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Sbdisciples — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:10:36 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2, 2006. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

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Sbdisciples — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:10:18 GMT

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Sbdisciples:

the facts

Sbdisciples — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:13:50 GMT

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{{sbenav|114|pizzaz|time capsule}}
[[Image:Cubeland.PNG|thumb|"I guess if he lived in Cubeland, it might work."]]

Strong Bad tells Jess G.OH why Strong Mad can't have his own cartoon. Meanwhile, Homestar is determined that his "[[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|own cartoon]]" will be a #1 hit.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Cubeland]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Strong Mad's Room]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' September 20, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:53

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm checkin' e-mail, I'm checkin' e-mail. Hey, hey, I'm checkin' e-mail, I'm checkin' e-mail.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I was just wondering, why doesn't 
Strong Mad have his own cartoon? 
 
Your fan, 
Jess G. OH</blockquote>

''{He pronounces "Dear Strong Bad" as "Dah Sto Bo" and "Jess G. OH" as "Jess... G'oh!!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, Jess, as much as I cherish brother Graw Mad, let's look at the facts:

''{A grid appears on the screen and lines "scan" across from top to bottom and then left to right, revealing an image of Strong Mad next to which it says "Fact 1:"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fact one: The guy's got a pretty tenuous grasp on the English language.

''{"Tenuous grasp of the English language" appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For examplé: ''{pronounced ex-AM-play}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad at his desk. He turns on his stool and calls off screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Strong Mad! What, uh.. What's my favorite movie?

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{from off-screen}'' ''GARBLEDINA''!

''{Cut back to the screen where it says "Fact 2:"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fact two: ''Garbledina''.

''{"Garbledina" appears on the screen and the illustrated Strong Mad's eyebrows raise. Strong bad strikes a key and "Fact 3" appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fact three: he's like a big square, this guy.

''{"Like a big square" appears and a box encloses the image of Strong Mad, which looks around nervously. The left and bottom edges are labeled "88 in."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't really know if that has anything to do with why he doesn't have his own cartoon. But it's just weird, is all.

''{"Just weird is all" appears on the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Un..settling.

''{"Unsettling" appears.}''

''{Cut to a landscape filled with blue and pink cubes and a yellow sky. Strong Mad appears with a loud "thud."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I guess if he lived in Cubeland it might work, but.. Cubeland—

''{A "Cubeland" logo flies in from the right and comes to rest in the upper-left corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —is a place I just made up, so..on to fact four.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's screen which now reads "Fact 4."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Zero volume control.

''{"No volume control" appears on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Once again, obsoyve.

''{The Strong Mad image glances at the text.}''

''{Cut to Strong Mad sitting behind a table with a small orange clay dinosaur and yellow and green clay upright cylinders. Strong Bad enters from the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whispering}'' Hey, biggest bro. Mom says to keep it down 'cause  baby Strong Sad's sleeping.

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN BE THE QUIETEST MOUSE!

''{He holds up his right hand, index finger, and thumb together to demonstrate something very small, like a mouse.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I LIVE IN THE QUIETEST HOUSE!

''{He holds up his other hand in the same position.}''

''{Cut back to the screen. "Fact 5" is on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Fact five: Directorial inexperience.

''{"Directorial inexperience" appears on the screen.}''

''{Pull out to Strong Bad typing the e-mail.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Considering the only movie Strong Mad's ever made is 'Doug the Dino,' I doubt he'd be able to handle an entire cartoon on his own.

''{Cut to the television. After some static, a grainy video appears. A title made out of clay which says "DOUG THE DiNO" (the "O" in Dino is in the shape of an egg) appears.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{narrating}'' DINOSAUR!

''{Cut to the two clay cylinders. The clay dinosaur enters. Strong Mad makes various noises to go along with the action. Doug the Dino roars. The green cylinder flips over like a Slinky and a smiling face appears on it. Suddenly, Doug the Dino attacks it and it spills clay [[blood]]. While Doug is eating the green cylinder, a tape dispenser can be seen for a few frames. The yellow cylinder appears to flee as Doug licks his lips. A clay toilet enters and Doug presses the flush lever. The seat lifts and a red appendage appears out of the toilet, grasps Doug by the face, and pulls him in. The green cylinder "sits up" and smiles and Strong Mad's hand can be seen leaning on the table for a few frames.}''

''{Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Y'see? Misguided direction, no comedic timing, and the script is riddled with gaping plot holes. ''{not typing}'' And finally, ''{typing}'' Fact 6: Have you seen his computer?!?

''{Cut to Strong Mad's room, where Strong Mad has decorated a paper bag to look like [[Tandy 400]] (with the word "DISK" on the screen) and an up-turned cardboard box to look like Strong Bad's [[Floppy Disk Container]] (which says "disks").}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' E-COMMERCE! E-BUSINESS!!

''{Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So let's review. Fact 1: Ehgh--

''{Pull out to Homestar Runner sitting on the desk, facing away from Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{speaking quietly}'' I want my own cartoon, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? I'm over here!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still quietly}'' Oh. ''{turns to face Strong Bad}'' I want my own cartoon, Pom Pom.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying "Sewiously" all the time and acting like a moron...all the time.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{normally}'' No, no! Not no more! I got a new catchphrase!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You wanna hear it?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd be all the time sayin' "That's bupkis!" ''{whispering}'' Oh, sorry. "That's bupkis!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' What are you whispering for?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whispering}'' Be''cause!'' Baby Strong Sad is ''sleeping!''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, you see this disgusting little chit-chat we're having here? This is what your cartoon would be like.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Then it'd be a number one hit! ''{singing}'' And that's the end of my show! DONK!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Clicking on "Script" shows the entire script for Strong Mad’s epic film, '[[Doug the Dino]].'
<blockquote>int: dinosaur - day 
go dougie!! 
RAWR!! 
toilet. (drawing of a [[Toilets|toilet]])</blockquote>
*Click on Homestar's star at the end to see Homestar's commercial break bumper.
:''{A screen featuring Homestar holding a popsicle and the words "We'll Be Right Back!" appears}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing, voiceover}'' Homestar Runner will be right right back! 
:Homestar Runner will be right right back! 
:Homestar Runner will be right right back! 
:We're coming right back after these messages! 
:We're coming right back after these messageeeees...

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
* "Bupkis" is a Yiddish word used in English to mean 'nothing' or 'almost nothing'. Sample usage: "I work here for him ten hours a day, all week, and what does he give me? Bupkis!"
===Trivia===
*This is [[The Brothers Chaps]]' [[Stop Motion|claymation]] debut.
*The [[Cardboard Boxes|box]] on Strong Mad's desk that says disks on it also reads 'NOT CAR PARTS' upside down.
*The email used to have a glitch in it. If you clicked the eject button on the video recorder during 'Doug the Dino', it would bring you back to the loading screen and freeze there. This may be due to [[The VCR|the VCR]] being copied from the "Characters" menu. (On that screen, the eject button pops out Homsar's tape.) The glitch has been removed, though. The eject button is now unclickable.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#thexder|thexder]]".

===Remarks===
*If Strong Bad's measurements are correct, Strong Mad is 88 inches, or 7'4" (2.26 meters) tall and wide. However, The Cheat implied in [[i she be]] that Strong Mad was 6 feet tall. Meanwhile, according to a [[HR:smsticker.html|page]] that is no longer on the main site, Strong Mad weighs 900 lbs and is eight feet three inches tall. Of course, since it is known that Strong Mad is not actually a square; in fact, he's actually about 7.25% taller than he is wide. So, based on the dimensions given, if he were 88" wide, he would be approximately 95" tall. On the other hand, if he were 88" tall, he would only be about 82" wide. Finally, if he were 6' (72") tall as mentioned earlier, he would be a mere 67" wide.
**Plus, these measurements do not correspond with the measurements of the other characters.
** In [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], Strong Bad's and Strong Mad's weight combined is 1,000,000 Pounds. If Strong Bad weighs 150 pounds, then Strong Mad weighs 999,850 pounds! This contradicts Strong Bad's quote saying that he is 900 pounds. (Of course, this idea was an early one and is probably no longer true)
*Strong Mad seems to be making "Doug the Dino" in the scene of him in his room, as there is a toy dinosaur and a green cylinder shaped block on his table.
*Homestar Runner has claimed that "That's bupkis!" is his new catchphrase (to replace "Seriously..."), but he hasn't said it since this email debuted.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar appears, there are no contrast buttons on the Compy.

===Inside References===
*The TV set that plays "Doug The Dino" is the [[Telebision]] from the [[Old Telebision Toons Menu]].
*[[The VCR]] (in which the display is still blinking 12:00) is the same one that appears on the "Characters" menu and the emails [[12:00]] and [[dangeresque 3]].
*Strong Bad calls Strong Mad "Graw Mad". According to the commentary for [[car]], this is what TBC's niece used to call Strong Mad (she also called [[Strong Sad]] "Gron Sad", a name which Strong Bad used in [[car]]).
*"Doug The Dino" could be a reference to Strong Mad's managing to say "[[Douglas]]" in an Easter egg for the email [[sibbie]], after Strong Bad tried to get him to say it in [[cheat talk]].

===Real-World References===
*The way Strong Bad says Jess G.OH's last name is a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]], in which one of [[Wikipedia:Homer Simpson|Homer Simpson's]] catch phrases is "[[Wikipedia:D'oh!|D'oh!]]"
*The tune Homestar sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the theme song in [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man Vs.|''Pac-Man Vs.'']] for the [[Nintendo#Nintendo GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]].
*The ''"We'll Be Right Back!"'' song and screen are in the style of cartoon shows of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, which frequently included lead-outs and lead-ins with freeze-frames (or animations) of the characters along with quirky jingles about the show returning. Perfect examples include, but are not necessarily limited to, He-Man (typically sung by Orco), most major network (ABC/NBC/CBS) Saturday Morning cartoon shows ("After these messages we'll be... Right Back!" etc.), anything on USA Cartoon Express, and the early Nickelodeon network. You can find sample downloads of ABC lead-outs by viewing either [http://www.blastfromthepasttv.com/uncatalogedvideos.html the Uncatalogued Videos page at Blastfromthepasttv.com] (it's the first download you see, the one with the cowboy; note this requires DivX to view) or [http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/international/us_abc.html the ABC page at TV-Ark.org.uk] (this requires Real Player to view).
**Incidentally, the lead-outs on the aforementioned download from Blastfromthepasttv.com are also done in the style of Claymation, just like "Doug the Dino".

===Fast Forward===
*The background drum beat which is heard during the Cubeland scene would be reused in [[Bug In Mouth Disease]].
*"Graw Mad" is again mentioned in [[garage sale]], while "Baby Strong Sad" makes an appearance in [[highschool]]. It i s also shown in [[keep cool]] as a cut-out.
*Homestar's popsicle from the Easter Egg is reused for the ice cream bars in [[Bug In Mouth Disease]].
*The Brothers Chaps used Claymation again in [[death metal]] to animate [[Taranchula|Taranchula's]] music video.
*"Doug the Dino" would later be mentioned in the short [[Sbemail 150?!?]].

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

'''MATT:''' OK, guys. It's Matt, Mike, and Marzipan. And, this is the one called "the facts." It's all about brother Strong Mad.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It is about brother Strong Mad. And he is actually my favorite brother.

'''MATT:''' Really? So you like him best?

'''MIKE:''' Seems you get along with Strong Sad pretty well. I didn't realize you and Strong Mad got along so well.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, don't tell Strong Sad that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well Strong—

'''MATT:''' You're his only friend.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I know, but that's, you know, not how I feel on my end.

'''MATT:''' I remember uh, Andy Cooper. The Cooper's had ''Thexder''. Uh, which is the game that's in his little floppy disk box there.

'''MIKE:''' It's like a space ship game?

'''MATT:''' You'd— You look like one of those things from Robotech, yeah. You'd be a jet and then a robot.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Which brother is this?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' That's Strong ''Mad''. The one you said was your favorite.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, I made a mistake.

'''MATT:''' Oh. That's not your favorite.

'''MIKE:''' Who's your favorite?

'''MATT:''' What do you think of Cubeland there? Would you like to visit that place Marzipan?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps}'' It looks like my freezer.

'''MATT:''' Does it?!

'''MIKE:''' You got some. What do you got in there? Ice cubes—

'''MATT:''' Some iridescent cubes in there?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I do.

'''MIKE:''' Jello cubes?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, no Jello cubes.

'''MATT:''' Look! See there? Strong Mad's making some Claymation there. Just like Mike and I used to as young boys.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Strong Mad's got some sweet wallpaper in his bedroom.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I want that in my bedroom.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah—

'''MATT:''' What do you think of that wallpaper up there, Marzipan?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I like wallpaper. I prefer wallpaper over paint jobs.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes.

'''MATT:''' It's much harder to put up, though.

'''MIKE:''' I don't think you have wallpaper in your house. I think you have paint.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, guess what? I wish I had wallpaper. ''{long pause}''. Oooh, that's cool. That's on your desk, Mike. ''{referring to where Strong Mad's Claymation takes place}''

'''MATT:''' So this, um, so this Claymation movie is pretty much ninety percent of Claymation movies Mike and I made.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Matt's a—

'''MATT:''' It usually involved a toilet. A dinosaur.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Who made this?

'''MIKE:''' Matt did. Matt was a very good— He's an award-winning Claymation animator in nineteen eighty...eight?

'''MATT:''' Nine. Eighty nine?

'''MARZIPAN:''' What award did he win?

'''MIKE:''' He won some international film—

'''MATT:''' Media Festival.

'''MIKE:''' International Media Festival—

'''MARZIPAN:''' I won an award once.

'''MIKE:''' What— What award?

'''MATT:''' ''{excitedly interrupts}'' Look! Wait! That's wrong! That box is floating in front of that bag, Mike.

'''MARZIPAN:''' The award—

'''MIKE:''' Wow!

'''MATT:''' We need to change that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' The award—

'''MIKE:''' You think that's on the website?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It was the award for importance.

'''MIKE:''' ''{somewhat mockingly}'' The award for importance?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes! It was internationally recognized.

'''MATT:''' ''{holding back laughter}'' As being ''important''?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, that and—

'''MIKE:''' What was the award itself? Was it a medal? Or a trophy?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It was a virtual award.

'''MATT:''' ''{changing the subject}'' It looks like Strong Bad and Homestar are really hashing out some issues here. Sitting down and spending some quality time—

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah, he likes to perch on the end of desks and things. Doesn't he look cute?

'''MATT:''' He does look kinda cute like that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{voluptuously}'' I think he has a good body.

''{Mike starts to laugh}''

'''MATT:''' What? ''{scolding}'' Marzipan!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Don't tell—

'''MATT:''' Keep that to yourself!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I'm sorry.

'''MATT:''' I don't wanna hear that crap!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I'm gonna get him a new pair of shoes, though.

'''MATT:''' ''{reacting to The Paper coming down}'' Wow, look at that. All you gotta do is say it's the end and—

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

[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:10:17 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki */

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0

Sbdisciples — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:00:39 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Fun Facts */

{{mamnav|8|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0|Version 7.0|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2|Version 9.2}}
[[Image:MarzipanAnsweringMachineV8.png|thumb|What is The Cheat up to?]]

Coach Z confuses fantasy with reality, Marzipan wins a great prize, Stinkoman looks for a challenge, the Grape-Nuts Robot malfunctions, and Homestar tries to get some sweepstakes.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Grape-Nuts Robot]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

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

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:38

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

==Transcript==

=== Marzipan's Greeting ===

'''MARZIPAN:''' Bonjour, amigos. Je m'appelle Marzipanio. Please leave me a messiaggio and I will call you back-io. Toodle-oo toots, everyone. ''{beep}''

===Message 5===

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, hey, there, Marzy. I was just callin' to see, uh, whether we were just friends, or... more than just friends. See, I sometimes forget what's real and what's just in my head. So, uh, gimme a call back or, uh, maybe just come on by my place and we can discuss this over a bowl o' Cracklin' Oat Bran or... the Crunch Berries. Okay. Take the care. Oh, and by that I mean, like, uh, Tender Lovin' Care, not... not, uh, take my automobile. A lot of times people have trouble understandin'...

===Message 4===

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a sweepstakes announcer voice}'' Hello, Marzipan! This is Sweepstakes Ron, come to bring you great news! You have been randomly selected to win an umlimited supply of one million ''{quickly}'' punches-in-the-face. So, to claim your prize, just blindfold yourself and walk out on the front stow-oop, o-or stoop. and get ready to receive your free million ''{quickly}'' punches-in-the-face. Don't delay! Get outside right now! I'm waiting in the bushes! I mean.. uh, for to give you the million ''{quickly}'' punches-in-the-face.

===Message 3===

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hello? I think I have the wrong number. Your voice sounds like this is the wrong number. But just in case, can I interest you in a challenge? Or maybe some light fighting? If so, ''{the sound of Stinkoman charging up is heard}'' call me on my cell phoooone!

===Message 2===

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Hello, Marz-pan.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, now make him say it. Make him say it!

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Kiss the butt.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did he just say, "Kiss THE butt?" No, make him say "Kiss MY butt."

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Kiss a butt.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not "Kiss a butt!" What's wrong with this thing, Bubs?

'''BUBS:''' I thought I told you no names!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I, er, der, er-- ''{hangs up phone, dial tone}''

===Message 1===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's up, Pawkeegan? This is Homestar Runner ''{The Cheat walks by in the background}'' from homestarrunner.com, and you're listening to the Cornbread Hour, here on WPKG, pointy-point-five, the voice of Pawkeegan State! ''{pause}'' Okay... Sweepstakes Ron? Are you there? Hello? You told me to call this number and leave a radio promo, and then you'd- you'd give me the sweepstakes. So... gimme some of that sweep-a stakes.

==Fun Facts==

===Remarks===
*This answering machine came out in June of 2003, but the answering machine blew up from Strong Bad's prank call in personal favorites, which came out in April of 2003

===Inside References===

*Strong Bad prank calling as a radio sweepstakes announcer is a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 4.0]], where Marzipan's outgoing message states that Strong Bad's "radio contest" prank call is her favorite.

===Real-World References===

*"Pointy point five" and "voice of Pawkeegan State" are references to Atlanta's local "eighty eight point five" (Album 88) "the voice of Georgia State."
*[[Wikipedia:Cracklin' Oat Bran|Cracklin' Oat Bran]] and [[Wikipedia:Cap'n Crunch|Crunch Berries]] are [[Breakfast Cereal|breakfast cereals]].

==External Links==

*[[HR:answer8.html|watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0"]]
*[[HR:answer8.swf|view the Flash file for "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0"]]

{{Marzipan's Answering Machine}}

[[Category:Marzipan's Answering Machine|08]]
[[Category:The Cheat Filmography]]

kids' book

Sbdisciples — Wed, 03 May 2006 02:37:24 GMT

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{{sbenav|84|labor day|2 years}}
[[Image:sbemail84.png|thumb|''Everyone Is Different'']]

Strong Bad shows off his children's book that he made, entitled ''Everyone is Different.''

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Eh! Steve}} (Easter egg), [[The Wheelchair]] (Easter egg)

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

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

'''Date:''' September 8, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:01

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ladies and gentlemen. I give you...a-da sbe-mail. (almost puts a lisp on "sbemail". Sounds like "thbpemail")

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I was wondering if you have ever 
thought of a children's book, 
what it was about, and what kind of 
words did you try to teach the kids. 
 
Your fan, 
Steve Buttz</blockquote>

''{Instead of Buttz, Strong Bad says "Never mind. I'm not even gonna touch that one."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, I wrote a children's book. ''{Strong Bad pronounces book "bük"}'' Who hasn't? I mean, kids can barely read as it is so how hard can it be to write for them? The book I wrote is called

''{cut to the book itself. The name of the original author, [[Leomard Sportsinterviews]], has been crossed out, and Strong Bad's name is in its place. We find this sort of thing throughout the entire book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''Everyone is Different''. So here we go.

''{Strong Bad opens the cover of the book, where we can see that the book's original owner was [[Strong Sad]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everyone is different. No two people are the same.

''{He turns the page. A picture of a kid riding a red bike is there, with Strong Bad having drawn a big truck behind him. The original text is "Some people have freckles. Frankie has freckles."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are about to be run over. Frankie has about 5 seconds.

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a tall African-American kid with a tennis racket, and added drawings of fighters and helicopters shooting at him while he smashes a city. The original text is "Some people are very tall. Quincy is very tall."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are very tall and merciless. Quincy is destroying San Antonio.

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a girl with glasses reading a book. The original text is "Some people wears [sic] glasses. Beth wears glasses."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people wears glasses. Beth looks like a dude.

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a kid in a baseball uniform and glove with Strong Bad having scribbled a squirrel on his left hand. The original text is "Some people are left-handed. Gregor is left-handed."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are squirrel-handed. Gregor is a weird name.

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a heavyset girl with braces and headgear, and Strong Bad has scribbled on a football jersey and a football field. The original text is "Some people have braces. Some people have headgear. Fran has both."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have braces. Some people have headgear. Fran could play linebacker for the Raiders.

''{He turns the page. A picture of a red-headed kid on a pogo stick, which Strong Bad has changed to the detonator of a huge amount of TNT planted in an enemy base. A guy is flying out of the base saying "AHH! i'M BEiNG KiLLED!!" The original text is "Some people have red hair. Albert has red hair."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have rigged the enemy base with explosives. Albert has.

''{He turns the page. There is a girl jumping rope with wavy lines drawn coming from her mouth with the word "HOTNESS." Strong Bad has also drawn himself next to her saying "hiya hotcakes." The original text is "Some people have a Southern accent. Trisha has a Southern accent."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have a Southern accent, and those are hot. Trisha is a severe hottie.

''{He turns the page. What was once a girl twirling a hula hoop is now a girl being swallowed whole by a huge monster, with an expression of horror drawn over her face, one of her legs disintegrating into bone, and a bag of money in her hand. The original text is "Some people have curly hair. Hillary has curly hair."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster. Hillary's legs are being digested.

''{He turns the page. We have a picture of everyone we saw before, and they're all being burned by fire. The original text is "Everyone is different. No two people are the same.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everyone is different. No two people are not on fire. Awwwww.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So there's my book ''{pronounced "bük" again}''. Pretty good, eh Steve? And the words that we taught the kids were, uh, fangoriously, gelatinous, and um, ''{mumbling}'' linebacker ''{this is typed in very small text}''. You know, education at its finest. Well, some people need to go get an ice cream sandwich. Strong Bad needs to go get an ice cream sandwich.

''{Strong Bad stands up and leaves, and then [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end click on "book" to see [[Strumstar Hammer]], Strong Bad's revised edition of the [[Original Book]].
*You can click on "eh Steve" to see a page about Eh! Steve. Click on it to see a revised edition.
**'''ORIGINAL VERSION:''' ''{a picture of Eh! Steve}'' Some people are named Eh! Steve. Eh! Steve is not exactly a person.
**'''REVISED VERSION:''' ''{a circular rope trap is drawn around Eh! Steve. The Wheelchair is faded in the background with the other end of the rope}'' Some people are <s>named Eh! Steve</s> ''talkin wheel chairs''. Eh! Steve <s>is not exactly a person</s> ''will get what he deserves''.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*On the page with Trisha, there is no period in the second sentence.
*According to the inside of the front cover, the original book belonged to Strong Sad.
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."

===Remarks===
*As Strong Bad progresses through the book, the stack of pages on the right never decreases, and the stack of pages on the left never increases.
*As each page is turned, you can still see it through the back of the paper on the left (reversed, of course).
*The book lacks page numbers and any publishing information, but it is possible that Strong Bad ripped out the publishers' page (Usually the first page of a book, after a title page).

===Inside References===
*This book was written by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews]].
*This book's company is [[Cheap as Free]]

===Real-World References===
*The design of the children's book is very obviously based on the old [[Wikipedia:Little Golden Books|Golden Books]], right down to the yellow vined border on and near the book's spine.
*Strong Bad uses the term "fangoriously" in the email, probably in reference to the magazine [[Wikipedia:Fangoria (magazine)|Fangoria]], which is dedicated to covering horror films and movie monsters.
*The [[Wikipedia:Oakland Raiders|Raiders]] are [[Wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland's]] team in the [[Wikipedia:National Football League|NFL]]. They have won the [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]] multiple times.

===Fast Forward===
*A [[That Time of Year|holiday edition]] of the book would appear in [[Decemberween In July]].
*In the email [[geddup noise]], Strong Bad reveals that this is the email in which [[The Geddup Noise]] left and was replaced by Chairscoot.

== DVD Version ==
*The Strumstar Hammer Easter egg is not only accessible (and viewable on the old Toons menu TV), you get to hear Strong Bad read it!
*You also get to hear Strong Bad and Bubs as the Talking Wheelchair read the Eh! Steve Easter Egg in turn.
*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:''' All right, this is the... commentar— ''{starts laughing}'' Sorry, let's start that over.

'''MATT:''' No, let's get going!

'''MIKE:''' So this was a fun one to make. Anytime there's an email where you get to do some drawings or do some, just kind of, non-regular Homestar Runner, Strong Bad type illustrations... it's kind of fun.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Mixes it up.

'''MIKE:''' We had to go buy Prismacolor... Prisma... Prismacolor markers for this one.

'''MATT:''' Yes. To color.

'''MIKE:''' I brought, uh, I bought colored pencils and Prismacolors.

'''MATT:''' That's the another appearance of Lem— That's when you see what Lem Sportsinterviews' full name is.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' full name.

'''MATT:''' Leomard. So there's the Alamo down there, that's how you know it's San Antonio. She looks kind of like Marcie, from Peanuts, too.

'''MIKE:''' I don't... ''{mumbles in agreement}'' He's on the S Team.

