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Van Halen

The Atomic Punk — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:16:05 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

The American hard rock band '''[[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]]''' has been referenced multiple times in the [[Homestar Runner body of work]].

==References==
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — When typing "get zillion arrows" in the Hidden Glen, the first sentence will say "Somebody get a tree doctor," sounding like "[[Wikipedia:Somebody Get Me A Doctor|Somebody Get Me A Doctor]]".
*[[Main Page 4]] — When rolling over Toons, a bowling ball with Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstrat" stripe scheme bowls a strike.
*[[Main Page 9]] — When rolling over Characters, the band's logo appears.
*[[The Cheat Theme Song]] — When the lyric "Who's gonna start a rock and roll band?" is sung, it is accompanied by a "[[The Cheat]]" symbol that looks like the the band's logo.
*Email [[band names]] — Strong Bad uses Van Halen as an example of a band named after a "really cool last name."
*Email [[colonization]] — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad sings "Shanama, Shanama ho ho ho ho ho!" to the tune of the band's song, "Panama".

[[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Real band Running gags]]

Peasant's Quest

The Atomic Punk — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:39:04 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

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[[Image:peasantsquest.png|thumb|A game fit for a peasant!]]

''"Control a short-panted 'peasant' named Rather Dashing as he stumbles through Peasantry in his 'quest' to get revenge on a dragon thing."'' —[[Videlectrix]]

A real long time ago, in the peasant kingdom of [[Peasantry]], some people lived... in fear. You are {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, a peasant wearing short pants, who returns from vacation to find his thatched-roof cottage BURN[[Lowercase i's|i]]NATED! You swear revenge and embark on an incredible journey to vanquish {{Film|Trogdor|the Burninator}} once and for all.

Can one Peasant wearing short pants save the countryside from certain Burnination? ''YOU'' decide!!!

'''Date:''' Monday, August 2, 2004

'''Page Title:''' Peasant's Quest

== Instructions ==
*Look around by typing "look".
*Talk to others by typing "talk".
*Take items by typing "get (item)".
*Use items by typing "use (item)". You can also "throw (item)", "give (item)","look (item)", and some other action words.
*Type "inv" to see your inventory.
*Type "save" to save your game and "load" to load a game. ([[Wikipedia:HTTP cookie|Cookies]] must be enabled.)
*Press + or - to speed up or slow down your character.
*Type "ask about (name)" to gather information from other characters.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*On July 18th, 2005, Peasant's Quest received a "Top Dog" award from [http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=5243 Home of the Underdogs].
*The commands "make friends with Kerrek" and "buy Kerrek a cold one" were added after the e-mail [[for kids]] was released.
**The command "make friends with Kerrek" brings up a message which says, "Look, it didn't work for Strongbad and it's not going to work for you, either", even though Strong Bad has made it very apparent that his name is two different words.
**If you type in "buy Kerrek a cold one", the text will read the same thing in the email, but the last sentence says "now you've really cheesed him off", which wasn't in the text in the email. Additionally, this speeds the Kerrek up.
*If you press End, Home, Page Up, or Page Down on your keyboard while walking, it will make you go diagonally (depending on which way you walk, it will make you go that way).

===Remarks===
*When the Kerrek is in the area with his footprints, he isn't making any.
*There's a link in the upper left black area, but it does nothing.
*Before obtaining the map, typing the word MAP results in the message: "We are neither confirming nor denying the presence of a map in this game, but irridisregardless, you don't have one." Irridisregardless is a [[portmanteau]] which plays on the controversy surrounding the word "irregardless", a relatively common word that is usually considered incorrect English (one should just say "regardless").
*When you get hit by a pterodactyl, it says you were hit by a rock.
*Even though Rather Dashing dies at the end of the game, the story of the baby's future life implies that Rather Dashing lives for many more years.

===Goofs===
*Even after you've picked up the map, typing "look ground" will have the game tell you it's still there.
*If you type "where" on the screen above the Mountain Pass, you'll see that it has no name.
*Typing "look" on [[Poor Gary]]'s screen will still say "rotten ol' horse" even after he's fled.
*If you talk to the knight while on fire but have not gotten the belt, the knight will fail to acknowledge the fact that you are on fire.
*If you get [[Kerrek]]'s belt after getting on fire or being covered in mud, the animation of getting the belt won't show you on fire or covered in mud.
*Typing "use" something, even gibberish, in the half of the lake where the old man was fishing will result the phrase, "You already fed the fish. Let's get moving here people!"
*After you give [[Baby Lady & Her Baby|the baby lady]] the riches and she gives you the baby and leaves, if you type "talk to baby" inside the house, the game will still tell you the baby responds by blowing snot bubbles.
*After saying 'haldo' to [[Dongolev]], it says, "the archer stops arching," even though you can still hear and see him firing arrows in the background.
*In order to "throw baby", the game says to go to the center of the lake. If you go to the center, it won't let you throw the baby. If you go to the top of the lake, Rather Dashing will automatically move to the center, where it previously said you can not throw.
*In the ending sequence, it will show Jhonka beating the Kerrek's corpse with his club, even though if you leave the screen with the Kerrek's corpse and revisit it, the Kerrek corpse will be a skeleton.
*When you get the Trog-Shield, the fire will disappear.
*"Embarrassing" is misspelled "embarassing" on the message when you try to get an arrow from the archery range.

===Glitches===
[[Image:PQvanishingRD.PNG|thumb|Hidden behind the door]]
[[Image:Pqglitch babylady rain.png|thumb|Anyone feel a draft?]]
[[Image:PeasantsGlitch.Gif|thumb|Rather Dashing in twenty-eight places at once]]
*If you walk straight up to the Jhonka's door, you will disappear, except for one leg.
*A strange mapping bug allows you to "warp" to the baby lady's house and the inn from another screen entirely. Walk into where you would go to the hidden glen, but go up through the fence and to the left.
*On the screen containing [[Jhonka]]'s Cave, walk into the bottom left corner and you'll end up in the inn, however you'll only be able to walk along the bottom and right sides of the screen.
*Standing behind the "INN" sign while standing as close as possible to the inn itself will cause part of Rather Dashing to appear in front of the sign.
*If you fail the quiz from one of the three keepers of Trogdor, instead of loading a game, just click on RESTART on the load menu after Game Over. Skip the game's intro and then press any key. This will once again bring up the question you answered wrong while you're standing by the knight at the entrance of Trogdor's cave. Answering the question wrong again just gets you another Game Over, answering right makes the box disappear, but every time you try to move or press any other key, the question comes up again, and you will be stuck until you answer the question wrong.
*After you kill the Kerrek, go into either the baby cottage or the inn. It will rain inside.
*It is possible to fall in the mud, hide in the hay, and steal Jhonka's riches all before it stops raining. If you go back to the mud puddle, it will be dried up as though the rain has stopped (even though rain is still clearly falling).
*In the Baby Lady Cottage, if you open up the inventory and select the Supertime Funbow, a small blue square will appear to the left of the screen. The blue square, upon putting your cursor over it will reveal the hand sign to show its clickable, but clicking it will do nothing.
*On the Game Over screen, hit Enter twice and the death animation will start over. This also works for any point after pressing RESTART, including the "tips for <s>morons</s> beginners" screen and the intro afterwards.
*After typing "use sword" in Trogdor's inner sanctum, walk right for an interesting glitch. Even though Rather Dashing's graphic is locked in place, he will get burninated even though he is nowhere near Trogdor. The fire will come from Trogdor's neck instead of his nose.
*In Trogdor's Lair, you will hear a tune. Keep typing "load game" and it will keep repeating.
*If you type "get mask" at the well after placing the pebbles in the bucket, but before getting the Monster Maskus, you will not get the mask and will be unable to get it through any means.
*If you put the baby in the bucket, but do not turn the handle, then you can type "put baby in bucket" and get more points again and again.
*If you try to put the baby in the bucket while the bucket is down in the well, the bucket will act as though it had been up the whole time, snapping up without an extra command and falling in the well as soon as the baby is in the bucket.
*If you enter Trogdor's outer sanctum and then try to leave, you get teleported back inside, but if you type something and press enter before getting teleported you can walk around the cliff (with TrogShield, TrogSword, and TrogHelmet).
*Typing "open" when near the hut or inn will always make you go straight to the door, even through the hut or inn.
*After saving a game, you are able to move around and type commands while the saved game message is still open. When the game needs to display another message, it will close the saved game message instead.
**However, getting killed by the Kerrek while the saved game message is open will result in a glitched map screen with Rather Dashing in every possible location appearing. It also appears to be raining. The only way to get rid of this screen is to restart the game.
***You can also press enter to exit the glitched screen and play the death animation.
*If you go to the back of your burninated cottage, and go as close as possible to the wall, you will appear to go through it. However, you cannot move any closer to the bottom of the screen without first going up. You can move side to side.
*Sometimes, opting to "hug tree" at the screen with the hay bale will cause Rather Dashing to become stuck. This seems to be related to Rather Dashing's position relative to the tree before using it. When stuck, there is no way to get free; the game must be restarted.
*If you kill the Kerrek, and don't take the belt, while it's still raining, fall into the mud puddle and get covered in mud. Then, go back to the map with the dead Kerrek, and type 'get belt'. Once Rather Dashing picks it up, he goes back to normal. He'll stay this way until you move.
*If you kill the Kerrek too close to the tree, you will be stuck inside the tree with no way to get out when you try to take the belt.

=== Inside References ===
*The game's year of copyright is [[1982]].
*When you ask the knight about the Kerrek, the Knight says he'll make "milks meat" out of you. This is a reference to the email [[kids' book]], where Strong Bad makes "milks meat" out of Homestar and Pom Pom in the [[Strumstar Hammer]] version of the [[Original Book]] in the Easter egg.
*Sometimes, when you jump in to the hay bale (after being covered with mud), it says you jump in like a "two years old boy." This is a reference to [[Main Page 15]].
*The screen title "River b/w Tree" is another reference to [[b/w]].
*If you try to jump in the left side of the lake, it responds, "Not so fast, Swimmer [[Dan]]!"
**Typing anything with the word "Dan" in it yields the response: "Dan's still okay. Got a place on Dekalb with Rick and his wife. Slimmed up a bit and looking towards the future."
*When you reach the top of the mountain, it says, "Nice jorb climbing the cliff," which is a reference to [[A Jorb Well Done]], as well as [[Coach Z]]'s accent in general.
*[[Jhonka]] is from the e-mail [[impression]].
*[[Kerrek]] is from the e-mail [[interview]].
*At the bale of hay, if you type "Get hay", it makes a reference to [[Thy Dungeonman]] and [[Thy Dungeonman II]] by saying, "Who do you think you are, some kind of Thy Dungeonman?"
**There is another Thy Dungeonman reference if you "look jhonka."
**When you type in "die" it says "That wasn't very smart," another reference to Thy Dungeonman.
*If you type in "get plague" at the burned out tree, the game calls you Mispeller  Jones, a reference to the "Interruptor Jones" quip from [[morning routine]].
**This command is also a reference to Thy Dungeonman II, where it played an integral role in winning the game.
*After killing the Kerrek the screen says "ARROWED!! Nice shot. You smote the Kerrek! He lay there stinking." ''Arrowed!'' is a running joke used in [[Teen Girl Squad]] and [[TROGDOR!]].
*If you return to the corpse of the Kerrek and type "kill Kerrek," it says "Yeah. You smote the Kerrek. You deserve a trophy full of Mutton-ums." This is a reference to the toon [[New Boots]], where [[Strong Bad]] claims [[The Cheat]] could have earned a trophy full of Steak-ums.
*If you type anything with the word CHEAT, it says "Meh." This is a popular sound that [[The Cheat]] makes.
*Much of the text in the game echoes Strong Bad's style of speech, such as the quote, "Behold the TrogShield! No seriously, behold it."
*The loading screen shows an [[Apple IIe]].

=== Real-World References ===
====King's Quest Series References====

*The game itself is a parody of the Sierra On-Line games ''[[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Black Cauldron (video game)|The Black Cauldron]]''.
*The inn is similar to the pawn shop in King's Quest II and the fisherman's cottage in King's Quest IV.
*The three tasks you must complete are a reference to the three items you must acquire in King's Quest I.
*The Kerrek is based on the Ogre in King's Quest I.
*The name of the land, "Peasantry", is a reference to "Daventry", the kingdom from ''King's Quest''.
*Trogdor being in this game references the dragon who guards the mirror in King's Quest I.
*The well is based on the well in King's Quest I that leads to the dragon's lair.
*The hole in Naked Ned's cottage references the hole in King's Quest I leading to the leprechaun kingdom.
*Jhonka's cave resembles Hagatha's cave in King's Quest I

====Legend of Zelda References====

*When you obtain the Kerrek's belt, Rather Dashing holds it over his head in a fashion similar to Link of ''The Legend of Zelda''.
*The save screen may be a reference to the old [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda series|''Legend of Zelda'']] games in format, the addition of hearts through progress, and the addition of artifacts that are added to your body (shield, helmet, sword).

====Other Video Games====
*Several screens as well as the main character's appearance are taken directly from ''[[Wikipedia:The Black Cauldron (video game)|The Black Cauldron]]''.
*The filename of the game is disk4of12.html, a nod to old PC games which were often distributed on multiple floppy disks and which prompted the player to insert the next disk at certain points during installation or gameplay.
*When you smite the Kerrek, it'll first say, "Here goes nothin', Kid Icarus". This is a reference to a [[Nintendo]] game of the same name: ''[[Wikipedia:Kid Icarus|Kid Icarus]]'', in which your main weapon is a bow.
*Typing "light lantern" is a reference to the text-based ''[[Wikipedia:Zork|Zork]]'' series, in which you always carried a Brass Lantern, and which is parodied in Thy Dungeonman.
**It is also a reference to King's Quest IV, where one of the items you get is a lantern.
*Naked Ned popping in and out from the tree is similar to [[Wikipedia:Smoke (Mortal Kombat)|Smoke]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat|Mortal Kombat II]]'' in the living forest level, where he would occasionally pop out, look, and return behind the tree.
*The noise you hear when the disk read error occurs is very similar to the [[Wikipedia:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]] disk drive, for when the drive is trying to load a disk, it sometimes loses its place where it was loading and makes a loud clicking noise.
*Using the baby at the hole of the mysterious cabin brings up a message "Deploying Q-Baby...", which is probably a reference to the [[Wikipedia:James Bond|James Bond]] video games. In those games, the player uses a remote control Q-Spider to crawl through small holes.
*The three questions that are asked to you are a reference to the PC game ''[[Wikipedia:Dungeon (computer game)|Dungeon]]'', in which the dungeon master asked you 3 questions about the game.
*If you talk to the [[The Red and Blue Knights|Blue Knight]] after acquiring both the belt and the robe but before getting set on fire, he [[Peasant's Quest Responses#belt and robe|calls you]] "Dirk the Daring", the main character of ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon's Lair|Dragon's Lair]].''
*The loading screen is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon|Space Quest III]]'', in which it showed a picture of the game's creators trying to console you about dying.

====Music====
*If you type "look" near the hay, it says, "It reminds you of a warm, safe place where as a child you'd hide," a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Sweet Child O' Mine|Sweet Child O' Mine]]'' by [[Guns N' Roses]].
*Looking at the rock in the middle of the river gives a reference to ''Rock of Ages'' by [[Wikipedia:Def Leppard|Def Leppard]].
*When you scare Poor Gary it says he "broke on through to the other side," a reference to ''Break on Through'' by [[Wikipedia:The Doors|The Doors]].
*Hugging the tree at the hay bale produces a reference to a well-known [[Wikipedia:The Byrds|Byrds]] song.
*If you look at the cracked ground, it says something about it being a place in which rock stars make amazing guitar solos — a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slash (musician)|Slash's]] solo on ''November Rain'' by Guns N' Roses.
*Typing "look zillion arrows" at the tree where Dongolev was, it says, "Somebody get a tree doctor. Them puppies are stuck in there like a, um, er... stuck pig," the first sentence is a reference to "[[Wikipedia:Somebody Get Me A Doctor|Somebody Get Me A Doctor]]" from [[Van Halen]].
*At the bale of hay, type "look tree". It says, ''[[IMDb:0074697|It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown]],'' a 1976 ''[[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]'' TV special.
*When you first talk to the knight guarding the mountain pass, he calls you ''Dragonheart'', a reference to [[IMDb:0116136|the movie]] of the same name.
*If you try to get the pebbles but are too far away, it says, "You try to do your best Mr. Fantastic impression." This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]].
*If you go to the screen with "River b/w Tree" and type "look hut" or "look cottage", it says, "You see a cottage in the distance. You hold your fingers up to one eye and pretend to squash it." This is a reference to the Head-Crusher sketch on ''[[Wikipedia:The Kids in the Hall|Kids in the Hall]]''.
*If you try to give the Jhonka something he'll reply with, "Don't need nothing from no filthy peasantses!!" This is a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' character [[Wikipedia:Gollum|Gollum]], whom Jhonka somewhat resembles.
*After jumping in the hay the game comments you look like "that guy from that one show", a reference to Cousin Itt from ''[[Wikipedia:The Addams Family|The Addams Family]]'', who looked like a walking hay bale.
*If you type "drink", you'll get a message about how you don't need to drink, concluded with "So you got that going for you. Which is nice." This comes from Carl Spackler in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*If you talk to the [[The Red and Blue Knights|Blue Knight]] after acquiring the belt, he [[Peasant's Quest Responses#belt only|calls you]] "[[Wikipedia:Matthew Broderick|Matthew Broderick]]", a popular actor.
*When you leave the Baby Lady's cottage after getting the Super Trinket, it says "This place is dead anyway", a reference to the 1996 film ''[[Wikipedia:Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]''.
*The Kerrek's belt is very similar to a [[Professional Wrestling]] Championship belt.
*The Third Keeper of Trogdor's question begins with "riddle me this", the catchphrase of [[wikipedia:Riddler|The Riddler]].
*If you type in "scare horse" without the maskus, the game says that you tell Gary the calls are coming from inside the house, which is a famous line from the horror slasher movie, When A Stranger Calls.

====Other====
*Typing "throw baby" at the west screen of the lake returns the message, "I guess you misread the walkthrough at GameFAQs..." [[Wikipedia:GameFAQs|GameFAQs]] is a popular gaming website known for its huge number of walkthroughs or FAQs for just about every game there is ([http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/online/game/922153.html including Peasant's Quest]).
*When you look at the painting in the inn, it says that there are dogs playing "Magic: The Nerdening". This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|''Magic: the Gathering'']] card game, as well as to the stereotype of ''Magic''-players as being antisocial nerds. The painting itself is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Cassius Marcellus Coolidge|C. M. Coolidge's]] series of nine oil paintings featuring dogs playing poker, as well as the follow-up painting "Looks Like Four of a Kind".
*Another possiblity when trying to scare Gary, before getting the mask, is "You tell Gary the story about the kid who pops this big zit he has and all these baby spiders come out. It doesn't phase him." This is a reference to an urban legend.
*Trogdor's voice is an old speech synthesizer called the [[Wikipedia:Software Automatic Mouth|Software Automatic Mouth]], or S.A.M.
*The berries on the bushes are called "[[Wikipedia:Cap'n Crunch|Crunch Berries]]." This is a reference to the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] of the same name.
*Trying to jump in the hay from far away will cause a reply which includes a usage of the initials MJ. This is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]], a basketball player who had an incredible vertical jump, and was able to dunk the ball from the foul line, which is fifteen feet away.
*Looking at the rocking chair after the baby lady leaves will get you a message saying "One of those self-rocking kind. Not bad for a brown-collar peasant-type. Must be trickle-down in action." This may be a reference to trickle-down economics; part of [[Wikipedia:Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]]'s economic plan for the United States was based on the theory that allowing those with the most economic influence (businesses and the upper-class) to flourish would "trickle down" and benefit the rest of the economy in the form of increased spending, saving, and investment. Therefore, according to the trickle-down theory, given fair market conditions, the best way to enhance overall economic health is to concentrate economic benefits on those with the most economic influence.
**Furthermore, "brown-collar" is a reference to white- and blue-collar jobs, referring to office work and manual labor, respectively. There is no brown collar, but it can only be assumed it represents whatever brown-robed peasants do.
*When Trogdor first wakes up, Rather Dashing wishes he had some "Depeasant adult undergarments". This is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Depend|Depend adult incontinence products]].
*When the game is loading, it is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Apple II#Apple IIe|Apple IIe]] booting with the screen saying "v1.8" (all that is readable) and the [[Population: Tire]] Loading screen.
*The Apple IIe in the loading screen (along with its disk drives) are on the [[Videlectrix]] Home Page.
*If you talk to the [[The Red and Blue Knights|Blue Knight]] after acquiring the robe but before acquiring the belt, he begins [[Peasant's Quest Responses#robe only|his response]] by saying, "My dear Adso", an allusion to the main character's apprentice in ''[[Wikipedia:The Name of the Rose|The Name of the Rose]]'', which is in turn a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]] stories.

