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StrongChad — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:50:33 GMT

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[[Image:sbemail36.PNG|thumb|Free lights, free rock. It's all good.]]

Derek asks Strong Bad if he could play the guitar. Strong Bad really over-reacts and... Well, it's a little hard to explain.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' July 14, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:20

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400: Still Broken.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, tap your toes and check your email, oh a-tap your toes tonight... ''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Hey Strong Bad whats up? 
 
Can you play the Guitar? 
 
Derek Highet 
Northern California</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad has some trouble pronouncing the surname "Highet," saying, "Hig-het. Uh, hey, hi, hi-het {with the second "h" said with a Spanish accent}, hiyet—hi-yet."}''

{''Throughout the email, Strong Bad types every syllable he sings.''}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Derek. Not much, man. Yeah I can play the guitar. I know all about virtuosos ''{pause}'' and trembalos ''{pause}'' and arpeggios. ''{pause}'' I can do it all. I can play your basic rhythm guitar, like... ''{singing}'' jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH, jiggidy jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAAH! ''{stops singing}'' You know, something like that. I can also play some pretty hott lixx, too. You know the kind that are just way up high on the tiny strings and you mash your fingers on 'em. ''{singing}'' meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. ''{stops singing}'' Yeah, yeah and then Strong Mad comes in on his bass and he's like, ''{singing}'' dou dow da dou da da DOU da dou da dou dou ''{stops singing}'' and The Cheat comes in on his keyboards and he's like boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boo and then I'm like "And the dragon comes in the NIIIiiiiIIIiiiiIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIiiiIIGGHH— 

''{Strong Bad falls out of his chair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh... Oh yeah!

''{Strong Bad sticks up his arm up from the bottom of the screen and lights the [[BMW Lighter|BMW lighter]] as people do at rock concerts. [[The Paper]] comes down. After a short time, the lighter singes The Paper.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"[[Wikipedia:Arpeggio|Arpeggio]]" literally means "like a harp." The [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=arpeggio term] is used to indicate that the notes of a certain [[Wikipedia:Chord_(music)|chord]] are to be played quickly one after another (usually from lowest to highest) instead of at the same moment.
*"Trembalo" is not a proper musical term. Strong Bad misspoke and is referring to a "[[Wikipedia:tremolo|tremolo]]." A [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tremolo tremolo] is a rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes.

===Remarks===
*This is the first appearance of the BMW Lighter.


===Goofs===
*The number of "jug jiggas" and "meedleys" typed does not match up to the number of "jug jiggas" and "meedleys" Strong Bad sings.

===Fast Forward===
*"And the dragon comes in the night" is used again as "And the Trogdor comes in the night" in the Trogdor song in [[dragon]] and [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] in Strong Bad's CD, ''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]''.
**This phrase is further referenced at the end of the [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]].
*There are some more "Jug Jiggas" during the long Flash intro on [[Strong Bad's Website]].
**A similar riff pronounced "Jugga jigga wugga" features prominently in the e-mail [[death metal]].
*Strong Mad plays the bass in the toon [[Cool Things]]. 

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

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

'''MIKE:''' This email is titled Guitar.

'''MATT:''' It's near and dear to our hearts.

'''MIKE:''' We grew up reading ''Guitar for the Practicing Musician'' and ''Guitar World'' and ''Metal Edge'', and um...

'''MATT:''' Rather, our brother Donnie read all of them.

'''MIKE:''' ''Hit Parade'', ''Circus Magazine''

'''MATT:''' ''Kerrang!''. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''RIP''. Remember the ''RIP''?

'''MIKE:''' I think that's, that's all of them. That's so, yeah, we um... ''{short pause}'' we knew all about virtuosos and arpeggios.

''{Matt laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' And trembolos. I took guitar in 8th grade. I didn't, I was never very good, though.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. This one goes out to all those dudes that lurk around the guitar shop and won't go away, and all I want to do is buy some strings and maybe a pick and they make

'''MIKE:''' They make—

'''MATT:''' —me feel really intimidated and want to leave. And it seems like this actually appealed to a lot of, it seemed to get circulated among tab sites and sites that like guitar.

'''MIKE:''' Tab and, like, Diet Coke and—

'''MATT:''' Tablatures, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, oh, oh!

'''MATT:''' It's a term!

'''MIKE:''' I thought you were talking about die—diet sodas.

'''MATT:''' It's a guitar term. ''{pause}'' There you go, and of course, that later becomes a part of Trogdor, the song called Trogdor from website homestartotcom.

'''MIKE:''' There's the first appearance of the BMW lighter.

'''MATT:''' Watch as it burns the paper! So burns.

