) and name for "graaaauuuughnck!" comes down}'' "graaauuughnck!!" sound for you-know-who. ''{the piece of paper goes back up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Talk?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Graaauuughnck!! ''{after a brief pause, he twirls the football once more}''

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' In order to keep the power of the Strong Badian language from falling into the hands of lesser minds, I've built booby-traps right into the dictionary. Nothing gets rid of Homestar for a few hours like an endless "see also" loop.

''{Cut to Homestar, looking fatigued, and wearing night clothes, reading the dictionary at night in the kitchen}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' "Crap for brains", see also "carp for brains". See also "brain for brains". See also "crap for brains". See also— Man, this is the best choose my own adventure I've ever play-read!

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And there you have it Caustic. The Strong Badian dictionary. From A:ab-abber to Z:zawesome. ''{quickly}'' Available where ever fine made up reference books are sold. ''{normally}'' Oh! And speaking of, The Cheat's probably done brushing his teeth now. Better go see if ''someone'' can go pee-pees in um potty all by hwimswelf. Ugh! The Cheat training... what're ya gonna do?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Give him the goods, Compé...-per.

''{Strong Bad gets up, making [[The Geddup Noise]], and the [[Compé-per]] appears. Crossfades to a dictionary page entitled "Today's Entries".}''

==Easter Eggs==
* Clicking on "Cross-Stitch" at the beginning brings up a [[needlepoint]] picture of Strong Bad.
* Clicking the V in the school play scene brings up a [[Playbill]] advertising "Yes it does".
* At the end, click "Boodroscotch" to see some boodroscotch fall on the word. Click it again to see it disappear.
* At the end, click "raspberry sauce" to see a scene of Homsar in Strong Badia.
:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{holding the book titled "Learn to Speak Strong Badian"; his hat floats off while he speaks}'' GrRrRraaauuughnck there, Rubbermaid, can you redirect me to the nearest Puke-valanche?
:''{The Tire bounces away.}''
* At the end, click "hwimswelf" to see a scene of Homestar in the movie theater.
:'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{wearing his viking helmet}'' This suckquake of a movie is a complete wastenado of my seven bucks-forest fire.
*Click on the Sawesome Jack sticker to see an extension of the Family Feud scene.
:''{"Onion Bubs" is added to the "Family Feud" display from before for 51 points. Music plays and the audience cheers, with one voice screaming "Onion Bubs!" repeatedly.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Today's Entries===
* '''boodroscotch ''n.-''''' a sweet, boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive.
* '''dribble-drabble ''v.-''''' the act of making frozen cheescake appear delicious by scribbling raspberry sauce over it.
* '''gutterances ''n.-''''' low growly noises made to express utter disdain at another person's very existence.
* '''hwimswelf ''n.-''''' The Cheat's carpet & couch and satin sheets ruining owndangself.
* '''sawesome ''adj.-''''' not unlike having the qualities of an awesome sauce.
* '''zawesome ''adj.-''''' see crap-for-brains.

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:quotient|quotient]] is the result of a [[wikipedia:division (mathematics)|division]] operation.
*[[Wiktionary: frou-frou|Frou frou]] (usually spelled with a dash) means fancy. [[Wiktionary:Chichi|Chichi]] means trendy or chic. Both words are derived from [[French]].
*A [[schwa]], written as ə , is an unstressed, toneless vowel present in several languages, including English.

===Trivia===
*The natural disaster suffixes Strong Bad mentioned are for "avalanche", "earthquake", "tornado", and "monsoon". Homestar adds "forest fire" as another natural disaster suffix in one of the Easter eggs.
*The page Strong Bad adds the paunch scratch-and-sniff sticker to reads:
<blockquote><big>P</big> 
paunch ''(paw-nch) n.'' 
:umm...er... 
 
pukernado ''(pyook-er-nay-doh) n.'' 
:a cyclonic upchucking 
 
pukevalanche ''(pyook-vuh-lanch) n.'' 
:a lot, lot, lot of the puke</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*Strong Sad himself can be seen behind Pom Pom when the main characters protest that Strong Sad's "paunch smells." His body is even moving, indicating that he is saying "Yes it does."
*When Homestar flips from "crap-for-brains" to "carp-for-brains", he flips from near the end of the dictionary to near the beginning, even though both words start with C. He looks up "brain-for-brains" near the end of the dictionary as well. Also, when he flips from one section to another, one section has a "C" on the page, and the other has a "P", just as it did in the Strong Sad scene.
*There is a double-space between "little" and "boodroscotch", and between "droppin'" and "on".
*Although the suffix "-rnado" is shown, the narrator and Homestar use it without the "r" when they say "wastenado."
*The suffix "-onsoon" (hinting at [[Wikipedia:Monsoon|monsoon]]) does not fit in the list because monsoon is actually not considered to be a natural disaster.
*Coach Z's body (from his [[Coach Z Evolution|sixth design]]) is hidden in the Flash File.
*Predictably, two of the "sound" words included in Strong Bad's dictionary have [[Multiple Consonants|several consonants]].

===Goofs===
[[File:glovegoof.png|thumb|right|Disconnected Again?]]
*Strong Bad doesn't type the "a" in "droppin' on ''a'' daily basis."
*In the definition for "boodroscotch", the word "that" is repeated.
*The Back button leads to the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], instead of the [[Strong Bad Email menu]].
*When Strong Bad puts his left hand on his dictionary, his left arm and hand is down, but a boxing glove can be seen held up. Also, when his left hand is on the dictionary, a small area of his left hand (on his left arm) can be seen.
*In the definition for "dribble-drabble", the third "e" in "cheesecake" is missing (though it's possible this was intentional in order to fit the whole definition in two lines).

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's desktop appears to advertise a sequel to [[Where's an Egg?]]
*One of the dictionaries The Cheat is seen standing on is labeled "Thick n' Nasty DICTIONARY", a reference to the Thick n' Nasty burger seen in [[Blubb-O's Commercial]].
*This is another instance of [[Shut Up, Lady]]. Her quote "That looks sinful" directly reflects a quote in [[bottom 10]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when saying "Now that's talkin' like a Strong Bad dude!"
*The music that plays in the Easter egg featuring The Movie Theater is from [[city (comma) state]].
*The entire email is about [[portmanteaus]].
*[[Count Longardeaux's Book|Count Longardeaux]] first appeared in [[record book]].
*[[Trivia Time]] appears again in Homestar's kitchen.
*Coach Z calls Strong Bad "[["man" pronounced as "m'n"|Strong B'd]]".
*The colored lines background previously appeared in [[Coach Z's 110%]].
*The email mentions "[[peeing|pee-pee]]", [[crap]], [[for brains]], [[Ab-Abber 2000|ab-abber]], [[paunch]], and the [[schwa]].
*The Sawsome Jack! sticker is labeled "Awesome Sauce", from [[funny]] and [[keep cool]].
*The sound clip of an audience cheering and an unseen character screaming "[[Onion Bubs]]!" repeatedly is taken directly from [[original]].
**The music which plays during this scene is from [[Main Page 19]].
*"Carp for brains" and "Brain for brains" are references to [[personal favorites]] and [[invisibility]], respectively.
*[[Homestar's teeth|Homestar's tooth]] falls out of his mouth.
*Strong Sad and Homsar mention a [[puking|Puke-valanche]].
*The "graaauuunghck" symbol features a rotating lowercase [[G]].
*The "cross stitch" resembles [[Needlepoint]].
*On the scoreboard it mentions [[Team Kneepads]].
*The Cheat is mentioned to pee by his [[Own Dang X|owndangself]].
*Homsar's quote is similar to one by [[Senor Cardgage]] in [[fan club]].
*The scene where all the characters appear on the stage to shout in unison is taken from [[rock opera]].
*Homestar remarks that the dictionary is the [[Best/Worst X ever|best choose my own adventure he's ever play-read]].
*The Easter Egg featuring Homestar wearing a [[viking helmet]] and talking in the Movie Theater is similar to another scene in [[the movies]].

===Real-World References===
*"Quotient Quotables" is a reference to Potent Potables, a common category on [[Wikipedia:Jeopardy!|''Jeopardy!'']].
*The screen that pops up at "Gutterances" and "Onion Bubs" is a reference to the game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]]'s Fast Money Round, the board being from the [[Wikipedia:Richard Dawson|Dawson]]-[[Wikipedia:Ray Combs|Combs]] era. The screen also references actress [[Wikipedia:Zsa Zsa Gabor|Zsa Zsa Gabor]].
*"[[Wikipedia:Glory Days (song)|Glory Days]]" is a song written and performed by [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]].
*The "[[Wikipedia:Mumford High School (Michigan)|Mumford Phys. Ed. Dept.]]" T-shirt Homestar wears is the same design as the T-shirt worn by [[Wikipedia:Eddie Murphy|Eddie Murphy]] as Axel Foley in ''[[Wikipedia:Beverly Hills Cop|Beverly Hills Cop]]''.
*In the "Yes, it does" Easter egg, ''[[Wikipedia:Mr. Holland's Opus|Mr. Holland's Opus]]'' is mentioned.
*The symbols used by Strong Bad for different utterances are a parody of the [[Wikipedia:International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet]].
*The entry for "boodroscotch" references actress [[Wikipedia:Lisa Kudrow|Lisa Kudrow]]. "Kudrow-based adhesive" may be a reference to the film [[Wikipedia:Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion|Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion]]; in one scene Kudrow claims to have invented the formula for the adhesive on the back of Post-Its.
*Homestar's remarks during the "see also" loop makes reference to the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] books popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
*[[Wikipedia: Rubbermaid|Rubbermaid]] is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products including such well-known brands as Rubbermaid food storage, home organization, and refuse container products.
*Sawesome Jack is a reference to Saucy Jack, a name signed by [[Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper|Jack the Ripper]], or the song about said man by [[Spinal Tap]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|204|15762}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:56:24 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] et al — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.
*Email [[dictionary]] — Two of the words in ''Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!'', "pffgh" and "graaauuughnck", have five consonants in a row for each word. Furthermore, "pffgh" doesn't have a single vowel.