{{Peasant's Quest}}
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== External Links ==
*play the [[HR:disk4of12.html|Game]]
*play the [[HR:peasantsquest61.swf|Game (Flash file)]]

*listen to the [[Videlectrix:songs/pq theme.mp3|Game Music]] [[Videlectrix:songs/pq trogcave.mp3|Game Music (Trogdor's Cave)]]
*[[Forum:411|forum thread re: "Peasant's Quest"]]

[[Category:Peasant's Quest]][[Category:Videlectrix Mascot Filmography]]

User:The Atomic Punk

The Atomic Punk — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:57:03 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

Hello. I love homestarrunner.com so much, I signed up. My favourite emails are [[Caffiene]] and [[Dangeresque 3]]. But I mostly love the email [[Huttah!]], because there is so many jokes. Anyways, this is my page, so thanks for reading. Right now, I am making a movie that is tributed to the Dangersque film series. It's called Dangerous. There are 10 movies, 5 being made this year, the other 5 next year and 3 video clips of real-live Dangerous! Also, I do not make mistaks. Oops, I just did. Crap!

YouTube

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:32:35 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:YouTube_logo.png|thumb|Broadcast your bad self]]
While almost all of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work is hosted on [[homestarrunner.com]] or available for [[Store|purchase]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] have uploaded a few videos to '''[[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]]''', some of which are not viewable anywhere else.

== YouTube Channels ==

=== sportsinterviewa ===
[[Image:sportsinterviewa.jpg|right|88px]]
On April 1, 2008, an [[Easter egg]] was added to [[shapeshifter]] which contained the following string of letters and numbers: "3uSyK2RdlUY". This turned out to be the YouTube video ID for an exclusive video, [[Strong Bad Gameways]]. The video was uploaded by a user named sportsinterviewa, a reference to [[Lem Sportsinterviews]] (the account "sportsinterviews" was already taken). On October 5, 2009, a similar Easter egg for [[videography]] was posted to the same account, [[Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee]].
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=== tdougland ===
[[Image:tdougland.jpg|right|88px]]
On April 4, 2008, a user named tdougland — allegedly [[Teeg Dougland]], [[Limozeen]]'s manager — uploaded 14 videos from the March 27, 2008 [[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008|Limozeen Live!]] performance. The channel was linked to from homestarrunner.com via a [[main page message]].
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=== homestarrunnerdotcom ===
[[Image:homestarrunnerdotcom.jpg|right]]
On October 1, 2007, homestarrunnerdotcom was registered, but remained inactive until early 2009, when the account started to post DVD versions of [[Strong Bad Emails]], [[Teen Girl Squad]] and other shorts, including a few that were previously DVD exclusives. It was proven that the account is official when an alternate version of [[independent#YouTube version|independent]] was released there exclusively. The following is a list of the toons the homestarrunnerdotcom account has uploaded to YouTube, in the order they were uploaded:

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*Email [[guitar]]
*Email [[techno]]
*Email [[comic]]
*Email [[dragon]]
*Email [[japanese cartoon]]
*Email [[kids' book]]
*Email [[virus]]
*Email [[bottom 10]]
*Email [[death metal]]
*[[Everybody to the Limit]]
*Email [[different town]]
*Email [[montage]]
*Email [[video games]]
*[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]
*[[Sample of Style]]
*[[Sample of Style Too]]
*Email [[band names]]
*Email [[the movies]]
*Email [[theme park]]
*Email [[CGNU]]
*Email [[action figure]]
*Email [[radio]]
*Email [[best thing]]
*Email [[pizza joint]]
*Email [[i love you]]
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[slumber party]]
*Email [[fan club]]
*Email [[invisibility]]
*Email [[sisters]]
*Email [[some kinda robot]]
*Email [[your funeral]]
*[[Rap Song]]
*Email [[dangeresque 3]]
*Email [[email thunder]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]]
*[[Donut Unto Others]]
*Email [[for kids]]
*Email [[geddup noise]]
*Email [[independent]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]
*Email [[animal]]
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]]
*Email [[space program]]
*[[Trudgemank]]
*Email [[myths & legends]]
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]]
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
*Email [[technology]]
*[[Pistols for Pandas]]
*[[4 Gregs]]
*Email [[alternate universe]]
*Email [[isp]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
*[[Compy Catalog]]
*[[Senor Mortgage]]
*Email [[4 branches]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
*Email [[personal favorites]]
*[[Meet Marshie]]
*[[Play Date]]
*Email [[theme song]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 2]]
*Email [[caper]]
*Email [[specially marked]]
*[[Malloween Commercial]]
*[[Halloween Fairstival]]
*Email [[superhero name]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]]
*[[Fall Float Parade]]
*[[Jibblies 2]]
*Email [[hygiene]]
*Email [[army]]
*Email [[crying]]
*[[That A Ghost]]
*[[Homestarloween Party]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]]
*Email [[halloweener]]
*Email [[ghosts]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
*[[Costume Commercial]]
*[[Most in the Graveyard]]
*[[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]]
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
*[[A Folky Tale]]
*Email [[colonization]]
*Email [[monster truck]]
*[[Best Caper Ever]]
*[[ Career Day]]
*[[Let Us Give TANKS!]]
*Email [[flashback]]
*[[Some Stupid Turkey]]
*Email [[stunt double]]
*[[Coach Z's 110%]]
*Email [[caffeine]]
*[[Toikey TV]]
*Email [[crazy cartoon]]
*Email [[kind of cool]]
*[[The Baloneyman]]
*[[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
*[[Twenty THANXty Six]]
*[[Snowglobe]]
*Email [[pet show]]
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]]
*Email [[love poems]]
*[[Happy Dethemberween]]
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
*Email [[your edge]]
*Email [[licensed]]
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
*[[A Death-Defying Decemberween]]
*Email [[trevor the vampire]]
*Email [[mile]]
*[[Strongest Man in the World]]
*[[Hooked on Decemberween]]
*[[Decemberween in July]]
</autocolumn>
</table>
{{clear}}
===HomestarRunguy===
Like homestarrunnerdotcom, HomestarRunguy posts Strong Bad Emails, Toons and other. But he also carries Karaoke videos, [[Peasant's Quest]] videos, Bonus Emails(Strong Bad Emails that can only be seen on the DVDs such as [[accent]], [[videro games]] and [[email birds]].) and removed cartoons such as [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] or [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and [[Puppet]] videos.
== External Links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/sportsinterviewa view sportsinterviewa's profile page]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/tdougland view tdougland's profile page]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/homestarrunnerdotcom view homestarrunnerdotcom's profile page]
*[[YouTube:3uSyK2RdlUY|watch "Strong Bad Gameways"]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-C8NU3SVM watch "Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?fmt=18&v=dmO305aRcw8&feature=PlayList&p=D2702357A4D6C778&index=0&playnext=1 view Limozeen Live! playlist]
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One Two, One Two

The Atomic Punk — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:59:07 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Shorts|onetwo|Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene|Ever and More!}}
[[Image:One Two.png|thumb|"One, two, one, two..."]]

A music video composed of sounds made by all the main characters.

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

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[The King of Town's Grill]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Gymnasium]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Club Technochocolate]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Outer Space]]

'''Date:''' Monday, May 28, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 1:31

'''Page Title:''' Lookout World!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

==Transcript==
''{Open to Homestar walking in The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One two, one two, one two, one two... ''{continues in background}''

''{Cut to Strong Mad lifting the cover off The King of Town's grill to reveal The Cheat.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry The Cheat noise}''

''{Strong Mad replaces the cover; his reflection is clearly visible}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GAH!

''{This set of sounds continues in the background; cut to The Poopsmith patting a pile of whatsit with a shovel. As he does, noises are generated.}''

''{Noise continues in background again; cut back to Strong Mad.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GAH!

''{All three noises are still playing in background; cut to Bubs using a meat grinder to grind various things into sausages}''

'''BUBS:''' Ooh! Ah! A-reek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a...

''{Cut to a 4-way screen split of the four scenes currently going on, sound effects continue.}''

''{Cut back to The Poopsmith. He continues to make noises with the whatsit. Cut to Strong Sad and Coach Z in the gymnasium.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Here I go! ''{pats his belly to make noise; scoreboard buzzes}''

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

''{This continues in the background (without Strong Sad saying "Here I go"); cut to The King of Town eating marshmallows.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{eating noises}''

''{Eating noises continue in the background; cut back to Homestar Runner walking.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two...

''{Cut to Coach Z and Strong Sad.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

''{Cut to Pom Pom at Club Technochocolate; he is throwing 100 dollar bills into the air, making bouncing noises.}''

''{Sound effects continue in the background; cut to Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' A-reek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek...

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the shower, using a showerbrush as a microphone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm a woman on the prowl and I stick up for myself! The city is at night and I'm-

''{Cut to a 3-way screen split of Pom Pom, Strong Mad and The Cheat, and Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' -''dancin'!'' ''Dancin'!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Homsar solo!

''{All sound effects temporarily cease; cut to Homsar in a starry background.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' ''{vaguely similar to the song Strong Bad was singing}''
AaAaAaA! OurAaAaA! ''{his hat floats around the screen}'' UrAaAaAaA, Uwarwarwarwar! A-way-way-way-waa!

''{All sound effects resume; cut to Marzipan playing Carol.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{guitar riff}''

''{Sound effects continue; cut to a 4-way screen split of Pom Pom, Bubs, Marzipan and Homestar. Cut to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look out world! I'm an independent girl!

''{On each of the next 5 beats, we cut to The Poopsmith, Strong Sad and Coach Z, The King of Town, Strong Mad and The Cheat, and then Pom Pom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rollin' around like a motorcade!

''{Cut to a 4-way vertical screen split of Homsar, The King of Town, Marzipan and Homestar. Then cut to Bubs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look out world!

''{Cut to a 4-way screen split of Strong Mad and The Cheat, Strong Bad, Strong Sad and Coach Z, and Pom Pom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm an independent girl! ''{sound effects stop; zoom in on Strong Bad's square}'' ''{out of key}'' You can meet me down at the arcade! ''{no longer singing}'' Whoa! Need to get the acoustics checked out in here... ''{taps the brush he is holding, making a sound like tapping a microphone}'' Is this thing broken?

''{fade out}''

''{The word "END." appears with "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE" written under it. Click on "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE" to go to the [[MixMastah 800]].}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[wikipedia:Motorcade|motorcade]] is a procession of cars leading a VIP, usually a political figure, down a main road.

===Trivia===
*When this toon was first released, the MixMastah was loaded into the toon's Flash file, and would automatically appear at the end. Later on, the toon was modified to make the user click a link in order to reach the MixMastah in a separate page instead.
*The items Bubs grinds into sausages include (in order) a [[steak]], a tennis ball, and a [[General Tso's Chicken|Chinese food]] carton.
*Marzipan is the only main character whose face is not shown in this short.
*This is the toon with the most sketches uploaded to the [[Sketchbook]] (see [[One Two, One Two#Inside References|Inside References]] below).
*This is the only short with all twelve main characters in it, aside from the DVD version of the [[Theme Song Video]].

===Remarks===
*Homestar doesn't say "one, two" in perfect time with his walking.
*The [[Showering|shower]] Strong Bad is in looks exactly like the one on [[Main Page 14]].
*Bubs is making sausages that are already in their casings and split into links by using nothing but a meat grinder. In real life, one has to stuff the casings and twist them into sausages after grinding the meat.
*Strong Bad wears a shower cap even though he said in [[haircut]] that he doesn't have any hair.
*The [[The King of Town's grill|grill]] makes a shutting sound even when Strong Mad opens it.
*[[Carol]] is either an [[Wikipedia:Electric acoustic guitar|electric acoustic guitar]] or is being amplified by equipment off-camera, so that the [[Wikipedia:Distortion (music)|distortion effect]] can be produced.
*Even though Strong Bad is in the shower the entire time he is singing, the sound of the shower running doesn't play until the very end of the toon.
*Marzipan is playing her guitar in the key of E minor.



===Goofs===
*In the page title, "Look out" is misspelled as "Lookout".
*The scoreboard is incorrect both times when the scene returns to Strong Sad and Coach Z toward the end. It should read 18 and then 20, but instead it reads 13 and then 18.
*In some shots when Strong Mad is lifting the lid off the Cheat's house, part of the reflection of his legs in the grill is cut off.


===Fixed Goofs===
*When released, this toon had an "Again?" button, but clicking it would cause all the sounds from the MixMastah to continue playing with the replayed toon. This was fixed with the removal of the "Again?" button.
*Before, at one part when The King of Town is eating his marshmallows one would appear to go under and outside his mustache when he eats it.
*In the MixMastah, Pom Pom's sound effect loop also included The Poopsmith's loop. This was fixed when the MixMastah was separated from the main toon.
*At one point, during a cut to Strong Sad and Coach Z, the score on the scoreboard changed from 12 to 2 for a single frame before changing to 13. Also, when it was 13, it just barely stuck out of the box. This has been corrected.


===Inside References===
[[Image:Sketchbook060727.png|thumb|Keep on truckin'!]]
*Homestar Runner's animation is based on a [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-07-27|Weekly Sketchbook]] image, and was previously shown at the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech talk]]. A [[graffiti]] image of Coach Z seen behind Strong Sad was also from a [[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-05-24|Sketchbook]] image.
*The starry background in the Homsar solo was previously seen in an Easter egg in [[ghosts]].
*This is another example of the word [[style]].
*Striking Strong Sad's belly scores points in the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
*Homestar Runner's walking animation is similar to Coach Z's in the video for [[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]
*Strong Bad's song is another instance of [[gender confusion]].
**It's also another instance of [[Singing Out Of Tune|singing in the wrong key]].
*One of the objects Bubs uses in his grinder is the [[General Tso's Chicken|General Tso's Chicken box]].
*Bubs pulls the steak, tennis ball and the chinese food in [[hammerspace]].

===Real-World References===
*The way Homestar walks references the iconic [http://www.zubeworld.com/crumbmuseum/truckin.html "Truckin'"] images by [[Wikipedia:Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]].
* The 'Fightin' Coach Z's' logo and the 180-degree angle of Coach Z's feet resemble [[Wikipedia:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'s 'Fighting Irish' logo.
*Pom Pom's money throwing is a reference to the "Makin' It Rain" technique employed by rappers.

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar, Coach Z and Strong Bad start to make a similar song in an Easter egg for the email [[the paper]] before Strong Bad interrupts them.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

==See Also==
*[[MixMastah 800]]

==DVD Version==
*The view of Marzipan playing Carol stays still compared to the shaking version.
*The MixMastah 800 feature has been removed.
*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]])

'''MATT:''' ''{in an effeminate voice}'' This was fun to make! Yes, I agree, I— I enjoyed making this! Uh, The Chet—

'''MIKE:''' All right, stop talking in that dumb voice!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Uh, what w—

'''MIKE:''' It's like that scene in Delicatessen. Right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, but everybody in the hotel is making some kind of musics.  ''{pause}'' I don't wanna ever eat any of Bubs's sausage, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' What all do they have in there? A tennis ball—

'''MATT:''' A tennis ball. There is some steak and some Chinese food, which is good. There's an apple, which is good in sausage.

'''MIKE:''' Whoever knew that the team everybody played for was the Fightin' Coach Z's?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' I, uh— I looked up on the web— I looked up stock footage of money falling.

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

'''MATT:''' To base that money falling on.

'''MIKE:''' That exists?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Stock footage of money falling?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. It wasn't even on YouTube. It was on— it was just on some stock footage— Look he's the master of time and space! He should be singing, uh—

'''MIKE:''' ''Have You Seen the Ghost of John?''

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Oh! I remember trying to make that scene be— where it looked like there was a camera on the end of Marzipan's guitar—

'''MIKE:''' Like just moving around?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, like people do on— in concert videos, but it looked really weird. I wasn't able to achieve... what I wanted.

'''MIKE:''' Who do you think that song is originally by that Strong Bad's singing?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. Some lady— a very independent lady.

'''MIKE:''' From 1987, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

===Fun Facts===
*This is another mention of [[1987]].
*Matt's calling Homsar "the master of time and space" is also a reference to [[ghosts]], prompted by the reuse of the background. Strong Sad used this phrase while in front of the starry sky in that toon, in which he partially sang ''Have You Seen the Ghost of John''.
*[[Wikipedia:Delicatessen (film)|Delicatessen]] was a 1991 film including a scene in which, like in this toon, various characters are performing some rhythmic/musical activity in sync with each other.

== External Links ==
* [[HR:onetwo.html|watch "One Two, One Two"]]
* [[HR:onetwo.swf|view the Flash file for "One Two, One Two"]]
* [[HR:onetwomixer.html|view the "MixMastah 800"]]
* [[HR:onetwomixer.swf|view the Flash file for the "MixMastah 800"]]
* [[Forum:11543|forum thread re: "One Two, One Two"]]

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alternate universe

The Atomic Punk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:41:50 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|150}}
[[Image:Doppelgangers.png|thumb|"Save the last email for Strong Bad..."]]
In this, his sesquicentenn-email, Strong Bad constructs an alternate universe portal with the help of The Cheat and visits alternate realities, along with many of his doppelgängers, while Homestar tries to make a real fruit smoothie.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Badman}}, [[Strong Badman Characters#Deutschman|Deutschman]], {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]], {{Film|Pom Pom}} (silhouette), {{Film|Strong Mad}} (silhouette), {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}} (silhouette), {{Film|Marzipan}} (silhouette), [[The Fat Bee]], {{film|Keyboard Strong Bad}}, [[Puppet Character Variations#Puppet Strong Bad|Puppet Strong Bad]], [[Da Huuuuuudge]], [[Teenage Variation#Teenage Strong Bad|Teenage Strong Bad]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Sterrance]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badman's Apartment]], [[Stages#Old-Timey Stage|Old-Timey Stage]], [[Vector Field]], [[Flashback]] [[Race Track]], [[Strong Badia]] (puppet), [[Places#Made-Up Places|Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure]], [[Pie Factory]], Interdimensional Void, [[Recording Studio]], [[The Pond]] (Easter Egg), Black Lodge (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 4, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 5:52

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing over guitar music}'' I've been walking on clouds and flipping off rainbows, on the wiiiiings of an emaiiil...