'''MATT:''' Did I draw that one? Basically, that was just Mike making fun of my drawing ''{Mike laughs}'' 'cause I gave that that girl some broad shoulders, and a big chest. I like Strong Bad's depictions of himself, they're always good.

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hmm.

'''MATT:''' That gelatinous monster is...

'''MIKE:''' I like how she's dropping money. She's walking around with a bag of money.

'''MATT:''' His "book."

'''MIKE:''' Um... why didn't we have more to say about this one?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. I thought we picked this one because I thought we'd have a wealth of things to say.

'''MIKE:''' I like how the text gets small anytime when Strong Bad mumbles things.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah. The Shift key.

'''MIKE:''' The function key.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' The ''mumble'' key.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Marcie|Marcie]] is a character from the [[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]] comic strip. She is the best friend of [[Wikipedia:Peppermint Patty|Peppermint Patty]].
*Prismacolor is a brand of marker manufactured by Sanford.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail84.html|watch "kids' book"]]
*[[HR:sbemail84.swf|view the Flash file for "kids' book"]]
*[[Podstar:sb_email_kids_book.m4v|download "kids' book" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
*[[HR:sb_book/sb_book1.html|view Strumstar Hammer]]
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category:Books]]

The Homestar Runner Evolution

Sbdisciples — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:57:08 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Back in 1933, the animation wasn't that good. When [[Parsnips A-Plenty]] was released in 1936, the characters were redrawn with a more refined look. [[The Homestar Runner]] is no exception.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Info !! Created !! Appearances !! What's Changed?
|-
| [[Image:Sketchbook One.PNG|150px]]|| Early designs || 2000 || [[Museum Sketchbook]] || N/A
|-
| [[Image:thehstarr1.png|150px]]|| This is the first design for The Homestar Runner. || 2000 || [[Kick the Can]]; [[Main Page 10]] || N/A
|-
| [[Image:thehstarr2.png|150px]]|| This is the current design. || 2002 || Toons from [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]]; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[highschool]] || Outlines are less sketchy and more refined, jaw is lower and juts out more, propeller is wider and doesn't have a black spot in between blades anymore, "colors" are brighter and feet point in different directions.
[[Category:Character Evolution]]

Action Cool 5

Sbdisciples — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:29:31 GMT

Sbdisciples: no need to have 2 links to the same place

[[Image:actionnewslogo.png|thumb|An action-cool logo]]

'''[[Strong Badia]] Action Cool News 5''' is the local news station for Strong Badia. It was first created in the email [[local news]] when Dan asked [[Strong Bad]] if he had a news station, and he threw one together in order to impress Dan.

==Newscasters==

*[[Strong Bad]] — Main Anchor
*[[The Cheat]] — Skycheat Traffic
*[[Strong Mad]] — Sports
*[[Tire]] — Weather

==Staff Members==

*[[Strong Sad]] — Camera
*[[Bubs]] — Holds the sign

==Main Stories==
*'''The World In Crisis'''

[[Category:Strong Badia]]

The Cheat Is Not Dead

Sbdisciples — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:02:19 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Lyrics */

[[Image:sbemail68.PNG|thumb|The Jumble Caper]]
== Detailed Information ==
{{Track information|album = Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|track number = 19|length = 3 minutes and 2 seconds|artists = Strong Bad|style = [[Wikipedia:Gospel music|Gospel]] |origin = Extended version of the song from [[Strong Bad Email]] #68 [[caper]].}}

A preview of this song was made available on the [[Main Pages]] for a short time before the CD came out.

== Lyrics ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, man. Where did we go wrong? Seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' That WAS yesterday! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' This one's for you.

''{singing}'' 
I got mad at The Cheat (Uh!) 
For screwin' up the Jumble caper (Uh!) 
I hope I don't see his name in the paper 
In the obituaries, cause that would mean he's dead 

The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG SAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG MAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not- 
''{spoken}'' Just the claps! Just the claps! Uh! Uh! Strong Sad, I didn't know you had any rhythm. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh sure, I got tons of rhythm! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh! Uh! All right guys, keep it rollin' for me. Keep it rollin! Come on!

''{singing}'' 
I cracked wise at The Cheat 
But in my defense he cracked wise at me first 
I hope he doesn't end up in a hearse 
At the cemetery, 'cause once again that would mean that he's dead

''{choir joins in}'' 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' Whoa, where'd this choir come from?) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' You guys sound great!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeaaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeeaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not deeeeeeeaaaaaaaad

Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Ohhh, he's dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
I said The Cheat's not dead now! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Let's call the store! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Check the receipts! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Got the frozen food! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Well The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's never been dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Said The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoaaa, dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoa, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, The Cheat is not dead! 

Cheat is not dead!

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

== Fun Facts ==
*There are a few differences between the first verse of this version of the song and the version heard in [[caper]]:
**In the e-mail's version, the slow keyboard music starts up once [[Strong Bad]] actually starts singing, and then switches over to the faster version once he gets to the chorus. In this version, the keyboard starts before Strong Bad has even started talking ("[[The Cheat]], man...") and switches over to the faster version when he starts singing.
**The timing of Strong Bad's first "Uh" is different, occurring closer to the word "Cheat". This is probably to go better with the use of the faster background music rather than the slow version.
**In the e-mail version, Strong Mad yelled "Dead!" before Strong Sad. In this version, they are reversed.
**Strong Bad didn't say "Uh! Uh!" during the "just the claps" segment in the e-mail.
**In the e-mail, Strong Bad said "All right, keep it rollin' for me guys." On the CD, he says "All right guys, keep it rollin' for me."
*If you listen carefully when Strong Bad says "Just the claps!" on the CD version, bits of the keyboards can be heard in the background. After he tells Strong Sad "I didn't know you had the rhythm," Strong Bad saying "Just the claps!" loops in the background.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] may have been playing the e-mail during this, because you can hear the other version in the background but the background normal sounding version stops when Strong Bad says "I cracked wise at The Cheat!"
*A few months after caper, a band called "Time For Living" released their debut album and single called "The Cheat Is Not Dead."
*Strong Sad's voice comes through the left speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*Strong Mad's voice comes through the right speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*This song is very similar to Petula Clark's hit "Sign of the Times."
**The ending lick is from "I Just Can't Turn You Loose" by Otis Redding, which was used as intro music by the Blues Brothers.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail68.html|Listen to the original version of the song in "caper"]]
*[[HR:sbemail68.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email "caper"]]
*[[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|Listen to a sample of the CD version]]

{{Template:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}}

[[Category: Songs]]

The Cheat Is Not Dead

Sbdisciples — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:02:01 GMT

Sbdisciples: the song not from the email- i was wrong

[[Image:sbemail68.PNG|thumb|The Jumble Caper]]
== Detailed Information ==
{{Track information|album = Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|track number = 19|length = 3 minutes and 2 seconds|artists = Strong Bad|style = [[Wikipedia:Gospel music|Gospel]] |origin = Extended version of the song from [[Strong Bad Email]] #68 [[caper]].}}

A preview of this song was made available on the [[Main Pages]] for a short time before the CD came out.

== Lyrics ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, man. Where did we go wrong? Seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' That WAS yesterday! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' This one's for you.

''{singing}'' 
I got mad at The Cheat (Uh!) 
For screwin' up the Jumble caper (Uh!) 
I hope I don't see his name in the paper 
In the obituaries, cause that would mean he's dead 

The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG MAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG SAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not- 
''{spoken}'' Just the claps! Just the claps! Uh! Uh! Strong Sad, I didn't know you had any rhythm. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh sure, I got tons of rhythm! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh! Uh! All right guys, keep it rollin' for me. Keep it rollin! Come on!

''{singing}'' 
I cracked wise at The Cheat 
But in my defense he cracked wise at me first 
I hope he doesn't end up in a hearse 
At the cemetery, 'cause once again that would mean that he's dead

''{choir joins in}'' 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' Whoa, where'd this choir come from?) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' You guys sound great!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeaaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeeaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not deeeeeeeaaaaaaaad

Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Ohhh, he's dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
I said The Cheat's not dead now! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Let's call the store! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Check the receipts! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Got the frozen food! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Well The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's never been dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Said The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoaaa, dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoa, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, The Cheat is not dead! 

Cheat is not dead!

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

== Fun Facts ==
*There are a few differences between the first verse of this version of the song and the version heard in [[caper]]:
**In the e-mail's version, the slow keyboard music starts up once [[Strong Bad]] actually starts singing, and then switches over to the faster version once he gets to the chorus. In this version, the keyboard starts before Strong Bad has even started talking ("[[The Cheat]], man...") and switches over to the faster version when he starts singing.
**The timing of Strong Bad's first "Uh" is different, occurring closer to the word "Cheat". This is probably to go better with the use of the faster background music rather than the slow version.
**In the e-mail version, Strong Mad yelled "Dead!" before Strong Sad. In this version, they are reversed.
**Strong Bad didn't say "Uh! Uh!" during the "just the claps" segment in the e-mail.
**In the e-mail, Strong Bad said "All right, keep it rollin' for me guys." On the CD, he says "All right guys, keep it rollin' for me."
*If you listen carefully when Strong Bad says "Just the claps!" on the CD version, bits of the keyboards can be heard in the background. After he tells Strong Sad "I didn't know you had the rhythm," Strong Bad saying "Just the claps!" loops in the background.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] may have been playing the e-mail during this, because you can hear the other version in the background but the background normal sounding version stops when Strong Bad says "I cracked wise at The Cheat!"
*A few months after caper, a band called "Time For Living" released their debut album and single called "The Cheat Is Not Dead."
*Strong Sad's voice comes through the left speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*Strong Mad's voice comes through the right speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*This song is very similar to Petula Clark's hit "Sign of the Times."
**The ending lick is from "I Just Can't Turn You Loose" by Otis Redding, which was used as intro music by the Blues Brothers.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail68.html|Listen to the original version of the song in "caper"]]
*[[HR:sbemail68.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email "caper"]]
*[[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|Listen to a sample of the CD version]]

{{Template:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}}

[[Category: Songs]]

The Cheat Is Not Dead

Sbdisciples — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:59:41 GMT

Sbdisciples: I just watched it so I'd know

[[Image:sbemail68.PNG|thumb|The Jumble Caper]]
== Detailed Information ==
{{Track information|album = Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|track number = 19|length = 3 minutes and 2 seconds|artists = Strong Bad|style = [[Wikipedia:Gospel music|Gospel]] |origin = Extended version of the song from [[Strong Bad Email]] #68 [[caper]].}}

A preview of this song was made available on the [[Main Pages]] for a short time before the CD came out.

== Lyrics ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, man. Where did we go wrong? Seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' That WAS yesterday! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' This one's for you.

''{singing}'' 
I got mad at The Cheat (Uh!) 
For screwin' up the Jumble caper (Uh!) 
I hope I don't see his name in the paper 
In the obituaries, cause that would mean he's dead 

The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG MAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead ('''STRONG SAD:''' Dead!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not- 
''{spoken}'' Just the claps! Just the claps! Uh! Uh! Strong Sad, I didn't know you had any rhythm. 
'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh sure, I got tons of rhythm! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh! Uh! All right guys, keep it rollin' for me. Keep it rollin! Come on!

''{singing}'' 
I cracked wise at The Cheat 
But in my defense he cracked wise at me first 
I hope he doesn't end up in a hearse 
At the cemetery, 'cause once again that would mean that he's dead

''{choir joins in}'' 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' Whoa, where'd this choir come from?) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead (''{spoken}'' You guys sound great!) 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not dead 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeaaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead 
The Cheat is not deeeaad 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not deeeeeeeaaaaaaaad

Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Ohhh, he's dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
I said The Cheat's not dead now! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Let's call the store! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Check the receipts! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Got the frozen food! (Cheat is not dead!) 
The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Well The Cheat's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's never been dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Said The Cheat is not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoaaa, dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
Whoa, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, he's not dead! (Cheat is not dead!) 
No, The Cheat is not dead! 

Cheat is not dead!

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

== Fun Facts ==
*There are a few differences between the first verse of this version of the song and the version heard in [[caper]]:
**In the e-mail's version, the slow keyboard music starts up once [[Strong Bad]] actually starts singing, and then switches over to the faster version once he gets to the chorus. In this version, the keyboard starts before Strong Bad has even started talking ("[[The Cheat]], man...") and switches over to the faster version when he starts singing.
**The timing of Strong Bad's first "Uh" is different, occurring closer to the word "Cheat". This is probably to go better with the use of the faster background music rather than the slow version.
**In the e-mail version, Strong Mad yelled "Dead!" before Strong Sad. In this version, they are reversed.
**Strong Bad didn't say "Uh! Uh!" during the "just the claps" segment in the e-mail.
**In the e-mail, Strong Bad said "All right, keep it rollin' for me guys." On the CD, he says "All right guys, keep it rollin' for me."
*If you listen carefully when Strong Bad says "Just the claps!" on the CD version, bits of the keyboards can be heard in the background. After he tells Strong Sad "I didn't know you had the rhythm," Strong Bad saying "Just the claps!" loops in the background.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] may have been playing the e-mail during this, because you can hear the other version in the background but the background normal sounding version stops when Strong Bad says "I cracked wise at The Cheat!"
*A few months after caper, a band called "Time For Living" released their debut album and single called "The Cheat Is Not Dead."
*Strong Sad's voice comes through the left speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*Strong Mad's voice comes through the right speaker if you listen to the song in stereo.
*This song is very similar to Petula Clark's hit "Sign of the Times."
**The ending lick is from "I Just Can't Turn You Loose" by Otis Redding, which was used as intro music by the Blues Brothers.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail68.html|Listen to the original version of the song in "caper"]]
*[[HR:sbemail68.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email "caper"]]
*[[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|Listen to a sample of the CD version]]

{{Template:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}}

[[Category: Songs]]

1 step ahead

Sbdisciples — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:54:35 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|28|3 Wishes|superhero name}}

[[Image:sbemail28.PNG|thumb|"I decided to take it in a different direction."]]

Alex thinks it would be funny if Strong Sad's hands were glued to his face. Fortunately, he is correct.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]]

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

'''Date:''' May 19, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:02 ''(all options combined)''

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' This one better be good, man. I got a lot of money riding on this one.

<blockquote class="tandy email">hello strong bad, 
don't you think it would be funny if you glued 
strong sad's hands to his face? I think it would be... 
 
alex 
medford, nj</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm one step ahead of you, Alex.

''{A book appears on-screen with a black-and-white picture of Strong Bad exploring a cave with a flashlight. The text reads:}''

<pre> CHOOSE YOUR OWN STRONG
BAD EMAIL ADVENTURE

Should Strong Bad really glue Strong Sad's hands to his face?!

If you choose YES turn to page 93

If you choose MAYBE turn to page 121

If you choose to TAKE IT IN A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION turn to page 146</pre>

=== Yes ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing on the Athletic Field with his hands glued to his face and a target labeled "Peg Me" painted on his chest.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Guys?! ''{Strong Sad is pelted with dodgeballs.}'' Owww! Oh! Ohw! Augh! Okay, you guys! ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! It's not funny. ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! I'm kinda... ''{Another ball is tossed at him.}'' Augh! ...unable to defend myself. ''{Another 2 balls are tossed at him}'' Oww! Oh! More so than usual. ''{Balls continue to pelt him.}''

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

=== Maybe ===

''{Cut to Strong Sad lying down on his bed, his hands glued to his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh! I'm blind! My prayers have finally been answered.

''{Strong Sad tries to move his hands.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh wait, my hands are just glued to my face. Oh well, I'll take that.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing outside Strong Sad's room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, he likes it! Okay, go to plan B!

''{The Cheat salutes him and leaves. He brings back a bucket of red ants and takes it to Strong Sad's room.}''

''{The Paper comes down. One red ant crawls out of Strong Sad's room.}''

=== Take it in a bit of a different direction ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Though I decided to take it in a bit of a different direction.

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing in the Field with his hands glued to his butt. Homestar walks up to him.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hohoh... Oh, hey, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Er, Strong Sad. Why are you touching your buttocks? That's pretty weird.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I can't help it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, that is ''really'' weird.

''{Homestar walks away and Bubs walks up.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, wait, you don't understand!

'''BUBS:''' Grabbing your butt? That's not very ladylike.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm not a lady.

'''BUBS:''' Oh! Whatever.

''{Bubs walks away and Strong Bad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh, this is getting frustrating!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Strong Sad. Fancy seeing you here! And uncontrollably grabbing your own butt, I see. Oh, don't let me get in the way. Carry on!

''{Strong Bad snickers and walks away. Coach Z walks past.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Please, come back!

'''COACH Z:''' 'Attaboy, Strong Sad.

''{Coach Z walks away}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, where are you going? You have any solvent? Or Goof Off? Or Didi Seven? Somebody get my hands off my butt!

''{The Paper comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*If you choose "YES", after Strong Sad gets hit with dodgeballs, you can click the target on his belly to play the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*When this email was first released, the extra choices weren't available; instead it immediately progressed to the "different direction" bit (which is why it's the only choice that continues with Strong Bad still typing). The choices were added a few weeks later.
*This was, until [[rock opera]], the only email to have an "again" option at the end, allowing for easier access to the un-selected choices.
*This was the first email to be over 2 minutes in length.
*This is the first appearance of Bubs in a Strong Bad E-mail.


===Real-World References===
*This email is a reference to/satire of the [[Wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]] series of children's books created by [[Wikipedia:Edward Packard|Edward Packard]], in which the reader controls the direction of the story by choosing from a number of options, and is then redirected to a page much further away.
*In the book's picture, Strong Bad is in a cave, which has nothing to do with this email, but is a classic example of the type of illustrations found in the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
*[http://www.interwood.com/a/p/didi/DidiDetails.shtml Didi Seven] and [http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/goof-off.jsp Goof-Off] are real-world cleaning solvents.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Sad's (a.k.a. [[Anonymous]]'s) hands were glued to his butt at the beginning of [[rock opera]].
*Another "Choose Your Own Adventure" was in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]

==DVD Version==
*The DVD Version has the Peg Strong Sad game removed, because of obvious technical limitations.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail28.html|watch "1 step ahead"]]
*[[HR:sbemail28.swf|view the Flash file for "1 step ahead"]]

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

Pom Pom Evolution

Sbdisciples — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:00:38 GMT

Sbdisciples:

This page tracks the evolution of [[Pom Pom]].
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Info !! Created !! Appearances !! What's Changed?
|-
| [[Image:firstpompom.png|150px]] || This is Pom Pom's first design || 1996 || [[Original Book]]; ''[[flashback]]'' || N/A
|-
|[[Image:oldpompom.png|150px]] || Pom Pom's second design. || 1999 || [[Where My Hat Is At?]] || His eyes are now ovular and white, and his stripe has moved up a bit. He's a darker color and has a thicker outline and more shading. His arms are smaller and his legs are further apart.
|-
| [[Image:pompom_evolution_iop.png|150px]] || Pom Pom's third design. || 1999 || [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[The Reddest Radish]]; [[Isle of Pom]]; [[First Flash]]; [[Old Characters Page]] || His stripe is wider and has moved back down, his eyes are oval and black, and his head seems to have gone from a pill shape to a skinny egg shape. His "relaxed" positions for his arms seems to have changed. His legs are close together again. His colors seem to be a little brighter, and he's more rounded. His color now stays inside his outline and he is also no longer wearing a hat.
|-
| [[Image:jumpingjackspompom.png|150px]] || Pom Pom's fourth design. || 2000 || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] || His stripe has moved up again, his legs are longer and farther apart, he has a thinner outline, his eyes have a gleam/light reflection and he's more of a citrus yellow than a mango yellow. His head is a pill shape again.
|-
| [[Image:SecondNewestPomPom.png|150px]] || Pom Pom's fifth design, not much different from his current. || 2000 || [[Yearbook Character Page]]; [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]]; [[Theme Song Video]]; [[Homestarloween Party]]; [[Main Page 7]]; [[A Holiday Greeting]]; [[A Jorb Well Done]]; [[The Luau]]; [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || His outlines are colored instead of black and his head is slightly darker. His eyes are closer together.
|-
| [[Image:newestpompom.png|150px]] || Pom Pom's current design || 2001 || Toons from [[A Mother's Day Message]] to current; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[the bird]]; [[Main Page 19]] ||
[[Category: Character Evolution]] He has much more advanced shading, a little glare on his head, darker outlines and brighter colors. His stripe has moved up a little bit.

secret recipes

Sbdisciples — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:42:55 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Real-World References */

{{sbenav|124|origins|rock opera}}
[[Image:SBEmail 124.PNG|thumb|"I think I'm gonna puke my pants!"]]

Strong Bad reveals some secret family recipes.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Marzipan's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' February 14, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 4:04

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email, na na, na na, na na, nanaNA...

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: family recipes</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
When we grow up we want to be chefs. We wanted to know 
if you had any secret family recipes that you would want 
to share with us so...we can make them! 
 
-Melissa and Hillary (from NJ)</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Dear Strong Bad" as "The usual" and "NJ" as "Nigeria"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Mellie, Hillarious, being from Africa I'm sure you guys are used to eating, like, exotic fruits and nectars and, um, lions ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. ''{stops typing}'' Uncouth. ''{typing}'' Can something be just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth. Anyways, Couthy, all our family recipes tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers.

''{The camera cuts back, and we see The Cheat laying on the computer desk flinging floppy disks all over.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! Let's go try out Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown!
''{His legs kick to each syllable of Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, possibly an enthusiastic "Okay!"}''

''{The Cheat stands up. The screen greys and the following text appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber.

''{Cut to the field. Coach Z is standing around holding a basketball.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Man, what is this thing? ''{bounces the basketball once}'' A bounce thing?

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat enter from the right. Strong Bad is holding what appears to be a bowl of ice cream with yellowish sprinkles, and The Cheat is wearing a towel around his waist.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, The Cheat! Wow! Look at this! It's our best friend, Coach Z. Say there, Coach, would you like to try some of our free icèd-c-cream? It's got toasted coconut!

'''COACH Z:''' How could I refuse? ''{throws the basketball over his shoulder}'' I can't afford the money-cost variety!

''{The basketball can be seen falling behind the trees in the background.}''

''{Coach Z takes the ice cream and starts pigging out on it.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oooh! Sweet mercy! ''{He eats some more.}'' This is orful! ''{He eats more.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, it's OK, Coach. You're the proud new eater of a healthy bowl of sour cream and The Cheat fur.

''{Coach Z drops the bowl in shock. Strong Bad pulls away The Cheat's towel to reveal that he's been shaved from the waist down.}''

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

'''COACH Z:''' ''{He starts making disgusted noises and coughing up fur.}'' Oof! I think I'm going to puke my pants!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Please don't elaborate on that.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{talking normally}'' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's!

'''STRONG BAD:''' AUGH!

'''THE CHEAT:''' MEEH!

''{Strong Bad and the Cheat run away as Coach Z continues talking.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You take your pants...

''{A recipe card appears on screen reading as follows.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">Recipe: 
Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend 
Ice Cream Showdown 
 
Ingredients: 
3 scoops (really) sour cream 
1/2 of shaved The Cheat 
1 bowl 
1 languagely challenged vaguely coach type person 
 
Instructions: 
Mix ingredients until golden brown</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' For best results, dip The Cheat in egg wash before shaving or else he'll get those red shaving bumpies all over him. Ugh.

''{Cut to the side of the King of Town's castle.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voice}'' All right, we're mixing this next one up on them, The Cheat. I filled this old Speed Stick—

''{He pulls out some underarm deodorant reading "X-treme Glacier."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —with white chocolate and we'll totally gross out or make puke The King of Town when I start eatin' it in front of him!

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

''{Cut to inside the castle. The King of Town is watching TV and eating the same type of Speed Stick we saw Strong Bad with. He also has some more underarm deodorants and spray cans in a bowl next to him.}''

'''TUCKSWORTH:''' You can't marry your guitar, Caleb!

'''CALEB:''' I can try!

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat enter from the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey Ole King Droll! Checka me out! I'm eatin'—oh. Never mind.

''{The King of Town picks up a spray can and sprays it in his mouth, then resumes eating the Speed Stick}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, shoulda known...

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat walk out.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?

''{A recipe card spins onscreen reading as follows}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">Recipe: 
Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant 
Doppelganger 
 
Ingredients: 
6 oz. white chocolate 
1/2 of shaved The Cheat (for moral support) 
1 kinda cleaned-out De-odor Cake 
 
Instructions: 
Mix ingredients. Preheat oven. Add hot sauce 
if necessary</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Yeah, how come deodorants and stuff are always named after biomes anyways?

''{Cut to Marzipan's house. Marzipan is sitting on the couch reading The Latest News. Homestar walks in carrying one of Strong Bad's Pre-Tend Ice Cream Showdown bowls.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, girlfriend, have you tried any of this free ice cream Strong Bad made?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{setting aside her paper, clearly amused}'' Homestar, didn't anyone tell you? That's, like, cottage cheese and The Cheat hair!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' WHAT?! ''{He does a spit take, producing some fur.}'' Strong Bad told me it was ''sour cream'' and The Cheat hair! Looks like this is a job for Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie!

''{Homestar walks offscreen to the left. The screen greys and the following text appears on it.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Homestar Runner definitely does not have a Stupid Uncle Egg.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. A pinecone and bendy straw are in a bowl with a sign next to it reading "not A pimecone, diaper pie! i mean reg-ular pie." Strong Bad and The Cheat walk in. The Cheat is now wearing yellow sticky notes, some with black dots on them, to try to cover up his shaved area.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, it looks ''totally'' real. I swear, no one'll be able to tell! Oh, what's this?

''{Strong Bad picks up the sign and reads it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Not a pimecone." Well, he's got that right!

