Count Longardeaux's Book

Sbemailman — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:03:35 GMT

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[[Image: worldly record book.png|thumb|"Now that sounds like a book worthy of every toilet-side magazine basket."]]
'''Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records''' is a record book made up and referenced by Strong Bad. [[Homestar Runner]] uses it to tell bad redneck jokes. It is seen in "[[record book]]." There was also a wesite made of it by a fan at [http://www.homestarrecordbook.piczo.com/ homestarrecordbook.piczo.com].

== Known Records ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Record !! Chapter !! Record Holder
|-
|[[Image:Strongsadwasteofdump.PNG|150px]] || Biggest Waste of Dump || 7 - Records of Loneliness || [[Strong Sad]]
|-
|[[Image:Kotleasthealthyman.PNG|150px]] || Least Healthiest (Man?) || 3 - Disgusting Eating/Old Person Records ||[[The King of Town]]
|-
|[[Image:Homsarmustardman.PNG|150px]] || The Semi-Annual Mustard Man Award Or Best Offer! || 81 - Awkwardness || [[Homsar]]
|-
|[[Image:Strongmadmacaroni.PNG|150px]] || Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube ... By Strong Mad || 2 - Special Records || [[Strong Mad]]
|-
|[[Image:Marzipanpolevault.PNG|150px]] || Pole Vault || 11 - Records of Smell/Track and Field || [[Marzipan]]
|-
|[[Image:Bubscutestcouple.PNG|150px]] || Cutest Couple || 9 - Superlatives || [[Bubs]]
|-
|[[Image:Sbbullhonkey.PNG|150px]] || Longest "Bull Honkey" || 7 - Saying Words for a Long Time Records || [[Strong Bad]]
|}

== Known Redneck Jokes ==
*Q: What do you call a redneck, with no teeth, that watches stock car racing all day?
*A: ''{Chuckles}'' Man, they do not wear shirts!

*Q: What does a redneck man call a dead possum, lyin' in the middle of the road?
*A: Probably sushi!

[[Category:Books]]

record book

Sbemailman — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:01:04 GMT

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[[Image:record book.png|thumb|Biggest Waste of Dump.]]

Strong Bad gathers records for [[Count Longardeaux's Book|''Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records'']].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, July 25, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:51

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Drape it over your aaaaaaarms, step out in styyyyyle, Strong Bad Emaaaaaaail... ''{starts reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: records</div>
dear strong bad, 
i was wondering if you were in the record book. if so, 
what for? 
nathan, tx</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "tx" as "Tee-Ex" (that is, as the individual letters).}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oooh, the Nathan TX! That has, like, way four more cylinders than the standard Nathan. Better Blue Book value, too. I can't remember if I'm in the record book or not. Seems like I should be. Let's take a look. A book-look. ''{pronounced like "buuk luke"}''

''{Cut to a table. Strong Bad places "THE RECORD BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS The Book!" on the table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, let's see what we got in here.

''{He opens the book to page 42. The page shows a picture of a really dirty Coach Z with an afro and moustache, and reads "Chapter 4 - Records of Smell, Longest Showerless Streak 65 Days, 3 Hours, 42 Minutes: COACH Z."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sixty-five days?! That's ''way'' outdated! I'm pretty sure he's surpassed that one by several fortnights at this point.

''{Turns to page 116. This page shows young Strong Bad in a diaper and reads "Chapter 4 - Records of Smell, Dirtiest Diapey, Very, Very Dirty: LIL' STRONG BAD."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dirtiest Diape— Whoa! ''{throws coffee, eggs and bacon on the page and makes coughing noises}'' Coffee, eggs, bacon! Oh, too bad, I accidentally made breakfast all over whatever that record was for.

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Clearly, this book is in serious need of an update. Let's begin with the title. How about: Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records. ''{The book appears}'' Now ''that'' sounds like a book worthy of every toilet-side magazine basket. Now let's go see about updating some o' them records.

''{He gets up. We now see Strong Sad, holding a magnifying glass and humming softly, writing on a grain of rice. His face is magnified. Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Sup, double-bottom? How much you weigh?

'''STRONG SAD:''' What do you wanna know that for?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Count Longardeaux has me out gathering new records ''{holds up a clipboard, which has a paper on it that reads "who the fattest?"}'' for his record book.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh! Well then ''this'' should interest you! I've transcribed ''Paradise Lost'' onto this single grain of basmati rice! ''{Cut to a view of the rice grain through the magnifying glass.}'' In four languages!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah! That ''definitely'' deserves a record!

''{A buzzer is heard and a page of the book is shown. It reads "Chapter 7 - Records of Loneliness, Biggest Waste of Dump: Strong "The Biggest Waste of Dump" Sad." The picture shows Strong Sad looking through his magnifying glass at the camera, smiling.}''

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The King of Town is seen with a giant pile of salt in front of him. Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, King o' Town, I need some disgusting eating records. Why don't you just, uh, have lunch, and I'm sure you'll set several without even trying.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! I like eating lunch! Today I'm having a giant pile of salt!

''{The camera pans over, and we can now see the entire pile. We can also see a salt shaker labeled with the number "7" sitting near the pile.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Vwoooooooooooooooooo-foop!

''{The King sucks it all in in one gulp, like a vacuum cleaner, including the salt shaker.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Nice woik!

''{The King seems to hiccup three times.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What, you got-a some hiccups?

''{The King "hiccups" again.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Nope. Those, my friend, are heart attacks!

''{Another buzzer, another page that reads "Chapter 3 - Disgusting Eating/Old Person Records, Least Healthiest (Man?): The King of Town." The King "hiccups" again.}''

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in The Field on his soapbox, which now reads "THIRTEEN, Y'ALL."}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What do you call a redneck, with no teeth, that watches stock car racing all day? Ba-ha-ha-haaa! Man, they do not wear shirts!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Coach Z, also in The Field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, Coach Z, what kind of wonderment do you have in store for us? That's not shower-related?

'''COACH Z:''' Well, I'm gonna set the world record for puttin' nine pieces ''{starts putting chewed gum on his face}'' of chewed gum up on my face and singin' the "I'm Just Me" song and hoppin' around on one foot! ''{He starts hopping on one foot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Coach...

'''COACH Z:''' ''{singing}'' I'm just me! ''{Strong Bad shakes his head.}'' Can't you see? ''{Strong Bad starts hitting himself.}'' I'm just a silly little bumblebee!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, please stop! ''{Coach Z stops hopping and singing, but remains on one foot.}'' Look, you can't just make up some random crap that no one else will ever do and call that a "record." ''{Cut to Homsar, hopping on one foot with nine pieces of chewed gum on his face. The music from Homsar's character video plays.}'' Count Longardeaux would not stand for—

'''HOMSAR:''' I'm just me! Can't you see? I'm just a silly little bumblebee!

''{Homestar pops up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What does a redneck man call a dead possum lyin' in the middle of the road? Ba-ha-ha-haa! Probably sushi!

''{An unseen audience groans.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, I think we're just about done here. Strong Mad set the record—

''{A page of the book that reads "Chapter 2 - Special Records, Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube... By Strong Mad (Just One!): Strong Mad." The picture shows Strong Mad holding his tube. It has many holes in it and at the top is one macaroni nailed into it }''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —for Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube...By Strong Mad.

''{Another page, "Chapter 11 - Records of Smell/Track and Field, Pole Vault, 20 ft. 1.5 in.: Marzipan" appears. This one has no picture, and instead there is a black box that reads "Suprisingly, No Photo Available."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Marzipan set the World Record for the pole vault. And Bubs won Cutest Couple.

''{Yet another page, this one reading "Chapter 9 - Superlatives, Cutest Couple: Bubs" with a picture of Bubs (and no one else) trying to look cute.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, wait, I forgot about me. I ''gots'' to get in this record book somehow. I'll get the record for...

''{Cut back to show The Cheat standing nearby.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! "Most rectangular mouth?!" My mouth can be round!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes The Cheat noises and puts his hands on his hips}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What a bunch of bull ''{making his mouth as round as possible}'' hOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOOO—

''{A buzzer is heard, followed by a page appears that reads "Chapter 7 - Saying Words For A Long Time Records, Longest 'Bull Honkey', 13.4 Seconds: The Human Strong Bad." The picture shows Strong Bad in the same position he was just seen in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —nkey. Bull honkey.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Instead of the normal Back button, Count Longardeaux's image has a speech bubble reading "Back" in its place.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Nathan TX Easter Egg.PNG|thumb|Way four more cylinders!]]
*Near the beginning, click on "standard Nathan" to see a drawing of "Standard Nathan" (some generic man) on an [[Index Cards|index card]].
**As the picture zooms in, it shows "the Nathan TX," which shows a weird smiling car in front of Standard Nathan. It is labeled "built-in smoke" (pointing to smoke from the tires), "3 front wheels" (pointing to its multiple front wheels), and "nathan" (pointing to Nathan).
*When the King of Town is eating the salt, click on the salt shaker to see a can of "Standard Nathan" Brand salt. (The link continues to work after the King has sucked up the shaker)
*While Homestar Runner is telling his second [[Wikipedia:redneck|redneck]] joke, click on Homsar in the background to see his record page. It reads "Chapter 81 - Awkwardnesses, The Semi-Annual Mustard Man Award Or Best Offer!: Homsar" and shows Homsar with the gum on his face and his hat over his eyes.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The King of Town may have had a [[Wikipedia:heart attack|heart attack]] after eating the pile of [[Wikipedia:Edible salt#Health effects|salt]] because it contains [[Wikipedia:sodium|sodium]], a chemical element linked to [[Wikipedia:Hypertension|high blood pressure]]. Persistent high blood pressure is a risk factor for heart attacks.

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#crush crumble and chomp|crush, crumble, & chomp]]".

===Remarks===
*As of July 25, 2005, the [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/allrecords/discipline=PV/index.html women's world record] for [[Wikipedia:pole vault|pole vault]] was 16 ft, 5 in. That record was set on July 22, 2005. Marzipan's world record is just one-quarter inch short of the [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=M/allrecords/discipline=PV/index.html men's world record] of 20 ft, 1.75 in. However, that was set indoors, and the outdoor record is 20 ft., 1.25 in., which Marzipan beat.
*Though Strong Bad's record says "13.4 seconds", he only says "Bull Honkey" for 10.8 seconds, counting both "Bull" and the silent pause before "key". Just the Hooo– part lasts for 8.1 seconds. However from the time he starts saying "Bull Honkey" to The Paper coming down is 13.4 seconds. The number is more likely to refer to the fact that this is email #134.
*When Strong Bad was turning to the "Dirtiest Diapey" record, it looked like he was turning two pages, but instead, he turned seventy-four pages. Also, the same chapter (Chapter 4 - Records of Smell) continues 74 pages further.


===Goofs===
*Count Longardeaux's book apparently has two chapter sevens — one for "Records of Loneliness" and one for "Saying Words For A Long Time Records."
*Even after the King of Town swallows up the Salt Shaker ''and'' the record page appears, you can still activate the Easter Egg. However, after the record page comes up, you cannot see the easter egg behind the record page.

===Inside References===
*The tune which Strong Bad sings during the email's intro is similar to the tune which plays whenever a recipe card appears during the email [[secret recipes]].
*Coach Z was seen with an afro and mustache in [[stand-up]].
*The salt shaker labeled '7' that the King of Town is seen eating from is also used in [[Meet Marshie]].
*"You got-a some hiccups?" is the same line Strong Bad used in [[Halloween Fairstival]] when The Cheat got the hiccups.
*The [[Soapbox]] Homestar stands on has been seen before in [[fingers]] and [[army]], with labels containing "eleven" and "twelve", respectively (in this email it contains "thirteen").
*The music played while Homsar hops on one foot is from his [[Homsar#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*The buzzer that is played when the pages appear on the screen is that same one that's used for the [[DELETED]] screen.
*The groans heard when Homestar tells his second redneck joke are from [[Senorial Day]].
*Coach Z has the record for "longest [[Showering|showerless]] streak."

===Real-World References===
*"Blue Book" refers to the [[Wikipedia:Kelley Blue Book|Kelley Blue Book]], a resource book for people who want to buy or sell used cars. When discussing the price of a used car, people will often check the Blue Book for the car's value.
*''[[Wikipedia:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost]]'' was an epic blank-verse poem written in 1667 by English poet [[Wikipedia:John Milton|John Milton]].
*The Standard Nathan Brand Salt container is drawn to resemble the Morton Salt container, manufactured by [http://www.mortonsalt.com/consumer/about_us/history/index.htm Morton International, Inc].
*"Nathan TX" refers to the nomenclature of some makes of automobile, such as the [[wikipedia:Honda_Accord|Honda Accord]] or [[wikipedia:Mazda_Protege|Mazda Protege]]; often, there is a base model, and then a higher end model differentiated by the additional letters. Luxury editions will usually be differentiated by a series containing an "x', such as EX, LX, EXT etc.
*Strong Bad's beginning "Drape it over your arms..." song is sung to the opening notes of "Super Trooper" by The Oceans which is the theme to the 1985 film "Poliziotto superpiù" A.K.A. "Superfuzz".
*Strong Bad's remark that you can't just "make up some random crap that no-one will ever do" and call it a record is a possible reference to the [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Guinness World Records] TV show, which depicted several obscure records, such as "Most bubbles blown with a tarantula in the mouth" or "Furthest distance of milk squirted from eye."

===Fast Forward===
*[[Minor Foods|Bull Honkey]] is later seen in [[road trip]] as an energy drink.

== External Links ==
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*[http://www.homestarrecordbook.piczo.com/ A Website Of The Record Book Made On Piczo By A Fan]
{{Strong Bad Email}}

Nondescript Nouns

Sbemailman — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:23:55 GMT

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[[Image:Place Postcard.PNG|thumb|Greetings from Place]]
'''Nondescript Nouns''' are simply generic [[Wikipedia:Common nouns|nouns]] used where either a [[Wikipedia:Proper Noun|proper]] noun or a more specific common noun is expected. This has occurred on a few occasions in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[dullard]] — During the demonstration for "Method 3", Homestar tries to discuss last night's episode of "Popular Reality Show" with Strong Bad.
*Email [[vacation]] — [[Strong Bad]] sends postcards from such [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|locations]] as "That Clock" and historic "Over There".
*Email [[comic]] — Strong Bad creates [[Teen Girl Squad]], giving the main characters the nondescript names [[Cheerleader]], [[So and So]], [[What's Her Face]], and [[The Ugly One]].
*Email [[english paper]] — In an Easter egg we see a parody of eBay called [[Some Type of Online Auction]].
*Email [[different town]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says "I'm gonna go... Place." Then, in an Easter egg, you can see a postcard from [[Place]].
*Email [[crying]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says he has "a food...in the oven."
*Email [[other days]] — Homestar brags about his frag count in "Online Gaming".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — Cheerleader tries to ask out [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Quarterback|Quarterback]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] — So and So is forced to take a summer job at Shirt Folding Store.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] — Homestar says that he represents "Distinguished Businessman".
**This line appears first in [[An Open Forum]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — Strong Bad, under the alias "Bob Statesman", claims to be running for the office of "Elected Official".
*Email [[modeling]] — There is a map which shows the locations of "Place" and "Land".
*[[Puppets on the Road]] — [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says that a regular stand has "a food" for sale.
*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]] — Homestar tries to persuade Strong Bad to go to "Beach Themed Restaurant".
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The boss of Level 7 is "An Ice Machine".
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad suggests someone wear "like five or six... more clothes...."
*Email [[cliffhangers]] — [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] accuse themselves of being the [[Thnikkaman]] and stealing the [[Lappy 486]], respectively, and try to cover it up by talking about "sports team".
*Email [[strong badathlon]] — An announcer on the television announces the upcoming "Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song." Strong Bad acts as though he knows exactly which little girl is singing.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Bad uses a robotic voice and claims to be "Nadine Automated Menu Burger" calling from "Trusted Financial Institution".
*[[Drive-Thru]] — The [[Drive-Thru Whale]] describes the week's toy as "brown". When this upsets [[The Cheat]], Strong Bad exclaims that they must be out of "blue ones". Later, in an easter egg, Strong Bad asks for a "blue one" for The Cheat.

==See Also==
*[[Cold One]]
*[[Integral Article]]
*[[Secret Song]]
*[[Type]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Weclome Back

Sbemailman — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:43:09 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Remarks */

{{toonnav|Big Toon|weclomeback|A Folky Tale|Strongest Man in the World}}
[[Image:Weclome Back.PNG|thumb|"What is it, like, mid-May or something?"]]
Homestar and the gang all reflect on their summer vacation.

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

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Topiary Garden]], [[The Island]], [[Obstacle Course]], [[Airplane]]

'''Date:''' Monday, July 3, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:37

'''Page Title:''' Your dreams were your ticket out...

==Transcript==
''{A closeup of a time clock attached to a telephone pole. A time card is punched in. The words "Weclome Back" are shown, and flash various colors. Pull out to see Bubs holding a cup of coffee, in front of a table with styrofoam cups and an urn, in the Field. Marzipan enters and also punches in.}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, hello, Marzi-person! Welcome back.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, howdy, stranger!

'''BUBS:''' Stranger? I'm Bubs, remember?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{unimpressed}'' Uh, I know. It's a joke.

'''BUBS:''' That's hilarious! How was your vacation?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It was toot sweet! I took the Cool Tapes on a midwestern tour ''{the tour map pops up}'' of bead shops and topiary gardens.

''{Cut to a topiary garden; Marzipan, Strong Mad and The Cheat are playing in the band}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}''
:Cool tapes are cool, and we're better than ever,
:Cool tapes are cool, 'cause we're light as a feather.
:Keep it down with that real cool flavor,
:Me and The Cheat and our bass player.
:Rockin' the spot.
:Yeah, we're rockin' the spot.

''{Marzipan appears behind a topiary tree shaped like William Shakespeare.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Grapes, y'all! And don't forget we've got cool 7-inches for sale over at our merch table.

''{Cut to the merchandise table. Homsar is standing on it, it has a sign reading "Merch Masala" and another reading "Steven Inches $[[Pi|π]]"}''

'''HOMSAR:''' I'm a little light in the leftovers!

''{Homsar's hat flies off the left of the screen, then returns from the right and hits him on the head before settling back into its original position. Cut back to Bubs and Marzipan at the coffee table.}''

'''BUBS:''' I bet you drove the shapèd plants wild.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah, they were way into it. So what did you do?

'''BUBS:''' I drove my baloney sandwich truck down to the beach.

''{Cut to the tropical island. Bubs's "Baloney Sammich Truck", which resembles an ice-cream truck, doesn't quite fit, and the rear wheels are in the water.}''

'''BUBS:''' BAH-loh-NEH!!! Come on, people! Come on, palm tree! I'm-tryingtosellabaloneysammich!

''{An Atari seagull squawks and flies past.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{angrily to Atari seagull}'' You shut your face!

''{Cut back to the coffee table.}''

'''BUBS:''' I sold exactly zero baloney sandwiches!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, that's great!

'''BUBS:''' Yeah, it was pretty much my best summer ever.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{walks in}'' Same here. I spent two glorious weeks at Gluten Camp. I learned more about this oft-misunderstood plant protein than I ever thought possible.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' What''eva!'' ''{puts a time card in the time clock}'' I was across the lake at Glutton Camp. And we challenged those pansies to an obstacle course!

''{Cut to the obstacle course, pan across to see Strong Sad and the King of Town stuck in two tire swings.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, should we call it a draw?

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Hecks, no! I got stuck in here 10 minutes before you!

''{Pan across to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Let's go, Glorten Camp! Glorten Camp is pain and scranin' on yous!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh yeah?

''{cut back to the coffee table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well while you slo-mos were slounching around on your haunchy laurels, I was checking the most amazing email of my career!

''{Cut through static to Strong Bad, holding the Lappy, on a plane. Screen markers and a recording light are visible, as though viewed through a camcorder. Strong Bad leans in and adjusts the focus.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Lappy, when I mash record on that camera, we're gonna perform the world's first death-defying midair SBEmail check! We'll make the cover of all the latest blogs! Now, are you psyched?! I'm psyched, are you psyched?!? OK, 3! 2! 1!

''{Strong Bad leans in and presses a button on the camera. Cut through static to Strong Bad standing on the ground. The camera drops to the ground and slowly falls over.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the believing is hard to be doing, because that was so incredible! We met so many celebrities in midair! And the part with the narwhale was ''so'' illegal.

''{Cut through static to Strong Bad, back at the coffee table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, cuh-rap! What am I, your dad? I can't believe I pulled the old "mash Stop when you think you're mashing Record and mash Record when you think you're mashing Stop" routine on myself.

'''MARZIPAN:''' But if we've all been on vacation, who's been taking care of the website?

''{Homestar Runner walks in, tired, wearing a dressing gown, a nightcap and Nebulon slippers, with a cinnamon 5 o'clock shadow.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{yawns}'' What's up, my brothers? Let no one say the Homestar Runner don't know how to nap. What is it, like mid-May or something?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, try "early July."

''{Zoom in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aah! I slept through June!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup.

''{Zoom in even tighter.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aah! -gatha Christie would never sleep through June... neither would Angela Lansbury.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aren't they the same person?

'''BUBS:''' Yeah.

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Yep.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think they are.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yes, they definitely are.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, it's settled then. Now, what's this I hear about some of you guys sleeping through June? I'll let it slide this time, but June-sleepers will not be tolerated from this day henceforth. Now, whose turn was it to ''{rolls the "r"}'' bring the doughnuts?

'''EVERYONE BUT HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yours!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I'll let it slide this time, but dough-not rememberers will dough-not be tolerated from now on. All right, everybody, everybody. It's time to get this www-dot-show back on the road-dot-com. Now, places! Aaand...
[[Image:Weclome Back everybody.PNG|150px|right|"Everybody, everybody!"]]
''{Cut to everyone standing in regular clothes in front of a plain blue background. The words "everybody, everybody" appear in front of them, zooming and flashing. The music from the [[Intro]] page plays.}''

'''CHILDREN:''' Everybody, everybody! Everybody, everybody! Everybody, everybody! Everybody, everybody!
{{clear}}

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Freewheelinsteve.PNG|thumb|The Freewheelin' Eh, Steve]]
* In Homsar's scene, click on the "Steven Inches" sign to see a "The Freewheelin' Eh, Steve" album cover. On the bottom it lists the songs ''Sweet Cups and Cakes'' by Wheelchair Man, ''Eh, Steve's Dream'' by Eh, Steve!, and ''Talkin' Trying to Catch a Worm Blues'' by Fresh Juice.
* When the King of Town first appears, click on his crown to see his "I'm with Glutton Camp" [[T-Shirts|T-shirt]].
* Click on the left "everybody" at the end of the toon to see what Pom Pom and The Poopsmith presumably did during their summer vacation.
:''{Pom Pom and the Poopsmith are both leaning on the palm tree on the deserted island. The Poopsmith is wearing sunglasses, and Pom Pom is wearing Homestar's Dangeresque sunglasses. After a few moments, a thought cloud appears and reveals that Pom Pom is thinking of a baloney sandwich. Another one appears shortly afterwards and shows that the Poopsmith is too.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*This toon refers to the real-life vacation that [[The Brothers Chaps]] took in the late spring/early summer of 2006, during which time the site went nearly seven weeks (48 days) without a major update, the longest hiatus on record. There were various minor updates during this period, but no toons.
*"Toot sweet" is a play on the French phrase ''"tout de suite"'' (which translates to "immediately" or "at once"). Both phrases are pronounced roughly the same.
*The Baloney Truck is a spoof on the [[wikipedia:Ice_cream_truck|Ice Cream Truck/Van]], which is popular in some parts of the world.
*A 7-inch record is a single.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Cool tapes tour.png|thumb|300px|Cool Tapes' June 2006 tour]]
*The time card reads:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; font-family: monospace"
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C; font: bold 100% sans-serif"
! style="width: 5em" | IN: !! style="width: 5em" | OUT:
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " |   ||  
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
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|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
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|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 8:03 || 5:54
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 7:45 || 6:21
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 9:21 || 6:03
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 12:02 || 5:58
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 7:56 || 6:23
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 8:03 || 5:54
|- style="border: 3px solid #F9C"
| style="border-right: 10px double #F9C " | 7:45 || 6:21
|}
*The [[Cool Tapes]] tour goes through East Westerburg, Beadsburg, Bead Store City, Sculpted Busheston, New Beadshop, Topiarianapolis, Beeeeeds, and Tope Gardens. Other towns on the map are Northtime, Pantsburg, Shoigut, Thuxtable, and The Slickster.
*There are trees in the topiary garden shaped as an ice-cream cone, [[Trogdor]], a tree stump, and [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]].
*According to the sign on the side of Bubs's [[Baloney Sammich Truck]], he's selling:
**"Gumball Surprise"– A baloney sandwich with a pink gumball on top.
**"Open Smiley Face"– An open baloney sandwich with a smiley face drawn on it in mustard.
**"I Heart Baloney"– A baloney sandwich with heart-shaped bread.
**"Dog Food"– A baloney sandwich with bone-shaped bread.
**"It's Not a Real Popsicle" – A baloney sandwich with Popsicle-shaped bread.
**"Inside Out"– A piece of bread between two slices of baloney.
*In the DVD commentary on Strong Bad Email [[island]], Matt said they should use the island again. In addition to this cartoon, they already reused it in [[disconnected]].

===Remarks===
*[[Wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie]] and [[Wikipedia:Angela Lansbury|Angela Lansbury]] are not, in fact, the same person. Christie was a crime fiction author, and Lansbury is an actress famous for ''playing'' a crime fiction author on ''[[Wikipedia:Murder, She Wrote|Murder, She Wrote]]''. Lansbury ''did'', however, play Christie's fictional sleuth [[Wikipedia:Miss Marple|Miss Marple]] in the movie adaptation of Christie's ''[[Wikipedia:The Mirror Crack'd|The Mirror Crack'd]]''.
*The spelling ''narwhale'' and Strong Bad's pronunciation of it are accepted variants; the more common spelling is ''narwhal''.
*When we see the back of the Lappy, it has none of the connection ports from [[isp]], but it is possible that Strong Bad's glove may be covering them.
*When Cool Tapes plays in the Topiary Garden, no amplifiers are present. Yet, when it closes up on Marzipan in the following shot, two "Marzipan" amplifiers are present behind her.
*In the last scene, The Cheat suddenly appears after Homestar asks whose turn it was to bring the donuts.
*Homestar effectively rolls the "r" when saying "whose turn was it to bring the donuts" despite his speech impediment.
*The minute hand on the time clock is too long to point to 6 or 12.
*At the end if you look below the "everybody, everybody" words you will see that the cheat is floating and not touching the ground.

===Glitches===
*When Marzipan's angry expression is used, blinking causes her outline to be intruded.

===Inside References===
* [[Pants]]burg is one of the [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|places Strong Bad visited]] on his [[vacation]], and one of the places (along with Northtime and Shoigut) in [[Limozeen]]'s [[Limozeen#Zeenin' Across the Country 2001|Zeenin' Across the Country tour]].
* Strong Bad's line, "I can't believe I pulled the 'Mash stop when you think you're mashing record, and mash record when you think you're mashing stop' on myself", is a reference to [[Mashing Go|mashing go/play on something]]
* The Atari seagull first appeared in [[huttah!]] and [[take-a-break.exe]].
* Marzipan's [[Cool Tapes]] band comes from [[Cool Things]].
**Marzipan's remark, "Grapes, y'all!", is a reference to the bag of four grapes that appeared in the original lyrics.
* The toon's title contains the word [[Unusual Greetings#Weclome|Weclome]].
* Bubs pronounces "shaped plants" the same way Strong Bad and Teenage Homestar pronounced "striped pants" in [[highschool]].
* One of the places the Cool Tapes band visits is East Westerburg. Westerberg (spelled slightly differently) was visited in [[Thy Dungeonman 3]], and it was to the east of the player's starting location.
* The Poopsmith is wearing what appears to be [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] sunglasses, and Pom Pom is wearing [[Dangeresque Too]]'s sunglasses.
* In addition to the two ropes attaching the tire swings to the tree at the obstacle course, a third rope hangs from the sky and sways gently, as did the rope featured in [[A Folky Tale]].
* The "Gumball Surprise" is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].
* Homestar's sleeping through June is similar to how he slept through most of Decemberween in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].
* The Eh! Steve song "Sweet Cups and Cakes" refers to [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]], from which he originated.
* "Fresh Juice" (from the Eh! Steve album) is one of the suggested death metal lyrics from the worksheet in [[death metal]].
* Homestar is wearing [[Cinnamon|cinnamon]] on his face, and his slippers resemble [[Nebulon]], who first appeared on [[Main Page 1]].
* Marzipan's comment, "Who's been taking care of the website?" is an example of [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaking the fourth wall]].

===Real-World References===
*The city "The Slickster" (as seen on the Cool Tapes tour map) is a reference to former [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] manager [[Wikipedia:Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Ken Johnson]], whose ring name was Slick and often called "The Slickster" by the commentators.
*The city of "Thuxtable" is a reference to Theo Huxtable, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Cosby Show|The Cosby Show]]. Theo Huxtable was previously referenced in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], when Coach Z dressed up like him.
*The design of the Cool Tapes Marzipan amps is based on the design of the classic [[Wikipedia:Marshall Amplification|Marshall Amp]]. It was previously seen in [[different town]]. Marshall is a famous brand of guitar amp that became synonymous with heavy metal and rock bands.
*The page title references the John E. Sebastian song "Welcome Back," which was the theme song from the sitcom ''[[Wikipedia:Welcome Back, Kotter|Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' ("Welcome back / Your dreams were your ticket out...").
*Athletic competitions between summer camps occupying the same campground are common in family movies and cartoons. Some examples include the movies ''[[Wikipedia:Heavyweights|Heavyweights]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Meatballs (film)|Meatballs]]''.
*The "Freewheelin' Eh! Steve" album cover is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan's]] early album, ''[[Wikipedia:The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan|The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]''. In addition, "Eh! Steve's Dream" is a reference to the Dylan song ''Bob Dylan's Dream'' and "Talkin' Trying to Catch a Worm Blues" refers to Dylan's song ''Talkin' World War III Blues''.
*Homestar's green ribcage [[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear|shirt]] is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]]'', in which [[Wikipedia:Nigel Tufnel|Nigel Tufnel]] wears the same shirt and later remarks "This is what I sleep in sometimes".
**The Eh! Steve song "Sweet Cups and Cakes" is likely a ''This Is Spinal Tap'' reference as well, since "Cups and Cakes" is the name of a Spinal Tap song.
*Strong Mad's violin styled bass bears a resemblance to the [[Wikipedia:Hofner|Hofner]] bass played by [[Wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney]]. However, Strong Mad plays right handed, while Paul is left-handed.
*The sign on the merchandise table that reads "Merch Masala" refers to the 1985 Hindi movie [[Wikipedia:Mirch Masala|Mirch Masala]]. Mirch Masala is also the name of an Indian restaurant in Decatur, Georgia.
*Strong Sad's "I'm with gluten camp" T-shirt is a play on the popular [[Wikipedia:1980s|'80s]] "I'm with stupid" T-shirts.
*[[Wikipedia:Gluten|Gluten]] is a protein that makes up 80% of the protein in wheat.
*Marzipan almost smashing [[Carol]] in the "Cool Tapes" scene is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pete Townshend|Pete Townshend]]'s habit of smashing his guitars onstage.

==External Links==
*[[HR:weclomeback.html|watch "Weclome Back"]]
*[[HR:weclomeback.swf|view the Flash file for "Weclome Back"]]
*[[Forum:8992|forum thread re: "Weclome Back"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|weclomeback}}

[[Category:Toons]]

your funeral

Sbemailman — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:14:29 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Trivia */

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[[Image:Sbemail168.png|thumb|"Shut up, lady!"]]

Strong Bad makes plans for his funeral.

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

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

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 12, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Strong Bad, how you gonna check that email with my boxing gloves, with my boxing gloves?

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: funeral</div>
Dear Screaming Yellow Strong Bad, 
What do you think your funeral would be like? 
Sincerely Yours, 
Bibendum
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh man, Addendum. My funeral is ''{types "funeral's"}'' going to be off all of the following: the hook, the chain, the charts, the grid, and most importantly, the wagon.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First, I'll have to deal with the most difficult decision a newlydead faces: what to do with my stinking, rotten remains. I don't want to be just lying there surrounded by sweet-smelling flowers and sweat-smelling followers.

''{cut to Strong Bad with his eyes blacked out lying surrounded by flowers in a coffin with the word "COUGHIN'" on the side. Behind him is a person wearing a ducky shirt.}''

'''OLD LADY:''' Oh, he looks so peaceful.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head}'' Shut up, lady! Peaceful is ''not'' how I roll.

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's why I'm gonna be taxidoimied! Nothing sums up my life's achievements quite like my stuffed corpse suplexing a cougar.

''{cut to a white background. Strong Bad is standing on a log that says "Yosemite National Park" and holding a cougar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a high voice}'' Mrow! ''{normal voice}'' It'll be kept in a place of honor for all the world to want to make out with.

''{scene fades to Marzipan's house. Homestar Runner enters from the right with a brown hat and jacket; he hangs them on the taxidermized Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, I'm home!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{entering from the left}'' Did you find the DNA evidence?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not yet, but I'm getting close!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, maybe I'll just preserve myself fetal pig-style in a mason jar filled with the salty tears

''{cut to a jar filled with a liquid looking like water with an obviously dead Strong Bad inside. He has pieces of flesh missing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' of all the heartbroken private school girls that will pine-uh for me-uh.

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That way, there'll be something to re-animate once the zombie uprising cometh. In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And while I'm a big fan of the classic ''{sings to the tune of Chopin's funeral march}'' "dunh-dunh-da-dunh-Dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh," my funeral dirge would be written and performed by Taranchula!!

''{cut to the Field. Strong Sad is wearing a black tie and carrying the jar containing Strong Bad's remains. Metal music begins to play.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Wo, ho, ho, ho, ho!

''{pan out; Strong Sad and the jar are silhouetted and The Cheat is following behind, whipping Strong Sad with a whip. Strong Mad and Bubs follow The Cheat.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{singing}'' Put him in a jar! Put him in a jar! Put him in a jar!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Since I'm not very confident in Strong Mad or The Cheat's public speaking abilities, I'll pre-record my own eulogy and have it played back on 5 boomboxes...

''{cut back to the field: five boomboxes, including the [[booOOMbox]] and one made of cardboard, are stacked between two large vases with roses in them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...stacked on top of each other!

'''STRONG BAD'S VOICE FROM THE BOOMBOXES:''' Greetings, blubbering masses! Pull youselves together! And turn of the snot works! We are gathered here to di—

''{strange electronic noises}''

'''COACH Z'S VOICE FROM THE BOOMBOXES:''' I hope I'm not recording over anything important! OK, drap it! ''{rhythmically}'' Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2,

''{cut to Bubs and Coach Z wearing ties and looking sad}''

'''COACH Z'S VOICE FROM THE BOOMBOXES:''' 3, 4,

''{Bubs looks at Coach Z, annoyed. Coach Z begins to dance.}''

'''COACH Z'S VOICE FROM THE BOOMBOXES:''' Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2—

''{cut to Homestar Runner in a tuxedo and black propeller cap standing behind a pulpit between two vases of roses.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{with sad eyes}'' Thank you, Strong Bad. And now, a reading from the book of phone. ''{gets out a phone book and puts it on the pulpit}'' Chapter 16, Pizza Places. Aardvark Pizza. Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin. ''{Turns page}'' Acupuncture and Pizza: ''{voice begins to waver}'' Open late, free delivery! ''{puts phone book back}''. And now, Strong Sad will perform an interpretive dance based on his brother's life.''