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. Strong Sad is standing to the right of Strong Bad with a classical guitar. Strong Bad turns to face him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No prob, Bob.

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

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: alternate univer$e</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Got some ?'s for you: 
1. What would you do with a hundred million dollars? 
2. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in 
an alternate universe somehow? 
Jody (not a girl), TX
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "question marks" for "?'s", and "Number one" and "Number two" for "1." and "2.", respectively.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{says everything inside parentheses normally}'' Ya know, you could probably ditch that (not a girl) thing, if you just replaced it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like (Bulldozer). Jody (Bulldozer). Nobody's gonna think that guy's a girl. ''{clears screen}'' Well Ms. Dozer, you pretty much answered question mark #1 ''{read "number one"}'' with question mark #2 ''{read "number two"}''. Cuz a hundred million dollars is exactly how much The Cheat spent on our alternate universe portal.

''{Cut to a wide view of the desk. The Cheat is standing to the right of the Lappy with a blender containing a [[Nintendo]] Game Boy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Isn't that right, The Cheat?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? This thing only cost us fourteen bucks?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeing The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well... that's like a hundred million dollars in... dog years, right?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leans towards The Cheat suddenly}'' All right! Mash go on that blender!

''{Camera zooms out a little as The Cheat presses a button on the blender. The blender shoots out white bolts as the lighting in the room flashes. Soon after, the blender stops with the Game Boy intact, and there is a large swirl to the right of the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh-ho-ho! Swirly Photoshopped magic! I bet this thing could release some serious Cacodemons. So... ''{The Cheat turns to face Strong Bad}'' What? I— I just jump in?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning backwards}'' Ohbee Kaybee! ''{jumps off the stool and towards the swirl}'' Jump!

''{As soon as Strong Bad touches the swirl, everything except him and the swirl turns black and white. Strong Bad distorts horizontally and vertically, then "springs" into the swirl. Cut to a panel of a comic strip with a number of buildings drawn in it. A caption at the top of the panel reads "IN A BULDING..."}''

'''NARRATOR:''' In a bulding...

''{Camera shifts to the next panel, which shows an empty room. Strong Bad appears, with "VOIP!" appearing next to him briefly. While in the comic, everything Strong Bad says is also shown in a speech bubble.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Where am I?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in an action pose on a yellow background. Everything he says also appears in a speech bubble, and is not lip-synced.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' We have a visitor from an alternate universe!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad appears in the same room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking to the right}'' It's Strong Badman! And his well drawn abs! ''{looks to the left}'' But... why are we in a crappy apartment instead of a secret underground lair... ''{looks back to the right}'' ...filled with secret underground gadgets?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is shown from the chest up in front of a blue background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Because mere mortal... this apartment...

''{Next panel. Strong Badman appears in front of a red background with his arms in the air. A thunderclap can be heard in the background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{speech bubble is large, yellow and pointy}'' ...IS RENT CONTROLLED! ''{next speech bubbles are regular}'' And... water's included.

''{Next panel. A kitchen and bathroom sink are shown with the faucets running. The bathroom tap has the word "FROSH!" next to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Is that why all your faucets are running?

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is standing in a room.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{each syllable appears individually in red text and is not in a speech bubble}'' MU-HU-HA-HA-HAH! ''{regular speech bubble and text}'' Those dimwits down at the public works won't know what hit them!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walking in from left}'' So, that's your evil plan? To waste water?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' And not pay for it!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta tell ya, Strong Badman... this part of your comic is pretty boring. I'm gonna see what's going on further down the page. ''{jumps out of the current panel}'' Jump!

''{He falls down three panels. There is a woman with a big knife sitting on a giant robotic snake.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! Now we're talkin'!

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the left of the panel, Strong Bad in the center, and there is a TV with the previous panel on it (minus Strong Bad) to the right.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' You're not kidding!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha?

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Now we have expanded basic cable...

''{Next panel. Close-up of a cable running through a hole in the wall.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stolen from my neighbor!

''{Next panel. Strong Bad is in front of a yellow background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Who's writing this issue? The geniuses behind She-Hulk? ''{looks up}'' The Cheat?

''{Cut back to the Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice is slightly distorted, and a speech bubble appears from the swirl}'' A little frappe action, if you please.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{single The Cheat noise}''

''{The Cheat turns around and turns on the blender. Cut back to the previous comic panel. Strong Bad disappears with the same "VOIP!" with which he appeared.}''

''{Next panel. Strong Badman is in the same pose as when he first appeared, but flipped around and with a green background.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' ''{in large red text}'' STINY! ''{normal text}'' Keep flushing those toilets!

''{Cut to the Old-Timey stage. Old-Timey Strong Bad is standing on the stage with curtains behind him. To the left of him is a sign that reads "STRONG BAD and his GOODE-TIME PARLOR TRICKS". An audience can be seen silhouetted at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes, and for my next parlor trick, I shan't make anything ''{faces left}'' appear!

''{Strong Bad appears to the left of Old-Timey Strong Bad. He is still in color.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. H-hi.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{crowd starts booing}'' You brightly colored baboon! You've ruined my vaudeville!

''{The Homestar Runner's dance music plays as tomatoes are thrown at the two Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah! Shades of gray tomatoes!

''{Strong Bad disappears as Old-Timey Strong Bad looks to the left.}''

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad floating above a vector field. Strong Bad appears to the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is up, my enormous vector brother?

''{As Vector Strong Bad speaks, his words come out of his mouth in red vector-style text. They disappear after a short while.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' HELLOTE

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{cut to close-up of Strong Bad}'' what do you do for fun around here? ''{cut back to previous view}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' I SPLO STUFF UP

''{Strong Bad jumps backwards slightly to avoid the "UP", which promptly explodes with vector graphics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, that's pretty cool.

''{Stinkoman walks in from the left.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, guys! How's challenges?

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, you two know each other?

''{Cut to close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{smiles}'' Oh, totally sure! ''{leans forward and waves one of his arms}'' He's my training simulator!

''{Cut back to previous view.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Check it out!

''{Vector Strong Bad starts moving left and right, shooting squares from his mouth. Stinkoman jumps around and dodges the squares. Strong Bad also jumps over and around the squares, but appears to have more difficulty doing so. Game music from [[video games]] plays. After a few seconds, they all stop.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Nice work, big nose!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Big nose?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Your nose!

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' LEVEL 2

'''STINKOMAN AND STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh.

''{Stinkoman silently laughs as Vector Strong Bad shoots a series of squares directly at Strong Bad. As they explode, Strong Bad disappears. Vector Strong Bad then shoots some squares at Stinkoman, which he dodges.}''

''{Cut to a field in the style of [[flashback]]. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing close to the camera. Strong Bad appears to the right. All text appears in a white rectangle near the bottom of the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And so, ''{Strong Bad starts looking around}'' both Strong Bads entered the 'Dig To China With Your Ears Contest.'

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is just about... the second or third to worst contest I ever heard of.

''{Cut to a silhouetted view of the field. Pom Pom, Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs and Marzipan are standing to the right of a banner which reads "the contest began!!". Tiny Handed Strong Bad is underneath the banner.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' The contest began!

''{Cut to a close-up of Tiny Handed Strong Bad rubbing his head on the ground near a line marked "start".}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' And tiny-handed Strong Bad rubbed his head on the ground... ''{cut to a wide view; Strong Bad is sitting on a hammock with his Dangeresque sunglasses on.}'' while our Modern Day Hero maxed and relaxed.

''{Cut to Tiny Handed Strong Bad standing near the camera again, as in the first shot. A hole is visible near the background, and a giant glass of root beer appears in the center.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' I struck it rich!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Said T.H.S.B.

''{Cut to a zoomed out view of the previous scene, but with the giant glass of root beer in the center. The Fat Bee is seen holding Strong Bad's hammock up.}''

'''TINY HANDED STRONG BAD:''' A giant mug of frosty root beer!

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad appears to the left in a bathing suit. Tiny Handed Strong Bad looks at him.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Zounds! A sarsparilla swimming hole! Last one in's a freemason! ''{he half-runs toward the root beer and jumps in}'' Jump! ''{this last word does not appear in a subtitle}''

''{Strong Bad disappears. Keyboard Strong Bad appears at the bottom left of the screen and dances while playing a tune.}''

''{Cut to a screen in the style of Puppet Stuff. Puppet Strong Bad is standing in front of the Strong Badia fence. The Tire and Stop Sign are visible. Strong Bad appears to the right. Music starts playing and both Strong Bads dance in sync with each other. After a moment, Strong Bad disappears again.}''

''{Cut to Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure. Strong Bad appears lying down on top of it. He slowly slides down, then disappears.}''

''{Cut to the abandoned factory from [[highschool]]. Teenage Strong Bad is standing to the right. Strong Bad appears to the left.}''

'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Stripèd pants.

''{Strong Bad disappears. Cut to the interdimensional void, which changes colors constantly.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice slightly distorted}'' The Cheat! Cool out on the liquefy button, man!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar standing next to the blender in the Computer Room. The blender still contains the Game Boy, but now also contains a green substance. One and a half avocados are sitting on the desk, along with a jar that reads "[[Total Load]]". Homestar is pressing buttons on the blender.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm trying to make me a real fruit smoothie here!

''{Cut to a wide shot. Tiny Handed Strong Bad is standing to the left, with Senor Cardgage, Old-Timey Strong Bad and Da Huuuuuudge to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Any of you guys got any bee pollen?

''{As Homestar presses another button, Strong Bad appears next to the portal and Strong Badman appears on the left side of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar! Quit messing with my alternate universe portal!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{slowly}'' I'm trying to replenish some electrolytes, if you don't mind!

''{Homestar presses another button on the blender. He and the portal both suddenly disappear, and Sterrance appears on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking around}'' Wow. Just look at all these Strong Bad-related faces. What an all-star cast! What say we all form a supergroup and record a number one jam!

''{All of the Strong Bad clones groan.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{off-screen, simultaneously with Old-Timey Strong Bad}'' I guess...

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously with Stinkoman}'' If we must.

''{The screen fades to black, and then cuts to Strong Bad in the recording studio. Some music starts playing, and continues through the rest of the e-mail.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' There's a crazy world of e-mails in this crazy world. ''{Cut to a reversed view of Strong Bad.}'' Checkin' 'em down, checkin' 'em down...

''{Cut to Stinkoman standing next to Strong Badman and Old-Timey Strong Bad.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{singing}'' I hope it's from a girrrrrrrl! 

''{Old-Timey Strong Bad winces and looks toward Stinkoman on his last word. Cut to a zoomed out view of the scene, revealing (from left to right), Stinkoman, Strong Badman, Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Bad, Vector Strong Bad, Keyboard Strong Bad, Senor Cardgage, Teenage Strong Bad, Sterrance and Tiny Handed Strong Bad. Strong Badman's words appear in speech bubbles next to him.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Cut to Senor Cardgage at the recording studio.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{singing}'' Let the little childrens go.

''{Cut to Vector Strong Bad in the field, which now has blue lines running above and below it.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I HOPE THEY DON'T A SPLODE

''{Cut back to a panning view of all the Strong Bads.}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' ''{singing}'' Save the last email for Strong—

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad in the recording studio just before "Bad".}''

'''ALL STRONG BADS:''' —Bad!

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Save the last email for Strong Bad!

''{Da Huuuuuudge fades in from the right.}''

'''DA HUUUUUUDGE:''' ''{singing in a high voice with vibrato}'' Save the last email for meeeee!

''{A comic panel with Strong Badman in front of a green background slides into the upper-left corner toward the end of Da Huuuuuudge's line.}''

'''STRONG BADMAN:''' Save the last email!

''{Cut back to a view of all the Strong Bads. The camera slowly zooms out during Strong Bad's line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All my Strong Bad doppelgängers represent. Sesquicentenn-email, 2005. I-I mean six.

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:coachzeyeballpearhomestar.PNG|thumb|"I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants!"]]
*At the end, click on Teenage Strong Bad's hat to see a creation of Strong Sad's ideas from [[Sbemail 150?!?]]:
:''{Piano music, fade in on Coach Z holding a pear covered with eyeballs while black coffee continually streams down his mouthless face. Cut to a close-up of the pear with its eyes googling, then to another shot of the pear from behind Coach Z with his arm raised higher. Then cut to a close-up of Coach Z's head. Fade via black to the original shot. Homestar appears next to Coach Z.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled, in a fake backwards-sounding voice}'' Coach Z, if you're not going to eat that eyeball pear... ''{clears his throat, starts talking normally with no subtitles}'' I suggest you give it to someone who will.
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{distressed}'' I don't know what's going on, Homestar, but I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants!

*At the end, click on Senor Cardgage's head to see Strong Bad's meeting with him:
:''{Senor Cardgage is sitting in a boat on a lake, holding a stick with fishing line tied to the end, hanging over the side. Strong Bad appears in the boat.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage! My life is complete.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth. Say hello to my tacklebox. ''{holds up said tacklebox}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there, tacklebox. ''{smiles}'' I'm such a big fan.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Well, if you could just sign right here on the dotty line, the adaption will be complete.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''You're'' gonna adopt me?
:''{Strong Bad disappears}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen and echoing slightly}'' Aw, man!

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's conversion of fourteen dollars into [[Wikipedia:Aging in dogs|dog years]] refers to the often-confused (and inaccurate) folk formula that dogs age seven "years" for every human year.
*[[Wikipedia:Rent control|Rent control]] is a policy used in some urban communities where the market price is deemed too high. Rent controlled dwellings are highly coveted in the communities where they are available.
*[[Wikipedia:Vaudeville|Vaudeville]] is a style of multi-act theatre that flourished in North America from the 1880s to the 1920s, later succeeded by silent movies. Acts included anything from acrobats to mathematicians and from song-and-dance duos to trick high divers.
*[[Wikipedia:Sarsaparilla|Sarsaparilla]] (spelled incorrectly as "sarsparilla" in the flashback scene) is a type of plant used to make beverages, and is a common ingredient in [[Wikipedia:Root Beer|root beer]]. It is more commonly pronounced "sass-parilla" than "sar-sparilla" or "sar-sa-parilla". It is also commonly misspelled "sasparilla".
*A freemason is a member of a fraternal men's organization such as the [[Wikipedia:York Rite|York Rite]] or the [[Wikipedia:Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite]]. Other organizations permitting women and/or minors as members (including [[Wikipedia:DeMolay International|DeMolay]], [[Wikipedia:Job's Daughters International|Job's Daughters]], [[Wikipedia:Order of the Eastern Star|Eastern Star]]) fall under the umbrella of [[Wikipedia:freemasonry|freemasonry]], etc.
*[[Wikipedia:Electrolyte|Electrolytes]] are solutions of [[Wikipedia:Ion|ions]] (such as sodium and potassium salts) that are lost during [[Wikipedia:perspiration|perspiration]]. Drinks containing electrolytes, such as popular sports drinks, are often used to ease [[Wikipedia:Dehydration|dehydration]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Supergroup (music)|Supergroup]] is a musical group comprising artists who were previously members of earlier, well-known groups.
*A [[Wikipedia:Doppelgänger|Doppelgänger]] refers either to a creature from folklore that mimics people's appearances as an omen of death, or to the theory that everyone in the world has someone else that looks exactly like them.
*[[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] is a widely used image editor from Adobe Systems Incorporated. The term "[[Wikipedia:Photoshopping|Photoshopped]]" has come to mean any digital edit done to an image, even if it wasn't done in Photoshop itself. The term is often used pejoratively to say that something is rather obviously edited.
*Stinkoman calls Strong Bad "big nose", a derogatory term used in eastern Asia to describe Westerners, whose noses tend to be genetically larger than Asians'. This is also a reference to the anime art style, where noses are less pronounced than most American cartoons, as well as to the fact that Strong Bad has no apparent nose.

===Trivia===
*This email was the longest email when released, almost a full minute longer than [[flashback]] (previously the longest). However, it has since been surpassed by [[retirement]].
*When Strong Bad jumps down several panels in the Strong Badman comic, he passes a panel containing an explosion (with the word "TADAOW!"), and another panel with [[Strong Badman Characters#Deutschman|Deutschman]] (from [[haircut]]) holding a chain of sausages. Deutschman is saying "KINDER UBERRASCHUNG!!", the German name for [[Wikipedia:Kinder Surprise|Kinder Surprise]] (though Uberraschung should be spelled Überraschung).
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#weird dreams|weird dreams]]".
*This is the first time Stinkoman has been seen smiling without laughing.
*This is the first time the Da Huuuuuudge's voice is heard.
*This marks the second time in which characters from at least two different universes come together in one universe. The first time was in [[20X6 vs. 1936]], in which The Homestar Runner shows up on [[Planet K]].
*When the portal appears, along the side of it, there is some pixel disruption, where the individual pixels can be seen.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad has [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Strong Bad's Nose|no visible nose]] [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Ears|or ears]], despite the fact that those body parts were mentioned in this email.
*Senor Cardgage is the only one of Strong Bad's alter egos who had been seen talking with him prior to this email, as seen in [[kind of cool]], [[garage sale]], and [[Senorial Day]].
*This is a rare occasion of [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Bad and Strong Sad Getting Along|Strong Bad being nice to Strong Sad]].
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Strong Sad is seen writing with his right hand. In this email, Strong Sad is playing the [[Strong Sad's Guitar|guitar]] [[Left Handedness|left-handed]]. This may suggest that Strong Sad is ambidextrous.
*When Strong Bad types "Well, Ms. Dozer" he types Ms. (pronounced 'miz', used by both married and single women) but pronounces it 'miss', which is the form of address for unmarried women.
*If every dollar was a "dog year", then according to the [[Wikipedia:Dog years|popular formula]], the money would still only sum up to ninety-eight dollars.
**Conversely, if Strong Bad were correct, each "dollar in dog years" would be worth over $70,000.
*Frappé is spelled as "Frappe" when Strong Bad talks to The Cheat. It is lacking the acute accent.
*During the Vector Strong Bad segment, the cartoon's border changes to red.
*The console in the blender is an original Game Boy.
*When the mug of root beer appears, the hole is under the hammock; before, it was beside the hammock.
*Homestar pronounces the word "fruit" without his usual speech impediment.
*Not all Strong Bad versions were included, missing are: 
**[[Super NES]] version
**[[Powered By the Cheat]] version
**[[The Reddest Radish]] version
**[[Lil Strong Bad]]
**[[Baby Strong Bad]]
*During the recording session at the end, Strong Badman's words appear in a speech bubble, but Vector Strong Bad's words do not appear in text as they always otherwise do.
*In the same scene, the wall's grey spot pattern is made from a single image of dots copied and pasted multiple times. This results in some half dots appearing between the copied images.
*In the recording studio, the characters use wireless microphones. While wireless microphones are handy in live performance (to prevent signal loss on a long cable run, as well as to avoid tangling of cables), they are actually rarely used in studio work because cabled microphones deliver truer fidelity.
*The puppet Strong Bad is the only doppelgänger Strong Bad visited that did not appear in the ending screen.
*As Coach Z moves his head during his line in the Black Lodge Easter egg scene, the way the coffee dripping from the bottom of his head is animated makes it look as though the coffee breaks the rules of gravity; it seems to be dripping at an angle.
*In the Easter Egg with Senor Cardgage, when Strong Bad disappears, his voice can still be heard even though he is probably far away from where Senor Cardgage is.
*Though Vector Strong Bad's phrase "What it is, my doge?" is supposed to be a bad translation, the word "doge" is an actual word. It refers to a medieval Italian equivalent of a duke.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Altuniv1318-1319.png|thumb|"Because, mere mortal... The panels change colors!".]]
*At the beginning of the email, Strong Bad's reflection is out of sync with his movements.
*After cutting to the wide shot showing The Cheat with the blender, the Lappy's screen includes the text "Isn't that right, The Cheat?", even though Strong Bad didn't actually type it.
*When Strong Bad first jumps into the alternate universe portal, his stool disappears briefly while he's in the process of warping. It briefly reappears after Strong Bad leaves, but for the remainder of the email, the stool is missing.
*During the comic scene, the panel below the one after "Because, mere mortal..." has a blue background at first. When it moves to the next panel ("Is rent controlled!"), the background changes to green.
*Several times during the email, Strong Bad's pants change color from black to dark navy (although the pant legs remain the same color), such as the first scene with Vector Strong Bad and the recording session at the end.
[[Image:Alternateuniversegoof.png|thumb|And so both Strong Bads entered the "find the missing start line contest".]]
*In the "Dig to China with your ears contest" part, the starting line disappears when the camera cuts to the giant mug of root beer.