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[[Category:Word running gags]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:54:07 GMT

MrL: /* Examples */

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] et al — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.
*Email [[dictionary]] — Two of the words in Strong Bad's dictionary, "pffgh" and "graaauuughnck", have five consonants in a row for each word. Furthermore, "pffgh" doesn't have a single vowel.

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[[Category:Word running gags]]

Talk:Multiple Consonants

MrL — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:52:23 GMT

MrL:

== Biscuitdoughhandsman ==

[[Biscuitdoughhandsman]] have for consecutive consonants in a raw, in the -handsman part. Does this count? Since it's made up of two words that normally would only have two consonants. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think so, since it's made of normal words. Note also that real words have that combination. For example, see "Bail Bondsman". -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.135|128.103.10.135]] 17:25, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

== Fhqwhgads ==

I'm not sure any references to fhqwhgads should be made in this article because it was the sender's "name" in Internet slang, rather than a word actually made up in the context of the animated responses. [[User:MrL|MrL]] 00:07, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
: I reverted you before noticing you'd written this, but I still disagree. Strong Bad attempts to pronounce the thing despite its origin, and despite its ridiculous number of consecutive consonants. Heck, he even pronounces the ''whole thing'' the first time he sees it. Yes, the intro mentions made-up words, but that does not mean that a word must be made up for it to have too many consonants in a row. I say it should stay. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
::Keep it. It's become a major joke in H*R culture, despite its non-TBC origin. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

==Multiple Vowels==
Is there any way we can change this article or add a new one to discuss the usage of multiple vowel clusters? "Graaauuughnck" from [[dictionary]] and "da huuuuuudge" from [[animal]] are examples of these words. [[User:MrL|MrL]] 13:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

technology

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:04:34 GMT

MrL: /* Trivia */

{{aboutemail}}{{for|article about Strong Bad's preference for out-of-date computers and other gadgets|Strong Bad's Technology}}
{{sbenav|143}}
[[Image:sbemail143.png|thumb|Demonstrating the art of floppy disk folding.]]

Strong Bad makes an introduction to technology for middle school students.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Classroom]], [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 30, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:47

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

== Transcript ==
''{Strong Bad types "strongbad_email.exe" and presses enter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Don't you wanna email, don't you need a email, don't you turn your life around!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: little help, please</div>
Dear Strong Bad; 
I'm a middle school technology teacher. I would really 
appreciate it if you could come up with an introduction I 
could use for my new classes. Thanks. 
Jay 
Oswego NY
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "Oswego NY" as "Oswego to New York" with "Oswego" in a sing-song voice, as if saying "Off we go!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You would ''really appreciate'' it? That's it? Man, back in the olden ''{pronounces "olden" as ol-dèn}'' days, I could get upwards of 3 chickens, a sack of barley and a half-dead goat all for doing one of my technology intromercials. ''{clears screen}'' Well, I sure hope JCPenney's accepts really appreciate it's, 'cause I know for a fact they stopped taking ''{exaggerates voice}'' I'll be your best friend's ''{returns to normal}'' a while ago. Either way, middle school kids are all idiots and they need as much of my help and guidance as they can get.

''{Strong Bad gets up. Cut to a classroom with Strong Bad in a white lab coat, the words "I'M USING TECHNOLOGY" written on the blackboard and a poster with a drawing of a computer captioned "computers don't BYTE".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{moving his hands in a robotic way, speaking in a robotic voice}'' One, zero zero, one one, zero, one, one zero, one one zero, zero one. ''{normal voice}'' You may not have understood me, but I was speaking technology.

''{Cut to a close-up of Strong Bad's head in the lab.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The word "technology"... means... "magic". It's basically anything that's really cool that you don't know how it works. And if it breaks, you have to buy a new one. Why, I've got some technology beneath my pants right now! Whoo-ya!

''{Cut to the full classroom shot again. Strong Bad takes a 5¼" floppy disk with the logo "5.25 power" from behind him, throws it in the air and catches it in his right hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is a diskette. Diskettes were invented by computers to help us. Like how cows—

''{A crude drawing of a cow replaces the text on the blackboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —invented milk.

''{Zoom in on Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The two warring factions of diskettes are floppy disks—

''{He shakes the 5¼" disk, emphasizing its floppiness.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and hard disks.

''{He lifts an unlabeled 3½" floppy disk in his right hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I prefer ''{hides the 3½" disk}'' these big ones because they hold more memory, although you have to ''{crumples the 5¼" disk}'' fold them up to fit them into these new computers.

''{Camera pans right to center on the "computers don't BYTE!" poster. Strong Bad drops the crumpled disk and continues.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Another thing you'll need is your very own email address.

''{Cut to a [[Tandy 400]]-like computer screen with an orange envelope labeled "email".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just take your favorite hobby,—

''{The words "soccer", "ballet", "nachoeating", "skater", "fire", "football", "racecar" and "swimteam" alternate under the envelope and stop on "swimteam".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — add kid, grrl, pie or izzle—

''{The words alternate next to "swimteam" as he speaks them, then being replaced by "pie".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and put a bunch of numbers at the end!

''{The number "33331" appears next to "pie". The address is completed with "@kindergartencop.edu" appearing on the next line. Then, cut to the classroom with a picture of a robot marching towards a city and the text "gank gank!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{moves his hands and head in a robotic way, speaking in a robotic voice}'' Robots are technology shaped like square people. ''{returns to normal voice}'' They are primarily used for destroying Japan and serving hors d'œuvres.

''{The Cheat walks up to Strong Bad with a plate of hors d'œuvres, making robotic The Cheat noises and encased in what appears to be an upside-down metal pail. The pail has bolts and a smiley mouth drawn on it in black marker and light bulbs sticking out of holes cut in the sides.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, The Cheatbot! I would love a stuffed grape leaf! ''{grabs one and eats it}''

''{Cut to The Field, where the lab coat-wearing Strong Bad and "The Cheatbot" are standing next to Pom Pom, who is talking to someone on his cell phone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Originally, tellular cellaphones ''{indicating Pom Pom's phone}'' were for sending misspelled messages to your friends, telling them where you are in the food court.

'''POM POM:''' ''{makes a few bubbling noises directed at Strong Bad, then resumes his conversation}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pom Pom just bought movie tickets with his cell phone!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks annoyed and makes more bubbling noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, he just watched a movie ''on'' his cell phone!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry at Strong Bad, makes more bubbling noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh oh ''oh''! Pom Pom just wrote, directed, produced, and ''distributed'' a movie with his cell phone!

'''POM POM:''' ''{answers an incoming call and makes a few more bubbling noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and he just got into Sundance! High-five, brother!

''{Pom Pom absorbs his phone into his body, produces a pair of sunglasses and a water bottle, and bounces off, "drinking" from the water bottle.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holding out for the high-five a bit longer}'' Uh, cool, right. I'll, uh... see you later. ''{He emphasizes "see" and "you", as though saying "C U". He waits a bit, then turns to The Cheat.}'' What are you still doing here, The Cheatbot?

''{Cut back to the classroom, where the blackboard now reads "THE FUTURE??" in large letters.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The future of technology, or at least what people won't shut up about, is wireless. You know, things like—

''{The view zooms in on the blackboard, which displays drawings of each of the items Strong Bad mentions.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —walkmans, flashlights, and solar calculators.

''{He pops up in front of the blackboard and holds up a "Cakkalate" brand calculator which has the digits "53045 3080" typed in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, I can make mine say "oboe shoes"!

''{He turns the calculator upside-down so that the digits resemble the words "OBOE ShOES". Cut back to the Lappy, as Strong Bad sits back down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And then there's the Lappy, which rules over technology with a 42 pound, allegedly portable fist. Watch as it magically saves this screen.

''{Strong Bad types "screen_savior.exe" on a new line, bringing up a screen saver that resembles a primitive 3D maze. The words "Strong Bad gots the style" are written on the wall at every turn.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The screen is saved, man. This thing's gonna last like 50 years! Alright, awkward children, I'm all done kickin' my tech-knowledge. Now leave me alone! Got to find my way out of these catacombs...