''{Homestar pokes his head in from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, look, it's my best friends Cheat and The Strong Bad! Hey, I heard you guys been eatin' some serious regular pie in here!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, yeah, man! We've even got some left over if you want it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well if it's anywhere near as good as your free ice cream!

''{Homestar puts the pine cone in his mouth and starts crunching it up. The Cheat and Strong Bad look at each other incredulously.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{with his mouth full}'' Well, so long, suckers!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It's like, even when we win, he wins.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you go girls. Recipes for the ages. But if you really want to be chefs when you grow up, we've got a super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T ''{types this as "C H E _ T"}''

''{The Cheat makes a very angry noise from offscreen and chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ow! ''{typing}'' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. ''{He only types one "yeah."}'' We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so.

''{The Paper comes down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whispering}'' I think the Cheat bought it. Let me know if you want that recipe.

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "grow up" to hear a few seconds of the television program the King of Town was watching.
::''{Cut back to the King of Town's castle. The TV is still on.}''
::'''TUCKSWORTH:''' Caleb, that hamburger was mine!
::'''CALEB:''' It's mine now!
*At the end, click on "C H E _ T" to see the Cheat reading a book entitled "So You Want to Cook a Wrestleman?", with a picture of The Cheat putting a lid on a pot with Strong Bad in it.
*At the end, click on the left "poopaw" to hear what the narrator has to say about a poopaw.
::'''NARRATOR:''' I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is.
*At the end, click on "the Chekt" to see another recipe.

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000">From the Kitchen of Poopaw 
Chicken-fried the CHEKT 
 
Ingredients: 
3 or 7 medium sized the Chekts 
2 salt 
40 pancakes 
 
Instructions: 
Get down off smokestack. Then cook that 
ugly thing.</blockquote>

''{"Bumdumbourge '96" appears as a watermark on the recipe card.}''

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*A [[Wikipedia:Biome|biome]] is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities well adapted to that region's physical environment (for example, Tundra, Forest, etc.).
*[http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=couth "Couth"] means "possessing a high degree of sophistication" or "refined".
=== Trivia ===
*When Strong Bad is talking to The Cheat flinging the discs, if you manage to zoom in on the [[Lappy 486|Lappy's]] screen, you'll find out that some different stuff is typed in (not all of it is visible due to Strong Bad's head blocking the Lappy screen):
<blockquote class="lappy email">
so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. Can something be 
just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth. 
I wouldn't put that past him. Not that you could put 
anything past that guy. Y'know on account of he's so fat. 
And maybe standing in a really narrow alleyway of some 
 
around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends 
and well-wishers.</blockquote>

*Marzipan's Newspaper repeats the following paragraph as many times as necessary to fill up the pages.
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#ffffff;color:#000;width:180px">
'''The Latest News''' 
 
It’s all true. All the 
rumors are true. The 
crime is on the rise 
in our very own 
town. Trust me on 
this one. I know 
what I’m talking 
about. No, wait. I 
don’t. I make stuff 
up sometimes. 
That’s cool though, 
right? Good. I’ll 
keep doing it then. 
It’s a lot easy than 
fact checking. That 
stuff can be 
annoying.
</blockquote>
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#battle chess|battle chess]]". The floppy disk that The Cheat throws at Strong Bad reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#you JERK|you JERK!]]"

=== Remarks ===
*The way Marzipan is sitting is evidence against the theory that Marzipan's lower body is skirt-shaped.
*Strong Bad refers to a "Totalslava". "Slava" means "fame" or "glory" in multiple [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages|Slavic languages]] such as [[Wikipedia:Czech language|Czech]] (sláva) and [[Wikipedia:Russian language|Russian]] (слава).


=== Goofs ===
*When Strong Bad reads the "pimecone" card, the computer screen is almost blank...but still has "and well-wishers." written on it in the same area where Strong Bad typed it before.
*In the beginning of the email, The Cheat is apparently throwing floppy disks from someplace behind him, as the movement of his arm behind him shows. However, when The Cheat jumps up at Strong Bad's suggestion of the ice cream trick, there are no floppy disks behind The Cheat that he could have thrown (unless, of course, he had already thrown all of them).
*In Marzipan's newspaper, the word "easy" should be "easier."

=== Inside References ===
*The newspaper Marzipan is reading is the exact same one (down to the repeating text) she was reading in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*The book in the Easter egg is titled "So You Want to Cook a [[Wrestleman]]", a phrase that has described Strong Bad previously.
*On the first recipe card where it says "Mix ingredients until golden brown" may be reference to the [[Homestar Quiz]] after you win.
*The towel that the Cheat is wearing appears to be either the same as, or very similar to, the one worn by Homestar in "[[Main Page 14]]."
*The use of the '96 on the card is quite possibly a reference to the year that [[Original Book|the original Homestar Runner book]] was created, during the [[Wikipedia:1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] held in Atlanta, Georgia.
*The narrator's voice is the same voice that originally announced Strong Bad's test sentence in the email [[radio]].
*The bowl of sour cream and The Cheat fur is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[http://www.colgate.com/app/Speedstick/US/HomePage.cvsp "Speed Stick"] is an actual brand of underarm deodorant.
*"Old King Droll" is possibly a play on the nursery rhyme "[[Wikipedia:Old King Cole|Old King Cole]]."
*The King of Town's quip about the deodorants being "strong enough for a man" is a reference to [http://www.secret.com/ "Secret" brand deodorant]ads, whose slogan used to be "Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman."

===Fast Forward===
* The television show watched by the King appears again in [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]. In that toon, we discover the name of the show is ''[[Caleb Rentpayer]]''.
*In the email [[rock opera]], Strong Bad types "It's only a msyyer pd tun/ blegfr teh '''chekts'''" due to the Cheat throwing roses onto the keyboard.

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Craig Zobel]])

'''MIKE:''' Uh oh. Strong Bad's here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, it's true, you guys. Who's gonna tolerate it?

'''RYAN:''' It's gonna—It's chronicling one of your greatest pranks yet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. You guys were around for this. Huh? Were you?

'''RYAN:''' We watched it all on TVD.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, me too.

'''MIKE:''' Really the only good thing about this email is the introduction of "Caleb Rentpayer."

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{angrily}'' What? Why you gonna... jock me like that?

'''RYAN:''' I disagree, Mike.

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Downplay my accomplishments. Look, I just accused those girls of eating lions. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's great! I think there's just— The abbreviation "NJ" means Nigeria. ''{Mike laughs}'' That is comedy at its finest.

'''MIKE:''' That's pretty funny.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Brian!

'''MIKE:''' Uhh, that's pretty good right there; the making puke of—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Exactly.

'''MIKE:''' Kinda switch up the word—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look! What's The Cheat doing, man?

'''CRAIG:''' What's the game of the day, Ryan?

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's tossing my stuff all over.

'''RYAN:''' Battle Chess. ''{pause}'' Pawdabber.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, this is good.

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

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' He doesn't even know what a basketball is.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I was gonna start calling him "Z" cause he does not— He's not a coach of anything.

'''CRAIG:''' I should have guessed what was gonna happen with the towel around him, but—

'''MIKE:''' Did you not know?

'''CRAIG:''' No, it's talking about—

'''MIKE:''' ''I'' knew.

'''CRAIG:''' I asked Steve about it, too... when I first watched it. Why does The Cheat have a towel around him? ''{Mike chuckles}'' And then you find out!

'''MIKE:''' I had made a shaved The Cheat several weeks prior just— I think just to have. I just—

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's nice to have a shaved The Cheat lying around.

'''RYAN:''' Ohhh hooo ohh...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh. And the fact that when Coach Z coughs up you see the little hairs come out. Oh, puke my pants. That's—

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan Sterritt made that up. Ryan? Talk about it.

'''MIKE:''' Yet another example of us stealing—

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least—

'''MIKE:''' —from our friends.

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least you pay this guy.

'''MIKE:''' That's true.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan, give 'em— Tell 'em how where it came from.

'''RYAN:''' Uh...I did it once ''{Everyone laughs}'' and it kind of grossed me out. So, it became a recurring joke.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Puke my pants. Why not?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Something I should not want to do.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So this was based on a prank that Matt had when he was a kid. He always wanted to play was wash out an old speed stick, fill it with white chocolate, and then gross some kids out in the locker room after gym class.

'''RYAN:''' We talked briefly about adding a randomizer to the names of the deodorants—

'''MIKE:''' Oh, right.

'''RYAN:''' But we never got around to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mike made a bunch of sweet, sweet deodorant names.

'''MIKE:''' It was fun coming up with—

'''STRONG BAD:''' other biomes.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Deodorant names.

'''RYAN:''' Like those band namer things. You know, you pick like four prefixes and four words like "mountain" and "glaciers."

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's true. I don't have a Crazy Aunt Eulatherm, honestly.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Ahhh. Doesn't surprise me. I don't know if I believe very much of what you say.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look! That's a rare shot of Marzipan sitting down.

'''MIKE:''' That's true.

'''RYAN:''' Can we "zoom in" on that paper?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, it says the same thing over and over again, doesn't it, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah. And it says the same thing from the Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Marzipan needs to get a new subscription. ''{Mike laughs}'' She's such a recycler that she just reads the same paper that she got so many years ago.

'''RYAN:''' Uhh—

'''STRONG BAD:''' That looks great. Mike, remember when you made your wife a post-it note dress?

'''MIKE:''' I did. She—

'''STRONG BAD:''' She didn't want to wear—

'''RYAN:''' She was very excited, wasn't she?

'''MIKE:''' It's still in my closet. ''{laughter}'' Not hers.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It wasn't very flattering. It kinda look like a—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It looked just like a potato sack—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''RYAN:''' Uhh—

'''MIKE:''' made out of post-it notes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's true.

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's the thought that—

'''MIKE:''' Right. Remember the thought?

'''RYAN:''' The girls don't remember the thought.

'''MIKE:''' They don't. They just want—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dudes. Dudes do.

'''MIKE:''' a good looking dress.

'''CRAIG:''' ''{overlapping}'' That was foleyed by, um, I almost ate the chips and I got reprimanded for eating the chips that were left over—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's right because I had to...and Mike and Matt had to—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' We had Mo—We had some Moe's Nacho Chips and saved them.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{theme park tour guide-styled monotone voice}'' Welcome to Moe's.

'''CRAIG:''' ''{deep voice, slow}'' Moe's.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's always the really ''{monotone voice again}'' depressed guy. At the end. ''{normal voice}'' Or they just go "Muhhhhh" ''{pause}'' What did that one say? That disk?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know what that one said.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Somebody slow it back down. Play it again, Ryan—

'''MIKE:''' Call us up, let us know.

'''RYAN:''' ''{imitates rewind noise of a tape}'' There you go.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What did it say?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Good game, boys.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Good game, boys.

'''STRONG BAD:''' OK.

'''RYAN:''' I think it was an action game?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Totalslava. You guys?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing to himself}'' Poopaw.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So did this mean that I am— I have Euro—Eastern-European roots?

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' Yes.

''{After The Paper comes down, there is a pause}''

'''MATT:''' Oh, it's not over.—

'''RYAN:''' We finish quick every time.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' That's right, guys. Every time 'cause ''{begins to whisper; decrescendo}'' we don't remember cartoons after we're finished making them!

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|124|2014}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

50 emails

Sbdisciples — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:17:35 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|50|theme party|website}}

[[Image:sbemail50.PNG|thumb|"Hey, Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot."]]

In honor of his 50th email, Strong Bad tries to answer 50 emails, only to have Homestar unwittingly screw it up.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Sneak}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Telegraph Room]] (Easter egg)

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

'''Date:''' November 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 3:28

'''Page Title:''' Lordy, Lordy, Look who's over there!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, girl, I want to email you so nice. ''{stops singing}'' All right, everybody. In honor of this, my 50th email, I've decided to answer 50 of your emails! Ready? Go!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #1 
Dear strong bad, 
Can you please write a book about 
come-back jokes! 
Mike 
Canada</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' More like, ''you'' write a book about come-back jokes, ''NERD!'' ''{hits enter}''

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #2 
Dear Stong Bad, 
what are some cool ways to spell 
different words? example, fat = phat 
 
matt</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you mean like ''{types}'' strong = stong? ''{stops}'' You seem to like that one. Or how about this? matt = MATT!! ''{He types matt = DELETED!, and the following appears on the screen as the email is deleted:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">MATT!!</blockquote>

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #3 
Strong Bad, 
What is your favorite leg? 
 
Jess and Tiff 
Los Angeles, CA</blockquote>
''{He stops at "Jess and Tiff."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I like all kinds of legs. You know, like the Great Leg... the Leg of Hope... Tape-Leg? ''{the phone rings}'' Oh, man! I was on a roll! Don't nobody go nowheres, I'll be right back.

''{He walks offscreen and answers the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen)'' Hello? Yeah, this is me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on the phone}'' I dunno, what kind of savings?

''{Homestar Runner walks in carrying a fondue pot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot. Strong Bad? ''{He looks around, and then sees the computer}'' Whoa. That TV has words on it.

''{Homestar sits down at the computer and re-reads the email}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, what is your favorite leg? Jess and Tiff. ''{Stops reading}'' Um, ''{typing}'' Hey Crapface! Why dontcha blow it out your ear. Your buddy, Strong Bad. ''{enter}'' Oh, another one!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">Email #4 
Dear Strong Bad 
How do you type with gloves on 
your hands? 
 
Scott 
Surrey BC Canada</blockquote>

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, even ''I'' know what to do with this one. ''{types}'' BALEETED! ''{hits enter, nothing happens}'' Wha—? Oh. Umm... ''{types}'' DELTEATED! ''{enter, nothing happens}'' No? Uhh... Del Taco?

''{Cut to Strong Bad talking on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, they're more like elephant feet. Yeah. So what do you think, like, 50 bucks? Sounds good. I'll leave the key under the at-may.

''{Back to Compy 386. Homestar has typed in many, many words, but none of them do anything.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What is that stupid word?

''{He types in "da cheated" and hits enter. The computer plays a tune and the blue "Flagrant System Error" screen comes up. It reads:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8; text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
The system is down. I dunno what 
you did, moron, but you sure 
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-oh. This does not look good for Homestar Runner.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Bye!

''{He hangs up and walks off. Cut back to the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Back to the 50 emails.

''{He sits down. There's a piece of paper over the monitor with a Windows error window titled "This is real." It says "System report: Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined." Strong Bad reads the message}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined. Oh, that's good to hear. Let's just— Wait a minute! ''{he tears off the paper and sees the blue screen}'' Wha... Flagrant Error? What the... Where did all my emails go?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' WHAT?!? The paper?! This isn't over yet! Go back up, go back up!

''{Strong Bad swats at the paper and then tries to hold it up off the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait, wait! I think I can remember some of those emails! Uh, "Dear Strong Bad, why are you so awesome? Yours truly, Dumpface." Well, Dumpface, it's a long story. It all started with The Cheat one day when he was going down to the...

''{The screen, and Strong Bad's voice, slowly fade out. A paper plate with a Swiss Cake Roll with a "50" candle on it fades in. The Paper comes down again.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*When Strong Bad types the word "book," you can click on it and bring up a picture of Strong Bad's idea of this book.
*At the end, click on the "50th email [[Swiss Cake Roll]]" to see an [[Old-Timey]] Strong Bad cartoon.
:''{A title screen reading "Strong Bad and The Electronic Message" appears. Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad reading a telegram}''
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#cccccc;color:#000">Dear Sir Strong Bad stop 
How do you manage the telegramophone whilst 
wearing gentleman's sport gloves? stop 

signed, Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth </blockquote>
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! This is all anyone ever asks me. ''{manning the telegraph}'' You buffoon! Stop. You...carpetbagger. Stop. I'll give you what's for!
:''{The Sneak walks onscreen}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' The Sneak! How was that? I told that poor sap I'd give him what's for! Yes... now go and steal me fresh jam!
:''{The Sneak scurries off}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*When Old-Timey Strong Bad responds to Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth in the Easter egg, he calls him a "carpetbagger." A [[Wikipedia:carpetbagger|carpetbagger]] is actually a post-Civil War term for a Northerner moving to the South after the war to get rich or gain power.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'll leave the key under the at-may," he is speaking [[Wikipedia:Pig Latin|Pig Latin]]. "At-may" would mean "mat."

===Trivia===
*The title of the page may be a reference to the phrase "Lordy, Lordy! Look who's forty!" which is usually used on someone's 40th birthday, even though this is Strong Bad's 50th email.
*The phone ringing sound effect is "ringin.wav", from the Microsoft system sounds.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#tongue of the fatman|tongue of the fatman]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad is talking to a potential customer about "[[Soolnds|elephant feet]]." Apparently he is planning to sell [[Strong Sad]]'s legs on the black market. It is later mentioned in the email [[modeling]] that poachers have offered several thousand dollars for Strong Sad's feet.
*It is strange that Homestar calls the computer screen a "TV [that] has words on it," yet he immediately knows he can type a response to the email.
*This is the first email in which we see the "DELETED" screen on the Compy. The background is blue, whereas it was green on the [[Tandy 400]].
*The telegram received by Old-Timey Strong Bad has an incomplete [[Wikipedia:Boolean_algebra|boolean]] [[Wikipedia:truth table|truth table]] in the upper right corner.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar is talking while reading/answering an email, his lips' movements and the movements in the reflection are not in sync.
*Right before Strong Bad hangs up the phone, you can see it is [[Disconnected Telephones|not connected to anything]].
*Telegrams are always typed in upper case. They also never use any punctuation, hence the word STOP at the end of each sentence.
*When Homestar types in "da cheated," it is typed in on the left. However, one would expect the entry to be in the right column, as there are already an odd number of attempts.
*Three different shades of blue were used for the system error screen (each of which were a different shade from the "MATT" screen). The color changes from a bright blue to a duller blue as Strong Bad is sitting back down.

===Glitches===
*When you adjust the contrast while Homestar is at the computer, his reflection isn't affected.
*When Strong Bad says "Matt" while typing "DELETED", his reflection appears above the Compy for a moment.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad starts his email checking by saying, "Ready? Go!" This is a reference to [[spring cleaning]], when he said that to start his spring cleaning.
*When he responds to Email #3 ("What is your favorite leg?"), Strong Bad mentions tape-leg. This is a reference to [[tape-leg]], one of his past emails, and represents yet another [[Tape leg|inside joke]] of the Homestar Universe.
*The phrase "The system is down" is from [[techno]].
*This is another occurrence of two running gags, [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?]] and [[DELETED]].

===Real-World References===
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]]. The blue "Flagrant System Error" screen is a spoof of the [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows 9x]] [[Wikipedia:Blue_screen_of_death|Blue screen of death]].
*Strong Bad's line "Don't nobody go nowheres" is referencing a scene in ''[[Wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' where Marvin Berry says that exact line before his band takes a break from performing at the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance.

===Fast Forward===
*"Diggity", one of Homestar's attempts at "DELETED" (see below), appears in Strong Bad's deletion song in [[unused emails]] and [[car]].
*The "Flagrant System Error" screen appears again in [[virus]] and (as "Flamboyant System Error") in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]].
*The fake Windows system report appears again in [[Not the 100th Email!!!]].
[[Image:Stupid word.png|thumb|400px|"What is that stupid word?"]]
*In [[do over]], Coach Z also pronounces "DELETED" wrong, Coach Z says "DELORTED"

===Homestar's attempts at [[DELETED]]===
*Baleeted
*Delteated
*Deltaco
*freaky D'td
*chadeated
*deedleated
*meathead?
*dltd
*duh lee ted
*teeteeted
*[[Bubs|bubs]]
*diddley dee
*repeated
*733t3d
*3-D movie
*del monte
*ddddddd
*[[The Cheat|da cheated]]
*diggity
*beefeated
*stupid word
*believe it
*received it
*stratego
*3TDted
*seabed
*whitebread
*open sesame
*marie
*hello
*de la soul
*geleted
*feeted
*Some of the commands Homestar tries are references. Some are more obvious than others:
**'del monte' — Am American [http://www.delmonte.com/ produce company].
**'beefeated' — 'Beefeaters' is a nickname for the [[Wikipedia:Yeomen Warders|Yeomen Warders]] of the [[Wikipedia:Tower of London|Tower of London]]. There is also a 'Beefeaters' London Dry Gin sold in most liquor stores.
**'meathead?' — This is probably referring to a catch phrase from the sitcom [[Wikipedia:All in the Family|'All in the Family']] in which [[Wikipedia:Archie Bunker|Archie Bunker]] called his son-in-law [[Wikipedia:Michael Stivic|Mike]] 'Meathead.'
**'stratego' — [[Wikipedia:Stratego|Stratego]] is a board game.
**'open sesame' — Famous words from the tale [[Wikipedia:Ali Baba|'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves']]. This may be a further reference to the 1937 Popeye cartoon [[Wikipedia:Popeye_the_Sailor_Meets_Ali_Baba's_Forty_Thieves|Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves]]. In it, Popeye fails to remember the magic words 'open sesame', instead trying a series of similar words and phrases to no avail.
**'de la soul' — [[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] is a hip-hop group made of Posdnous, Trugoy, and P.A. Mase. They are best known for their groundbreaking 1989 debut album [[Wikipedia:3 Feet High and Rising|"3 Feet High and Rising"]]. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul is Dead]] is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s favorite album list. The phrase appears again in [[death metal]].
**'733t3d' — A reference to [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]], a variation of language used on the Internet where letters are replaced by numbers or symbols. While this is probably meant to say "leeted," it actually says "teeted."
**'Deltaco' — [[Wikipedia:Del Taco|Del Taco]] is a Mexican fast food chain.

==DVD Version==
*The "Comeback joke book" Easter egg is disabled.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:homester.html|BALEETED]] sound can be downloaded in "System Sounds Pack" at the downloads section.
*[[HR:sbemail50.html|watch "50 emails"]]
*[[HR:sbemail50.swf|view the Flash file for "50 emails"]]
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]
[[Category:Old-Timey]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:58:29 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Other */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===The places I go===
*Kadima- Jewish education for seventh and eighth graders
*Tae Kwon Do- a defensive martial art that i take. i am 2 belts away from black belt.
*Boy scouts- currently I'm nowhere near eagle scout
*Chess- I am in a chess club

===Other===
*Instruments- i play 2 instruments
**Piano- I've been playing piano for three and a half years
**Cello- I've been playing cello for about 8 months

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:57:44 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===The places I go===
*Kadima- Jewish education for seventh and eighth graders
*Tae Kwon Do- a defensive martial art that i take. i am 2 belts away from black belt.
*Boy scouts- currently I'm nowhere near eagle scout
*Chess- I am in a chess club

===Other===
*Instruments- i play 2 instruments
**Piano- I've been playing piano for three and a half
**Cello- I've been playing cello for about 8 months

Talk:Main Page 23

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:42:19 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* 2 Homestars */

== Tape Recorder ==

Don't you think we should say something about this being the only main page where the Home Pages buttons are covered, even if it is just for a few secconds?