*In the "Save The Last Email" song, Vector Strong Bad is behind Strong Badman, yet his white and green lines appear above Strong Badman when talking/singing.
*Stinkoman does not have any shine on his chest. This also happened in [[Happy Trogday]], prior to this toon.
*At the end, Strong Bad is missing a layer of black from his pants, making them purple.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was released, "girl" was misspelled as "gir" in Jody's email. This was fixed shortly thereafter.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song refers to flipping [[the bird]].
*Strong Sad was previously seen playing an acoustic guitar in a [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-03-02|Sketchbook]] entry, although that guitar was a twelve-string. Here he plays a six-string classical guitar.
[[Image:HSRTimeMachine.PNG|thumb|Homestar's Time machine]]
*The alternate dimension machine is a [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|Game Boy in a Blender]]. In [[2 emails]], Homestar claims to have made a time machine by sticking a Game Boy in a [[blender]] while the email is fast-forwarding.
*This is another example of [[mashing]].
*The "In a bulding"  line, including its accent and pronunciation, is straight from the [[Sketchbook (video)|DVD Sketchbook]] (though it was spelled correctly there).
*The woman on Strong Badman's television is holding a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]].
*"Doge" is a reference to [[Biz Cas Fri 1]], where Homestar misspells the word "[[my dog|dog]]" ("dawg") the same way.
*Strong Bad comments that the "Dig To China With Your Ears Contest" is the "second or third to worst contest I ever heard of." The worst contests that originated in children's storybooks are likely to be the "Strongest Man in the World Contest" from the [[Original Book]], and the "Ten Step Footrace" from [[flashback]].

*The fence used for the puppet Strong Badia set is the same one used in [[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]].
*This is another appearance of the [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] sunglasses.
*Strong Bad previously mentioned "real fruit smoothies" in [[mascot]], saying that he had promised to buy some for the team if they won the game.
*Homestar Runner's "real fruit smoothie" is another example of a [[concoction]].
*Stinkoman's line in the song "I hope it's from a girl" is a possible reference to the e-mail song in [[dragon]] ("Every week I hope that it's from a female!").
*Strong Bad visits many previous emails in his travels:
**Strong Badman, his well-drawn abs and Stiny originated in [[superhero name]].
**Deutschman originated in [[haircut]].
**Vector Strong Bad is from [[video games]].
**Stinkoman originated in [[japanese cartoon]].
**Tiny-handed Strong Bad is from [[flashback]].
**Keyboard Strong Bad originated in [[crazy cartoon]] and played the same song then as in this email. 
**Da Huuuuuudge and Sterrance are both from [[animal]].
**Teenage Strong Bad and the term "stripèd pants" are from [[highschool]].
**Senor Cardgage originated in [[kind of cool]].
*In addition, some of the music accompanying the scenes Strong Bad visits are also reused from other parts of the website. They include:
**The music from [[action figure]]; later used in [[suntan]] and [[army]] (during the Strong Badman scene).
**Old-Timey Strong Bad's theme music from [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]; later used in [[50 emails]] (during the Old-Timey scene).
**[[The Homestar Runner]]'s dance music (also during the Old-Timey scene).
**The synthesized drum tune from [[Main Page 21]] (during the [[Vector Field]] scene).
**The music from [[flashback]] (during the [[Original Book]] scene).
**Keyboard Strong Bad's demo music from [[crazy cartoon]].
**The music during Coach Z's dream scene from [[A Jorb Well Done]]; later used in [[lures & jigs]] (during the fishing Easter egg scene with Senor Cardgage).
**The music during Strong Sad's storyboard scenes from [[Sbemail 150?!?]] (during the Coach Z Easter egg).
*The Easter egg with coffee-drenched Coach Z and the eyeball pear begins exactly as described and storyboarded by Strong Sad in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].
**The word ''sesquicentenn-email'', ("150th email"), was also coined by Strong Sad in Sbemail 150?!?.
*The fishing boat, lake and background sounds are all from [[lures & jigs]].
*The word "VOIP" is a reference to the [[Visor Robot]]'s sound effect from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
*In the fishing trip scene, [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad smiles.]]
*When Coach Z says "I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants!", he means that he accidently [[pee]] himself.

=== Real-World References ===
*[[Cacodemons]] are evil spirits or demons, the opposite being an angel or "agathodemon". However, the name cacodemon is better known as the flying, red, one-eyed enemy from the ''[[Wikipedia:Doom|Doom]]'' series of computer games. The plot for these games involved demons escaping hell via portals.
*The pronunciation "ohbee kaybee" for "okay" was frequently said by the character Mushmouth on the animated ''[[Wikipedia:Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]'', as well as being used by [[Bill Cosby]] himself in his famous "Dentists" routine.
*The [[font]] in the comic book alternative universe, known as "Peanuts", was designed to emulate the style of lettering used in the ''[[Wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]'' comics.
*[[Wikipedia:She-Hulk|She-Hulk]] is a comic book heroine from [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] and the cousin of ''[[Wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk]]''. She-Hulk comics were once noted for their [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth-wall breaks]], similar to Strong Bad's comments on the quality of the Strong Badman comic and his ability to travel from panel to panel. These not-always-appreciated gags were introduced by writer [[Wikipedia:John Byrne|John Byrne]], who may be the "genius" Strong Bad ridicules.
**However, in the commentary to this email, the Brothers Chaps claim they were not aware of this when writing the email.
*The phrase "maxed and relaxed" may be a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' theme song, in which [[Wikipedia:Will Smith|Will Smith]] states he is "maxin' and relaxin' all cool". Additionally, Smith uses the phrase throughout the series and his own raps.
*The surreal Coach Z Easter egg is an homage to a famous scene from the similarly surreal TV series, ''[[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]''. The background for the scene featured red drapes, and the starring character, Dale Cooper, spills coffee on himself, represented here by Coach Z's streaming hat of coffee. The unusual speech used by Homestar, meanwhile, was the hallmark of the scene; the actors actually spoke their dialogue backwards, and the recording was then played in reverse, so that the words were heard by the audience in their proper order (though they still sounded unusual and contorted, just as Homestar sounds here). It seems as though Matt Chapman faked this technique, rather than actually recording his lines backwards. ''Twin Peaks'' was co-created by director [[Wikipedia:David Lynch|David Lynch]], whom Strong Sad cited as an influence in [[Sbemail 150?!?]]. Additionally, the phrase "I'm not at liberty to discuss [...]" is a direct lift from the lines of Major Garland Brigs, a character on Twin Peaks, who is often unable to talk about what he does for a living.
*[[Wikipedia:Alonzo Mourning|Alonzo Mourning]] is an NBA basketball player.
*The [[sound effect]] in the fishing Easter Egg that starts right after Strong Bad says "Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage!" is from ''[[Wikipedia:Fishing with John|Fishing With John]]''.
*Strong Bad jumping from panel to panel resembles the game [[Wikipedia: Comix Zone|Comix Zone]].



=== Fast Foward ===
*The Total Load was seen again in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

== DVD Version ==
*[[Alternate Universe Video|Video of Matt singing]] the song from the email is included as a separate Easter egg.
*When Strong Bad meets his puppet double, the scene is shown is closeup. The quality is lower than usual, since most DVD releases of Puppet Stuff have the quality improved.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
'''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' I refuse to speak about this SBEmail!

'''MIKE:''' Ohhhh, Old-Timey Strong Bad.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Aren't you glad to see-a me?

'''MIKE:''' Do you go by Old-Timey Strong Bad or are you just Strong Bad?

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' I'll go by you with a spine-toothed comb!

'''MIKE:''' Uhh... I forgot—

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' And I'm out!

'''MATT:''' Oh! Uh, who was that, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I guess he didn't think he could make it though the whole email?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. He said he was refusing to comment on it.

'''MIKE:''' I didn't remember that Strong Sad played, uh, backup on the email song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it's a sweet— it's one of the few— one of the few tender moments between those brothers. When he says "No prob Bob," it makes me want to cry.

'''MIKE:''' So, it was—

'''MATT:''' Like those times when we were kids and you would be nice and let me hang out with you and John Radle.

'''MIKE:''' They were few and far between. It was usually just so we could beat you up or pour something on you.

'''MATT:''' Yeah...

'''MIKE:''' Spray something in your eye.

'''MATT:''' Uh, Gameboy in a blender, Mike, so that's a reference to— What email is that? The one where Strong Bad fast— The one where he fast forwards. 2 emails?

'''MIKE:''' 2 emails.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that!

'''MATT:''' Whoa!

'''MIKE:''' Look at that portal!

'''MATT:''' Whoa! What a portal! ''{pause}'' Definitely. Portals— Anybody that's developing portals right now, in the military or in science needs to stop. 'Cause video— if video games have taught us anything, it's that a bunch of evil demons from Hell are gonna come out of it, and, kill us all. ''{pause}'' Oh! Of— In— In Principal Belving's office!

'''MIKE:''' So, this email was kind of, you know we had to do something, special for 150.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, definitely. Bring all the Strong Bad— the various Strong Bads together.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' The many faces of Strong Bad.

'''MATT:''' The many facets, even.

'''MIKE:''' This was, uh... we had written a Strong Badman years ago, three or four years ago, that was sort of based on this premise.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he was just gonna get an apartment, and feel like his apartment was gonna help him take over the world, and he'd just have a landlord that he would— He hits him with ping— with a ping-pong...

'''MIKE:''' A ping-pong ball, yeah. Is that in here?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' No.

'''MATT:''' It's not.

'''MIKE:''' I can't remember. He throws a ping-pong ball—

'''MATT:''' At his landlord.

'''MIKE:''' Landlord, yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah. ''{pause}'' Uh, it was just on cable. Whoa. And on Animal Planet. Probably.

'''MIKE:''' So, apparently She-Hulk was well known for breaking the fourth wall.

'''MATT:''' And having good writing. ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, too. Which we didn't know.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, we didn't know. I just assumed She-Hulk— I've never read an issue of She-Hulk. One time she was in this Fantastic Four versus X-Men that I got. That's about as— all the exposure I have.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I think I read about her in the Marvel— Didn't they have those Marvel universe, just kind of encyclopedias?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, yeah. ''{pause}'' Good-time parlor tricks! So, back then, people were apparently so easily amused that you could do nothing. You could make nothing appear, and people would— people would ooh and ahh at you. ''{pause}'' Look, so these guy are buddies, Mike! My doge! That's a reference to a Biz Caz Fri.

'''MATT:''' Oh, Stinkoman. And to the right!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Your nose.

'''MATT:''' Uh... Oh, look out, Stinkoman. ''{pause}'' Uh... There he goes, rubbin' his head on the ground. He's wearing his Dangerask shades.

'''MIKE:''' Dangerask shades.

'''MATT:''' Dangeresque.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it's like, sort of like danger.

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' Dangeresque. It's means sort of like danger.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I was saying Dangerask. That's why I corrected myself. Oh, look, there's Casio head Strong Bad. Oh, look, now, he's in the real world, and in a real Strong Badia.

'''MIKE:''' That's in the next room.

'''MATT:''' It is.

'''MIKE:''' It's where we play video games.

'''MATT:''' Mmm hmm. ''{laughs}'' That's all that Strong Bad talks about, is stripèd pants. ''{referring to the vitamin bottle behind Homestar}'' Total Load! Do you think our brother still has some Total Load somewhere in his house. He used to get Ultra-Fuel.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Hy-hydro Fuel and Ultra-Fuel?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, yeah. ''{pause}'' What up, Cardgage?

'''MIKE:''' Is Cardgage's hair backwards there?

'''MATT:''' Probably. I think his hair doesn't follow any— His comb-over switches sides. ''{pause}'' What game is in there? Weird Dreams, remember that game?

'''MIKE:''' I do remember.

'''MATT:''' Sometimes, you were inside a giant cotton candy machine. ''{laughs}'' ''{pause}'' Nobody wants to record a hit— a hit #1 jam with him. ''{pause}'' Hey, we're using a pop screen on our microphone right now, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' And we're sitting in a room with ceiling tiles on the wall just like that!

'''MATT:''' It's true. ''{laughs}'' Old-Timey Strong Bad did not like that high note Stinkoman tried to hit. Sterrence is not singing.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' This is a pretty good song. I like that, uh, guitar going in the background.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{guitar noises}''

'''MATT:''' Da Huuuuuudge ''{pronounces 'the'}'' has a heavenly voice. Who woulda thought?

'''MIKE:''' Senor Muybueno's not in there.

'''MATT:''' Well, there's a few that it's missing, but this is the, you know—

'''MIKE:''' Those are all the ones that have appeared more than once, probably.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Except Da Huuuuuudge has only appeared once before that.

===Fun Facts===
*Senor Muybueno is from the [[Strong Libs]] Easter Egg from [[lackey]] and the [[Kicking The Cheat]] Lite scene of [[pop-up]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|150|7671|youtube=wv81-ih05vk}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

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The Atomic Punk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:37:14 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

The Pizz

The Atomic Punk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:35:34 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:The Pizz Logo.png|thumb|"Yeah! The Pizz! I love it!"]]
'''The Pizz''' is a [[pizza]] place created by [[Strong Bad]] in the interest of attracting young college girls; however, soon after opening, it somehow became a real, successful pizzeria. It was originally titled "Strong Bad's [[Strong Badia]]n Pizza" but Strong Bad expressed his annoyance with the name's length, and it became The Pizz. It has received a favorable review from [[Strong Sad]]'s [[Review Revue]], although its social networking site, [http://virtualpizz.biz virtualpizz.biz], was said to have missed the mark. [[Homestar Runner]] works as an employee. It also serves Neighborhood Style and Slumber Party Style pizza. In [[Fan Costumes '07]], a female fan that is shown created a custom The Pizz uniform and pizza box. Upon seeing this, Strong Bad commented by saying, "You're hired." multiple times. In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], The Pizz is seen in Brainblow City (Which is actually [[The Field]].) at the intro.

==VirtualPizz.biz==
[[File:VirtualPizz.png|thumb|"Can I have a slice of p-roni?"]]
The Pizz's website is located at VirtualPizz.biz and enables customers to create an anthropomorphic slice of pizza to interact with other customers in a simulation. Customers can acquire "Pizz points", which they can exchange for virtual decorations and furnishings for their simulated residences. However, exactly ''how'' to acquire pizz points is never explained. In this manner, Strong Bad decorates Strong Badia and engages in a flame war with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[The King of Town]].

A fan created a website at http://www.virtualpizz.biz shortly after the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[pizza joint]] was released. It contains only the VirtualPizz.biz logo, a "Login" button that links to [[pizza joint]], and an [[Easter egg]] which has links to both the [[HR:|Welcome Page]] and a [http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=sm8virtualpizz Stats page]. It can be seen at http://virtualpizz.biz/about.html, is titled "[[Senor Mortgage|No Probalo!]]", and once read: "Hey look, you found an Easter Egg! ...and that's all I got. [[Drive-Thru|Sever your leg, please.]]" The "Please" led to the Homestar Runner website. After being down for a short while on October 27, 2009, the second and third lines of the Easter egg became "The fans at the [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Pizz&action=history Homestar Runner Wiki] are dedicated. The 'Pizz goes down for less than a day and they had the full report. [[HR:| Great jorb, guys!]]"

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[pizza joint]]
*Email [[slumber party]]
*[[Fan Costumes '07]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner]]
*[[Strong Badia The Free]]
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
[[Category:Companies|Pizz]]

Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque

The Atomic Punk — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:36:22 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{gamenav|New Game|dangeresque|Kid Speedy|TROGDOR!}}
[[Image:Dangeresque Roomisode 1 Gameplay Screenshot.PNG|thumb|"This whole system is outta line!"]]
''Roomisodic gaming makes its debut with Strong Bad's secret detective-for-hire action hero: Dangeresque! Point and Click your way to adventure but don't forget the Arrow Keys!'' — [[Videlectrix]]

'''Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque''' is a [[Videlectrix]] adventure game in the style of old [[Wikipedia:LucasArts adventure games|LucasArts adventure games]]. The player must help Dangeresque solve a case without leaving [[Smoky Office|his office]].

'''Cast:''' [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], [[Renaldo]], [[The Chief]], {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}

'''Date:''' Monday, December 1, 2008

'''Page Title:''' Dangeresque - Roomisode 1: Behind The Dangerdesque

{{dvd|SBCG4AP Collector's DVD}}

==Ways to Lose the Game==
All Game Overs have the same "go to jail" ending.
*Use the door 3 times
*Talk to the door 3 times
*Use the coffee with the case file
*Use Dragon-Man takeout with the case file
*Miss with the inked UNSOLVED stamp on the case file

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*[[Wikipedia: Film Noir|Noir atmosphere]] is a film technique that is often used in [[Wikipedia:Crime Dramas|Crime Dramas]].

===Remarks===
*When Pom Pom unsticks the take-out food, Japanese letters flash briefly, despite the fact that the food and kung-fu martial arts are Chinese.
**The characters are [[wikipedia:katakana|katakana]], and spell "Kikku", or basically "Kick!"
*After collecting the photographic evidence, when the camera is used on an item in the room Dangeresque says he won't take another picture because he's "only gots one instant shot left," but when the camera is used on the window he says he's "outta film."
*Strong Bad does not look as short next to The Chief as he does next to the people in the "Behind The Bad" shorts.
*The only time you need to manually move Strong Bad is if he's on the opposite side of the desk.
*You can also use the numpad to move, even diagonally, much like the classic Sierra games.
*The text combination is said to be "on the floorboards", however there does not appear to be a wood floor.
*The SWAT team glove looks remarkably like the glove of [[The Poopsmith]].
*In the ending, Dangeresque jumps out the window and broken glass flies out, although the window did not appear to have glass.
*You can still continue the game after getting a game over by clicking the screen. The screen will say "...OR DID I?" and you will be brought back to where you just were in the game.

===Goofs===
*On the opening scene when Dangeresque enters the room, after his first line of dialog his position moves slightly to the left.
*If you close the blinds then call the takeout number, Pom-Pom still enters the room no matter if the blinds are open or closed.

===Fixed Goofs===
*The Videlectrix main page initially linked to [[HR:roomisode1.html|roomisode1.html]] upon release. This was fixed within a few minutes.
*During the beginning of the game, when Dangeresque talks to The Chief, one of his speech bubbles misspelled "business" as "buisness".