''{A gong sounds. Cut to Strong Sad dancing onto the scene wearing a leotard. Sound of shattering glass; some shards of glass fly in from the left. Cut to Strong Bad's corpse, which has broken open the jar. His eyes remain black and his body disfigured. The audience gasps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a distorted, higher voice}'' Sorry, everybody. Funeral's over. Not even death can stop me from stopping my leotarded brother from prancing around in my honor.

''{cut to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' But you never got to see Chaup au Fan!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You keep your chappy thong to yourself, Mister!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hordes of locusts and famine got nothing on the sight of Strong Sad dancing interpretively. So, in order to spare the world, I guess I can just never die. Okay! Man, I sure hope the zombies still let me fight on their side. I've got my own tattered jeans and mouthful of grape jelly. Anyone? ''{in smaller text}'' Zombies? ''{in even smaller text}'' Jelly? ''{in yet even smaller text}'' Grapity?

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Acupuncturepizza.png|thumb|NEEDLE'D!]]
*Click on "Bibendum" to see Strong Sad as the Michelin Man (i.e. Bibendum).
*Click on the phone book after Homestar says "Acupuncture and Pizza" to see an ad for it.
*At the end of the email, click on the word "zombies" (the first occurrence) to see a clip of [[Pom Pom]] and [[Strong Sad]] in their 2046 forms.
:''{Cut to a scene with a future Pom Pom and Strong Sad in a purple room with cardboard boxes and flickering lights. Both are smoking cigars and Pom Pom is wearing an ammo belt. Strong Sad's arms are muscular and he is covered with scars. The phrase "THE YEAR 2046..." is subtitled onscreen.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' ''{deep voice}'' Fall back. The zombies have broken through our defenses!
:''{Cut to a pale orange room with Strong Bad standing in front of an open door. Strong Bad has stuck part of a brain on the left side of his head and is wearing ripped denim jeans. As he talks, grape jelly oozes out of his mouth.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' BAUGHRG!
:''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Pom Pom.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' We need to activate the doomsday device. ''{zoom in}'' Get the leotard!
:''{Taranchula is heard singing "Put 'em in a jar!"}''

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Suplex|suplex]] is an offensive move often used in professional, olympic, and collegiate wrestling.
*[[Wikipedia:Taxidermy|Taxidermy]] is the practice of preserving dead animals (usually sport game shot by a hunter) by stuffing them full of sand or sawdust to retain their natural posture for display as trophies.

===Trivia===
*When the email was first released, there was no loading screen at the beginning.
*This email originally did not have the Bibendum Easter egg. It was added several hours after the email was released.
*This is the first time we ever see Strong Bad with his eyes faded.

===Remarks===
*The letter P is the 16th letter in the English alphabet, hence Chapter 16 being [[Pizza]] places.
*The effect used for zombie Strong Bad's voice when he interrupts Strong Sad's dance is the same one used for Marshie's creepy voice in the easter eggs contained in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] and [[candy product]].
*Since 2046 is shown as being quite different from [[20X6]], we know of at least one decade 20X6 ''cannot'' be.
*There is a rip in the mouth of the re-animated, mason jar preserved Strong Bad's mask where flesh is visible which may imply that he has a face underneath his mask.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad first talks about preserving his corpse in a jar, the right side of his ribs (from the viewer's perspective) are exposed, but when Strong Sad is carrying the jar before the funeral, the left side of his ribs are exposed instead. When he breaks out of the jar during the funeral, the right side of his ribs are exposed again.
*In the easter egg, 2046 Strong Sad is seen with scars on his body and no belly button in the beginning long shot. However, when the shot is close up of Strong Sad, the scars are gone and the belly button is back, exactly like his normal body.

===Inside References===
*This is the fourth email in a row mentioning [[DNA evidence]].
*This is another mention of [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|Strong Bad typing with boxing gloves on]].
*The fat man at Strong Bad's funeral is wearing a [[Duckie Shirt|duckie shirt]].
*The lady commenting on Strong Bad's peacefulness and Strong Bad saying, "Shut up, lady!" is a reference to [[bottom 10]], when a lady with a similar voice commented on the chocolate desserts that were on Strong Bad's bottom 10 list. Strong Bad told her the same thing: "Shut up, lady!"
*This is another reference to [[Prancing]].
*This is also another reference to [[Smoking]].
*Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin is another mention of [[Pizza|pizza]], and [[Presidents]]. Also, Lincoln is famous for having grown up in a one-room log cabin.
*Strong Sad's plate of lined-up corn kernels and peas (seen the first Easter egg) is from [[looking old]].
*Strong Bad's comment about his party being "off the wagon" is another reference to [[Alcohol|alcohol]].

===Real-World References===
*Bibendum is the official mascot for [[Wikipedia:Michelin|Michelin]].
*[[Wikipedia:Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] is a national park located in California.
*The classic funeral march Strong Bad sings is part of [[Wikipedia:Frédéric Chopin|Frédéric Chopin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35]]. The well-known funeral march is in movement 3 of this piece.

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

Instruments

Sbemailman — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:55:54 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Teen Girl Squad */

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:cool tapes.PNG|thumb|Cool tapes are cool]]
The populace of [[Free Country, USA]] are quite musically talented; several of them play various instruments.

==Marzipan's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:carol.PNG|thumb|right|220px|"Come on Carol, let's rock!"]]

'''[[Carol]]''' is [[Marzipan]]'s [[Wikipedia:Guitar|guitar]], (although in [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, she is called "Carl"). She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a [[Wikipedia:Gadsden_flag|"Don't Tread on Me"]]-style [[Snakes|snake]] from the [[Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. Marzipan plays Carol in the band [[Cool Tapes]] with Strong Mad and The Cheat. However, the sound Carol makes in the song "''[[Cool Tapes#Cool Tapes 1 — Cool Things|Cool Things]]''" is much more like that of an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]] with [[Wikipedia: Distortion (guitar)|distortion]].

===Electric Guitar===
In [[different town]], Strong Bad wishes that Marzipan would rock, picturing her playing an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]]. The guitar resembles a [[Skulls|skull]], spine, and several other bones. It is unknown if Marzipan has ever played an electric guitar, however, as mentioned above, it seems as though Carol is capable of making an electric guitar resonance in the song "Cool Tapes".

===Ukulele===
[[Image:Ukulele_and_Poetry.png|thumb|right|110px|"Oo-koo-lay-lay!"]]
The '''[[Wikipedia:Ukulele|Ukulele]]''' is used by Marzipan to play Hawaiian music for her [[Wikipedia: Luau|luau]]. This is a more appropriate instrument than Carol to accompany Strong Sad's Polynesian prose. This instrument sports the letter "M", standing either for "Marzipan" or as the monogram of the instrument's own (unknown) name.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Audition With Marzipan]]
*[[The Luau]]

==The Cheat's Instruments==

===Keyboard===
[[Image:cheat_keyboard.png|thumb|right|110px|Beautiful music]]
[[Image:cheat_keyboard_puppet_time.png|thumb|right|110px|Puppet time tunes]]
'''[[The Cheat]]'s keyboard''' is a [[Wikipedia:Casio|Casio]] [http://www.synthmania.com/sk-1.htm Sk-1] portable sampling keyboard. The Cheat has played the [[Strong Badia]] National Anthem, a background beat for [[Strong Bad]]'s chart-topping hit "Song About Sibbie," and the acoustics for "Everybody Knows It" on it.

The Cheat's keyboard appears to have an extra key between E and F and ''two'' extra keys between B and C.

According to Strong Bad in the email [[guitar]], if he had a band, The Cheat would play keyboards.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[flag day]]
*Email [[guitar]] (mentioned)
*Email [[sibbie]]
*[[Everybody Knows It]]
*Email [[pop-up]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]]

===DJ Equipment/Mixing===
[[Image:djcheatequipment.png|thumb|200px|Indie-tronic]]

When The Cheat is on tour as DJ Teh C., he uses a set of DJ equipment, which seems to include a pair of single [[Wikipedia: Phonograph#Turntable construction|turntables]]. He most likely also has a [[Wikipedia: Mixing console|mixer board]], as he is able to make an Indie-Tronic remix out of [[The Geddup Noise]], as well as a remix of "[[Quote of the Week|Not Talkin' 'bout Butter]]".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[geddup noise]]

===Record Player===
[[Image:Cheats Record player.png|thumb|The record player]]
'''The Cheat's Record Player''' appeared in [[rampage]] when he was playing background music for Strong Bad and [[Coach Z]] when they were going on a lyrical rampage.

According to the [[rampage#DVD_Version|DVD Commentary]] for rampage, this is based off of the [http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/k-record-players/Record-Players.html Fisher Price Record Player] toy that [[Matt Chapman]] had when he was a kid, and tried to bring to college. The real record player could play 33 to 45 RPM records and, according to Matt, could only play "slow stuff or jazz" or else "it just couldn't handle it".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[rampage]]

===Drums===
[[Image:Cheatdrum.PNG|thumb|110px|Cool Tapes]]
The Cheat plays a trap set in the band [[Cool Tapes]]. In [[Cool Things]] and [[Weclome Back]] he plays a drum set with a crash cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom, snare drum and bass drum. He has "Cool Tapes" written on his bass drum head.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Strong Mad's Instruments==
===Electric Bass===
[[Image:SMBass.PNG|thumb|DOLEY-O!!!]]
'''[[Strong Mad]]'s [[wikipedia:bass|bass]]''' is an instrument that Strong Mad plays in the band Cool Tapes with Marzipan and The Cheat. The bass is black and has Strong Mad's intitials on the headstock. He uses a blue pick to play.

He was first seen playing the instrument in Cool Things as the band recorded their first ''Cool Tapes'' song. He later is seen playing it again in a topiary garden during the band's midwestern tour.

'''Appearances:'''
*[[guitar]] (mentioned)
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Bubs' Instruments==
===Keytar===
[[Image:Bubs with Keytar.png|thumb|right|Bubs gets all the royalties]]
'''[[Bubs]]' Keytar''' is based on a [http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/yamaha_shs10.cfm Yamaha SHS-10 FM digital keyboard], whose most common variation is red and features colored buttons. With low-quality sounds and a $100 price tag, it was practically a toy, but had professional features like MIDI out, pitch-bend, and a two-digit LED display to indicate patch/program changes.

The only significant difference between Bubs' keytar and a real SHS-10 is that Bubs' only has 24 keys, while the real one has 32.

The keytar debuted in the Strong Bad Email "[[cheatday]]." Bubs had it behind the couch in [[Strong Bad's Basement|Strong Bad's basement]] so he could help supply the music for "The Date of Birth Song".

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' Email [[cheatday]]

==Strong Sad's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:ssguitar.png|thumb|Walkin' on clouds and flippin' off rainbows.]]
'''[[Strong Sad]]''' owns a '''[[Wikipedia:Classical guitar|classical guitar]]''' that he plays in the email song for [[alternate universe]]. A drawing of Strong Sad playing a twelve-string guitar had previously appeared in the [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|sketchbook]]. That guitar was held right-handed, and Strong Sad was seen writing right-handed in [[record book]] and [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. Nevertheless, he plays this six-string guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[alternate universe]]

==The King of Town's Instruments==
[[Image:NotTalkinBoutButter.png|thumb|110px|"Not Talkin' 'Bout Butter"]]
===Guitar===
As heard in "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter," and [[Missing Lappy]], the '''[[King of Town]]''' plays "guitar, apparently!"

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
*[[Missing Lappy]]

==The Hornblower's Instruments==
===Buisine===
[[Image:Marching_Band.PNG|thumb|"A-break it down for me, fell-as!"]]
'''[[The Hornblower]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:buisine|buisine]]''', including in the [[K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band]]..

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' [[The King of Town DVD]]
*[[King of Town Main Page]]
*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Fall Float Parade]]

===Saxophone===
The Hornblower plays a '''[[Wikipedia:Saxophone|saxophone]]''' as part of [[All the King's Men!]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Poopsmith's Instruments==
===Cymbals===
'''[[The Poopsmith]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Cymbals|cymbals]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
==The Knight's Instruments==
===Bass Drum===
'''[[The Knight]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Bass Drum|bass drum]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
===Stand-up Bass===
[[Image:AtKM.png|thumb|"Ohh Yeeaahh!"]]
The Knight plays a stand up bass as part of All The King's Men!.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Blacksmith's Instruments==
===Drums===
'''[[The Blacksmith]]''' plays a small trap set as part of All The King's Men!. He appears to be [[Left Handedness|left handed]], since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]
==Instruments played by Character Variations==
===Teenage===
[[Image:Mysfit steries band.png|thumb|Maybe they play their own instruments?]]
In the email [[highschool]], the teenage versions of '''[[Teenage Homestar|Homestar]], [[Teenage Marzipan|Marzipan]], [[Teenage Strong Mad|Strong Mad]], and [[Teenage Strong Bad|Strong Bad]]''' play in a band. However, Strong Bad's admitted "doodle memory" could mean that these characters were not able to play these instruments.

*Homestar - Guitar ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*Marzipan - Tambourine
*Strong Mad - Drums
*Strong Bad - Keyboard

===Old-Timey===
[[Image:Worshboard.PNG|right|thumb|70px|Worsh it!]]
====Washboard====
'''[[The Homestar Runner]]''' plays "a mean worshboard" (labeled "worsh it!") that [[Stinkoman]] assumes is some kind of robot in [[20X6 vs. 1936]]. A '''[[Wikipedia:washboard|washboard]]''' is a homemade instrument that is played with a mallet.

==Instruments played by "Created Characters"==
===Teen Girl Squad===
[[Image:Kissy Boots.PNG|200px|thumb|Kissy Boots in action.]]

In Issue 8, the girls join a battle of the bands as [[Kissyboots|Kissy Boots]]. Each of them plays an instrument in the band.
*[[Cheerleader]] - guitar
*[[So and So]] - keyboard
*[[What's Her Face]] - bass ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*[[The Ugly One]] - drums
*[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Shark|A Shark]] - bass

===Saddy Dumpington===
====Washboard====
[[Image:ss_dumpington.PNG|thumb|100px|Miserable and Depressing]]
In [[A Folky Tale]], '''[[Saddy Dumpington]]''' is seen carrying a mallet and wears a washboard around his neck.

[[Category:Instruments|*]][[Category:Lists]]

Instruments

Sbemailman — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:55:23 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Teen Girl Squad */

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:cool tapes.PNG|thumb|Cool tapes are cool]]
The populace of [[Free Country, USA]] are quite musically talented; several of them play various instruments.

==Marzipan's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:carol.PNG|thumb|right|220px|"Come on Carol, let's rock!"]]

'''[[Carol]]''' is [[Marzipan]]'s [[Wikipedia:Guitar|guitar]], (although in [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, she is called "Carl"). She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a [[Wikipedia:Gadsden_flag|"Don't Tread on Me"]]-style [[Snakes|snake]] from the [[Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. Marzipan plays Carol in the band [[Cool Tapes]] with Strong Mad and The Cheat. However, the sound Carol makes in the song "''[[Cool Tapes#Cool Tapes 1 — Cool Things|Cool Things]]''" is much more like that of an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]] with [[Wikipedia: Distortion (guitar)|distortion]].

===Electric Guitar===
In [[different town]], Strong Bad wishes that Marzipan would rock, picturing her playing an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]]. The guitar resembles a [[Skulls|skull]], spine, and several other bones. It is unknown if Marzipan has ever played an electric guitar, however, as mentioned above, it seems as though Carol is capable of making an electric guitar resonance in the song "Cool Tapes".

===Ukulele===
[[Image:Ukulele_and_Poetry.png|thumb|right|110px|"Oo-koo-lay-lay!"]]
The '''[[Wikipedia:Ukulele|Ukulele]]''' is used by Marzipan to play Hawaiian music for her [[Wikipedia: Luau|luau]]. This is a more appropriate instrument than Carol to accompany Strong Sad's Polynesian prose. This instrument sports the letter "M", standing either for "Marzipan" or as the monogram of the instrument's own (unknown) name.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Audition With Marzipan]]
*[[The Luau]]

==The Cheat's Instruments==

===Keyboard===
[[Image:cheat_keyboard.png|thumb|right|110px|Beautiful music]]
[[Image:cheat_keyboard_puppet_time.png|thumb|right|110px|Puppet time tunes]]
'''[[The Cheat]]'s keyboard''' is a [[Wikipedia:Casio|Casio]] [http://www.synthmania.com/sk-1.htm Sk-1] portable sampling keyboard. The Cheat has played the [[Strong Badia]] National Anthem, a background beat for [[Strong Bad]]'s chart-topping hit "Song About Sibbie," and the acoustics for "Everybody Knows It" on it.

The Cheat's keyboard appears to have an extra key between E and F and ''two'' extra keys between B and C.

According to Strong Bad in the email [[guitar]], if he had a band, The Cheat would play keyboards.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[flag day]]
*Email [[guitar]] (mentioned)
*Email [[sibbie]]
*[[Everybody Knows It]]
*Email [[pop-up]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]]

===DJ Equipment/Mixing===
[[Image:djcheatequipment.png|thumb|200px|Indie-tronic]]

When The Cheat is on tour as DJ Teh C., he uses a set of DJ equipment, which seems to include a pair of single [[Wikipedia: Phonograph#Turntable construction|turntables]]. He most likely also has a [[Wikipedia: Mixing console|mixer board]], as he is able to make an Indie-Tronic remix out of [[The Geddup Noise]], as well as a remix of "[[Quote of the Week|Not Talkin' 'bout Butter]]".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[geddup noise]]

===Record Player===
[[Image:Cheats Record player.png|thumb|The record player]]
'''The Cheat's Record Player''' appeared in [[rampage]] when he was playing background music for Strong Bad and [[Coach Z]] when they were going on a lyrical rampage.

According to the [[rampage#DVD_Version|DVD Commentary]] for rampage, this is based off of the [http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/k-record-players/Record-Players.html Fisher Price Record Player] toy that [[Matt Chapman]] had when he was a kid, and tried to bring to college. The real record player could play 33 to 45 RPM records and, according to Matt, could only play "slow stuff or jazz" or else "it just couldn't handle it".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[rampage]]

===Drums===
[[Image:Cheatdrum.PNG|thumb|110px|Cool Tapes]]
The Cheat plays a trap set in the band [[Cool Tapes]]. In [[Cool Things]] and [[Weclome Back]] he plays a drum set with a crash cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom, snare drum and bass drum. He has "Cool Tapes" written on his bass drum head.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Strong Mad's Instruments==
===Electric Bass===
[[Image:SMBass.PNG|thumb|DOLEY-O!!!]]
'''[[Strong Mad]]'s [[wikipedia:bass|bass]]''' is an instrument that Strong Mad plays in the band Cool Tapes with Marzipan and The Cheat. The bass is black and has Strong Mad's intitials on the headstock. He uses a blue pick to play.

He was first seen playing the instrument in Cool Things as the band recorded their first ''Cool Tapes'' song. He later is seen playing it again in a topiary garden during the band's midwestern tour.

'''Appearances:'''
*[[guitar]] (mentioned)
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Bubs' Instruments==
===Keytar===
[[Image:Bubs with Keytar.png|thumb|right|Bubs gets all the royalties]]
'''[[Bubs]]' Keytar''' is based on a [http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/yamaha_shs10.cfm Yamaha SHS-10 FM digital keyboard], whose most common variation is red and features colored buttons. With low-quality sounds and a $100 price tag, it was practically a toy, but had professional features like MIDI out, pitch-bend, and a two-digit LED display to indicate patch/program changes.

The only significant difference between Bubs' keytar and a real SHS-10 is that Bubs' only has 24 keys, while the real one has 32.

The keytar debuted in the Strong Bad Email "[[cheatday]]." Bubs had it behind the couch in [[Strong Bad's Basement|Strong Bad's basement]] so he could help supply the music for "The Date of Birth Song".

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' Email [[cheatday]]

==Strong Sad's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:ssguitar.png|thumb|Walkin' on clouds and flippin' off rainbows.]]
'''[[Strong Sad]]''' owns a '''[[Wikipedia:Classical guitar|classical guitar]]''' that he plays in the email song for [[alternate universe]]. A drawing of Strong Sad playing a twelve-string guitar had previously appeared in the [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|sketchbook]]. That guitar was held right-handed, and Strong Sad was seen writing right-handed in [[record book]] and [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. Nevertheless, he plays this six-string guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[alternate universe]]

==The King of Town's Instruments==
[[Image:NotTalkinBoutButter.png|thumb|110px|"Not Talkin' 'Bout Butter"]]
===Guitar===
As heard in "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter," and [[Missing Lappy]], the '''[[King of Town]]''' plays "guitar, apparently!"

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
*[[Missing Lappy]]

==The Hornblower's Instruments==
===Buisine===
[[Image:Marching_Band.PNG|thumb|"A-break it down for me, fell-as!"]]
'''[[The Hornblower]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:buisine|buisine]]''', including in the [[K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band]]..

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' [[The King of Town DVD]]
*[[King of Town Main Page]]
*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Fall Float Parade]]

===Saxophone===
The Hornblower plays a '''[[Wikipedia:Saxophone|saxophone]]''' as part of [[All the King's Men!]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Poopsmith's Instruments==
===Cymbals===
'''[[The Poopsmith]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Cymbals|cymbals]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
==The Knight's Instruments==
===Bass Drum===
'''[[The Knight]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Bass Drum|bass drum]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
===Stand-up Bass===
[[Image:AtKM.png|thumb|"Ohh Yeeaahh!"]]
The Knight plays a stand up bass as part of All The King's Men!.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Blacksmith's Instruments==
===Drums===
'''[[The Blacksmith]]''' plays a small trap set as part of All The King's Men!. He appears to be [[Left Handedness|left handed]], since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]
==Instruments played by Character Variations==
===Teenage===
[[Image:Mysfit steries band.png|thumb|Maybe they play their own instruments?]]
In the email [[highschool]], the teenage versions of '''[[Teenage Homestar|Homestar]], [[Teenage Marzipan|Marzipan]], [[Teenage Strong Mad|Strong Mad]], and [[Teenage Strong Bad|Strong Bad]]''' play in a band. However, Strong Bad's admitted "doodle memory" could mean that these characters were not able to play these instruments.

*Homestar - Guitar ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*Marzipan - Tambourine
*Strong Mad - Drums
*Strong Bad - Keyboard

===Old-Timey===
[[Image:Worshboard.PNG|right|thumb|70px|Worsh it!]]
====Washboard====
'''[[The Homestar Runner]]''' plays "a mean worshboard" (labeled "worsh it!") that [[Stinkoman]] assumes is some kind of robot in [[20X6 vs. 1936]]. A '''[[Wikipedia:washboard|washboard]]''' is a homemade instrument that is played with a mallet.

==Instruments played by "Created Characters"==
===Teen Girl Squad===
[[Image:Kissy Boots.PNG|200px|thumb|Kissy Boots in action.]]

In Issue 8, the girls join a battle of the bands as Kissy Boots. Each of them plays an instrument in the band.
*[[Cheerleader]] - guitar
*[[So and So]] - keyboard
*[[What's Her Face]] - bass ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*[[The Ugly One]] - drums
*[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Shark|A Shark]] - bass

===Saddy Dumpington===
====Washboard====
[[Image:ss_dumpington.PNG|thumb|100px|Miserable and Depressing]]
In [[A Folky Tale]], '''[[Saddy Dumpington]]''' is seen carrying a mallet and wears a washboard around his neck.

[[Category:Instruments|*]][[Category:Lists]]

Instruments

Sbemailman — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:53:23 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Teen Girl Squad */

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:cool tapes.PNG|thumb|Cool tapes are cool]]
The populace of [[Free Country, USA]] are quite musically talented; several of them play various instruments.

==Marzipan's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:carol.PNG|thumb|right|220px|"Come on Carol, let's rock!"]]

'''[[Carol]]''' is [[Marzipan]]'s [[Wikipedia:Guitar|guitar]], (although in [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, she is called "Carl"). She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a [[Wikipedia:Gadsden_flag|"Don't Tread on Me"]]-style [[Snakes|snake]] from the [[Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. Marzipan plays Carol in the band [[Cool Tapes]] with Strong Mad and The Cheat. However, the sound Carol makes in the song "''[[Cool Tapes#Cool Tapes 1 — Cool Things|Cool Things]]''" is much more like that of an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]] with [[Wikipedia: Distortion (guitar)|distortion]].

===Electric Guitar===
In [[different town]], Strong Bad wishes that Marzipan would rock, picturing her playing an [[Wikipedia: Electric guitar|electric guitar]]. The guitar resembles a [[Skulls|skull]], spine, and several other bones. It is unknown if Marzipan has ever played an electric guitar, however, as mentioned above, it seems as though Carol is capable of making an electric guitar resonance in the song "Cool Tapes".

===Ukulele===
[[Image:Ukulele_and_Poetry.png|thumb|right|110px|"Oo-koo-lay-lay!"]]
The '''[[Wikipedia:Ukulele|Ukulele]]''' is used by Marzipan to play Hawaiian music for her [[Wikipedia: Luau|luau]]. This is a more appropriate instrument than Carol to accompany Strong Sad's Polynesian prose. This instrument sports the letter "M", standing either for "Marzipan" or as the monogram of the instrument's own (unknown) name.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Audition With Marzipan]]
*[[The Luau]]

==The Cheat's Instruments==

===Keyboard===
[[Image:cheat_keyboard.png|thumb|right|110px|Beautiful music]]
[[Image:cheat_keyboard_puppet_time.png|thumb|right|110px|Puppet time tunes]]
'''[[The Cheat]]'s keyboard''' is a [[Wikipedia:Casio|Casio]] [http://www.synthmania.com/sk-1.htm Sk-1] portable sampling keyboard. The Cheat has played the [[Strong Badia]] National Anthem, a background beat for [[Strong Bad]]'s chart-topping hit "Song About Sibbie," and the acoustics for "Everybody Knows It" on it.

The Cheat's keyboard appears to have an extra key between E and F and ''two'' extra keys between B and C.

According to Strong Bad in the email [[guitar]], if he had a band, The Cheat would play keyboards.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[flag day]]
*Email [[guitar]] (mentioned)
*Email [[sibbie]]
*[[Everybody Knows It]]
*Email [[pop-up]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]]

===DJ Equipment/Mixing===
[[Image:djcheatequipment.png|thumb|200px|Indie-tronic]]

When The Cheat is on tour as DJ Teh C., he uses a set of DJ equipment, which seems to include a pair of single [[Wikipedia: Phonograph#Turntable construction|turntables]]. He most likely also has a [[Wikipedia: Mixing console|mixer board]], as he is able to make an Indie-Tronic remix out of [[The Geddup Noise]], as well as a remix of "[[Quote of the Week|Not Talkin' 'bout Butter]]".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[geddup noise]]

===Record Player===
[[Image:Cheats Record player.png|thumb|The record player]]
'''The Cheat's Record Player''' appeared in [[rampage]] when he was playing background music for Strong Bad and [[Coach Z]] when they were going on a lyrical rampage.

According to the [[rampage#DVD_Version|DVD Commentary]] for rampage, this is based off of the [http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/k-record-players/Record-Players.html Fisher Price Record Player] toy that [[Matt Chapman]] had when he was a kid, and tried to bring to college. The real record player could play 33 to 45 RPM records and, according to Matt, could only play "slow stuff or jazz" or else "it just couldn't handle it".

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[rampage]]

===Drums===
[[Image:Cheatdrum.PNG|thumb|110px|Cool Tapes]]
The Cheat plays a trap set in the band [[Cool Tapes]]. In [[Cool Things]] and [[Weclome Back]] he plays a drum set with a crash cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom, snare drum and bass drum. He has "Cool Tapes" written on his bass drum head.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Strong Mad's Instruments==
===Electric Bass===
[[Image:SMBass.PNG|thumb|DOLEY-O!!!]]
'''[[Strong Mad]]'s [[wikipedia:bass|bass]]''' is an instrument that Strong Mad plays in the band Cool Tapes with Marzipan and The Cheat. The bass is black and has Strong Mad's intitials on the headstock. He uses a blue pick to play.

He was first seen playing the instrument in Cool Things as the band recorded their first ''Cool Tapes'' song. He later is seen playing it again in a topiary garden during the band's midwestern tour.

'''Appearances:'''
*[[guitar]] (mentioned)
*'''Debut''': [[Cool Things]]
*[[Weclome Back]]

==Bubs' Instruments==
===Keytar===
[[Image:Bubs with Keytar.png|thumb|right|Bubs gets all the royalties]]
'''[[Bubs]]' Keytar''' is based on a [http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/yamaha_shs10.cfm Yamaha SHS-10 FM digital keyboard], whose most common variation is red and features colored buttons. With low-quality sounds and a $100 price tag, it was practically a toy, but had professional features like MIDI out, pitch-bend, and a two-digit LED display to indicate patch/program changes.

The only significant difference between Bubs' keytar and a real SHS-10 is that Bubs' only has 24 keys, while the real one has 32.

The keytar debuted in the Strong Bad Email "[[cheatday]]." Bubs had it behind the couch in [[Strong Bad's Basement|Strong Bad's basement]] so he could help supply the music for "The Date of Birth Song".

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' Email [[cheatday]]

==Strong Sad's Instruments==
===Guitar===
[[Image:ssguitar.png|thumb|Walkin' on clouds and flippin' off rainbows.]]
'''[[Strong Sad]]''' owns a '''[[Wikipedia:Classical guitar|classical guitar]]''' that he plays in the email song for [[alternate universe]]. A drawing of Strong Sad playing a twelve-string guitar had previously appeared in the [[Sketchbook#SK-2006-03-02|sketchbook]]. That guitar was held right-handed, and Strong Sad was seen writing right-handed in [[record book]] and [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. Nevertheless, he plays this six-string guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[alternate universe]]

==The King of Town's Instruments==
[[Image:NotTalkinBoutButter.png|thumb|110px|"Not Talkin' 'Bout Butter"]]
===Guitar===
As heard in "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter," and [[Missing Lappy]], the '''[[King of Town]]''' plays "guitar, apparently!"

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
*[[Missing Lappy]]

==The Hornblower's Instruments==
===Buisine===
[[Image:Marching_Band.PNG|thumb|"A-break it down for me, fell-as!"]]
'''[[The Hornblower]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:buisine|buisine]]''', including in the [[K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band]]..

'''Appearances:'''
* '''Debut:''' [[The King of Town DVD]]
*[[King of Town Main Page]]
*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Fall Float Parade]]

===Saxophone===
The Hornblower plays a '''[[Wikipedia:Saxophone|saxophone]]''' as part of [[All the King's Men!]].

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Poopsmith's Instruments==
===Cymbals===
'''[[The Poopsmith]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Cymbals|cymbals]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
==The Knight's Instruments==
===Bass Drum===
'''[[The Knight]]''' plays the '''[[Wikipedia:Bass Drum|bass drum]]''' in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' [[Fall Float Parade]]
===Stand-up Bass===
[[Image:AtKM.png|thumb|"Ohh Yeeaahh!"]]
The Knight plays a stand up bass as part of All The King's Men!.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]

==The Blacksmith's Instruments==
===Drums===
'''[[The Blacksmith]]''' plays a small trap set as part of All The King's Men!. He appears to be [[Left Handedness|left handed]], since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.

'''Appearances:'''
*'''Debut:''' Email [[senior prom]]
==Instruments played by Character Variations==
===Teenage===
[[Image:Mysfit steries band.png|thumb|Maybe they play their own instruments?]]
In the email [[highschool]], the teenage versions of '''[[Teenage Homestar|Homestar]], [[Teenage Marzipan|Marzipan]], [[Teenage Strong Mad|Strong Mad]], and [[Teenage Strong Bad|Strong Bad]]''' play in a band. However, Strong Bad's admitted "doodle memory" could mean that these characters were not able to play these instruments.

*Homestar - Guitar ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*Marzipan - Tambourine
*Strong Mad - Drums
*Strong Bad - Keyboard

===Old-Timey===
[[Image:Worshboard.PNG|right|thumb|70px|Worsh it!]]
====Washboard====
'''[[The Homestar Runner]]''' plays "a mean worshboard" (labeled "worsh it!") that [[Stinkoman]] assumes is some kind of robot in [[20X6 vs. 1936]]. A '''[[Wikipedia:washboard|washboard]]''' is a homemade instrument that is played with a mallet.

==Instruments played by "Created Characters"==
===Teen Girl Squad===
[[Image:Kissy Boots.PNG|200px|thumb|Kissy Boots in action.]]

In Issue 8, the girls join a battle of the bands as Kissy Boots. Each of them plays an instrument in the band.
*[[Cheerleader]] - guitar
*[[So and So]] - keyboard
*[[What's Her Face]] - bass ([[Left Handedness|left handed]])
*[[The Ugly One]] - drums
*A Shark - bass

===Saddy Dumpington===
====Washboard====
[[Image:ss_dumpington.PNG|thumb|100px|Miserable and Depressing]]
In [[A Folky Tale]], '''[[Saddy Dumpington]]''' is seen carrying a mallet and wears a washboard around his neck.

[[Category:Instruments|*]][[Category:Lists]]

That Little Chef Guy

Sbemailman — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:51:30 GMT

Sbemailman:

[[Image:Little_Chef_Dude_KOT_DVD.PNG|thumb|right|235px|"That guy gives me the creeps, man!"]]
'''The Little Chef Guy''' is the [[The King of Town|King of Town]]'s chef. He appears in [[The King of Town DVD]] and [[KOT's VOQPCS!]], though The King of Town mentions him in the [[King of Town Email]]. [[Strong Bad]] doesn't trust him very much. He is holding a knife, yet has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms]]. When the King of Town calls him in his email, he names him as "That little chef guy." In [[KOT's VOQPCS!]] he delivers pizza to [[The King of Town's Castle]].

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' [[The King of Town DVD]]
*[[King of Town Email]] (mentioned)
*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]]

[[Category: King's Servants|Little Chef Dude, The]]

garage sale

Sbemailman — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:27:19 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|129|rampage|do over}}
[[Image:sbemail129.png|thumb|"Go back to Stuckey's!"]]

Strong Bad gives his thoughts on "garbage" sales and "garbage" sale patrons.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Homestar Runner's House]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' May 2, 2005

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Here comes another email that I'll answer for you! Here comes another email that I'll answer for you!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: garage sale=money!</div>
hey strong bad! 
I seriously think you need to have a garage sale!! I mean 
think of all da things you could get with all that money... 
 
cat (yeah that's my real name)</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the first line exaggeratedly fast, as it is written. He over-emphasizes the "da", and doesn't read the part in parentheses, instead saying...}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and something I don't wanna read. ''{typing}'' What sort of 'da things' are we talking about here, Catman? 'Da bomb' or, uh, 'da boyz' or even, ''{not typed}'' uh, ''{typing}'' 'da hood?' Nah, I don't think I want any of dose. ''{clears screen}'' Lemme tell you a thing or two about garage sales: Ya ever get the feeling that the people just got lazy taking the trash out, so they stopped right there on the driveway and started putting price tags on things? I mean, isn't it just a little bit suspicious that there's only a one-letter difference between 'garage sale' and 'garbage sale?' ''{says "gar-bahge", to rhyme with "garage"}'' Except, don't ever say 'garbage' ''{same way}'' like that. That's, like, the only joke Moms have and they can keep it for all I care. So then there's the issue of the sort of folks that frequent garage sales: bottom feeders, lemme tell ya.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's garage sale in the middle of the Field. There is a sign reading "GAR<strike>B</strike>AGE SALE" (with the 'B' crossed out), and [[#Some Items for Sale|merchandise]] is found everywhere with various price tags. Marzipan walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' First, there's the haggler, ''{"THE HAGGLER" appears in the middle of the screen with a bowler derby on it for a moment.}'' the guy who spends all day trying to talk you down from a quarter to twenty-two cents for some worthless piece of crap.

''{The camera scrolls over to Bubs and Strong Bad. Bubs is holding an ugly doll.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'll give ya two thin dimes for this pantyhose doll.