:Well, sure Annonny, I guess... It is somewhat noteworthy, and when you mentioned it it made me go "Woah? Really?" and go double check. It is (when Strong Sad's hand comes out.) --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 01:40, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Randomizer ==

Is this main page featured on the main page randomizer, or is it another deal like [[Main Page 22]]? {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:30, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:From decompiling main_nav.swf, all main pages would appear to be gettable using the "main" link on the navbar. Then again, I know practically nothing about decompiling stuff. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}}, 18:37, 19 September 2005 (BST)

:: I hit the "main" button a few times and eventually hit 23. So yes, it's on the main page randomizer. As for 22, I don't know if it's currently there or not. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:40, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::: I hit the main button on the bottom (not the one on the title page) and got 22. --{{User:Camalex/sig}}
:::: I eventually got 21, 22, and 23. I removed part of the fact on Main Pages where it says you can't reach these pages. I haven't investigated whether clicking "come on in" will take you here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:19, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::::Come On In will not take you to 12, 22, or 23. At least I didn't get any of them after five minutes. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 20:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::Just decompiled welcome.swf. The TOTAL_MAINPAGES line is set to 20, so yes, Main Pages 21, 22, and 23 are inaccesible by it. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}}, 21:25, 19 September 2005 (BST)

:::::Aw, man! That's what I was just doing. Erm, so, I ''can'' say that Venusy is right, at least. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::You sure? I think I've gotten 21 and 22 before. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 13:39, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Clapperboard ==

Is there an article for the Clab Board thing? I can't find it. If there isn't, i think there should. How do I add it?--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 21:36, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:The clapperboard? Well anyway, to make a page put - <nowiki> [[Clapperboard]] </nowiki> in the sandbox or on your userpage and it should appear in red. Click on the link and that will take you to the editing screen. Then, edit away!--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 22:10, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC) ''(the link name was fixed in this post — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]])''

::Here also is the Wikipedia link for [[Wikipedia:clapperboard|clapperboard]], which should come in handy for you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:26, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thanks guys. I call making it! lol I am so excited about learning how to make pages. Thanks so much!--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 23:49, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:Okay! Calm down, spaz! -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]

FaceCrap, don't make fun of other users.--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 02:40, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== 2 Homestars ==

Okay, this main page proves there are 2 Homestars. Freaky. {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 21:59, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:I bet the one facing away from us is [[Mustachioed_Homestar_Runner#Other|wearing a fake mustache]]. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:03, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::Good hypothisis! {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 22:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::Should there be a cloned homestar charcter page?
::::Nah, I don't think so. It's just one of those weird things that happen on Homestar Runner Dot Com every now and then. Also, it's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::OK, let's debate it: Why in the world would main pages not be canon? [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 19:57, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:That means that there are 2 Homsars ([[Fall Float Parade]]).- [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]]
::its meraly a joke about stunt doubles.[[User:Darkstalker|Darkstalker]]
:::Um...[[stunt double|''stunt doubles'']]? -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 13:33, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::I totally agree: it's [[Mustachioed_Homestar_Runner#Other|Mustachioed Homestar Runner]] - NOT a second normal Homestar. [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 19:57, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:It doesn't prove there are 2 Homestars. [[Senorial Day]] proved that. There's one Homestar with a mustache, and another one without. On this page we can't see whether there's a mustache or not, so we don't know whether there are 2 identical Homestars or 2 Homestars a little different. [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 20:03, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::I think they're making fun of homestar's old voice, which they still use for the main pages.--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 20:15, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::Um, I think you're going a little off topic there. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 02:36, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:I '''second''' the idea that it is making fun of stunt doubles.-[[User:Anonomys|Anonomys]] 20:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Back Head ==

This is really freaky! I was pressing on the tab bar, and after a second of the yellow box scrolling really fast, Strong Bad popped up but facing me and he said "Oh, It's the back of my head!". Has anyone else ever gottn this? It was on the .swf file, just to tell you. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]
:Um... yeah, that's what he does when you mouse over it a second time. [[Main Page 23|You know we have a wiki, right?]] :P (Sorry, forum quote.) - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

== ? or ! ==

Maybe I'm being nitpicky here, but I think it would be more appropriate for the transcript to read "Sup, man!" and "Sup!" with exclamation points instead of question marks. Especially in this context, I don't think they're really questions so much as just greetings. I don't know. That's just me.
:i agree.......greatly
::I disagree, but not greatly. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
:::I think it could be taken either way. I mean, who freakin' cares? IT'S A PUNCTUATION MARK! --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 01:42, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
::::but thats the blood of this wiki! lol i think it should be "sup man?" "Sup!"
: I '''second''' the idea of it being changed to "sup man?" "Sup!" that was proposed by the guy who didn't sign his post.-[[User:Anonomys|Anonomys]] 20:13, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Incorrectly regarded as goofs ==

I know this article is still young, but I think so far we've been overly critical with regard to the goofs. I think DorianGray said it best: "It's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway."
*'''The Weeklies buttons are not truly flipped. It should go in this order, left to right: [[Random Toon]], [[Sketchbook]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], then [[Quote of the Week]].'''
**While this is true, TBC would have had to make another [http://www.homestarrunner.com/newbutton.swf newbutton.swf] for this to happen. So by them not doing this, we consider this a goof?
***They went to the trouble to make the rest of the page reversed, why leave this one out? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
****I think they left this out simply due to the reason I supplied: Having to make an "reversed" flash file. I'll further extend this to [http://www.homestarrunner.com/homepages_23.swf homepage_23.swf]. They didn't reverse the numerical order for a similiar reason. The only notable change I see from [http://www.homestarrunner.com/homepages.swf homepages.swf] is the that the buttons are justified to the right instead of the left. {{User:The Paper/sig}}
*****But in making "homepages_23", they proved that they could, if they wanted to, have made "newbutton_23". Also, now that you bring it up, I think the numerical order should be reversed on the home pages. Again, why do most of a joke but not all of it? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:51, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
******I can't speak for TBC, but I would say they probably didn't reverse order of the weeklies and the homepages because of difficulties in doing so. At this point, we're both speculating as to why TBC didn't complete the joke. I think it comes down to the limits of what you can do in Flash '''easily'''. I stress easily here not to discredit any of TBC's work, but to show that I think they would have done it had it been more feasable. My argument here is that it isn't GOOF. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:19, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
*******It's still notable, so I'll meet you halfway. Moving to remarks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:29, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
<hr width="50%">
*'''If The Cheat falls while the other Homestar is walking past, Homestar is in front of The Cheat even though from the perspective he should be farther away.'''
** Things like this happen many times in main pages, See [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page_13&diff=prev&oldid=59953 Firebird's edit on Main Page 13].
*** I could do without this one. Isn't it a Flash artifact and therefore disqualified anyway? In fact, I'm gonna give this one the del taco on those grounds. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
****Actually, I think that TBC can do the layering themselves, and it actually is their own mistake. I work in flash, so I'd probably know. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]
*****Still, each button is its own segment, independent of the others. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:07, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
******The term "Flash artifact" is over-applied around here. It's meant to refer to unusual things found by ''manipulating'' the Flash file (that is, watching the .swf file directly or right-clicking and using the options there.) Thus, this ''is'' a mistake, not a Flash artifact. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:49, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
*******I was gonna move your comments here but I see you already have some. I see your point, but I don't think it's a mistake. Possibly a glitch or a remark, but not a goof, because the buttons, technically, are independent from each other, and each one is supposed to play out on its own. The fact that two buttons together don't quite work might be notable, but we haven't listed them as goofs on other main pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:13, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
********Examining the other main pages, this situation actually comes up almost never, and when it has, they've been pretty consistent about getting the layering right. I dunno... I guess I could see it as a goof (rather than a remark or a glitch) if someone really ''really'' felt that they should have gotten it right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
*********Personally, I think they should've gotten it right. If it was my animation I was making and was aware of what was going on, I'd make sure to avoid such a thing. But, I'm not that talented. Also, if TBC strictly intended these to be independently viewed events they could have just as easily made it so that you could only see one animation at a time, even if you could still push the other buttons. It may be a little more work, but it would probably be doable (Flash experts would have to chime in here). One of my favorite things to do with Main pages is to run the mouse up and down to let all of the events happen at once (like in the 4th of July one!) For that reason, I also think it should be considered a goof.--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
<hr width="50%">
*'''The support behind Homestar's head would be visible from the front, but doesn't show up on any of the other main pages.'''
** It is true that other main pages do not have a piece of wood in that spot. However, for all we know it was added to the wooden "set" between Main Page 22 and this one for all we know. Perhaps we can move this to "remarks".
***I'll move this to remarks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
<hr width="50%">
*'''Homestar is standing in front of the set and the piece of wood that falls is behind it, so it should drop behind him, not hit him on the head.'''
** Again, I think we're being overly critical here. Generally odd things that defy the laws of physics happen on main pages. Is it a goof every time Homsar's hat falls back to his head when normally it should have missed his head and fell on the ground? {{User:The Paper/sig}} 20:38, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
***Meh, I could go either way on this one. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:43, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
***Perhaps the wooden set is leaning away from the camera, so its actually over Homestar's head

== Comments ==
I really like the fact that Strong Sad could very easily have said "I'm the floating head of doom" himself, but instead for some reason he plays a recording of himself saying it. Funny stuff.
--[[User:Der Pepper|Der Pepper]]

That is because Strong Sad would have to repeat it over and over, never sounding different.

:That's barely an issue. I mean, Strong Bad and Homestar do that just fine here. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]''''' 17:18, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Home Pages vs. Main Pages ==

TBC have called them 'home pages' and the wiki calls them 'Main Pages'. Is there any difference between these two terms or is this one of those wikisms like '[[The Guy at the Depot]]'? {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:36, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:Er, the button on the main page reads "new main page" and the link in the navbar reads "main" AND Coach Z calls it "main page number 23". — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:39, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::BTW, there's a space in the "home pages" title above the links to the, um, main pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::: True. Every ''main page'' except this one. See [[FAQ#Cartoons_.26_SB_Emails|'homepages' in FAQ]]. Looks like even TBC can't keep it straight. Just like the canon spelling of The Paper's sound. ;) {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:45, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::: Ah, touché, mon ami. There's actually a lot of examples like that, now that I think about it (listing them all would take up too much space here). But I did think of another "main" argument: Just look at the file name for each of the pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:54, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::::: You got me there. Clearly the preferred term is 'main page'. Now I wonder why 'mainpage' never caught on. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 23:01, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::::: I dunno. I kinda prefer the two-word form myself. Main page. Home page. Here on the wiki: User page. Talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

== Removed Entry ==

Does this belong back here?
*The way The Cheat falls and the sounds he makes may be a reference to the "[[Kick The Cheat]]" mini-game used to sell the The Cheat plush toy.

This was removed by [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=149.143.200.7 149.143.200.7] back in Sept 19, who I have seen randomly removing stuff from sites (I have added to the troll list). It hasn't been fixed since, but it seems like a plausible remark. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:49, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Strong Bad Speaks ==

Is it just me, or does Strong Bad move his head/talk slower than the actual sound clip? There might be something wrong with my computer, and it doesn't happen with any of the other things. [[User:Alcnolien|Alcnolien]] 19:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
:Yeah, my visuals lag behind the sound ''frequently'' in many toons, and it often seems to be related to my memory. Don't worry 'bout it. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

==How they pulled it off==
Masking! By using masking, you can have a single piece of any main page component separable. For example, you can make an instance of newbutton.swf that contains only the updates by drawing a box around the news button, then an instance of newbutton.swf that only contains "first time here" by drawing a box over that. So you end up with two invisible buttons that can't possibly be clicked on by normal means.--[[User:Dwedit|Dwedit]] 15:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Until ==

"From March 16, 2006 and onwards..." - well not anymore! What was the date the wallpaper was no longer available from the main pages? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:07, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page 23

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:41:57 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* 2 Homestars */

== Tape Recorder ==

Don't you think we should say something about this being the only main page where the Home Pages buttons are covered, even if it is just for a few secconds?

:Well, sure Annonny, I guess... It is somewhat noteworthy, and when you mentioned it it made me go "Woah? Really?" and go double check. It is (when Strong Sad's hand comes out.) --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 01:40, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Randomizer ==

Is this main page featured on the main page randomizer, or is it another deal like [[Main Page 22]]? {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:30, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:From decompiling main_nav.swf, all main pages would appear to be gettable using the "main" link on the navbar. Then again, I know practically nothing about decompiling stuff. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}}, 18:37, 19 September 2005 (BST)

:: I hit the "main" button a few times and eventually hit 23. So yes, it's on the main page randomizer. As for 22, I don't know if it's currently there or not. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:40, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::: I hit the main button on the bottom (not the one on the title page) and got 22. --{{User:Camalex/sig}}
:::: I eventually got 21, 22, and 23. I removed part of the fact on Main Pages where it says you can't reach these pages. I haven't investigated whether clicking "come on in" will take you here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:19, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::::Come On In will not take you to 12, 22, or 23. At least I didn't get any of them after five minutes. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 20:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::Just decompiled welcome.swf. The TOTAL_MAINPAGES line is set to 20, so yes, Main Pages 21, 22, and 23 are inaccesible by it. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}}, 21:25, 19 September 2005 (BST)

:::::Aw, man! That's what I was just doing. Erm, so, I ''can'' say that Venusy is right, at least. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

::::You sure? I think I've gotten 21 and 22 before. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 13:39, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Clapperboard ==

Is there an article for the Clab Board thing? I can't find it. If there isn't, i think there should. How do I add it?--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 21:36, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:The clapperboard? Well anyway, to make a page put - <nowiki> [[Clapperboard]] </nowiki> in the sandbox or on your userpage and it should appear in red. Click on the link and that will take you to the editing screen. Then, edit away!--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 22:10, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC) ''(the link name was fixed in this post — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]])''

::Here also is the Wikipedia link for [[Wikipedia:clapperboard|clapperboard]], which should come in handy for you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:26, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thanks guys. I call making it! lol I am so excited about learning how to make pages. Thanks so much!--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 23:49, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:Okay! Calm down, spaz! -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]

FaceCrap, don't make fun of other users.--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 02:40, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== 2 Homestars ==

Okay, this main page proves there are 2 Homestars. Freaky. {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 21:59, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:I bet the one facing away from us is [[Mustachioed_Homestar_Runner#Other|wearing a fake mustache]]. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:03, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::Good hypothisis! {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 22:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::Should there be a cloned homestar charcter page?
::::Nah, I don't think so. It's just one of those weird things that happen on Homestar Runner Dot Com every now and then. Also, it's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::OK, let's debate it: Why in the world would main pages not be canon? [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 19:57, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:That means that there are 2 Homsars ([[Fall float parade]]).- [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]]
::its meraly a joke about stunt doubles.[[User:Darkstalker|Darkstalker]]
:::Um...[[stunt double|''stunt doubles'']]? -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 13:33, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::I totally agree: it's [[Mustachioed_Homestar_Runner#Other|Mustachioed Homestar Runner]] - NOT a second normal Homestar. [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 19:57, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:It doesn't prove there are 2 Homestars. [[Senorial Day]] proved that. There's one Homestar with a mustache, and another one without. On this page we can't see whether there's a mustache or not, so we don't know whether there are 2 identical Homestars or 2 Homestars a little different. [[User:beanluc|beanluc]] 20:03, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::I think they're making fun of homestar's old voice, which they still use for the main pages.--{{User:bkmlb/sig}} 20:15, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:::Um, I think you're going a little off topic there. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]] 02:36, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:I '''second''' the idea that it is making fun of stunt doubles.-[[User:Anonomys|Anonomys]] 20:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Back Head ==

This is really freaky! I was pressing on the tab bar, and after a second of the yellow box scrolling really fast, Strong Bad popped up but facing me and he said "Oh, It's the back of my head!". Has anyone else ever gottn this? It was on the .swf file, just to tell you. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]
:Um... yeah, that's what he does when you mouse over it a second time. [[Main Page 23|You know we have a wiki, right?]] :P (Sorry, forum quote.) - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

== ? or ! ==

Maybe I'm being nitpicky here, but I think it would be more appropriate for the transcript to read "Sup, man!" and "Sup!" with exclamation points instead of question marks. Especially in this context, I don't think they're really questions so much as just greetings. I don't know. That's just me.
:i agree.......greatly
::I disagree, but not greatly. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
:::I think it could be taken either way. I mean, who freakin' cares? IT'S A PUNCTUATION MARK! --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 01:42, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
::::but thats the blood of this wiki! lol i think it should be "sup man?" "Sup!"
: I '''second''' the idea of it being changed to "sup man?" "Sup!" that was proposed by the guy who didn't sign his post.-[[User:Anonomys|Anonomys]] 20:13, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Incorrectly regarded as goofs ==

I know this article is still young, but I think so far we've been overly critical with regard to the goofs. I think DorianGray said it best: "It's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway."
*'''The Weeklies buttons are not truly flipped. It should go in this order, left to right: [[Random Toon]], [[Sketchbook]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], then [[Quote of the Week]].'''
**While this is true, TBC would have had to make another [http://www.homestarrunner.com/newbutton.swf newbutton.swf] for this to happen. So by them not doing this, we consider this a goof?
***They went to the trouble to make the rest of the page reversed, why leave this one out? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
****I think they left this out simply due to the reason I supplied: Having to make an "reversed" flash file. I'll further extend this to [http://www.homestarrunner.com/homepages_23.swf homepage_23.swf]. They didn't reverse the numerical order for a similiar reason. The only notable change I see from [http://www.homestarrunner.com/homepages.swf homepages.swf] is the that the buttons are justified to the right instead of the left. {{User:The Paper/sig}}
*****But in making "homepages_23", they proved that they could, if they wanted to, have made "newbutton_23". Also, now that you bring it up, I think the numerical order should be reversed on the home pages. Again, why do most of a joke but not all of it? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:51, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
******I can't speak for TBC, but I would say they probably didn't reverse order of the weeklies and the homepages because of difficulties in doing so. At this point, we're both speculating as to why TBC didn't complete the joke. I think it comes down to the limits of what you can do in Flash '''easily'''. I stress easily here not to discredit any of TBC's work, but to show that I think they would have done it had it been more feasable. My argument here is that it isn't GOOF. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:19, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
*******It's still notable, so I'll meet you halfway. Moving to remarks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:29, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
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*'''If The Cheat falls while the other Homestar is walking past, Homestar is in front of The Cheat even though from the perspective he should be farther away.'''
** Things like this happen many times in main pages, See [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page_13&diff=prev&oldid=59953 Firebird's edit on Main Page 13].
*** I could do without this one. Isn't it a Flash artifact and therefore disqualified anyway? In fact, I'm gonna give this one the del taco on those grounds. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
****Actually, I think that TBC can do the layering themselves, and it actually is their own mistake. I work in flash, so I'd probably know. -[[User:FaceCrap|FaceCrap]]
*****Still, each button is its own segment, independent of the others. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:07, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
******The term "Flash artifact" is over-applied around here. It's meant to refer to unusual things found by ''manipulating'' the Flash file (that is, watching the .swf file directly or right-clicking and using the options there.) Thus, this ''is'' a mistake, not a Flash artifact. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:49, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
*******I was gonna move your comments here but I see you already have some. I see your point, but I don't think it's a mistake. Possibly a glitch or a remark, but not a goof, because the buttons, technically, are independent from each other, and each one is supposed to play out on its own. The fact that two buttons together don't quite work might be notable, but we haven't listed them as goofs on other main pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:13, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)
********Examining the other main pages, this situation actually comes up almost never, and when it has, they've been pretty consistent about getting the layering right. I dunno... I guess I could see it as a goof (rather than a remark or a glitch) if someone really ''really'' felt that they should have gotten it right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
*********Personally, I think they should've gotten it right. If it was my animation I was making and was aware of what was going on, I'd make sure to avoid such a thing. But, I'm not that talented. Also, if TBC strictly intended these to be independently viewed events they could have just as easily made it so that you could only see one animation at a time, even if you could still push the other buttons. It may be a little more work, but it would probably be doable (Flash experts would have to chime in here). One of my favorite things to do with Main pages is to run the mouse up and down to let all of the events happen at once (like in the 4th of July one!) For that reason, I also think it should be considered a goof.--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
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*'''The support behind Homestar's head would be visible from the front, but doesn't show up on any of the other main pages.'''
** It is true that other main pages do not have a piece of wood in that spot. However, for all we know it was added to the wooden "set" between Main Page 22 and this one for all we know. Perhaps we can move this to "remarks".
***I'll move this to remarks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
<hr width="50%">
*'''Homestar is standing in front of the set and the piece of wood that falls is behind it, so it should drop behind him, not hit him on the head.'''
** Again, I think we're being overly critical here. Generally odd things that defy the laws of physics happen on main pages. Is it a goof every time Homsar's hat falls back to his head when normally it should have missed his head and fell on the ground? {{User:The Paper/sig}} 20:38, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
***Meh, I could go either way on this one. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:43, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
***Perhaps the wooden set is leaning away from the camera, so its actually over Homestar's head

== Comments ==
I really like the fact that Strong Sad could very easily have said "I'm the floating head of doom" himself, but instead for some reason he plays a recording of himself saying it. Funny stuff.
--[[User:Der Pepper|Der Pepper]]

That is because Strong Sad would have to repeat it over and over, never sounding different.

:That's barely an issue. I mean, Strong Bad and Homestar do that just fine here. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]''''' 17:18, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Home Pages vs. Main Pages ==

TBC have called them 'home pages' and the wiki calls them 'Main Pages'. Is there any difference between these two terms or is this one of those wikisms like '[[The Guy at the Depot]]'? {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:36, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:Er, the button on the main page reads "new main page" and the link in the navbar reads "main" AND Coach Z calls it "main page number 23". — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:39, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::BTW, there's a space in the "home pages" title above the links to the, um, main pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::: True. Every ''main page'' except this one. See [[FAQ#Cartoons_.26_SB_Emails|'homepages' in FAQ]]. Looks like even TBC can't keep it straight. Just like the canon spelling of The Paper's sound. ;) {{User:The Paper/sig}} 22:45, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::: Ah, touché, mon ami. There's actually a lot of examples like that, now that I think about it (listing them all would take up too much space here). But I did think of another "main" argument: Just look at the file name for each of the pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:54, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
::::: You got me there. Clearly the preferred term is 'main page'. Now I wonder why 'mainpage' never caught on. {{User:The Paper/sig}} 23:01, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
:::::: I dunno. I kinda prefer the two-word form myself. Main page. Home page. Here on the wiki: User page. Talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]

== Removed Entry ==

Does this belong back here?
*The way The Cheat falls and the sounds he makes may be a reference to the "[[Kick The Cheat]]" mini-game used to sell the The Cheat plush toy.

This was removed by [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=149.143.200.7 149.143.200.7] back in Sept 19, who I have seen randomly removing stuff from sites (I have added to the troll list). It hasn't been fixed since, but it seems like a plausible remark. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:49, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Strong Bad Speaks ==

Is it just me, or does Strong Bad move his head/talk slower than the actual sound clip? There might be something wrong with my computer, and it doesn't happen with any of the other things. [[User:Alcnolien|Alcnolien]] 19:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
:Yeah, my visuals lag behind the sound ''frequently'' in many toons, and it often seems to be related to my memory. Don't worry 'bout it. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

==How they pulled it off==
Masking! By using masking, you can have a single piece of any main page component separable. For example, you can make an instance of newbutton.swf that contains only the updates by drawing a box around the news button, then an instance of newbutton.swf that only contains "first time here" by drawing a box over that. So you end up with two invisible buttons that can't possibly be clicked on by normal means.--[[User:Dwedit|Dwedit]] 15:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Until ==

"From March 16, 2006 and onwards..." - well not anymore! What was the date the wallpaper was no longer available from the main pages? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:07, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Pumpkin Carve-nival

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:32:24 GMT

Sbdisciples: This is said in the trivia section

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|halloween2002|The Best Decemberween Ever|A Decemberween Pageant}}
[[Image:pumpkin.PNG|thumb|"Ding!"]]
Homestar Runner throws another Halloween party, this time where everyone carves pumpkins which get judged. Of course, when Homestar judges them, anything can happen.

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

See [[Pumpkin Carve-nival Costumes]] for more information on what everyone was wearing.

'''Places:''' [[Spooky Forest]]

'''Date:''' October 29, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 5:32

'''Page Title:''' A Pumpakin Carve-nival

== Transcript ==
''{We begin at nighttime. In the foreground are several pumpkins, including one on a table. Homestar's silhouette walks across the hills in the background. Cut to Coach Z and Strong Sad, who are talking to each other. Homestar walks by in the background.}''

'''COACH Z:''' I mean the first one was great. After the second one, they really fell orf. I mean, a pajama jammie-jam?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I rarely know what you're talking about.

''{Cut to Marzipan and The King of Town, who are also talking to each other. Homestar walks past in the foreground, silhouetted.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' No! I'm a video game!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I don't play video games, so I wouldn't know.

''{Cut to Bubs and Strong Bad, who are talking to each other as well. Strong Mad and The Cheat stand around them. Homestar Runner walks by in the foreground, silhouetted.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{snickers}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! What are you laughing at?!

'''BUBS:''' Oh, nothin'. You look great. ''{snicker}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Course I look great! I'm da bee.

''{Homestar Runner stops in front of a banner that reads "Homestar's Pumpkin Carve-nival"}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{faded, offscreen}'' In actuality, I don't think he looks that great.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' OK, everyone. Thanks for comin' to my party, you all look great, blah, blah, blah. ''{leans in}'' It's time for the judging of the pumpkiiiins! Pchew! Pchew! Wchew! That was... the lightning... The Cheat, would you mind assisting me?

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

''{Homestar and The Cheat walk up to Strong Sad and his pumpkin, which bears a striking resemblance to his own head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, contestant number one, your name is— ''{as though he's never seen it}'' Strong.. Sad? Oh. Anyways, please explain your pumpkin.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I call it ''{close on pumpkin}'' "Self Portrait in Late October".

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I call it last place. Ding! ''{As Homestar says "ding!", a "LAST" ribbon appears on Strong Sad's pumpkin.}'' Next contestant!

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm doomed.

''{They walk up to The King of Town and his exhibit, a pie dish with one slice of pumpkin pie and some crumbs remaining.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right Mr. Of Town. Just what is going on over here?

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Well, I was at home...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-huh.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' With the pumpkin...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' It was looking...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Particularly luscious...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's gross.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' And then...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-huh.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' The next thing I know it was a...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Go on.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A pie and then...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I see, go on.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' The next thing I know it was...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oh, the pie was gone and...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right, right.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Doo hoo?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whadaya think, The Cheat?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{says "The King of Town is so lame" in The Cheat}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I concur. Worst place! Ding! ''{A "WORST" ribbon appears.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Sorry, King, but our princess is in another castle...

''{They walk up to Strong Mad and his pumpkin, which hasn't been carved.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' BOOO!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right. This guy's tall. Hey The Cheat, ask your friend here why come he didn't carve his pumpakin.

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

'''STRONG MAD:''' Whar?!

''{Strong Mad punches his pumpkin three times. Cut to close of the pumpkin from Strong Mad's angle.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now that's talent! Good prize! ''{A "ding!" noise is heard, although Homestar doesn't say it. A "GOOD" ribbon appears.''}

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{surprised}'' Gah?

''{They go to Coach Z's pumpkin, which has a W carved into it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Alright coach, whadaya got for me?

'''COACH Z:''' Check it out, yo!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Cool, a W. What's that supposed to stand for? Witches' brew?

'''COACH Z:''' No, no, no, it stands for tha Wu-Tang!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Coach Z, are you a poser?

'''COACH Z:''' Nah, man, I'm down.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Down with second to last place. ''{sarcastically}'' Ding. ''{A "2nd to LAST" ribbon appears.}''

''{They go to The Poopsmith's pumpkin, which is rotting, brown, and sunken in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whispers}'' Just keep walking The Cheat.

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{bares his teeth and hisses}''

''{They go to Pom Pom's pumpkin, a silhouette carving of a buxom woman in profile.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pom Pom!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbles}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's up my ''main man''? My dog! My ace in tha hole! 2nd place. ''{A "2nd" ribbon appears with a "ding" sound effect.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{lowers eyelids, bubbles}''

''{They go to Marzipan's pumpkin, which is uncarved and still on the vine.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whatcha got here, Marzipan?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I didn't want to kill mine, so I just left it on the vine.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What for? So you could, like, use it in a witches' brew or something?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Um, I don't know what that means. Anyway, I wrote a song about it. ''{singing, to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"}'' I left it on the vine, I left it on the line, I mean, I left it on—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not necessary! Last place! Ding! ''{A "LAST" ribbon appears.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{fading into the background}'' Homestar, I'm breaking up with you.