===Glitches===
*The safe-combination note is semi-transparent and in front of Dangeresque, so when walking over the safe-combination note, its color changes to whatever color is behind it.
*While using the numpad to move, sometimes moving diagonally will make Strong Bad walk backwards.
*If you use the takeout package with the blinds, but Strong Bad is not near the window at the time, Strong Bad will reach into the air in his current location, and the takeout will magically appear on the windowsill. If you do the same with other inventory items or open/close the blinds when you are not near the window, Strong Bad will walk over to the window before this animation occurs.
*If you keep repeatedly clicking to use the un-solved stamp on the case file it will cause the animation to glitch and reset and can even cause the file to become marked solved with the stamp mark in the center of the page.
*You can walk Dangeresque into the desk if you walk up into it near the bottom-left corner.
*Originally, after spinning the chair the first time and uncovering the biz card, the card would briefly appear a second time as Strong Bad was hopping off the chair.

===Fixed Glitches===
*Looking at the rug when the glowing ink is visible would previously earn points each time attempted.
**Looking at or using the take-out before having it dislodged could also be repeated for additional points.
*Placing the whoozit last would prevent the player from finishing the game.
*If you inked the stamp, then pounded the desk again, another stamp would appear in the drawer.
*Placing the inked rubber stamp in the window and then closing the desk drawer used to make the stamp disappear. Reopening the drawer then made it reappear. Attempting to retrieve the stamp replayed the stamp-getting sequence. (The stamp did not reappear on the window sill until re-inked.) This caused two stamps (one inked, one dry) in the inventory at once. These actions also earned points each time they were completed, thus one was able to achieve a score over 170. However, once placed and disappeared, the blinds could not be closed again and Strong Bad was also unable to put anything new on the window sill.
*Clicking on the switch while below the chair formerly caused the game to hang.

===Inside References===
*[[Puking|Upchuck]] is called "whoozit", which is similar to how poop is called "[[whatsit]]".
*One of the "Game Over" screens in the game says "[[Seriously]] though".
*When Strong Bad gets off the chair the first time, he says "feelin' woozy", like Strong Sad did in [[caffeine]].
*If Strong Bad stamps the casefile as UN-SOLVED, he remarks "This does not look good for Dangeresque", which is similar to Homestar's line in [[50 emails]]
*"The Chief" is an example of an [[integral article]], as well as sounding very similar to [[The Cheat]].
*Talking to certain objects will have Dangeresque ask the object "Do you know the times?", as [[Homestar Runner]] asked of [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Monstrosity|the Monstrosity]] in [[animal]].
*When Dangeresque talks to the Chinese food container, he references a line from [[Trogdor]]'s theme song.
**Also, when he refers to the figure on the box as a "Dragon Man", it further references the song.
*Strong Bad asking whether something makes his head look husky is a reference to [[modeling]].
*Coach Z previously said "Stairmaster" as an attempt at Homestar's name in [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*Strong Bad telling the switch that he doesn't rave is a reference to the Cheat's raving in [[techno]].
*Strong Bad mentions that there is a camera [[all up on|all up in]] the safe.
*Strong Bad mentions that his [[parents|grandma]] used to air her whoozit out.
*Strong Bad imagines a [[note to self]].

===Real-World References===
*The background art, particularly the clouds at the end of the game, are very reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Day of the Tentacle|Day of the Tentacle]] and various adventure games by [[Wikipedia:LucasArts Entertainment|LucasArts Entertainment]].
*When using the phone, Strong Bad says "We're sending help immediately, Mrs. Fletcher!", a reference to the famous [[Wikipedia:I've fallen and I can't get up!|LifeCall commercial]].
*The loading screen says "Loading from Drive 8. Insert Disk 5." is a reference to Monkey Island, in a part in which that text appears to scare the players, causing many to call LucasArts, even though it was a joke.
*At the start, the Videlectrix logo has sparkles similar to the Lucasarts logo in [[Wikipedia:The Secret Of Monkey Island|The Secret Of Monkey Island]] by Lucasarts and [[Wikipedia:Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)|Leisure Suit Larry 2]] by Sierra.
*The scene with Dangeresque and Renaldo bursting into the room is similar to the intro sequence from [[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Hit The Road|Sam & Max Hit The Road]].
**The music within the game is also similar to that of Sam & Max Hit The Road.
*Strong Bad going to jail is a reference to Game Over sequences in Sierra adventure games, this was previously parodied in the [[Wikipedia:Monkey Island Series|Monkey Island]] series.
**The Game Over screen also has some resemblance to the game over screen in [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2]]... or does it?
**The van in which Strong Bad is transported looks very much like the van used for the same purpose in [[Wikipedia:Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?|Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?]]
*A [[Wikipedia: Stairmaster|Stairmaster]] is a piece of exercise equipment.
*Taking a "proverbial bite out of proverbial crime" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:McGruff the Crime Dog|McGruff the Crime Dog]].
*The detective that can't leave his own office is the initial driver of the community-driven webcomic [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4''Problem Sleuth''].
*When using the eyeball on Strong Bad, he occasionally says "Who's the expensive action star with the cheapest costume ever-DANGERESQUE! Ooh, you dang right." This is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Isaac Hayes|Isaac Hayes]]' [[Wikipedia:Theme from Shaft|theme song]] from the movie [[Wikipedia:Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]].

==See Also==
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque Walkthrough]]
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque Responses]]

==External Links==
*[[HR:dangeresque.html|play "Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque"]]
*[[HR:dangeresque.swf|view the Flash file for "Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque"]]
*[[Forum:14903|forum thread re: "Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque"]]

{{Dangeresque}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category: Strong Bad Filmography]] [[Category: Coach Z Filmography]]

haircut

The Atomic Punk — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:57:20 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|103}}
[[Image:haircut01.png|thumb|"I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!"]]

Strong Bad gives advice to a Deutschlander on cool "haircuts."

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Ready For Primetime]], {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Badman}} (Easter egg), [[Strong Badman Characters#Deutschman|Deutschman]] (Easter egg), [[Larry Palaroncini]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Marzipan's Gazebo]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] (Easter egg), [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 3, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:59

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, if I had a nickel for every email I get, I would throw them at people in the food court. From that railing, like up above.

''{Starts reading with "Da da da—"}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Dude, who cuts your hair? It's 
sooo coull. I can't decide what to 
do with mine, any suggestions? 
 
Harry Earlenmacherg 
Düsseldorf</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "coull" just like it is spelled, and in place of "Earlenmacherg," he says "ergonomics."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I got no hair, Düsseldörke, so I'm gonna have to reach on this one. Now who's got hair around here?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan by the gazebo. Strong Bad is holding scissors.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{angrily}'' You gotta be kidding me.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Poopsmith in the field. The Poopsmith points to one of his hairs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Never mind.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan by the gazebo again.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I'm growing it out for charity.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The King of Town by the castle.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Nobody touches the ''{popping his crown up}'' 'stache!

''{Cut to a close up of Homestar. He's got an angry look on his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' N O spells no!

''{Fade back to show that Homestar is off by himself, talking to no one, while Strong Bad and the King of Town are in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I didn't even ask you, baldy!

''{Homestar looks shocked. Cut to Strong Bad and Marzipan by the gazebo again.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This is a weave.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, ''{typing}'' Sorry Ger-man. Looks like I can't practice my barber wizardry, or barbzerdry as I call it, on anybody around here. So, I guess you're on your own. I ghe—

''{Widen to show Strong Mad standing next to Strong Bad. Strong Mad is holding a cardboard box.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' MAKE IT DANCE! MAKE IT PRANCE!!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I'll make that cardboard box dance and prance later, big guy. I'm in the middle of. . .

''{Zoom in on Strong Mad's eyebrows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah ha! Pay dirt!

''{A camera flash goes off and the screen goes white. Fade back to Strong Bad at the Compy. An instant camera type photo of Strong Mad is taped to the Compy. It develops as Strong Bad talks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, now that I have Strong Mad's image. . . um. . . scanned in to the computer, I'll use my cutting-art, state of the edge technology to simulate different hairstyles. On his eyebrows. I'll just get out my "LIGHT PEN" here.

''{Strong Bad's hand comes up. He has a dry-erase marker and starts to draw on the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First, for the Strong Mad who's out on the prowl, no woman can resist the distinguished grace of what I like to call: The "Gentleman Caller."

''{Strong Bad draws gentleman-like eyebrows. "Gentleman Caller" flashes on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or. . .

''{Strong Bad wipes the picture clean. We zoom in a bit on the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Experience the lightning brows of "Jagged Metal."

''{Strong Bad draws lightning-shaped eyebrows. "Jagged Metal" flashes on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and he's definitely gonna need a guitar.

''{Draws a guitar. It ends up in the middle of Strong Mad's face.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're not eating it! You're shredding some hot licks. . . with your teeth.

''{Strong Bad makes a guitar noise as he draws a whammy bar on the guitar. He then wipes the picture clean.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or experience the urban flavor of: "Hammer Pants."

''{He draws some funky eyebrows with a fade and adds a comic balloon pointing to Strong Mad's mouth that says "proper!" He then wipes the picture clean.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And for the Strong Mad who's not so concerned with attracting ladies: "Big Ol' Eyebrows."

''{He draws some large rectangular eyebrows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I should probably go ahead and give him a couple missing teeth. . .

''{He blackens Strong Mad's upper-right central incisor and upper-left cuspid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Acne. . .

''{He draws spots on Strong Mad's face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' One of them butt chins.

''{He draws a cleft.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There we go. One hundred and ten percent lady-proof.

''{He wipes the picture clean. He then draws a dog and a cat for eyebrows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "A Dog and Also a Cat Shaped Eyebrows."

''{"A Dog and Also a Cat Shaped Eyebrows" flashes on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And a couple of muskrat.

''{He adds two muskrats. He then wipes the picture clean.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't forget: the "Ready for Primetime."

''{He draws a weird-looking character over Strong Mad's face. "Ready for Primetime" flashes on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Which I admit I got a little carried away with.

'''STRONG MAD:''' SWEETIE CAKES! SWEETIE CAKES!!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sweetie cakes? What are you ta— O-oh, yeah I guess it does look a little bit like one of them "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes" guys.

''{He draws an "[[Eh! Steve!]]"-esque character.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Eh! Greg!

''{He wipes the picture clean.}''

''{Strong Bad takes the picture down and starts typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So that gives you a lot to choose from, Deutschman. I think you could easily apply all my eyebrow style to your ''{pauses}'' headbrow style. So good luck witchasself. I have to go use my "LIGHT PEN" on napping Strong Sad. Prreeow.

''{Strong Bad gets up and [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Deutschman.PNG|thumb|Sufferin' Schnitzels It's...DEUTSCHMAN!]]
*Click on "[[Strong Bad's School Of Barbzerdry|Barbzerdry]]" to see a piece of parchment about this obscure trade.
*At the end, click on "Deutschman" to see a [[Strong Badman]] comic book.
<blockquote>Cheap as Free Comics 
The Total Adventures of STRONG BADMAN 
Sufferin' Schnitzels It's...DEUTSCHMAN!</blockquote>
*At the end, click on "eyebrow style" to see Strong Bad make the box dance.
:''{Cut to the basement. Strong Bad is behind the couch, holding up the cardboard box. We can see Strong Mad standing in the foreground watching.}''
:'''STRONG BAD''': ''{singing as he moves the box around}'' Doo dit doo doo! It's tough being a box! But I'm livin' it up! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit do! Box!
:'''STRONG MAD''': HOORAY FOR BOX!
:*While Strong Bad is singing, you can click on the [[Limozeen]] poster in the top-right corner to hear Limozeen's version of the song. (It will play at the end of the Easter egg.)
:'''LIMOZEEN SINGERS''': Doo dit doo doo! It's tough being a box! But I'm livin' it up! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit do! Box!
*At the end, click on "napping Strong Sad" to see how Strong Bad used the "light pen" on Strong Sad.
:''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is laying in bed asleep. A funny face has been drawn on him with the "light pen".}''
:'''STRONG SAD''': ''{murmuring in his sleep}'' Jokey Smurf... Brainy... Brainy Smurf... that Carpenter Smurf...Oh, watch out Julian Sands!

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#tengen classix|tengen classix]]".

===Remarks===
*"Barbzerdry" is a [[portmanteau]].
*The cardboard box has "GLUTEMATES (BOX OF 6)" very faintly printed on it.
*Strong Bad's [[Fine Tip Permanent Marker|"permanent" marker]] apparently isn't permanent at all, although permanent markers frequently rub off smooth surfaces, such as the Polaroid picture of Strong Mad.
**A few times, he does not wipe all of the Polaroid, yet all the marker is erased.
*Strong Bad can [[Wikipedia:Germanic umlaut|umlaut]] his U's and O's unusually quickly. Normally, when one needs to change the language on their keyboard, they use special keyboard shortcuts.
**Also, he mispronounces his umlauted "U"s and "O"s.
*The "Gentleman Caller" bears a striking resemblance to [[Old Timey Strong Bad]]'s mustache and hair.
*The font for the Deutschman comic book logo is the same as the one used for the words that flash on-screen when Homestar says Neva-Die in the e-mail [[car]].
*There are no words in the English language that begin with "ghe" that fit the context of what Strong Bad is typing when he is interrupted.
*Strong Bad says he has no hair, yet in the following email [[theme park]] we see he at least has the ability to grow a (very thin) mustache.
*The guitar that [[Strong Bad]] draws on [[Strong Mad]]'s picture is a [[Gibson Flying V|Flying V]].
**It also appears to be a bass, based on the number of strings Strong Bad draws on it. Strong Mad is shown to be a capable bass player in [[Cool Tapes]], [[Weclome Back]], and [[Baddest of the Bands]].

===Goofs===
*In the Easter Egg containing Strong Bad singing the box song his arms are much longer than normal.
*When Strong Bad is drawing on Strong Mad's picture in the close up, the Compy is much brighter than usual.
*You can click on "napping Strong Sad" through the Strong Badman comic.


===Inside References===
*The Deutschman comic book is published by [[Cheap as Free]]. The comic is a reference to [[superhero name]]. [[The Cheat]] appears on it in a cape and mask—another reference to "superhero name."
*"[[Preeeeow]]" was first used to describe the noise that The Paper makes in [[autobiography]].
*Strong Mad asks Strong Bad to make the box dance and [[Prancing|prance]].
*Strong Sad's muttering about the Smurfs in his sleep could be a reference to Strong Bad's own [[Couch Mumbling]].

===Real-World References===
*In the "napping Strong Sad" Easter egg, Strong Sad says the names of [[Wikipedia:Jokey Smurf|Jokey Smurf]] and [[Wikipedia:Brainy Smurf|Brainy Smurf]] from the animated television series ''[[Wikipedia:The Smurfs|The Smurfs]]''. (When Strong Sad mentions "that Carpenter Smurf", he is probably referring to [[Wikipedia:Handy Smurf|Handy Smurf]].)
*[[Wikipedia:Julian Sands|Julian Sands]] is a British horror film actor.
*When Strong Bad draws the guitar on "jagged metal" Strong Bad says that Strong Mad is playing the guitar with his teeth, he is referencing [[Wikipedia:Jimi Hendrix|Jimi Hendrix]], who gained notoriety playing "[[Wikipedia:Wild Thing|Wild Thing]]" with his teeth at the [[Wikipedia:Woodstock Festival|Woodstock Music Festival]] in 1969.
*"Ready for Primetime" may refer to "The Not Ready For Primetime Players," the name of the original cast of [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]].
*When you zoom in on the comic book Easter egg where there is a picture of The Cheat, the price reads "$1.25". Below that, it reads in a smaller font "$8.00 CAN." This is probably a reference to the difference in value between U.S. and Canadian dollars (though it isn't nor has it ever been that big). This comic book is modeled after Marvel Comics of the mid-to-late '90s.
**On the comic book, "Sufferin' Schnitzels It's...Deutschman!!" is a reference to Robin from [[Batman]]. He often used cheesy phrases fraught with alliteration.
*Hammer Pants is a nickname given to the [[Wikipedia:Parachute Pants|parachute pants]] worn by rapper [[Wikipedia:MC Hammer|MC Hammer]] in the early '90s.
*Hammer Pants's eyebrow style was frequently seen on early '90s hip-hop stars, most notably [[Wikipedia:Vanilla Ice|Vanilla Ice]].
*The barbzerdry parchment references a grade-school rhyme about cutting in line: "No cuts, no butts, no coconuts."
*"Deutsch" (pronounced "doytch") is [[German]] for "German" (the nationality or the language). A male German is called a "Deutscher".
*The LIGHT PEN mentioned by Strong Bad was an accessory for a vector-graphics video game system known as the [[Wikipedia:Vectrex|Vectrex]].
*When Marzipan talks about growing her hair out for charity, she is referring to organizations such as Locks of Love, which lets people grow their hair long and then donate it after it is cut, so that it can be made into wigs for ill people who have lost their hair.

===Fast Forward===
*The "[[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes|Sweetie Cakes]]" character Strong Bad inadvertently creates in this email, Ready For Primetime, appears later in [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] and [[mini-golf]].
*The scissors that Strong Bad uses are the same ones as the "snip-snipperrooskies" Marzipan uses in [[lady fan]].
*In [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], Marzipan doesn't allow Strong Bad to cut her hair.

== DVD Version ==
*The music during Strong Bad's hair-search scene ends early.
*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]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Jonathan Howe]])

'''RYAN:''' This is Matt Chapman here.

'''MATT:''' This is Ryan.

'''JON:''' And I don't have anyone else to pretend to be, so I'm Jon.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Uh no, look, this is Matt.

'''RYAN:''' This is Ryan, Jonny.

'''MATT:''' What do you guys think of this? Do you really think this is from a dude in Germany? It sounds like from a German, actually, even.

'''RYAN:''' Wasn't ''Düsseldorf'' John Denver's real last name?

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

'''RYAN:''' John ''Düsseldorf''.

'''MATT:''' Nice.

'''RYAN:''' Switched it to Denver—

''{Matt laughs}''

'''RYAN:''' for his folky songs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, exactly. Figured that sounded...

'''RYAN:''' more American.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, definitely.

'''RYAN:''' I like the blurry backgrounds.

'''MATT:''' You do that? You like that? The rack focus, sorta?

'''RYAN:''' I do.

'''MATT:''' Well I guess we're not rack focusing, but—

'''RYAN:''' You ''do'' do that sometimes.

'''MATT:''' Sometimes we do that. We do have—

'''JON:''' Does Homestar have hair?

'''MATT:''' Ha—hair?

'''JON:''' Hair.

'''MATT:''' No, see, he called him "baldy". That's sort of a joke.

'''RYAN:''' Marzipan has some blonde hair.

'''MATT:''' She does. She's mostly bald on top. She has a very receded hair line.

'''RYAN:''' I wanna— I wanna Easter egg right there on the word "wizardry" which shows that screenshot from—

'''JON:''' We got it. Check the alternate angle.

'''MATT:''' There's barbzerdry

'''RYAN:''' ''{laughing}'' Barbzerdry.

'''JON:''' That's a card.

'''MATT:''' That shows his, uh, card.

'''JON:''' I'm just, totally...wait, no. I mean like the game "Wizardry". Remember the game?

'''MATT:''' Oh, oh. Gotcha, sorry.

'''RYAN:''' I like your Polaroid...fading in. That's a good—

'''MATT:''' Thanks. It looks pretty good. I think Mike did that. I think this might have been one that Mike— I was out of town again and Mike ended up finishing. But, hey, I record ''all'' the voices, you guys.

'''RYAN:''' Not lately, man. I mean, [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] is a central figure on the site now.

'''MATT:''' Not really. He still hasn't appeared on the site, actually.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, he's very important. ''{laughs}'' Um, I like how you guys rub off sharpie from the Polaroid—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it works. You've never done that? It works like dry-erase.