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling to himself}'' Left... left... no, right... no, left... OK... just keep goin'... Strong Bad... style...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{after some time}'' Where are you taking me, Lappy?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{after another delay}'' Man... I throwed up all over this maze.

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Technology goat.PNG|thumb|Half-dead... or half-alive?]]
*Click on the words "half-dead goat" for a picture of a goat with the caption: "Do you see this goat as half-dead or half-alive?"
*Click the left side of the Lappy's screen at the end to see Strong Bad and Strong Sad arguing over floppy/hard disks.
:'''STRONG SAD:''' I keep telling you they're ''both'' floppy disks!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' You think ''this'' is a floppy disk?
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Yes, it is!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' It's not a hard disk? ''{he hits his desk with the disk three times}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' No.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' And you're sure about this?
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Absolu- ''{Strong Bad throws the disk at Strong Sad's face}'' Ow!
*Click the right side of the Lappy's screen at the end to see Bubs selling Wireless Extension Cords.
:'''BUBS:''' Get your wireless extension cords. Three for three hundred! Lightweight, existent, and shockproof!
:''{Homestar peeks out from the left edge of the screen}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... I'll take fooour! ''{he inexplicably flies up the left screen edge and disappears}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*When Strong Bad "speaks technology", he is speaking in [[Wikipedia:Binary numeral system|binary code]], where each 1 or 0 is a bit.
**A [[Wikipedia:Byte|byte]] is an ordered collection of 8 bits.
*There are two kinds of disks shown in the email, 5¼" and 3½", and they are both [[wikipedia:floppy disk|floppy disks]] (meaning Strong Sad was correct). Note that not only does Strong Bad misidentify the 3½" floppy disk, but he incorrectly states that the larger disk has more memory. His wording is incorrect here, too, as floppy disks don't have [[Wikipedia:Random access memory|memory]], per se, they have disk space. The smaller one has more disk space.
**In a 3½" floppy disk, the disk itself is flexible, hence the name "floppy disk", even though it is inside a hard case. In a hard disk, the disk itself is inflexible.
*A [[wikipedia:hard disk|hard disk]] or hard drive (more correctly: "hard disk drive") is a storage unit for computer files that is usually located inside the computer and, therefore, not portable. Though recent technology has made hard drives that are both external and portable, the disk in Strong Bad's hand is ''not'' a hard disk.
*A [[Wikipedia:Catacomb|catacomb]] is any network of caves, grottos, or subterranean place that is used for the burial of the dead, or it can refer to a specific underground burial place.
*The comment about robots destroying Japan refers to Japanese [[Wikipedia:kaiju|kaiju]] films or [[Wikipedia:tokusatsu|tokusatsu]] shows in which major cities are destroyed by giant monsters and robots. The best-known example of this genre is [[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]].
*When Strong Bad says he "throwed up all over this maze", he means his graffiti. A "[[Wikipedia:Graffiti terminology|throw-up]]" is a work of graffiti of a complexity between that of "tag" and a "piece". He's speaking loosely (or ignorantly), because his hasty scrawl would more likely be considered a tag.
*When Strong Bad makes his calculator say 'Oboe Shoes', he is referring to the popular elementary/middle school practice of [http://www.floridatechnet.org/institute/calculator.pdf calculator writing].
**Most calculators can't hold enough numbers to say Oboeshoes; the most they do is Oboeshoe.

===Trivia===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#gold rush|gold rush]]".
*Taken as a whole number, Strong Bad's binary sequence "10011011011001" represents the number 9945. In 7-bit [[Wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII]], this sequence represents the letters "<tt>MY</tt>".
**This sequence is also a [[wikipedia:palindrome|palindrome]].

*"Tellular cellaphone" is a [[spoonerism]], a mixing-up of the initial sounds of a pair of words.
*This is the first e-mail where Strong Bad supposedly hits Enter after every line, and he does this from from every e-mail afterward. Before, Strong Bad was always able to skip to a new line without hitting Enter, except perhaps during [[Tandy 400]] e-mails.

===Remarks===
*You cannot actually fold a 5¼" floppy disk to make it work in a 3½" drive. Attempting to do so will destroy the media (and possibly damage the disk drive).
**Moreover, the computer in the poster he gestures at when describing this procedure doesn't actually have a 3½" drive.
*The screensaver goes in an endless loop of Forward, Turn Right, Forward, Turn Left...
:*Due to the poor graphic quality, it is difficult to tell whether the maze actually has left and right turns. An alternative to the layout described above is that the observer "walks" up and down a single closed hallway, turning around (left or right) at each end.
*Strong Bad has referred to the 3½" disks as floppy disks in the email [[funny]], in which he says "Let's see here...I can tape this blank floppy disk to my head and start talking gibberish and acting like the crazy squeaky guy".
*The number on the chalkboard solar calculator, 3.14, is the most common approximation of [[pi]].
*A typical solar calculator has space for only 8 numbers in its display. Strong Bad's has 10.
**This calculator is also able to insert spaces between numbers, which normal calculators can't do.
*Bubs's "wireless extension cords" call to mind the [[Wikipedia:Magnifying transmitter|magnifying transmitter]], an experimental device developed by [[Wikipedia:Nicola Tesla|Nicola Tesla]] as part of his research into the possibility of wireless power transmission.
**For [[Wikipedia:April Fool's Day|April Fool's Day]] 2006, the online retailer [[Wikipedia:ThinkGeek|ThinkGeek]] advertised [http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml wireless extension cords], although at US $34.99 each, they are somewhat less expensive than Bubs's.
*The [[Wikipedia:screensaver|screensaver]] won't actually help the Lappy's [[Wikipedia:Liquid crystal display|LCD]] screen — only older [[Wikipedia:Cathode ray tube|CRT]] monitors needed screensavers to prevent an image being burned into the screen.
*Pom Pom's Treo 650 [[Cell Phones|cell phone]] seems to have AT&T phone service. When he's receiving the second call, if you zoom in, you can see that he's getting a call from Bob Redford, and the Blue Bars design of AT&T is under it.

=== Inside References ===
*Pom Pom's ring tone is the indietronic remix of [[The Geddup Noise]], heard in the email [[geddup noise]].
*The "kindergartencop.edu" domain was also used in [[unused emails]], for the email address that Bubs sends spam to.
*The Lappy being 42 pounds and portable is also mentioned in [[animal]], when it first debuted.
*This is another appearance of [[Goats]].
*[[The Cheatbot|The Cheatbot's]] sounds are similar to those he makes in the intro to the news program in [[local news]].
*When Strong Bad is describing how to create an e-mail address, there are references to both '[[grrl]]' and '[[Pie]]'.
*This is another instance of the [[Food Court]].

* During the screen saver, Strong Bad says, "Left, left, no! Right, left...", similar to Homestar's mistake in [[TrogdorCon '97]].
*The [[Cakkalate]] is a reference to how Strong Bad pronounces "calculations" in [[space program]].
*When Strong Bad says "Oh oh ohhhhhh" when talking about Pom Pom's cell phone, it is similar to Homestar Runner's pronunciation of the same phrase in [[couch patch]].

=== Real-World References ===
*The "catacombs" screensaver on the Lappy is reminiscent of the "3D-Maze" screen saver first introduced in [[Wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95 OSR-2]]. It is also similar to the 1991 DOS game [[Wikipedia:Catacomb 3D|Catacomb Abyss]].
*''[[imdb:tt0099938|Kindergarten Cop]]'' is a movie starring [[Wikipedia:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as an undercover cop posing as a teacher.
*Pom Pom's cell phone looks like a [[Wikipedia:Treo|Palm Treo]] [[Wikipedia:Treo 600|600]], [[Wikipedia:Treo 650|650]], or [[Wikipedia:Treo 700w|700w]].
*Pom Pom's cell phone says "Incoming Call: Bob Redford", referring to American actor [[Wikipedia:Robert Redford|Robert Redford]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] is an annual independent film festival in Park City, Utah, founded by actor Robert Redford. The name refers to Redford's portrayal of The Sundance Kid in the film [[IMDB:tt0064115|Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.]]
*"Do you see this goat as half-dead or half-alive?" is a reference to the famous expression "[[Wikipedia:Is the glass half empty or half full|Do you see this glass as half-empty or half-full?]]", a psychological question often used to determine if a person is optimistic or pessimistic.
*Strong Bad's definition of technology may be a spoof on [[Wikipedia:Clarke's three laws|Clarke's third law]]: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Most middle-school technology classes begin with the definition of technology, which is the use of tools, materials, and knowledge to solve problems and do tasks efficiently.
*On the poster that says ''computers don't BYTE'', the font used for BYTE is the same font used in [[Wikipedia:BYTE|BYTE magazine]]. The computer on the poster also resembles an [[Wikipedia:IBM XT|IBM XT]].
*When Strong Bad says he will be "Kicking (his) new Tech-Kuh-Nowledge", he is referencing the [[Wikipedia:Beastie Boys|Beastie Boys]], in particular "The Sounds Of Science" on [[Wikipedia:Paul's Boutique|Paul's Boutique]]. The lyrics go "''I've been dropping the new science and kicking the new knowledge An M.C. to a degree that you can't get in college''", in which "Knowledge" is pronounced with the "K" in the way Strong Bad does in the toon.
*"Intromercial" is a play on [[Wikipedia:infomercial|"infomercial"]], a commercial that usually lasts at least half an hour, often called "paid programming".
**It is also a [[portmanteau]] of informercial and intro(duction).
*Strong Bad uses the term "[[Wikipedia:-izzle|-izzle]]," an English suffix used for pop-culture hip hop slang initially used by [[Wikipedia:Gap Band#Hip hop influence|The Gap Band]], but popularized by rapper Snoop Dogg and Bay Area Rapper E-40.
*The phrase "I'm using technology" is a line from the song [[Wikipedia:Search and Destroy|"Search and Destroy"]] by Iggy Pop and the Stooges.
*[[Wikipedia:J.C. Penney|JCPenney]] is a large chain of department stores commonly found in malls.
*A [[Wikipedia:Walkman|Walkman]] is a portable cassette player manufactured by Sony that was popular in the 1980s and early '90s. In recent years, Sony has used the brand on MP3 players and cell phones.