''{They go to Strong Bad's pumpkin, which has multiple stab marks, a protruding butcher's knife, three turns of barbed wire, and nine craft-type "googly" eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad. So, um, are you supposed to be the Green Hornet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! No!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, right, right, you're supposed to be the um, the witches' brew.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! I'm the bee! Like, from nature.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, great. So what's up with your pumpkin?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, ''{close on the pumpkin}'' I stabbed it a bunch and then wrapped it in barb wire, and then I felt sorry for it so, um, I gave it some googly eyes.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That sure was nice of you. You get most improved. Ding! ''{A "MOST IMPROVED" ribbon appears.}''

''{They go to Bubs' pumpkin, which has had a starter cord, two backwards spark plugs, and exhaust pipes protruding from it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Bubs.

'''BUBS:''' Hey, Homestar. ''{an owl hoots in the background}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's up?

'''BUBS:''' Not a whole lot.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's that?

'''BUBS:''' This is my pumpkin. ''{wolves are heard in the distance}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Cool. Does it do anything?

'''BUBS:''' Oh yeah. Check this out.

''{He pulls the cord three times. The sound of an engine starting is heard and the pumpkin contorts several times. It leaps off the table and flames come out of the exhaust. The Cheat's eyes widen in fear and he screams. The engine sputters out and the pumpkin falls back into place, but The Cheat continues screaming and runs off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa. Looks like you scared The Cheat.

'''BUBS:''' Yeah, I guess I did.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not last place. ''{A "NOT LAST" ribbon appears with a "ding!" sound effect.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{rhythmically, extending his arms and bobbing his head from side to side}'' I feel so fine, I feel so elated, I feel so fine, I feel so elated!

''{Cut to close on Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I guess that's everybody. Thanks for your help, The Cheat.

''{The Cheat is clinging to Homestar's ankles, his eyes still wide and twitching.}''

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You all did great. Hope to see you again next year! ''{music stops with the sound of a record scratching}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, who won? I think that your rating system is questionable.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, right, right, a winner and such. Well...

''{Homestar's head flies off as Strong Bad's head bursts from Homestar's torso.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I won! Ding!

'''BUBS:''' What the—?

'''COACH Z:''' What's goin' on here?

''{The real Homestar walks up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, what's going on?

'''BUBS:''' Huh?!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, you guys are so stupid. You thought I dressed up as the bee? This is the best costume ever!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Now wait a minute. Then who's that Strong Bad over there?

''{The other Strong Bad in the bee costume puts a hand on his head, but he unzips in half to reveal The Goblin. They all gasp.}''

'''BUBS:''' It's that goblin!

''{The Goblin's organ music plays and he does his dance.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhhh! That explains everything. Ding!

''{A "THE END" ribbon appears on the screen.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*While loading, you can change the features on the pumpkin. They will stay the way you changed them when the toon starts.
*If you click on The Poopsmith's pumpkin, you unlock the following scene, which will be inserted between The Poopsmith's and Pom Pom's:
*:''{Homestar and The Cheat walk up to Homsar, whose "pumpkin" is an eggplant with a spoon taped to it.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh brother. What do you make of this guy, The Cheat?
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I know, me too. ''{turns to Homsar}'' What do you have to say for yourself, little man?
*:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{unusually dejected voice}'' I'm the ghost of Christmas past.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wow. You set a new standard for last place. You don't get a ding. ''{A "LAST" ribbon floats to the ground}''
*:'''HOMSAR:''' And also with you.

*At the end, click on Homestar (the REAL one) to have him talk to The Cheat.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Psst! Um, hey The Cheat—
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise equivalent to "Hm?"}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I had a really important question I want to ask you ''{whispers}'' about your costume. ''{back to a low speaking voice}'' Are you supposed to be dressed up as some kind of a witches' brew?
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns away, make a dismissive hand gesture and The Cheat noise}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, wait, I had another question I wanted to ask you. It's not about witches' brew. Okay, it's about witches' brew, but just hear me out.

*At the end, click on The King of Town to play [[Super Kingio Brothers]].
*At the end, click on [[The Moon|the moon]] to make a ghost-like Marshie appear and say his signature line, "Made from the best stuff", in a distorted voice.

== Fun Facts ==
===Contestant Places===
These are the places each contestant ended up with (''in order'').
*Strong Sad: Last
*King of Town: Worst
*Strong Mad: Good
*Coach Z: 2nd to Last
*Poopsmith: N/A
*Homsar: Last (No Ding)
*Pom-Pom: 2nd
*Marzipan: Last
*Strong Bad: Most Improved
*Bubs: Not Last

===Trivia===
*This appears to be the only toon in which The Poopsmith has made any vocal sound (besides [[different town]] and [[highschool]]). One might wonder if this violated his vow of silence or was produced by electronics.
*While the cartoon is fading out (to the costume section) Homestar tries to keep track of the screen by moving his head under the "The End" sign, an instance of [[Homestar Peeking]].

===Remarks===
*To answer Marzipan's question, by Strong Bad's rating system, either Strong Mad (good prize), Bubs (not last place), or The Goblin as Strong Bad as [[Halloween Costumes|Da Bee]] (most improved) should have won. Everyone else got worst, last, 2nd or 2nd-to-last, none of which could be 1st.
*When Strong Bad pops out of his Homestar costume, he is wearing his Da Bee shirt.
*Pom Pom's pumpkin is actually very difficult to make, because of the "floating" piece of pumpkin between the [[Pom Pom's girls|girl's]] legs. Though it might be held there by a stick stuck through the other side, or some other elaborate method.
*In Bubs' pumpkin, the spark plugs are facing backwards.

=== Goofs ===
*Marzipan's "Left Eye" actually changes sides a couple of times.
*Strong Bad wasn't really dressed as The Bee, but after he pops out of the Homestar costume, a yellow garment is visible, similar to the apparel of The Bee.
**Also, while the yellow clothing is visible from the front, Strong Bad's shirt-less skin is visible when we see his back.

===Inside References===
*The blue ribbons, as well as the way they instantly pop into existence, is a reference to "[[Isle of Pom]]." In one scene, a ribbon reading "FIRST" appears on Pom-Pom's chest.
*Pom Pom's pumpkin carving is very similar to "The Ladies" icon on his Pom Pilot in [[the bird]].
*Homestar walking on the hills at the beginning may be a reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*Strong Bad dressing as Homestar and The Goblin dressing as Strong Bad makes this an instance of [[Twin Characters]].
**This is the first instance of [[Twin Characters]] on the site.

===Real-World References===
*After Homestar judges the KoT's pumpkin, the disappointed king says, "Sorry, King, but our princess is in another castle..." This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Brothers]] game. At the end of the fourth level of each world (World 1-4 to 7-4), [[Wikipedia:Toad (Nintendo character)|Toad]] says, "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!".
*Coach Z's pumpkin is carved with the symbol for the [[Wikipedia:Wu-Tang Clan|Wu-Tang Clan]], a popular rap group that started up in 1991–1992. Of course, Homestar (or rather, Strong Bad dressed as Homestar) mistakes this symbol for [[Witches' Brew]], thereby touching off a score of future brew-related inside jokes.
*Homsar's response to getting last place, "And also with you," is from Catholic and some Protestant church services. It is the usual response from the congregation after the priest says, "The Lord be with you."
*[[Wikipedia:The Green Hornet|The Green Hornet]], as Strong Bad was wrongly accused of being, was the crime-fighting vigilante hero of a '30s era radio drama by the creator of [[Wikipedia:The Lone Ranger|the Lone Ranger]]. It spawned several serials during the '40s and in the '60s spawned a cult hit TV show remembered mainly for its casting of [[Wikipedia:Bruce Lee|Bruce Lee]] as the Hornet's trusty sidekick, [[Wikipedia:Kato (The Green Hornet)|Kato.]]
*The "Pajama Jammie-Jam" that Coach Z is talking about at the beginning of the toon is a reference to the movie [[IMDB:tt0102065|House Party 2]]. The tagline of the movie was "The Pajama Jam."

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar dresses up as Angus Young from AC/DC. Two days after this cartoon, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] was released. In an Easter egg, Homestar tries to sing "Back in Black" and mentions at the end, "I just like that guy's little schoolboy outfit."
*On the "Learn to speak The Cheat" record in the Strong Bad Email [[cheat talk]], one of the phrases is "The King of Town is so lame." The Cheat uses this phrase here when asked what he thinks of the King of Town.
*Bubs' movement as he says "I feel so fine! I feel so elated!" is extremely similar to his "Checkitout!" dance in [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]].
*Homsar's "Pumpkin" joins Marzipan's vegetable chorus in an Easter egg in the 2004 Halloween toon: [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*The Poopsmith appears in the foreground in the short [[TrogdorCon '97]] in his Sleestak costume.
*A reference to this toon is made in [[Main Page 19]]: When you roll over Toons, Homestar says "Contestant number one, your name is—Toons?" In this cartoon Strong Bad (dressed as Homestar) introduces Strong Sad the same way.
*Besides Pom Pom, Homestar identifies Strong Bad as "his dog" in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]], and, evidently, Bubs in [[A Folky Tale#Easter Eggs|A Folky Tale]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:halloween2002.html|watch "Pumpkin Carve-nival"]]
*[[HR:halloween2002b.swf|view the Flash file for "Pumpkin Carve-nival"]]

[[Category:Halloween]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:12:09 GMT

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Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [http://www.fabulousfox.com Fox theater]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

===The places I go===
*Kadima- Jewish education for seventh and eighth graders
*Tae Kwon Do- a defensive martial art that i take. i am 2 belts away from black belt.
*Boy scouts- currently I'm nowhere near eagle scout
*Chess- I am in a chess club

===Other===
*Instruments- i play 2 instruments
**Piano- I've been playing piano for three and a half
**Cello- I've been playing cello for about 8 months

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:59:22 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [http://www.fabulousfox.com Fox theater]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:58:30 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [http://www.fabulousfox.com|Fox theater]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:58:10 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [http://www.fabulousfox.com/Fox theater]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:49:03 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in middle school and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [[Wikipedia:Fox Theatre (St. Louis)|Fox theater]]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:48:21 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [[Wikipedia:Fox Theatre (St. Louis)|Fox theater]]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:48:02 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [[Wikipedia:Fox Theater (St. Louis)|Fox theater]]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:47:20 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' [[Wikipedia:Fox theater (St. Louis)|Fox theater]]. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:45:43 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Rock Opera: The Musical */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Believe it or not I do more things besides the wiki==
I do many extra ciricular activities. From sports to jewish education.

===Rock Opera: The Musical===
One thing that i like to do is go to musicals. [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] is the best. I see plays when they come to the St. Louis' Fox theater. Some of my favorites include [[Wikipedia:Avenue Q|Avenue Q]], [[Wikipedia:Rent|Rent]], [[Wikipedia:Wicked|Wicked]] and [[Wikipedia:Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera]]

User:Sbdisciples

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{{User:Kilroy/sig}}, and "The Homestar Runner Wiki Welcoming Committee" 22:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== Speculation ==

Hey, your enthusiasm is really appreciated! Fantastic! I wanted to pass you a tip: when you add a remark or a fun fact or alter a transcript, stop and think: do I know this to be true? Some of your edits have been speculation, that is to say your opinion or imagination, and we don't generally want speculation in a knowledge base. Unless the explanation is obvious (but not too obvious, otherwise there's no point in noting it!) we tend to keep to observable facts.

By the way, did you know that if you use the History link on the top of a page, you can see every edit ever made to that page? Sometimes it's interesting to see what edits get reverted, and there's been times I've seen someone make a reverted comment that I was going to make!

Keep on tranglin'! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:46, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:tape-leg

Sbdisciples — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:17:07 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* No name votes for Tapeleg goodness */

== Opinion ==
In actuallity, I thought this e-mail was pretty funny. Or maybe I'm just like... pathetic. -- [[User:FireBird|FireBird]]
:I liked this email, i don't see why everybody hates it [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]]

==No name votes for Tapeleg goodness==
At some point you'll notice that Strong Bad is static in his method of email jokes. It gets to the point where you can guess when he'll start sputtering excuses...or meandering into funny words...or listing-his-humor-with-hyphens-conjunctions-and-ellipses...

There was a point when Strong Bad truly did have pizzaz and not the mummification factor of the Simpsons. "The basics" was another one of those emails where it thrived alone; but those days are gone, baby, their greatest tenstiments unappriciated.

I don't think this is worst SBEmail...I think that honor would go to "some kinda robot". But maybe that's just me.

:I always liked "some kinda robot" a wholeloattabunch. It has a robot in it, it has "for good or for awesome" in it. Classic. Tape leg is very uninspired. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 01:01, 16 Feb 2005 (MST)

I think that "best thing" the worst email- i really didn't like that one.

== More Opinions ==
I think this email isn't too bad. The reason it's funny is that Strong Bad so vigorously denies being a tape-leg, you get the idea that... maybe he is a tape-leg? And of course it inspired a lot of references. --[[User:195.92.67.77|195.92.67.77]] 18:07, 8 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Talk:tape-leg

Sbdisciples — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:16:58 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* No name votes for Tapeleg goodness */

== Opinion ==
In actuallity, I thought this e-mail was pretty funny. Or maybe I'm just like... pathetic. -- [[User:FireBird|FireBird]]
:I liked this email, i don't see why everybody hates it [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]]

==No name votes for Tapeleg goodness==
At some point you'll notice that Strong Bad is static in his method of email jokes. It gets to the point where you can guess when he'll start sputtering excuses...or meandering into funny words...or listing-his-humor-with-hyphens-conjunctions-and-ellipses...

There was a point when Strong Bad truly did have pizzaz and not the mummification factor of the Simpsons. "The basics" was another one of those emails where it thrived alone; but those days are gone, baby, their greatest tenstiments unappriciated.

I don't think this is worst SBEmail...I think that honor would go to "some kinda robot". But maybe that's just me.

:I always liked "some kinda robot" a wholeloattabunch. It has a robot in it, it has "for good or for awesome" in it. Classic. Tape leg is very uninspired. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 01:01, 16 Feb 2005 (MST)

I think that "best thing" the worst email- i really didn't like that one. - [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]]

== More Opinions ==
I think this email isn't too bad. The reason it's funny is that Strong Bad so vigorously denies being a tape-leg, you get the idea that... maybe he is a tape-leg? And of course it inspired a lot of references. --[[User:195.92.67.77|195.92.67.77]] 18:07, 8 Aug 2005 (UTC)

secret identity

Sbdisciples — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:53:03 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Real-World References */

{{sbenav|142|death metal|technology}}
[[Image:sbemail142.png|thumb|You gotta be firm.]]

Chris from Laramie, Wyoming, asks Strong Bad if he has any secret identities. Strong Bad discusses several options.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand|Bubs' Motor Lodge]], [[Trailer Home]], [[Smoky Office]], [[Marzipan's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 25, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:42

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad types "strongbad_email.wad" and presses enter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Initiate sbemail-refresh daemon.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: none</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Do you have a secret Identity? cause you know that 
would be the kinda rockin' cool thing you'd have. 
Chris 
Laramie, Wy 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad sings "Wy" as "why" in a soft high-pitched voice.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Chris, let me be frank. The term "rockin' cool" is so uncool it makes my face hurt.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, now all the "rockin' cool"s are off the screen.

''{He shrieks as he realizes what he's typed, and clears the screen again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' They're gone. Those things are vicious. Anyway Frank, I believe your question was about my secret identity. Well, let me ask you this: have you ever seen The Poopsmith and I in the same place at the same time?

''{Cut to a wide shot of the computer room. The Poopsmith is standing behind Strong Bad and to his right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dun dun DUUUNH! That's right! It is I who dons the crappy orange gloves and shovels—

''{The Poopsmith jabs Strong Bad a couple of times with his shovel. Strong Bad stops typing and turns to face him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the?! What are you ''doing'' here? ''{shakes his fist a little as he talks}'' You ruined my scam, man! I was gonna have all of everyone believing that I was you and that the steaming pile of whatsit was really a smoldering pile of money covered in whatsit. How'd you get in here anyways?

''{Homestar Runner approaches from the left side of the computer, holding a hamburger.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I let him in. ''{to The Poopsmith}'' Here you go. ''{hands him the hamburger}'' Oh, ''{turns to Strong Bad}'' and you're out of mayo.

''{Homestar and The Poopsmith exit toward the left. Strong Bad turns and addresses the camera.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Is there like a sign on my door that says ''{makes a sweeping gesture}'' "Wanted: Everyone I hate. Inquire within"?

''{The King of Town approaches from the right side of the computer.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I didn't see one.

''{Strong Bad utters some frustrated gibberish and turns back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{resumes typing}'' So apparently I'm not The Poopsmith. But I got lots of secret identities. Lately, I've been using this one: Tip Tappers: Expensive Briefcase Carrier. I use Mr. Tappers when I'm on tour and I want to check into a hotel and not be bothered by legions of fans.

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand, now labeled Bubs' Motor Lodge, at night. On the sign is a neon caricature of Bubs' head with three neon Z's next to it, each of which light up in cascading fashon. Bubs is wearing a nametag and Strong Bad has with him a briefcase. A sign-in book is on the counter.}''

'''BUBS:''' And what name will this room be under?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Tip Tappers, please. Unless some girl asks what room Strong Bad's in. And she's at least a seven out of ten. Or uh... ''{thinks}'' six if she's naked.

'''BUBS:''' That'll be nine hundred dollars Mr. ''{clears his throat loudly}'' Tappers.

''{Homestar emerges from behind the building, carrying an empty ice bucket, wearing his cinnamon beard, and dressed in a robe, a gold shirt that reads "I &hearts; Toxic Waste", and pink bunny slippers.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is there an ice machine around here?

'''BUBS:''' Certainly, Mr. Dee Williams.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And then there's Vance Mudgeman. I use that identity when I drop in on my secret second family over in Broiter Grove. Ahh, those kids love Daddy Mudgeman.

''{Cut to the trailer home. Strong Bad is sitting in a green armchair watching TV. He is wearing a grease-stained A-shirt and has a couple of days' growth of beard stubble on his face. Kids' laughter can be heard in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{to someone off screen}'' You get back here with that remote, Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. I'm not afraid to smack— ''{holds up his glove menacingly}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yes, well, you gotta be firm. ''{clears his throat}'' And then of course there's the secret identity I use to write my advice column for a popular women's magazine.

''{An issue of ''Scarfgirl'' appears from the bottom of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Using the pseudoname Cara Carabowditbowdit, I'm slowly but surely making the girls of the world cooler for all us dudes.

''{Cut to the smoky office. Strong Bad sits at an old typewriter, wearing a brown wig with a skull and bone on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Dear Buttless in Bedstuy, Sounds like YOU need to play more video games, galpal. And not those girly ones where you pretend to be a dog or a frog neither. I'm talkin' about the explodey ones. The kind that make you dizzy when you play 'em. Then maybe your guy will stop talking about his ex. Eat a Steak, Cara Carabowditbowdit. ''{He finishes by typing "XOXOXO".}''

''{Cut to Marzipan's house. Marzipan and Homestar are sitting together on her couch, and Marzipan is reading ''[[Scarfgirl]]''.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{angrily}'' This lady doesn't know what she's talking about. And I don't like her pseudoname.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aw, you're probably just jealous 'cause she gets all the hot boys.

''{A crumpled ball of paper flies in from off screen and hits Homestar in the face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, mail's here.

''{He reaches down and picks it up.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' What's it say?

''{Homestar uncrumples it and reads the following. Strong Bad has scribbled over his own name.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No I don't. Strong Bad. I mean, Cara Carabowditbowdit.

'''MARZIPAN:''' See, I told you.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So you see? Secret identities aren't just for superheroes and Garth Brooks anymore. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have several butts to jettison from my home.

''{He gets up and goes off to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{grunts from off screen as he throws Homestar}''

''{Homestar flies across the screen and lands with a thud.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks for having me overrrrr!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{grunts from off screen as he throws the King.}''

''{The King, too, flies across the screen and lands with a thud.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Worst mayonnaise party everrrr!

''{The Poopsmith walks across while being prodded all the while by Strong Bad using a fondue fork.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out.

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

==Easter Eggs==

*After Strong Bad says "Laramie, Why?", click on the phrase to get a book of the same name, written by [[Beverly Sportsinterviews|Beverly]] and [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]].
*After Strong Bad types "So apparently I'm not The Poopsmith," click on "The Poopsmith" to see a [[:Image:Sb and poopsmith.PNG|picture]] that is a cross between The Poopsmith and Strong Bad, with Strong Bad's head and feet, The Poopsmith's mouth and body, and a mix of Strong Bad's and The Poopsmith's gloves.
*While Strong Bad is checking in to Bubs' Motor Lodge, click on the reservations book to see it up close.
*Click on the Lappy's screen at the end to see a scene with Marzipan, Homestar, and Strong Sad.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Maybe I should get me one of them pseudonames.

:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{hyperactive}'' It's "-nym"! It's "-nym"! It's pseudo''nym''! Not pseudo''name''! I can't take it any more! Nym nym nym! It's a Greek word for "name"! Pseudonym! Pseudonym! ''{leans back out}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Bedstuy is short for [[Wikipedia:Bedford-Stuyvesant|Bedford-Stuyvesant]], a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
*A [[Wikipedia:Daemon (computer software)|daemon]], sometimes called a service, is a background process that serves an important function in a computer system. Common uses for daemons include such things as sending email or running [[Wikipedia:Web server|web]] and [[Wikipedia:File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] servers.
**The word "daemon" can be correctly pronounced "DEE-mon" (just like "demon"), or "DAY-mon", similar to how Strong Bad pronounces it in this e-mail.
*"Pseudoname" is a common misspelling of "[[Wikipedia:pseudonym|pseudonym]]," a fictitious name used as an alternative to one's legal name. As Strong Sad suggests, "pseudonym" is derived from the Greek word for name, ὄνυμα ''onyma'', which gives rise to the combining form ''-onym'' in English.
*A cowboy is featured on the cover of "Laramie, Why?" because [[Wikipedia:Laramie, Wyoming|Laramie]] is a popular setting for [[Wikipedia:westerns|westerns]].

===Trivia===
*Bubs' marquee reads:
<pre>BUBS' MOTOR
LODGE
(in small lettering:)
FORMERLY BUBSO'S CONCES5ION STAND</pre>
*Bubs' nametag reads:
<pre>My Name
BUBS</pre>
*The Easter egg with Strong Sad was added several hours after the initial release of the toon.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#sam and max|sam and max]]".
*This is the third appearance of Homestar's [[Cinnamon|cinnamon]] beard. It first appeared in [[caper]].

===Bubs' Motor Lodge Registry===
====Trivia====
*Bubs' Motor Lodge Registry reads:
<pre>
one double - mr. allan poe
PAID! queen suite - ms. cousteau
one king - mr. boyardee PAID!
PAID! smelly cot - mr. five freddy
posh suite - mr. chamberlain DISCO TAPE!
COMPED! one racecar bed - mr. dee williams
one grill - mr. tesmacher PAID TWICE!
PENCIL SHAVINGS!
</pre>

For the identities of the people in Bubs' Sign-In Book, see [[Secret Identities#Other Characters|Secret Identities]].

===Remarks===
*The sound when the Poopsmith is poking Strong Bad with his shovel and when Strong Bad is poking the Poopsmith to make him leave is the "Droplet" error sound from the old [[Wikipedia:Mac OS|Mac OS]].
*Strong Bad and The Poopsmith have actually appeared together several times in the past, most notably in [[big white face]], [[haircut]], [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], and at the end of most [[Holiday Toons]].
*If he is to be believed, then Strong Bad is apparently the only main character to have offspring, his second family as Vance Mudgeman. The only other main characters who may possibly have had kids are the King of Town (who originally would have been Marzipan's father) and Coach Z (who implied that he was a mother in [[garage sale]]). However, given Strong Bad's propensity for scams and cons, it's entirely possible that the Mudgeman children are not actually his.
*If the Mudgeman trailer is the trailer in [[portrait]], then the setting has apparently changed since then. In that email, there was a portrait of Strong Bad to the left of the "Born to be Danged" poster, and the Moose lamp at the right was originally on the left, and was broken.
**Also, the moose lamp was slightly taller in [[portrait]].

===Goofs===
*When the email was first released, the name in Bubs' register that reads "mr. allan poe" was incorrectly spelled as "mr. allen poe", a common misspelling of the name of American author Edgar Allan Poe. This was corrected later in the day. The Easter egg at the end was also missing from this earlier version.
*Strong Bad commits a common grammatical error by asking "Have you ever seen The Poopsmith and I...?" Because it is in the predicate of the sentence, the phrase should be "The Poopsmith and me." 

===Inside References===
*The book title "Laramie, Why?" is a reference to the similar title "Eww, Claire!! Why???" from [[origins]], which was also written by Beverly Sportsinterviews.
*The room in which Vance Mudgeman is sitting (with the moose lamp and "Born to be Danged" poster) is in a double-wide trailer, first seen in the email [[portrait]]. The moose lamp is probably a reference to Homestar's "moose lamp" in the same email.
*"BUBSO'S CONCES5ION STAND" is a reference to [[geddup noise]].
*Strong Bad prods the Poopsmith with a fondue fork to encourage him to leave. Homestar has borrowed [[Strong Bad's Fondue Pot|Strong Bad's fondue set]] at least twice.
*Bubs' name tag is a reference to [[Puppets on the Road]], where Shark-Tooth Bubs says "My name Shark-Tooth Bubs."
*Homestar's housecoat and stubble were introduced in [[caper]].
*Strong Bad mentions that his secret family lives in Broiter Grove, a town also found on the back of the discontinued [[Limozeen]] concert T-shirt.
*''[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]'' is playing on the TV in the Mudgeman home.
*This email contains an instance of [[Hyperactive Strong Sad]].