''{All three laugh in turn}''

'''MATT:''' Totally.

'''JON:''' Polaroids are actually a great dry-erase surface. I don't know if you know that.

'''MATT:''' If you're using a dry-erase marker it probably would work, but not the sharpie.

'''JON:''' Not the permanent... See, we're just setting up the—later on, he's gonna have a tough time rubbing off paint pen.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's sorta—

'''RYAN:''' That's great ''{laughs}''

'''JON:''' —was a good—

'''RYAN:''' Favorite hair style thus far?

'''JON:''' Yeah, you're starting to lose me on, yeah, the chin.

'''MATT:''' What? You don't like this one?

'''JON:''' I was, "you had me at", you had me at—

'''RYAN:''' You had me at chin strap. This is one of my favorites, though.

''{Matt and Jon laugh}''

'''RYAN:''' I think it's pretty hilarious. That, that got me the first time.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''RYAN:''' It did.

'''MATT:''' You made it laugh.

'''JON:''' It takes a lot to make Ryan laugh.

'''MATT:''' A chuckle laugh?

'''RYAN:''' I am not a laugher. Is that "Ready—"? That's the name of—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I mean, we've never— It's never been referred to, but I would imagine—

'''RYAN:''' His name is "Ready For Primetime?"

'''MATT:''' —that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Universe's name is "Ready For Primetime".

'''RYAN:''' You made the poster, see.

'''MATT:''' ''{character voice}'' Ready For Primetime, you and Eh! Steve are in cahoots!

'''MATT:''' ''{returns to normal voice}'' That sort of thing?

'''RYAN:''' It's good, it's good.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

'''RYAN:''' ''{laughing}'' Did you spell "Deutschman" right?

'''MATT:''' I think so. I think that's "Deutsch", correct? And with "man" added in.

'''RYAN:''' Deutschmarks.

'''MATT:''' Sounds like a pretzel. Sounds like a type of pretzel. That's all.

'''RYAN:''' Wait. There's one.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:John Denver|John Denver]]'s real name was Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., not ''Düsseldorf''.
*Shark-Tooth Bubs finally makes a speaking appearance on the site on [[Main Page 25]], three years and one month since the release of the DVD this commentary was recorded on.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|103|10}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Limozeen Filmography]]
[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

New Boots

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:05:30 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Powered by The Cheat|newboots|mile (Powered by The Cheat)|Rap Song}}
[[Image:newboots02.png|thumb|right|220px|"Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on!"]]

'''Powered by The Cheat'''

The Cheat gets some "New Boots". Also includes a Coach Z music video, "Hip Hop Dance"!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Nebulon}}, [[Stripèd Green Rabbit]]

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

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 7, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:46

'''Page Title:''' Powered by The Cheat!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{This cartoon was created by The Cheat. Strong Bad is singing to himself, while dribbling a basketball with one hand and spinning a second basketball on his other hand. He is wearing purple boxing gloves and his head appears to be a picture of his store figurine. His pants are hiked up on one side so that his underwear shows on the other side. The Cheat enters wearing cowboy boots with dollar signs on each boot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on, where did you get them?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I see; a cute girl and an astronaut gave them to you.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, I'll go get you a patty melt.

''{He exits with his different body parts overcrossing. The basketball he was spinning remains in midair. A giant fist, maybe Strong Mad's, sends Homestar, who is missing a shoe, tumbling onscreen. The basketball Strong Bad had left behind finally falls to the ground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Dang The Cheat, I like your boots!

''{Homestar's cell phone rings in his shirt. He answers it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{on the cell}'' Thanks for calling me. The Cheat is wearing cool boots. Can I have my shoe back?

''{His missing shoe comes flying in and hits him in the face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''' ''{on the cell}:'' Thanks one million, talk to you later.

''{Strong Bad walks in, carrying a picnic basket, as Homestar puts the cell away. Strong Bad's arm briefly detaches from his body, then reattaches itself.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat I made your favorite, a picnic plate with wine and a baguette. ''{smiles and a "ding" sound is heard}'' Can I get you something else?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'll have some, soup.

''{Strong Bad's leg extends, snakes over The Cheat, and finally trips Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, get that man ''some'' soup.

''{The Cheat makes a noise and pours soup on Homestar's eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' OK! Hot soup is on my eye.

''{The Cheat jumps on Homestar's head and starts doing a dance. A hip-hop-style loop of vocal samples starts up out of nowhere.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh no! Now you're doing a hip-hop dance on my head!

'''COACH Z:''' ''{entering}'' Hey that's a good dance! ''{leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' High five, The Cheat!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{a short exclamation.}''

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat extend their hands into space, where they [[high five]]. The words, 'A very high-five' appear for a moment then disappear. An alien named Nebulon floats on screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes ''your'' style.

''{Nebulon frowns, and sulkily floats off screen. The "[[Sound Effects|Strong Mad in space]]" sound signifies his departure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' The Cheat, do you like Nebulon's style?

''{We see Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the scene in The Cheat's Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Purple boxing gloves?! Did you do any fact-checking before you turned this in? What if I did that to you? Oh yeah, The Cheat, he's a...stripèd, green rabbit! With two butts!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds angrily}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But you made my underwears showing! Everybody knows I don't wear underwears!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm...all right... You get an...iron cup. Full of Brunswick Stew. ''{places cup of stew on table}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds excitedly and pulls the cup over to his side of the table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But lemme tell ya's. With a little extra effort, it would have been a trophy full of ''Steak-umms.''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''(sad The Cheat noise (in an "Awww" pattern)}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Guy drops a couple of JPEGs in his cartoon and thinks he's like, the guy who draws The Lockhorns or something. Now that guy knows funny!

''{Fade to black, cut to Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance music video.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ladies all the time be asking me, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?" 
And I say, Ladies, ladies! 

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Oh yeah!) 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Cool time!)

The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, the Locomotive, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?"

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
C'mon... 
(Give me a chance to do a dance!) 
Gimme a chance! 

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Lockhorn Comic.PNG|thumb|"yer a bum!"]]
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad says "Oh yeah, The Cheat; he's a... striped green rabbit with two butts" to see a Powered by The Cheat rendering of such a rabbit.
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad mentions "the guy who draws The Lockhorns" to see The Cheat drawn in the style of the comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]''.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:patty melt|patty melt]] is a sandwich consisting of a hamburger patty, swiss cheese and sautéed onion between two slices of rye bread. The sandwich is grilled so that the cheese melts thoroughly and the outside becomes toasted to a crunchy golden brown.
*[[Wikipedia:Brunswick stew|Brunswick Stew]] is a genuine stew containing various beans, corn, and other vegetables, and one or more types of meat. Most recipes claiming authenticity call for squirrel or rabbit meat, but most contain only chicken, pork, and beef. For more information, you can visit [http://tourbrunswick.org/brunswick_stew.htm this site].

===Trivia===
*When this toon premiered, it was titled, "Powered by the Cheat". When the "Powered by the Cheat" option was added to the [[Toons]] menu, it was renamed, "New Boots".
*Strong Bad's head in this cartoon is a picture of a Strong Bad miniature figurine's head.

===Remarks===
*The sky background reverses when The Cheat first walks in.
*When The Cheat starts dancing on Homestar's face, his sprite [[Flipped Images|flips horizontally]], causing the dollar signs on his boots to appear backwards.
**When Strong Bad knocks Homestar over, The Cheat animates this by flipping Homestar horizontally before rotating him. Due to this, it appears that his sock-covered foot switches legs.
*There has actually been evidence of Strong Bad wearing [[underwear]] before, in the Strong Bad Email [[stand-up]]. There has since been further evidence in [[senior prom]], [[Main Page 24]] and [[nightlife]].
*In The Cheat's animation, Homestar Runner's tongue is visible when he talks, while in normal animations this does not happen; there is in fact no indication that Homestar even has a tongue (though his tongue can later be seen in [[hygiene]]).
*The animation also seems to show that Homestar does have shoes, and even wears socks under them. However, The Cheat's cartoons are often not true to reality (or at least to the "reality" of Free Country USA).
*The 3D Coach Z animation is actually 3D when viewed through 3D glasses.
*The Wanted sign where Coach Z is dancing appears to be on a wallpaper with flowers.
*[[Nebulon]]'s graffiti tag, NEB-1, appears briefly in the background.
*Coach Z is shown doing breakdancing moves in the video, including airchairs and windmills.
*Coach Z has his hat colors reversed during the whole video.
*In "step 3" of Coach Z's dance, his arms bend backwards.
*After The Cheat tells where he got the boots, for a brief moment Strong Bad has his natural rectangular mouth and a round mouth overlapping it when he says the "Oh" in "Oh, I see."
* Homestar's shoe would not cover all his sock, therefore he should have a sock sticking up on his shoe covered foot.

===Inside References===
*The part about pouring hot soup in Homestar's eyes is a reference to [[different town]] where Strong Bad initially thinks that's what the author of that email was asking him to do.
*The sound that plays when [[Nebulon]] leaves is the same as when Strong Mad is in space in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
*The "Unda-wears showing" line is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]].
*The picnic plate with wine and a baguette is an instance of [[alcohol]].
*The loading screen is similar to that of [[Tandy 400]]-era [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]].
*Coach Z reverts to his old-school ''pink'' The Cheat style during his lines "Cool time!" and "The Locomotive!"
*During Coach Z's video, there is a small 3-D clip similar to the Easter egg in [[stunt double]].
*The album title [[All up ons|The Z Is All Up Ins]] is a reference to Strong Bad's comment in [[suntan]] about the ladies being "all up ons."
*The rhythm for Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance was used earlier in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] as the door-knocking rhythm when Bubs arrives at the door.
*Although this is a Powered By The Cheat Strong Bad, this is another cartoon that has [[Strong Bad Smiling]].

===Real-World References===
*The Cheat's boots are possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] song "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled [[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World|record album]], there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon.
*"[http://www.steakumm.com/ Steak-umms]" are a brand of frozen strips of cooked beef that can be heated in a pan and put on sandwiches. They are frequently used in the creation of [[Wikipedia:Philly cheese steak|Philly cheese steaks]].
*''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]'' is a syndicated comic strip currently produced by Bunny Hoest (wife of creator Bill Hoest) and John Reiner.
*The small, pixelated Coach Z appears to be an edited ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' sprite.
*The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, and the Locomotive are all real [http://www.inthe80s.com/80sdance.shtml dances].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes your style!" is also used in the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]] when beating the end boss of Level 5. It is also referred to by Alien Marzipan in a [[narrator]] Easter egg, although she admits she's always admired his styles.
*"[[-èd|Stripèd]]" would later be used in [[highschool]], [[alternate universe]], [[That Time of Year]], and [[the paper]].
*The name of the album "The Z is All Up Ins" appears in the secret music video for [[These peoples try to fade me]] on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*The bump that shakes in Homestar's body is seen again in [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]].

== 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]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Get in here, Ryan, why don't you say hello to the guys here?

'''RYAN:''' Hi, guys! I'm here.

'''MATT:''' Look at The Cheat, Mike! The Cheat usually doesn't have feet, yet how is he wearing those buttes?

'''MIKE:''' And not only boots, but expensive boots, probably.

'''RYAN:''' Money.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The price tag is just, uh, embroidered in the boots themselves.

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad, umm... oh— Strong Bad never really expresses much athletic inclination, but in this email, he's twirling two— he's dribbling and twirling a basketball!

'''MIKE:''' He's ta— he's talented!

'''MATT:''' ''{sotto voce}'' And here he is!

'''MIKE:''' He doesn't smile very much, which he does in this cartoon, too!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's true. He's got quite a grin.

'''MIKE:''' Ah, "can I get you something else?" We've actually made a song... sampling. ''{as Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad}'' Can I get you something else? Can I get you something else? ''{Matt and/or Ryan starts dropping beats}'' Can I get, can I get, can I get, can I get you something else?

'''MATT:''' Oh, wait— ''{pause}'' That's another good song. The chip-chop dance.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as Coach Z}'' "Hey, that's a good dance!"

'''MATT:''' Hey Mike— so let's talk about how Mike does all the voices, Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' So, whenever we do commentary for Cheat cartoons, I just sit there and do the voices.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Do the voice of Nebulon.

'''MIKE:''' Bloodleeedleoodleedlee!

'''MATT:''' That's probably my favorite moment in any Homestar cartoon ever, is when Nebulon ages a thousand years when he's so sad. ''{pause}'' Ryan, what if he did that to you?

'''RYAN:''' I might be upset.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' What do you think of The Cheat's flash styles, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I think he's talented...

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

'''RYAN:''' And an artist.

'''MATT:''' A talented artist! What do you think of Brunswick stew, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' In a chalice?

'''MATT:''' Where do they have good Brunswick stew around here?

'''RYAN:''' Savannah, Georgia.

'''MATT:''' Ah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Sonny's has a pretty good Brunswick stew.

'''MATT:''' Does it?

'''RYAN:''' Riff store has it in a bread bowl.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah. A bread bool.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, yeah! Is that what they call the volcano?

'''RYAN:''' The volcano.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that is good.

'''RYAN:''' Oh!

'''MATT:''' Who forgot about this?

'''RYAN:''' I did! Look at those ladies! How c— how—

'''MIKE:''' Those ladies are way out of Coach Z's league, I think.

'''RYAN:''' That's the Roger Rabbit, clearly, and that— or is ''that'' the Roger Rabbit? Nah, he was doing— the first was the cabbage patch, sorry.

'''MIKE:''' ''{sotto voce}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Umm... there you go, see. He lets you know. ''{pause}'' Look at those luscious lips. I like those luscious lips.

'''MIKE:''' Coach Z's got 'em.

'''MATT:''' And there's Neb— Neb 1! My favorite graffiti artist!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I like the little Megaman Coach Z.

'''MATT:''' That's the second hip-hop video that The Cheat's made for Coach Z!

== See Also ==
*The [[Hip Hop Dance Visuals|visuals]] for the Hip Hop Dance video.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:newboots.html|watch "New Boots"]]
*[[HR:newboots.swf|view the Flash file for "New Boots"]]
*[[Forum:68|forum thread re: "New Boots"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

New Boots

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:02:04 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Powered by The Cheat|newboots|mile (Powered by The Cheat)|Rap Song}}
[[Image:newboots02.png|thumb|right|220px|"Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on!"]]

'''Powered by The Cheat'''

The Cheat gets some "New Boots". Also includes a Coach Z music video, "Hip Hop Dance"!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Nebulon}}, [[Stripèd Green Rabbit]]

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

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 7, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:46

'''Page Title:''' Powered by The Cheat!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{This cartoon was created by The Cheat. Strong Bad is singing to himself, while dribbling a basketball with one hand and spinning a second basketball on his other hand. He is wearing purple boxing gloves and his head appears to be a picture of his store figurine. His pants are hiked up on one side so that his underwear shows on the other side. The Cheat enters wearing cowboy boots with dollar signs on each boot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on, where did you get them?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I see; a cute girl and an astronaut gave them to you.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, I'll go get you a patty melt.

''{He exits with his different body parts overcrossing. The basketball he was spinning remains in midair. A giant fist, maybe Strong Mad's, sends Homestar, who is missing a shoe, tumbling onscreen. The basketball Strong Bad had left behind finally falls to the ground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Dang The Cheat, I like your boots!

''{Homestar's cell phone rings in his shirt. He answers it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{on the cell}'' Thanks for calling me. The Cheat is wearing cool boots. Can I have my shoe back?

''{His missing shoe comes flying in and hits him in the face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''' ''{on the cell}:'' Thanks one million, talk to you later.

''{Strong Bad walks in, carrying a picnic basket, as Homestar puts the cell away. Strong Bad's arm briefly detaches from his body, then reattaches itself.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat I made your favorite, a picnic plate with wine and a baguette. ''{smiles and a "ding" sound is heard}'' Can I get you something else?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'll have some, soup.

''{Strong Bad's leg extends, snakes over The Cheat, and finally trips Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, get that man ''some'' soup.

''{The Cheat makes a noise and pours soup on Homestar's eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' OK! Hot soup is on my eye.

''{The Cheat jumps on Homestar's head and starts doing a dance. A hip-hop-style loop of vocal samples starts up out of nowhere.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh no! Now you're doing a hip-hop dance on my head!

'''COACH Z:''' ''{entering}'' Hey that's a good dance! ''{leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' High five, The Cheat!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{a short exclamation.}''

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat extend their hands into space, where they [[high five]]. The words, 'A very high-five' appear for a moment then disappear. An alien named Nebulon floats on screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes ''your'' style.

''{Nebulon frowns, and sulkily floats off screen. The "[[Sound Effects|Strong Mad in space]]" sound signifies his departure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' The Cheat, do you like Nebulon's style?

''{We see Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the scene in The Cheat's Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Purple boxing gloves?! Did you do any fact-checking before you turned this in? What if I did that to you? Oh yeah, The Cheat, he's a...stripèd, green rabbit! With two butts!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds angrily}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But you made my underwears showing! Everybody knows I don't wear underwears!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm...all right... You get an...iron cup. Full of Brunswick Stew. ''{places cup of stew on table}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds excitedly and pulls the cup over to his side of the table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But lemme tell ya's. With a little extra effort, it would have been a trophy full of ''Steak-umms.''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''(sad The Cheat noise (in an "Awww" pattern)}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Guy drops a couple of JPEGs in his cartoon and thinks he's like, the guy who draws The Lockhorns or something. Now that guy knows funny!

''{Fade to black, cut to Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance music video.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ladies all the time be asking me, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?" 
And I say, Ladies, ladies! 

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Oh yeah!) 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Cool time!)

The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, the Locomotive, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?"

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
C'mon... 
(Give me a chance to do a dance!) 
Gimme a chance! 

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Lockhorn Comic.PNG|thumb|"yer a bum!"]]
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad says "Oh yeah, The Cheat; he's a... striped green rabbit with two butts" to see a Powered by The Cheat rendering of such a rabbit.
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad mentions "the guy who draws The Lockhorns" to see The Cheat drawn in the style of the comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]''.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:patty melt|patty melt]] is a sandwich consisting of a hamburger patty, swiss cheese and sautéed onion between two slices of rye bread. The sandwich is grilled so that the cheese melts thoroughly and the outside becomes toasted to a crunchy golden brown.
*[[Wikipedia:Brunswick stew|Brunswick Stew]] is a genuine stew containing various beans, corn, and other vegetables, and one or more types of meat. Most recipes claiming authenticity call for squirrel or rabbit meat, but most contain only chicken, pork, and beef. For more information, you can visit [http://tourbrunswick.org/brunswick_stew.htm this site].

===Trivia===
*When this toon premiered, it was titled, "Powered by the Cheat". When the "Powered by the Cheat" option was added to the [[Toons]] menu, it was renamed, "New Boots".
*Strong Bad's head in this cartoon is a picture of a Strong Bad miniature figurine's head.