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

'''MATT:''' Mike, we have a sister that—

'''MIKE:''' ''What?!''

'''MATT:''' Yeah! ''{gasps}'' Hold the phone! We have a sister that teaches young children about technology.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it's true.

'''MATT:''' On the computers!

'''MIKE:''' It's true, I bet she doesn't do a very good job of—

'''MATT:''' Aww, that's not true.

'''MIKE:''' No, no. She teaches little babies about things though.

'''MATT:''' Really, little babies?

'''MIKE:''' Like two years olds.

'''MATT:''' I don't think that's true. I think it's like fifth graders.

'''MIKE:''' Well... ''{pause}'' Do you think she uses this as a teaching aid?

'''MATT:''' Probably not. I think we've been banned —

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' —from public schools.

'''MIKE:''' She doesn't teach it at public schools, that's for darned sure.

'''MATT:''' One time I swore a cuss — on my website.

'''MIKE:''' Do it right now.

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Do it right now.

'''MATT:''' Parg.

'''MIKE:''' Parg. ''{pause}'' Wow. Sorry Moms. All you moms out there that just heard that. Dads don't care.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, dads love a curse.

'''MIKE:''' Dads love a good curse.

''{long pause until Strong Bad finishes "speaking" in binary}''

'''MATT:''' We should have our friend who makes home brew Atari games turn that string of binary code into something.

'''MIKE:''' Find out what it is? Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Make some video art out of it. ''{pause}'' So "Computers don't Byte"— that was a popular poster for computer labs back in the '80s.

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Thanks computers!

'''MIKE:''' Two disk drives? That was also popular in the '80s.

'''MATT:''' "diskcopy a: b:", that was always—

'''MIKE:''' That was for one disk drive. Or wait, no—

'''MATT:''' But you had "B".

'''MIKE:''' There was one way where you could do it where you could copy something with, uh —

'''MATT:''' Yeah, what was it saving it to?

'''MIKE:''' I guess— I don't know. Maybe it had a hard drive? But I remember—

'''MATT:''' Into the RAM?

'''MIKE:''' you had to switch back and forth a million times. ''{pause}'' So that was first— this is the first time we used the amber, instead of green monochrome.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think that kinda was the inspiration for Thy Dungeonman III, wasn't it?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think we'd actually done the— ''some'' graphics for Thy Dungeonman III before that.

'''MATT:''' Oh had we already?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, yeah. But we had friends who had a quote unquote portable computer ''{laughs}'' that —

'''MATT:''' That weighed about 50 pounds.

'''MIKE:''' It was ''huge'' and it had a very— the keyboard flipped down from the front, and revealing a 5-inch or 6-inch amber monochrome monitor.

'''MATT:''' Oh yes.

'''MIKE:''' Played a lot of Karataka on that, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Ooo, nice. Hey, we have a friend who just got into Sundance!

'''MIKE:''' And it wasn't Pom Pom!

'''MATT:''' It wasn't!

'''MIKE:''' It was the person who invented Pom Pom.

'''MATT:''' That's true.

'''MIKE:''' Our Craig Zobel.

'''MATT:''' Our very own millioniare gadabout. Craig Zobel.

'''MIKE:''' He looks just like that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's always drinking bottled water and wearing Ray-bans. ''{pause}'' The Cheatbot is adorable.

'''MIKE:''' I like him.

'''MATT:''' I'm going to make a— submit a fanstuff to our''self''. ''{overlapping}'' where I cut a hole in a bucket—

'''MIKE:''' You're going to put a bucket over a stuffed The Cheat?

'''MATT:''' Uh huh.

'''MIKE:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' It doesn't get much more fun than drawing stuff on chalkboards.

'''MATT:''' Nope. ''{reading calculator}'' "Oboe shoes". Strong Bad doesn't really know too much about computers, does he Mike? He got the hard disk and floppy disk thing all wrong—

'''MIKE:''' Check.

'''MATT:''' I can remember, uh, correcting a teacher in seventh grade.

'''MIKE:''' Check.

'''MATT:''' Check?

'''MIKE:''' Yes. Sorry.

'''MATT:''' Is this a list?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Oh, all right. A dozen eggs.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Nope, still need those.

'''MATT:''' Whole wheat flour. Uh, do you remember this? I forget what it was called.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah the old—

'''MATT:''' "Maze", "3D Maze", or something.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It was a nice screen saver.

'''MIKE:''' Screen saver for, what Windows '94 or something?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It looks very Wolfenstein. ''{pause}'' Um..

'''MIKE:''' Oh, this keeps going for a bit right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah it does.

'''MIKE:''' Does it ever do something different, or does it?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, ok.

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Just keeps going for—

'''MATT:''' Do you think that maybe, uh— those words that he put on the wall. Is that customizable?

'''MIKE:''' Ooo. It should be. Type in whatever you want.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

== External Links ==
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Multiple Consonants

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:28:54 GMT

MrL:

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:26:23 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sings to music, they sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[highschool]] — When the [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries|Mysfit-steries]] sing "Havin' Fun With My Friends", [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Homestar Runner|Homestar]] sings several wrong notes.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Several characters' last notes in the song are slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Activity running gags]]

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:22:14 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sings to music, they sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[highschool]] — When the [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries|Mysfit-steries]] sing "Havin' Fun With My Friends", [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Homestar Runner|Homestar]] sings several wrong notes.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Strong Bad's last note in the song is slightly wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Activity running gags]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:15:47 GMT

MrL:

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:10:50 GMT

MrL: /* Examples */

Talk:Multiple Consonants

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:07:46 GMT

MrL: /* Fhqwhgads */

Talk:Multiple Consonants

MrL — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:07:05 GMT

MrL: /**/Fhqwhgads

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:02:11 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy bar]] is "SBLOUNSKCHED!", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Word running gags]]

animal

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:49:40 GMT

MrL:

{{sbenav|119}}
[[Image:Strong Bad Email 119.png|thumb|"Finally, a computer for your lap!"]]

Strong Bad has a new computer! Introducing... Lappy 486! Meanwhile, Spud Jr. asks Strong Bad what he would like as if he were his own made up animal.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Monstrosity|Monstrosity]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]], [[Baby Styles]], [[Da Huuuuuudge]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#The Red Steckled Elbermung|The Red Steckled Elbermung]], [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#El Pardack|El Pardack]], [[Sterrance]], {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Field]], [[Places#Made-Up Places|Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure]], [[Strong Badia]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 29, 2004

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

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386?? Not No More.

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

== Transcript ==

''{Both Strong Bad and the [[Compy 386]] are absent from their usual place at the desk. Clean spots left by the Compy monitor and the keyboard are evident against the slightly faded wall and table. Wind can be heard, and a tumbleweed rolls past.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It is a time of desolation, chaos, and uncertainty. Brother pitted against brother; babies havin' babies. Then one day, from the right side of the screen,—

''{Strong Bad walks on from the right, carrying the folded-up Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —came a man.

''{He sits down at the desk and places the Lappy on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A man with a plastic rectangle... I MEAN LAPTOP COMPUTER!

''{He unfolds the Lappy; the words "Lappy 486" appear on the screen with an accompanying note, then the Lappy's logo appears above; the screen becomes a black screen with a square bracket in the top left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a classy start-up noise! ''{imitating the start-up noise}'' Dong...ding! And check out all these speculations!

''{Some music starts playing. Cut to the set of The Show, with a silhouetted Lappy on the pedestal. As Strong Bad speaks, the camera zooms in and the Lappy becomes visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy 486 weighs in at an extremely portable forty-two pounds—

''{The words "42 POUNDS!!! (LBS.)" appear in the top right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and features an impressive battery life—

''{The words "Several" color monitor" and "2 MB Hard Drive!" appear at the top of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of one half of ten minutes.

''{The words "WARNING: +/- FIVE MINUTE BATTERY LIFE" appear under the first slogan.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy 486—

''{"512k RAM" appears next to the battery life warning}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —by Compy.

''{The slogan "Finally, a computer for your lap!" appears at the bottom of the screen next to a Compy logo. An applause accompanies the scene. Cut back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! Let's see if this bad boy can check some emails.