=== Fun Facts ===
*''[[Wikipedia:Guitar World|Guitar World]]'', ''Metal Edge'', ''Kerrang!'', ''RIP'' and ''Circus Magazine'' are (or were) all music magazines. ''Hit Parade'' possibly refers to ''Hit Parader''.
*[[Wikipedia:Tab (soft drink)|Tab]] was the first diet soda produced by the [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola Company]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail36.html|watch "guitar"]]
*[[HR:sbemail36.swf|view the Flash file for "guitar"]]

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Talk:Teen Girl Squad

StrongChad — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:07:30 GMT

StrongChad:

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Ok, let's all start to....

:Do you think we should link this page to the [[404'd]] page somehow? I think it belongs somewhere on this page, but I'm not quite sure where...
[[User:Thunderbird L17|''<tt>[[User:Thunderbird L17|<=>Thunderbird<=>]]</tt>'']] 23:51, 3 Mar 2005 (MST)

::Done. Though it could probably use some work... →[[User:FireBird|''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>'']]

I like the movement of the pictures too. Especially since most pages are like that. (Why didn't I think of that...?)
[[User:Thunderbird L17|''<tt>[[User:Thunderbird L17|<=>Thunderbird<=>]]</tt>'']] 20:54, 6 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Because I'm smarter than you. :) →[[User:FireBird|''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>'']]

::True, true... [[User:Thunderbird L17|''<tt>[[User:Thunderbird L17|<=>Thunderbird<=>]]</tt>'']] 20:57, 6 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Almost Teen Girl Squads==

There are already three of them under the 'Fun Facts', we have a section for Strong Bad Email, so why not Teen Girl Squad? ''<tt>[[User:Thunderbird L17|<=>Thunderbird<=>]]</tt>'' 15:29, 3 Apr 2005 (MDT)

:I just added in the "Sample" under issues and left the 404 page and virus appearance as is. IMO, "Sample" is more of a partial-issue and and virus is just a reference (it's only one line...). Having Sample as a "half-issue" of TGS makes sense to me, but not virus or the 404 page. <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 16:04, 3 Apr 2005 (MDT)

::But remember, some of the "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" have only one line or so as a reference, like Fan Costume Commentary. -- [[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 22:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:::And I don't think that they count as "Not Quite Strong Bad Emails" either, but I think I'm in the minority there. <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 00:08, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Funky Friends==

Teen Girl Squad seem to be a parody of Funky Friends (A girly fad). I once saw a comic about them that was very similar to Episode 3. One of the girls even looks like What's-Her-Face.

Although the concept of everybody dying is absent, TGS reminds me of Girl Squad from an episode of Dexter's Lab, wherein a bunch of girls would do stupid stuff because they thought they were fighting crime.

== Too biographical? ==

Do we need so much info on the TGS' character pages? (i.e. stuff that happened in one toon) Shouldn't we stick with the general stuff? And seriously, dump "Cheerleader/What's Her Face/The Ugly One's real name is either Virginia, Joy, or Jennifer"; the names given [[comic]] are likely to be never used again. --[[User:Trogga|TROGGA!]] 02:34, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

:I think the more information that we can get (besides obvious stuff, like, "Cheerleader starts with 'C'") the better. →''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>''

[[wikipedia:Whatever_Happened_to_Robot_Jones|Whatever happened to]] [[HRWiki:Once And Only Once|Once And Only Once]]? --[[User:Trogga|TROGGA!]] 03:19, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

::To chime in with my two cents: I don't agree fully with either of you (I just have to be belligerent, huh? ;) ). Trogga: I think you take Once and Only Once far too seriously. It's okay if some information is duplicated, as long as it is duplicated appropriately. By your standards, there wouldn't be any character pages, because everything about the characters can logically be found in the various Toon pages... Firebird: The TGS character pages do seem a bit too cluttery to me. I think that character pages really should be about general character traits. The "hurt by" lists seem a bit excessive to me, especially as more TGS's appear... it would be like putting Strong Bad's email songs all listed on Strong Bad's character page... <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 03:24, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

:::I say we reword and brush out all the little stuff in the biography, and keep the "Hurt By" sections. This way the bio looks clean and all the things in it can go into "Hurt By". Make sense? (I'm sure it doesn't.) →''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>''

::::That sounds aprettypretty good. The "hurt by" lists are fine if you don't have the same stuff written up in the biographical paragraph (which is how it is now). <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 03:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I think that it only seems cluttered (even to me) because there aren't as many toons that they are in. That means that if you like them, you will watch the same things over again and if you want more information, you turn here. But since you have allready seen everything, it seems a bit repetitive.