===Remarks===
*The sky background reverses when The Cheat first walks in.
*When The Cheat starts dancing on Homestar's face, his sprite [[Flipped Images|flips horizontally]], causing the dollar signs on his boots to appear backwards.
**When Strong Bad knocks Homestar over, The Cheat animates this by flipping Homestar horizontally before rotating him. Due to this, it appears that his sock-covered foot switches legs.
*There has actually been evidence of Strong Bad wearing [[underwear]] before, in the Strong Bad Email [[stand-up]]. There has since been further evidence in [[senior prom]], [[Main Page 24]] and [[nightlife]].
*In The Cheat's animation, Homestar Runner's tongue is visible when he talks, while in normal animations this does not happen; there is in fact no indication that Homestar even has a tongue (though his tongue can later be seen in [[hygiene]]).
*The animation also seems to show that Homestar does have shoes, and even wears socks under them. However, The Cheat's cartoons are often not true to reality (or at least to the "reality" of Free Country USA).
*The 3D Coach Z animation is actually 3D when viewed through 3D glasses.
*The Wanted sign where Coach Z is dancing appears to be on a wallpaper with flowers.
*[[Nebulon]]'s graffiti tag, NEB-1, appears briefly in the background.
*Coach Z is shown doing breakdancing moves in the video, including airchairs and windmills.
*Coach Z has his hat colors reversed during the whole video.
*In "step 3" of Coach Z's dance, his arms bend backwards.
*After The Cheat tells where he got the boots, for a brief moment Strong Bad has his natural rectangular mouth and a round mouth overlapping it when he says the "Oh" in "Oh, I see."
* Homestar's shoe would not cover all his sock, therefore he should have a sock sticking up on his shoe covered foot.

===Inside References===
*The part about pouring hot soup in Homestar's eyes is a reference to [[different town]] where Strong Bad initially thinks that's what the author of that email was asking him to do.
*The sound that plays when [[Nebulon]] leaves is the same as when Strong Mad is in space in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
*The "Unda-wears showing" line is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]].
*The picnic plate with wine and a baguette is an instance of [[alcohol]].
*The loading screen is similar to that of [[Tandy 400]]-era [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]].
*Coach Z reverts to his old-school ''pink'' The Cheat style during his lines "Cool time!" and "The Locomotive!"
*During Coach Z's video, there is a small 3-D clip similar to the Easter egg in [[stunt double]].
*The album title [[All up ons|The Z Is All Up Ins]] is a reference to Strong Bad's comment in [[suntan]] about the ladies being "all up ons."
*The rhythm for Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance was used earlier in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] as the door-knocking rhythm when Bubs arrives at the door.
*Although this is a Powered By The Cheat Strong Bad, this is another cartoon that has [[Strong Bad Smiling]].

===Real-World References===
*The Cheat's boots are possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] song "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled [[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World|record album]], there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon.
*"[http://www.steakumm.com/ Steak-umms]" are a brand of frozen strips of cooked beef that can be heated in a pan and put on sandwiches. They are frequently used in the creation of [[Wikipedia:Philly cheese steak|Philly cheese steaks]].
*''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]'' is a syndicated comic strip currently produced by Bunny Hoest (wife of creator Bill Hoest) and John Reiner.
*The small, pixelated Coach Z appears to be an edited ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' sprite.
*The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, and the Locomotive are all real [http://www.inthe80s.com/80sdance.shtml dances].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes your style!" is also used in the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]] when beating the end boss of Level 5. It is also referred to by Alien Marzipan in a [[narrator]] Easter egg, although she admits she's always admired his styles.
*"[[-èd|Stripèd]]" would later be used in [[highschool]], [[alternate universe]], [[That Time of Year]], and [[the paper]].
*The name of the album "The Z is All Up Ins" appears in the secret music video for [[These peoples try to fade me]] on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].

== 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]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Get in here, Ryan, why don't you say hello to the guys here?

'''RYAN:''' Hi, guys! I'm here.

'''MATT:''' Look at The Cheat, Mike! The Cheat usually doesn't have feet, yet how is he wearing those buttes?

'''MIKE:''' And not only boots, but expensive boots, probably.

'''RYAN:''' Money.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The price tag is just, uh, embroidered in the boots themselves.

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad, umm... oh— Strong Bad never really expresses much athletic inclination, but in this email, he's twirling two— he's dribbling and twirling a basketball!

'''MIKE:''' He's ta— he's talented!

'''MATT:''' ''{sotto voce}'' And here he is!

'''MIKE:''' He doesn't smile very much, which he does in this cartoon, too!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's true. He's got quite a grin.

'''MIKE:''' Ah, "can I get you something else?" We've actually made a song... sampling. ''{as Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad}'' Can I get you something else? Can I get you something else? ''{Matt and/or Ryan starts dropping beats}'' Can I get, can I get, can I get, can I get you something else?

'''MATT:''' Oh, wait— ''{pause}'' That's another good song. The chip-chop dance.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as Coach Z}'' "Hey, that's a good dance!"

'''MATT:''' Hey Mike— so let's talk about how Mike does all the voices, Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' So, whenever we do commentary for Cheat cartoons, I just sit there and do the voices.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Do the voice of Nebulon.

'''MIKE:''' Bloodleeedleoodleedlee!

'''MATT:''' That's probably my favorite moment in any Homestar cartoon ever, is when Nebulon ages a thousand years when he's so sad. ''{pause}'' Ryan, what if he did that to you?

'''RYAN:''' I might be upset.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' What do you think of The Cheat's flash styles, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I think he's talented...

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

'''RYAN:''' And an artist.

'''MATT:''' A talented artist! What do you think of Brunswick stew, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' In a chalice?

'''MATT:''' Where do they have good Brunswick stew around here?

'''RYAN:''' Savannah, Georgia.

'''MATT:''' Ah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Sonny's has a pretty good Brunswick stew.

'''MATT:''' Does it?

'''RYAN:''' Riff store has it in a bread bowl.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah. A bread bool.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, yeah! Is that what they call the volcano?

'''RYAN:''' The volcano.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that is good.

'''RYAN:''' Oh!

'''MATT:''' Who forgot about this?

'''RYAN:''' I did! Look at those ladies! How c— how—

'''MIKE:''' Those ladies are way out of Coach Z's league, I think.

'''RYAN:''' That's the Roger Rabbit, clearly, and that— or is ''that'' the Roger Rabbit? Nah, he was doing— the first was the cabbage patch, sorry.

'''MIKE:''' ''{sotto voce}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Umm... there you go, see. He lets you know. ''{pause}'' Look at those luscious lips. I like those luscious lips.

'''MIKE:''' Coach Z's got 'em.

'''MATT:''' And there's Neb— Neb 1! My favorite graffiti artist!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I like the little Megaman Coach Z.

'''MATT:''' That's the second hip-hop video that The Cheat's made for Coach Z!

== See Also ==
*The [[Hip Hop Dance Visuals|visuals]] for the Hip Hop Dance video.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:newboots.html|watch "New Boots"]]
*[[HR:newboots.swf|view the Flash file for "New Boots"]]
*[[Forum:68|forum thread re: "New Boots"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

New Boots

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:01:41 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Powered by The Cheat|newboots|mile (Powered by The Cheat)|Rap Song}}
[[Image:newboots02.png|thumb|right|220px|"Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on!"]]

'''Powered by The Cheat'''

The Cheat gets some "New Boots". Also includes a Coach Z music video, "Hip Hop Dance"!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Nebulon}}, [[Stripèd Green Rabbit]]

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

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 7, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:46

'''Page Title:''' Powered by The Cheat!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{This cartoon was created by The Cheat. Strong Bad is singing to himself, while dribbling a basketball with one hand and spinning a second basketball on his other hand. He is wearing purple boxing gloves and his head appears to be a picture of his store figurine. His pants are hiked up on one side so that his underwear shows on the other side. The Cheat enters wearing cowboy boots with dollar signs on each boot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, The Cheat! I can't believe what cool boots you have on, where did you get them?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I see; a cute girl and an astronaut gave them to you.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, I'll go get you a patty melt.

''{He exits with his different body parts overcrossing. The basketball he was spinning remains in midair. A giant fist, maybe Strong Mad's, sends Homestar, who is missing a shoe, tumbling onscreen. The basketball Strong Bad had left behind finally falls to the ground.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Dang The Cheat, I like your boots!

''{Homestar's cell phone rings in his shirt. He answers it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{on the cell}'' Thanks for calling me. The Cheat is wearing cool boots. Can I have my shoe back?

''{His missing shoe comes flying in and hits him in the face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''' ''{on the cell}:'' Thanks one million, talk to you later.

''{Strong Bad walks in, carrying a picnic basket, as Homestar puts the cell away. Strong Bad's arm briefly detaches from his body, then reattaches itself.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat I made your favorite, a picnic plate with wine and a baguette. ''{smiles and a "ding" sound is heard}'' Can I get you something else?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'll have some, soup.

''{Strong Bad's leg extends, snakes over The Cheat, and finally trips Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, get that man ''some'' soup.

''{The Cheat makes a noise and pours soup on Homestar's eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' OK! Hot soup is on my eye.

''{The Cheat jumps on Homestar's head and starts doing a dance. A hip-hop-style loop of vocal samples starts up out of nowhere.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh no! Now you're doing a hip-hop dance on my head!

'''COACH Z:''' ''{entering}'' Hey that's a good dance! ''{leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' High five, The Cheat!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{a short exclamation.}''

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat extend their hands into space, where they [[high five]]. The words, 'A very high-five' appear for a moment then disappear. An alien named Nebulon floats on screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes ''your'' style.

''{Nebulon frowns, and sulkily floats off screen. The "[[Sound Effects|Strong Mad in space]]" sound signifies his departure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Talking through his hand}'' The Cheat, do you like Nebulon's style?

''{We see Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the scene in The Cheat's Computer Room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Purple boxing gloves?! Did you do any fact-checking before you turned this in? What if I did that to you? Oh yeah, The Cheat, he's a...stripèd, green rabbit! With two butts!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds angrily}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But you made my underwears showing! Everybody knows I don't wear underwears!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm...all right... You get an...iron cup. Full of Brunswick Stew. ''{places cup of stew on table}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{responds excitedly and pulls the cup over to his side of the table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But lemme tell ya's. With a little extra effort, it would have been a trophy full of ''Steak-umms.''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''(sad The Cheat noise (in an "Awww" pattern)}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Guy drops a couple of JPEGs in his cartoon and thinks he's like, the guy who draws The Lockhorns or something. Now that guy knows funny!

''{Fade to black, cut to Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance music video.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ladies all the time be asking me, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?" 
And I say, Ladies, ladies! 

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Oh yeah!) 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! (Cool time!)

The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, the Locomotive, 
"Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?"

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop... dance 
Give me a chance to do a dance! 
Give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance 
C'mon... 
(Give me a chance to do a dance!) 
Gimme a chance! 

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Lockhorn Comic.PNG|thumb|"yer a bum!"]]
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad says "Oh yeah, The Cheat; he's a... striped green rabbit with two butts" to see a Powered by The Cheat rendering of such a rabbit.
*Click on The Cheat's computer screen when Strong Bad mentions "the guy who draws The Lockhorns" to see The Cheat drawn in the style of the comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]''.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:patty melt|patty melt]] is a sandwich consisting of a hamburger patty, swiss cheese and sautéed onion between two slices of rye bread. The sandwich is grilled so that the cheese melts thoroughly and the outside becomes toasted to a crunchy golden brown.
*[[Wikipedia:Brunswick stew|Brunswick Stew]] is a genuine stew containing various beans, corn, and other vegetables, and one or more types of meat. Most recipes claiming authenticity call for squirrel or rabbit meat, but most contain only chicken, pork, and beef. For more information, you can visit [http://tourbrunswick.org/brunswick_stew.htm this site].

===Trivia===
*When this toon premiered, it was titled, "Powered by the Cheat". When the "Powered by the Cheat" option was added to the [[Toons]] menu, it was renamed, "New Boots".
*Strong Bad's head in this cartoon is a picture of a Strong Bad miniature figurine's head.

===Remarks===
*The sky background reverses when The Cheat first walks in.
*When The Cheat starts dancing on Homestar's face, his sprite [[Flipped Images|flips horizontally]], causing the dollar signs on his boots to appear backwards.
**When Strong Bad knocks Homestar over, The Cheat animates this by flipping Homestar horizontally before rotating him. Due to this, it appears that his sock-covered foot switches legs.
*There has actually been evidence of Strong Bad wearing [[underwear]] before, in the Strong Bad Email [[stand-up]]. There has since been further evidence in [[senior prom]], [[Main Page 24]] and [[nightlife]].
*In The Cheat's animation, Homestar Runner's tongue is visible when he talks, while in normal animations this does not happen; there is in fact no indication that Homestar even has a tongue (though his tongue can later be seen in [[hygiene]]).
*The animation also seems to show that Homestar does have shoes, and even wears socks under them. However, The Cheat's cartoons are often not true to reality (or at least to the "reality" of Free Country USA).
*The 3D Coach Z animation is actually 3D when viewed through 3D glasses.
*The Wanted sign where Coach Z is dancing appears to be on a wallpaper with flowers.
*[[Nebulon]]'s graffiti tag, NEB-1, appears briefly in the background.
*Coach Z is shown doing breakdancing moves in the video, including airchairs and windmills.
*Coach Z has his hat colors reversed during the whole video.
*In "step 3" of Coach Z's dance, his arms bend backwards.
*After The Cheat tells where he got the boots, for a brief moment Strong Bad has his natural rectangular mouth and a round mouth overlapping it when he says the "Oh" in "Oh, I see."
* Homestar's shoe would not cover all his sock, therefore he should have a sock sticking up on his shoe covered foot.

===Inside References===
*The part about pouring hot soup in Homestar's eyes is a reference to [[different town]] where Strong Bad initially thinks that's what the author of that email was asking him to do.
*The sound that plays when [[Nebulon]] leaves is the same as when Strong Mad is in space in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
*The "Unda-wears showing" line is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]].
*The picnic plate with wine and a baguette is an instance of [[alcohol]].
*The loading screen is similar to that of [[Tandy 400]]-era [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]].
*Coach Z reverts to his old-school ''pink'' The Cheat style during his lines "Cool time!" and "The Locomotive!"
*During Coach Z's video, there is a small 3-D clip similar to the Easter egg in [[stunt double]].
*The album title [[All up ons|The Z Is All Up Ins]] is a reference to Strong Bad's comment in [[suntan]] about the ladies being "all up ons."
*The rhythm for Coach Z's Hip Hop Dance was used earlier in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] as the door-knocking rhythm when Bubs arrives at the door.
*Although this is a Powered By The Cheat Strong Bad, this is another cartoon that has [[Strong Bad Smiling]]

===Real-World References===
*The Cheat's boots are possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] song "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled [[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World|record album]], there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon.
*"[http://www.steakumm.com/ Steak-umms]" are a brand of frozen strips of cooked beef that can be heated in a pan and put on sandwiches. They are frequently used in the creation of [[Wikipedia:Philly cheese steak|Philly cheese steaks]].
*''[[Wikipedia:The Lockhorns|The Lockhorns]]'' is a syndicated comic strip currently produced by Bunny Hoest (wife of creator Bill Hoest) and John Reiner.
*The small, pixelated Coach Z appears to be an edited ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' sprite.
*The Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, and the Locomotive are all real [http://www.inthe80s.com/80sdance.shtml dances].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "Get out of here, Nebulon! No one likes your style!" is also used in the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]] when beating the end boss of Level 5. It is also referred to by Alien Marzipan in a [[narrator]] Easter egg, although she admits she's always admired his styles.
*"[[-èd|Stripèd]]" would later be used in [[highschool]], [[alternate universe]], [[That Time of Year]], and [[the paper]].
*The name of the album "The Z is All Up Ins" appears in the secret music video for [[These peoples try to fade me]] on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].

== 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]], [[Ryan Sterritt]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Get in here, Ryan, why don't you say hello to the guys here?

'''RYAN:''' Hi, guys! I'm here.

'''MATT:''' Look at The Cheat, Mike! The Cheat usually doesn't have feet, yet how is he wearing those buttes?

'''MIKE:''' And not only boots, but expensive boots, probably.

'''RYAN:''' Money.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' The price tag is just, uh, embroidered in the boots themselves.

'''MATT:''' Strong Bad, umm... oh— Strong Bad never really expresses much athletic inclination, but in this email, he's twirling two— he's dribbling and twirling a basketball!

'''MIKE:''' He's ta— he's talented!

'''MATT:''' ''{sotto voce}'' And here he is!

'''MIKE:''' He doesn't smile very much, which he does in this cartoon, too!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's true. He's got quite a grin.

'''MIKE:''' Ah, "can I get you something else?" We've actually made a song... sampling. ''{as Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad}'' Can I get you something else? Can I get you something else? ''{Matt and/or Ryan starts dropping beats}'' Can I get, can I get, can I get, can I get you something else?

'''MATT:''' Oh, wait— ''{pause}'' That's another good song. The chip-chop dance.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as Coach Z}'' "Hey, that's a good dance!"

'''MATT:''' Hey Mike— so let's talk about how Mike does all the voices, Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' So, whenever we do commentary for Cheat cartoons, I just sit there and do the voices.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Do the voice of Nebulon.

'''MIKE:''' Bloodleeedleoodleedlee!

'''MATT:''' That's probably my favorite moment in any Homestar cartoon ever, is when Nebulon ages a thousand years when he's so sad. ''{pause}'' Ryan, what if he did that to you?

'''RYAN:''' I might be upset.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' What do you think of The Cheat's flash styles, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I think he's talented...

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

'''RYAN:''' And an artist.

'''MATT:''' A talented artist! What do you think of Brunswick stew, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' In a chalice?

'''MATT:''' Where do they have good Brunswick stew around here?

'''RYAN:''' Savannah, Georgia.

'''MATT:''' Ah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Sonny's has a pretty good Brunswick stew.

'''MATT:''' Does it?

'''RYAN:''' Riff store has it in a bread bowl.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah. A bread bool.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh, yeah! Is that what they call the volcano?

'''RYAN:''' The volcano.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that is good.

'''RYAN:''' Oh!

'''MATT:''' Who forgot about this?

'''RYAN:''' I did! Look at those ladies! How c— how—

'''MIKE:''' Those ladies are way out of Coach Z's league, I think.

'''RYAN:''' That's the Roger Rabbit, clearly, and that— or is ''that'' the Roger Rabbit? Nah, he was doing— the first was the cabbage patch, sorry.

'''MIKE:''' ''{sotto voce}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Umm... there you go, see. He lets you know. ''{pause}'' Look at those luscious lips. I like those luscious lips.

'''MIKE:''' Coach Z's got 'em.

'''MATT:''' And there's Neb— Neb 1! My favorite graffiti artist!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I like the little Megaman Coach Z.

'''MATT:''' That's the second hip-hop video that The Cheat's made for Coach Z!

== See Also ==
*The [[Hip Hop Dance Visuals|visuals]] for the Hip Hop Dance video.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:newboots.html|watch "New Boots"]]
*[[HR:newboots.swf|view the Flash file for "New Boots"]]
*[[Forum:68|forum thread re: "New Boots"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

death metal

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:49:31 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|141}}
[[Image:Sbemail141.PNG|thumb|"...and let the evil flow forth."]]

Strong Bad instructs viewers on how to make an awesome [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]] song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]], [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|What's Her Face}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Cheerleader}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#No "i" in team boy|No "i" in team boy]] (Easter Egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Trolls|A Troll]] (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 16, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:48

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, ah ooh, ooh, ooh ah ooh, email. ''{reading}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: death metal</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
I'm in this death metal band at my school, and I am in need 
of some of your expert lyrical advice: what words sound 
really cool when you scream 'em at the top of your lungs? 
Dane 
Corvallis, OR 
</blockquote>

''{He says "Ding dong, string strong, bing bong" instead of "Dear Strong Bad."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Whoa! You must go to a pretty cool school. Most schools just have a marching band or maybe a jazz ensemble. But a death metal band? That's extracurriculariffic! ''{clears screen}'' Now let's see, first, you'd better be ugly, Dane. Or fat. The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking. If there's any doubt, go ahead and hot-glue some corn flakes to your face. That'll do the trick. Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks. ''{clears screen}'' As for lyrics, you've got it all wrong! Screaming words at the ''top'' of your lungs is for people with blond hair. Ya know, words like 'tonite,' 'wooh-mon,' and the name of any street in L.A. ''{types "run 'webcam'"}'' Check it out! ''{clears screen. A window with a camera shot of Larry Palaroncini pops up.}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{sings the following lines, which appear below the shot under the screen name "ladeezluvlarry71"}'' tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Thanks, Larry.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{the words continue to appear below Larry's image}'' no prob, Strong Bad. HEY! i'm gonna b online later on playing an MMORPG if you wanna join my guild!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, maybe.