''{He types in "strongbad_email.exe" as with the Compy.}''

<blockquote class="email">
<div>subject: made up animal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
What would you like as if you were your own made up 
animal 
Sincerely, 
Spud Jr.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Come now, Spud Jr. What would Spud Sr. think of such nightmarish grammar and punctuation? And poor Spudmom. ''"What would you like as if..."'' I at least hope you're good at sports, for their sake. ''{He stops typing.}'' All right, I'm done. ''{He clears the screen and resumes typing.}'' Well Stu-Pud Jr., If I was my own made up animal I would probably like as the coolest made up animal ever made up. I would have all the cool animal options and accessories:

:Claws
:Horns
:Tusks
:Tentacles
:Power Doors
:15 Year Drivetrain Warranty
:Proboscis
:Segmented Eyes

''{Cut to the field, where Strong Bad stands with three compound eyes (see [[animal#Goofs|Goofs]]), two antlers, two tusks, a proboscis, four claws on each hand, and four tentacles. Homestar Runner is also present.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the times?

''{Strong Bad attempts to respond and makes gargling sound while foaming at the mouth. Homestar steps back, looking shocked. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh. I guess I couldn't really talk with that proboscis. Not that I'd have much of an answer for "Do you know the times," anyway. Hmmm. Maybe I could be one of those deep-sea fangly fishes.

''{Cut to the sea, rendered in [[Powered by The Cheat]] style.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You know, the kind that have Christmas lights all over them, and those custom lures hanging over their heads.

''{An anglerfish with flashing lights adorning its body and Homestar's head for a lure appears.}''

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Right this way, everyone! Free puppies, ginger snaps ''{a fish version of The Cheat swims past}'', Pocket PCs...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' 'Cept I'd also have an awesome back deck on me for dinner and dancing!

''{A deck appears on the fish's back. Zoom in to see a woman dancing on it with Strong Bad, with some typical Powered-by-the-Cheat techno-ish music playing.}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' Hey there, Baby Styles, do you want to watch me bench-press a lot...of weights?

'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' ''{lowers onto the deck}'' Turn it out, Strong Bad, turn it out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, wait. ''{The Strong Bad on the deck disappears.}'' How could I enjoy the dinner and dancing if I'm already the fanglyfish? ''{The Homestar lure starts "dancing" and the "Cheatfish" swims by again}''

''{Zoom out to see the full view of the "fanglyfish". Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Maybe I'm overthinking this. I should just come up with a cool name and the rest will like as itself. I would be called ''{considers}'' da huuuuuudge. ''{He pronounces each letter of huuuuuudge, as if to say "huh-duh-juh."}''

''{Cut to Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure. A sign on the front of the enclosure reads:}''

<blockquote>Please, for the love of Pete, 
DO NOT feed Da Huuuuuudge</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Da Huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge."}''

''{A large, pus-colored, gelatinous, bubbling creature with Strong Bad's face lands in the enclosure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Eew! No. No Huuuuuudge. ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

''{Marzipan enters from the right, silhouetted, outside the enclosure.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, wow! Look at the Huuuuuudge! ''{Pronounced as "hudge" again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Um... How about...the red steckled elbermung?

''{An open book descends into the frame with a picture of a red gastropod with a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes and huge lips. The text in the book reads:}''

<blockquote>R is for
Red steckled elbermung</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' No no no.

''{The lips, the eyes and the tail become annotated with the word "No" each time Strong Bad says the word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um...the pardack?

''{Some yellow lined paper descends into the frame. On it is a picture of a large blobby creature with Strong Bad's eyes, horns, duck feet, one of Strong Bad's arms and a [[Soolnds|soolnd]] with three toes for the other arm. Text under it reads: "el pardack."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the? ''{The pardack gains a speech bubble with the text "what the?"}'' Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay, okay, okay. Gotta look good for the Lappy. My made up animal ''{slight pause}'' would be called...

''{Cut to Strong Badia.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Sterrance.

''{A blue creature with stick arms and legs, red hands, orange feet, angel wings, an orange tongue, buck teeth, and a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes appears. Some music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, I did it! ''{Sterrance starts dancing}'' Look at Sterrance. Aw, Sterrance! I want one! Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid ugly old washed-up The Cheat I used to have.

''{Cut back to the computer room. The Cheat is standing by Strong Bad, looking angry.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Captain Past-His-Prime himself.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I know you heard me. And I stand by it.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry Cheat noises; walks away}''

''{Strong Bad turns back to the Lappy, affectionately stroking it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't worry about him, Lappy. That's just The Cheat. He uses ''{dismissively} new'' computers. Psssh! The Paper, come on down and meet your new brother!

''{The Paper begins to edge down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on!

''{It edges down a bit more.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's okay!

''{It edges back a bit.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, ah! Come on!

''{It edges down a bit.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lappy's not going to bite you or tear at your perforated edges!

''{It comes down a bit more.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it!

''{It comes all the way down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lappy, this is The Paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny!

''{The Paper comes down even more so that it now reads:}''

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="text-align:center;font-family: courier new, monospace;width:350px"
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| Enough already, Strong Bad
|- style="background:#F8F8F8;"
| > Click here to e-mail strong bad
|- style="background:#E0F5E1;"
| strongbad@homestarrunner.com
|}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oops! Sorry. Bye, everybody.

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the word 'cuter' to show a small movie of Homestar's head on a lure next to the dancing girl in a dance club.
:''{The Homestar lure and the dancing woman are at a disco, Powered by The Cheat style. Two disco balls hang from the ceiling and a rough approximation of music is playing.}''
:'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Hey there, Baby Styles. This is a nice dancing club, right? Do you have a phone at your house?
*At the end, click on the words 'The Cheat' to see what the runners-up get.
:''{Cut to the pedestal of The Show again. The fanglyfish is on it.}''
:'''VOICEOVER:''' Second-place contestants receive deep sea fanglyfish. Promotional considerations by Sterrance. Strong Bad's wardrobe furnished by Styles Upon Styles. ''{Some text appears on the screen reading:}''
<pre>MR. BAD'S WARDROBE
PROVIDED BY
Styles
Upon
Styles</pre>
:'''HOMESTAR LURE:''' Steep prices and trees! ''{these words appear on the bottom of the screen as he says them}''

== Fun Facts ==


===Explanations===
*The Christmas lights Strong Bad mentions on the fish refer to [[Wikipedia:Bioluminescence|bioluminescence]], which is used by various deep sea creatures to attract prey, among other functions.
*The "lure" he mentioned is a feature of many different "fanglyfishes", including the [[Wikipedia:Anglerfish|anglerfish]], in which the lure gives off a small amount of light in order to attract fish in close enough to its mouth in order to eat it. Note that only ''female'' anglerfishes have lures.

===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of the Lappy 486.
**In the hidden commentary for the email "[[invisibility]]," Mike said they wanted to give Strong Bad a new computer and that it should be a laptop named Lappy. Matt suggested Lappy 486.
*This email was sent in by HRWiki member [[User:kerrek slaya|kerrek slaya]].
*The table has been re-drawn with thinner lines with no shadow along the back edge. The obvious differences can be seen with comparison to the table in "[[virus]]."
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#future wars|future wars]]".

===Remarks===
*Since the [[Wikipedia:proboscis|proboscis]] is where the monstrosity's nose should be, it shouldn't prevent him from speaking at all, but it does anyway.
*The wall behind the computer had been expertly mended, leaving no seams or cracks, and matching perfectly with the silhouetting from where Compy used to be. It is impossible to tell where the shot entered the wall after destroying Compy in [[virus]].
*Despite its supposed portability, the Lappy is plugged into the same socket that both [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] and Compy used to occupy—which is good, since well over 75% of its battery life would have been exhausted during the email. However, we never see Strong Bad plug in the Lappy. The Lappy was plugged in after Strong Bad cut away from the speculations back to the [[computer room]].
*Strong Bad refers to [[The Paper]] as a male. (In the email [[invisibility]], the [[Tandy 400]] says that the ''printer'' is a female.)
**Similarly, at the end of this email, Strong Bad refers to the Lappy 486 as the Paper's brother, but refers to it as female in later emails.
*Strong Bad's mention of "Christmas lights" is one of the few [[Decemberween#References to Christmas|references to Christmas]] on the site, since [[Free Country, USA]] celebrates [[Decemberween]].
*Although Strong Bad usually only types what he is saying when his computer is visible, his voiceover for Sterrance's appearance is visible on the Lappy at the end of the email.
*The background "disco music" (used when Strong Bad is dancing on the back deck of the fanglyfish and in the dance club Easter egg) sounds similar to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" by Pigbag.
*In the opening of the e-mail, when you see the silhouettes of the Compy and the keyboard, you can see the shadow of a connecting cable from the keyboard to the Compy, even though there was never a visible cord that plugged in the keyboard.
**In addition, the compy monitor's silhouette is only seen on the wall, even though there had to be a silhouette on the table of where it was sitting
*Strong Bad notices that he couldn't be on the deck when he's the fanglyfish, but fails to catch that he couldn't own a Sterrance for the same reasons.
*Strong Bad [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaks the fourth wall]] by saying the words, "Then one day, from the right side of the screen..."