===Real-World References===
*The mention of [[Wikipedia:Garth Brooks|Garth Brooks]] is a reference to his 1999 rock & roll alter-ego, [[Wikipedia:Chris Gaines|Chris Gaines]].
*"Strongbad_email.wad" and "Initiate sbemail-refresh daemon" are both homages to the PC game, ''[[Wikipedia:Doom|Doom]]''.
**[[Wikipedia:Doom WAD|WAD files]] contain level, graphical, and sound files for the game.
**"Initiate sbemail-refresh daemon," is similar to a line of text first seen in ''Doom'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Doom II|Doom II]]'', which reads "Init DOOM refresh daemon."
*Homestar's ''[http://www.founditemclothing.com/t-shirts/toxic.html I ♥ Toxic Waste]'' shirt and pink bunny slippers are references to the movie [[Wikipedia:Real_Genius|Real Genius]].
*The name Jeffrey Beffrey is a literary nod to the Goose from [[Wikipedia:Charlotte's Web|Charlotte's Web]] by E. B. White. The Goose called her son "Jeffrey-Effrey" in her unique rhyming speech.
* The name Tip Tappers may refer to [[Wikipedia:Tip Tipping|Tip Tipping]], a 1980s stuntman who acted in many famous productions, including [[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] and [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones]].



*Buttless in Bedstuy is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Sleepless in Seattle|Sleepless in Seattle]]

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|142|6836}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

Coach Z

Sbdisciples — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:36:17 GMT

Sbdisciples: is coach z even in that email?

{{charnav|Coach Z|cz|Marzipan|Bubs}}
[[Image:coach-z.png|thumb|right|200px|"You can't just rush into the score zone!"]]

==Biography==
'''Coach Z''' is the "[[Wikipedia:Coach (sport)|coach]]" of Homestar Runner and the gang, though it is unclear just which sports he coaches. He has a strong [[Wikipedia:Upper Midwest|Upper Midwestern]] [[Wikipedia:American English regional differences#North Central American English|accent]] which sometimes gets him into trouble. He almost never says anything negative to anyone, and he often offers more encouragement than is needed. When giving advice, he almost always starts with the phrase "You can't just rush into the score zone", which by now has pretty much lost its meaning. He wears a baseball cap and is famous for the large Z emblem around his waist, but nobody knows for sure whether his bright green color is his skin or a body suit (although the picture to the right might give a clue- apparently baby Coach Z is wearing footy pajamas).
[[Image:Babycz.PNG|thumb|The craptain of the foortball torm!]]

As Coach Z himself is not afraid to admit, he's got [[Spin 'n Say|more than two problems]]. Despite being a coach, he doesn't know what a basketball is, as indicated in [[secret recipes]]. It has been implied that he has a crush on [[Marzipan]], and he has on several occasions left inappropriate messages on [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|her answering machine]], including one occasion where he was drunk. (Further evidence of his drinking problem is his consumption of mouthwash in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].) Additionally, he had to apologize to her in the [[Fall Float Parade]] for "inapprapriate" comments. He seems to frequently make jokes and references about pants, as seen in [[super powers]], [[lunch special]], [[secret recipes]] and [[A Folky Tale]]. In addition to his frequent mispronunciations, Coach Z also seems to have mental problems, as evidenced by the time he spent "talking to his parents" on a [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected telephone]], and claiming to be a mother in [[garage sale]]. He has even stated on [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0|one occasion]] that he sometimes "forgets what's real, and what's just in his head". He also apparently has trouble managing his money, causing his electricity to be shut off each year. He works with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Bubs]] as the apparent local law enforcement in [[Free Country, USA]].

Coach Z is a fan of hip-hop and rap music, particularly the [[Wikipedia:Wu-Tang Clan|Wu-Tang Clan]]. He fancies himself a rapper as well: He released the single "[[These peoples try to fade me|These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]," which appeared on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]], and his solo album, entitled "The Z Is All Up Ins", features the smash hit "[[Hip Hop Dance]]."

Coach Z and Bubs apparently had a falling out at one point, as [[Fall Float Parade]] tells us.

*'''Domicile:''' [[Coach Z's Locker Room]]
*'''Debut:''' "[[Where My Hat Is At?]]"
*[[:Category:Coach Z Filmography|Complete Filmography]]
<gallery>Image:coachzs Z.png|Coach Z's emblem
Image:oldcoach.PNG|Youthful days
Image:Coach Z- no hat.PNG|Hatless</gallery>

== Character Video Transcript ==
''{'''Page Title''': Drop Down and Gimme 20!!}'' ''{'''Places:''' [[Coach Z's Locker Room]]}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{not quite looking at the camera lens, more looking at the person who is holding the camera}'' Is that thing on? ''{turns to the camera lens}'' Hey there, ho there! I'm the Coach! The Coach Z, I'd guess you'd call me. Or plain old Coach is fine, seein' as I'm the only one around, so, probably no one else would answer to that. You say "Hey Coach!", and I'd say "Yeah?" or..."That's me!" or..."Hoo-hah!" ''{waves his arms in the air}'' Any one of those. There's rumors flyin' around that I sleep in one of these lockers ''{gestures to the lockers behind him}'', but uh, that's just not true. I usually crash on this bench here. ''{gestures to the bench behind him}'' My back's not in real good condition. ''{Rubs Back}'' And now, I'd like to perform my hip-hop single, "These peoples try to fade me." ''{holds up a microphone, begins to sing}'' A one-two, a one-two—!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{interrupting Coach Z}'' Sorry. We're all out of tape.

==Coach Z's Accent==
The primary factor in his hilarity, Coach Z's Upper Midwestern accent has made him into a very quotable character.

===Phonetic Sounds Affected===
The most commonly mispronounced sounds are long /e/ (i.e. The Cheat) and the short /o/ (job), which both come out as an "or" or "aer" ("The Chort", "jaerb").

===List of mispronounced words===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=100% style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Original Word !! Coach Z's version(s) !! Appears In
|-
| '''Action''' || Airkshin || [[Main Page 23]]
|-
| '''Awful''' || Orful || Email [[secret recipes]]
|-
| '''Balloon''' || b'lloon || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Bomb''' || Baermb || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], [[These_peoples_try_to_fade_me]]
|-
| '''Captain''' || [[Media:Highschool 6.ogg|Craptain]] || Email [[highschool]]
|-
| '''Chips''' || Chorps || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Chocolate''' || Cherclate || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''[[Decemberween]]''' || Decemberwern || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''[[DELETED]]''' || DELORTED || Email [[replacement]]
|-
| '''Did''' || Doird || [[Dangeresque (karaoke)]]
|-
| '''[[Fhqwhgads]]''' || Forhorgalingrads || Email [[sibbie]]
|-
| '''Field''' || Fierld || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]]
|-
| '''Five''' || Farve || [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
|-
| '''Football Team''' || Foortball Torm || Email [[highschool]]
|-
| '''Halloween''' || Halloworn || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''Happy T''' || Horpy Tor || [[Happy T]]
|-
| '''Hello''' || Hellor || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
|-
| '''[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]''' || Hamstray, Hamster, Stramstar, [http://www.stairmaster.com Stairmaster], Homegrown, [[Wikipedia: Ramrod|Ramrod]], Humphel || [[A Jorb Well Done]]
|-
| '''I Feel Bad''' || Ir feer borld || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Inappropriate''' || Inapprapriate || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Inoculate''' || Anorculate || [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments#Burning Horizon Forum|BHZ Anniversary Message]]
|-
| '''Job''' || Jorb, Jaerb, Jarb, Joerghb, Jaeoreorb || [[A Jorb Well Done]], Email [[boring (really)]]
|-
| '''Jujyfruits''' || Jorjyfruits, Jerjyfrorts, Georgie Frorgie, [[Wikipedia:George Foreman|George Foreman]] || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]
|-
| '''[[Coach Z's Locker Room|Locker]]''' || Lacker, Lacquer || Email [[part-time job#Commentary_Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]], Email [[myths & legends]]
|-
| '''[[Mike Chapman|Mike]]''' || Mork || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Mouthwash''' || Mouthwarsh || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''October''' || Orctober || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''Office''' || Arfice || [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|In Search of the Yello Dello]]
|-
| '''Party''' || Pratty || Email [[impression]]
|-
'''[[Pom Pom]]''' || Pam Pam || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Problem''' || Praeblem || [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|In Search of the Yello Dello]]
|-
| '''Real''' || Rrrl || [[A Folky Tale]]
|-
| '''Sports''' || Sprots || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Swedish Fish''' || Swordish Feirsh || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Strong Bad''' || Straong Bad || ??
|-

| '''[[The Cheat]]''' || The Chort || ''see [[Nicknames#The Cheat|Nicknames]]''
|-
| '''Thug''' || Thorg || [[Halloween Fairstival]]
|-
| '''Thumb''' || Thermb || [[Some Stupid Turkey]]
|-
| '''[[Toilets|Toilet]]''' || Terlet || [[Halloween Fairstival]], [[A Folky Tale]], [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] (Bubs)
|-
| '''Tomato''' || Tomater, "[[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-12-08|I zader matermorts]]" || [[Fall Float Parade]]

|-
| '''Trick or Treat''' || Track or Trort || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Twenty-Three''' || Tworty-Tree || [[Main Page 23]]
|}

===Inconsistencies===

Evidence has suggested that Coach Z's accent may be bogus:
*After saying "track or trort" in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], Bubs gets on his case and he says it correctly. If given "Swedish Fish," said as "Swordish Forsh," Bubs gets on his case again and Coach Z says "It's a crowd-pleaser."
*Coach Z says "jorb" in [[boring (really)]], despite the fact that he has learned how to say "job".
*Coach Z says "The Cheat" immediately after "The Chort" in [[mascot]], though he speaks as though he's talking about two separate characters.
*In the DVD commentary for [[part-time job]], Mike exploits Coach Z's "accent" by implying that not only by does Coach Z add the letter R to words, but now also likes to switch letters around sometimes, and in reply Coach Z partially admits to his accent being bogus.

Furthermore, Marzipan implies in [[Fall Float Parade]] that Coach Z's way of speaking may just be a made-up language all in itself ("That's Pom Pom Balloon, for those of you who don't speak Coach Z").

===Featured in===
*[[A Jorb Well Done]]
*[[Coach Z Talker]]

== Fun Facts ==
*Coach Z's accent came from a depressing Midwestern voice that [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and some friends would do in college.
*It was revealed in issue #21 of Wonkavision magazine that Coach Z is named after [[Craig Zobel]].

== Also known as... ==
*[[The Fort Wayne Locomotive]] ([[Old-Timey]])
*[[20X6 Coach Z]] ([[20X6]])
*[[Renaldo]] ([[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]])
*[[Zubs and Coach B|Coach B]]
*[[Other Character Variations|Coach Zed]]
*[[Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots|Stoppy the Sign]]
*[[flashback|The Coach Z]]

=== [[Halloween Costumes]] ===
In each Homestar Runner Halloween special, Coach Z has dressed up as a [[Wikipedia:Rapping|rapper]]. (The Noid costume was not released.)

*[[Wikipedia:Flavor Flav|Flavor Flav]] in [[Homestarloween Party]].
*[[Wikipedia:Shock G|Humpty Hump]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*[[Wikipedia:Noid|The Noid]] (not used in a 'toon, but seen on a [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats#Secret Costumes|secret page]])
*[[Wikipedia:Christopher "Kid" Reid|Kid]] in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Kool Moe Dee|Kool Moe Dee]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*[[Wikipedia:Tupac Shakur|Tupac]] in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*Theo Huxtable (from [[Wikipedia:The Cosby Show|The Cosby Show]]) in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].

==See Also==
*[[Coach Z Evolution]]
*[[Coach Z Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
*[[Nicknames#Coach Z|Nicknames]]

== External Links ==
* [[HR:vcr_cz.html|watch Coach Z's character video]]
* [[HR:vcr_cz.swf|view the Flash file for Coach Z's character video]]

{{Characters|Coach Z}}
[[Category:Word running gags]]

myths & legends

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:50:41 GMT

Sbdisciples: he wasn't a lietenant (i did a report on him so I'd know)

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

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

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

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

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

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

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

''{Cut to Homestar Runner}''

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

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

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

''{More spooky music}''

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

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

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

''{More spooky music. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

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

==Fun Facts==

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

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

===Remarks===
*The location given in the star chart, 118 degrees north and 28 degrees west, is impossible. As on Earth, 118 degrees north does not exist in star chart notation.
*Cephas is the Greek name for Peter. It is pronounced KAY-fus, not See-fus as Strong Bad says it.
*Although Strong Bad calls the Bear Holding a Shark by that name in this e-mail, he also called it a "bear-shark" in [[date]].

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

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

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


==External Links==

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{{Strong Bad Email}}

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:33:17 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Talk:Running Gags

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:30:53 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Strong Bad's hair */

==Wherfore art thou Cory?==
Oughtn't Cory to be a Running Gag? A cursory search turns up:
*[[12:00]]
*[[cheat talk]]
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]]
*[[That A Ghost]]
*[[Main Page 22]]
*also [[Fan Stuff]], but that doesn't really count. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

:Ok. let's review: [[12:00]] and [[cheat talk]]: It's the sender's name, already listed on [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender]].
::[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]]: Legit sightning.
::[[That A Ghost]]:Another legit sightning.
::[[Main Page 22]]: An Inside References to That A ghost. Not legit.
:So actualy we have just two legit sightnings of the smae name. Not a running joke. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:24, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
::And another think to different it from [[Jerome]], is that it have no character interaction. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:25, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
:::Question answered! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

== Diapers ==
I think diapers should be a running gag or an Inside Reference. A search shows that diapers (especially diaper school) is on H*R eight times. {{User:Salty/sig}} 03:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
:I don't even want to know why you were searching that. ;) But it sounds like a doable page... Let's see what others think. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Is there more than diaper school and Reynold's "diaper biscuits"? Those alone probably wouldn't convince me, but if there's more, it might. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:22, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
*In [[i rule]], he claims to have owned Strongbadia since diaper school.
*The page title of [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] is "Diaper school grads!"
*In the [[Homestar Quiz]], if you get 7 answers correct, Strong Bad says "Sweetheart, wake up! It's time for diaper school...."
*In the Homestar Quiz, if you get 3 or 4 answers right, he says "...I know kids in diaper school that are smarter than you, man!"
*Strong Sad wears a diaper in [[A Decemberween Pageant]].
*In [[secret recipies]], Homestar wants to make "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie".
*Lil' Strong Bad had the record for the "Dirtiest Diapey" and wore a diaper in [[record book]].
*In a [[TrogdorCon '97]] Easter Egg, Strong Bad says "Man if I see another person in a diaper..."
*In [[Commandos in the Classroom]], Reynold tried to swear and says "Diaper biscuits".
*In a [[colonization]] Easter Egg, Homestar says diapers will no longer be valid as legal tender.
*In [[Peasant's Quest]], you can get the Baby Lady to say something about her baby's diapers if you ask about smell.
*In [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], if you chose to sing a song to Bubs, the lyrics will be something about diapers.
That's 11/12 legit diaper articles. {{User:Salty/sig}} 18:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

:Hmm, that does seem legit to me. Anybody else agree? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
::It's been made. And for quite a while now. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 23:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

:::Yes, Bubsty, that's right. The [[Diapers]] article was created on 21 December 2005 because of this discussion. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 02:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

::::Hmm... I wonder who made it... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 03:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I hate to make this an issue, Bubsty, but this is a good example of the problem with replying to discussions that have passed their expiration date. You thought you were pointing out that this discussion was way after-the-fact, thinking the page had been around for several months before the discussion. In fact, it was the other way 'round; the page was created ''after'' the discussion—as a result of it—and the only thing on this page that postdated the creation of [[Diapers]] was your edit. So rather than pointing out the untimeliness of others' discussion, you in fact created it. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
:I was just pointing out to users/IPs who read this page that it has been made and there was no need to reply... went the other way around I see. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 05:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
::That makes more sense. I apologize for a mini-lecture! Future visitors: consider yourselves notified. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

==Style==
I find it hard to believe that there's no mention that the word "style" is often used. I know there's more, but a quick few instances I can think of off the top of my head are Price Style, Sample of Style, Styles upon Styles, "Strong Bad gots the Style", "stylish jig", "you can't handle my style, no you can't handle my style", "Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes ''your'' style", Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders, "The Cheat that it's the latest style!", Strong Bad's Buffalo Style Ranch, Hairstyle Runner... [[User:Gus|Gus]] 22:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:Gus, if you find that you think this page should be created, why don't you come on the [[HRWiki:IRC channel|IRC channel]] and get some feedback. If it sounds like a good page to other users, you can go and create it yourself. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

==Crush on Marzipan?==
My friend thinks that [[The Cheat]] has a crush on [[Marzipan]] and that that should be a running gag. Do you think that that is true? One example of this is in [[do over]] easter egg and there are many others throughout the strong bad emails.[[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 21:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

:In [[do over]] we get to see The Cheat totally smothered in kisses. Either Marzipan is so stupid to think he was Homestar, or she's into a more open relationship that our family-friendly format would allow us to describe. Either way, some things are better left unsaid, perhaps. (No vote here, just observations.) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

==Strong Bad's hair==
In [[gimmicks]], Strong Bad combs back what looks like hair coming out of a burnt hole in his mask. In [[marzipan]] Strong Bad quickly combs the top of his wrestling mask with a small pink comb. Perhaps A lesser gimmick currently of Homestarrunner is the fact that Strong Bad actually has hair beneath his mask. Should there be a page for this? [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Not really, since Strong Bad actually [[some kinda robot|isn't wearing a mask]]. That's his head. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

::I beg to differ Dorian. Strong bad does not say that his mask is his head. Instead he asks [[some kinda robot|Abdi Larue]] if he takes off his head. If strong bad's head is his mask and is gloves are his hands, how come in "[[In Search of the Yello Dello]]" he wears oven mitts. Do you have a spare pair of hands, I thought not. In the commentary for [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] Strong Bad says that the gloves were digitally added. If this is so, and [[Strong Bad]] isn't just being defensive, does Strong Bad take battle axe lessons and not where the shown thong on a stick. You tell me... [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 13:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

:::And also what are the threads on the back of his "head". I think that it is keeping the mask on [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
::::In Search of the Yello Dello was a really long time ago, and not done in the standard style, either. Also, in [[disconnected]], you can see the bottom of Strong Bad's head when he's rolling along--not well, but enough to see it's solid. I'm pretty convinced his mask is his head. Following that, the Brother Chaps have also said [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|one of the emails they will never answer]] is "what do you look like without your mask on?", which, although arguable, is proof in ''my'' book. To round it out, he's also grown a [[theme park|very fine moustache]], which'd be pretty hard to do through a mask. Finally, Strong Bad himself has stated that he [[haircut|has no hair]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::::Do we ever see his mustache? And [[some kinda robot]] is also very old. [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

::::::And maybe he just didn't want to cut his hair so he made that up [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

==Homestarrunner sings==
What is with Homestarrunner and singing. It seems like every time he hears a song he sings it and he also likes to sing about bread. What do you think. These sightings contain: [[origins]] when he has his bread sing alongs, [[monument]] in the easter egg where he sings the thnikkaman song, [[bottom ten]] with the buttdance song,and [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]. He seems to sing a lot and I am sure that there are more singing sightings. {{unsigned|Sbdisciples|}}
:Hmm, this might be something good to be put on [[Homestar Runner]]'s page... I'm not sure if it's a running gag or simply a character trait... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 14:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
::Don't worry. All these songs (and more!) are listed on [[Songs]]. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 14:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Running Gags

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:30:28 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Strong Bad's hair */

==Wherfore art thou Cory?==
Oughtn't Cory to be a Running Gag? A cursory search turns up:
*[[12:00]]
*[[cheat talk]]
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]]
*[[That A Ghost]]
*[[Main Page 22]]
*also [[Fan Stuff]], but that doesn't really count. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

:Ok. let's review: [[12:00]] and [[cheat talk]]: It's the sender's name, already listed on [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender]].
::[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]]: Legit sightning.
::[[That A Ghost]]:Another legit sightning.
::[[Main Page 22]]: An Inside References to That A ghost. Not legit.
:So actualy we have just two legit sightnings of the smae name. Not a running joke. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:24, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
::And another think to different it from [[Jerome]], is that it have no character interaction. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:25, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
:::Question answered! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

== Diapers ==
I think diapers should be a running gag or an Inside Reference. A search shows that diapers (especially diaper school) is on H*R eight times. {{User:Salty/sig}} 03:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
:I don't even want to know why you were searching that. ;) But it sounds like a doable page... Let's see what others think. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Is there more than diaper school and Reynold's "diaper biscuits"? Those alone probably wouldn't convince me, but if there's more, it might. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:22, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
*In [[i rule]], he claims to have owned Strongbadia since diaper school.
*The page title of [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] is "Diaper school grads!"
*In the [[Homestar Quiz]], if you get 7 answers correct, Strong Bad says "Sweetheart, wake up! It's time for diaper school...."
*In the Homestar Quiz, if you get 3 or 4 answers right, he says "...I know kids in diaper school that are smarter than you, man!"
*Strong Sad wears a diaper in [[A Decemberween Pageant]].
*In [[secret recipies]], Homestar wants to make "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie".
*Lil' Strong Bad had the record for the "Dirtiest Diapey" and wore a diaper in [[record book]].
*In a [[TrogdorCon '97]] Easter Egg, Strong Bad says "Man if I see another person in a diaper..."
*In [[Commandos in the Classroom]], Reynold tried to swear and says "Diaper biscuits".
*In a [[colonization]] Easter Egg, Homestar says diapers will no longer be valid as legal tender.
*In [[Peasant's Quest]], you can get the Baby Lady to say something about her baby's diapers if you ask about smell.
*In [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], if you chose to sing a song to Bubs, the lyrics will be something about diapers.
That's 11/12 legit diaper articles. {{User:Salty/sig}} 18:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

:Hmm, that does seem legit to me. Anybody else agree? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
::It's been made. And for quite a while now. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 23:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

:::Yes, Bubsty, that's right. The [[Diapers]] article was created on 21 December 2005 because of this discussion. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 02:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

::::Hmm... I wonder who made it... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 03:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I hate to make this an issue, Bubsty, but this is a good example of the problem with replying to discussions that have passed their expiration date. You thought you were pointing out that this discussion was way after-the-fact, thinking the page had been around for several months before the discussion. In fact, it was the other way 'round; the page was created ''after'' the discussion—as a result of it—and the only thing on this page that postdated the creation of [[Diapers]] was your edit. So rather than pointing out the untimeliness of others' discussion, you in fact created it. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
:I was just pointing out to users/IPs who read this page that it has been made and there was no need to reply... went the other way around I see. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 05:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
::That makes more sense. I apologize for a mini-lecture! Future visitors: consider yourselves notified. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

==Style==
I find it hard to believe that there's no mention that the word "style" is often used. I know there's more, but a quick few instances I can think of off the top of my head are Price Style, Sample of Style, Styles upon Styles, "Strong Bad gots the Style", "stylish jig", "you can't handle my style, no you can't handle my style", "Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes ''your'' style", Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders, "The Cheat that it's the latest style!", Strong Bad's Buffalo Style Ranch, Hairstyle Runner... [[User:Gus|Gus]] 22:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:Gus, if you find that you think this page should be created, why don't you come on the [[HRWiki:IRC channel|IRC channel]] and get some feedback. If it sounds like a good page to other users, you can go and create it yourself. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

==Crush on Marzipan?==
My friend thinks that [[The Cheat]] has a crush on [[Marzipan]] and that that should be a running gag. Do you think that that is true? One example of this is in [[do over]] easter egg and there are many others throughout the strong bad emails.[[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 21:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

:In [[do over]] we get to see The Cheat totally smothered in kisses. Either Marzipan is so stupid to think he was Homestar, or she's into a more open relationship that our family-friendly format would allow us to describe. Either way, some things are better left unsaid, perhaps. (No vote here, just observations.) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

==Strong Bad's hair==
In [[gimmicks]], Strong Bad combs back what looks like hair coming out of a burnt hole in his mask. In [[marzipan]] Strong Bad quickly combs the top of his wrestling mask with a small pink comb. Perhaps A lesser gimmick currently of Homestarrunner is the fact that Strong Bad actually has hair beneath his mask. Should there be a page for this? [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Not really, since Strong Bad actually [[some kinda robot|isn't wearing a mask]]. That's his head. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

::I beg to differ Dorian. Strong bad does not say that his mask is his head. Instead he asks [[some kinda robot|Abdi Larue]] if he takes off his head. If strong bad's head is his mask and is gloves are his hands, how come in "[[In Search of the Yello Dello]]" he wears oven mitts. Do you have a spare pair of hands, I thought not. In the commentary for [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] Strong Bad says that the gloves were digitally added. If this is so, and [[Strong Bad]] isn't just being defensive, does Strong Bad take battle axe lessons and not where the shown thong on a stick. You tell me... [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 13:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

:::And also what are the threads on the back of his "head". I think that it is keeping the mask on [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
::::In Search of the Yello Dello was a really long time ago, and not done in the standard style, either. Also, in [[disconnected]], you can see the bottom of Strong Bad's head when he's rolling along--not well, but enough to see it's solid. I'm pretty convinced his mask is his head. Following that, the Brother Chaps have also said [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|one of the emails they will never answer]] is "what do you look like without your mask on?", which, although arguable, is proof in ''my'' book. To round it out, he's also grown a [[theme park|very fine moustache]], which'd be pretty hard to do through a mask. Finally, Strong Bad himself has stated that he [[haircut|has no hair]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::::Do we ever see his mustache? And [[some kinda robot]] is also very old [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

::::::And maybe he just didn't want to cut his hair so he made that up [[User:Sbdisciples|Sbdisciples]] 04:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

==Homestarrunner sings==
What is with Homestarrunner and singing. It seems like every time he hears a song he sings it and he also likes to sing about bread. What do you think. These sightings contain: [[origins]] when he has his bread sing alongs, [[monument]] in the easter egg where he sings the thnikkaman song, [[bottom ten]] with the buttdance song,and [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]. He seems to sing a lot and I am sure that there are more singing sightings. {{unsigned|Sbdisciples|}}
:Hmm, this might be something good to be put on [[Homestar Runner]]'s page... I'm not sure if it's a running gag or simply a character trait... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 14:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
::Don't worry. All these songs (and more!) are listed on [[Songs]]. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 14:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:04:16 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* How it started */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that comes around and gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that [[Strong Badia]] was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Passover==
Today at 10 AM (4/12) i couldn't eat anything leavened or anything with corn. Over the next 8.5 days i'll be really hungry

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:03:48 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* How it started */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that comes around and gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that Strong Badia was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hilarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Passover==
Today at 10 AM (4/12) i couldn't eat anything leavened or anything with corn. Over the next 8.5 days i'll be really hungry

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:03:28 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* How it started */

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that comes around and gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 6, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that Strong Badia was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hirarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Passover==
Today at 10 AM (4/12) i couldn't eat anything leavened or anything with corn. Over the next 8.5 days i'll be really hungry

User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:03:07 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that comes around and gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[HR:index.html|homestarrunner.com]] I go thier every day.