'''STRONG BAD:''' First off... all... that is Aunt Gert. And secondly, she's worth '''way''' more than the quarter I'm asking for her! Heck, I paid six-fifty for her new. And them's 1998 dollars!

'''BUBS:''' Well, maybe if she was wearing a troll outfit, or a witch's hat or somethin'...

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll let it go for twenty-four cents.

'''BUBS:''' ''{grimly}'' Twenty-two and a half!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You, my friend... just bought yourself an Aunt Gert.

''{Cut away to The Field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Next is the lurker. ''{"THE LURKER" appears in the middle of the screen with a candle and two skulls on it for a moment.}'' You know, the shady night-manager at Stuckey's type, who shades around all day but never buys anything.

''{The camera pans down to Strong Sad and Senor Cardgage looking at merchandise. Strong Sad steps away from Senor Cardgage.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you're like, "Is he there just to be seen?"

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Look at this can of peas, Helvetica. Won't you help me buy it for you?

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm finding it hard to express just how uncomfortable I am right now.

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' I dan't know why. Exprecially since you have this can of peas to look forward to.

''{Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, if you're not gonna buy anything, you gotta leave. You're drivin' away all my best customers!

''{Senor Cardgage walks off with the can of peas.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, I feel like I need a chemical shower after talking to that guy! Do we have an emergency eyewash station?

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least he bought something, ''lurker''! Go back to Stuckey's. ''{voiceover}'' And last, but not least...

''{Cut to another part of the garage sale, this time with Marzipan and Coach Z. "COACH Z", with a basketball instead of the O and a towel hanging off the Z, appears in the middle of the screen. Coach Z is carrying a variety of items all labeled "Great for baby!". In front of them is a picnic blanket with more "Great for baby!" items on it, except for one, which is labeled "Great for Graw Mad"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...there's Coach Z.

''{The text disappears.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Coach Z, may I ask why you're buying up all the "great for baby" items?

'''COACH Z:''' I'd prefer that ya didn't.

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Obviously, wasting your Saturday morning just to sell $3.19 worth of trash isn't the real reason to have a garage sale. It's to get people out of their houses so The Cheat can ransack them!!

''{Cut to Homestar's living room. The place is a wreck, and The Cheat is standing in the middle of the room near a large bag. Frank Bennedetto is laying on its side in the foreground.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{humming while stuffing Homestar's cow lamp into the bag}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{popping out of the bag}'' Hey, can you put this cow lamp back? ''{throws it out}'' We're running out of room in here. You wouldn't get much for that thing anyways. It's not even a real cow.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' See? And then we make a killing when we sell the stuff back to them a few weeks later at an inflated price.

''{Cut to the garage sale. Marzipan and Strong Bad are standing near Marzipan's answering machine on a table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooh, this is perfect! I've always wanted an answering machine.

'''ANSWERING MACHINE:''' ''{in Marzipan's voice}'' It's a great day at Marzipan's! Please leave me a message.

''{Marzipan looks at Strong Bad angrily, while Strong Bad looks around shiftily.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, see, it ''is'' perfect! It already knows your name, even. Heh! Oooh, heh. Eee. Oh. Hmm. Peow! ''{runs off}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' More like, ''pree''-ow.

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

==Easter Eggs==

*At the beginning, click on "da bomb," "da boyz", and "da hood" to bring up [[T-Shirts]] with phrases incorporating each term.
*At the end, click on the Heavy Lourde to see Homestar make an offer he can't refuse.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We got a Homestar Runner for sale! Slightly used and mostly confused. We can't ''give'' these things away. ''{leans}'' I'll take it! ''{leans other way}'' I'll take ''twelve''. ''{stands upright}'' Drive one home today!
*Click on the answering machine to see more of Coach Z.
:''{Marzipan and Coach Z are at the garage sale in the same positions as before.}''
:'''MARZIPAN:''' This garage sale is more like a gar-''bahge'' sale.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning in from offscreen}'' DAHDAHDAHDAHDAH! Moms Only!
:'''COACH Z:''' Oh, then I'm okay to say it!
:''{Strong Bad and Marzipan look shocked, disturbed, and confused by Coach Z's comment.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*There are two messages on Marzipan's answering machine.
*According to [http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ The Inflation Calculator], A "1998 dollar" would be worth about $1.16 (as of 2005). So Strong Bad paying $6.50 for Aunt Gert in 1998 is equivalent to paying $7.53 for her in 2005.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#typing tutor jr|typing tutor jr]]".

===Remarks===
*While it is dubious that ''any'' of the objects listed as "Great for Baby!" are appropriate for infants, the only one known to be "inappropriate" for them is the Helicopter—in [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]], it is said to be for "Ages 3–5".
*Coach Z is holding the "we are the scorpions!" box from [[your friends]], but the text "we are the" is missing from it.
*There has not been a [[Wikipedia: half cent|half cent]] in [[Wikipedia: US currency|US currency]] since 1857.
*When viewing the flash file, [[Strong Bad]] has no legs in the answering machine easter egg.

===Goofs===
*When the camera scrolls to the left at the beginning of the "Haggler" scene, the Garage sale sign suddenly disappears just before it should go off screen.
*The image of Gooblies is obviously flipped, as you can see if you zoom in on his washing care label when Strong Sad moves out of the way, the "G" is displayed backwards.
*"Moms" in "the only joke Moms have" could be expected to be lowercase, except when it used as a title, such as in Western cultures.
* When Marzipan blinks during her confused expression, her outline is intruded.

===Inside References===
*"Graw Mad" is Strong Bad's [[Nicknames|nickname]] for [[Strong Mad]] in [[the facts]].
*Homestar's [[Cow Lamp|cow lamp]] first appeared in [[caper]], where [[The Cheat]] broke it by accident.
*"[[Preeeeow]]" is the [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] for the sound [[The Paper]] makes when it comes down.
*The Haggler sign's hat is a recolored version of [[Homsar|Homsar's]] bowler derby.
*Homestar has previously described Senor Cardgage as smelling like [[Peas|pea]] soup, in [[kind of cool]].
*Homestar has also shown signs of many personalities, ie: [[do over]] with him posing as The Cheat.
*Coach Z's odd behavior made him seem as though he was [[Pregnancy|pregnant]].

===Fast-Forward===
*Homestar's line "I'll take it! I'll take twelve!" will later be used in an Easter Egg in [[looking old]].

===Real-World References===
*[http://www.selectsoft.com/repository/LSTYPTUJUJ| Typing Tutor Jr.] is an educational video game made by Selectsoft Publishing for the PC and Mac in 2001.
*[[Wikipedia:Stuckey's|Stuckey's]] is a chain of roadside convenience stores found on highways throughout the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest United States.
*Senor Cardgage refers to Strong Sad as [[Wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]], a famous sans-serif typeface.
*The whole email resembles an old comedy VHS film (by [http://www.theadman.net/am/video/J2%20Communications/1/ J2 Communications]) called "[http://www.theadman.net/a/6300167208/How-to-Have-a-Moneymaking-Garage-Sale-Starring-Phyllis-Diller.html How to Have a Money-Making Garage Sale]," in which [[Wikipedia:Phyllis Diller|Phyllis Diller]] discusses sensible and frivolous tips as well as the many different "species" of customers who come by.
*The "gar-bazh" pronunciation was originally made popular in Hefty Trash Bag commercials by comedian [[Wikipedia:Jonathan_Winters|Jonathan Winters]].
*Both a "chemical shower" and an "eye wash station" are safety features found in a common chemical laboratory, as well as in the majority of chemistry classrooms.
*There was a short-lived comic series called "[[Wikipedia:Catman (comics)|Catman]]", but in this case, Strong Bad is likely making a parody of the more popular [[Batman]]. In another example of the many rock references of the Homestar Runner world, Strong Bad may also be referencing Peter Criss of KISS fame, who was known by the stagename of Catman.
*"Da boyz" and "da hood" are references to [[Wikipedia: Boyz N Da Hood|Boyz N Da Hood]].

===Some Items for Sale===
*Except for the candle, the egg carton, Aunt Gert, and unpriced items, all prices refer to the number of the email in which the item first appeared.

====On Display====
* Cheat Commandos [[Cheap_as_Free#Toys|Troop Transport]] - $93
** The price refers to [[army]], the email which introduced the [[Cheat Commandos]].
* [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s Telegramophone from [[50 emails]] - $50
* [[Eggs]] from [[morning routine]] - $54
* Box labeled "riverquest safariventure" from [[theme park]] - $1.04
* [[Ab-Abber 2000]] from [[suntan]] - $77
* [[Heavy Lourde]] from [[homsar]] - $2
* "[[Words I Probably Said]]" tape from [[autobiography]] - $67
* [[Swiss Cake Rolls]] - $50
** The price indicates [[50 emails]], but Swiss Cake Rolls actually appeared in [[invisibility]] - which was Strong Bad Email #41, before 50 emails.
* [['Lectric Boots]] from [[extra plug]] - $116
* "sb_snailmail.exe" [[The Mailbox|mailbox]] from [[other days]] - $111
* Tandy 400 [[Floppy Disk Container]], which first appeared in [[little animal]] (disk showing is "typing tutor jr") - $23
* [[Strong Bad's Fondue Pot]] from [[50 emails]] - $50
* [[Gooblies]] from [[suntan]] - $77
* [[The Cloitsterizer]] from [[suntan]]: "Great for Graw Mad" - $77
* Keg of [[Cold One]]s: "Great for Baby!" - $38
** This particular keg has not been seen before, but it is similar in shape to the [[Melonade]] keg seen in [[helium]] and other places.
* Cheat Commandos [[Cheap_as_Free#Toys|Helicopter]]: "Great for Baby!" - $93
** The price refers to [[army]], the email which introduced The Cheat Commandos.
* Marzipan's Answering Machine, the [[PhoneTime XL8]] - $129
** The price refers to the current email, which is the first one to have the PhoneTime XL8 outside an Easter egg.
* Purple Candle from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] - $00
** The price is zero since the candle had never been seen in an email before this one.
* Egg Carton from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] - $EGG

====Hidden Items====
* A bag of [[Potate]] chips (price not given)
** Appears out of frame in the Flash file when Bubs is haggling with Strong Bad
* "[[More Like You Write A Book About Come-back Jokes, NERD!!]]" book from [[50 emails]]: "Great for Baby!" - $50
** Appears out of frame in the swf file when Bubs is haggling with Strong Bad
** Presumably bought by Coach Z, as it appears in his arms later in the cartoon

====Sold Items====
* "Aunt Gert" pantyhose doll - $.25
** Sold to Bubs for 22½¢
* "Canopy's" can of [[Peas|peas]] - $99
** Presumably bought by Senor Cardgage for "Helvetica".
** The price refers to [[different town]] (e-mail 99), in which [[The King of Town]] was buried alive in a box of peas.
** The can may also be the one the Cheat opened in [[The Cheatar]].
* [[Clock Radio]] from [[12:00]]: "Great for Baby!" (price not given)
** Presumably bought by Coach Z
* Box of scorpions from [[your friends]]: "Great for Baby!" (price not given)
** Presumably bought by Coach Z
* Homestar Runner - SOLD
** Apparently bought by himself

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

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]] and [[Jonathan Howe]])

'''MATT:''' ''{grunts}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Ooh. Aah. Ooh. Aah.

'''RYAN?:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ''{beatboxes}''

'''MATT:''' Right now. Here comes another email that I'll answer for you. Here comes another...

'''MIKE:''' ''{inaudible}'' —commentary...

'''MATT:''' All right.

'''JOHN:''' That was good, guys.

'''MIKE:''' So... this is, uh, the last email that we've made up to this point of the time that we're doing the commentaries.

'''MATT:''' Yeah we don't even know what email 130's gonna be like and we might even start making it today.

'''MIKE:''' That's true and we still don't know what it's gonna be about.

'''MATT:''' I really like Mike's work on that Easter egg of those, those, uh, "da-something" T-shirts.

'''MIKE:''' Oh those shirts. "Da boyz."

'''MATT:''' Those two babies are—

'''MIKE:''' Cute babies.

'''MATT:''' And the one "da hood" is awesome! That skull—

'''MIKE:''' The skull and that building, yeah.

'''RYAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, looked into the— yeah.

'''JOHN:''' Why wasn't it a "da hoodie"?

''{long pause}''

'''JOHN:''' Um...

'''MIKE:''' Jonathan has ruined the commentary once again.

'''JOHN:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, it's not true.

'''MATT:''' So what else? Ah, we were talking about other mom jokes, like there's "gar-bahge", there's Tar—they call Target "tar-zhay". All right, um, there's a couple others... I don't remember what they were. That's, that's just Homsar's derby hat on "The Haggler" with— and I changed the colors.

'''RYAN:''' I like, I like seeing all the things from the previous emails in there.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah I didn't— Matt did, uh, all this part so I didn't even notice most of this stuff until the second or third watching.

'''RYAN:''' The tape...

'''MATT:''' The price, the price, um, the price on all of 'em usually corresponds to the email it was from.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' A little insider trading...

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Except The Cheat Commando— I think anything that's The Cheat Commandos I make it be to the "army" email, 'cause that's where Firebert was from.

'''MIKE:''' Ah.

'''JOHN:''' And there's a lot more expression; you see Bubs is sneering; he's like lowering his eyes.

'''MIKE:''' Anytime a character's got squinty or angry eyes you know Matt animated that part.

'''JOHN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Ah, good ol' Senor Cardgage. I guess he's a real character now.

'''JOHN:''' What was the lobster name?

'''MIKE:''' Gooblies. That was a real, that was a real stuffed animal that Matt had. There's Gooblies right there.

'''MATT:''' We went over that on the last email.

'''JOHN:''' Gooby.

'''MATT:''' Gooby. Um, the can of peas is a clever play on words; it's Canopy's, like "Canopy-apostrophe-s."

'''JOHN:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Ahhh. Clever.

'''MATT:''' The Canopy's brand can of peas.

'''JOHN:''' That's clever.

'''MIKE:''' That's too much for me.

'''JOHN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I like the back of Strong Sad's knees there.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

'''MIKE:''' Did you make that just for that?

'''MATT:''' I did that.

'''MIKE:''' It's a little— he's— they're kinda worn out. He bends them a lot it looks like. He needs to get some lotion on the back of his knees.

'''MIKE:''' ''{talking about Coach Z}'' What does he have in his hands there?

'''MATT:''' He's got the Strong Bad comebacks book: "More Like, YOU Write a Book About Comebacks, Nerd". Uh, the alarm clock, and maybe something else.

'''MIKE:''' Alarm clock might be okay for a baby.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, probably wouldn't know what to do with it.

'''MIKE:''' Or at least for someone with a baby.

'''MATT:''' The cow lamp. We need to make the cowlamp; I want a cow lamp so bad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, make it. Ryan!

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Somebody make one for me for my birthday.

'''MIKE:''' Ryan, make that.

'''RYAN:''' I got it! I'm on this one!

'''MIKE:''' I like this, her intro here. It's a great day at Marzipan's.

'''MATT:''' They would make me say that, or they wanted you to say that when I worked at Mindspring.

'''RYAN:''' It's a great day at—

'''MATT:''' "It's a great day at Mindspring! This is Matt with customer service. How can I have your email address or account number, please?" And they'd go "I don't know, how can you?"

=== Trivia ===
*The version of the back of Strong Sad's legs used in this cartoon was actually first used in [[origins]].

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Wikipedia:MindSpring|MindSpring]] was a major Internet service provider which merged with [[Wikipedia:EarthLink|EarthLink]] on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name.

== External Links ==
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*[[Podstar:sb_email_garagesale.m4v|download "garage sale" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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[[Image:sbemail68.PNG|thumb|"Thanks for breaking my cow lamp."]]

Strong Bad tries to pull a caper with The Cheat, but The Cheat screws it up. However, Strong Bad can't stay mad at him for long.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Homestar Runner's House]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

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

'''Date:''' March 31, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:49

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' strongbad, underscore, email, dot e-x-e. Enter.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Why don't you and the Cheat pull a 
caper of some sort. It seems like 
there has been little cooperation 
between the two of you as of late. 
 
James 
Detroit Mi</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "Mi" like "me"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing:}'' Well, you're right. It's no secret that The Cheat and I haven't been getting along very well... since he screwed up our last caper.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat in Homestar's house at night, stealing his newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't care about the crosswords, man, just the jumbles, the jumbles!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know, go look over there.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{goes over to a table with a cow lamp on it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, look out! Oh, great, man.

''{The Cheat knocks over the lamp, breaking it. A light turns on and Homestar comes out. He is wearing pajamas, and it appears he hasn't shaved. Strong Bad looks hastily for an escape and The Cheat puts his hands in the air.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' We've been ID'd! Every man for himself! ''{he and The Cheat run away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks for stopping by, you guys. Thanks for breaking my cow lamp.

''{Cut back to the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, man. ''{Music begins}'' Where did we go wrong? It seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' That ''was'' yesterday!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This one's for you. ''{singing to the Compy's music}'' 
I got mad at The Cheat, uh! 
For screwing 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. 
''{pulls back to show Strong Mad and Strong Sad standing next to the computer clapping to the beat. Strong Bad is standing on his stool, still singing}'' 
The Cheat is not dead, 
I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead. 
The Cheat is not dead,

'''STRONG MAD:''' DEAD! 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhh, I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead. 
The Cheat is not dead,

'''STRONG SAD:''' Dead! 

'''STRONG BAD:''' So glad The Cheat is not— ''{stops singing, starts bobbing his body left and right on each clap}'' Just the claps! Just the claps... Strong Sad, I didn't know you had any rhythm.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sure, I've got tons of rhythm.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Keep it rolling for me guys, keep it rolling.

''{Strong Bad runs out to the field where The Cheat is waiting for him. The Compy is still playing the music.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, I... I just wanted to say that...

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I can't stay mad at you!

''{He rubs The Cheat's head}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, how about a little kick for old times' sake?

''{The Cheat places his arms akimbo and looks angry}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nah, I'm just kidding, man. ''{makes several fake kicking motions; The Cheat prepares to dodge each one}'' Oh, what, watch me now! Had you there.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. About five seconds later, Homestar walks out. He is still in his pajamas.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You guys are so cute. ''{pause}'' Man, I should probably get dressed or something. What is it, like three in the afternoon? Looking good, Homestar.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, what's the deal? I didn't know you had to shave.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I don't. It's cinnamon.

== Easter Eggs ==
*After you see the Jumble Caper happen, you can click on the word "caper" to see their original plan.
<blockquote>"OPERATION JUMBLE JUMBLE" 
Objective: Steal Homestar's Jumbles 
Details: Strike in the wee hours. 
Don't knock over any cow lamps. 
Be cool. 
Say "hi" to any ladies encountered. </blockquote>
[[Image:Jumble.PNG|thumb|This is a difficult one]]
*At the end you can click on The Cheat's eyes to see what became of Strong Bad's rhythm section.
:''{Cut back to Strong Bad's computer room. Strong Sad and Strong Mad are still clapping in time to the music}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Um... do you think we can stop now?
:'''STRONG MAD:''' KEEP IT ROLLIN'!
*If you wait for some time after the end Homestar will come out in his pajamas. Click on [[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear|his slippers]] after he is done talking to bring up a Jumble word puzzle. You can also [[Printables|print out]] the Jumble.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Homestar's comment, "Hey, Strong Sad. [[Batman]]," may be referring to The Cheat's pose when Homestar walks in. With his arms in the air, he resembles the comic book character's mask in silhouette.
*Strong Bad's torso's twitches demonstrate that he has no rhythm during the handclapping part of the song.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time Homestar is seen wearing his [[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear|pajamas]].
*The answer to the Jumble is "UN TACO" (which means "a taco" in Spanish), and the scrambled words spell "This is a difficult one."
*Although [[Cinnamon|cinnamon]] appeared first in the [[Homestar Quiz]], this is the first appearance of Homestar's cinnamon beard.
*Homestar's bunny slippers seem to have eyes only on one side, similar to Homestar himself.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#manhunter new york|manhunter new york]]".
*The pictures of Homestar on the wall when Homestar discovers the Strong Bad and the Cheat are the other 4 different Homestars in the "Evolution of Homestar" wallpaper.
**This is also in [[radio]].

===Remarks===
*Homestar's speech impediment lightened up. When he says "What is it, like, three in the afternoon?" his R's are very well enunciated compared to his full waking state.

===Goofs===
*Look closely at Strong Bad while he and The Cheat are discussing the jumbles in the dark and you'll notice that the rest of his mouth and face mask is partially visible on the wooden tile and the wall behind him.
*When Homestar walks in at the end, he appears in front of The Paper.
*After you view the Strong Sad/Strong Mad clapping Easter egg, Homestar walks back in and says his line again instead of just reappearing standing there.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad favoring the Jumbles was first mentioned in [[The Interview]].
*Homestar is wearing a shirt that used to be available in the [[Store]].
*This is another reference to [[Kicking The Cheat]].

===Fast Forward===
*"[[The Cheat is Not Dead]]" would later be featured as a song on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD.
*Strong Bad uses the events in this email as an example of his "unphotographic" memory in [[highschool]].
*[[Homestar]]'s cow lamp later gets broken in [[portrait]].

== DVD Version ==
*All of the Easter eggs are intact, except you can't print the Jumble, for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' This is not about—uhm, this email is ''not'' about the little spice thingy...vegetable.

'''MIKE:''' Ohh, caper? I never even realized that caper...

'''MATT:''' It's the same—spelled the same way.

'''MIKE:''' It's so weird. Like, words like polish and Polish. I was, like, 25 when I realized "Oh my gosh, these words are spelled the same way." ''{Matt laughs}'' It just never occurs to you. It never occurred to me that caper and... anyway.

'''MATT:''' Okay, so, look, there's all the different Homestars in the background.

'''MIKE:''' Yep. This is a scene we've never seen before.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. There's Homestar's ''{Mike says something inaudible in the background}'' That cow lamp, though, is, uh, a lamp—we had a little illustration club and one week the theme was drawing lamps. And that was one of my lamps.

'''MIKE:''' It's a good one.

'''MATT:''' I'd like to ''make'' that lamp.

'''MIKE:''' I'd like to make that little, uh, desk—that little stand that the lamp was on.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. There's—Homestar's wearing, uh—number one, those bunny slippers are incredible. ''{Mike laughs a little}'' And terrifying. Are they—are they—they look kind of like their lips, not their ears.

''{Mike laughs more}''

'''MIKE:''' So, here, Strong Bad sings a song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Um...the, uhm...

'''MATT:''' It goes pretty well. It goes pretty well with the music he's playing.

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hm.

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

'''MIKE:''' Well, we could talk about the cinnamon on Homestar's face.

'''MATT:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' And how that was a trick of ours when we used to make movies, uh, when we were younger. We never would need to be dirty or have a five o'clock shadow or whatever. We would just get cinnamon and put it on our face.

'''MATT:''' Or potato—O'Boise's—

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

'''MATT:''' —in some cases. If you wanted to look like you had—

'''MIKE:''' Just crunch up some potato chips—

'''MATT:''' —and wet your face and stick some O'Boise's on your face.

'''MIKE:''' Wow.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah. I love those—look, notice on the shag carpeting there's a couple of spots there just—on the wall where it's just missing. I those were, I think at one point, those behind the legs.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Right, between Strong Mad and Strong Sad. Right.

'''MATT:''' And that's why we didn't do it and then we moved it and never bothered to make the little...scrunt, whatever you call those, strands of carpet. "You know, joke kick." Hah, right?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's from an email.

'''MATT:''' I love the hands on hips The Cheat does, he never has done that and we did that. See? Now just look at him!

'''MIKE:''' He's so sassy.

'''MATT:''' I know. So there you go—

'''MIKE:''' No, Homestar's going to come out.

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, Homestar comes out, so we get to keep talking.

'''MIKE:''' Yes, we can keep talking this time.

'''MATT:''' Come on, Homestar, where are—where are you at?

'''MIKE:''' He's got a cup of coffee. I like the cup of coffee.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, look at that steam! It's just little dots.

'''MIKE:''' It's good steam.

'''MATT:''' It matches nothing else on our website—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Wearing his own T-shirt there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

== Fun Facts ==
*"The little spice thingy" Matt mentions is the [[Wikipedia:Caper|caper]].
*"O'Boises" was a brand of potato chip made by [[Wikipedia:Keebler Company|Keebler]] in the 1980s and 1990s.
*Matt's quote of "You know, joke kick?" is from [[little animal]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail68.html|watch "caper"]]
*[[HR:sbemail68.swf|view the Flash file for "caper"]]
*[[Podstar:sb_email_caper.m4v|download "caper" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

fingers

Sbemailman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:15:45 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:07

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Welcome to the Strong Bad Emaaaail! Dat-dada-dun! Everybody get down!

''{reading}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Goofs===
*The contrast on the Compy reverts to normal during the ripple transition, and also (if you can manage) when the "WILL THEY NEVER CEASE?!?!" scene appears.
*You can adjust the contrast before the side shot of Strong Bad at the Compy and it will still revert to normal in the next shot.

===Glitches===
*The clickable area for the 'back' button at the end of the email extends much farther to the left than the word itself.
*When Strong Bad first starts talking to Bubs, the black frame shifts a pixel to the left.
*When the scene with Homestar changes, his foam finger becomes a baseball mit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Yes

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

fingers

Sbemailman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:14:47 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:07

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Welcome to the Strong Bad Emaaaail! Dat-dada-dun! Everybody get down!

''{reading}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Goofs===
*The contrast on the Compy reverts to normal during the ripple transition, and also (if you can manage) when the "WILL THEY NEVER CEASE?!?!" scene appears.
*You can adjust the contrast before the side shot of Strong Bad at the Compy and it will still revert to normal in the next shot.

===Glitches===
*The clickable area for the 'back' button at the end of the email extends much farther to the left than the word itself.
*When Strong Bad first starts talking to Bubs, the black frame shifts a pixel to the left.
*When the scene with Homestar changes, his foam finger becomes a baseball mit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Yes

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

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh yeah.

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

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

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

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

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[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

interview

Sbemailman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:54:50 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

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

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

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

Kerrek asks Strong Bad about Homsar. Pen puppets ensue.

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

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

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

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:13

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

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

''{reading}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Goofs===
*For some reason, the table's shadowing is not complete, so a brighter brown bar appears under the Compy after Homsar's first scene.
*The sticky notes and pens do not cast reflections on the Compy's screen.
*A small blue dot is visible at the bottom of Homsar's right foot. It is best seen when viewing the Flash file and zooming in.
*The sticky notes, if clicked on and altered in that way, after it pans back at any time from Homsar, is always back to the default, as if it were never clicked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

the movies

Sbemailman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:26:03 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|167}}
[[Image:the movies Strong Bad Senor Cardgage.png|thumb|"Good evening, Bontilda. Forty-twone will be on your lest."]]
Strong Bad's annoyance with fellow moviegoers builds to an explosive climax.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, [[The Knight]], [[The Hornblower]], [[The Blacksmith]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Movie Theater]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' February 20, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:51

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Coach Z is not that cool; here comes an email.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: movie</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
 I was at the movies last night and this little girl behind me 
wouldn't shut up! has that ever happened to you? 
Cooper 
Franklin TN.
</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads the name and address as "A person called Cooper, from the city Franklin, in the state of Tennessee."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Told you I could do it.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, I feel ya, Coopreme. It's a good thing they make you turn off your bazookas before movies man, or every one of my theater-going experiences would end in smoldering crater fashion.

''{Cut to a cinema entrance lobby. Posters for Dangeresque 3 and King Bubsgonzola Supreme hang in the background. Senor Cardgage is an usher; Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Pom Pom walk in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The experience starts out promising enough...

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Good efening, Bontilda. ''{takes Strong Bad's ticket and tears it}'' Forty-twan will be on your lest.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just you watch, The Cheat. Some day ''I'm'' gonna be the one tearing tickets and telling folks that forty-twan will be on their lest.

''{Cut inside the cinema. Coach Z is watching the movie screen, fidgeting and thinking hard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' It begins with the genius who can't resist answering the oh-so-challenging film trivia slides they show before the movie.

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, I know this one! The Brat Pack! Pan-and-scan! Spencer Tracy!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Real impressive, Ebert. We've only seen this slide ten times since we all sat down.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' If you answered "B", you're ready for film school.

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, it was ice cold refreshment. I should've known.

''{Cut to the screen, which reads:}''

<blockquote>
<big>MOVIE & REFRESHMENT TRIVIA*</big>
The correct answer was : 
B: Ice Cold Refreshment
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
</blockquote>

''{Another slide is shown on the screen, with a picture of a bazooka, labeled "Please Be Considerate. Because no one wants to watch a smoldering crater."}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Be considerate of others. Please turn off your bazookas before the progrum.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Then, once the movie starts, don't forget the guy who insists on rattling off the complete filmographies of each of the actors.

''{Cut back to the audience, and pan over to Strong Sad.}''

'''MOVIE:''' ''{voiceover}'' —but when I returned, the DNA evidence was gone!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ooh, and he had a cameo as Stevedore #2 in the pre-quel, and he was in that car commercial with the wisecracking transmission, and he has a Bacon number of 4!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{gets up and turns back to face Strong Sad}'' And this is my FIST! ''{raises said fist}'' You might remember it from ''Bloodied Pulp'', the amazingly true story of your face in five seconds! ''{sits back down}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{pointing at Strong Bad}'' He was in Dangeresque 1 and 2.

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is sitting next to Strong Bad and eating popcorn.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And if you think the guy sitting next to you munching popcorn is bad, try going to a theater where people regularly sneak in their own all-you-can-eat fajitas!

''{Cut to the King of Town, who is holding a frying pan covered in sizzling food, with a stack of similar pans in the seat beside him.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Wha?! This was all in my box of Milk Duds.

''{Pan back, behind the King of Town, there are the the Knight (with a guitar), the Hornblower (with a horn) and the Blacksmith (with maracas). The three of them play a brief Mariachi melody. Cut back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And that brings me to the little girl behind me, who wouldn't shut up.

''{Pan behind Strong Bad, Homestar Runner is standing there, wearing a viking helmet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Ever and more! Ever and more! Ever and more!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' This is the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie. But not in the usual ''{Homestar mouths Strong Bad's words}'' "Don't go in there!" or ''{Homestar mouths Strong Bad's words again}'' "Oh no he di'n't!" type of way. He just makes small talk with the characters, and chit-chat.

''{Cut through white to some time in the movie. Homestar is sitting on his seat, with the viking helmet on the seat next to him.}''

'''MOVIE:''' ''{voiceover}'' Well, I figured out their plan.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I figured I'd just cut up some iceberg lettuce, throw some tomatoes on there, maybe a little catalina. Nothing fancy, nothing fancy.

''{Cut through white to later in the movie. Homestar is lying on his seat, with his head resting on the helmet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, have you ever been to a ground-breaking? I mean, what is the point of those things?

''{Cut through white again, Homestar is lying upside down on his seat, with his legs in the air.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know where the real money is? Phone books.

''{Cut through white yet again, Homestar is sitting up normally.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I wonder how you spell "tabasco". Tabasco...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Gets up from his seat again and turns around.}'' What is wrong with you people?! Do you not notice the giant movie over here? Were all the local sit-around-and-suck-out-loud places closed?!

''{Strong Bad picks up a bazooka, holds it beside his head like a cell phone, and imitates a ringtone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, di-a-lo-do, da-a-lo-do, di-a-lo-do, ''die''!!

''{Strong Bad lowers the bazooka to point at the camera and fires it. Fade back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, that's why I'm not allowed at the movies anymore. But I don't care. I brought my movie viewing into the digital age. And I dig-it-all!!! Check it out!

''{Strong Bad runs "karatecar.exe". An ASCII art movie starts. A stick figure man walks along a street, with buildings in the background, and a car drives across. The stick figure jumps and does a somersault over the car just before he gets hit.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Oh, look out mister slashey-man!

''{The movie cuts to a closeup of the car.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Ooh, something exciting!

''{The movie cuts to a closeup of the stick figure man, who says "Now THAT was a ''sports'' car!". He then does some karate moves and says "Hi-YA!".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Aah, I guess I'm talking during the movie! Kind of a hypocrite! Gonna shut up now!

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the "@" at the end to see a film trivia screen.
<blockquote>
<big>MOVIE & REFRESHMENT TRIVIA*</big>
What can you get at the concession 
stand for $10, $10 or $13?
A. Luke Wilson 
B. 16:9 Anamorphic 
C. Hot, Hot Buttery Popcorn 
D. '''Battleship Potemkin'''
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
</blockquote>
*Click on the "Hi-YA" at the end to see Homestar in a smoldering crater:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh man. This movie has it all. Cinema has never Luked so Wilson.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Pan and Scan|Pan and Scan]] refers to a technique by which film originally shot in widescreen format is transferred into a format compatible with the shape of common TV screens. In contrast, DVDs made using an [[Wikipedia:Anamorphic widescreen|anamorphic widescreen]] technique automatically fill [[Wikipedia:High-definition television|high-definition television]] screens that have a 16:9 aspect ratio and make full use of the available resolution.
*[[Wikipedia:French dressing|Catalina]] is a type of salad dressing made from tomato ketchup and sugar.
*[[Wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]] is an artistic medium that makes pictures entirely out of typed characters.
*A [[Wikipedia:Groundbreaking|groundbreaking]] is a photo-op ceremony in which executives or other noteworthy people dig the first shovel of dirt from a lot in which a new construction will be built.
*The slashes on the bazooka in the "Be Considerate" ad are a common mark on guns, tanks, and war ships to show how many kills they've made.
*The refreshment trivia about popcorn pricing and the King Of Town sneaking outside food into the theater refers to the common practice of cinemas overpricing their food.

===Trivia===
*The release date on the Dangeresque 3 poster is:<blockquote>COMING <del>JUNE 2004</del> <del>APRIL 2005</del> <del>MEMORIALS DAY 2005</del> <del>AUGUST 2006</del> WE'LL SEE...</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*Despite the lack of a specific release date and that it just says "We'll see", the poster for Dangeresque 3 is still labeled "Now Playing".
*[[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]'s [[Cool Shades]] in the poster have three lenses, relating to it being the third film.
*When viewed as a flash file, when [[Homestar]] is talking [[Strong Sad]] has no face.

===Inside References===
*This is the third email in a row that mentions [[DNA Evidence]].
*This email features another intentional mispronunciation of the word "program" as [[Progrum|progrum]].
*Two of the movie posters are for ''[[King Bubsgonzola Supreme]]'' (based on [[unnatural]]) and ''[[dangeresque 3|Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]'' (with no predetermined release date).
*Strong Bad originally said in [[stunt double]] that Dangeresque 3 would come out in June 2004, hence the first crossed out date. The other three dates are of major releases: [[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Senorial Day]], and [[Strongest Man in the World]], respectively.
*Strong Bad saying, "'Told you I could do it." refers to him not making any jokes based off of the e-mail senders' name or residence as he often does.

===Real-World References===
*The [[Wikipedia:Brat Pack (movies)|Brat Pack]] refers to a group of actors that rose to fame in the 1980s by starring in several teen-oriented movies.
*[[Wikipedia:Spencer Tracy|Spencer Tracy]] was a two-time [[Wikipedia:Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning film actor.
*Strong Bad's "Ebert" comment refers to [[Wikipedia:Roger Ebert|Roger Ebert]], a Chicago-based movie critic.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bacon number|Bacon number]]" refers to the number of degrees of separation an actor has from actor [[Wikipedia:Kevin Bacon|Kevin Bacon]]. This, in turn, stems from the [[Wikipedia:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon]] game that was popular in the early 1990s.
*[[Wikipedia:Milk Duds|Milk Duds]] are a popular candy often sold at movie theaters.
*Tabasco is both [[Wikipedia:Tabasco|a state in Mexico]] as well as the trademark name for a brand of [[Wikipedia:tabasco_sauce|hot pepper sauce]].
*The song Strong Bad hums before firing the bazooka is the [[Wikipedia:Nokia tune|classic]] [[Wikipedia:Nokia|Nokia]] [[Wikipedia:Ring tone|ring tone]], made famous by Nokia commercials and cell phones everywhere, and in reference to a cell phone going off during a movie.
*[[IMDB:nm0005561|Luke Wilson]] is an American film actor.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Battleship Potemkin|The Battleship Potemkin]]'' was an influential silent film about the [[Wikipedia:Russian battleship Potemkin|Battleship ''Potemkin'' uprising]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|167|10860}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Portmanteaus

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:42:16 GMT

Sbemailman:

'''[[Wikipedia:Portmanteau|Portmanteaus]]''' (or portmanteaux) are sometimes used in the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] universe, often accidentally. [[Strong Bad]], especially, frequently creates portmanteaus.