===Goofs===
*In the scene with Sterrance in Strong Badia, the [[Stop Sign]] and [[Cinder Block]] are on the ''left'' side of Strong Badia.
*The first animal Strong Bad makes up has antlers, not horns.
*On the list of Strong Bad's animal options and accessories is "Segmented Eyes." The proper terminology for the multi-faceted eye found on many insects is "[[Wikipedia:Compound eye|Compound Eye]]." On the [[strongbad_email.exe]] [[#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] admit this goof and say that they found out about it by reading it "[[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments#Homestar Runner Wiki Acknowledgments|on the wiki]]."
*In the [[The Show]] Easter egg, there is no back deck on the fangly fish.
*When Strong Bad says "Not that I have much of an answer for...," he starts typing "Not," and "that" simultaneously.

===Inside References===
*The Lappy was mentioned in the commentary on the DVD for the email [[invisibility]] when the Tandy was replaced by the Compy.
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "lure" when envisioning the fangly fish comes from [[lures & jigs]].
*The fact that horns is the second accessory listed for the Monstrosity is a reference to [[3 Wishes]], when Strong Bad says his second wish would be horns.
*When Homestar greets Strong Bad's first animal, he says "I say there, Monstrosity," just as he does in [[The King of Town DVD]] when asking about the sheep. (i.e. "I say there, fair Blacksmith, ...)
*"Baby styles" and "Styles Upon Styles" are references to [[style]].

===Real-World References===
*The new email client bears a strong resemblance to a Unix/Linux email client, [http://www.sfsu.edu/~helpdesk/docs/using/upine.htm PINE].
*The Lappy's classic startup noise sounds somewhat like the startup tone on the older Macintoshes. The sound was created on the Brothers Chaps' Casio keyboard, using the "Funny" preset. The first note is the lowest C, the second note a C one octave higher.
*Sterrance's feet look remarkably like the feet of Mickey Mouse.
*The way Strong Bad describes Lappy is in the style of many game shows.
*The Lappy's logo is a reference to the Apple Powerbook's logo.


*The word "color" in "'Several' color monitor" is the same font and color as the symbol for the Game Boy Color.
*"Babies Having Babies" is a 1988 hit by Terry Tate; as well as a [[IMDB:tt0088759|School Break Special]] on CBS in 1986.
*"Brother pitted against brother" is a term used to describe civil war. It originated in the Bible as a description of the end times.
* Styles Upon Styles is a reference to a lyric from "Buggin' Out", a song on the seminal 1991 album "[[Wikipedia:Low End Theory|The Low End Theory]]" by hip-hop group [[Wikipedia:A Tribe Called Quest|A Tribe Called Quest]].
*The red steckled elbermung seems to have been modeled after Salvador Dali's surrealist painting titled "Sleep" (or "Le Sommeil" in French).

===Fast-Forward===
*[[Styles Upon Styles]] is later mentioned in [[modeling]].
*Both Da Huuuuuudge and Sterrance reappear in [[alternate universe]] along with other Strong Bad-related faces.
*The way Strong Bad first introduces the [[Lappy 486]] is a parodied in [[hremail3184]].

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

'''MIKE:''' So here we have the unveiling of Strong Bad's new computer after it was destroyed in the last episode.

'''MATT:''' Mike, what is a tumbleweed doing in Strong Bad's computer office?

'''MIKE:''' I can't— I can't even imagine.

'''MATT:''' Look, "Future Wars." Is that symbolic because this is the future of Strong Bad Emails?

'''MIKE:''' It's definitely symbolic. I thought about that for a long time.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' You didn't just think of some old game we used to have?

'''MIKE:''' No! Was that a game?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Future Wars? By Del— Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-feen"}''? Delphine ''{pronounces it, "Del-fine"}''?

'''MIKE:''' I was just kidding.

'''MATT:''' Oh. And a classy logo, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks.

'''MATT:''' —I might add.

'''MIKE:''' That comes to, um—

'''MATT:''' —Life.

'''MIKE:''' Comes to life, with the yellow wig on.

'''MATT:''' ''{as [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]]}'' Strong Bad! Don't—! Stave it off! It's best time!

'''MIKE:''' So this is, of course, the background from "[[the show]]" email.

'''MATT:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' The game show background that I like so much.

'''MATT:''' Looks like it might be a prize that you win when you appear on the show.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yes.

'''MATT:''' Uh, I think that was very heavily inspired by when, uh, Kevin on ''Starcade'' is announcing the prizes on ''Starcade'', ''{Mike laughs}'' and so, I was like— What's that game? There was one that was a controller that they always did.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I—

'''MATT:''' I can't remember.

'''MIKE:''' A kind of joystick.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' A spud is, uh, is another word for a potato.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, they probably know that already.

'''MIKE:''' Who's "they"?

'''MATT:''' Those watching— the viewers.

'''MIKE:''' I bet— I bet at least one person watching this didn't know that a spud was also a potato.

'''MATT:''' Well, that's probably a four-year-old—

'''MIKE:''' There you go, buddy. I just taught you something. Pay me later. Oh, we messed up here, like, he says "segmented eyes," but he actually has compound eyes.

'''MATT:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' Read that on the wiki.

'''MATT:''' Good job.

'''MIKE:''' Goofs.

'''MATT:''' Goofs. That's a total goof. Strong Bad messed up, Mike. ''We'' knew our stuff.

'''MIKE:''' That's true. We did that on purpose.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. What is "segmented eyes" like?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno.

'''MATT:''' Is that a made-up thing?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe.

'''MATT:''' I remember originally—

'''MIKE:''' "Segmented bodies."

'''MATT:''' The line said, "segmented eyes" and "segmented butt," but we cut out "segmented butt."

'''MIKE:''' That's too risqué. Too risky.

'''MATT:''' Uh, so, look! The Cheat, out of nowhere! Look! There's ''my'' voice! There's the Cheat-whale.

'''MIKE:''' It must feel a little weir—

'''MATT:''' That Cheat-whale looks kinda like the Jaguar shark from ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''.

'''MIKE:''' It does.

'''MATT:''' This was before that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Before that.

'''MATT:''' Yes, see? We're suing Wes Anderson as we speak. ''{Mike laughs}'' Litigation Jackson is on the case. ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{Pause}'' Um... I think Powered by The Cheat-style thing should assist in Strong Bad Emails more often.

'''MIKE:''' Alright, let's do that for next week's email.

'''MATT:''' All— All— Calling all Powered by The Cheats. ''{Mike laughs}'' Sorry. That thing is gross, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It is.

'''MATT:''' Look, it's like, look at the ground around it. It's greasing out everywhere.

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

'''MATT:''' It's really gross. That thing's ''as'' gross—

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

'''MATT:''' —if not grosser.

'''MIKE:''' He's happy, though.

'''MATT:''' —or more gross. And that thing has a Strong Sad leg coming out of it, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, his mouth is kinda like, um, Neo's mouth in, uh, ''The Matrix'' when it closes up, and it becomes like...

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, GUI? ''{pronounced "gooey"}''

'''MIKE:''' GUI. GUI mouth.

'''MATT:''' Graphic user interface mouth?

'''MIKE:''' Look at little Sterrance!

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, Sterrance!

'''MIKE:''' He appears on the cover of this very DVD on the back!

'''MATT:''' Um, will we ever see him again?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Very possibly not.

'''MATT:''' I remember, uh, some people thinking we were gonna ditch The Cheat after this email, that Sterrance was going to—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. They really thought that Sterrance was gonna be the new sidekick for Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' He is pretty harsh to him. That'd be a sad way for The Cheat to go out. The Cheat ain't goin' out like that. Over the years, The Paper definitely has become more and more of a—

'''MIKE:''' A character.

'''MATT:''' It should have been on [[Everybody Everybody Poster|that big characters poster]] we made, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. It definitely has a personality.

===Fun Facts===
*''[[Wikipedia:Starcade|Starcade]]'' is an early '80s game show where teams played arcade games to win one of their own. "Kevin" is a reference to Kevin McMahon, the show's announcer.
*''[[IMDb:0362270|The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]'' is a 2004 film about an [[Wikipedia:Oceanography|oceanographer]] who tries to avenge his dead partner.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Matrix|The Matrix]]'' is a movie released in 1999, "[[Wikipedia:Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]]" being the alias of the main character, Thomas A. Anderson, played by Keanu Reeves.

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:48:44 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language, usually making them slightly difficult to pronounce. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s candy bar is "SBLOUNSKCHED", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Multiple Consonants

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:47:04 GMT

MrL:

[[File:Other SBLOUNSKCHED bar.png|thumb|"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!"]]

Several of the made-up words in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] feature '''multiple consecutive consonant clusters'''. Most of them are formed in [[Strong Bad Email]]s and have more consonants than any other real word in the English language. Most of the consonants are also part of consonant blends. The words [[Wiktionary:strength|strength]]s and [[Wiktionary:length|length]]s have five consonants in a row, more than any other in the English language.