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 5, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that Strong Badia was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hirarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Passover==
Today at 10 AM (4/12) i couldn't eat anything leavened or anything with corn. Over the next 8.5 days i'll be really hungry

Talk:Lappy 486

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:58:46 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Plug In Wall */

Strong Bad's up-to-date email program looks suspiciously like PINE (PINE Is Not Elm). PINE is one of the older old-school email clients on UNIX networks such as university shell accounts.

-- The official acronym for PINE is Program for Internet News and Email.

:I was thinking the same thing. Compare it to [http://sv1.letmehost.com/sv1/13/sb_pine.png this] screenshot. '''Linux'''erist [[User:Linuxerist|L]] / [[User_talk:Linuxerist|T]] 18:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

== Contrast ==

Do you think that perhaps the contrast knob will be added to the Lappy later on? I mean, maybe they just forgot to put it in. In any case, I liked the contrast thing (although the LCD liquid effect is pretty dang cool).

*Probably not. Most laptops I've seen don't have contrast knobs (though my knowledge of ancient laptops is pretty non-existant). --[[User:TheNintenGenius|TheNintenGenius]] 15:00, 29 Nov 2004 (MST)
**I have an ancient laptop... probably closer to a Lappy 286 than a Lappy 486. It has no contrast, but it does have brightness which would basically just make the backlight brighter or darker. Even at its brightest, it's nowhere near bright enough unless all the lights are out. So theoretically this could be added, but I have a feeling they're gonna leave it as just the LCD effect. --[[User:jtickle|jtickle]] 23:45, 29 Nov 204 (EST)
***I've used several laptops, and I have never seen a contrast setting on any of them. I think it's a setting specific to the electron guns used in CRT monitors. --[[User:oddtodd|oddtodd]] 00:10, 1 Dec 2004 (MST)
****I've used a Toshiba 286 laptop with a blue LCD screen. It definately had a constrast knob, it was on the side of the computer.--[[User:Dwedit|Dwedit]] 17:39, 1 Dec 2004 (MST)
*****Then I was wrong, which wouldn't be the first time that's happened. Thanks. --[[User:oddtodd|oddtodd]] 20:37, 2 Dec 2004 (MST)
**Perhaps more relevent, the original Gateway Colorbook had a 486, color screen, and a contrast knob which had the interesting property of being able to invert the color like a photographic negative if you went too far in the wrong direction. --Anonymous
***I, too, really like the LCD effect when I click on Lappy's screen. Probably because I imagine SB has to clean all those "fingerprints!" -- anonymous lurker 12:14, 13 Dec (PST
*I personally don't think that TBC will bother adding contrast knobs. I mean, what realy purpose were they in the first place besides finding "glitches" when there was a cut scene? -[[User:Tony Stony|Tony Stony]] 11:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

== OS Inspiration ==

I know I can't be the only one to see parallels between the Lappy 486's logo and that of [http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/interfaces/macos/macos80/macos80/startupshutdown Mac OS 8]. Even the startup sound seems rather Mac-inspired. --[[User:codeman38|codeman38]] 21:56, 29 Nov 2004 (MST)

Compy 386 was also mac-inspired. See e-mail "[[big white face]]" when Strong Mad runs "b/w" (You can see the Apple logo in the upper-left corner, as well as various other design similarities.) Also, The Cheat's computer is obviously an iMac.
:Oh, yeah, it's '''definitely''' Mac-inspired.—[[User:StrongstarRunbad|StrongstarRunbad]] 14:53, 9 Dec 2004 (MST)
The prompt seems to be from [http://apple2history.org/history/ah14.html Apple DOS], unless there's another OS with a "]" prompt. [[User:68.163.147.134|68.163.147.134]] 23:48, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

== Lappy outer logo ==

Can anyone get a shot of the Lappy outer logo? When Strong Bad carries it in his fist blocks it.
:I'm working on it, as you can see from [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ender_kg/lappy_laptoplogo.png this image]. Also, if you wanted a screenshot of the logo that Strong Bad's head blocks when we first see the logo on screen, that image [http://img15.exs.cx/img15/3971/lappy_simple.png is here.] Even if I'm able to cut Strong Bad out from the screenshot of the ORIGINAL FRAME, the image quality will not be too high. Better to leave it small such as [http://img15.exs.cx/img15/3971/lappy_simple.th.png this thumbnail]. Hope this was helpful.
:--[[User:The Paper|The Paper]] 11:45, 1 Dec 2004 (MST)

== Fun Facts moved from STUFF ==

=== Lappy Startup Screen ===
The Lappy's boot-up process-- including the sound, the icon, and the logo text-- is very reminiscent of that of [http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/interfaces/macos/macos80/macos80/startupshutdown Mac OS 8].　--[[User:codeman38|codeman38]] 21:51, 29 Nov 2004 (MST)

*'''Decline.''' This is already noted in the Fun Facts page of the toon. -- [[User:RPharazon|RPharazon]]
*'''Rewrite.''' If it's already noted, this version isn't quite accurate. The Mac startup sound is coded into the hardware, and has been for quite a while. The sound and icon, however, are part of the Mac OS. If you have a Mac, try starting it up using Linux - the sound is the same, but the screen is different. --[[User:oddtodd|oddtodd]]
*'''Shorten and Rewrite.''' Same as above. --[[User:Lunar Jesters|The Somewhat Awesome Jesty]] 04:15, 1 Dec 2004 (MST)
*'''Comment.''' This has been up awhile, and while it appears that a rewrite is needed, no one has proposed one. Perhaps someone could do that? --[[User:MadEwokHerd|MadEwokHerd]] 16:03, 30 Dec 2004 (MST)
*'''Move it.''' This goes on the [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] page! --[[User:pianoplayerontheroof|Pianoplayerontheroof]]
*'''STRONGLY DECLINE!''' The Mac bootup sound plays before any display shows, and System 8's loading screen does not have any fadein effects. Furthermore, the Mac OS 8 is only two colors, not four. --[[User:Aussie Evil|Aussie Evil]] 13:58, 7 Mar 2005 (MST) (sorry, forgot to sign)
**'''Comment, Post-STUFF''' Mac OS 8 was in full color, though it did still retain System 7's grayscale capabilities. --[[User:TheEggman|TheEggman]] 01:16, 10 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Decline''' --[[User:Tony Stony|Tony Stony]] 11:07, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

== DELETED!!! ==

So, I've been think about the "DELETED" picture for the Lappy might be equal to the one in [[replacement]], maybe.--[[User:oopsyoubwokeit|oopsyoubwokeit]] 15:58, 28 Mar 2005 (MST)
:Except, of course, it still says DELETED!! [[User:Mee|Mee]]

== Colors ==

Does the explosion in "do over" count as more colors we have seen the lappy create? or not?
:There should at least some note that it can display what seems to be an animated gif. --[[User:151.204.128.79|151.204.128.79]] 01:07, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

* I think it should. Though there are little dots of green and blue in it (If you print screen, you don't even have to zoom in) I put in Maroon, brown, light brown, and beige. I think those are the main colors, buyt if anyone disagrees, please say so.

:It's not going to be very easy to get every single color in the explosion. I think "The explosion in [[do over]]" would work, but not every color. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 15:53, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)

* I agree, so I think those four will do (Plus white, but it's already on the list) We at least should use brown and light brown, but maroon and beige should also be noted. If it's shown on the Lappy, then it should be noted. - [[User:Ju Ju Master|Ju Ju Master]] 17:15, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I think we should ditch the section and note that, while mostly based on [[Wikipedia:Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] graphics, it seems to also be able to display [[Wikipedia:Video Graphics Array|VGA]]. --[[User:Shadow Hog|Shadow Hog]] 17:22, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)

* Even though I like the section, Shaodw Hog might be right.. [[User:Ju Ju Master|Ju Ju Master]]

And it would definately take a lot of color for the webcam. [[User:Seek Bar|Seek Bar]]

==Plug In Wall==

*Why is there still a plug in the wall that is still occupied. in email [[part-time job]] we see there is nothing on the back to plug in a wall.whats up with that? (audience laughs)

:Laptops can run on either external power (with a plug) or internal power (battery). {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 21:58, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)

alternate universe

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:53:50 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|150|candy product|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:Doppelgangers.png|thumb|"Save the last email for Strong Bad..."]]
Strong Bad makes an interuniversal portal and visits alternate realities. Homestar tries to make a real fruit smoothie.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Strong Badman]], {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]], {{Film|Pom Pom}} (silhouette), {{Film|Strong Mad}} (silhouette), {{Film|Coach Z}} (silhouette), {{Film|Bubs}} (silhouette), {{Film|Marzipan}} (silhouette), [[Bees|The Grape Fairie's Bee]], [[Keyboard Strong Bad]], [[Puppet Character Variations#Puppet Strong Bad|Puppet Strong Bad]], [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]], [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Strong Bad|Teenage Strong Bad]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Sterrance]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Strong Badman's Apartment, [[Old-Timey]] [[The Stage|Stage]], [[Vector Field]], [[flashback|Flashback]] [[Race Track]], [[Strong Badia]] (puppet), [[Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure]], [[Pie Factory]], Interdimensional Void, Recording Studio, [[The Pond]] (Easter Egg), Black Lodge (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' April 4, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 5:53

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing over guitar music}'' I've been walking on clouds and flipping off rainbows, on the wiiiiings of an emaiiil...

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. Strong Sad is standing to the right of Strong Bad with a classical guitar. Strong Bad turns to face him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No prob, Bob.

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

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: alternate univer$e</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Got some ?'s for you: 
1. What would you do with a hundred million dollars? 
2. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in 
an alternate universe somehow? 
Jody (not a girl), TX
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "question marks" for "?'s", and "Number one" and "Number two" for "1." and "2.", respectively.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{says everything inside parentheses normally}'' Ya know, you could probably ditch that (not a girl) thing, if you just replaced it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like (Bulldozer). Jody (Bulldozer). Nobody's gonna think that guy's a girl. ''{clears screen}'' Well Ms. Dozer, you pretty much answered question mark #1 ''{read "number one"}'' with question mark #2 ''{read "number two"}''. Cuz a hundred million dollars is exactly how much The Cheat spent on our alternate universe portal.

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. The Cheat is standing to the right of the Lappy with a blender containing a Nintendo Game Boy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Isn't that right, The Cheat?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? This thing only cost us fourteen bucks?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well... that's like a hundred million dollars in... dog years, right?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leans towards The Cheat suddenly}'' All right! Mash go on that blender!

''{Camera zooms out a little as The Cheat presses a button on the blender. The blender shoots out white bolts as the lighting in the room flashes. Soon after, the blender stops with the Game Boy intact, and there is a large swirl to the right of the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh-ho-ho! Swirly Photoshopped magic! I bet this thing could release some serious Cacodemons. So...

''{The Cheat turns to face Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? I— I just jump in?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning backwards}'' Ohbee Kaybee! ''{jumps off the stool and towards the swirl}'' Jump!

''{As soon as Strong Bad touches the swirl, everything except him and the swirl turns black and white. Strong Bad distorts horizontally and vertically, then "springs" into the swirl. Cut to a panel of a comic strip with a number of buildings drawn in it. A caption at the top of the panel reads "IN A BULDING..."}''

'''NARRATOR:''' In a bulding...

''{Camera shifts to the next panel, which shows an empty room. Strong Bad appears, with "VOIP!" appearing next to him briefly. While in the comic, everything Strong Bad says is also shown in a speech bubble. The music from [[action figure]] plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Where am I?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in an action pose on a yellow background. Everything he says also appears in a speech bubble, and is not lip-synced.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' We have a visitor from an alternate universe!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad appears in the same room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking to the right}'' It's Strong Badman! And his well drawn abs! ''{looks to the left}'' But... why are we in a crappy apartment instead of a secret underground lair... ''{looks back to the right}'' ...filled with secret underground gadgets?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is shown from the chest up in front of a blue background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Because mere mortal... this apartment...

''{Next panel. Strong Badman appears in front of a red background with his arms in the air. A thunderclap can be heard in the background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{speech bubble is large, yellow and pointy}'' ...is rent controlled! ''{next speech bubbles are regular}'' And... water's included.

''{Next panel. A kitchen and bathroom sink are shown with the faucets running. The bathroom tap has the word "FROSH!" next to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Is that why all your faucets are running?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is standing in a room.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{each syllable appears individually in red text and is not in a speech bubble}'' Mu-hu-ha-ha-hah! ''{regular speech bubble and text}'' Those dimwits down at the public works won't know what hit them!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walking in from left}'' So, that's your evil plan? To waste water?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' And not pay for it!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta tell ya, Strong Badman... this part of your comic is pretty boring. I'm gonna see what's going on further down the page. ''{jumps out of the current panel}'' Jump!

''{He falls down three panels. There is a woman with a big knife sitting on a giant robotic snake.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! Now we're talkin'!

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the left of the panel, Strong Bad in the center, and there is a TV with the previous panel on it (minus Strong Bad) to the right.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' You're not kidding!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Now we have expanded basic cable...

''{Next panel. Close-up of a cable running through a hole in the wall.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stolen from my neighbor!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad is in front of a yellow background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Who's writing this issue? The geniuses behind She-Hulk? ''{looks up}'' The Cheat?

''{Cut back to the Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice is slightly distorted, and a speech bubble appears from the swirl}'' A little frappe action, if you please.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Single "squeak"}''

''{The Cheat turns around and turns on the blender. Cut back to the previous comic panel. Strong Bad disappears with the same "VOIP!" with which he appeared.}''

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the same pose as when he first appeared, but flipped around and with a green background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' Keep flushing those toilets!

''{Cut to the Old-Timey stage. Old-Timey Strong Bad is standing on the stage with curtains behind him. To the left of him is a sign that reads "STRONG BAD and his GOODE-TIME PARLOR TRICKS". An audience can be seen silhouetted at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes, and for my next parlor trick, I shan't make anything ''{faces left}'' appear!

''{Strong Bad appears to the left of Old-Timey Strong Bad. He is still in color.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. H-hi.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{crowd starts booing}'' You brightly colored baboon! You ruined my vaudeville!

''{The Homestar Runner's dance music from [[20X6 vs. 1936]] plays as tomatoes are thrown at the two Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah! Shades of grey tomatoes!

''{Strong Bad disappears as Old-Timey Strong Bad looks to the left.}''

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad floating above a vector drawn field. Strong Bad appears to the right. The spitting drum beat from [[Main Page 21]] plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is up, my enormous vector brother?

''{As Vector Strong Bad speaks, his words come out of his mouth in red vector-style text. They disappear after a short while.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' HELLOTE.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{cut to close-up of Strong Bad}'' what do you do for fun around here? ''{cut back to previous view}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' I SPLO STUFF UP.

''{Strong Bad jumps backwards slightly to avoid the "UP", which promptly explodes with vector graphics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, that's pretty cool.

''{Stinkoman walks in from the left.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, guys! How's challenges?

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, you two know each other?

''{Cut to close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{smiles}'' Oh, totally sure! ''{leans forward and waves one of his arms}'' He's my training simulator!

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

'''STINKOMAN:''' Check it out!

''{Vector Strong Bad starts moving left and right, shooting squares from his mouth. Stinkoman jumps around and dodges the squares. Strong Bad also jumps over and around the squares, but appears to have more difficulty doing so. Game music from [[video games]] plays. After a few seconds, they all stop.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Nice work, big nose!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Big nose?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Your nose!

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' LEVEL 2

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh.

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Uh-oh.

''{Stinkoman silently laughs as Vector Strong Bad shoots a series of squares directly at Strong Bad. As they explode, Strong Bad disappears. Vector Strong Bad then shoots some squares at Stinkoman, which he dodges.}''

''{Cut to a field in the style of [[flashback]]. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing close to the camera. Strong Bad appears to the right. All text appears in a white rectangle near the bottom of the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And so, ''{Strong Bad starts looking around}'' both Strong Bads entered the 'Dig To China With Your Ears Contest.'

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is just about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of.

''{Cut to a silhouetted view of the field. Pom Pom, Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs and Marzipan are standing to the right of a banner which reads "the contest began!!". Tiny Handed Strong Bad is underneath the banner.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' The contest began!

''{Cut to a close-up of Tiny Handed Strong Bad rubbing his head on the ground near a line marked "start".}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And tiny-handed Strong Bad rubbed his head on the ground... ''{cut to a wide view; Strong Bad is sitting on a hammock with his [[Dangeresque]] sunglasses on.}'' while our Modern Day Hero maxed and relaxed.

''{Cut to Tiny Handed Strong Bad standing near the camera again, as in the first shot. A hole is visible near the background, and a giant glass of root beer appears in the center.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' I struck it rich!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Said T.H.S.B.

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the previous scene, but with the giant glass of root beer in the center. A bee is seen holding Strong Bad's hammock up.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' A giant mug of frosty root beer!

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad appears to the left in a bathing suit. Tiny Handed Strong Bad looks at him.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Zounds! A sarsparilla swimming hole! Last one in's a freemason! Jump! ''{he half-runs toward the root beer and jumps in}''

''{Strong Bad disappears. Keyboard Strong Bad appears at the bottom left of the screen and dances while playing a tune.}''

''{Cut to a screen in the style of Puppet Stuff. Puppet Strong Bad is standing in front of the Strong Badia fence. The Tire and Stop Sign are visible. Strong Bad appears to the right. Music starts playing and both Strong Bads dance in sync with each other. After a moment, Strong Bad disappears again.}''

''{Cut to Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure. Strong Bad appears lying down on top of it. He slowly slides down, then disappears.}''

''{Cut to the abandoned factory from [[highschool]]. Teenage Strong Bad is standing to the right. Strong Bad appears to the left.}''

'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Striped ''{pronounced as "stripe-ed"}'' pants.

''{Strong Bad disappears. Cut to the interdimensional void, which changes colors constantly.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' The Cheat! Cool out on the liquefy button, man!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar standing next to the blender in the Computer Room. The blender still contains the Game Boy, but now also contains a green substance. One and a half avocados are sitting on the desk, along with a jar that reads "Total Load". Homestar is pressing buttons on the blender.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm trying to make me a real fruit smoothie here!

''{Cut to a wide shot. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing to the left, with Senor Cardgage, Old-Timey Strong Bad and Da Huuuuuudge to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Any of you guys got any bee pollen?

''{As Homestar presses another button, Strong Bad appears next to the portal and Strong Badman appears on the left side of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar! Quit messing with my alternate universe portal!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{slowly}'' I'm trying to replenish some electrolytes, if you don't mind!

''{Homestar presses another button on the blender. He and the portal both suddenly disappear, and Sterrance appears on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking around}'' Wow. Just look at all these Strong Bad-related faces. What an all-star cast! What say we all form a super group and record a number one jam!

''{All of the Strong Bad clones groan but remain motionless, except for Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I guess...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' If we must.

''{The screen fades to black, and then cuts to Strong Bad in a recording studio. Some music starts playing, and continues through the rest of the e-mail.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' There's a crazy world of e-mails in this crazy world. ''{Cut to a reversed view of Strong Bad.}'' Checkin' 'em down, checkin' 'em down...

''{Cut to Stinkoman standing next to Strong Badman and Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{singing}'' I hope it's from a girrrrrrrl! 

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad winces and looks toward Stinkoman on his last word. Cut to a zoomed out view of the scene, revealing (from left to right), Stinkoman, Strong Badman, Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Bad, Vector Strong Bad, Keyboard Strong Bad, Senor Cardgage, Teenage Strong Bad, Sterrance and Tiny Handed Strong Bad. Strong Badman's words appear in speech bubbles next to him.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Senor Cardgage at the recording studio.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{singing}'' Let the little children go.

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad in the field, which now has blue lines running above and below it.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I HOPE THEY DON'T A SPLODE

''{Cut back to a panning view of all the Strong Bads.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong—

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad in the recording studio just before "Bad".}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' —Bad!

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Da Huuuuuudge fades in from the right.}''

'''DA HUUUUUUDGE:''' ''{singing in a high voice with vibrato}'' Save the last email for meeeee!

''{A comic panel with Strong Badman in front of a green background slides into the upper-left corner toward the end of Da Huuuuuudge's line.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Save the last email!

''{Cut back to a view of all the Strong Bads. The camera slowly zooms out during Strong Bad's line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All my Strong Bad doppelgängers represent. Sesquicentenn-email, 2005. I-I mean six.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on Teenage Strong Bad's hat to see a creation of Strong Sad's ideas:
:''{Piano music, fade in on Coach Z holding a pear covered with eyeballs while black coffee continually streams down his mouthless face. Cut to a close-up of the pear, then another close-up of the pear from a different angle where its eyes google. Then cut to a close-up of Coach Z's head. Fade via black to the original shot. Homestar appears next to Coach Z.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled, in a fake backwards-sounding voice}'' Coach Z, if you're not going to eat that eyeball pear... ''{clears his throat, starts talking normally with no subtitles}'' I suggest you give it to someone who will.
:'''COACH Z:''' I don't know what's going on, Homestar, but I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants...

*At the end, click on Senor Cardgage's head to see Strong Bad's meeting with him:
:''{Senor Cardgage is sitting in a boat on a lake, holding a stick with fishing line tied to the end, hanging over the side. Strong Bad appears in the boat.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage! My life is complete.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth. Say hello to my tacklebox. ''{holds up said tacklebox}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there, tacklebox. ''{smiles}'' I'm such a big fan.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Well, if you could just sign right here on the dotty line, the adaption will be complete.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''You're'' gonna adopt me?
:''{Strong Bad disappears}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen and echoing slightly}'' Aw, man!

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
* A [[Wikipedia:Doppelgänger|Doppelgänger]] refers either to a creature from folklore that mimics people's appearances as an omen of death, or to the theory that everyone in the world has someone else that looks exactly like them.
** They are also apparent in [[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]], making it a [[alternate universe#Real-World References|double reference]].
* [[Wikipedia:Sarsaparilla|Sarsaparilla]] (spelled incorrectly as "sarsparilla" in the flashback scene) is a type of plant used to make beverages, and is a common ingredient in [[Wikipedia:Root Beer|root beer]]. It is more commonly pronounced "sass-parilla" than "sar-sparilla" or "sar-sa-parilla".
* [[Wikipedia:Rent control|Rent control]] is a policy used in some urban communities where the market price is deemed too high. Rent controlled dwellings are highly coveted in the communities where they are available.
* Strong Bad's conversion of fourteen dollars into [[Wikipedia:Dog years|dog years]] refers to the often-confused (and inaccurate) folk formula that dogs age seven "years" for every human year.
*A freemason is a member of the [[Wikipedia:York Rite|York Rite]], the [[Wikipedia:Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite]] or any of their allied organizations ([[Wikipedia:DeMolay International|DeMolay]], [[Wikipedia:Job's Daughters International|Job's Daughters]], [[Wikipedia:Order of the Eastern Star|Eastern Star]], etc.) which fall under the umbrella of [[Wikipedia:freemasonry|freemasonry]].
*[[Wikipedia:Electrolyte|Electrolytes]] are solutions of [[Wikipedia:Ion|ions]] (such as sodium and potassium salts) that are lost during [[Wikipedia:perspiration|perspiration]]. Drinks containing electrolytes, such as popular sports drinks, are often used to ease [[Wikipedia:Dehydration|dehydration]].
*[[Wikipedia:Vaudeville|Vaudeville]] is a style of multi-act theatre that flourished in North America from the 1880s to the 1920s, later succeeded by silent movies. Acts included anything from acrobats to mathematicians, from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers.