This article only lists portmanteaus unique to the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] universe.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="70%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Appears In
|-
| Babeliens
| Babes and [[Wikipedia:alien|aliens]]
| [[best thing]]
|-
| Barbzerdry
| Barber and wizardry
| [[haircut]]
|-
| Basketbully
| Basketball and bully
| [[Sketchbook]]
|-
| Blue Las-alert
| [[Blue Laser]] and alert
| [[Shopping for Danger]]
|-
| Blue Laserdisc
| Blue Laser and Laserdisc
| [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]
|-
|Breadallelogram
|Bread and parallelogram
|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
|Breadpazoid
|Bread and trapezoid
|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
|Breadtangle
|Bread and rectangle
|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
|Brhombus
|Bread and rhombus
|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| Bubsamecium
| [[Bubs]] and [[Wikipedia:Paramecium|paramecium]]
| [[highschool]]
|-
| Bubsgonzola
| [[Bubs]] and [[Wikipedia: gorgonzola (cheese)|gorgonzola]]
| [[unnatural]]
|-
| Bubsness
| Bubs and Business
| [[Broken Compy Menu]]
|-
| Burninate
| Burn and terminate
| [[dragon]]
|-
| Caffeinergy
| Caffeine and energy
| [[road trip]]
|-
| Canceltation
| Cancelation and consultation
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== See Also ==
*[[Neologisms]]
*[[Onomatopoeia]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

space program

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:36:42 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|138|bedtime story|portrait}}
[[Image:Sbemail138.PNG|thumb|"Nice work, The Strap!"]]

We learn of Strong Badia's space program, [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Classroom]] (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' November 14, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:44

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email is the sound that we make when a young girl cries...

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: space program</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Does Strongbadia have a space program? 
Doo doo crap, 
Ryan 
Raleigh, NC
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Da-da-da-da-" before "Dear," "Good jokes" instead of "Doo doo crap," "Ryan Raleigh" as one name, and "NC" as "Not Cool."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Who ''doesn't'' have a space program these days? I mean, don't, like, the Italians have a space program? Ours is called SBASAF ''{pronounced "sbase-aff"}''. The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil. ''{clears screen}'' The only problem is, ...

''{Fade to white; Strong Bad continues in voiceover.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...we blew our whole budget on this kick-awesome logo...

''{As he says this, the SBASAF logo appears—a rocket's path tracing the second S, and ending up in position as the first A.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and on our orientation filmstrip.

''{Cut to a filmstrip frame of the SBASAF logo, with "2005 Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil" at the bottom. The frame is initially out of focus, but becomes focused partway through the voiceover.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' SBASAF is a definitely-for-profit organization, dedicated to the manned taping of aluminum foil to cardboard. ''{beep sound}''

''{Another frame comes up - a stylized drawing of alien mountains in [[Outer Space|outer space]], with a [[The Moon|moon]] and a comet in the sky. A ten and five dollar note are visible, and a large arrow pointing beyond the mountains. The ten dollar bill has the text "TEN O' DEMS" along the top, the earth in the president's place and a circled "SB" for the seal. The five dollar bill is mostly obscured, but a sun and planet are visible on it.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Our mission objective: to accompany 15 earth dollars on a round trip journey... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a drawing of a spaceship flying past a planet.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to the closest reaches of space. ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: two astronauts, one lying on a bench with weights, the other saying "Gimme '''ONE''' more!!"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' While the muscular crew will age only a few hours, the cargo, according to our... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a portrait of Albert Einstein, saying "Hiya!"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...vague understanding of the theory of relativity, will have aged to an incredible... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: three large gold bars in space, with the caption "THREE O' DEMS". The slide is initially above center, then is adjusted.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...one million dollars. And who is good enough at video games...

''{Another frame: a photo of a TV screen with a joystick in front of it. On the screen is a typical 2-D one-on-one fighting game with "FIGHT!!!" written on it. The combatants are a hamburger and a ghost. The ghost has only 1/3 health.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to accept such a dangerous mission? Why, none other than beef bouillon-aire joyboy... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: Strong Bad wearing a headband with small wings on it, with pants made of foil.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...Space Captainface. First Lieuteneral Captainface knows the true key to success is... 

''{Another frame: a girl smiling at the camera, with a polka-dot background.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to have as many hot '60s-looking girls in your filmstrips as possible.

''{Another frame: two more girls against a blue background with a wavy stripe.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Yeah, girls! All right! ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: The Cheat wearing a blue cap and sunglasses, with the caption Harold "Strap" Coopmore.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Hey, look! It's onboard mechanic Harold "Strap" Coopmore! Looks like he could use a grilled cheese sandwich.

''{Another frame: a photo of a grilled cheese sandwich, with the caption Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese". Different music plays for a little bit, then, with a record-scratching noise, the previous music resumes and another frame is cued: two men with flat-top haircuts and headsets in front of a computer terminal. They're wearing horn-rimmed glasses and short-sleeved dress shirts; one has a pocket protector and several pens.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Flat-tops and shirt sleeves are the order of the day at SBASAF mission control. Why, Flight Engineer Ted Averill! You aren't smoking a smooth relaxing cigarette at all! ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: the same scene, but the man on the left is smoking.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' That's better. And somebody get that man a highball. ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: rows of spaceships.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' The flagship of SBASAF's 30-vessel fleet is the Proud Anselmo.

''{Another frame: Strong Bad in the same outfit, atop a spaceship labeled "PROUD ANSELMO". There is a beam of golden light spotlighting Strong Bad.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' A wonder of modern SBASAF-ery, the Proud Anselmo was constructed entirely out of cardboardium alloy. When blastoff day finally arrives,

''{Another frame: the '60s girls in silhouette with a large question mark.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...will you be among the hot '60s-looking girls to wish Strap and Space Captainface a safe voyage? And if not... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a tearful basset hound with the caption "How Come?"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...how come?

''{Cut to Strong Badia. A close-up of Strong Bad wearing his Space Captainface costume in a cardboard box holding an Atari joystick. He and the box are trembling violently.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Argrgrgrgrgrgr! Got to... escape... Earth's... tenacity.... Fire the afterburners, Strap!

''{A wider shot shows that The Cheat is in a taller cardboard box duct-taped to Strong Bad's, and has a [[SeeDees|CD player]]. [[#Trivia|Various objects]] are duct-taped to the side of the box. We can now see Strong Mad's hand shaking the boxes.}''

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

''{The Cheat presses play on the CD Player, which plays a sci-fi flyby sound effect. Cut back to Strong Bad. The box lifts into the air temporarily and lands on the ground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... we made it. ''{the boxes continue shaking}'' Ahem. ''Oh, we made it.'' ''{the boxes stop shaking}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Awww...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holding a Speak & Spell}'' According to my ca-cuh-lations, our precious cargo should have already multiplied to about 50 bucks!

''{Strong Mad walks away behind the fence and sits down, looking dejected.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{holding up a CD labeled "SOUND F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)"} {The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. We spent the precious cargo on that sound effect CD. Well, let me hear "Body falling downstairs".

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeable-sounding The Cheat noises}'' ''{presses button on CD player}''

''{The sound effect of what sounds like a body falling down a staircase plays. Strong Bad moves his head with each thump. Homestar Runner rushes up with a sweater stuck over his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You guys! You guys! I need help putting on this sweater!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A space myoot-ant from Satriani 5! Hit him with everything we got, Strap!

''{The Cheat pushes various buttons, and random laser sounds and explosions are played. After a pause, The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aah! I knew I should have asked the Italian space program. ''{hobbles off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work, The Strap. Another successful mission for ''{music starts; singing}'' Space Captainface!

''{A piece of cardboard labeled SPACE CAPTAINFACE is lowered on a fishing hook above Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still singing}'' Pretender of the galaxies! He's all-the-ways having space cocktails with hot '60s-looking girls!

''{Cut to wide shot; we see that The Cheat is holding a fishing rod with the SPACE CAPTAINFACE logo hanging from it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{although the first few words are almost spoken, concludes singing an octave higher}'' Where are all the hot '60s-looking girls? ''{music stops}''

''{The King of Town enters from the left.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I'm in my 60s!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click "S. CAPTAINFACE" on the boxflap to the side of Strong Bad to hear a log entry.
:''{Strong Bad is at the Lappy}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Captainface Log: The vinegar-baking soda drive on the Proud Anselmo has run out of fuel, stranding us in the Impellitteri Sector. There is shrapnel everywhere. It makes one wonder, does man truly ''{beep}''
:''{The slide of Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese" comes into frame from the bottom and stays a few seconds, accompanied by its music from the filmstrip.}''
*At the end, click the [[Tire]] to see Cadet Z at recruitment.
:''{The last two slides of the slideshow play again. Coach Z's arm enters frame from the bottom}''
:'''COACH Z:''' I was told I was gonna get to pee in a cup!
:''{Pull back to see Coach Z watching Strong Bad next to a projection screen}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' In due time, Cadet Z. In due time.
:'''COACH Z:''' Oh, doo time! Even better.
:''{Strong Bad looks slightly shocked}''
*At the end, click the CD to see the back cover
SOUND F/X are not a joke!
featuring such favorite hits as:
- baby in a wagon
- drippy towel
- single bird tweet
- the hush of winter
- baseball in repose
- body falling downstairs
- sonar ping
- creaking rustiness
- sonar pong
- rub sequence 00003 or 2
:On the side of the case is the text ''Sound F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)''.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The beeps in the filmstrip are common when a presenter is given a set of slides and a tape - so the presenter knows when to change the slides. Also, some combined tape player/projector models advance automatically upon detecting the beep.
*The "vague understanding of the theory of relativity" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Special relativity|Special relativity]] which is popularly held to be difficult to understand, and predicts that space travellers going near the speed of light will age more slowly.
*A [[Wikipedia:Sonar|Sonar]] ping is a method used to determine distance from one object to another, like two submarines. One will send out a low level "ping" that travels at a set speed through water, "bounces" off the other submarine, and is re-received by the first's sonar system. The amount of time this takes determines the distance.
**There is no Sonar "pong" - the reflection of the ping is called a return. The term "pong" is often incorrectly used due to confusion with the game [[Wikipedia:Ping Pong|Ping Pong]].
**You can hear an example of a Sonar ping near the end of [[dreamail]].
*SBASAF's "definitely-for-profit" status is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organizations]].
*Although it makes sense as constructed, Strong Bad's reference to "escap[ing]... Earth's... tenacity" appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Malapropism|malapropism]] for the phenomenon of [[Wikipedia:Escape velocity|escape velocity]].
*A [http://m-w.com/dictionary/highball highball] is an iced drink containing liquor (as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass. Highballs were also featured prominently in [[radio]].
*An [[Wikipedia:Alloy|alloy]] is a combination of two or more elements that includes at least two metals and has metallic properties.
*The phrase "smooth and relaxing cigarette", like most of the SBASAF slide show, comes directly from the '50s and '60s TV culture. [[Smoking#Cigarettes|Cigarettes]] were "in" during this period, so advertisers primarily targeted men in their 20s and 30s, often trying to make non-smokers seem uncool.
*Mixing vinegar and baking soda together causes a chemical reaction that, in some instances, can be powerful enough to propel small objects forward.
*An [[Wikipedia:afterburner|afterburner]] increases the power of a jet engine. It cannot be fitted to a rocket.

===Trivia===
*The various things and text adorning Strong Bad's spaceship are from left to right:
**[[Duct Tape]]
**A [[Van Buren]] bust
**An [[ABA Basketball]]
**Used paper towel rolls
**An [[Atari 2600]] joystick
**The [[Strong Badia|Strong Badian]] national flag/emblem
**A/C ductwork
**''"the proud anselmo"''
**''1ST LTNRL. S. CAPTAINFACE''
**Aluminum foil
**Upside down ''THIS WAYS''
**''"STRAP" COOPMORE''
**An empty milk carton
*Apparently several parts of the [http://static.flickr.com/32/63362276_e72bcf6cc6_o.png original email] were cut out. The alleged original version was:
<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: Space Program</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Does Strongbadia have a space program? Certainly your terrestrial resources will be depleted at some point: What plans do you have for emergency migration to other worlds? 
Crapfully DooDooCrap, 
Ryan 
Raleigh, NC
</blockquote>
[[Image:Television Reflection.JPG|thumb|We see you!]]
*If you use a decompiler to get the original picture used on the video game scene, you can see the reflection in the screen, showing one of [[The Brothers Chaps]] taking the screenshot, with someone else in the background.
*This is the first time we learn of the King of Town's age, as he claims that he is in his 60s.
*"Lieuteneral" is another example of [[Portmanteaus]], being a combination of "Lieutenant" and "General".

===Remarks===
*As of this cartoon's release, only the [[Wikipedia:United States of America|USA]], [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], and [[Wikipedia:China|China]] have [[Wikipedia:Human spaceflight|manned space programs]]. [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]] is a member of the [[Wikipedia:European Space Agency|European Space Agency]].
*Homestar's difficulty with his sweater's sleeves is ironic because he [[Lack of Visible Arms|has no visible arms]].
*In the old-fashioned video game shown on the TV, the player on the left is titled "Hamburger" even though it has a large layer of cheese in it which would technically make it a cheeseburger.
*The [[Tire]] wears a corded headset and is smoking a cigarette. Thus it appears to be the only acting member of Mission Control.
*"Track 03" is displayed on the CD player for the afterburner sound as well as for one of the laser sounds.
* Some beeps don't occur in the soundtrack accompanying the SBASAF filmstrip. Also, while there is a beep between the final two slides in the filmstrip, the beep is absent when the clip is replayed during one of the Easter eggs.
* Strong Bad allegedly purchased a spaceship with Homestar's credit card in [[credit card]].

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad receives yet another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]].
*The soundtrack to the filmstrip is built around the theme that plays when you roll over Store and Downloads on [[Main Page 19]] (with much longer notes, and transposed from G to C).
*In [[Halloween Fairstival]], Coach Z attempted to use a drippy towel to scare the hiccups out of The Cheat.
*In the slide featuring Harold "Strap" Coopmore, [[The King of Town's Grill]] is visible in the background.
*"And somebody get that man a highball" is a reference to [[Alcohol|alcohol]].
*The ABA basketball taped to the front of [[The Proud Anselmo]] was previously seen in [[new hands]] and [[different town]].

===Real-World References===
*The S. CAPTAINFACE log is similar to the ones that occur at the beginning of many [[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] episodes. The original Star Trek series also included philosophical musings on whether man belonged in space, which may be the sentiment interrupted by the grilled cheese sandwich slide.
* The narrator's comments about shirt-sleeves and flattops being the order of the day, and implying a cigarette is required, is a good description of late '60s early '70s [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075291.jpg Mission Control]. Many other aspects of SBASAF including its acronym title parallel [[Wikipedia:NASA|NASA]].
*[[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]] was a twentieth century theoretical physicist, most famous for his [[Wikipedia:Theory of relativity|theory of relativity]]. This e-mail came out in 2005, which marked the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous paper on Special Relativity.
*Harold "Strap" Coopmore is possibly a reference to U.S. Air Force General [[Wikipedia:Henry H. Arnold|Henry "Hap" Arnold]] who served on the committee that would become NASA.
*[[The Proud Anselmo]], Satriani 5 and the Impellitteri Sector all refer to famous rock musicians — [[Wikipedia:Phil Anselmo|Phil Anselmo]], [[Wikipedia:Joe Satriani|Joe Satriani]] and [http://www.rapture.net/impellitteri/ Chris Impellitteri], respectively. Also note Satriani's late 80's album, ''Surfing with the Alien''.
**The "Proud Anselmo" is also likely a reference to [http://www.space.com/news/space_news_100-1.html Rene Anselmo], the driven creator of the commercial satellite industry.
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "mutant" is most likely a reference to the classic science-fiction film ''[[Wikipedia:This Island Earth|This Island Earth]]'' (featured in ''[[Wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie]]''), where an alien "mut-ant" figures in the climax.
*[[Wikipedia:F/X|F/X]] is a movie from 1986 starring [[Wikipedia:Bryan Brown|Bryan Brown]] and [[Wikipedia:Brian Dennehy|Brian Dennehy]]. The movie is about a special effects technician who is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well-known gangster.
*The joystick next to the TV is the standard [[Wikipedia:ColecoVision|ColecoVision]] joypad, known as the "doorknob" due to the control stick's distinctive and somewhat uncomfortable shape.
*Strong Bad's "Space Captainface" costume includes a [[Wikipedia:petasus|petasus]], the winged hat that is characteristically worn by the Greek god [[Wikipedia:Hermes|Hermes]].
**Hermes' Roman counterpart is [[Wikipedia:Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], which was the name given to the [[Wikipedia:Project_Mercury|first American manned space project]].
*Strong Bad checks his "ca-cuh-lations" on a [[Wikipedia:Speak & Spell (game)|Speak & Spell]]. This educational toy also formed part of the [[Grape-Nuts Robot]].
*Strong Bad's opening is a reference to the song [[Wikipedia:When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] by [[Wikipedia:Prince (artist)|Prince]].
*The "He's all-the-ways having space cocktails" lyric is possibly a reference to the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "What's the New Mary Jane", which includes the lyric "She having all the ways good contact."

===Fast Forward===
* Space Captainface and Strap make a reappearance in [[cliffhangers]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|138|5939}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

different town

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:19:07 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|99|stupid stuff|flashback}}
[[Image:sbemail99.png|thumb|"Calm down, spaz!"]]

Strong Bad describes how he would make his town different, through song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Minor Alternate Versions|ABA Basketball Pom Pom]], {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Modestly Hot Homsar]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Stick]]/[[Big Old Tree]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Athletic Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' February 23, 2004

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

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Check your email and check your email. ''{His voice is looped with [[#Real-World References|another rhythm]]}'' Check your email and check your email.  ''{He stops singing and presses Enter.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I just wondering, if you had a chance 
to make your town different, what 
would you do? 
 
Sincerley 
Steven WV</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "WV" as "Wolksvagen".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pour hot soup in Homestar's eyes, eh, Steven? That sounds like a pretty good- ''{He stops typing.}'' wait... what'd your email say again?

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and the email appears again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling reading sounds}'' Oh. Oh-ho! Sorry.

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and starts the reply again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Make the town different, eh, Steven? ''{He breaks into song.}'' Weeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhllllllll,—

''{Cut to The Poopsmith shoveling whatsit.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' —the Poopsmith, he could talk—

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{in a surprisingly deep voice}'' Hello!

''{The screen slides to the left, where Marzipan is standing in front of a wall of amplifiers marked 'Marzipan'. She is dressed in heavy metal garb and is playing a guitar decorated with a skeleton pattern.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And Marzipan would rock-

''{Marzipan wails on her guitar. Cut to The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And The Stick would be this big old tree that'd try to eat everyone except The Cheat and me—

''{The Stick turns into a big tree with a scary mouth. A photo appears, showing the tree with Strong Bad and The Cheat hanging out with it. Strong Mad appears from behind the left border of the photo}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' AND ME!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking in the photo}'' We'll see.

''{Strong Mad looks shocked. Cut to the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And The King of Town would be underground in a box filled up with peas...

''{Pan down to reveal a large crate labeled "A MILLION [[Peas|PEAS]]" buried underground. A cut-out from the crate is taken away to reveal The King Of Town inside surrounded by peas.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I hate peas!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{appearing in the lower-right corner of the screen, wearing a miner's hard hat}'' I know!

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. The stand is surrounded by [[Bubs' Flamethrowers|flamethrowers]] and has a sign that reads "Please, Take SEVERAL".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Bubs would give away flame throwers ''{Bubs begins firing chocolate money from one of the flamethrowers}'' that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills...

'''BUBS:''' Imitation chocolate!

''{Pan right to reveal Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And my stupid baby brother would have been born with horns and a tail...

''{Strong Sad sprouts demon horns and a tail.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{looks down and says sadly}'' I'm evil.

''{Pan right to reveal the athletic field. Coach Z is standing there wearing an orange jacket.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And Coach Z would wear this cool jacket.

''{Coach Z turns to reveal the back of his jacket. It reads "Totally Style" and has a picture of a thumbs-up.}''

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

''{Pan right again. Homestar Runner is standing in the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And Homestar just couldn't hack it.

''{Homestar Runner rips the star off his shirt and throws it to the ground, angrily.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I quit! ''{starts stomping on the star}''

''{A collector's sports card floats onto the left side of the screen. It shows a picture of Pom Pom with a basketball.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And Pom Pom wouldn't change at all, 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball.

''{Another card appears on the right, this time showing Pom Pom with his body changed to a red, white and blue ABA basketball. The screen goes black, then fades in to a close-up of Strong Bad's mouth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{softly}'' Two, three, four.

''{Zoom out to reveal Strong Bad wearing a partially-open blue shirt and white pants.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And this little weirdo...

''{A spotlight turns on in the background, revealing Homsar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' ...would be a modestly hot girl...

''{Homsar silhouettes and morphs into a silhouette of a modestly hot girl.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' ...to help me through the hard times. You know, the kind that are only sorta hot so they don't mess around with other guys.

''{Modestly Hot Homsar un-silhouettes. She is wearing Homsar's bowler derby and a blue one-piece swimsuit with the word 'homsar', and she has brown hair and pink lipstick. Cut to a closeup of Modestly Hot Homsar.}''

'''MODESTLY HOT HOMSAR''': ''{in Homsar's voice}'' DaAaAa, I'm forever your girl! ''{her hat falls off the back of her hair}''

''{The crowd cheers for a moment as Modestly Hot Homsar stands there. Cut to the Computer Room where Strong Bad is standing on his stool. The cheering continues for a few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you! Thank you! All right! This next one is the fourteenth song on my forty-second album. It's called—

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing to the right of the computer desk. He is dressed in a light blue tunic and is wearing horns and a tail.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Strong Bad—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' WHOA! Can it be true?

''{Cut to a wide shot showing both Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Strong Bad is still standing on his stool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar Runner called it quits? The King of Town, pea-buried alive?! The Poopsmith speaketh?!?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... Calm down, spaz! I'm going to the ''Clash of the Titans'' con, dressed up as Calibos, remember? I was just gonna ask if you still wanted that bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, um. Right. Of course. ''{clears throat, then speaks quietly and quickly}'' Yeah, I still want the bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, bye, weirdo. What are you standing on that stool for anyway?

'''STRONG BAD:''' For your information, I was ''{short pause}'' checking on the lights, Strong Sad. We got that recessed lighting, y'know. Yup, everything looks great.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, things would be different alright. Though I'm a little disappointed in what I came up with for Homsar. Modestly hot my eye! I think my imagination's broke. ''{stops typing}'' Lemme try and think up the ''{starts typing again}'' Best Thing Ever. Umm... Beef... stew... ''{types this as just "Best thing ever: Beef stew."}'' Yup it's busted alright. I'm gonna go... place. ''{gets up and walks away}''

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Marzipanmohawk.PNG|thumb|Marzipan's new 'do.]]
*The words "eh, Steven?" can be clicked (only the first time Strong Bad types them) to show a [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|LEM]] drawing of "Eh. Steven." ([[Eh! Steve!]] in formal wear).
*Clicking on "place" at the end brings up a [[Place]] postcard featuring [[Monkey D]] and the skyline of Seattle, Washington. It reads: "Greetings from PLACE."
*Click on the right side of "back" at the end to download the song.
*Hidden behind Marzipan's yellow hair, if viewed in a decompiler, there is another hairstyle – a bright pink spiked mohawk.

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
* The music for "Different Town" was performed by [[They Might Be Giants]] especially for HomestarRunner.com. However, the lyrics were written by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Although Strong Bad's imagination is by no means part of continuity, this is the first time that the Poopsmith speaks (if you ignore the hiss in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]).
*After you bring up the postcard from Place, you can still access the "download the song" Easter egg, which appears over the top of the postcard.
*If you look closely in [[Pom Pom, Too]] toon, you can see an ABA basketball Pom.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#BAAL|BAAL]]".
*This toon has [[Nondescript Nouns]] ("Place").

===Remarks===
*Though the Big Old Tree moves, its shadow does not.
*When Strong Bad is "checking the lights" he should be looking to his right because according to the shadows the light comes from his right.

===Inside References===
*The postcard from PLACE in the Easter egg is a reference to Strong Bad's postcards from destinations such as OVER THERE in the email [[vacation]].
*The [[Trading Card Games|trading card]] Pom Pom was pictured on has the same design as the one featuring [[The Deke]] in [[autobiography]].
*This is the first time we see Homestar Runner without a star since [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].

*In the [[new hands]] easter egg you can turn Strong Bad's hand into an ABA basket ball.

===Real-World References===
*The rhythm of Strong Bad's email song is taken from the They Might Be Giants song [[TMBW:Ana Ng|Ana Ng]] – the first time is the same as the rhythm part under the verse, and the second time is this and the vocal rhythm mixed together.
*The "[[Wikipedia:American Basketball Association|ABA]] Basketball" is indeed red, white, and blue instead of the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]] orange.
*"Bubo" was the name of the clockwork owl in the film ''[[IMDB:tt0082186|Clash Of The Titans]]'', later featured as an avatar on [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. Strong Sad was dressed as Calibos, the villain of that movie. Both Bubo and Calibos were [[Stop Motion|animated]] by [[Wikipedia:Ray Harryhausen|Ray Harryhausen]], whose work was also referenced in [[redesign]].
*Wolksvagen is a play on words of the German automobile manufacturer: [[Wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]. The funny pronunciation comes from the fact that the two letters are reversed from the normal abbreviation, VW. One may also note that in German, the name is pronounced "'''F'''olks'''v'''agen." The literal translation of Volkswagen would be "people's car".
*The board behind Homestar says "[[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]]" and "DeBry," which is a parody of [[Wikipedia:DeVry University|DeVry University]].
*The guitar Marzipan is playing is "[http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_george_lynch03.jpg Mr. Scary]," the one [[Wikipedia:George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch]] used during his years with the '80s metal band [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]].
*The "Marzipan" amps are a play on the ubiquitous [[Wikipedia:Marshall Amplification|Marshall Amps]], which feature similar styling and font.
*Marzipan's blond hairdo may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heart (band)|Heart]] guitarist [[Wikipedia:Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]].
*Strong Bad's outfit during the "And this little weirdo" sequence is similar to outfits worn by many glam-rock musicians, such as [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin's]] [[Wikipedia:Robert Plant|Robert Plant]] and [[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen's]] [[Wikipedia:Freddie Mercury|Freddie Mercury]].
*Homsar says "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 song and album titled "[http://www.lyricsdepot.com/paula-abdul/forever-your-girl.html Forever Your Girl]" by [[Wikipedia:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]].

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's eyes will again be threatened with hot soup in [[New Boots]], this time by The Cheat.
*Strong Bad's statement that they have recessed lighting is confirmed in [[pop-up]] when Strong Bad jumps to the ceiling.
*The voice of The Poopsmith will be heard again in [[senior prom]].
*Marzipan actually does end up playing rock music when she starts the band [[Cool Tapes]].
*A screenshot of Modestly Hot Homsar is shown again in the "[[Discount Flashback Warehouse]]" Easter egg in [[flashback]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Eh! Steven Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The download link for Different Town has been disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary, as well as the ''original'' version of the Different Town song, as sung by John Linnell. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Another commentary.

'''MIKE:''' This is a commentary- My name is Mike Chapman. This is my younger brother Matt, he's three years younger than me.

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

'''MIKE:''' So, this commentary track- we're going to allow John Linnell from They Might Be Giants- we're gonna put on his original track. They co-wrote the song for this e-mail.

'''MATT:''' -did all the music for it, I just sent an email with some of the words and a couple of notes and that- that's it.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, so that's what we're going to play for the, um—

'''MATT:''' ''{quickly}'' Here it comes!

''{The Different Town music track is played, with [[They Might Be Giants|John Linnell]] singing Strong Bad's lines (no other character's lines are said.)}''

'''MATT:''' I think I used a Miss Georgia, or Miss California, or something picture, for a reference for the hot Homsar.

'''MIKE:''' Probably was Miss Georgia.

'''MATT:''' You think so?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. She's pretty hot

'''MATT:''' So, we liked Clash of the Titans a lot.

'''MIKE:''' True. It, uh, scared me when I was little. And I like the special effects.

'''MATT:''' And it delights you in your old age.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' It does.

'''MATT:''' Bubo was, of course, the R2-D2 of Clash of The Titans.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, the robot owl.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. But it was clockwork, Mike, there were no robotics back then. The gods had a mastery of clockworks, though.

'''MIKE:''' Gears.

'''MATT:''' Gears of...shimmies. Uh, Manhunter of New York, I believe, is in the diskbox there.

'''MIKE:''' ''Great'' game.

'''MATT:''' It's a great game. Speaking of terribly awkward graphics. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's something else that scared me when I was younger and delights me in my old age, is Manhunter of New York.

'''MIKE:''' Eyeballs. Flying eyeballs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Orbs.

'''MIKE:''' Orbs. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Poor guy.

===Goofs===
*Matt incorrectly identifies the game in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] as "Manhunter of New York." It is actually "BAAL." The game "Manhunter of New York" appeared in the Floppy Disk container in [[Arcade Game]] and [[caper]].

==External Links==

{{preforumsbemailextlinks|99}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_different_town.m4v|download "different town" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
*Download the song: [[HR:songs/differentown.zip|Win]] [[HR:songs/differentown.sit|Mac]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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coloring

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:36:11 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|160|retirement|4 branches}}
[[Image:sbemail160.png|thumb|"Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... 'Laser Limes'. Or maybe just laser beams."]]

Strong Bad discusses crayon colors and stumbles upon Marzipan's cult, er, "classroom".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Limozeen}}, [[Teeg Dougland]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Garage]], [[The Classroom]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' October 23, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Sippin' on a bottle of email, cold, having a picnic lunch with some co-workers.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: bad crayon namers</div>
Dear awesome, 
have you ever thought how rediculous some crayon names are....I mean "blizzard blue"...thats stupid...and "Laser lemon"...??? 
-much love 
Ter 
Andover,MN
</blockquote>

''{After "Dear awesome", Strong Bad adds, "Oh! Somebody finally got it right!"; at the first ellipsis, he adds, "Oh, you mean like, Red Iculous?" and a red crayon labeled "Red Iculous" appears; and after reading the name "Laser lemon", he repeats surprisedly:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Laser lemon?! ''{picking up a phone}'' The Cheat, halt production immediately!

''{Cut to the garage, where The Cheat is using a soldering iron and an oscilloscope to build a laser with lemons on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{over the PA}'' Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... "Laser Limes". ''{The Cheat looks annoyed and a black "cloud" briefly appears over his head}'' Or maybe just laser beams.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise which sounds unmistakably like "Okay."}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad resumes reading the email. He reads "Andover,MN" as "And over, and over, and over, M N."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ter? What is that, short for Terbert? Or Terlliam? Or Terthew? ''{clears screen}'' Welter, the crayons of my youth had pretty awesome names. Especially the ones that came with my Limozeen 1989 "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada" Tour coloring book!

''{Cut to a view of this coloring book, which has a drawing of two members of Limozeen on the cover. As Strong Bad says each of the following color names, a corresponding crayon appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There was Leather Black, Ripped Denim Blue, Groupie Lipstick Red, Skin Flesh ''{pink}'', Hairspray Blond ''{yellow}'', and Tight Shiny Purple. It even came with a cassette tape with a song about how to color!

''{A yellow cassette tape labeled "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" appears. Switch to a view of the first page of the coloring book, which shows Larry and Gary performing. Below this is the text "Gary and Larry rehearse their moves". The page has been colored to look like Larry's guitar has caught fire, and a laser is drawn firing from the guitar with the word "vpoo" over it.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Grab a box of sixty-four,—

''{Changes to the next page, which shows Limozeen with the text "We are in a band called Limozeen!" Perry's skin has been colored green with blue hair, Larry has been colored with a black eye and blood dripping with the words "be tup" colored on his shirt, and Mary has been colored with an extra set of arms coming out of his head doing the evil fingers, the words "2 sets!" are also colored above his head.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —with a sharpener a-built right in,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Larry with two women. The text says "<s>Larry</s> Strong Bad always serenades the 'of-age' ladies after the show". Larry's face has been colored like Strong Bad's, and his hands have been drawn to look like red boxing gloves. The girls have the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Flag|Canadian Flag]] colored onto their shirts.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Dump 'em all out onto the floor,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Mary with a face drawn on his abdomen; the text says, "Drummers almost never wear shirts while playing a big show." The rest of the page remains colorless.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —and let the party begin!

''{Change to next page, which shows Gary leaping into the air while playing the guitar; he has been colored to wear a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and hold a basketball; a basketball hoop and defending player have also been drawn in. The text reads "Gary's playing some "air" guitar. Get it?"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Outside the lines!

''{The next page shows Perry with Teeg Dougland at the soundboard; the text reads "Producer/ manager/ roadie/ webmaster Teeg Dougland shows Perry how to tweak the reverb." They have both been colored to look like old ladies with wrinkles, grey hair, lipstick and fingernails all colored in.}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Inside your heart!

''{The next page shows Larry and Perry, who is wearing a bear mask; the text reads "'That bear mask has GOT to go!!!' shouts Larry."}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Those crayons of mine!

''{The next page shows Mary and Larry barbecuing; a large, vicious-looking hot dog has been drawn standing behind them; The Cheat has been drawn peeking from around the barbecue. Mary's skin has been colored blue, The text reads, "Back home from the road, Mary and Larry say, 'It's Grilla Time!'"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Hey, hey, let's go back to the start!

''{The last page shows Larry with Gary and Perry performing, but is not colored. The text reads, "Larry is screaming like a demon. And the other two are playing guitars." The music stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, looks like I missed one! As much as I respect you guys as artists, it's time to melt your faces off.

''{Strong Bad uses the Skin Flesh crayon to draw on Larry's face as the music from the first drawing of Trogdor plays. The crayon breaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, crudcrap! My Skin Flesh broke!

''{Cut to a view of Strong Bad at his table holding the broken crayon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where'm I gonna get another one of these at this hour? Ooh, wait! I bet Marzipan's teaching her kindergarten class down at the Montesodium school! Those kids eat crayons like they were paste!

''{Cut to Marzipan in the Classroom; the blackboard reads "SOY IS ALSO MURDER"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{finishing a monologue}'' ...so that way, you always feel guilty!

''{Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Goody Marzipan. Can I borrow some crayons? I broke my Skin Flesh!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looks aghast, then angry}'' Shhh! Strong Bad, not in front of the class!

''{Cut to a view of the class, which consists of Homsar, Strong Mad and Homestar Runner wearing yellow shirts. Homsar has a stack of blocks on his desk that reads "TURD".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!

''{Cut back to Marzipan and Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why can't I say "Skin Flesh" in front of the—uh, ''children?''

'''MARZIPAN:''' First of all, we don't call them children. They're "life blossoms"!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Life blossoms?! Marzipan, what kind of cult are you running here?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, a pretty standard one. ''{cut to a closeup of Marzipan}'' Anyway, we don't use the term "Skin Flesh". The color you're looking for is "Dermal Discoveries".