== StereoTypes!!!! ==

Don't the TGS members look a lot like high school stereotypes? -Kinsey
:I believe that is the POINT of the whole comic. --[[User:mibluvr13|mibluvr13]] 18:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:Slightly obvious, but true

== its vs. it's - Running gag status? ==

''On the closing screen, the contraction "it's" is misspelled as the possessive "its."''

Is this a running gag or a goof? Please make your statements in the proper area below.

'''Arguments for Running gag:'''
*Obviously not every running gag appears in every issue; The Birds are a running gag too, and only appear in some issues. The fact that it happens four non-consecutive times argues against it being accidental, but I think it should be noted in some way.
*The fact that it's repeated 4 times--but not every time--increases its import.

'''Arguments for Goof:'''
*Also, it represents a grammar error on Strong Bad's part, which we tend to point out since he's so picky with other people.
*If it's a gag, then why come it doesn't happen every issue?
*The TGS font does't include apostrophes. Everytime TBC want to use one, they have to manually add it in. I guess it's not always worth the effort. Even Whats Her Face is missing an apostrophe. - {{User:Joshua/sig}}
**I think it's just them being lazy. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:58, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
*It's just an accident that has happened to occur multiple times. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 19:26, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
*Mike has admitted that he has trouble with its/it's. [[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 19:40, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
*I think they're sometimes just lazy with this... but a lazy goof is still a goof. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:45, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
*It is a simple gramatical error. Nothing more, nothing less. Come ''on'' people! {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 21:14, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)

'''Additional comments:'''
*Either way, it gets listed. Both goofs and running gags are automatically noted. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:34, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)

== Color vs. Black & White ==
For character pages, should we update the images with the color versions, where appropiate? Or should we just leave as is? Or should we put up a color image along with the black-and-white one? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

:Like [[Strong Bad|many]] [[Homestar Runner|other]] [[Strong Mad|pages]], I believe we should have ''both'' versions on the TGS character pages. {{User:gwr2004/sig}} 00:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

== Capitalization ==
Okay guys, what's our policy on transcribing the TG's dialogue, with regard to capitalization? I mean, they don't capitalize ''anything''; we go as far as capitalizing the first letters of sentences for them. But shouldn't "it's our tenth issuev-ersary" '''not''' transcribe as "Issue-versary"? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 00:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

== Real-World Reference? ==

The TGS' refrain, "SO GOOD!" is the name of a song in the Bratz Rock Angelz Album. Ironically, the Bratz resemble the same teen girl stereotype:fashion-obsessed, trendy girls. Should this be mentioned?(By the way, the only reason I know this is because I was clicking "Random Page" on Wikipedia and stumbled apon it. I don't play with Bratz!) [[User:Llamanade|Llamanade]] 03:49, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
:Depending on when the Bratz CD came out, it's more likely a [[Sightings|sighting]], if it's anything. I.e. if it was after Dec. 2, 2002. But it's most likely a coincidence; James Brown's hit [[Wikipedia:I Got You {I Feel Good)|]] also features those words prominently, but that doesn't make this a reference to that. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:04, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

== "er" vs "a" ==

Anybody else find it a bit odd how the girls say their "er" suffixes as "a"? For example, see [[Olda Boys]]. Does anyone else think this is important enough to warrant some mention on the Wiki? --[User:breadtangle breadtangle] ([User_talk:breadtangle talk]) 02:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I do. --[[User:Sam Goldfish|Sam Goldfish]] 15:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

==See Also vs Navigation Template==

Do we really need "See Also" if we have the navigation template at the bottom of the page with many of the links already there? And if it isn't in the template, shouldn't it be? I think the template is enough, using "See Also" only in instances where there is no Temlate, yet there is still a distinct link between no more than 2 or 3 pages. Good examples are [[Floppy Disk Container]] ⇔ [[Couch Mumbling]], and [[Quote of the Week]] ⇔ [[Weekly Fanstuff]] ⇔ [[Sketchbook]]. And then of course disambiguation is used only when the pages have similar page names. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

=="Back" Button==

Is it worth mentioning that in some issues the back button will bring you to the toons menu and in other issues it will bring you back to the TGS issue menu thing?

[[User:Darthvader66|Darthvader66]] 12:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

:Sure! {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:45, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

==South park similarities==
has anyone noticed the simialrities between south park and tgs? for example, they die and then are back in the next episode with no explanation. same with south park's kenny mccormick. also, both have bad animation, feature four friends as the main characters, and have intentionally bad voice acting. ~ [[User:StrongChad|StrongChad]] 04:07 pm, 1/29/05