==Examples==

*Email [[i love you]] — The mailer's name is "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf", which has groups of six, sixteen, three, three and four consonants, in that order. [[Strong Bad]] manages to read the whole word once, but then decide to shorten it to just [[Fhqwhgads]], which still has six consonants in a row.
**Email [[fan club]] — [[Strong Sad]] tells the [[Deleteheads]] about "FHQWHfest", which has six consonants in a row.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] — Strong Sad refers to his feet as "[[soolnds]]". This has four consonants in a row.
*Email [[candy product]] — The name of [[Strong Bad]]'s candy bar is "SBLOUNSKCHED", which has five consonants in a row.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — When asked to spell any word, [[Coach Z]] makes Strong Bad type "pfargtl", which has four consonants in a row. It is supposedly an animal.
*Email [[fan club]] — Strong Bad's made-up word, "engsmsplode", has seven consonants in a row.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:45:33 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sings to music, they sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[highschool]] — When the [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries|Mysfit-steries]] sing "Havin' Fun With My Friends", [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Homestar Runner|Homestar]] sings several wrong notes.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Activity running gags]]

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:44:57 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sings to music, they sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[highschool]] — When the [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries|Mysfit-steries]] sing "Havin' Fun With My Friends", [[Teenage Variations#Teenage Homestar Runner|Homestar]] sings several wrong notes.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.

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Sbemailiarized Entertainment

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:39:08 GMT

MrL:

{{about|concept}} {{for|toon|Sbemailiarized!}}
[[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|thumb|"Yeah yeah, no, yeah!"]]

'''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' is a new concept for [[Strong Bad Emails]]. While there are currently 202 Strong Bad Emails (not including the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]), they merely explain the different aspects of the [[Homestar Runner]] universe, whereas '''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' basically transforms various cartoons, [[Main Page]]s, and even the [[Intro]], into a Strong Bad Email.

At the end, the logo, which consists of a shiny metal orb with a cerulean circle around it and the words "sbemailiarized entertainment", appears, followed by "™ © ® LLC,,." and the name of a men's magazine.

==Sbemailiarized Toon History==

* [[April Fool 09]]

{{stub}}

Singing Out of Tune

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:34:27 GMT

MrL:

[[File:SB shower cap.PNG|thumb|"You can meet me down at the arcade!"]]
A lot of the time, when one or more characters sings to music, they sing in a key that does not match the tune they are singing to. This usually happens when the music clip is very brief.

==Appearances==
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Strong Sad and Strong Bad's parts in the song at the end are extremely flat.
*Email [[for kids]] (Easter egg) — When "All Is On" is heard, the singer is way out of key.
*Email [[old comics]] — The last chord in the "She Partied Without Dancing" clip is wrong.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — If [[Homestar Runner]] tries to "sing a song" to get a stirring utensil from [[Bubs]], the song will be nonsensical and hideously off-key, causing Bubs to plug his ears before handing Homestar a chewed-up pen.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Stinkoman]], [[Senor Cardgage]] and [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s parts in the song at the end are out of key.
*[[One Two, One Two]] — [[Strong Bad]] doesn't match [[Marzipan]]'s key. Furthermore, his final line is extremely wobbly.
*Email [[fan club]] — When [[Strong Sad]] sings the National Anthem, he's slightly sharp.
*[[Jibblies 2]] — As Marzipan tunes her guitar, she sings letters resembling strings other than the ones she plays while she sings them.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan says, "This part's in D." [[The Cheat]] sings an off-key note. Marzipan says, "Ooh, that's not D." The Cheat then sings a much higher, but still off-key, note. Marzipan says, "How about C?" causing The Cheat to yell at her and storm off. Marzipan remarks that this is "close enough". Furthermore, the entire song is actually in E minor.
*[[Secret Song]] — Homestar slides around while singing, and his piano accompaniment is similarly off. He also plays a wrong chord near the end.

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Sbemailiarized Entertainment

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:28:51 GMT

MrL:

{{about|concept}} {{for|toon|Sbemailiarized!}}
[[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|thumb|"Yeah yeah, no, yeah!"]]

'''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' is a new concept for [[Strong Bad Emails]]. While there are currently 201 Strong Bad Emails (not including the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]), they merely explain the different aspects of the [[Homestar Runner]] universe, whereas '''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' basically transforms various cartoons, [[Main Page]]s, and even the [[Intro]], into a Strong Bad Email.

At the end, the logo, which consists of a shiny metal orb with a cerulean circle around it and the words "sbemailiarized entertainment", appears, followed by "™ © ® LLC,,." and the name of a men's magazine.

==Sbemailiarized Toon History==

* [[April Fool 09]]

{{stub}}

April Fool 09

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:24:53 GMT

MrL:

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|sbemailintro|A Death Defying Decemberween |Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sbemailiarizedintro.png|thumb|It's just a hilarious coincidence!]]
The [[Intro]] gets [[Sbemailiarized!]]

'''Cast (In order of Appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Locations:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]

'''Dates:''' Wednesday, April 1, 2009 ''(Replacing Intro)'', Friday, April 3, 2009 ''(Added To Toons Menu)

'''Running Time:''' 1:26

'''Page Title:''' Watch Intro? Come on in.

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Having it out with an email, ''{quickly}'' in the middle of the street in front of some tourists, please don't call the cops.

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: why oh why?</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Why is the website called homestarrunner.com and not 
strongbad.com? You are cleary the best character. 
Get with it, 
Darren from Maclaren </blockquote>
''{The word "cleary" is said as written}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And you are cleary NOT an English major, Darren. Good question, though. Let's take a look at Homestar in action.

''{Cut to the Intro}''

'''KIDS:''' ''{background music, continues throughout intro}'' Everybody! Everybody! Everybody! Everybody!

''{A lit version of Homestar Runner, similar to graphics seen on sports scoreboards, runs in place. A smaller version of Homestar runs across the top of the screen, leaving the letters "H O M E S T A R" from left to right, then runs off screen. He re-enters at the bottom right leaving the letters "R U N N E R" from right to left, then runs off the left side of the screen. Appearing slightly larger from the left, he runs across the middle of the screen, causing the words "HOMESTAR" and "RUNNER" to scatter. He leaves his logo behind as he runs. The star from the logo elongates itself into a star-shaped tunnel, alternating in red, white and blue. Homestar then is zoomed upon and stands in front of a blue background with light blue stripes emanating from the center.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{out of sync with the background music}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah! ''{background music fades out}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at his Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean, what the crap was he even saying there? 'Everybody, now bleed a beetle?' No! Ewww. 'Everybody, law deed will be dull.' Uhhhh, no kidding. 'Everybody, something the feed mill?' Yeah, I got no clue why the website's not named after me. ''{quickly}'' Maybe it has something to do with how I forgot to register the domain name and some 12 year old kid beat me to it and is asking in the high six figures for it. ''{slower}'' But that might also be just a hilarious coincidence! ''{sighs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways, enjoy the rest of the website, Darren!

''{The screen darkens and the [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment]] logo zooms in followed by ™ © ® LLC,,. FHM. A note plays as each intellectual property symbol is added. The viewer is then taken to one of the [[Main Pages]].}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This toon replaced the [[Index Page]] on [[April Fools' Day]], 2009.

===Remarks===
*This was the first April Fools' Day Prank on the website since 2006.
*[http://www.strongbad.com strongbad.com] is owned by [http://www.whois.net/whois/strongbad.com a domain name reseller].

===Glitches===
*After the toon, you are sometimes brought to a [http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html broken link].

===Real-World References===
*At the end, it says "Sbemailiarized Entertainment ™ © ® [[LLC,,.]] FHM". [[Wikipedia:FHM|FHM]] is a men's magazine, similar to how the logo's run of trademarks and logos ended with "Esq." and "GQ" in [[Sbemailiarized!]], also men's magazines.

== External Links ==

*[[HR:sbemailintro.html|watch "April Fool 09"]]
*[[HR:sbemailintro.swf|view the Flash file for "April Fool 09"]]
*[[Forum:15221|Forum thread re: "April Fool 09"]]

[[Category:Intro Toons]][[Category:April Fools]][[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

Sbemailiarized!

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:23:40 GMT

MrL:

{{abouttoon}} {{for|concept it's based on|Sbemailiarized Entertainment}}
{{subtitlesLinks|sbemailiarized}}
{{uncattoonnav|sbemailiarized.html}}
[[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|thumb|Never mind new sbemails! It's Sbemailiarized Entertainment!]]

Strong Bad answers the question, "What separates a [[Strong Bad Email]] from a regular cartoon?" Apparently, not that much!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Mike Chapman}}, {{film|Matt Chapman}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, [[Drive-Thru Whale]]

'''Places:''' [[Smoky Office]], [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[The Field]], [[The Moon]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 30, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 2:46

'''Page Title:''' Terminal D6!!

==Transcript==
''{the loading screen for Lappy emails appears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Never mind new sbemails! It's Sbemailiarized Entertainment! ''{the logo for "Sbemailiarized Entertainment™ © ® LLC,,. Esq." appears. A note plays as each intellectual property symbol is added}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad sitting in [[Le Restige]], in the smoky office. He has his head turned, to face the camera from a side view of the chair}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi. Yeah, it's Strong Bad. ''{camera swings to a frontal shot of the chair}'' This-a one time people ask me, "What separates the men from the boys? ''{camera gets in closer}'' The wheat from the chaff? ''{zoom in even closer}'' The sbemails from the other cartoons?" ''{camera returns to original side view position}'' And I told them: "Not all that much!"