''{A pink roll loosely resembling a crayon with the words "Dermal Discoveries" appears. Some notes played on a acoustic guitar is heard. Cut to a view from behind Marzipan, facing Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's that scramble?! What about Lipstick Red?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, no, no. Too gender-specific. We use "Crimson Suggestion".

''{A red roll with the words "Crimson Suggestion" appears. More acoustic notes play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, how 'bout Hairspray Blond?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Vague Pigmentation!

''{A yellow roll with the words "Vague Pigmentation" appears. Acoustic notes are heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Leather Black?

'''MARZIPAN:''' We just call that "blue."

''{A black roll with the word "Blue" appears. More acoustic notes are heard. Homestar Runner moves into view.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teacherman, ''{cut to face Homestar Runner}'' are we just gonna talk about crowns all day?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ta'-'bou'-wha'?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crowns! You know! For coloring! A box of crowns!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{chuckling}'' You mean, crayons? Cray-ons?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks angry}'' Oh, I don't need this. I'm going to the liberry! To read me some pie-pie comics!

''{Return to view of Marzipan and Strong Bad from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What kind of grades does Homestar get?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, roots and grass, mostly.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Roots and grass? What're those, like, D's? D minusesses?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, they're F's.

''{Cut back to the last page of the coloring book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys. Prepare to make some dermal discoveries!

''{Strong Bad begins to draw with the Dermal Discoveries "crayon." Nothing happens.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the— what's wrong with this stupid crown—on?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan in front of the table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, didn't I tell you? Our crayons don't actually color so that no one life blossom shines brighter than any other. That way, they're ''all'' special!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I never had any doubts that all your students were ''{uses hand quotes}'' "special", Marzipan.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' And they're made from 100% pressed bunson, so they double as a healthy snack! Mmm! ''{eats a "Crimson Suggestion" and leaves.}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the table. A bundle of Marzipan's "crayons" appears in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing, his words appear under the bundle of "crayons."}'' Pressed bunson, you know it's pressed bunson. Preeeeow!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down as Larry sings the last word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...the crap is pressed bunson?

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Homestar reportcardnew.png|thumb|170px|They're life blossoms!]]
*Click on "Dear awesome" after Strong Bad mentions "Red Iculous" to see a "Dear Awesome" colored crayon.
*Likewise, click on "some crayon" and see a "Some Crayon" colored crayon.
*Click on "L.U.R.N." on Homestar's shirt when he walks up to Marzipan to see the [[:Image:LURN logo corrected.png|logo]] for [[L.U.R.N.]], or "Life-Blossoms Undergoing Re-programming Naturally."
*Click on the word Murder on the chalkboard after Strong Bad asks about Homestar's grades to see his report card.
*At the end, click on the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] to see the whole thing (it comes up in a new window). It has three pages and two colors not featured in the email. You can color it with the included crayons, or [[Printables|print it out]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The [[Laser Lemon#The Cheat's Oscilloscope|device next to The Cheat]] is an [[Wikipedia:Oscilloscope|oscilloscope]].
*"Special" is often used as a euphemism to refer to developmentally challenged people.
*On the page of the Limozeen coloring book where Larry is crossed out to reveal Strong Bad serenading the "of age" groupies, they are wearing Canadian flag tops. Those "of age" to consent in Canada are 14 and above.

===Trivia===
*The crayons in the Easter egg contain two colors not featured in the email: "Roadie [[Puking|Puke]] Green" and "Sweet Boots Brown".
*This is the first time we see Marzipan in Strong Bad's house.
*The coloring book Easter egg originally did not have an "Undo" button to go back a step when coloring, so if you made a mistake well into your drawing, you'd have to erase it all. It was added later.
*In the drawing of the coloring book where Larry is serenading the "of-age" ladies, he is holding a [[G]] chord on the guitar.

===Remarks===
*The Lappy's "toe" (which was removed in [[cliffhangers]] and was missing in [[retirement]]) is back.
*The cards above the chalkboard read "4, I3, (, I>, 3, I=, 6, #, 1" which are [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] representations of the letters A through I.
*This is the first/closest The Cheat has gotten to saying a word in English ("Okay") outside of his [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, although some of his [[Deliberately Poor English#A Lack of Intelligible Speech|The Cheat noises]] have strongly suggested English phrases in the past.
*Both [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]] and [[Perry Palaroncini|Perry]] are wearing blue shirts with white stars, in the style of Homestar's shirt.
*If you download the Flash file for the Limozeen coloring book Easter egg directly to your computer, it will ask you if you want to print a page when you open it.
*Each member of Limozeen seems to change appearance (hairstyle, instrument) in most of the pictures in the coloring book, making it hard to distinguish them from one another.
*Despite claims to the contrary in the coloring book, it seems unlikely that Limozeen would have had a "webmaster" in 1989

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this email was first released, "blossom" was misspelled as "blossum" in the [[:Image:LURN logo.png|T-shirt]] and [[:Image:Homestar reportcard.png|report card]] Easter eggs, and "animals" was misspelled as "animas". These have since been fixed.
*The coloring book originally misnamed several of the crayons in comparison to their email counterparts. Groupie Lipstick Red was incorrectly named "Rockin' Red" while Tight Shiny Purple was named "Ballad Purple". This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad uses the same [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected telephone]] to speak to The Cheat over the intercom that he used in [[replacement]].
*The scribble above The Cheat's head also appeared in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad has previously defaced and satirized picture books in [[kids' book]] and [[That Time of Year]].
*The "'air' guitar" image is identical to an image of Gary in the Limozeen laser show in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*When Strong Bad is coloring the Limozeen picture, the music is the same as the music that plays while he is drawing [[Trogdor]] in [[dragon]].
*Homestar calling Marzipan "Teacherman", is an example of him calling things something ending in "man", for instance, he called the "nice present" from [[Decemberween in July]] a [[Santaman]], and the [[Bear holding a Shark]] in [[myths & legends]] a "Monsterman".
*This is another appearance of [[Preeeeow]], the [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] describing The Paper's sound effect.
*"TURD" is a [[Wikipedia:vulgarism|vulgarism]] for [[Whatsit|whatsit]].
*The fact that Strong Bad drew The Cheat peeking out from behind [[Limozeen]]'s grill is a reference to [[Where's The Cheat?]], in which it is revealed that The Cheat lives in [[The King of Town's Grill]].
*The cards above the chalkboard use the same [[Fonts|font]] as the [[Compy 386]] (Commodore 64).
*The keytar is seen or heard about in [[cheatday]] and [[portrait]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Crayola|Crayola]] is a well known company that makes art supplies such as [[Wikipedia:Crayon|crayons]].
**"Laser Lemon" is the name of an actual [[Wikipedia:List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola color]].
**"Blizzard Blue" also existed at one point, but has since been replaced with "Inchworm".
**"Skin Flesh" is also a possible reference to when Crayola renamed their color "Flesh" to "Peach" in 1962, partially to avoid racial discrimination.
*The lyrics "Grab a box of sixty-four with a sharpener a-built right in" from "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" refers to a standard Crayola 64-crayon box. These boxes usually have a plastic crayon sharpener built into the back.
*On the air guitar page, Strong bad has 'colored' a basketball jersey similar to that of the Los Angeles Lakers onto Gary.
**On the same page of the coloring book, the basketball player on the right very much resembles [[Wikipedia:Larry Bird|Larry Bird]].
*The band member wearing a bear mask is a reference to musician [[Wikipedia:John Mayer|John Mayer]] who sometimes dresses in a bear costume in order to meet and talk with fans before concerts without the fans realizing who he is.
*"Montesodium" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of the words "Montessori" and "Monosodium".
**[[Wikipedia:Montessori method|Montessori Schools]] are a very progressive and non-traditional schooling system used in many private schools throughout the world. It focuses on allowing children to learn at their own pace and doing away with perceived forms of competition like grading.
*The page Strong Bad tries to color says "Larry is screamin' like a demon..."; he is also shown singing with his tongue hanging out. [[Wikipedia:Gene Simmons|Gene Simmons]] of the rock band Kiss is well-known for his extraordinarily long tongue, and is also known as "The Demon".
*Homestar leaving to go read "[[Pie|pie]] pie comics" may mean he wants to read [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] comics.
*The coloring book makes mention of staying at the [[Wikipedia:Ramada|Ramada]], a well-known hotel chain.
*It's Grilla Time is a reference to "It's Miller Time", which is a famous slogan of [[wikipedia:Miller Brewing|Miller Brewing Company]]. It's also why they're holding [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] at the time.
*The subtitle on the Limozeen book, "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada", is written in the [[Fonts|font]] created and used by British heavy metal band [[wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]].
**Room 302 is also a major plot device in ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 4: The Room|Silent Hill 4: The Room]]'', a horror game produced by [[Wikipedia: Konami|Konami]].
*When the Cheat is told by Strong Bad to stop making the lemons that have lasers on them, a black scribble appears above his head. It looks very similar to the scribbles on top of the characters in "[[Peanuts]]" that appeared when they were mad.
*"Soy is also murder" may be a reference to the second album by alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]], entitled [[Wikipedia:Meat is Murder|Meat is Murder]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail160.html|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:sbemail160.swf|view the Flash file for "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.html|View the coloring book]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.swf|View the Flash file for the coloring book]]
*[[Forum:10080|forum thread re: "{{PAGENAME}}"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

portrait

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:32:08 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|139|space program|highschool}}
[[Image:Sbemail139.png|thumb|Done by a Deutsch Master.]]

Strong Bad tries to make a portrait of himself.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lord Quackingstick]], [[Strong Badman]] (Easter egg), [[Deutschman]] (Easter egg), {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Princess Shellbra]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], A Museum, [[Trailer Home]], [[Strong Mad's Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' December 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:37

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486
==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey everybody, it's a musical Strong Bad Email this week! ''{presses enter}'' ''{singing}'' Da-doo doo doo Dear, Dear Strong Bad, oh I was wondering—''{stops singing}'' Ahhh, I can't keep this up.

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: portrait</div>
Dear Strong Bad- 
I was wondering if you ever wanted to have somebody 
paint a portrait of  your greatness. 
guess what, it's- 
Dylan Bragers (aka Coolio da Fabio) 
Texas
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.) ''[sic]'' I'm just gonna call you Dealin' Burgers, which I assume doubles as an accurate job description.

''{Clears screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Moving onwardly, I suppose my greatness is worthy of portraiture. Perhaps one done by a Deutsch Master.

''{Cut to a portrait of Strong Bad, in a long-haired wig, a beret, and a toga, holding a toy stick with a duck's head on the end. The painting is in a gold frame, with a museum placard beside it (see [[#Trivia|below]]).}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The kind that are always getting stolen or vandalized by art bandits.

''{The Cheat appears from the top, wearing a black mask, skullcap, and a t-shirt reading "4rt b4ndit". He places a stencil over the painting and paints a "robotank", along with the words "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK", in pink spray paint.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thanks, little buddy! Now it's worth something.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{obliging The Cheat noises; salutes}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{resumes typing}'' Or what about one of those black and white ink portraits you see in all the rich-guy newspapers.

''{Cut to a black-and-white newspaper. An image of Strong Bad in a suit and tie and holding a large cell phone is in the center.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, apparently they're not rich enough to afford any color. Or even solid lines! Just a bunch of dots and dashes. I look like Morse code. ''{imitating Morse code}'' Dah dah dah dee dee dee... I a-am ho-o-olding a real-ly ol-d cel-l-l pho-o-one.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. The screen has cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oops. No. Hey, I got it! A painting of such greatness demands only the finest materials. And what could be finer than black velvet in a cheap imitation wood frame? It would be showcased—

''{Cut to the velvet painting. It shows Strong Bad holding a skunk. A lamp with a moose on it can be seen to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —in only the fanciest double-wide trailers. Oh, and look! I finally caught that skunk. I been chasing after that little scamp for—Whoa!—

''{The shot suddenly shifts to the right to reveal a [[:Image:Born to be danged.PNG|poster of a unicorn on a snowmobile with the caption "Born to be danged!!!"]]. Another moose lamp is seen on the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Is that a blacklight poster of a unicorn riding a snowmobile?! Now ''that'' is some esteemed company.

''{A [[Cold One|Cold One Ice]] flies at the lamp and shatters it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen and in a groggy voice}'' Thanks for breaking my moose lamp.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, I don't know anybody with a useless Master of Fine Arts degree, so I might have to settle for something a bit more, how you say, made by Strong Mad or The Cheat.

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is noisily gnawing a relief-bust of Strong Bad's face into a log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Very... uh, slobbery, The Cheat. This isn't quite what I had in mind when you said "sculpture."

''{Classical music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're really just... goin' to town there, aren't ya?

''{Strong Bad stares at The Cheat working for a moment.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna ''{motioning with his glove}'' leave you two alone.

''{Strong Bad backs away. Cut to Strong Mad's room. Strong Mad is sprinkling glitter over a macaroni picture. A sticker on the left side reads "Great Thyme". Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, Chef Boyardee!

''{Cut to a close-up of the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like I couldn't have gone down to the kindergarten and hired a five-year-old to make me one of those.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{slams the glitter down}'' I'LL WAIT FOR YOU!

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, thanks to my no-talent minions, it looks like a self-portrait is the only way to go. And I will render it in nothing less than the classic style of the Trüe Mästers.

''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad, who has somehow fit his head into a wooden cutout of a muscular man holding a sword with a keyboard on it. The man's abdominal muscles are in the shape of the letters "SB", and he is holding a falcon. His one visible leg wears a boot that looks vaguely similar to a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]]. There are also two cans of paint nearby, labeled "Some Paint" and "Some More Paint". There is also a cutout of a mermaid at his feet with an empty space for a head. He paints it with a small brush.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, at last: A self-portrait that accurately depicts who I am, where I'm from, and my passing interest in falconry.

''{He tries to get out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. ''{keeps trying}'' How do I get outta this thing?

''{Cut to the reverse angle. He can be seen hanging by his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How did I get ''into'' this thing? ''{kicks his legs together a few times}''

''{Cut back to the front view. He holds up the duck-head toy from the first portrait.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut to a close-up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, Lord Quackingstick, how nice to see you. You don't happen to have a hacksaw in your pocket, do you? ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, too bad. ''{looking down at the mermaid}'' Well, what about you, Princess Shellbra?

''{He moves the bird-on-a-stick into the face hole for the mermaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk in a high, sultry voice}'' Quack, quack. ''{speaking normally}'' But of course. I love to serenade you anytime with my ''{looks down to his right}'' mystical key-sword-tar. I mean it's not like I'm goin' anywhere... anytime soon.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Click the white card beside the portrait by the Deutsch Master to see an "Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]" comic book. A "Deutsch Master" holding a paintbrush is silhouetted, standing over Strong Badman and Deutschman, who are both lying wounded on a pile of rubble.<blockquote>Enter... The Deutsch Master "Strong Badman and Deutschman are both '''finished!!!'''"</blockquote>
*Click the key-sword-tar at the end to see a [[Printables|printable]] version of the robotank stencil The Cheat used to vandalize the painting.
*Click [[Lord Quackingstick]] at the end to see Strong Bad show off his key-sword-tar to Homestar.
:''{Cut to The Field with Homestar and Strong Bad holding the key-sword-tar, his head still in the hole, although it has been broken off from the rest of the portrait.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' So that's when I realized I don't even need Lamaze classes.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, there's something different about you. Did you get a haircut?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but I did get this new key-sword-tar. ''{waves the key-sword-tar around}'' Maow, maow, maoooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Keyboard, keyboooooard. ''{normal}'' Maow, maow, maooooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Fight some brigands!! ''{Homestar holds up a [[BMW Lighter|SAAB lighter]], Strong Bad's voice returns to normal}'' Maow Maow, Maoooow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-owwowwoww-whammy-barrrrruh.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* ''Deutsch'' is the German word for "German", but Strong Bad uses it as a play on ''Dutch''. (The similarity in sound has led to confusion about terms such as [[Wikipedia:Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Dutch]], who are actually of German descent.) "Dutch masters" is a general term for the famous Dutch artists of the 17th century, such as [[Wikipedia:Rembrandt|Rembrandt]] and [[Wikipedia:Vermeer|Vermeer]]. "[[Wikipedia:Dutch Masters|Dutch Masters]]" is also a brand of cigars.
**If pronounced with all the umlauts Strong Bad had inserted, "Deutsch Master" would be pronounced DUOY-ch MEH-ster.
* [[Wikipedia:Falconry|Falconry]] is the art or sport of training raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game.
*[[Wikipedia:Lamaze|Lamaze]] is a relaxation technique designed to avoid the use of pain-killing drugs during childbirth.
*A [[Wikipedia:Tremolo arm|whammy bar]] is a lever mounted to the bridge of a guitar and is used to bend the notes up or down. Since it works by changing the tension of the guitar strings, its inclusion on Strong Bad's key-sword-tar (a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]]) is hard to explain. Real keytars use a [[Wikipedia:Portamento|pitch bend]] controller to bend pitches; it's possible that this "whammy bar" is in fact a [[Wikipedia:Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] controller.
*[[Thyme]] is the herb depicted on Strong Mad's "Great Thyme" sticker. It often replaces the word time.

===Trivia===
* This email was sent in by wiki user [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]].
* This email currently has the largest filesize, possibly due to the bitmaps used for the Deutsch Master painting and the Rich Guy newspaper portrait.
* This email was released late Sunday night Atlanta time, but the website claimed that its release date was on Monday.
* The card next to the first portrait reads:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;border:2px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:120px">
Strongio da Baddio 
DaVantres 
''c. 1658''</blockquote>

[[Image:cheap as free comics.png|thumb|100px|Cheap as Free Comics]]
* The upper-left corner of the comic book reads:

{| cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:150px;margin-left:2em"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
<big>CHEAP AS 
FREE 
comics</big> 
''{The Cheat in costume}''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center" |
$1.25 
$8.00 CAN 
<big>45</big>
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
APPROVED 
BY THE 
COMICS 
CODE 
''{symbol}''
|}
* The captions for the newspaper picture read "Sell phones or ''Cell'' phones?" above and "''Strong Bad''" below. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
* The visible portions of the newspaper articles read:
{| style="border:2px solid black; font-family: Times, serif;"
|-
| width=200 valign=top | <big><big>Mulligatawny</big></big> 
stew rose high in 
the markets today 
fter rumors spread 
a really sweet deal 
over at my place 
usually get started 
d nine and go until 
who knows when! 
Pork bellies will be 
erved around 8-ish. 
tures to follow at 9 
ase bring your own 
pkins if you're into 
 that crap. Not me. 
ipe hands on pants, 
 yo. Anyways, I'm 
ally rich and money 
s still very valuable.
| width = 240px valign=top | <big><big>G</big>igantic cell phone</big> 
making a 4th quart 
comeback as the the "it' 
toy of the Decemberwe 
season. "Who wants to 
put a phone in their poc 
when you can carry aro 
a separate suitcase just 
for a portable, wireless 
mobile, take-anywhere 
cellular telephone. Ma 
analysts predict all the 
cool kids will be luggi 
these stylish jobbies fr 
prom dance to soccer 
practice in 2006. 
 "I want a cell phone 
that is quite large," say 
the sleepy rabbit. 
The technology sector is anticipating 
other woodland creatures to be amon 
early adopters of the new technology
|}

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad tells "Coolio de Fabio" to "quit making up nicknames for yourself." However, in [[english paper]], he actually recommends it, saying "it couldn't hurt to soup up your name a little bit."
*Homestar's lighter in the [[Key-sword-tar|key-sword-tar]] Easter egg is a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter, in contrast to Strong Bad's [[BMW Lighter|BMW lighter]].
*The fours in The Cheat's ''4rt b4ndit'' shirt are another example of [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] in the toons.
*Strong Bad's comment about "a useless Master of Fine Arts Degree" is a self-reference to [[Mike Chapman]]. Mike has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and, according to the [[Tastes Like Chicken Interview]], dropped out of graduate school because he felt that his photographic style was not commercially viable.
*The second small line on the right newspaper paragraph repeats the word "the".

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad mistypes his line "Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" The period should be outside the parentheses; Strong Bad types it inside.
*In the Easter egg, when Strong Bad is moving the wooden cutout of the key-sword-tar around, the picture reverses direction.
*In the scene where Strong Bad says "How did I get into this thing?", [[Lord Quackingstick]] is not there.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's line "Thanks for breaking my moose lamp" is a reference to [[caper]], where he thanked Strong Bad and The Cheat for breaking his [[Cow Lamp|cow lamp]].
*The velvet painting of Strong Bad holding the skunk was done by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]].
*The gnawing pose for The Cheat was last used in [[personal favorites]]. In the [[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] mention wanting to use that pose again.
*Strong Bad has a similar blacklight unicorn painting, as seen in the [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]].
*The [[School Paste]] in Strong Mad's room was first seen in Strong Sad's room in the Email [[depressio]].
*The tune that Strong Bad uses to sing the opening lines of the e-mail is very similar to the background music of [[Fall Float Parade]].
*Strong Mad's box of "TendaRONi" is another appearance of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase ''i'''s]].
*The extra [[Wikipedia:Heavy metal umlaut|umlauts]] in "Trüe Mästers" mirror those in "Witches' Brüe" from [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Mulligatawny|Mulligatawny]], a kind of soup, also appeared in the [[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript 2|DVD commentary for Experimental Film]].
*Deutschman, one of the characters on the [[Strong Badman]] comic cover, was created in [[haircut]].
*Bubs says he can play the key-sword-tar (he refers to it as a keytar) in [[cheatday]].

===Real-World References===
*"TendaRONi" is also a reference to the song [http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/B/bobby-brown-lyrics/bobby-brown-roni-lyrics.htm "Roni"] by [[Wikipedia:Bobby Brown|Bobby Brown]]. The lyrics of this song make reference to a "tender Roni".
*The Rad Rad Robotank is likely a double-reference to [[Transformers]] and the [[Wikipedia:Image:Nglogonew2006.gif|Newgrounds.com logo]]. The fact that it appears as a stencil is possibly a jab at Newgrounds' tendency to encourage people to place their [http://www.newgrounds.com/stickers/ promotional stickers] everywhere. It may also be in reference to a British artist, [[Wikipedia:Banksy|Banksy]], who uses stencils and has also produced paintings which consist of modified forms of existing works of art.
*The black-and-white portrait of Strong Bad is a "[[Wikipedia:Hedcut|hedcut]]", a type of drawing [http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ developed by] and used in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' (which is probably the "rich-guy newspaper" he was referring to).
*[[Wikipedia:Chef Boyardee|Chef Boyardee]] was an Italian chef who is famous for his canned food franchise.
*Homestar holds up a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter during the Easter egg with Strong Bad.
*The word "brigand" from Strong Bad's keyswordtar song in the Easter egg is another word for [[Wikipedia:Outlaw|outlaw]] or bandit.

===Fast Forward===
*The trailer with the black light poster of the unicorn is later revealed to be the one that Vance Mudgeman's family lives in in [[secret identity]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|139|6116}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

cheatday

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:29:57 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|107|dangeresque 3|pom pom}}
[[Image:sbemail107.PNG|thumb|"...Which says he's a 43-year old Scandinavian miner named Ilko Skevüld."]]

Someone asks what Strong Bad does on The Cheat's birthday: 'The Cheatday'.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' July 5, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:33

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Let's check a Strong Bad Email, you and me. Together. Like we used to. Like a family.

<blockquote class="short email">Dear Strong Bad, 
what did you do for the Cheat's 
birthday party</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{regarding the lack of signature}'' Aw, man! Another one of those "no-name brand" emails. Ah, let's see. Who are you from? You're from... ''{typing signature}'' Mike ''{pause}'' Control. ''{rapping but not typing}'' Here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control. Chiggity here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control. Miggity here comes Mike, he's on the Mike... Control.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, that's a good rhyme! We should cut a demo!

'''BUBS:''' ''{enters}'' I could be your manager. I'll make millions!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You'll do no such thing! I don't need you fools. Now get outta here and let me answer Mike Controller's question.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{leaving}'' Yeah, we'll be better off without 'im.

'''BUBS:''' ''{leaving}'' I can play keytar!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways, where were we? Oh yeah, Cheatday. ''{begins typing his response}'' So, nobody knows exactly when The Cheat's Cheatday is, so we celebrate it on the only day we know for sure it isn't. And that's the date of birth on his fake I.D.

''{A fake identification card appears, titled "SCANDINAVIAN FAKE I.D.," giving a name of Ilko Skevüld, date of birth of 4/18/1961, height of 6'9", weight of 293, and a type of "Miner." A profile view of a man whose hair vaguely resembles The Cheat with a swirly chin, an underbite and The Cheat-type eyes is featured. The card is signed with Ilko's name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still typing}'' Which says he's a 43-year-old Scandinavian miner named Ilko Skevüld. The festivities usually begin when—

''{Cut to Strong Bad sleeping on couch}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —The Cheat wakes me up around the crack of noon, and I'll sing him the Date of Birth song.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{pokes Strong Bad and making The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' Super...Super Contra...

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{pokes Strong Bad again and makes the same The Cheat noises}''

''{Strong Bad grunts and sits up. A bag of Potate chips sits atop his head. The Cheat grins and bats his eyes several times.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. Right, right. ''{clears throat, sings}'' Sweet, sweet The Cheat, today is the day on your fake I.D.

''{Bubs appears from behind the couch, playing a keytar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, get upstairs—unh! And fix me some breakfast.

''(Bubs breaks off into a solo. Strong Bad and The Cheat lean in angrily.)''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, that's a good jam! We should cut a—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta here, kid!

''{Bubs hides behind the couch. Strong Bad affectionately pats The Cheat on the head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' After breakfast, in honor of Ilko's heritage, we'll usually play some mining games...

''{Cut to a scene in a field. Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat, all with helmets equipped with flashlights, stand around a pile of charcoal briquettes. Strong Bad holds a shovel, and The Cheat a pickaxe.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{continuing voiceover}'' ...like... Mining... and... Coal?

''{The Cheat half-heartedly plunks his pickaxe into the ground.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I WIN!

''{We return to Strong Bad typing his response.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And then as a special treat, I let The Cheat answer some emails.

''{Strong Bad gets up, and The Cheat takes his place. He brings up an email.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">i want to know whos beter you or 
the cheat or strong mad? 
 
your friend 
ryan az</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C. ''{brings up new email, reads}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">hey, sb! 
what's up? i was just wondering 
what you're mom and dad look like. 
 
please answer, 
bridget thornton, co</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C. ''{brings up new email, reads}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">make more trogdor pleasepleaseplease 
 
p.s. pay out strong sad</blockquote>

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - Teh C.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apparently recovering from laughing}'' O-ho, man! "I'll gnaw your face off"!

''{The Cheat grins}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Every year it gets funnier! Ohhh! ''{regains composure.}'' Happy The Cheat day, Ilko! May you never get the black lung.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on the nameless e-mail to bring up a box of No-Name Brand E-mails.
* Click on The Cheat at the end to bring up Ilko's head moving from left to right, with his mouth opening and shutting, along with the rhythm of a train bell sound.
* Click on the floppy disks on the left to bring up a demo tape:

:Coach Z & Bubs's Demo Tape
:"the two-o duo"

:''{singing}''
:'''COACH Z:''' Well we're good friends.
:'''BUBS:''' But don't you steal my napkins.
:'''COACH Z:''' I got fresh jams.
:'''BUBS:''' But I get all the royalties.
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{talking}'' I never agreed to that.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The name "Mike Control" is a form of "Mic Control", or "Microphone Control". The term is backcronym for MC, which was formally [[Wikipedia:Master of Ceremonies|Master of Ceremonies]]. "Microphone Controle" came to be first used in rap music during the 1970's and 1980's. Strong Bad's incantation is rhythmically similar to a section of the Beastie Boys' song "Jimmy James" from their "Check Your Head" album.

=== Trivia ===
*Two of the three emails that The Cheat answers are in [[The Brothers Chaps]]' top five [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|commonly sent emails that will not be answered]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#bushido|bushido]]".

===Remarks===
*The [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] refers to The Cheat's Cheatday party as his "birthday party."
*Strong Bad said nobody knows when The Cheat's Cheatday is, though almost every character witnessed the event in [[flashback]]. (This is assuming that The Cheat was "born" from the egg. Technically, we don't know ''how'' he got inside it.)
**It could also be that Strong Bad made up the events of flashback, as suggested in those email's remarks.
*It's possible that Ilko being a "miner" is a play on the purpose of the fake ID (an attempt to persuade people that The Cheat ''isn't'' a [[wikipedia:Minor (law)|minor]]).
*You can click on the Ilko Easter egg after you've clicked on the floppy disk Easter egg to give the demo tape some funny background music.
*The ID card says Ilko's birthday is April 18, yet this email was released on July 5.
*Even though the [[Potate]] bag appears to be sitting on top of Strong Bad's head (it doesn't seem to be attached or stuck in any way), it manages to not fall off, even though Strong Bad is moving his head a lot while singing.

===Inside References===
*The "[[Potate]]" bag is from [[morning routine]].
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[Couch Mumbling|couch mumbling]].
*The custom of The Cheat answering emails is truly a special one indeed, since it is said that he never answers them in [[huttah!]].

===Real-World References===
*The game [[Strong Bad]] says in his sleep is [[Wikipedia:Super Contra|''Super Contra'']], a notoriously difficult sidescrolling shooter arcade game. It was released on the [[Nintendo|NES]] under the title ''Super C''.
*[[Wikipedia:Pneumoconiosis#Black lung disease|Black lung disease]] is a lung condition caused by the inhalation of coal dust. It is also similar to the result of long-term smoking.
**It was revealed in [[Where's The Cheat?]] that The Cheat is a smoker.
*The ringing Ilko head may be a reference to Mr. Machine, a popular toy made by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1960. Mr. Machine was a wind up 'man' who would walk, open, and close his mouth while a bell rung in his stomach.
*The [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]] ('''Key'''board + Gui'''tar''') is the name given to the musical keyboard synthesizer that is fashioned into the shape of a guitar. It is also known as a Gui-Board ('''Gui'''tar+key'''board''').
*''Teh'' is a common misspelling of ''the'', a mistake often made by typing too quickly. The mistake is common enough that most word processors have an automatic fix to spot instances of teh. The Compy 386 obviously doesn't have one of those. However, some internet users intentionally spell the word this way.

===Fast Forward===
*''Cheatday'' as opposed to ''birthday'' is a practice later used with [[Trogdor]]'s [[Happy Trogday|Trogday]].
*In [[narrator]], Bubs and Coach Z again argue about a napkin.
*Bubs says he can play the keytar which is later seen in [[portrait]] and [[coloring]].

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

'''MIKE:''' Hey, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It's just the two of us doing the commentary on this email here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' Matt's on the phone.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think he's in the bathroom.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhh. So, uh, what the— have you seen this email?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I try not to watch the emails.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I get upset by them.

'''MIKE:''' Why?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Because...I don't know. I just— they make me sad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Sometimes.

'''MIKE:''' Sometimes.

'''MARZIPAN:''' What's this one about, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' It's about The Cheat's birthday.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Really? What day is his birthday?

'''MIKE:''' Well, you'll find out if you watch. Here, he tells you right here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Do they have a party?

'''MIKE:''' Listen. Nobody knows when it is.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I once had a boyfriend who had a hairdo like that.

'''MIKE:''' Really? Was his name Ilko?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It was.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. You dated Ilko Skevüld?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I did. But don't tell anybody that's how we got the I.D.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhhhh. Wow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Interesting. You helped The Cheat get a fake I.D.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Cool.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Sweet, sweet, The Cheat. ''{stops singing}'' I actually wrote that song.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah. ''{sings}'' Breakfast.

'''MIKE:''' Good job ''{laughs}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks!

'''MIKE:''' Whatchu been up to today?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I've been out, um, riding. Riding my mule.

'''MIKE:''' You have a mule?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I do. I believe in mule riding. I think that they are very underappreciated. I like their ears a lot.

'''MIKE:''' Really? What's your mule's name?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Buttercup.

'''MIKE:''' "Buttercup The Mule", eh?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. I didn't realize mules were good for riding. You do any tricks on it or anything?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I can do, um, a "standing on the back" trick.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' Wow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It's pretty hard. I have to do it on one leg.

'''MIKE:''' You have a leg?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I have one.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Look at The Cheat's gold tooth.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Where did he get that?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. Maybe you should email Strong Bad and ask him someday.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Maybe.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|107|243}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Lappynapped!

Sbemailman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:17:08 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

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{{watch|lappynapped.html}}
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[[Image:Missing Lappy.PNG|thumb|"Hello, Strong Bad. I'm waiting for you."]]
We get to listen to messages on Strong Bad's answering machine for a change, regarding his search for the missing [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] and a "kick-awesome guitarist".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}} as Furious Fingers, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Dolph Hauldhagen]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Bulletin Board]]

'''Date:''' September 25, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 2:02

'''Page Title:''' I do my own GRFX

==Transcript==

''{A close-up of a bulletin board appears and remains for the entirety of the cartoon. A Limozeen poster, an advertisement for battle axe lessons, and a couple business cards are pinned to the board behind a large notice for Strong Bad's missing Lappy 486 computer. The notice also requests inquiries from guitarists.}''

''{A touch-tone telephone is heard dialing. The telephone line rings and Strong Bad's answering machine picks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you for calling attractive Strong Bad. If you have any information regarding my missing and full-on favorite fold-em-up computer, please leave your name and number. And if you have any hot lixx, please shred them after the tone.

''{The answering machine beeps}''

'''DISTORTED VOICE:''' Hello, Strong Bad. I'm waiting for you.

''{coughs, and begins speaking in Strong Sad's voice}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, excuse me! I had one of those spit bubbles stuck in my throat. Anyways,
I'm waiting for you here at the bus station. I just got back from my trip to the Regrettable History Museum. And you were supposed to pick me up... 3 days ago! I guess I'll just be waitin' for you here at the staysh. Listen to me: I've been here so long I'm on a nickname basis with the bus station.

''{The answering machine beeps}''

''{a distorted guitar plays clumsy licks, ending in a downward slide}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ow! In case your mind wasn't totally blown by that blathering solo, my name's "Furious Fingers," from Los Angeles. I'm from L.A.! I own seventeen guitars, with a combined total of forty-three necks. I can provide my own leather pants, and a really cool castle where we can shoot all our videos. Oh, and I also did not eat your laptop computer. Gimme a call, "Furious Fingers", "ow", "leather pants", "from L.A."

''{The answering machine beeps}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, Strong Bad. This is your next-door neighbor the crocodile. Can I borrow a cup of sugar? I'm going to make some puppy-dough cookies tonight...

''{coughs, switches to Homestar Runner's voice, coughs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Got a spit bubble stuck in my throat. Anyway, Strong Bad, I was serious about the sugar. And... the crocodile thing.

''{The answering machine beeps}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Museum_of_regrettable_history.png|thumb|"A Trip to the Moon?"]]
*When Strong Sad says "Regrettable History Museum", click on the picture of Lappy to see a postcard from the museum.
*At the end, click on the yellow paper showing the left half of Dolph Hauldhagen to hear his answering machine recording.

:'''DOLPH HAULDHAGEN:''' Thank you for calling Dolph Hauldhagen, the Instruc-TOR. How many times a day do you ask yourself, "Why do I suck?" I firmly believe that with my battle axe lessons, we can cut that down to two or three. Meet me Wednesday nights at 6pm in Monty Gym. Oh, and leave your axe in your car until the Pilates class is over. Man, those chicks scare easy.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This toon was released one week following the Strong Bad Email [[cliffhangers]], where the Lappy was stolen.
*"Puppy-dough cookies" refer to [[Wikipedia:Hushpuppy|hushpuppies]], deep-fried balls of cornmeal, which are mentioned frequently in [[retirement]].
*[[Wikipedia:Pilates|Pilates]] is a physical exercise program.