===Trivia===
*This email is the longest email to date, almost a full minute longer than [[flashback]] (previously the longest).
*When Strong Bad jumps down several panels in the Strong Badman comic, he passes a panel containing an explosion (with the word "TADAOW!"), and another panel with Deutschman (from [[haircut]]) holding a chain of sausages. Deutschman is saying "KINDER UBERRASCHUNG!!", the German name for [[Wikipedia:Kinder Surprise|Kinder Surprise]] (though Uberraschung should be spelled Überraschung).
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#weird dreams|weird dreams]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has no visible nose or ears, despite the fact that those body parts were mentioned in this e-mail.
*Senor Cardgage is the only one of Strong Bad's alter egos who had been seen talking with him prior to this email, as seen in [[kind of cool]], [[garage sale]], and [[Senorial Day]].
*This is a [[Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad|rare]] occasion of Strong Bad being nice to Strong Sad.
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Strong Sad is seen writing with his right hand. However, in this email, Strong Sad is playing the guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]], though it is possible that Strong Sad is ambidextrous.
*Strong Sad plays a Spanish-style guitar.
*Although it can be argued whether or not Stinkoman has actually smiled before, this is the first time his mouth has been recognizably smile-shaped.
*The puppet Strong Bad is the only doppelgänger Strong Bad visited that did not appear in the ending screen, for obvious reasons.
*This is the first time we hear the Da Huuuuuudge's voice.
*Frappé is spelt as "Frappe" when Strong Bad talks to The Cheat. It is lacking the accent.
*In the recording studio, the characters are using a wireless microphone. While wireless microphones are handy in live performance (to prevent signal loss on a long cable run, as well as to avoid tangling of cables), they are actually rarely used in studio work because a cabled microphone will deliver truer fidelity.
*Homestar pronounces the word "fruit" without a lisp.

[[Image:Altuniv1318-1319.png|thumb|From blue to green.]]
*The [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] only has 5 minutes of battery life. This email was [[Strong Bad Email By Length|5:53]] but it didn't run out of juice.

===Goofs===
*During the "Because, mere mortal" comic scene, the panel below the next panel has a blue background. In the next scene ("Is rent controlled!"), that panel now has a green background.
*At the end, when The Paper comes down, you can see that Strong Bad's pants have changed from black to dark navy, but not the pant legs. (Compare to Keyboard Strong Bad standing next to him.)
**This happens a few times in the email, such as when Strong Bad meets Vector Strong Bad.
*During the recording session at the end, the wall's grey spot pattern is made from a single image of dots copied and pasted multiple times. This results in some half dots appearing between the copied images.
*When Strong Bad first jumps into the Alternate Universe Portal, his stool disappears briefly while he's in the process of warping. For the remainder of the email, the stool is missing.
*After cutting to the wide shot showing The Cheat with the blender, the Compy's screen includes the text "Isn't that right, The Cheat?", even though Strong Bad didn't actually type it.

*In the "Save The Last Email" song, Vector Strong Bad is behind Strong Badman, yet his white and green lines appear above Strong Badman when talking/singing.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was released, "girl" was misspelled as "gir" in Jody's email. This was fixed shortly thereafter.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song refers to flipping [[the bird]].
*Strong Sad was previously seen playing an acoustic guitar in a recent [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|Sketchbook]], although that guitar was a twelve-string. Here he plays a six-string classical guitar.
[[Image:HSRTimeMachine.PNG|thumb|Homestar's Time machine]]
*The alternate dimension machine is a [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|Game Boy in a Blender]]. In [[2 emails]], Homestar claims to have made a time machine by sticking a Game Boy in a [[Blender|blender]] while the email is fast-forwarding.
*Strong Bad's "Mash go on that blender" is based on similar lines from [[flashback]], ("The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive [[Jam Box|jambox]]"), [[strongbad_email.exe]] ("make your selection and mash go, moron!"), and [[Everybody Knows It]] ("Mash play on that jambox").
*The "In a bulding"  line, including its accent and pronunciation, is straight from the [[Sketchbook (video)|DVD Sketchbook]] (though it was spelled correctly there).
*Strong Bad visits many previous emails in his travels:
**Strong Badman and Stiny originated in [[superhero name]].
**Deutschman originated in [[haircut]].
**Vector Strong Bad is from [[video games]].
**Stinkoman originated in [[japanese cartoon]].
**Tiny-handed Strong Bad is from [[flashback]].
**Keyboard Strong Bad originated in [[crazy cartoon]].
**Da Huuuuuudge and Sterrance are both from [[animal]].
**Teenage Strong Bad and the term "striped pants" are from [[highschool]].
**Senor Cardgage originated in [[kind of cool]].
*The Easter egg with coffee-drenched Coach Z and the eyeball pear begins exactly as described and storyboarded by Strong Sad in [[Sbemail 150?!?]]. Also, the word ''sesquicentenn-email'', which would mean "150th email", was coined by Strong Sad in Sbemail 150?!?.
*The fishing boat, lake and background sounds are all from [[lures & jigs]].
*"Doge" is a reference to [[Biz Cas Fri 1]], where Homestar misspells "Dawg".
*Strong Bad comments that the "Dig To China With Your Ears Contest" is the "second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." The worst contests that originated in children's storybooks are likely to be the "Strongest Man in the World Contest" from the [[Original Book]], and the "Ten Step Footrace" from [[flashback]]. 
*Homestar Runner's "real fruit smoothie" is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].

=== Real-World References ===
* [[Wikipedia:Cacodemons|Cacodemons]] are evil spirits or demons, the opposite being an angel or "agathodemon". However, the name cacodemon is better known as the flying, red, one-eyed enemy from the ''[[Wikipedia:Doom|Doom]]'' series of computer games. The plot for these games involved demons coming out of portals to hell.
* [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] is a widely used image editor from Adobe Systems Incorporated. The term "[[Wikipedia:Photoshopping|Photoshopped]]" has come to mean any digital edit done to an image, even if it wasn't done in Photoshop itself. The term is often used pejoratively to say that something is rather obviously edited.
* The pronunciation "ohbee kaybee" for "okay" originated with [[Wikipedia:Bill Cosby|Bill Cosby]]. It was heard in his "Dentist" routine, and was also popularized by the character Mushmouth from ''[[Wikipedia:Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''.
* The way Strong Bad travels from panel to panel while visiting Strong Badman may be inspired by the videogame ''[[Wikipedia:Comix Zone|Comix Zone]]''.
* [[Wikipedia:She-Hulk|She-Hulk]] is a comic book heroine from [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] and the cousin of ''[[Wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk]]''. She-Hulk comics were once noted for their [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth-wall breaks]], similar to Strong Bad's comments on the quality of the Strong Badman comic and his ability to travel from panel to panel. These not-always-appreciated gags were introduced by writer [[Wikipedia:John Byrne|John Byrne]], who may be the "genius" Strong Bad ridicules.
* The surreal Coach Z Easter egg is an homage to a famous scene from the similarly surreal TV series, ''[[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]''. The background for the scene featured red drapes, and the starring character, Dale Cooper, spills coffee on himself, represented here by Coach Z's streaming hat of coffee. The unusual speech used by Homestar, meanwhile, was the hallmark of the scene; the actors actually spoke their dialogue backwards, and the recording was then played in reverse, so that the words were heard by the audience in their proper order (though they still sounded unusual and contorted, just as Homestar sounds here). It seems as though Matt Chapman faked this technique, rather than actually recording his lines backwards. ''Twin Peaks'' was co-created by director [[Wikipedia:David Lynch|David Lynch]], who Strong Sad cited as an influence in [[Sbemail 150?!?]]. Additionally, in [[Three Times Halloween Funjob]], [[Marzipan]] dressed as the Log Lady from the show.
* [[Wikipedia:Alonzo Mourning|Alonzo Mourning]] is an NBA basketball player.
*The phrase 'maxed and relaxed' may be a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' theme song, in which [[Wikipedia:Will Smith|Will Smith]] states he is "maxin' and relaxin' all cool". Additionally, Smith uses the phrase throughout the series and his own raps.
*Stinkoman calls Strong Bad "big nose", a derogatory term used in eastern Asia to describe Westerners, whose noses tend to be genetically larger than Asians'.
* The all-star super group recording a number one jam calls to mind [[Wikipedia:USA for Africa|USA for Africa]], a group of forty-five U.S. musicians that collaborated on the number one single "We Are the World" in 1985, the profits from which were used for famine and disease relief in Africa.
*The [[Fonts|font]] in the comic book alternative universe, known as "Peanuts", was designed to emulate the style of lettering used in the ''[[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]'' comics.
* The [[Sound Effects|sound effect]] in the fishing Easter Egg that starts right after Strong Bad says "Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage!" is from ''[[Wikipedia:Fishing with John|Fishing With John]]''.



==External Links==
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Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:50:35 GMT

Sbdisciples: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|121|radio|dreamail}}
[[Image:sbemail121.PNG|thumb|"Pictures with the Tragic Clown Dog ain't free!"]]

Strong Bad proves he does more than just check e-mails, by showing everyone his part-time job!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}/[[Tragic Clown Dog]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}/[[Tito]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Mrs. Bennedetto]]

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Stage]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 3, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:29

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

''{As usual, Strong Bad is in front of his Lappy, checking his e-mail. Judging from the view of the room we can see around the Lappy, however, he does not seem to be at his desk, as he usually would be.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': A lot of ladies and a lot of girls... some healthy ladies and some healthy girls!
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: besides..</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Do you do anything besides checking e-mails? 
 
Sincerely, Hunter</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Waudju- gighi- ikuh... What do you mean do I do anything else besides checking e-mails. 'Course I freakin' do! I do everything! Always! ''{clears the screen}'' Nature walks, Meet N' Greets, Bus Chucker Club, The League of Me and The Cheat Ice Cream Socials. Shut up! I even have a part-part-part-part-very part-time job, to which I am currently 15 minutes late.

''{Cut to the lower area of Marzipan's kitchen. Strong Bad has apparently been checking this e-mail under Marzipan's kitchen table. Homestar walks in, and is holding a tennis ball.}''

''{Strong Bad looks around in a panicked way.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': This is perfect! Just perfect! I couldn't be happier with my new invention! I'll call it...the Super Question Machine!!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{whispering}'' I gotta try to sneak out of here without Homestar noticing me.

''{Homestar sets his tennis ball down on the table.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, you do.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gonna need a diversion of some kind...

''{The Cheat walks in, humming to himself, wearing a top hat entitled "Tito" and a bow tie, and holding a cane. Homestar turns around to look at him. The camera pans left. The Cheat begins doing a dance.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, wow! What a great new invention!

''{Strong Bad crawls out from under the table, and gives The Cheat the thumbs up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work, The Cheat!

''{He proceeds to crawl away, while The Cheat's still humming.}''

''{Cut to Bubs' empty concession stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly while peeking out from behind the black}'' Perfect! Bubs must be passed out on the floor again.

''{Strong Bad disappears behind the screen, and begins walking toward the Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Comin' in to work on time..

''{Bubs pops up from under the counter. Strong Bad lets out a short yell.}''

'''BUBS:''' Aha!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Yells, then stutters a little.}''

'''BUBS:''' Late again, Strong Bad. I'm not running a country club, you know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Quickly}'' But Mr. Bubs, I was just—

'''BUBS:''' ''{Interrupts}'' Wastin' time with that email show of yours again. That mess'll never get you anywhere!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes it will! You'll see! I'm gonna be big one day. I'm gonna be a famous email checker!

'''BUBS:''' And I'm gonna be two times two. Now put on your uniform and get to work!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna be ''what''?

''{The screen fades out and resumes to Strong Bad wearing a combination of a sad clown and a hotdog costume in front of Bubs' stand. Strong Bad is holding a paper, and a stack of papers sits next to him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! Come on down to Bubs' and get you a free cup of ice with purchase of deluxe cup of ice of equal or lesser value.

'''BUBS:''' No, no. Work it, son, work it!

''{Strong Bad begins dancing and humming.}''

'''BUBS:''' That's it, that's it! Look out for Number 1!

''{Coach Z walks in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, it's the hot dog clown! What fun!

''{Pom Pom's silhouette merges in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Pom Pom, take a picture of me with the hot dog clown. It'll be classic!

''{Pom Pom bubbles, and takes out a camera. A huge flash is seen, and a camera shutter sound is heard. Coach Z falls over, leaning on Strong Bad.}

''{The camera zooms in to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' Pictures with the tragic clown dog ain't free! Fifty bucks! ''Sixty'' bucks! Get back here and let me confiscate yo film!

''{The camera zooms back out to the four of them.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{running}'' Chorce, forsh! ''{He and Pom Pom run off screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a great day at Bubs' Concession Stand! Sign up now for giving us money!

'''BUBS:''' Now isn't this better than sitting at your desk answerin' emails?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Actually, I was sitting under a kitchen table this week and...uh oh! The Lappy's probably almost out of juice! I gotta get back and end this email! Uhh.. say Bubs, I'm gonna need now off. Is that cool?

'''BUBS:''' Is Strong Sad cool?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, come on!

'''BUBS:''' You know all my policies! I'm not running a country club, you know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, then, I quit.

'''BUBS:''' Fine! But don't even think about swiping that costume!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You made ''me'' buy this costume, remember?

'''BUBS:''' Oh. Right. Well then pleasure doing business wit' ya.

''{Strong Bad runs off in the costume.}

''{We cut back to the kitchen, where The Cheat has fallen over, still humming, and Homestar is standing over him. Strong Bad, now without costume, crawls back in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This is the most amazing undersea epic ever filmed.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' See, Hunter? I got all types of stuff going on. I've got so many facets, you don't even know what facets are. I'm like a hundredaire socialite out on the sce-

''{The Lappy powers down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh great. The battery ran out. I gotta figure out a way to end this email.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah you do.

''{Cut to Mrs. Bennedetto. Strong Bad slaps a paper on it with some text and a picture of him on it.}''

<blockquote>yeah buddy, 
i have muscles! 
 
ps: preeeeow</blockquote>

''{The Paper '''does not''' come down on its own!}''

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on "Bus Chucker Club" to see a post-it of Strong Bad's member badge.
* Click on "preeeeow" to make [[The Paper]] come down.
* Click on the microwave's "Broast" button to see ''[[Hundredaire Socialite|Hundredaire Socialite magazine]]'', featuring "The Brains Behind [[Videlectrix]]."
* Click on the "Power" button to watch an extra scene with Strong Bad and Bubs.

===Easter Egg Transcript===
''{Cut to Bubs on the Stage from [[A Decemberween Pageant]]. We see a pamphlet:}''
<blockquote> T H E A T E R 
Dreamaway 
Johnny 
 
A Sweet 3-Acter 
Directed by Strong Bad 
Starring: 
Strong Bad and Buh-Hubs, man</blockquote>

''{The pamphlet zooms out. We see Bubs is standing in front of a cut-out of his stand reading MR LEGARM'S Bubs Stand. Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''BUBS AS MR. LEGARM:''' Well look who decided to show up. Fifth time this week, Johnny.

'''STRONG BAD AS JOHNNY:''' Oh I'm sorry Mr. Legarm. Honest I am! I just—

'''MR. LEGARM:''' ''{interrupting}'' You just what? Lost track of time?

'''JOHNNY:''' Yes sir. Only I wouldn't have to worry about that if I could just get the Johnny-Tron working.

'''MR. LEGARM:''' You still wastin' time workin' on that time machine, Johnny? That's a pipe dream, son! Your future's here at the shop. Now sweep up! I got customers to tend to.

'''JOHNNY:''' You'll see. Someday... someday...

''{Music starts, and a spotlight goes over to Strong Bad.}''

'''JOHNNY:''' ''{singing}'' When all my dreams come...truuuuuuuuue!

''{As he sings the word "true" the orchestra hits a climactic chord. The audience claps; the curtain closes.}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*Bubs' flyers read:
<blockquote>GET YOU A FREE CUP OF 
ICE WITH PURCHASE OF 
DELUXE CUP OF ICE OF 
EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE. 
BUBS' CONSESSION STAND</blockquote>
*The clock on Mrs. Bennedetto is stuck on 9:48.
*This email is the first to show the back of the [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] clearly. (It was obscured by Strong Bad's arm in [[animal]].)
*In the picture of himself that Strong Bad puts on Mrs. Bennedetto at the end of the email, his left hand does not have a boxing glove on it and you can see three fingers. This is the first time we have seen Strong Bad's fingers or hand without the boxing gloves on. Also, his mouth has teeth, instead of just a gap in his mask.
*This is the only email where you manually have to make The Paper come down at the end of it.
* This is the second time Bubs criticized Strong Bad about his "email show". The first time was in the email [[the process]].

===Remarks===
*Bubs has apparently discontinued his "free weekly spamvertisements" from [[unused emails]], from which Strong Bad was making $1,250 (5,000 emails × a quarter each) every time he sold a disk of addresses.
*The only way Bubs will have to honor his offer of "a free cup of ice with purchase of a deluxe cup of ice of equal or lesser value" is if he gives a free deluxe cup with the purchase of another deluxe cup, since a deluxe version of an item would be of ''greater'' value than the normal version.
*When Strong Bad is late to work, he grabs the frame of the cartoon, yet another example of a [[Fourth Wall Breaks|Fourth Wall Break]].
*Apparently the Lappy 486 also comes with a wireless Internet access card. Either that or Strong Bad downloaded his emails before heading to Marzipan's.
*Strong Bad also has an unspecified job at [[The Office]].
*Hunter's question was effectively answered just 10 emails ago in [[other days]].
*Breaking from his speech affect, [[Coach Z]] is able to pronounce the word, "dog" without saying "dorg."
*The [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] has 5 minutes of battery life. This email was only [[Strong Bad Emails By Length|3:29]] long

===Goofs===
*You can also make the circles appear when the scene switches to the microwave at the end really quickly.
*The Paper's "preeeeow" sound starts but gets cut off after less than a second when it cuts to the microwave.
*When Strong Bad turns around the teardrop on his hot dog clown suit switches sides.
**The hot dog clown may have a tear under each eye, because his nose is blocking the view.
*Despite his usual mercilessness on [[Strong Bad's Spelling|grammar and spelling]], Strong Bad omits a question mark in his first full sentence.

=== Glitches ===
* After watching the "Power Easter egg," the paper is down even if you haven't clicked on "preeeeow".
* On some earlier versions of Flash, you can hear the printer's scratching noise even before you click on "preeeeow".

===Inside References===
* The ''Hundredaire Socialite Magazine'' Easter egg features the familiar faces of [[The Brothers Chaps|Mike and Matt Chapman]]; the photo is from [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].
*The Cheat wearing the top hat may be a reference to [[theme park]].
*Buh-Hubs was a filename in [[big white face]].
*"Hundredaire" was also used in the email "[[suntan]]".
* "[[Preeeeow]]" is what Strong Bad says in [[autobiography]] and [[haircut]], when attempting to prompt the printer to print out [[The Paper]]. It is the accepted onomatopoeia for The Paper's sound.
*The confused sounds Strong Bad makes at the beginning of the cartoon are almost identical to the ones he utters near the end of [[Everybody to the Limit]].
*When Strong Bad says, "I've got so many facets, you don't even know what facets are," he is referring to his description of [[Senor Cardgage]] in the email [[kind of cool]].
*The sound the Lappy makes when shutting down is the same sound from [[gimmicks]] (when the Tandy's display goes blank), [[caffeine]] (when Strong Sad no longer was caffeinated), and [[dangeresque 3]] when Strong Bad changed the signature (john newell, on) to john newell, off.
*The cup of ice is first referenced in [[no loafing]], as part of Bubs' Thirty Cent Lunch Special.
*When Strong Bad sings "I'm like a hundredaire socialite out on the sce—", it is in the same tune as the first Lappy e-mail rap ("Scroll buttons and The Lappy together at last...").
*Strong Bad previously appeared as a hot dog in [[island]].
*"Equal or lesser value" is a reference to the [[The King of Town|King of Town's]] character page.
* The battery running out is a reference to the limited battery power of the Lappy mentioned in its debut (animal): "One Half of Ten Minutes"

===Real-World References===
*The Tragic Clown Dog's necktie bends upwards like [[Wikipedia: Dilbert|Dilbert's]].
*Homestar doesn't demonstrate how his Super Question Machine works (which is just a tennis ball), but it could be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Magic 8-ball|Magic 8-ball]].
**It may also be a reference to the handheld version of the [[Wikipedia:20Q|20q]], a device that plays twenty questions and is about the size of a tennis ball.
*The pamphlet reading "Theater" in the Easter egg is a reference to the ubiquitous [[Wikipedia: Playbill|Playbill]] in Broadway shows.
*The name "Mr. Legarm" is probably a reference to the old saying of "... will cost you an arm and a leg", since Bubs is known to charge more for something than it is worth (such as when he charges $10 for severe pummelings in [[pom pom]]).

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Easter egg involving The Paper is automatically enabled without having to press a button.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Coach Z]])

'''MIKE:''' Surprise me.

'''COACH Z:''' OK then, Mike. I'm—

'''MIKE:''' ''{surprised}'' Oh! It's Coach Z!

'''COACH Z:''' I'm showing up for work! For once.

'''MIKE:''' It's about time.

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' It's the first time ''ever'' you've showed up for work, Coach Z.

'''COACH Z:''' I don't like to come around you guys.

'''MIKE:''' Well, we—

'''COACH Z:''' So much.

'''MIKE:''' That's fine with us, too.

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The feeling's mutual.

'''COACH Z:''' I heard that you didn't— You played basketball this morning and didn't take a shower.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Who told you that?

'''COACH Z:''' Uh, a couple of DVDs came by locker ''{pronounces it "lacker"}'' room.

'''MIKE:''' Your lacker room? Your lack of room?

'''COACH Z:''' No, it's the room I keep all my lacquer.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Oh, your ''lacquer'' room—

'''COACH Z:''' My lacquer things.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, OK. Uh, oh you remind—

'''COACH Z:''' What's that thing Homestar's holding there?

'''MIKE:''' That's— That's the super question machine.

'''COACH Z:''' It reminds me of one of those—

'''MIKE:''' Tennis balls?

'''COACH Z:''' Sprots.

'''MIKE:''' ''{repeats it exactly in an attempt to mock}'' Sprots. Coach Z, what do you mean by Sprots?

'''COACH Z:''' I ''{laughs, sounding more like Matt}'' mispronouncing "Sports" Mike, I'll tell you the truth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' So now you're just switching letters around.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{whimpering}'' I just—

'''MIKE:''' You're not only adding 'R's to things, you're just switching letters around.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{still whimpering}'' It's true, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, OK.

'''COACH Z:''' Mork.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah...

'''COACH Z:''' Ir feer borld ''{meaning to say "I feel bad"}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's good...

'''COACH Z:''' ''{suddenly more serious}'' No, now listen, here! Because— when you talk about Bubs, you're talking about me. Because Bubs is a good guy and I'm worse.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' You— You make a good appearance in this email, though.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{reassured}'' I do. I remember showing up for work that day.

'''MIKE:''' I don't think you— I think you were just passing through that day.

'''COACH Z:''' That clown!

'''MIKE:''' You like that clown—

'''COACH Z:''' That clown really knows how to work a fella.

'''MIKE:''' ''{dumbfounded}'' What do you mean? ''{laughs}''

'''COACH Z:''' You know. Give him— make him—

'''MIKE:''' A charlie horse, maybe?

'''COACH Z:''' Make him laugh. Yeah, give 'em—

'''MIKE:''' Look! Look at that guy!

'''COACH Z:''' —a real charlie horse. Oh, look. Yeah, take a—

'''MIKE:''' Do you have this picture somewhere?

'''COACH Z:''' I do—

'''MIKE:''' Framed, maybe?

'''COACH Z:''' I framed it and I put it in my lacquer room.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Is there a lack of room in your lacquer room?

'''COACH Z:''' There is.

'''MIKE:''' Is it full of lacq— Is it because it's a smaller room or because it's full of lacquer?

'''COACH Z:''' It's because it's a microwave.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' How many, uh, cans of lacquer can you fit in there?

'''COACH Z:''' About five.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, OK. So you just got like pint-sized cans—

'''COACH Z:''' Don't turn that thing on, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' No?

'''COACH Z:''' I tell you what.

'''MIKE:''' What happens?

'''COACH Z:''' You don't have a lacquer room no more.

'''MIKE:''' We usually take that back.

'''COACH Z:''' Pardon?

'''MIKE:''' We'll take it back. The lacquer rooms. If you break 'em.

'''COACH Z:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, you can take it to the store. They'll get you a new one.

'''COACH Z:''' That's pretty good then.

'''MIKE:''' Warranty. Yeah. ''{long pause}'' What else you got there, Coach Z?

'''COACH Z:''' That's it!

'''MIKE:''' You're done?

'''COACH Z:''' Uh huh.

'''MIKE:''' You're not gonna even show up for a full day's here. You're petering out halfway through the email—

'''COACH Z:''' Now look. I had lunch, went back to my desk, and I'm zoning out.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''COACH Z:''' I'm just gonna get on Instant Messenger and tell the boss.

'''MIKE:''' Is it Instant ''Messenger'' or Instant ''Messager''? I've always been confused.

'''COACH Z:''' Messen—

'''MIKE:''' Messenger?

'''COACH Z:''' I think so.

'''MIKE:''' Um, K. 'Cause it could be "Messager," too.

'''COACH Z:''' Look, a lacquer room!

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User:Sbdisciples

Sbdisciples — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:25:06 GMT

Sbdisciples:

Hi, I'm Sbdisciples, or you can call me Alex. I joined on March 2. <s>I am a pretend guy that comes around and gets run over by a lawnmover blade.</s> I mean I am in sixth grade and really like [[homestarrunner.com]]. I go thier every day

==How it started==
All throughout November and December 2003 my friend was telling me to go onto homestarrunner.com. On January 5, 2004 I did. The top of the main page said "new Strong Bad email" so i clicked on it. It was army and a was thouroghly confused because i thought that Strong Badia was a girl. For a few days i was confused, and then a saw the [[first time here]] button. I thought it was hirarous- i was hooked. i go there almost every day now.

==Passover==
Today at 10 AM (4/12) i couldn't eat anything leavened or anything with corn. Over the next 8.5 days i'll be really hungry