''{A line graph appears, titled "the "difference"". The red line represents "other cartoons", and the blue "sbemails". It spans from 2003 to 2009.}''

'''VOICES:''' Oooh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Watch as I sbemailiarize myself with this classic cartoon!

''{Static cut to Strong Bad in front of the Tandy 400. An email is on screen:}''

<blockquote class="tandy email"> Dear Strongbad, 
Coach Z talks real funney. 
-Jimty, 
St. Pod</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing; talking in a forced, acting voice}'' Jimty??!! That's a weird name! And you misspelled funny. Let's cut to Coach Z!!

''{cut to a scene from [[A Jorb Well Done]], with Coach Z talking to Homestar}''

'''COACH Z:''' I uh, I say you did a great ''jorb'' out there.

''{Cut back to the Tandy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing; speaking as before}'' I cam'b deven umberstand wum that guy's sane! Zee you nezz dime!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down, in the old one-line style message}''

''{Static cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' See? I turned that old cratoon into a Strong Bad Email! ''{turns to the side and puts his hand aside of his mouth}'' The secret is this: We take a classic cartoon, ''{a blue screen with the words "THE SECRET! Shhh!" at the bottom falls over the scene. An orange box with old-style Homestar jumping appears}'' and bookend it with my snarky wagglehead ''{orange boxes with pictures of Strong Bad and the text "snark snark!" slide in and squish the Homestar box, then settle in place. The pictures of Strong Bad's head bobs back and forth.}'' and an old computer! ''{pull out to show the screen on the Lappy}'' ''{the disk load sound plays}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's not a rerun ''or'' a cop-out! It's Sbemailiarized Entertainment! ''{The Sbemailiarized Entertainment™ © ® LLC,,. GQ logo again appears. A note plays as each intellectual property symbol is added}''

''{Cut to Mike and Matt Chapman sitting in a room with wood paneling. A television and an Atari console sit between them. "THE CREATORS" is displayed in yellow above them. Matt is shaking his head angrily at Mike.}''

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' I can safely say: This is the future of Strong Bad Emails! ''{gestures toward camera}'' I can't wait to stop working—start working on ''them''!

'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' ''{suddenly stands up, knocking the word "CREATORS" offscreen}'' ''{angrily}'' This is ''the'' worst idea you've—!!

''{Small blip, and cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Remember the one with that whale thing? ''{an inset showing a clip from [[Drive-Thru]] appears on the left}'' That crap made no sense, right? Well, that's because ''I'' wasn't there to tell you why things were funny!

''{Cut to Strong Bad typing on a greenish computer, the [[Terminal D6]]}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="border:4px solid #B9D79D;color:#D2FFD2">Hey Strong Bad, 
Man, those drive-thru speaker things 
sure are hard to understand. Will you 
cut to a scene of you talking to one? 
—Shandy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Drive-thru? More like drivel-thru if you ask me. I mean, this is a fast food exchange we're having here. There's only like, ten things you could possibly be saying and I ''still'' can't understand you.

''{Cut to a scene from Drive-Thru, with Strong Bad and The Cheat facing the Drive-Thru Whale}''

'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Nine-seventeen, sever your leg please, sir.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Could you repeat that? ''{Shakes head}'' I thought you just asked me to sever my leg. ''{Strong Bad shakes his leg as he says this}''

'''DRIVE-THRU WHALE:''' Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the greenish computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' See Shandy? Now it's social satire and not just some weird crap that you watch. See you next time!

''{Static cut back to Strong Bad in the chair}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And it doesn't just apply to cartoons in which I can't understand what people are saying! ''{lowers eyelids, speaks dryly}'' Which there seems to be an abundance of. ''{normal again}'' Why, you could sbemailiarize just about anything!

''{Cut to [[Main Page 1]], with the old style What's New buttons and only 10 main pages. A lonely wind whistle sound effect plays throughout.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Toons! ''{the spaceship opens}''

''{Cut to the Tandy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And that's why Homestar is able to breathe in the vacuum of space, Devon. Thanks for a— ''{record scratch, scene darkens and tilts}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And just watch me—

''{Cut to a live action video of a hamburger}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —go to work on this hambroiger!

''{After a couple seconds, a Strong Bad figurine falls onto the burger with a splat}''

''{The Paper comes down}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad once again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow! That totally didn't work! ''{turns to face front again}'' Sbemailiarized Entertainment.

''{The logo appears, sans copyright marks, and the scene behind it fades to black}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Yeah Yeah, No, Yeah! ''{these words appear beneath the logo as Strong Bad says them}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Sbemailiarized Entertainment: Coming soon to the rest of 2009! ''{"*Coming soon to the rest of 2009" appears in the corner. The back button appears}''

''{After a few moments, the "coming soon" message fades, and cuts to Strong Bad typing at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's how you could do some kinda sbemail parody, 4th wall type thing, Greggy. I think it'd be a big hit! People would be all confused like, "Wait, did he really mean it? Or did he really, ''really'' mean it?" ''{the second "really" is typed in waving, green letters}'' You know like, "Am I watching him? Or is he watching me?" Up is down! Taft is white! And hremails are sbemails! Uhhh, can you say ''{high pitched}'' mindblow?

''{Cut back to the logo}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*In the [[email thunder]] commentary included on [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six]], Matt Chapman informed Mike that he planned to discontinue Strong Bad Email. At the time, it was not confirmed whether or not he was joking.

===Trivia===
*When this toon was released, the [[Main Page Messages|main page button]] read "new strong bad email", but changed to "new strong bad email?" when scrolled over.
*This is the first time [[The Brothers Chaps]] have appeared as themselves on the website.
*The mockup of [[Main Page 1]] has only ten Main Page buttons in the corner, and the "What's New" cycles between "new toons menu", "new cartoon!", "another homepage", and "more messages". The buttons on the left are all drawn in the newer style, but the "What's New" button is done in an older, plainer style. Additionally, the "What's New" button is the only one on the page that responds to the mouse cursor.
*Matt Chapman is wearing [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]].
*The Updates links in the Main Page 1 Mock-up are clickable, but go nowhere.

===Remarks===
*Each time The Paper comes down during the toon, the "Email Strong Bad" link works.
*This toon is not linked from anywhere in the Toons menu except in the "New Stuff" page.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad misspells "breathe" as "breath". 
*The left and the lower brims of the [[Tandy]] screen glow as if not fitted in perfectly.

===Inside References===
*The list of trademarks and acronyms in the show's name includes [[LLC,,.]]
*The image of Homestar jumping is from [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*The Brothers Chaps have an [[Atari 2600]] sitting between them.
*Mike Chapman is wearing a [[Bear holding a Shark]] [[Store T-Shirts#tshirt_bear-shark|T-shirt]].
*Strong Bad calling the other videos "cartoons" and Matt Chapman knocking the word "CREATORS" offscreen are examples of [[Fourth Wall Break]]s, which Strong Bad acknowledges when he calls this toon a "4th Wall [[Type]] Thing".
*The Strong Bad [[Collectible Figurine]] lands in the [[Burgers|hamburger]].
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "hamburger" is an example of [["Er" pronounced as "Oi"]].
*The burger is an example of a [[Real-Live Foods|live-action food]].
*Strong Bad mentions [[Greg|Greggy]] as the writer of the email.
*Strong Bad mentions [[Hremails]].
*Strong Bad previously said "[[Strong Bad Email Outros|See you next time!]]" at the end of [[bike thief]].

===Real-World References===
*The first time the logo appears, the run of trademarks and abbreviations ends with "Esq."; the second time, this is replaced with "GQ". ''[[Wikipedia:Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:GQ|GQ]]'' are both men's magazines.
*"Taft" likely refers to [[president]] [[Wikipedia:William Howard Taft|William Howard Taft]].

===Fast Forward===
*Two days later, the Homestar Runner intro would be [[April Fool 09|"Sbemailiarized"]] for April Fool's Day. The men's magazine gag would be continued with [[Wikipedia:FHM|FHM]].

==External Links==
{{extlinks|sbemailiarized|15213}}

[[Category:Toons]]
[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

Sbemailiarized Entertainment

MrL — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:22:51 GMT

MrL: Created page with '{{about|concept}} {{for|toon|Sbemailiarized!}} "Yeah yeah, no, yeah!" '''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' is a new concept for [[Strong Bad Em…'

{{about|concept}} {{for|toon|Sbemailiarized!}}
[[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|thumb|"Yeah yeah, no, yeah!"]]

'''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' is a new concept for [[Strong Bad Emails]]. While there are currently 201 Strong Bad Emails (not including the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]), they merely explain the different aspects of the [[Homestar Runner]] universe, whereas '''Sbemailiarized Entertainment''' basically transforms various cartoons, [[Main Page]]s, and even the [[Intro]], into a Strong Bad Email.

==Sbemailiarized Toon History==

* [[April Fool 09]]