===Remarks===
*This toon doesn't have any "Back" button at the end.
*Despite his message stating that his class is on Wednesday evenings at 6pm, Dolph's flyer in the toon still reads "Sat. 6am-9am" as it did in the email [[other days]].
*The King of Town doesn't have any [[Lack of Visible Arms|visible fingers]], making "Furious Fingers" an interesting choice for his musical pseudonym.
*For the King of Town's guitars, the average number of necks per guitar is 2 9/17, about two and one half necks.
*Strong Sad remarks that Strong Bad was supposed to pick him up three days ago, but he (Strong Sad) had "just got[ten] back" from his trip.
*This toon cannot be found on the [[Toons]] page as most other "recently added" toons can at the time of their release. The only link to this toon was in the [[Main Page Messages]], and currently there are [[Secret Pages|no pages on the site which link to it]].
*This is another instance of a [[Gibson Flying V]].

===Inside References===
*The [[Limozeen]] poster is from the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD booklet.
**It features a reappearance of the [[Donnie Chapman]] photographs from [[monster truck]].
*The poster in the top right corner with "Wednesday" on it is also featured on the CD booklet. It advertises "Strong Bad live in [[West Rekjavik]]".
*The postcard in the Easter Egg is another reference to [[The Moon]].
*The leftmost tab on the missing Lappy flyer reads "strond bad," which was spelled that way in [[lunch special]] and [[Strongest Man in the World]].
*We first learned of the King of Town's guitar-playing abilities in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]], in which he "plays guitar, apparently".
*The guitar on the lost poster was previously seen in [[new hands]] and [[island]].

===Real-World References===
*''[[Wikipedia:Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune|A Trip to the Moon]]'' was a groundbreaking 1902 silent film by illusionist George Méliès.
*The "next-door neighbor the crocodile" is a recurring character in the syndicated comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)|Pearls Before Swine]]''.

===Fast Forward===
*The [[Lappy 486#Lappy-napping|Lappy-napped saga]] was concluded the following week in [[retirement]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:lappynapped.html|watch "Missing Lappy"]]
*[[HR:lappynapped.swf|view the Flash file for "Missing Lappy"]]
*[[Forum:9911|forum thread re: "Missing Lappy"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|lappynapped}}

[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]
[[Category:Secret Pages]]

portrait

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:47:36 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|139|space program|highschool}}
[[Image:Sbemail139.png|thumb|Done by a Deutsch Master.]]

Strong Bad tries to make a portrait of himself.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lord Quackingstick]], [[Strong Badman]] (Easter egg), [[Deutschman]] (Easter egg), {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Princess Shellbra]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], A Museum, [[Trailer Home]], [[Strong Mad's Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' December 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:37

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486
==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey everybody, it's a musical Strong Bad Email this week! ''{presses enter}'' ''{singing}'' Da-doo doo doo Dear, Dear Strong Bad, oh I was wondering—''{stops singing}'' Ahhh, I can't keep this up.

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: portrait</div>
Dear Strong Bad- 
I was wondering if you ever wanted to have somebody 
paint a portrait of  your greatness. 
guess what, it's- 
Dylan Bragers (aka Coolio da Fabio) 
Texas
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.) ''[sic]'' I'm just gonna call you Dealin' Burgers, which I assume doubles as an accurate job description.

''{Clears screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Moving onwardly, I suppose my greatness is worthy of portraiture. Perhaps one done by a Deutsch Master.

''{Cut to a portrait of Strong Bad, in a long-haired wig, a beret, and a toga, holding a toy stick with a duck's head on the end. The painting is in a gold frame, with a museum placard beside it (see [[#Trivia|below]]).}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The kind that are always getting stolen or vandalized by art bandits.

''{The Cheat appears from the top, wearing a black mask, skullcap, and a t-shirt reading "4rt b4ndit". He places a stencil over the painting and paints a "robotank", along with the words "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK", in pink spray paint.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thanks, little buddy! Now it's worth something.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{obliging The Cheat noises; salutes}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{resumes typing}'' Or what about one of those black and white ink portraits you see in all the rich-guy newspapers.

''{Cut to a black-and-white newspaper. An image of Strong Bad in a suit and tie and holding a large cell phone is in the center.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, apparently they're not rich enough to afford any color. Or even solid lines! Just a bunch of dots and dashes. I look like Morse code. ''{imitating Morse code}'' Dah dah dah dee dee dee... I a-am ho-o-olding a real-ly ol-d cel-l-l pho-o-one.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. The screen has cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oops. No. Hey, I got it! A painting of such greatness demands only the finest materials. And what could be finer than black velvet in a cheap imitation wood frame? It would be showcased—

''{Cut to the velvet painting. It shows Strong Bad holding a skunk. A lamp with a moose on it can be seen to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —in only the fanciest double-wide trailers. Oh, and look! I finally caught that skunk. I been chasing after that little scamp for—Whoa!—

''{The shot suddenly shifts to the right to reveal a [[:Image:Born to be danged.PNG|poster of a unicorn on a snowmobile with the caption "Born to be danged!!!"]]. Another moose lamp is seen on the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Is that a blacklight poster of a unicorn riding a snowmobile?! Now ''that'' is some esteemed company.

''{A [[Cold One|Cold One Ice]] flies at the lamp and shatters it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen and in a groggy voice}'' Thanks for breaking my moose lamp.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, I don't know anybody with a useless Master of Fine Arts degree, so I might have to settle for something a bit more, how you say, made by Strong Mad or The Cheat.

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is noisily gnawing a relief-bust of Strong Bad's face into a log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Very... uh, slobbery, The Cheat. This isn't quite what I had in mind when you said "sculpture."

''{Classical music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're really just... goin' to town there, aren't ya?

''{Strong Bad stares at The Cheat working for a moment.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna ''{motioning with his glove}'' leave you two alone.

''{Strong Bad backs away. Cut to Strong Mad's room. Strong Mad is sprinkling glitter over a macaroni picture. A sticker on the left side reads "Great Thyme". Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, Chef Boyardee!

''{Cut to a close-up of the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like I couldn't have gone down to the kindergarten and hired a five-year-old to make me one of those.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{slams the glitter down}'' I'LL WAIT FOR YOU!

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, thanks to my no-talent minions, it looks like a self-portrait is the only way to go. And I will render it in nothing less than the classic style of the Trüe Mästers.

''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad, who has somehow fit his head into a wooden cutout of a muscular man holding a sword with a keyboard on it. The man's abdominal muscles are in the shape of the letters "SB", and he is holding a falcon. His one visible leg wears a boot that looks vaguely similar to a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]]. There are also two cans of paint nearby, labeled "Some Paint" and "Some More Paint". There is also a cutout of a mermaid at his feet with an empty space for a head. He paints it with a small brush.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, at last: A self-portrait that accurately depicts who I am, where I'm from, and my passing interest in falconry.

''{He tries to get out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. ''{keeps trying}'' How do I get outta this thing?

''{Cut to the reverse angle. He can be seen hanging by his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How did I get ''into'' this thing? ''{kicks his legs together a few times}''

''{Cut back to the front view. He holds up the duck-head toy from the first portrait.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut to a close-up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, Lord Quackingstick, how nice to see you. You don't happen to have a hacksaw in your pocket, do you? ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, too bad. ''{looking down at the mermaid}'' Well, what about you, Princess Shellbra?

''{He moves the bird-on-a-stick into the face hole for the mermaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk in a high, sultry voice}'' Quack, quack. ''{speaking normally}'' But of course. I love to serenade you anytime with my ''{looks down to his right}'' mystical key-sword-tar. I mean it's not like I'm goin' anywhere... anytime soon.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Click the white card beside the portrait by the Deutsch Master to see an "Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]" comic book. A "Deutsch Master" holding a paintbrush is silhouetted, standing over Strong Badman and Deutschman, who are both lying wounded on a pile of rubble.<blockquote>Enter... The Deutsch Master "Strong Badman and Deutschman are both '''finished!!!'''"</blockquote>
*Click the key-sword-tar at the end to see a [[Printables|printable]] version of the robotank stencil The Cheat used to vandalize the painting.
*Click [[Lord Quackingstick]] at the end to see Strong Bad show off his key-sword-tar to Homestar.
:''{Cut to The Field with Homestar and Strong Bad holding the key-sword-tar, his head still in the hole, although it has been broken off from the rest of the portrait.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' So that's when I realized I don't even need Lamaze classes.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, there's something different about you. Did you get a haircut?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but I did get this new key-sword-tar. ''{waves the key-sword-tar around}'' Maow, maow, maoooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Keyboard, keyboooooard. ''{normal}'' Maow, maow, maooooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Fight some brigands!! ''{Homestar holds up a [[BMW Lighter|SAAB lighter]], Strong Bad's voice returns to normal}'' Maow Maow, Maoooow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-owwowwoww-whammy-barrrrruh.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* ''Deutsch'' is the German word for "German", but Strong Bad uses it as a play on ''Dutch''. (The similarity in sound has led to confusion about terms such as [[Wikipedia:Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Dutch]], who are actually of German descent.) "Dutch masters" is a general term for the famous Dutch artists of the 17th century, such as [[Wikipedia:Rembrandt|Rembrandt]] and [[Wikipedia:Vermeer|Vermeer]]. "[[Wikipedia:Dutch Masters|Dutch Masters]]" is also a brand of cigars.
**If pronounced with all the umlauts Strong Bad had inserted, "Deutsch Master" would be pronounced DUOY-ch MEH-ster.
* [[Wikipedia:Falconry|Falconry]] is the art or sport of training raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game.
*[[Wikipedia:Lamaze|Lamaze]] is a relaxation technique designed to avoid the use of pain-killing drugs during childbirth.
*A [[Wikipedia:Tremolo arm|whammy bar]] is a lever mounted to the bridge of a guitar and is used to bend the notes up or down. Since it works by changing the tension of the guitar strings, its inclusion on Strong Bad's key-sword-tar (a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]]) is hard to explain. Real keytars use a [[Wikipedia:Portamento|pitch bend]] controller to bend pitches; it's possible that this "whammy bar" is in fact a [[Wikipedia:Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] controller.
*[[Thyme]] is the herb depicted on Strong Mad's "Great Thyme" sticker. It often replaces the word time.

===Trivia===
* This email was sent in by wiki user [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]].
* This email currently has the largest filesize, possibly due to the bitmaps used for the Deutsch Master painting and the Rich Guy newspaper portrait.
* This email was released late Sunday night Atlanta time, but the website claimed that its release date was on Monday.
* The card next to the first portrait reads:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;border:2px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:120px">
Strongio da Baddio 
DaVantres 
''c. 1658''</blockquote>

[[Image:cheap as free comics.png|thumb|100px|Cheap as Free Comics]]
* The upper-left corner of the comic book reads:

{| cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:150px;margin-left:2em"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
<big>CHEAP AS 
FREE 
comics</big> 
''{The Cheat in costume}''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center" |
$1.25 
$8.00 CAN 
<big>45</big>
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
APPROVED 
BY THE 
COMICS 
CODE 
''{symbol}''
|}
* The captions for the newspaper picture read "Sell phones or ''Cell'' phones?" above and "''Strong Bad''" below. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
* The visible portions of the newspaper articles read:
{| style="border:2px solid black; font-family: Times, serif;"
|-
| width=200 valign=top | <big><big>Mulligatawny</big></big> 
stew rose high in 
the markets today 
fter rumors spread 
a really sweet deal 
over at my place 
usually get started 
d nine and go until 
who knows when! 
Pork bellies will be 
erved around 8-ish. 
tures to follow at 9 
ase bring your own 
pkins if you're into 
 that crap. Not me. 
ipe hands on pants, 
 yo. Anyways, I'm 
ally rich and money 
s still very valuable.
| width = 240px valign=top | <big><big>G</big>igantic cell phone</big> 
making a 4th quart 
comeback as the the "it' 
toy of the Decemberwe 
season. "Who wants to 
put a phone in their poc 
when you can carry aro 
a separate suitcase just 
for a portable, wireless 
mobile, take-anywhere 
cellular telephone. Ma 
analysts predict all the 
cool kids will be luggi 
these stylish jobbies fr 
prom dance to soccer 
practice in 2006. 
 "I want a cell phone 
that is quite large," say 
the sleepy rabbit. 
The technology sector is anticipating 
other woodland creatures to be amon 
early adopters of the new technology
|}

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad tells "Coolio de Fabio" to "quit making up nicknames for yourself." However, in [[english paper]], he actually recommends it, saying "it couldn't hurt to soup up your name a little bit."
*Homestar's lighter in the [[Key-sword-tar|key-sword-tar]] Easter egg is a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter, in contrast to Strong Bad's [[BMW Lighter|BMW lighter]].
*The fours in The Cheat's ''4rt b4ndit'' shirt are another example of [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] in the toons.
*Strong Bad's comment about "a useless Master of Fine Arts Degree" is a self-reference to [[Mike Chapman]]. Mike has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and, according to the [[Tastes Like Chicken Interview]], dropped out of graduate school because he felt that his photographic style was not commercially viable.
*The second small line on the right newspaper paragraph repeats the word "the".

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad mistypes his line "Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" The period should be outside the parentheses; Strong Bad types it inside.
*In the Easter egg, when Strong Bad is moving the wooden cutout of the key-sword-tar around, the picture reverses direction.
*In the scene where Strong Bad says "How did I get into this thing?", [[Lord Quackingstick]] is not there.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's line "Thanks for breaking my moose lamp" is a reference to [[caper]], where he thanked Strong Bad and The Cheat for breaking his [[Cow Lamp|cow lamp]].
*The velvet painting of Strong Bad holding the skunk was done by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]].
*The gnawing pose for The Cheat was last used in [[personal favorites]]. In the [[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] mention wanting to use that pose again.
*Strong Bad has a similar blacklight unicorn painting, as seen in the [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]].
*The [[School Paste]] in Strong Mad's room was first seen in Strong Sad's room in the Email [[depressio]].
*The tune that Strong Bad uses to sing the opening lines of the e-mail is very similar to the background music of [[Fall Float Parade]].
*Strong Mad's box of "TendaRONi" is another appearance of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase ''i'''s]].
*The extra [[Wikipedia:Heavy metal umlaut|umlauts]] in "Trüe Mästers" mirror those in "Witches' Brüe" from [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Mulligatawny|Mulligatawny]], a kind of soup, also appeared in the [[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript 2|DVD commentary for Experimental Film]].
*Deutschman, one of the characters on the [[Strong Badman]] comic cover, was created in [[haircut]].

===Real-World References===
*"TendaRONi" is also a reference to the song [http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/B/bobby-brown-lyrics/bobby-brown-roni-lyrics.htm "Roni"] by [[Wikipedia:Bobby Brown|Bobby Brown]]. The lyrics of this song make reference to a "tender Roni".
*The Rad Rad Robotank is likely a double-reference to [[Transformers]] and the [[Wikipedia:Image:Nglogonew2006.gif|Newgrounds.com logo]]. The fact that it appears as a stencil is possibly a jab at Newgrounds' tendency to encourage people to place their [http://www.newgrounds.com/stickers/ promotional stickers] everywhere. It may also be in reference to a British artist, [[Wikipedia:Banksy|Banksy]], who uses stencils and has also produced paintings which consist of modified forms of existing works of art.
*The black-and-white portrait of Strong Bad is a "[[Wikipedia:Hedcut|hedcut]]", a type of drawing [http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ developed by] and used in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' (which is probably the "rich-guy newspaper" he was referring to).
*[[Wikipedia:Chef Boyardee|Chef Boyardee]] was an Italian chef who is famous for his canned food franchise.
*Homestar holds up a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter during the Easter egg with Strong Bad.
*The word "brigand" from Strong Bad's keyswordtar song in the Easter egg is another word for [[Wikipedia:Outlaw|outlaw]] or bandit.

===Fast Forward===
*The trailer with the black light poster of the unicorn is later revealed to be the one that Vance Mudgeman's family lives in in [[secret identity]].
*The key-sword-tar is later seen in an easter egg at the end of [[coloring]].

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

coloring

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:43:25 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|160|retirement|4 branches}}
[[Image:sbemail160.png|thumb|"Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... 'Laser Limes'. Or maybe just laser beams."]]

Strong Bad discusses crayon colors and stumbles upon Marzipan's cult, er, "classroom".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Limozeen}}, [[Teeg Dougland]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Garage]], [[The Classroom]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' October 23, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Sippin' on a bottle of email, cold, having a picnic lunch with some co-workers.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: bad crayon namers</div>
Dear awesome, 
have you ever thought how rediculous some crayon names are....I mean "blizzard blue"...thats stupid...and "Laser lemon"...??? 
-much love 
Ter 
Andover,MN
</blockquote>

''{After "Dear awesome", Strong Bad adds, "Oh! Somebody finally got it right!"; at the first ellipsis, he adds, "Oh, you mean like, Red Iculous?" and a red crayon labeled "Red Iculous" appears; and after reading the name "Laser lemon", he repeats surprisedly:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Laser lemon?! ''{picking up a phone}'' The Cheat, halt production immediately!

''{Cut to the garage, where The Cheat is using a soldering iron and an oscilloscope to build a laser with lemons on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{over the PA}'' Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... "Laser Limes". ''{The Cheat looks annoyed and a black "cloud" briefly appears over his head}'' Or maybe just laser beams.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise which sounds unmistakably like "Okay."}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad resumes reading the email. He reads "Andover,MN" as "And over, and over, and over, M N."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ter? What is that, short for Terbert? Or Terlliam? Or Terthew? ''{clears screen}'' Welter, the crayons of my youth had pretty awesome names. Especially the ones that came with my Limozeen 1989 "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada" Tour coloring book!

''{Cut to a view of this coloring book, which has a drawing of two members of Limozeen on the cover. As Strong Bad says each of the following color names, a corresponding crayon appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There was Leather Black, Ripped Denim Blue, Groupie Lipstick Red, Skin Flesh ''{pink}'', Hairspray Blond ''{yellow}'', and Tight Shiny Purple. It even came with a cassette tape with a song about how to color!

''{A yellow cassette tape labeled "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" appears. Switch to a view of the first page of the coloring book, which shows Larry and Gary performing. Below this is the text "Gary and Larry rehearse their moves". The page has been colored to look like Larry's guitar has caught fire, and a laser is drawn firing from the guitar with the word "vpoo" over it.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Grab a box of sixty-four,—

''{Changes to the next page, which shows Limozeen with the text "We are in a band called Limozeen!" Perry's skin has been colored green with blue hair, Larry has been colored with a black eye and blood dripping with the words "be tup" colored on his shirt, and Mary has been colored with an extra set of arms coming out of his head doing the evil fingers, the words "2 sets!" are also colored above his head.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —with a sharpener a-built right in,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Larry with two women. The text says "<s>Larry</s> Strong Bad always serenades the 'of-age' ladies after the show". Larry's face has been colored like Strong Bad's, and his hands have been drawn to look like red boxing gloves. The girls have the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Flag|Canadian Flag]] colored onto their shirts.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Dump 'em all out onto the floor,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Mary with a face drawn on his abdomen; the text says, "Drummers almost never wear shirts while playing a big show." The rest of the page remains colorless.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —and let the party begin!

''{Change to next page, which shows Gary leaping into the air while playing the guitar; he has been colored to wear a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and hold a basketball; a basketball hoop and defending player have also been drawn in. The text reads "Gary's playing some "air" guitar. Get it?"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Outside the lines!

''{The next page shows Perry with Teeg Dougland at the soundboard; the text reads "Producer/ manager/ roadie/ webmaster Teeg Dougland shows Perry how to tweak the reverb." They have both been colored to look like old ladies with wrinkles, grey hair, lipstick and fingernails all colored in.}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Inside your heart!

''{The next page shows Larry and Perry, who is wearing a bear mask; the text reads "'That bear mask has GOT to go!!!' shouts Larry."}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Those crayons of mine!

''{The next page shows Mary and Larry barbecuing; a large, vicious-looking hot dog has been drawn standing behind them; The Cheat has been drawn peeking from around the barbecue. Mary's skin has been colored blue, The text reads, "Back home from the road, Mary and Larry say, 'It's Grilla Time!'"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Hey, hey, let's go back to the start!

''{The last page shows Larry with Gary and Perry performing, but is not colored. The text reads, "Larry is screaming like a demon. And the other two are playing guitars." The music stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, looks like I missed one! As much as I respect you guys as artists, it's time to melt your faces off.

''{Strong Bad uses the Skin Flesh crayon to draw on Larry's face as the music from the first drawing of Trogdor plays. The crayon breaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, crudcrap! My Skin Flesh broke!

''{Cut to a view of Strong Bad at his table holding the broken crayon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where'm I gonna get another one of these at this hour? Ooh, wait! I bet Marzipan's teaching her kindergarten class down at the Montesodium school! Those kids eat crayons like they were paste!

''{Cut to Marzipan in the Classroom; the blackboard reads "SOY IS ALSO MURDER"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{finishing a monologue}'' ...so that way, you always feel guilty!

''{Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Goody Marzipan. Can I borrow some crayons? I broke my Skin Flesh!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looks aghast, then angry}'' Shhh! Strong Bad, not in front of the class!

''{Cut to a view of the class, which consists of Homsar, Strong Mad and Homestar Runner wearing yellow shirts. Homsar has a stack of blocks on his desk that reads "TURD".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!

''{Cut back to Marzipan and Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why can't I say "Skin Flesh" in front of the—uh, ''children?''

'''MARZIPAN:''' First of all, we don't call them children. They're "life blossoms"!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Life blossoms?! Marzipan, what kind of cult are you running here?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, a pretty standard one. ''{cut to a closeup of Marzipan}'' Anyway, we don't use the term "Skin Flesh". The color you're looking for is "Dermal Discoveries".

''{A pink roll loosely resembling a crayon with the words "Dermal Discoveries" appears. Some notes played on a acoustic guitar is heard. Cut to a view from behind Marzipan, facing Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's that scramble?! What about Lipstick Red?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, no, no. Too gender-specific. We use "Crimson Suggestion".

''{A red roll with the words "Crimson Suggestion" appears. More acoustic notes play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, how 'bout Hairspray Blond?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Vague Pigmentation!

''{A yellow roll with the words "Vague Pigmentation" appears. Acoustic notes are heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Leather Black?

'''MARZIPAN:''' We just call that "blue."

''{A black roll with the word "Blue" appears. More acoustic notes are heard. Homestar Runner moves into view.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teacherman, ''{cut to face Homestar Runner}'' are we just gonna talk about crowns all day?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ta'-'bou'-wha'?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crowns! You know! For coloring! A box of crowns!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{chuckling}'' You mean, crayons? Cray-ons?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks angry}'' Oh, I don't need this. I'm going to the liberry! To read me some pie-pie comics!

''{Return to view of Marzipan and Strong Bad from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What kind of grades does Homestar get?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, roots and grass, mostly.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Roots and grass? What're those, like, D's? D minusesses?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, they're F's.

''{Cut back to the last page of the coloring book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys. Prepare to make some dermal discoveries!

''{Strong Bad begins to draw with the Dermal Discoveries "crayon." Nothing happens.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the— what's wrong with this stupid crown—on?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan in front of the table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, didn't I tell you? Our crayons don't actually color so that no one life blossom shines brighter than any other. That way, they're ''all'' special!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I never had any doubts that all your students were ''{uses hand quotes}'' "special", Marzipan.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' And they're made from 100% pressed bunson, so they double as a healthy snack! Mmm! ''{eats a "Crimson Suggestion" and leaves.}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the table. A bundle of Marzipan's "crayons" appears in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing, his words appear under the bundle of "crayons."}'' Pressed bunson, you know it's pressed bunson. Preeeeow!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down as Larry sings the last word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...the crap is pressed bunson?

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Homestar reportcardnew.png|thumb|170px|They're life blossoms!]]
*Click on "Dear awesome" after Strong Bad mentions "Red Iculous" to see a "Dear Awesome" colored crayon.
*Likewise, click on "some crayon" and see a "Some Crayon" colored crayon.
*Click on "L.U.R.N." on Homestar's shirt when he walks up to Marzipan to see the [[:Image:LURN logo corrected.png|logo]] for [[L.U.R.N.]], or "Life-Blossoms Undergoing Re-programming Naturally."
*Click on the word Murder on the chalkboard after Strong Bad asks about Homestar's grades to see his report card.
*At the end, click on the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] to see the whole thing (it comes up in a new window). It has three pages and two colors not featured in the email. You can color it with the included crayons, or [[Printables|print it out]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The [[Laser Lemon#The Cheat's Oscilloscope|device next to The Cheat]] is an [[Wikipedia:Oscilloscope|oscilloscope]].
*"Special" is often used as a euphemism to refer to developmentally challenged people.
*On the page of the Limozeen coloring book where Larry is crossed out to reveal Strong Bad serenading the "of age" groupies, they are wearing Canadian flag tops. Those "of age" to consent in Canada are 14 and above.

===Trivia===
*The crayons in the Easter egg contain two colors not featured in the email: "Roadie [[Puking|Puke]] Green" and "Sweet Boots Brown".
*This is the first time we see Marzipan in Strong Bad's house.
*The coloring book Easter egg originally did not have an "Undo" button to go back a step when coloring, so if you made a mistake well into your drawing, you'd have to erase it all. It was added later.
*In the drawing of the coloring book where Larry is serenading the "of-age" ladies, he is holding a [[G]] chord on the guitar.

===Remarks===
*The Lappy's "toe" (which was removed in [[cliffhangers]] and was missing in [[retirement]]) is back.
*The cards above the chalkboard read "4, I3, (, I>, 3, I=, 6, #, 1" which are [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] representations of the letters A through I.
*This is the first/closest The Cheat has gotten to saying a word in English ("Okay") outside of his [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, although some of his [[Deliberately Poor English#A Lack of Intelligible Speech|The Cheat noises]] have strongly suggested English phrases in the past.
*Both [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]] and [[Perry Palaroncini|Perry]] are wearing blue shirts with white stars, in the style of Homestar's shirt.
*If you download the Flash file for the Limozeen coloring book Easter egg directly to your computer, it will ask you if you want to print a page when you open it.
*Each member of Limozeen seems to change appearance (hairstyle, instrument) in most of the pictures in the coloring book, making it hard to distinguish them from one another.
*Despite claims to the contrary in the coloring book, it seems unlikely that Limozeen would have had a "webmaster" in 1989

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this email was first released, "blossom" was misspelled as "blossum" in the [[:Image:LURN logo.png|T-shirt]] and [[:Image:Homestar reportcard.png|report card]] Easter eggs, and "animals" was misspelled as "animas". These have since been fixed.
*The coloring book originally misnamed several of the crayons in comparison to their email counterparts. Groupie Lipstick Red was incorrectly named "Rockin' Red" while Tight Shiny Purple was named "Ballad Purple". This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad uses the same [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected telephone]] to speak to The Cheat over the intercom that he used in [[replacement]].
*The scribble above The Cheat's head also appeared in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad has previously defaced and satirized picture books in [[kids' book]] and [[That Time of Year]].
*The "'air' guitar" image is identical to an image of Gary in the Limozeen laser show in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*When Strong Bad is coloring the Limozeen picture, the music is the same as the music that plays while he is drawing [[Trogdor]] in [[dragon]].
*Homestar calling Marzipan "Teacherman", is an example of him calling things something ending in "man", for instance, he called the "nice present" from [[Decemberween in July]] a [[Santaman]], and the [[Bear holding a Shark]] in [[myths & legends]] a "Monsterman".
*This is another appearance of [[Preeeeow]], the [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] describing The Paper's sound effect.
*"TURD" is a [[Wikipedia:vulgarism|vulgarism]] for [[Whatsit|whatsit]].
*The fact that Strong Bad drew The Cheat peeking out from behind [[Limozeen]]'s grill is a reference to [[Where's The Cheat?]], in which it is revealed that The Cheat lives in [[The King of Town's Grill]].
*The cards above the chalkboard use the same [[Fonts|font]] as the [[Compy 386]] (Commodore 64).
*The second picture in the easter egg at the end has the phrase "We are in a band called [[Limozeen]]!" as they said in an easter egg in [[flashback]].
*The easter egg at the end has a picture of Larry playing a keytar as previously seen in [[portrait]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Crayola|Crayola]] is a well known company that makes art supplies such as [[Wikipedia:Crayon|crayons]].
**"Laser Lemon" is the name of an actual [[Wikipedia:List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola color]].
**"Blizzard Blue" also existed at one point, but has since been replaced with "Inchworm".
**"Skin Flesh" is also a possible reference to when Crayola renamed their color "Flesh" to "Peach" in 1962, partially to avoid racial discrimination.
*The lyrics "Grab a box of sixty-four with a sharpener a-built right in" from "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" refers to a standard Crayola 64-crayon box. These boxes usually have a plastic crayon sharpener built into the back.
*On the air guitar page, Strong bad has 'colored' a basketball jersey similar to that of the Los Angeles Lakers onto Gary.
**On the same page of the coloring book, the basketball player on the right very much resembles [[Wikipedia:Larry Bird|Larry Bird]].
*The band member wearing a bear mask is a reference to musician [[Wikipedia:John Mayer|John Mayer]] who sometimes dresses in a bear costume in order to meet and talk with fans before concerts without the fans realizing who he is.
*"Montesodium" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of the words "Montessori" and "Monosodium".
**[[Wikipedia:Montessori method|Montessori Schools]] are a very progressive and non-traditional schooling system used in many private schools throughout the world. It focuses on allowing children to learn at their own pace and doing away with perceived forms of competition like grading.
*The page Strong Bad tries to color says "Larry is screamin' like a demon..."; he is also shown singing with his tongue hanging out. [[Wikipedia:Gene Simmons|Gene Simmons]] of the rock band Kiss is well-known for his extraordinarily long tongue, and is also known as "The Demon".
*Homestar leaving to go read "[[Pie|pie]] pie comics" may mean he wants to read [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] comics.
*The coloring book makes mention of staying at the [[Wikipedia:Ramada|Ramada]], a well-known hotel chain.
*It's Grilla Time is a reference to "It's Miller Time", which is a famous slogan of [[wikipedia:Miller Brewing|Miller Brewing Company]]. It's also why they're holding [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] at the time.
*The subtitle on the Limozeen book, "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada", is written in the [[Fonts|font]] created and used by British heavy metal band [[wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]].
**Room 302 is also a major plot device in ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 4: The Room|Silent Hill 4: The Room]]'', a horror game produced by [[Wikipedia: Konami|Konami]].
*When the Cheat is told by Strong Bad to stop making the lemons that have lasers on them, a black scribble appears above his head. It looks very similar to the scribbles on top of the characters in "[[Peanuts]]" that appeared when they were mad.
*"Soy is also murder" may be a reference to the second album by alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]], entitled [[Wikipedia:Meat is Murder|Meat is Murder]].

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{{Strong Bad Email}}

coloring

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:38:40 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|160|retirement|4 branches}}
[[Image:sbemail160.png|thumb|"Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... 'Laser Limes'. Or maybe just laser beams."]]

Strong Bad discusses crayon colors and stumbles upon Marzipan's cult, er, "classroom".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Limozeen}}, [[Teeg Dougland]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Garage]], [[The Classroom]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' October 23, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Sippin' on a bottle of email, cold, having a picnic lunch with some co-workers.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: bad crayon namers</div>
Dear awesome, 
have you ever thought how rediculous some crayon names are....I mean "blizzard blue"...thats stupid...and "Laser lemon"...??? 
-much love 
Ter 
Andover,MN
</blockquote>

''{After "Dear awesome", Strong Bad adds, "Oh! Somebody finally got it right!"; at the first ellipsis, he adds, "Oh, you mean like, Red Iculous?" and a red crayon labeled "Red Iculous" appears; and after reading the name "Laser lemon", he repeats surprisedly:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Laser lemon?! ''{picking up a phone}'' The Cheat, halt production immediately!

''{Cut to the garage, where The Cheat is using a soldering iron and an oscilloscope to build a laser with lemons on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{over the PA}'' Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... "Laser Limes". ''{The Cheat looks annoyed and a black "cloud" briefly appears over his head}'' Or maybe just laser beams.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise which sounds unmistakably like "Okay."}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad resumes reading the email. He reads "Andover,MN" as "And over, and over, and over, M N."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ter? What is that, short for Terbert? Or Terlliam? Or Terthew? ''{clears screen}'' Welter, the crayons of my youth had pretty awesome names. Especially the ones that came with my Limozeen 1989 "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada" Tour coloring book!

''{Cut to a view of this coloring book, which has a drawing of two members of Limozeen on the cover. As Strong Bad says each of the following color names, a corresponding crayon appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There was Leather Black, Ripped Denim Blue, Groupie Lipstick Red, Skin Flesh ''{pink}'', Hairspray Blond ''{yellow}'', and Tight Shiny Purple. It even came with a cassette tape with a song about how to color!

''{A yellow cassette tape labeled "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" appears. Switch to a view of the first page of the coloring book, which shows Larry and Gary performing. Below this is the text "Gary and Larry rehearse their moves". The page has been colored to look like Larry's guitar has caught fire, and a laser is drawn firing from the guitar with the word "vpoo" over it.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Grab a box of sixty-four,—

''{Changes to the next page, which shows Limozeen with the text "We are in a band called Limozeen!" Perry's skin has been colored green with blue hair, Larry has been colored with a black eye and blood dripping with the words "be tup" colored on his shirt, and Mary has been colored with an extra set of arms coming out of his head doing the evil fingers, the words "2 sets!" are also colored above his head.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —with a sharpener a-built right in,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Larry with two women. The text says "<s>Larry</s> Strong Bad always serenades the 'of-age' ladies after the show". Larry's face has been colored like Strong Bad's, and his hands have been drawn to look like red boxing gloves. The girls have the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Flag|Canadian Flag]] colored onto their shirts.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Dump 'em all out onto the floor,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Mary with a face drawn on his abdomen; the text says, "Drummers almost never wear shirts while playing a big show." The rest of the page remains colorless.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —and let the party begin!

''{Change to next page, which shows Gary leaping into the air while playing the guitar; he has been colored to wear a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and hold a basketball; a basketball hoop and defending player have also been drawn in. The text reads "Gary's playing some "air" guitar. Get it?"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Outside the lines!

''{The next page shows Perry with Teeg Dougland at the soundboard; the text reads "Producer/ manager/ roadie/ webmaster Teeg Dougland shows Perry how to tweak the reverb." They have both been colored to look like old ladies with wrinkles, grey hair, lipstick and fingernails all colored in.}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Inside your heart!

''{The next page shows Larry and Perry, who is wearing a bear mask; the text reads "'That bear mask has GOT to go!!!' shouts Larry."}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Those crayons of mine!

''{The next page shows Mary and Larry barbecuing; a large, vicious-looking hot dog has been drawn standing behind them; The Cheat has been drawn peeking from around the barbecue. Mary's skin has been colored blue, The text reads, "Back home from the road, Mary and Larry say, 'It's Grilla Time!'"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Hey, hey, let's go back to the start!

''{The last page shows Larry with Gary and Perry performing, but is not colored. The text reads, "Larry is screaming like a demon. And the other two are playing guitars." The music stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, looks like I missed one! As much as I respect you guys as artists, it's time to melt your faces off.

''{Strong Bad uses the Skin Flesh crayon to draw on Larry's face as the music from the first drawing of Trogdor plays. The crayon breaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, crudcrap! My Skin Flesh broke!

''{Cut to a view of Strong Bad at his table holding the broken crayon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where'm I gonna get another one of these at this hour? Ooh, wait! I bet Marzipan's teaching her kindergarten class down at the Montesodium school! Those kids eat crayons like they were paste!

''{Cut to Marzipan in the Classroom; the blackboard reads "SOY IS ALSO MURDER"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{finishing a monologue}'' ...so that way, you always feel guilty!

''{Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Goody Marzipan. Can I borrow some crayons? I broke my Skin Flesh!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looks aghast, then angry}'' Shhh! Strong Bad, not in front of the class!

''{Cut to a view of the class, which consists of Homsar, Strong Mad and Homestar Runner wearing yellow shirts. Homsar has a stack of blocks on his desk that reads "TURD".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!

''{Cut back to Marzipan and Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why can't I say "Skin Flesh" in front of the—uh, ''children?''

'''MARZIPAN:''' First of all, we don't call them children. They're "life blossoms"!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Life blossoms?! Marzipan, what kind of cult are you running here?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, a pretty standard one. ''{cut to a closeup of Marzipan}'' Anyway, we don't use the term "Skin Flesh". The color you're looking for is "Dermal Discoveries".

''{A pink roll loosely resembling a crayon with the words "Dermal Discoveries" appears. Some notes played on a acoustic guitar is heard. Cut to a view from behind Marzipan, facing Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's that scramble?! What about Lipstick Red?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, no, no. Too gender-specific. We use "Crimson Suggestion".

''{A red roll with the words "Crimson Suggestion" appears. More acoustic notes play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, how 'bout Hairspray Blond?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Vague Pigmentation!

''{A yellow roll with the words "Vague Pigmentation" appears. Acoustic notes are heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Leather Black?

'''MARZIPAN:''' We just call that "blue."

''{A black roll with the word "Blue" appears. More acoustic notes are heard. Homestar Runner moves into view.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teacherman, ''{cut to face Homestar Runner}'' are we just gonna talk about crowns all day?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ta'-'bou'-wha'?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crowns! You know! For coloring! A box of crowns!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{chuckling}'' You mean, crayons? Cray-ons?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks angry}'' Oh, I don't need this. I'm going to the liberry! To read me some pie-pie comics!

''{Return to view of Marzipan and Strong Bad from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What kind of grades does Homestar get?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, roots and grass, mostly.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Roots and grass? What're those, like, D's? D minusesses?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, they're F's.

''{Cut back to the last page of the coloring book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys. Prepare to make some dermal discoveries!

''{Strong Bad begins to draw with the Dermal Discoveries "crayon." Nothing happens.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the— what's wrong with this stupid crown—on?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan in front of the table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, didn't I tell you? Our crayons don't actually color so that no one life blossom shines brighter than any other. That way, they're ''all'' special!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I never had any doubts that all your students were ''{uses hand quotes}'' "special", Marzipan.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' And they're made from 100% pressed bunson, so they double as a healthy snack! Mmm! ''{eats a "Crimson Suggestion" and leaves.}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the table. A bundle of Marzipan's "crayons" appears in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing, his words appear under the bundle of "crayons."}'' Pressed bunson, you know it's pressed bunson. Preeeeow!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down as Larry sings the last word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...the crap is pressed bunson?

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Homestar reportcardnew.png|thumb|170px|They're life blossoms!]]
*Click on "Dear awesome" after Strong Bad mentions "Red Iculous" to see a "Dear Awesome" colored crayon.
*Likewise, click on "some crayon" and see a "Some Crayon" colored crayon.
*Click on "L.U.R.N." on Homestar's shirt when he walks up to Marzipan to see the [[:Image:LURN logo corrected.png|logo]] for [[L.U.R.N.]], or "Life-Blossoms Undergoing Re-programming Naturally."
*Click on the word Murder on the chalkboard after Strong Bad asks about Homestar's grades to see his report card.
*At the end, click on the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] to see the whole thing (it comes up in a new window). It has three pages and two colors not featured in the email. You can color it with the included crayons, or [[Printables|print it out]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The [[Laser Lemon#The Cheat's Oscilloscope|device next to The Cheat]] is an [[Wikipedia:Oscilloscope|oscilloscope]].
*"Special" is often used as a euphemism to refer to developmentally challenged people.
*On the page of the Limozeen coloring book where Larry is crossed out to reveal Strong Bad serenading the "of age" groupies, they are wearing Canadian flag tops. Those "of age" to consent in Canada are 14 and above.

===Trivia===
*The crayons in the Easter egg contain two colors not featured in the email: "Roadie [[Puking|Puke]] Green" and "Sweet Boots Brown".
*This is the first time we see Marzipan in Strong Bad's house.
*The coloring book Easter egg originally did not have an "Undo" button to go back a step when coloring, so if you made a mistake well into your drawing, you'd have to erase it all. It was added later.
*In the drawing of the coloring book where Larry is serenading the "of-age" ladies, he is holding a [[G]] chord on the guitar.

===Remarks===
*The Lappy's "toe" (which was removed in [[cliffhangers]] and was missing in [[retirement]]) is back.
*The cards above the chalkboard read "4, I3, (, I>, 3, I=, 6, #, 1" which are [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] representations of the letters A through I.
*This is the first/closest The Cheat has gotten to saying a word in English ("Okay") outside of his [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, although some of his [[Deliberately Poor English#A Lack of Intelligible Speech|The Cheat noises]] have strongly suggested English phrases in the past.
*Both [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]] and [[Perry Palaroncini|Perry]] are wearing blue shirts with white stars, in the style of Homestar's shirt.
*If you download the Flash file for the Limozeen coloring book Easter egg directly to your computer, it will ask you if you want to print a page when you open it.
*Each member of Limozeen seems to change appearance (hairstyle, instrument) in most of the pictures in the coloring book, making it hard to distinguish them from one another.
*Despite claims to the contrary in the coloring book, it seems unlikely that Limozeen would have had a "webmaster" in 1989

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this email was first released, "blossom" was misspelled as "blossum" in the [[:Image:LURN logo.png|T-shirt]] and [[:Image:Homestar reportcard.png|report card]] Easter eggs, and "animals" was misspelled as "animas". These have since been fixed.
*The coloring book originally misnamed several of the crayons in comparison to their email counterparts. Groupie Lipstick Red was incorrectly named "Rockin' Red" while Tight Shiny Purple was named "Ballad Purple". This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad uses the same [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected telephone]] to speak to The Cheat over the intercom that he used in [[replacement]].
*The scribble above The Cheat's head also appeared in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad has previously defaced and satirized picture books in [[kids' book]] and [[That Time of Year]].
*The "'air' guitar" image is identical to an image of Gary in the Limozeen laser show in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*When Strong Bad is coloring the Limozeen picture, the music is the same as the music that plays while he is drawing [[Trogdor]] in [[dragon]].
*Homestar calling Marzipan "Teacherman", is an example of him calling things something ending in "man", for instance, he called the "nice present" from [[Decemberween in July]] a [[Santaman]], and the [[Bear holding a Shark]] in [[myths & legends]] a "Monsterman".
*This is another appearance of [[Preeeeow]], the [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] describing The Paper's sound effect.
*"TURD" is a [[Wikipedia:vulgarism|vulgarism]] for [[Whatsit|whatsit]].
*The fact that Strong Bad drew The Cheat peeking out from behind [[Limozeen]]'s grill is a reference to [[Where's The Cheat?]], in which it is revealed that The Cheat lives in [[The King of Town's Grill]].
*The cards above the chalkboard use the same [[Fonts|font]] as the [[Compy 386]] (Commodore 64).
*The keytar Larry uses in the easter egg at the end was previously seen in [[portrait]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Crayola|Crayola]] is a well known company that makes art supplies such as [[Wikipedia:Crayon|crayons]].
**"Laser Lemon" is the name of an actual [[Wikipedia:List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola color]].
**"Blizzard Blue" also existed at one point, but has since been replaced with "Inchworm".
**"Skin Flesh" is also a possible reference to when Crayola renamed their color "Flesh" to "Peach" in 1962, partially to avoid racial discrimination.
*The lyrics "Grab a box of sixty-four with a sharpener a-built right in" from "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" refers to a standard Crayola 64-crayon box. These boxes usually have a plastic crayon sharpener built into the back.
*On the air guitar page, Strong bad has 'colored' a basketball jersey similar to that of the Los Angeles Lakers onto Gary.
**On the same page of the coloring book, the basketball player on the right very much resembles [[Wikipedia:Larry Bird|Larry Bird]].
*The band member wearing a bear mask is a reference to musician [[Wikipedia:John Mayer|John Mayer]] who sometimes dresses in a bear costume in order to meet and talk with fans before concerts without the fans realizing who he is.
*"Montesodium" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of the words "Montessori" and "Monosodium".
**[[Wikipedia:Montessori method|Montessori Schools]] are a very progressive and non-traditional schooling system used in many private schools throughout the world. It focuses on allowing children to learn at their own pace and doing away with perceived forms of competition like grading.
*The page Strong Bad tries to color says "Larry is screamin' like a demon..."; he is also shown singing with his tongue hanging out. [[Wikipedia:Gene Simmons|Gene Simmons]] of the rock band Kiss is well-known for his extraordinarily long tongue, and is also known as "The Demon".
*Homestar leaving to go read "[[Pie|pie]] pie comics" may mean he wants to read [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] comics.
*The coloring book makes mention of staying at the [[Wikipedia:Ramada|Ramada]], a well-known hotel chain.
*It's Grilla Time is a reference to "It's Miller Time", which is a famous slogan of [[wikipedia:Miller Brewing|Miller Brewing Company]]. It's also why they're holding [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] at the time.
*The subtitle on the Limozeen book, "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada", is written in the [[Fonts|font]] created and used by British heavy metal band [[wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]].
**Room 302 is also a major plot device in ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 4: The Room|Silent Hill 4: The Room]]'', a horror game produced by [[Wikipedia: Konami|Konami]].
*When the Cheat is told by Strong Bad to stop making the lemons that have lasers on them, a black scribble appears above his head. It looks very similar to the scribbles on top of the characters in "[[Peanuts]]" that appeared when they were mad.
*"Soy is also murder" may be a reference to the second album by alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]], entitled [[Wikipedia:Meat is Murder|Meat is Murder]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail160.html|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:sbemail160.swf|view the Flash file for "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.html|View the coloring book]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.swf|View the Flash file for the coloring book]]
*[[Forum:10080|forum thread re: "{{PAGENAME}}"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

coloring

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:34:48 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|160|retirement|4 branches}}
[[Image:sbemail160.png|thumb|"Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... 'Laser Limes'. Or maybe just laser beams."]]

Strong Bad discusses crayon colors and stumbles upon Marzipan's cult, er, "classroom".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Limozeen}}, [[Teeg Dougland]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Garage]], [[The Classroom]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' October 23, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Sippin' on a bottle of email, cold, having a picnic lunch with some co-workers.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: bad crayon namers</div>
Dear awesome, 
have you ever thought how rediculous some crayon names are....I mean "blizzard blue"...thats stupid...and "Laser lemon"...??? 
-much love 
Ter 
Andover,MN
</blockquote>

''{After "Dear awesome", Strong Bad adds, "Oh! Somebody finally got it right!"; at the first ellipsis, he adds, "Oh, you mean like, Red Iculous?" and a red crayon labeled "Red Iculous" appears; and after reading the name "Laser lemon", he repeats surprisedly:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Laser lemon?! ''{picking up a phone}'' The Cheat, halt production immediately!

''{Cut to the garage, where The Cheat is using a soldering iron and an oscilloscope to build a laser with lemons on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{over the PA}'' Crayola beat us to the punch. Let's shift focus to... "Laser Limes". ''{The Cheat looks annoyed and a black "cloud" briefly appears over his head}'' Or maybe just laser beams.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noise which sounds unmistakably like "Okay."}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad resumes reading the email. He reads "Andover,MN" as "And over, and over, and over, M N."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ter? What is that, short for Terbert? Or Terlliam? Or Terthew? ''{clears screen}'' Welter, the crayons of my youth had pretty awesome names. Especially the ones that came with my Limozeen 1989 "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada" Tour coloring book!

''{Cut to a view of this coloring book, which has a drawing of two members of Limozeen on the cover. As Strong Bad says each of the following color names, a corresponding crayon appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There was Leather Black, Ripped Denim Blue, Groupie Lipstick Red, Skin Flesh ''{pink}'', Hairspray Blond ''{yellow}'', and Tight Shiny Purple. It even came with a cassette tape with a song about how to color!

''{A yellow cassette tape labeled "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" appears. Switch to a view of the first page of the coloring book, which shows Larry and Gary performing. Below this is the text "Gary and Larry rehearse their moves". The page has been colored to look like Larry's guitar has caught fire, and a laser is drawn firing from the guitar with the word "vpoo" over it.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Grab a box of sixty-four,—

''{Changes to the next page, which shows Limozeen with the text "We are in a band called Limozeen!" Perry's skin has been colored green with blue hair, Larry has been colored with a black eye and blood dripping with the words "be tup" colored on his shirt, and Mary has been colored with an extra set of arms coming out of his head doing the evil fingers, the words "2 sets!" are also colored above his head.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —with a sharpener a-built right in,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Larry with two women. The text says "<s>Larry</s> Strong Bad always serenades the 'of-age' ladies after the show". Larry's face has been colored like Strong Bad's, and his hands have been drawn to look like red boxing gloves. The girls have the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Flag|Canadian Flag]] colored onto their shirts.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' Dump 'em all out onto the floor,—

''{Change to next page, which shows Mary with a face drawn on his abdomen; the text says, "Drummers almost never wear shirts while playing a big show." The rest of the page remains colorless.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing}'' —and let the party begin!

''{Change to next page, which shows Gary leaping into the air while playing the guitar; he has been colored to wear a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and hold a basketball; a basketball hoop and defending player have also been drawn in. The text reads "Gary's playing some "air" guitar. Get it?"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Outside the lines!

''{The next page shows Perry with Teeg Dougland at the soundboard; the text reads "Producer/ manager/ roadie/ webmaster Teeg Dougland shows Perry how to tweak the reverb." They have both been colored to look like old ladies with wrinkles, grey hair, lipstick and fingernails all colored in.}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Inside your heart!

''{The next page shows Larry and Perry, who is wearing a bear mask; the text reads "'That bear mask has GOT to go!!!' shouts Larry."}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Those crayons of mine!

''{The next page shows Mary and Larry barbecuing; a large, vicious-looking hot dog has been drawn standing behind them; The Cheat has been drawn peeking from around the barbecue. Mary's skin has been colored blue, The text reads, "Back home from the road, Mary and Larry say, 'It's Grilla Time!'"}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' Colorin'!

'''LARRY:''' Hey, hey, let's go back to the start!

''{The last page shows Larry with Gary and Perry performing, but is not colored. The text reads, "Larry is screaming like a demon. And the other two are playing guitars." The music stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, looks like I missed one! As much as I respect you guys as artists, it's time to melt your faces off.

''{Strong Bad uses the Skin Flesh crayon to draw on Larry's face as the music from the first drawing of Trogdor plays. The crayon breaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, crudcrap! My Skin Flesh broke!

''{Cut to a view of Strong Bad at his table holding the broken crayon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where'm I gonna get another one of these at this hour? Ooh, wait! I bet Marzipan's teaching her kindergarten class down at the Montesodium school! Those kids eat crayons like they were paste!

''{Cut to Marzipan in the Classroom; the blackboard reads "SOY IS ALSO MURDER"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{finishing a monologue}'' ...so that way, you always feel guilty!

''{Strong Bad walks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Goody Marzipan. Can I borrow some crayons? I broke my Skin Flesh!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looks aghast, then angry}'' Shhh! Strong Bad, not in front of the class!

''{Cut to a view of the class, which consists of Homsar, Strong Mad and Homestar Runner wearing yellow shirts. Homsar has a stack of blocks on his desk that reads "TURD".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!

''{Cut back to Marzipan and Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why can't I say "Skin Flesh" in front of the—uh, ''children?''

'''MARZIPAN:''' First of all, we don't call them children. They're "life blossoms"!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Life blossoms?! Marzipan, what kind of cult are you running here?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, a pretty standard one. ''{cut to a closeup of Marzipan}'' Anyway, we don't use the term "Skin Flesh". The color you're looking for is "Dermal Discoveries".

''{A pink roll loosely resembling a crayon with the words "Dermal Discoveries" appears. Some notes played on a acoustic guitar is heard. Cut to a view from behind Marzipan, facing Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's that scramble?! What about Lipstick Red?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, no, no. Too gender-specific. We use "Crimson Suggestion".

''{A red roll with the words "Crimson Suggestion" appears. More acoustic notes play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, how 'bout Hairspray Blond?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Vague Pigmentation!

''{A yellow roll with the words "Vague Pigmentation" appears. Acoustic notes are heard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Leather Black?

'''MARZIPAN:''' We just call that "blue."

''{A black roll with the word "Blue" appears. More acoustic notes are heard. Homestar Runner moves into view.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Teacherman, ''{cut to face Homestar Runner}'' are we just gonna talk about crowns all day?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ta'-'bou'-wha'?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crowns! You know! For coloring! A box of crowns!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{chuckling}'' You mean, crayons? Cray-ons?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks angry}'' Oh, I don't need this. I'm going to the liberry! To read me some pie-pie comics!

''{Return to view of Marzipan and Strong Bad from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What kind of grades does Homestar get?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, roots and grass, mostly.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Roots and grass? What're those, like, D's? D minusesses?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, they're F's.

''{Cut back to the last page of the coloring book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys. Prepare to make some dermal discoveries!

''{Strong Bad begins to draw with the Dermal Discoveries "crayon." Nothing happens.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the— what's wrong with this stupid crown—on?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan in front of the table.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, didn't I tell you? Our crayons don't actually color so that no one life blossom shines brighter than any other. That way, they're ''all'' special!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I never had any doubts that all your students were ''{uses hand quotes}'' "special", Marzipan.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' And they're made from 100% pressed bunson, so they double as a healthy snack! Mmm! ''{eats a "Crimson Suggestion" and leaves.}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the table. A bundle of Marzipan's "crayons" appears in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''LARRY:''' ''{singing, his words appear under the bundle of "crayons."}'' Pressed bunson, you know it's pressed bunson. Preeeeow!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down as Larry sings the last word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...the crap is pressed bunson?

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Homestar reportcardnew.png|thumb|170px|They're life blossoms!]]
*Click on "Dear awesome" after Strong Bad mentions "Red Iculous" to see a "Dear Awesome" colored crayon.
*Likewise, click on "some crayon" and see a "Some Crayon" colored crayon.
*Click on "L.U.R.N." on Homestar's shirt when he walks up to Marzipan to see the [[:Image:LURN logo corrected.png|logo]] for [[L.U.R.N.]], or "Life-Blossoms Undergoing Re-programming Naturally."
*Click on the word Murder on the chalkboard after Strong Bad asks about Homestar's grades to see his report card.
*At the end, click on the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] to see the whole thing (it comes up in a new window). It has three pages and two colors not featured in the email. You can color it with the included crayons, or [[Printables|print it out]].

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The [[Laser Lemon#The Cheat's Oscilloscope|device next to The Cheat]] is an [[Wikipedia:Oscilloscope|oscilloscope]].
*"Special" is often used as a euphemism to refer to developmentally challenged people.
*On the page of the Limozeen coloring book where Larry is crossed out to reveal Strong Bad serenading the "of age" groupies, they are wearing Canadian flag tops. Those "of age" to consent in Canada are 14 and above.

===Trivia===
*The crayons in the Easter egg contain two colors not featured in the email: "Roadie [[Puking|Puke]] Green" and "Sweet Boots Brown".
*This is the first time we see Marzipan in Strong Bad's house.
*The coloring book Easter egg originally did not have an "Undo" button to go back a step when coloring, so if you made a mistake well into your drawing, you'd have to erase it all. It was added later.
*In the drawing of the coloring book where Larry is serenading the "of-age" ladies, he is holding a [[G]] chord on the guitar.

===Remarks===
*The Lappy's "toe" (which was removed in [[cliffhangers]] and was missing in [[retirement]]) is back.
*The cards above the chalkboard read "4, I3, (, I>, 3, I=, 6, #, 1" which are [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] representations of the letters A through I.
*This is the first/closest The Cheat has gotten to saying a word in English ("Okay") outside of his [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons, although some of his [[Deliberately Poor English#A Lack of Intelligible Speech|The Cheat noises]] have strongly suggested English phrases in the past.
*Both [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]] and [[Perry Palaroncini|Perry]] are wearing blue shirts with white stars, in the style of Homestar's shirt.
*If you download the Flash file for the Limozeen coloring book Easter egg directly to your computer, it will ask you if you want to print a page when you open it.
*Each member of Limozeen seems to change appearance (hairstyle, instrument) in most of the pictures in the coloring book, making it hard to distinguish them from one another.
*Despite claims to the contrary in the coloring book, it seems unlikely that Limozeen would have had a "webmaster" in 1989

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this email was first released, "blossom" was misspelled as "blossum" in the [[:Image:LURN logo.png|T-shirt]] and [[:Image:Homestar reportcard.png|report card]] Easter eggs, and "animals" was misspelled as "animas". These have since been fixed.
*The coloring book originally misnamed several of the crayons in comparison to their email counterparts. Groupie Lipstick Red was incorrectly named "Rockin' Red" while Tight Shiny Purple was named "Ballad Purple". This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad uses the same [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected telephone]] to speak to The Cheat over the intercom that he used in [[replacement]].
*The scribble above The Cheat's head also appeared in [[huttah!]]
*Strong Bad has previously defaced and satirized picture books in [[kids' book]] and [[That Time of Year]].
*The "'air' guitar" image is identical to an image of Gary in the Limozeen laser show in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*When Strong Bad is coloring the Limozeen picture, the music is the same as the music that plays while he is drawing [[Trogdor]] in [[dragon]].
*Homestar calling Marzipan "Teacherman", is an example of him calling things something ending in "man", for instance, he called the "nice present" from [[Decemberween in July]] a [[Santaman]], and the [[Bear holding a Shark]] in [[myths & legends]] a "Monsterman".
*This is another appearance of [[Preeeeow]], the [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] describing The Paper's sound effect.
*"TURD" is a [[Wikipedia:vulgarism|vulgarism]] for [[Whatsit|whatsit]].
*The fact that Strong Bad drew The Cheat peeking out from behind [[Limozeen]]'s grill is a reference to [[Where's The Cheat?]], in which it is revealed that The Cheat lives in [[The King of Town's Grill]].
*The cards above the chalkboard use the same [[Fonts|font]] as the [[Compy 386]] (Commodore 64).
*The keytar Larry uses in the easter egg at the end was previously seen in [[portrait]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Crayola|Crayola]] is a well known company that makes art supplies such as [[Wikipedia:Crayon|crayons]].
**"Laser Lemon" is the name of an actual [[Wikipedia:List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola color]].
**"Blizzard Blue" also existed at one point, but has since been replaced with "Inchworm".
**"Skin Flesh" is also a possible reference to when Crayola renamed their color "Flesh" to "Peach" in 1962, partially to avoid racial discrimination.
*The lyrics "Grab a box of sixty-four with a sharpener a-built right in" from "Colorin' (Outside the Lines)" refers to a standard Crayola 64-crayon box. These boxes usually have a plastic crayon sharpener built into the back.
*On the air guitar page, Strong bad has 'colored' a basketball jersey similar to that of the Los Angeles Lakers onto Gary.
**On the same page of the coloring book, the basketball player on the right very much resembles [[Wikipedia:Larry Bird|Larry Bird]].
*The band member wearing a bear mask is a reference to musician [[Wikipedia:John Mayer|John Mayer]] who sometimes dresses in a bear costume in order to meet and talk with fans before concerts without the fans realizing who he is.
*"Montesodium" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of the words "Montessori" and "Monosodium".
**[[Wikipedia:Montessori method|Montessori Schools]] are a very progressive and non-traditional schooling system used in many private schools throughout the world. It focuses on allowing children to learn at their own pace and doing away with perceived forms of competition like grading.
*The page Strong Bad tries to color says "Larry is screamin' like a demon..."; he is also shown singing with his tongue hanging out. [[Wikipedia:Gene Simmons|Gene Simmons]] of the rock band Kiss is well-known for his extraordinarily long tongue, and is also known as "The Demon".
*Homestar leaving to go read "[[Pie|pie]] pie comics" may mean he wants to read [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] comics.
*The coloring book makes mention of staying at the [[Wikipedia:Ramada|Ramada]], a well-known hotel chain.
*It's Grilla Time is a reference to "It's Miller Time", which is a famous slogan of [[wikipedia:Miller Brewing|Miller Brewing Company]]. It's also why they're holding [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] at the time.
*The subtitle on the Limozeen book, "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada", is written in the [[Fonts|font]] created and used by British heavy metal band [[wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]].
**Room 302 is also a major plot device in ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 4: The Room|Silent Hill 4: The Room]]'', a horror game produced by [[Wikipedia: Konami|Konami]].
*When the Cheat is told by Strong Bad to stop making the lemons that have lasers on them, a black scribble appears above his head. It looks very similar to the scribbles on top of the characters in "[[Peanuts]]" that appeared when they were mad.
*"Soy is also murder" may be a reference to the second album by alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]], entitled [[Wikipedia:Meat is Murder|Meat is Murder]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail160.html|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:sbemail160.swf|view the Flash file for "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.html|View the coloring book]]
*[[HR:limo coloringbook.swf|View the Flash file for the coloring book]]
*[[Forum:10080|forum thread re: "{{PAGENAME}}"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

portrait

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:32:15 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Fast Forward */

{{sbenav|139|space program|highschool}}
[[Image:Sbemail139.png|thumb|Done by a Deutsch Master.]]

Strong Bad tries to make a portrait of himself.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lord Quackingstick]], [[Strong Badman]] (Easter egg), [[Deutschman]] (Easter egg), {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Princess Shellbra]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], A Museum, [[Trailer Home]], [[Strong Mad's Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' December 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:37

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486
==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey everybody, it's a musical Strong Bad Email this week! ''{presses enter}'' ''{singing}'' Da-doo doo doo Dear, Dear Strong Bad, oh I was wondering—''{stops singing}'' Ahhh, I can't keep this up.

<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: portrait</div>
Dear Strong Bad- 
I was wondering if you ever wanted to have somebody 
paint a portrait of  your greatness. 
guess what, it's- 
Dylan Bragers (aka Coolio da Fabio) 
Texas
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.) ''[sic]'' I'm just gonna call you Dealin' Burgers, which I assume doubles as an accurate job description.

''{Clears screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Moving onwardly, I suppose my greatness is worthy of portraiture. Perhaps one done by a Deutsch Master.

''{Cut to a portrait of Strong Bad, in a long-haired wig, a beret, and a toga, holding a toy stick with a duck's head on the end. The painting is in a gold frame, with a museum placard beside it (see [[#Trivia|below]]).}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The kind that are always getting stolen or vandalized by art bandits.

''{The Cheat appears from the top, wearing a black mask, skullcap, and a t-shirt reading "4rt b4ndit". He places a stencil over the painting and paints a "robotank", along with the words "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK", in pink spray paint.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thanks, little buddy! Now it's worth something.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{obliging The Cheat noises; salutes}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{resumes typing}'' Or what about one of those black and white ink portraits you see in all the rich-guy newspapers.

''{Cut to a black-and-white newspaper. An image of Strong Bad in a suit and tie and holding a large cell phone is in the center.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, apparently they're not rich enough to afford any color. Or even solid lines! Just a bunch of dots and dashes. I look like Morse code. ''{imitating Morse code}'' Dah dah dah dee dee dee... I a-am ho-o-olding a real-ly ol-d cel-l-l pho-o-one.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. The screen has cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oops. No. Hey, I got it! A painting of such greatness demands only the finest materials. And what could be finer than black velvet in a cheap imitation wood frame? It would be showcased—

''{Cut to the velvet painting. It shows Strong Bad holding a skunk. A lamp with a moose on it can be seen to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —in only the fanciest double-wide trailers. Oh, and look! I finally caught that skunk. I been chasing after that little scamp for—Whoa!—

''{The shot suddenly shifts to the right to reveal a [[:Image:Born to be danged.PNG|poster of a unicorn on a snowmobile with the caption "Born to be danged!!!"]]. Another moose lamp is seen on the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Is that a blacklight poster of a unicorn riding a snowmobile?! Now ''that'' is some esteemed company.

''{A [[Cold One|Cold One Ice]] flies at the lamp and shatters it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen and in a groggy voice}'' Thanks for breaking my moose lamp.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, I don't know anybody with a useless Master of Fine Arts degree, so I might have to settle for something a bit more, how you say, made by Strong Mad or The Cheat.

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is noisily gnawing a relief-bust of Strong Bad's face into a log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Very... uh, slobbery, The Cheat. This isn't quite what I had in mind when you said "sculpture."

''{Classical music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're really just... goin' to town there, aren't ya?

''{Strong Bad stares at The Cheat working for a moment.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna ''{motioning with his glove}'' leave you two alone.

''{Strong Bad backs away. Cut to Strong Mad's room. Strong Mad is sprinkling glitter over a macaroni picture. A sticker on the left side reads "Great Thyme". Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, Chef Boyardee!

''{Cut to a close-up of the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like I couldn't have gone down to the kindergarten and hired a five-year-old to make me one of those.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{slams the glitter down}'' I'LL WAIT FOR YOU!

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, thanks to my no-talent minions, it looks like a self-portrait is the only way to go. And I will render it in nothing less than the classic style of the Trüe Mästers.

''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad, who has somehow fit his head into a wooden cutout of a muscular man holding a sword with a keyboard on it. The man's abdominal muscles are in the shape of the letters "SB", and he is holding a falcon. His one visible leg wears a boot that looks vaguely similar to a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]]. There are also two cans of paint nearby, labeled "Some Paint" and "Some More Paint". There is also a cutout of a mermaid at his feet with an empty space for a head. He paints it with a small brush.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, at last: A self-portrait that accurately depicts who I am, where I'm from, and my passing interest in falconry.

''{He tries to get out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. ''{keeps trying}'' How do I get outta this thing?

''{Cut to the reverse angle. He can be seen hanging by his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How did I get ''into'' this thing? ''{kicks his legs together a few times}''

''{Cut back to the front view. He holds up the duck-head toy from the first portrait.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut to a close-up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, Lord Quackingstick, how nice to see you. You don't happen to have a hacksaw in your pocket, do you? ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, too bad. ''{looking down at the mermaid}'' Well, what about you, Princess Shellbra?

''{He moves the bird-on-a-stick into the face hole for the mermaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk in a high, sultry voice}'' Quack, quack. ''{speaking normally}'' But of course. I love to serenade you anytime with my ''{looks down to his right}'' mystical key-sword-tar. I mean it's not like I'm goin' anywhere... anytime soon.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Click the white card beside the portrait by the Deutsch Master to see an "Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]" comic book. A "Deutsch Master" holding a paintbrush is silhouetted, standing over Strong Badman and Deutschman, who are both lying wounded on a pile of rubble.<blockquote>Enter... The Deutsch Master "Strong Badman and Deutschman are both '''finished!!!'''"</blockquote>
*Click the key-sword-tar at the end to see a [[Printables|printable]] version of the robotank stencil The Cheat used to vandalize the painting.
*Click [[Lord Quackingstick]] at the end to see Strong Bad show off his key-sword-tar to Homestar.
:''{Cut to The Field with Homestar and Strong Bad holding the key-sword-tar, his head still in the hole, although it has been broken off from the rest of the portrait.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' So that's when I realized I don't even need Lamaze classes.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, there's something different about you. Did you get a haircut?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but I did get this new key-sword-tar. ''{waves the key-sword-tar around}'' Maow, maow, maoooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Keyboard, keyboooooard. ''{normal}'' Maow, maow, maooooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Fight some brigands!! ''{Homestar holds up a [[BMW Lighter|SAAB lighter]], Strong Bad's voice returns to normal}'' Maow Maow, Maoooow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-owwowwoww-whammy-barrrrruh.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* ''Deutsch'' is the German word for "German", but Strong Bad uses it as a play on ''Dutch''. (The similarity in sound has led to confusion about terms such as [[Wikipedia:Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Dutch]], who are actually of German descent.) "Dutch masters" is a general term for the famous Dutch artists of the 17th century, such as [[Wikipedia:Rembrandt|Rembrandt]] and [[Wikipedia:Vermeer|Vermeer]]. "[[Wikipedia:Dutch Masters|Dutch Masters]]" is also a brand of cigars.
**If pronounced with all the umlauts Strong Bad had inserted, "Deutsch Master" would be pronounced DUOY-ch MEH-ster.
* [[Wikipedia:Falconry|Falconry]] is the art or sport of training raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game.
*[[Wikipedia:Lamaze|Lamaze]] is a relaxation technique designed to avoid the use of pain-killing drugs during childbirth.
*A [[Wikipedia:Tremolo arm|whammy bar]] is a lever mounted to the bridge of a guitar and is used to bend the notes up or down. Since it works by changing the tension of the guitar strings, its inclusion on Strong Bad's key-sword-tar (a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]]) is hard to explain. Real keytars use a [[Wikipedia:Portamento|pitch bend]] controller to bend pitches; it's possible that this "whammy bar" is in fact a [[Wikipedia:Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] controller.
*[[Thyme]] is the herb depicted on Strong Mad's "Great Thyme" sticker. It often replaces the word time.

===Trivia===
* This email was sent in by wiki user [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]].
* This email currently has the largest filesize, possibly due to the bitmaps used for the Deutsch Master painting and the Rich Guy newspaper portrait.
* This email was released late Sunday night Atlanta time, but the website claimed that its release date was on Monday.
* The card next to the first portrait reads:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;border:2px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:120px">
Strongio da Baddio 
DaVantres 
''c. 1658''</blockquote>

[[Image:cheap as free comics.png|thumb|100px|Cheap as Free Comics]]
* The upper-left corner of the comic book reads:

{| cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:150px;margin-left:2em"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
<big>CHEAP AS 
FREE 
comics</big> 
''{The Cheat in costume}''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center" |
$1.25 
$8.00 CAN 
<big>45</big>
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
APPROVED 
BY THE 
COMICS 
CODE 
''{symbol}''
|}
* The captions for the newspaper picture read "Sell phones or ''Cell'' phones?" above and "''Strong Bad''" below. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
* The visible portions of the newspaper articles read:
{| style="border:2px solid black; font-family: Times, serif;"
|-
| width=200 valign=top | <big><big>Mulligatawny</big></big> 
stew rose high in 
the markets today 
fter rumors spread 
a really sweet deal 
over at my place 
usually get started 
d nine and go until 
who knows when! 
Pork bellies will be 
erved around 8-ish. 
tures to follow at 9 
ase bring your own 
pkins if you're into 
 that crap. Not me. 
ipe hands on pants, 
 yo. Anyways, I'm 
ally rich and money 
s still very valuable.
| width = 240px valign=top | <big><big>G</big>igantic cell phone</big> 
making a 4th quart 
comeback as the the "it' 
toy of the Decemberwe 
season. "Who wants to 
put a phone in their poc 
when you can carry aro 
a separate suitcase just 
for a portable, wireless 
mobile, take-anywhere 
cellular telephone. Ma 
analysts predict all the 
cool kids will be luggi 
these stylish jobbies fr 
prom dance to soccer 
practice in 2006. 
 "I want a cell phone 
that is quite large," say 
the sleepy rabbit. 
The technology sector is anticipating 
other woodland creatures to be amon 
early adopters of the new technology
|}

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad tells "Coolio de Fabio" to "quit making up nicknames for yourself." However, in [[english paper]], he actually recommends it, saying "it couldn't hurt to soup up your name a little bit."
*Homestar's lighter in the [[Key-sword-tar|key-sword-tar]] Easter egg is a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter, in contrast to Strong Bad's [[BMW Lighter|BMW lighter]].
*The fours in The Cheat's ''4rt b4ndit'' shirt are another example of [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] in the toons.
*Strong Bad's comment about "a useless Master of Fine Arts Degree" is a self-reference to [[Mike Chapman]]. Mike has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and, according to the [[Tastes Like Chicken Interview]], dropped out of graduate school because he felt that his photographic style was not commercially viable.
*The second small line on the right newspaper paragraph repeats the word "the".

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad mistypes his line "Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" The period should be outside the parentheses; Strong Bad types it inside.
*In the Easter egg, when Strong Bad is moving the wooden cutout of the key-sword-tar around, the picture reverses direction.
*In the scene where Strong Bad says "How did I get into this thing?", [[Lord Quackingstick]] is not there.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's line "Thanks for breaking my moose lamp" is a reference to [[caper]], where he thanked Strong Bad and The Cheat for breaking his [[Cow Lamp|cow lamp]].
*The velvet painting of Strong Bad holding the skunk was done by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]].
*The gnawing pose for The Cheat was last used in [[personal favorites]]. In the [[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] mention wanting to use that pose again.
*Strong Bad has a similar blacklight unicorn painting, as seen in the [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]].
*The [[School Paste]] in Strong Mad's room was first seen in Strong Sad's room in the Email [[depressio]].
*The tune that Strong Bad uses to sing the opening lines of the e-mail is very similar to the background music of [[Fall Float Parade]].
*Strong Mad's box of "TendaRONi" is another appearance of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase ''i'''s]].
*The extra [[Wikipedia:Heavy metal umlaut|umlauts]] in "Trüe Mästers" mirror those in "Witches' Brüe" from [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Mulligatawny|Mulligatawny]], a kind of soup, also appeared in the [[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript 2|DVD commentary for Experimental Film]].
*Deutschman, one of the characters on the [[Strong Badman]] comic cover, was created in [[haircut]].

===Real-World References===
*"TendaRONi" is also a reference to the song [http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/B/bobby-brown-lyrics/bobby-brown-roni-lyrics.htm "Roni"] by [[Wikipedia:Bobby Brown|Bobby Brown]]. The lyrics of this song make reference to a "tender Roni".
*The Rad Rad Robotank is likely a double-reference to [[Transformers]] and the [[Wikipedia:Image:Nglogonew2006.gif|Newgrounds.com logo]]. The fact that it appears as a stencil is possibly a jab at Newgrounds' tendency to encourage people to place their [http://www.newgrounds.com/stickers/ promotional stickers] everywhere. It may also be in reference to a British artist, [[Wikipedia:Banksy|Banksy]], who uses stencils and has also produced paintings which consist of modified forms of existing works of art.
*The black-and-white portrait of Strong Bad is a "[[Wikipedia:Hedcut|hedcut]]", a type of drawing [http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ developed by] and used in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' (which is probably the "rich-guy newspaper" he was referring to).
*[[Wikipedia:Chef Boyardee|Chef Boyardee]] was an Italian chef who is famous for his canned food franchise.
*Homestar holds up a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter during the Easter egg with Strong Bad.
*The word "brigand" from Strong Bad's keyswordtar song in the Easter egg is another word for [[Wikipedia:Outlaw|outlaw]] or bandit.

===Fast Forward===
*The trailer with the black light poster of the unicorn is later revealed to be the one that Vance Mudgeman's family lives in in [[secret identity]].
*The mystical key-sword-tar is later seen in the [[Limozeen]] coloring book as the keytar in the [[Strong Bad Email]]: [[coloring]].

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

big white face

Sbemailman — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:14:20 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|70|personal favorites|2 emails}}

[[Image:sbemail70.PNG|thumb|Not the first time this has happened, today.]]

Jen C. asks Strong Bad why he is so mean to the guy with the big white face and gray body.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' April 21, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:51

'''Page Title:''' Compy 086!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hoo! Cha! Cheritiza! Hooritajuzu-duh-email!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Why are you so mean to the guy with 
the big white face and gray body? 
 
Jen C from Millbrae, CA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad sings "Dear Strong Bad" in a slightly high-pitched voice}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second.

''{types run "M4RZ1P4N"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Is she talking about Marzipan?

''{Marzipan's picture shows up on his computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, her head is...more like a baseball bat.

''{types run "bu-hubs"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe Bubs? No. Bubs is definitely of the blue-headed persuasion.

''{types run "undabite"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar's got the white head, but...his body's just kinda that red skirt.

''{types run "no-neck"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad doesn't really have a head ''or'' a body.

''{types run "dacheese"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat's physiology just plain baffles me.

''{types run "mr.smith"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, the Poopsmith? Oh, the Poopsmith! Why would she think he has a gray body? Maybe her monitor isn't calibrated right. Or maybe she's like...on one of those old black and white monitors.

''{types run "[[b/w]]"; it converts his monitor to an old Macintosh layout}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it! ''{tabs out of the Macintosh layout, starts typing}'' Yeah, maybe I am a little hard on that guy. I should do something nice for him.

''{Strong Bad gets up, Strong Sad walks past}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Just on my way to do some stuff... Oh! What's this say? ''{reads the email, mumbling}'' Finally! My come-uppance has arrived! I should go wait somewhere inconspicuous and act none the wiser.

''{Cut to a screen of the Macintosh setup with the caption "A little while later..." with the wristwatch cursor on the screen. Then cut to The Field, where Strong Sad is standing.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, nothing, nothing...

''{Strong Bad starts walking past Strong Sad with a cake behind his back}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hey, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wiggity-wiener.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you have something you wanted to tell me?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... You're the wiggity-wiener?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, not that. What are you holding behind your back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... A single deuce? Doosh? ''{flips him the single deuce}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, your other back!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh... Cake for the Poopsmith? Doosh? ''{throws the cake in Strong Sad's face}'' Aww, look what you made me do! Now I gotta make The Cheat make me another cake. ''{walks off}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I wish I could say that this is the first time this has happened to me. ''Today.''

''{Back to the Mac screen, now reading "Another while later..." Cut to the Poopsmith and his pile of [[Whatsit|whatsit]]. Strong Bad walks up to him with another cake.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, doodoo man! I just wanted to apologize for throwing that first cake at Strong Sad. I put some beans on it. You know. In case maybe you wanted beans on it. ''{The Poopsmith shrugs}'' I hope there's no hard feelings.

''{The Poopsmith takes the cake}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways, it really stinks over here, so, uhh... I'm—I'm gonna go. Enjoy the cake.

''{Strong Bad walks off. The Poopsmith flinches when [[The Paper]] comes down. The Poopsmith pokes it with his shovel. The end is on a loop, so he does this about every 10 seconds}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:50cake.PNG|thumb|"Enjoy the cake."]]
*Click on the image of [[The Cheat]] to check out [[Physiology of The Cheat|his physiology]].
*At the end you can click on a bit of whatsit on The Poopsmith's shovel to [[Miscellaneous Downloads|download]] those Mac desktops as wallpaper.
*Also at the end, you can click on the cake to see what the cake looks like. You can keep clicking on it to add toppings to it. The toppings are added in this order: fortune cookies, Chinese food (which looks like it might be [[General Tso's Chicken]]), grapes, [[Wikipedia:Golden Grahams|Golden Grahams]] [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]], ice cubes, lemon slices, and finally, a [[Swiss Cake Rolls|Swiss Cake Roll]] and the "50" candle from [[50 emails]].
**The cake Easter egg will not work on some computers, probably because the cake is stored in a separate Flash file.
**The cake reads: ''Sorry I threw that 1st cake at Strong Sad.'' There is a ''you'' that points at a caricature of the Poopsmith. There is a ''me'' that points to a caricature of Strong Bad.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The first cake said, "Hey!! Poopsmith! Here's a cake!" However, the second cake (when zoomed in, not seen in the closeup) says, "Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper." ''(also see Inside References)''
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#world games|world games]]".

===Remarks===
[[Image:thecheat_physiology.png|thumb|Just Plain Baffling]]
*The Cheat has only 2 organs and no circulatory system, and if one of the organs is the brain, then The Cheat might not use any form of blood. The Cheat clearly has nerve endings. His nerves dangle out from below the unlabeled brain-like organ in his head. Given the location of the other organ, and the fact that it has a tube extending from it to the mouth, it could possibly be the stomach. On the other hand, the position (behind the ribs) and appearance of the organ might be the heart, although that too seems fairly impossible due to the fact that there are no blood vessels. As Strong Bad said: "The Cheat's physiology just plain baffles me."
*It's strange that Strong Bad arrives at the black and white monitor theory. With such a monitor, "big white face and gray body" could describe every character except [[Bubs]], [[Pom Pom]], and The Cheat (who would all turn out gray-faced) and [[Marzipan]] and [[Strong Mad]] (who were already ruled out due to their shape).
*It's also strange that Strong Bad says he's been hard on The Poopsmith, since in [[your friends]], he says he didn't harm The Poopsmith because, on account of The Poopsmith's profession, "his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof."
*In the part where Strong Bad says, "Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second...," he's actually typing it, meaning he's sending a reply. Unless he was thinking out loud, he should have said "you", not "she".
*Even though Strong Bad has no recognizable nose, he covers the area where his nose would be had he had one when he says "It really stinks over here..."
*The top of the page reads Compy 086 when it usually reads Compy 386. (The name of his computer at the time.)

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's reflection is covered by the pictures.
*Strong Sad's reflection isn't affected by contrast change.
*The bottom of Strong Sad's reflection is cut off early at the Compy.
*If the contrast is changed before the Mac desktop comes up, then the Mac desktop appears blue instead of grey.

===Inside References===
*"Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper" ''(see Trivia)'' is a reference to [[caper]].
*When Strong Sad asks what Strong Bad is holding behind his back, he says the Single Deuce, which is [[Pom Pom]]'s gesture from "[[the bird]]."
*The Cheat's photo shows him smoking a pipe, as per his [[Smoking#The Cheat's smoking|nicotine habit]] seen in [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]] and [[Where's The Cheat?]] His addiction is later revisited in [[montage]].
*When Strong Bad types out Marzipan's name ("M4RZ1P4N"), it is written in a form of [[Internet Slang|leet]].
*The Poopsmith's second cake is another example of a [[Concoctions|concoction]].

===Real-World References===
*The email's page title says "Compy 086" instead of "Compy 386," and there's an icon on the black and white [[Wikipedia:Apple Macintosh|Mac]] desktop that says "Compy 086." This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Intel 8086|Intel 8086]], the first 16-bit processor introduced by [[Wikipedia:Intel|Intel]]. Oddly enough, an early Macintosh would have been running on a [[Wikipedia:Motorola 68000|Motorola 68000]] processor, not on an Intel processor.
**Later processors in the 68000 series, like the 68020, were referred to by dropping the "68", so Macintoshes ran on "020", "030", etc. processors. That's where the "0" in "086" came from.
*The Apple desktop has [[Wikipedia:Karateka|Karateka]] on it, a [[Wikipedia:Karate|karate]] combat game developed by [[Wikipedia:Jordan Mechner|Jordan Mechner]].
*The old-timey Mac wallpaper has a floppy disk icon that reads [[Wikipedia:The Manhole|"The Manhole,"]] one of the first computer games by [[Wikipedia:Cyan Worlds|Cyan]], the company that would go on to make [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]].
*Visible on the old-timey Mac's menu bar are a closed pair of eyes from the old Mac shareware program MyEyes. These eyes would open to follow the cursor around and blink periodically.
*Strong Bad refers to the Poopsmith as "doodoo man;" track 14 of the album "De La Soul Is Dead" by De La Soul (one of [[Matt Chapman|Matt Chapman's]] favorite albums) features a fictional DJ who refers to himself as the "doodoo man."
*The Mac desktop is of system 7.0 or 7.1 due to the Finder icon in the top right corner of the screen.
*The Mac desktop looks similar to an [[Wikipedia:Apple Lisa|Apple Lisa]] screen.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad will later have a similar chant in the email [[funny]].

== DVD Version ==
*All of the Easter eggs are still viewable using either the angle button on your DVD remote or pressing down to find the bad graphics Strong Bad at the end of the email.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail70.html|watch "big white face"]]
*[[HR:sbemail70.swf|view the Flash file for "big white face"]]
*[[HR:cake.swf|view the cake]]
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd2.gif|download the Mac desktop (800×600)]]
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd.gif|download the Mac desktop (1024×768)]]

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

Pumpkin Carve-nival

Sbemailman — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:38:26 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Remarks */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|halloween2002|The Best Decemberween Ever|A Decemberween Pageant}}
[[Image:pumpkin.PNG|thumb|"Now that's talent!"]]
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 Woods]]

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

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

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

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== 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. The following words appear:}''

halloween special 2002

mike and matt made it

matt and missy said it

here it go

''{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:''' All right, 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: Just keep walking...
*Homsar: A New Standard For 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]], where it's only in Strong Bad's imagination; [[highschool]], where it's also only in Strong Bad's imagination; and arguably [[senior prom]], where the source of a line is unknown). 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 "Homestar"'s (or rather, Strong Bad in disguise'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) would have won. Everyone else got worst, last, 2nd or 2nd-to-last, none of which could be 1st and thus, they lost.
*When Strong Bad pops out of his Homestar costume, he is wearing his Da Bee shirt, though when a view is seen from the back, he is wearing no shirt at all as usual.
*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's pumpkin, the spark plugs are facing backwards.
*When Homestar puts a ribbon on Pom Pom's pumpkin, there is a real "ding" sound effect instead of Homestar speaking it.
*Homestar gives two last place ribbons, one to Strong Sad, and one to Marzipan (not counting the "New Standard to Last Place" given to Homsar in the Easter egg).
*In Super Kingio Bros. (an easter egg) it says you have three lives but you only use one, and the time never moves. This is probably just because it is not a real game.

=== Goofs ===
*Marzipan's "Left Eye" actually changes sides a couple of times.

===Inside References===
*The blue ribbons, as well as the way they instantly pop into existence, is a reference to "[[Pom Pom, Too]]." 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]].
*This is the third year in a row that Homestar incorrectly guessed Strong Bad's costume.
*Homestar had to make the thunder noise himself this year, the toons from the past had included ambient thunder and lightning, hinting he is not the real Homestar.

===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 [[Nintendo|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Brothers]]''. 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.
*Homsar's "Pumpkin" joins Marzipan's vegetable chorus in an Easter egg in the 2004 Halloween toon: [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*A reference to this toon is made in [[Main Page 19]]: When you roll over Toons, Homestar says "Contestant number one, your name again 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]]. Homestar refers to Pom Pom this way again in [[myths & legends]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Homsar Easter egg is automatically enabled; no selecting required.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
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== External Links ==
*[[HR:halloween2002.html|watch "Pumpkin Carve-nival"]]
*[[HR:halloween2002b.swf|view the Flash file for "Pumpkin Carve-nival"]]

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Main Page 23

Sbemailman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:59:24 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Goofs */

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[[Image:main_page_23.PNG|220px|thumb|"Oh, check me out, it's the front of my head!"]]

Behind the set of a main page. Nearly everything is flipped around, since we're seeing it from the back, and ink marks where all the buttons are.

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

'''Place:''' [[The Field]]

'''Icon:''' Plank of wood

'''Page title:''' "Backstage Pass!"

'''Date:''' September 19, 2005

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — Coach Z pops up with a [[Clapperboard|clapperboard]] and says, "Main Page number tworty-tree, take one, action!" Homestar delays saying "Toons" until after he's gone.
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — A piece of wood wiggles loose and falls off of the set, striking Homestar on the head. Homestar replies with "Oof!" It reappears where it was after a few seconds.
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — On the first mouse-over, Strong Bad jumps up and says "Oh, check me out, it's the front of my head!" while facing away from the user. On the second mouse-over, Strong Bad jumps up and says "Oh, check me out, it's the back of my head!" while facing toward the user. Subsequent mouse-overs alternate between the two.
*'''[[Downloads]]''' — The Cheat falls in front of Homestar, facing him and the user, makes a few The Cheat noises and walks off.
*'''[[Store]]''' — Another Homestar walks in front of Homestar and says (in his modern voice) "'Sup, man?" Homestar replies (in the older voice that's still used for the main pages) "'Sup?" 
*'''[[Email]]''' — A piece of wood, presumably painted with Strong Sad's head on the opposite side, is pulled across the screen by two strings with the words "[[Wear a Bikini!]]" written on the back of it. From off screen Strong Sad holds up [[Strong Sad's Tape Player|his tape player]] into view and presses "Play," causing it to say (in Strong Sad's voice) "I'm the floating head of dooooom!"

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
* This is the second main page (after [[Main Page 12]]) where we see Homestar from behind.

===Remarks===
*Coach Z says "action" while still holding up the clapperboard; he's still in the shot when Homestar delivers his line.
*The support behind Homestar's head would be visible from the front, but doesn't show up on any of the other main pages.
*The reversed joke was only taken so far. As such, 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]].
**Likewise, the numerical order of the home pages is not reversed, just right-justified.
*This is the only Main Page to refer to them as the compound word "homepages" instead of "home pages."
*This is another instance of [[Twin Characters|twin characters]].
*The copyright date for this main page is still 2005.
**This is because Main Page 23 uses a different homepages file (See [[#External Links|external links]]) than the other Main Pages, which was presumably not updated when the [[HR:homepages.swf|other homepages file]] was.

===Goofs===
* Although the part of the characters button where the "s" would be is partly sticking out, the characters buttons on other main pages don't stick out at all.
* The portions of the first three buttons that are sticking out of the cardboard are not clickable.
* The piece of wood that falls on Homestar's head falls from the back of the set, but Homestar is standing in front of it.
*On the bottom of every main page it has a copywright 2000-2007, but on this page it's 200-2005.

===Glitches===
* If you hold down the tab button on this menu, several hidden items become highlighted. You cannot click on them with your mouse, but you can select them by pressing enter.
** To the left of the visible recent updates button is another recent updated button.
** There is yet another recent updates button where the recent updates button normally is.
** There is another [[First Time Here?]] button on the left side located where the First Time Here? button normally is ''relative to'' the recent updates button.
** There is yet another First Time Here? button off the right edge of where it normally is.
** The leftmost side of the Flash File has another set of Weeklies (Random, Quote, Sketchbook, Fan) buttons.
* If you scroll over "store" and then "downloads" right when the second Homestar gets to the middle, The Cheat falls behind Homestar even though perspective makes it look like Homestar is farther away.
* From March 16, 2006 and onwards, you were able to download [[disconnected|"Support the Municipality"]] desktop wallpaper via the Latest Updates bubble on the Main Pages. On this particular Main Page however, although you could have still clicked on the link, it wouldn't let you download the wallpaper.
**Similarly, the [[Main Page Message]] announcing the launch of [[Viidelectrix]] was clickable, but did not pop up the message that should have been displayed.

==External Links==
*[[HR:main23.html|go to Main Page 23]]
*[[HR:main23.swf|view the Flash file for Main Page 23]]
*[[HR:homepages_23.swf|view the homepages file for Main Page 23]]
*[[Forum:5023|forum thread re: Main Page 23]]

{{Main Page}}

{{subtitlesLinks|main23}}

[[Category: Main Pages]]

band names

Sbemailman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:04:56 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|16|the basics|studying}}

[[Image:sbemail16.PNG|thumb|The first appearance of the totally awesome Limozeen]]

Dan asks Strong Bad for advice on a name for his new band.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' March 4, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:13

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing to the tune of [[The Cheat Theme Song]]}'' Who's that giving Strong Bad a hand? Email... Email... ''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">hey strong bad, 
help us come up with a name for our band. i was 
thinking about 'invisible robot fish' or 'for good or 
for awesome.' hurry up please, we have our first 
show tomorrow. 
you rule 
- dan</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen, typing}'' Well, Dan, the easiest way is to ,you know, just have a really cool last name and use that. You know like Van Halen, or Dokken, or to a lesser extent,... Z'Nuff. ''{clears screen}'' And then the other way is to take a really cool word but then spell it all wrong. You know like... ''{stops typing}'' "LAZOR",—

''{An index card with "LAZOR" written on it with red, jagged text appears onscreen. The L's bottom line goes beneath the other letters and connects to the R. All the other letters are connected as well. There's a red light flash after the word. High-pitched music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or "BIGG NIFE",—

''{The previous image disappears and another logo comes up. It uses blue text and has "BIGG" written on top in an metallic font, and then has "NIFE" written below it in a rounded font and an upward pointing knife replacing the letter I. A guitar strums.}''

'''SINGER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Well, all right!

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or something like "TARANCHULA"—

''{"BIGG NIFE" disappears and "TARANCHULA" comes up with red text. All the letters except for the C, U and L have long fangs hanging downward, and the first A, the N, and the last A are dripping something. Spooky-ish music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or maybe like "LIMOZEEN".

''{"TARANCHULA" disappears and the Limozeen logo comes up with the diamond-style blue text for everything but the red lightning-shaped "Z" in the middle. Gentle guitar music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, ''{starts typing}'' these are all—

''{The index card crinkles up and disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —great names. ''{stops typing}'' And you know, ''{resumes typing}'' go ahead and take them. I'm not going to charge you or nothing. Just, uh, put me on the guest list plus one for that show huh? I'll probably take Pom Pom. ''{stops typing}'' You know, ''{resumes typing}'' He's been pretty cool lately. ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so tune in next week, when my guests will be Lemmy from Motörhead and the guys from Krokus!

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

==Fun Facts==

===Goofs===

*Strong Bad accidentally puts a space before a comma with no space following when he types: ''"the easiest way is to ,you know"''

===Inside References===

*Bigg Nife is a reference to the recurring [[Big Knives]], which first appeared in [[i love you]].
*"For Good or for Awesome," one of the potential band names Dan puts forth, was taken from [[some kinda robot]].
*The coffee cup ring on the [[Index Cards|index card]] is from the recipe card in the [[Homestar Quiz]] when you get all of them right.

*At the beginning he sings a part of the [[The Cheat Theme Song]], but replaces the words [[The Cheat]] with [[email]].

===Real-World References===

*[[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]], [[Wikipedia:Enuff Z'nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]], [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]], [[Wikipedia:Krokus|Krokus]], and [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]] are real bands.
*[[Wikipedia:Dolly Parton|Dolly Parton]] released an album called "[[Wikipedia:White Limozeen|White Limozeen]]" in 1989.
*Strong Bad's "take a really cool word, but then spell it all wrong" method of band-name generation is most likely a reference to real-world bands such as [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]], [[Wikipedia:Def Leppard|Def Leppard]] and [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]], whose names seem to contain intentional spelling errors.
*"Lemmy from Motörhead" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Lemmy Kilmister]].

===Fast Forward===

*[[Limozeen]] and [[Taranchula]] have become actual bands in the Homestar Runner universe.
*When Strong Bad says the name of each made up band, you hear music and things in the background. Bigg Nife was what really ended up sounding like Limozeen, as mentioned in the commentary below.
*The misspelling "lazor" later reappeared in [[new hands]] and [[Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams]].

==DVD Version==

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

===Commentary Transcript===

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

'''MATT:''' That's, of course, The Cheat Party— I mean The Skate Party theme song for The Cheat. ''{pause}'' Uh, this was, I remember thinking this was the heyday of, like, when we were making these.

'''MIKE:''' This was a fun one to make 'cause I remember you were still working and we did it, um, we finished it up at the end, I think, the morning before you went to work ''{inaudible}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I was going into work around 11 or 12.

'''MIKE:''' I remember recording the guitar parts at, like, 8 or 9 in the morning.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Uh, and making the, uh, coming up with the note cards and stuff. ''{makes guitar noises}'' That was pretty good. I like that uh, stain. What—what is that? Is that coffee? It looks more like Kool-Aid, though. It's a little red.

'''MIKE:''' More like what?

'''MATT:''' Kool-Aid? Fruit punch?

'''MIKE:''' Well, it's supposed to be coffee.

'''MATT:''' Well, you did a bad job.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks.

'''MATT:''' Poor...representation.

'''MIKE:''' I like—I just hit a harmonic note there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, and that—it's—funny, though, because, like—

'''MIKE:''' Limozeen sounds nothing like that.

'''MATT:''' —Bigg Nife, yeah, Bigg Nife was what really ended up sounding like the Limozeen we've made today whereas this Limozeen just sounds like...Richie Kotzen...like, Deliverance.

'''MIKE:''' Extreme. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' That's a good song. You guys should check that out. Richie Kotzen.

'''MIKE:''' A lot of people listening to this aren't going to know about Richie Kotzen.

===Fun Facts===

*[[Wikipedia:Richie Kotzen|Richie Kotzen]] is a virtuosic guitarist who has been a member of [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]] and [[Wikipedia:Mr. Big (band)|Mr. Big]], and has released several solo albums.

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail16.html|watch "band names"]]
*[[HR:sbemail16.swf|view the Flash file for "band names"]]

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

Main Page Glitches

Sbemailman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:14:18 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Glitches */

[[Image:Main Pages Glitch.PNG|thumb|Main Page Glitch]]

Occasionally, the [[Main Pages]] can produce some odd '''glitches''' by clicking and holding down a button, and then dragging off them. This is due to the limits of the [[Macromedia Flash]] software. Specifically, any image or animation that only appears while the cursor stays over a button remains if you click the left mouse button and hold it down, then drag the cursor away from the Main Page button, and let go.

This is a list of oddities and inconsistencies in the Main Pages caused by this glitch. In the list below, "&" is used if it doesn't matter which is done first and "→" if they must be done in order.
  
==Glitches==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Main Page !! Glitch !! Result
|-
| [[Main Page 1]] || Toons & Store || The dots connecting the Marzipan constellation appear over the top of the rocket.
|-
| [[Main Page 2]] || Store → anything || The rain falls behind the objects.
|-
| [[Main Page 3]] || Downloads → Email || When Homestar's head falls back, the glasses don't move with him.
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 4]] || Characters → Toons || The pins on the far left turn back to white.
|-
|| Characters → Games || The Games animation and its sound effects don't play.
|-
|| Toons or Games → Characters|| The bowling balls disappear. Strangely, this does not work with Email.
|-
||Games → Characters|| The pins reappear.
|-
| [[Main Page 5]] || Games → Store || The waffle iron quickly changes from having no batter to being covered with batter. It also quickly changes from completely open to stuck half open. The reverse happens if you do Store first.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Main Page 6]] || Toons & Downloads || Homestar holds two harps.
|-
|| Games & Email || If you time it right you can make Strong Bad fall to hell.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 8]] || Characters & Downloads || Homestar's star falls back, but there's no wind.
|-
|| Downloads & Store || Homestar's star flies AGAINST the wind.
|-
|| Store → Characters || When you move the mouse off Characters, the clouds on the screen get speed lines below them, even though they're moving down. The newly created clouds coming in the top of the screen are correct, though.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 9]] || Characters → Email || When the paper football goes by, the word KISS appears in front of the football, not behind it.
|-
|| Store → Email|| When the paper football goes by, it flies behind the sticky note.
|-
|| Downloads → anything || Not really an oddity, but Homestar's head speaks properly even when elevated.
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 10]] || Store → anything || Again, not really an oddity, but Homestar's head speaks properly backwards.
|-
|| Store → Downloads || Homestar eats the bomb when not facing it. When the bomb blows up in Homestar, the puff of smoke comes out from the back of his head.
|-
|| Store → Store || Homestar's head moves back into position... a little bit behind where it should be.
|-
|| Store → Characters || A soup can flies out of the back of Homestar's head.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 11]] || Downloads → Store || Strong Bad appears in front of Homestar's landscape.
|-
|| Downloads & Email || The Homestar Runner logo appears over Strong Bad's weather map.
|-
|| Downloads & Toons || Homestar's name appears over Strong Bad!
|-
| [[Main Page 13]] || Characters & Email || Two Strong Bads! (This doesn't require click-and-drag, though that makes it easier.)
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 14]] || Store → Games (move the cursor off Games without the click-and-drag method) || The water turns off, but it's still foggy.
|-
|| Characters & Games or Store || Two streams of water.
|-
|| Downloads & Store || Homestar apparently writes "Lemke" through the shower curtain.
|-
|| Email → Downloads (move the cursor off Downloads without the click-and-drag method) || The towel is on, but the pixels are visible around the edges.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Main Page 15]] || Downloads → Email || PbtC Strong Bad can be heard over The Cheat and Strong Bad's conversation.
|-
|| Store || Oddly, click-and-drag doesn't work on the "sun" effect on the button. (This is an "odd because it's not that odd" sort of thing.)
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 16]] || Store → Toons || The effect of Toons doesn't happen.
|-
|| Store & Email || The snow that falls on Homestar is still bright, though the snow in the background is dimmed.
|-
|| Email → Games || You can see Homestar knocked back by the snowball behind the pile of snow. His eyes, however, don't move.
|-
|| Over and off Email quickly || Homestar says "Email" quietly without the snow covering him.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Main Page 17]] || Store → Email || 1-Up's hair disappears as the screen turns to black-and-white, and then reappears.
|-
|| Store → anything except Email || Part of 1-Up's hat is briefly visible through his hair.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 22]] || Downloads → anything || You might not be able to see the buttons or their effects after the screen blanks, but you can still hear them.
|-
|| Downloads → Store || You can still see Homestar's head near the "Edgar" pop-up.
|-
|| Downloads & Email || You can see the HTML hole and virus'd Strong Bad near the Edgar popup as well.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Homsar Main Page]] || Email → Characters or Downloads || The dinosaur/boat never appears.
|-
|| Games → anything || The top of Homsar's head and his hat appear from ''behind'' the Heavy Lourde he's supposedly crushed underneath.
|-
|| Games || Not really an oddity, but if you roll on games and roll off before the Heavy Lourde falls, the sound can be heard but Homsar won't be crushed. Also, his hat will temporarily disappear.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] || Email → Characters || The poster immediately flips back down - only really notable because it still curls up if you go the other way.
|-
|| Characters → Email || The poster turns dark for a moment before curling up.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Luau Main Page]] || Characters → anything || Homestar's flame remains, but his head turns pale.
|-
|| Characters → Characters || The flame disappears, but Homestar's head turns dark anyway.
|-
|| Characters → Downloads || Homestar's Head falls off, but the flame stays.
|-
| [[King of Town Main Page]] || Toon, Game & Download || The Sheep Eating Dragon, "The s is for sucks" Dragon, and the atari dragon all appear at once and overlap eachother.

|}

[[Category:Lists]] [[Category:Main Pages]]

Main Page Glitches

Sbemailman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:04:44 GMT

Sbemailman: /* Glitches */

[[Image:Main Pages Glitch.PNG|thumb|Main Page Glitch]]

Occasionally, the [[Main Pages]] can produce some odd '''glitches''' by clicking and holding down a button, and then dragging off them. This is due to the limits of the [[Macromedia Flash]] software. Specifically, any image or animation that only appears while the cursor stays over a button remains if you click the left mouse button and hold it down, then drag the cursor away from the Main Page button, and let go.

This is a list of oddities and inconsistencies in the Main Pages caused by this glitch. In the list below, "&" is used if it doesn't matter which is done first and "→" if they must be done in order.
  
==Glitches==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Main Page !! Glitch !! Result
|-
| [[Main Page 1]] || Toons & Store || The dots connecting the Marzipan constellation appear over the top of the rocket.
|-
| [[Main Page 2]] || Store → anything || The rain falls behind the objects.
|-
| [[Main Page 3]] || Downloads → Email || When Homestar's head falls back, the glasses don't move with him.
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 4]] || Characters → Toons || The pins on the far left turn back to white.
|-
|| Characters → Games || The Games animation and its sound effects don't play.
|-
|| Toons or Games → Characters|| The bowling balls disappear. Strangely, this does not work with Email.
|-
||Games → Characters|| The pins reappear.
|-
| [[Main Page 5]] || Games → Store || The waffle iron quickly changes from having no batter to being covered with batter. It also quickly changes from completely open to stuck half open. The reverse happens if you do Store first.
|-
| [[Main Page 6]] || Toons & Downloads || Homestar holds two harps.
|-
|| Games & Email || If you time it right you can make Strong Bad fall to hell.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 8]] || Characters & Downloads || Homestar's star falls back, but there's no wind.
|-
|| Downloads & Store || Homestar's star flies AGAINST the wind.
|-
|| Store → Characters || When you move the mouse off Characters, the clouds on the screen get speed lines below them, even though they're moving down. The newly created clouds coming in the top of the screen are correct, though.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 9]] || Characters → Email || When the paper football goes by, the word KISS appears in front of the football, not behind it.
|-
|| Store → Email|| When the paper football goes by, it flies behind the sticky note.
|-
|| Downloads → anything || Not really an oddity, but Homestar's head speaks properly even when elevated.
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 10]] || Store → anything || Again, not really an oddity, but Homestar's head speaks properly backwards.
|-
|| Store → Downloads || Homestar eats the bomb when not facing it. When the bomb blows up in Homestar, the puff of smoke comes out from the back of his head.
|-
|| Store → Store || Homestar's head moves back into position... a little bit behind where it should be.
|-
|| Store → Characters || A soup can flies out of the back of Homestar's head.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 11]] || Downloads → Store || Strong Bad appears in front of Homestar's landscape.
|-
|| Downloads & Email || The Homestar Runner logo appears over Strong Bad's weather map.
|-
|| Downloads & Toons || Homestar's name appears over Strong Bad!
|-
| [[Main Page 13]] || Characters & Email || Two Strong Bads! (This doesn't require click-and-drag, though that makes it easier.)
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 14]] || Store → Games (move the cursor off Games without the click-and-drag method) || The water turns off, but it's still foggy.
|-
|| Characters & Games or Store || Two streams of water.
|-
|| Downloads & Store || Homestar apparently writes "Lemke" through the shower curtain.
|-
|| Email → Downloads (move the cursor off Downloads without the click-and-drag method) || The towel is on, but the pixels are visible around the edges.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Main Page 15]] || Downloads → Email || PbtC Strong Bad can be heard over The Cheat and Strong Bad's conversation.
|-
|| Store || Oddly, click-and-drag doesn't work on the "sun" effect on the button. (This is an "odd because it's not that odd" sort of thing.)
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Main Page 16]] || Store → Toons || The effect of Toons doesn't happen.
|-
|| Store & Email || The snow that falls on Homestar is still bright, though the snow in the background is dimmed.
|-
|| Email → Games || You can see Homestar knocked back by the snowball behind the pile of snow. His eyes, however, don't move.
|-
|| Over and off Email quickly || Homestar says "Email" quietly without the snow covering him.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Main Page 17]] || Store → Email || 1-Up's hair disappears as the screen turns to black-and-white, and then reappears.
|-
|| Store → anything except Email || Part of 1-Up's hat is briefly visible through his hair.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Main Page 22]] || Downloads → anything || You might not be able to see the buttons or their effects after the screen blanks, but you can still hear them.
|-
|| Downloads → Store || You can still see Homestar's head near the "Edgar" pop-up.
|-
|| Downloads & Email || You can see the HTML hole and virus'd Strong Bad near the Edgar popup as well.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Homsar Main Page]] || Email → Characters or Downloads || The dinosaur/boat never appears.
|-
|| Games → anything || The top of Homsar's head and his hat appear from ''behind'' the Heavy Lourde he's supposedly crushed underneath.
|-
|| Games || Not really an oddity, but if you roll on games and roll off before the Heavy Lourde falls, the sound can be heard but Homsar won't be crushed. Also, his hat will temporarily disappear.
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] || Email → Characters || The poster immediately flips back down - only really notable because it still curls up if you go the other way.
|-
|| Characters → Email || The poster turns dark for a moment before curling up.
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Luau Main Page]] || Characters → anything || Homestar's flame remains, but his head turns pale.
|-
|| Characters → Characters || The flame disappears, but Homestar's head turns dark anyway.
|-
|| Characters → Downloads || Homestar's Head falls off, but the flame stays.
|-
| [[King of Town Main Page]] || Toon, Game & Download || The Sheep Eating Dragon, "The s is for sucks" Dragon, and the atari dragon all appear at once and overlap eachother.

|}

[[Category:Lists]] [[Category:Main Pages]]