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' no wait! ''{the text "you kicked ladeezluvlarry71 offline" appears in red. The window closes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So for death metal, you want to scream from the bowels of your lungs. The bowels! Words like, ''{in a deep, sinister voice, and with the words in green, spooky letters}'' 'decay,' 'deranged,' 'decrepit,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe

''{cut to the auditorium from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], with a singer, bassist, and drummer on stage}''

'''SINGER:''' Dentist!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!

'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in Teen Girl Squad voice}'' That was Brainkrieg. They got last place. ''{in normal voice}'' So let's recap: ugly, Nordic, bowels, d-e words. Now all you gotta do is—

''{cut to Strong Mad in the Basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — hunch all up on yourself, ''{Strong Mad gets down on his knee}'' pretend you're holding a mystical orb in each hand ''{Strong Mad holds out his hands and a circular outline appears in each}'' and let the evil flow forth.

''{The scene darkens. The circular outlines fade away. A drum beat begins.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bounces up and down}'' DeVito. DENIRO! DELUISE!! ''{cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, imitating drum beat}'' Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-blap! Whoa! Boy, do I ever need a quadruple bass pedal. And now, let's watch how it all comes together on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour!

''{Cut to the TV in the basement, on which the text "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon [Hour]" is seen. Strong Bad sits on the couch. Taranchula appears on the screen, along with their logo.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{in pseudo-Scandinavian accents}'' Ja, we are Taranchula!

''{logo disappears}''

'''DAVE OLAFTENSTON:''' You just saw videos from Vinger, Schlaugh-ter and the Winnie Wincent Inwasion.

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' Ja, now here's a sneak peek at our new wideo. ''{lifts tone as if asking a question}''

''{The TV cuts to the video. We see a screw on some rusty metal. Cut to another scene with rusty metal. Cut to a piece of beef slithering across rusty metal.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' You will submit to the decoupage!

''{Cut to four screws, one of which moves around quickly.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' The death nail! {{ref|deathknell}} (Death nail!)

''{Cut to the beef, which is stabbed by a nail and then bound with metal wires. The beef explodes.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Down with the decoupage!

''{Cut to the beef slithering over the rusty metal, this time in the opposite direction. Cut to Strong Bad on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Creeping... rusty... meat. Truly the heart and soul of all death metal. Except, now I feel like I really need to brush my teeth. Lookin' at all that rust. And beef. While I'm gone, complete this worksheet I've prepared for you aspiring death metal types. And, uh, careful with the hot-glue gun, Dane.

''{He goes offscreen to the right, while the worksheet floats to the front of the screen. The worksheet includes [[The Paper|The Paper's]] customary "Click here to email Strong Bad" link at the bottom.}''

===Footnote===
# {{note|deathknell}}This line might also be "death knell." A death knell is a church bell rung when somebody dies. The phrase is somewhat of a cliché in songs or poems about death. The phrase "death nail" might also be a pun on "death knell".

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "fresh juice" at the end to see Homestar Runner come in looking for try-outs.
:''{Homestar Runner walks in, holding a box of corn flakes and with corn flakes glued to his face}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, hello? Is anybody here? I'm uh, here to try out for the uh, jazz ensemble.
:*Click on "Corn Krunch" during the Easter egg to see a closeup of the [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] box which reads:<blockquote><big>'''Corn Krunch'''</big> Free Full-size alto saxophone inside!!!</blockquote>
[[Image:TGS-brainkrieg.png|thumb|"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."]]
*Click on "deafening" at the end to see an extra [[Teen Girl Squad]] scene.
:''{cut to the auditorium from Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 again, with the singer and back-up on stage}''
:'''SINGER:''' Deli-style!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:'''SINGER:''' De La Soul!
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!
:''{Cut to What's Her Face and Cheerleader standing in the crowd. What's Her Face seems suprised and pleased to see Cheerleader}''
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{wearing a shirt that says "de"}'' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
:'''BACK-UP:''' Jugga jigga wugga!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Scandinavia|Scandinavia]] is a group of countries in Northern Europe, comprising [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Wikipedia:Finland|Finland]], [[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], where many successful Death and Black Metal bands originate from. Examples of accomplished Death Metal bands from the region include ''Demilich'', ''Dissection'', ''Disgorge'', ''In Flames'', ''Children Of Bodom'', ''Amon Amarth'', and ''Invocation''. 
*[[Wikipedia:Sepulveda Boulevard|Sepulveda Boulevard]] is a major street in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].
*[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] stands for "'''M'''assively '''M'''ultiplayer '''O'''nline '''R'''ole-'''P'''laying '''G'''ame", the most prominent examples of which are ''[[Wikipedia:Everquest|Everquest]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]''.  Many MMORPGs include the option to create or join an organized team of players, most often referred to as a guild.
*[[Wikipedia:Decoupage|Decoupage]] is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper bits onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc.
*Although there is no such thing as a quadruple bass pedal, a [[Wikipedia:Bass drum#Double bass|double bass pedal]] is a device used to play one bass drum with both feet, a technique which is practically mandatory for death metal drummers. In a particularly elaborate kit, such as that played by the drummer of [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Brainkrieg|Brainkrieg]], there might be two differently-tuned bass drums, each with a double pedal, for a total of four pedals; this could be what Strong Bad means.
*"Krieg" is German for "war."
*A [[Wikipedia:Deltoid muscle|deltoid]] is a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.
**The term "deltoid" is also sometimes used to mean a [[Wikipedia:Geometric kite|geometric kite]].
*To [[Wikipedia:Denatured alcohol|denature]] is most commonly to render unfit to eat or drink without destroying usefulness in other applications, especially to add methanol to ethyl alcohol.
**[[Wikipedia:Denaturation (biochemistry)|Denaturation]] also refers to the process by which macromolecules (usually proteins) drastically change in properties, usually caused by change in heat or acidity. As a common example, cooking food is a form of denaturation.
*A "[[Wikipedia:T-top|T-top]]" is an automobile roof with removable panels. A notable vehicle that had one is the [[Wikipedia: Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Firebird]].

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that Strong Bad has admitted to having teeth.
*When this email first came out, there was no "back" button at the end. This was fixed in a matter of minutes.
*This is one of the few e-mails to end without [[The Paper|The Paper]].
*Extracurriculariffic and geographist are [[portmanteaus]].
*The AOL Instant Messenger screen name "ladeezluvlarry71" was registered by a fan after this email came out.
*The death metal worksheet is rendered exclusively in purple ink, suggesting it was produced by a [[Wikipedia:Spirit duplicator|spirit duplicator]]; this device, commonly called a "ditto machine," was in widespread use in public schools prior to the introduction of photocopiers. The worksheet features two hands on either side flashing the [[Wikipedia:Corna|corna]] and reads:
<blockquote>Death Metal Worksheet
 
Which words would NOT 
be good death metal lyrics? 
 
destruction 
decapitation 
delicious 
demonic 
fresh juice 
decaying 
deafening 
deteriorate 
deltoid 
deity 
devastation 
denature 
 
click here to email strongbad</blockquote>

*This is the first time that the entire band [[Taranchula]] appears, although Dave Bjornborg appeared in the video for "[[Moving Very Slowly]]".

*This email marks the fastest that Strong Bad has ever typed, at 240 words per minute, during the quadruple bass pedal segment.
*The intro that Strong Bad sings on this email is repeated twice on the [[Youtube]] version.

===Remarks===
*If Brainkrieg got last place in the "Battle of the Crappy High School Bands", it could be interpreted to say that they were the best.
*One of the members of Taranchula (Schenkel McDoo) is wearing the exact same pink shirt that [[Matt Chapman]] wears in the [[:Image:Videlectrix developers.png|promo photo]] for [[Videlectrix]].
*Dave Bjornberg's black hair has various red dots appear in it during his appearance. This is probably a transparency bug.
*Strong Bad uses a similar email greeting when he says "Ding dong dear Strong Bad" in [[japanese cartoon]].
*The space between "strong" and "bad" in Strong Bad's name is omitted on the end worksheet.
*The music that plays while Larry sings begins playing before Strong Bad even finishes typing the "run webcam" command.
*"Mort", as in the name "Mort Dougland", is derived from a Latin word (mors) meaning "death".
*When Strong Bad types the word "de-" words, the outline expanding around each word appears before he finishes typing it.
*When the VCR appears, the blinking "12:00" appears offset to the left with the "REC" symbol next to it. On the Characters page, however, the blinking "12:00" appears in the center.
*This email features a [[live action]] segment.
*McDoo is more of a [[Wikipedia:Gaelic|Gaelic name]]. It means "son of Doo".


*Strong Bad says that screaming at the top of your lungs is for people with blonde hair; however, Scandinavian [[Wikipedia:Black metal|black metal]] utilizes this technique frequently.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad stands up at the end of the email, his legs are an abnormal gray color. As he walks away they fluctuate independently between gray and the usual black.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song is almost identical to that of [[mile]] in the PBTC cartoon.
*The Teen Girl Squad Battle of the Crappy High School Bands is similar to the Battle of the Bands in Teen Girl Squad Issue 8.
*The popup title "Video [[Thyme]]" is a reference to "Message Thyme" from [[marzipan]].
*The first reference to De la Soul came in [[50 emails]]. Homestar typed it when he was attempting [[DELETED]].
*The name of the director of the Taranchula video, Mort Dougland, is a reference to [[Teeg Dougland]].
*The growling riff that introduces the "[[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]]" accompanies the appearance of "Taranchula" in [[band names]].

*Dave Olaftenson is most likely played by [[Mike Chapman]], as he sounds very similar to PBtC Strong Bad in the Strong Bad Email [[mile]].
*Strong Bad says to hunch "[[all up on]]" yourself.
*Limozeen previously sang about a street in L.A. in [[Because, It's Midnite]]: "Sunset Strip, California, West Hollywood".

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] is a highly influential eclectic hip-hop group, matching activist lyrics with artistic [[Wikipedia:Jazz rap|jazz rap]] backings. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]] is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s [[Matt Chapman#Favorite Music|favorite album list]].
*The Taranchula video seems to be inspired by the style and imagery of stop-motion animators [[Wikipedia:Brothers Quay|The Brothers Quay]], particularly their short film "The Street of Crocodiles" (which features self-mobile screws, meat, and a similar decrepit industrial setting). It is also reminiscent of a number of videos by the band [[Wikipedia:Tool (band)|Tool]], most notably for the song "Sober"; Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who created the videos, is strongly influenced by the Quays.
*Strong Mad's death metal lyrics are a reference to three film and television actors whose last names begin with "D-e": [[Wikipedia:Danny DeVito|Danny DeVito]], [[Wikipedia:Robert De Niro|Robert De Niro]], and either [[Wikipedia:Dom DeLuise|Dom]], [[Wikipedia:Peter DeLuise|Peter]], [[Wikipedia:Michael DeLuise|Michael]] or [[Wikipedia:David DeLuise|David DeLuise]].
*The "Winnie Wincent Inwasion" is in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Vinnie Vincent Invasion|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]. Vinnie Vincent formed the Invasion after leaving [[Wikipedia:KISS (band)|KISS]].
*"Schlaugh-ter" is probably meant to be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], a hair metal band formed near the end of that genre's mass popularity. Interestingly enough, it was formed mostly out of former members of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
*"Vinger" is more than likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Winger (band)|Winger]], an oft-ridiculed hair metal band most famous for songs such as "Headed for a Heartbreak."
*[[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] had a show called the Heavy Metal Half-Hour in 1987. It later became the Hard 30, then disappeared entirely.
**The "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" may also be a parody of "[[Wikipedia:Headbanger's Ball|Headbanger's Ball]]," a metal-oriented music-video segment on MTV that aired in the late 1980s up through 1994. Headbanger's Ball had a reputation for disappointing metal fans by claiming to play hardcore metal but often favoring videos by such pop-metal acts as [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] and [[Wikipedia:Poison (band)|Poison]]. "Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour" also plays on the name of MTV's "Half-hour Comedy Hour."
*The "Video Thyme" player appears to parody [[Wikipedia:AOL Instant Messenger|AOL Instant Messenger's]] video chat function.
*Dave Bjornborg's name is probably derived from the name of [[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]], a famous tennis player. Borg was also mentioned in [[Sample of Style]].
*Strong Bad's suggestion of hotglueing cornflakes to one's face is a possible reference to alternative metal band [[Wikipedia:Mudvayne|Mudvayne]], whose guitarist once glued large triangular cornchips to his already-greasepainted face for a music video.
* The "bowels of your lungs" growl is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Death growl|death growl]] used in various [[Wikipedia:Death metal|death metal]], [[Wikipedia:Grindcore|grindcore]], [[Wikipedia:Deathcore|deathcore]]/[[Wikipedia:Metalcore|metalcore]] and [[Wikipedia:Sludge metal|sludge metal]] bands. Singing from your gut is an actual death metal technique. [http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Harsh-Death-Metal-Vocals]

===Fast Forward===
*One of Brainkrieg's songs is a ringtone in the Teen Girl Squad minigame of [[Homestar Ruiner]].
*Brainkrieg also went on to make a music video, "If I Don't Get Video Games...", as part of the various artists compilation album, [[Hooked On Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Because of Strong Bad's extended email intro, the DVD version running time is 3:51.
*The signing-off sound effect does not play when Strong Bad shuts off Larry's window.
*The sound quality for both Easter eggs is inexplicably the same quality as on the website, rather than enhanced as with the rest of the DVD content.

===Commentary Transcript===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is one of my all-time favorite styles, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I'm not gonna be Mike, I'm gonna pretend to be Matt for this commentary.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. That was kind of a very hip hop intro to a death metal email.

'''MIKE:'''''{pretending to be Matt, sounding nothing like him}'' Yes it was!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what's up Matt?

'''MIKE:''' Not too much, I'm Matt Chapman!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do you sound like some type of super hero?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you ''think'' you are?

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}'' I am!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' You don't sound very sure of yourself.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, I like this email a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{stops pretending to be Matt}'' All right, I'm gonna stop.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ryan was in the jazz ensemble, at his high school.

'''MIKE:''' I wish he was playing some jazz music for us right now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{makes a sound kind of like "baloongalatang"}''

'''MIKE:''' Baloongalatang.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's my jazz guitar.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best I could do. Um, I think Lemmy from Motörhead has cornflakes on his face.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs (in the middle of Strong Bad's previous line)}'' Definitely does.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Do you know what Lemmy's last name is?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Motorhelm.

'''MIKE:''' Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right. That's the be— is that true?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know. I hope so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's awesome. If I could have a last name like— how could you not be that guy and be in Motörhead?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, imagine if he was really good looking and a businessman. Named Lemmy Killmeister.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, there's no way he'd be successful.

''{[[Larry Palaroncini]] appears on Strong Bad's computer screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this guy. This guy pops up all the time, on my Video Thyme. And tries to talk to me. He always tries to get me to play massively multiplayer overlord rock play games.

'''MIKE:''' You should change your screen name, I've had to do that before.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' When people you don't want keep popping up and... yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like fourteen-year-old girls?

'''MIKE:''' Add a 2005 to your screen name.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh.

'''MIKE:''' That'll— That'll trick 'em.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's a good idea. ''{pause}'' Oh, man, this is the best feature of the Lappy. It knows what I means.

'''MIKE:''' And it can change the font and font color accordingly?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, the Compy could do it too, I think.

'''MIKE:''' I think it did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It did it with the Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek.

''{Brainkrieg appear on screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The trog— Oh. These guys. Look at that— their drummer is out of place.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' He's the only one that can play drums.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's too happy. Yeah, clearly that's the only guy they could find. He's just like, "Well, I don't really listen to the music you guys play, but I'll do it! We're gonna be in the battle of the bands?"

'''MIKE:''' He's in, like, four bands. He's the only drummer at the school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' He looks like Joe Mama Besser from Spinal Tap.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Joe Mama Besser didn't make it very far.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think he did.

''{pause}

''{Strong Bad makes surprised sounds}''

'''MIKE:''' You okay there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! It's hard to— to resist... the quadruple bass pedal. ''{pause}'' This is my favorite show.

'''MIKE:''' The hard 30?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The hard 30. Ozzy Ozzy 'ard N Heavy!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, remember those Hard N Heavy videos?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The video magazine.

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' On VHS! ''{pause}'' Oh, that's Schenkel McDoo. ''{Mike laughs}}'' That guy's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' What do you think of this video? I like it a lot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It looks— it— Eugh! It's disgusting, look at that grease that that beef left on that rusty thing. Uh, rusty pipe.

'''MIKE:''' Where'd we get that cookie sheet? That rusty cookie sheet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I think it was yours.

'''MIKE:''' It might have been mine.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think you ha— you had just baked some cookies on it and we were like, "Oh, maybe this will give us diseases." ''{pause}'' Yeah, I remember that. Every time I watch that... no, I actually went and gargled with grape soda. After that.

'''MIKE:''' Gave yourself a sweet mouth?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, definitely. ''{mumbling}'' Those things hurt. And the things on your face.

===Fun Facts===
*"The Kerrek smote the Trogdor smote the Kerrek" refers to a line spoken in [[interview]].
*The guitarist's name, "Killmeister" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]]'s lead singer and bassist, [[Wikipedia:Lemmy|Lemmy Kilmister]].
*[[Spinal Tap]] is a fictional rock band from the faux-documentary ''This is Spinal Tap''; the band had several drummers die during their heyday. Joe "Mama" Besser himself died only a few seconds after being introduced.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|141|6714|youtube=V72NKRyX1NA}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

car

The Atomic Punk — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:07:23 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{about|[[Strong Bad Email]]}} {{for|vehicle|Cars}}
{{sbenav|101}}
[[Image:car03.png|thumb|"Oh, I'm just tricking out my fist here."]]

Kyle asks about Strong Bad's car, while Homestar shows off his tricked-out [[Homestar Runner's Hat|propeller cap]].

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 20, 2004

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

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' The views expressed in the following email show do not necessarily reflect the opinions of anybody cool. Oh, except me. ''{lowers voice}'' I'm cool.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Do you Have a car If you do what Kind 
of car is it. Is it Pimped OUt? 
 
From Kyle 
in West Point , NY (Military Base)</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the email exactly as typed, punctuation errors and all, except for the word "Pimped", which he pronounces "Pimpèd"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, good one Kyle. Like I don't get two jillion of these emails every two jillion seconds. Er. Wait. Would that be so bad? Hmmm. I'll have to ask Gron Sad about that later on. Maybe write in to 'Popular Science' about it. "''Popular Science''." No such thing, man. More like, "Nerdular Nerdence." ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Anydangway, to properly make an example out of both you, and your email's butts, I'm going to whip out an old classic move of mine, and hit you with a little uhhhh digga digga digga digga digga digga DEL-

''{Cut to a wider view of Strong Bad's desk, where Homestar is off to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Interrupting Strong Bad}'' Hup-tup-tup-tup-tup. ''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar.}'' Allow me to save this email from a tired old Strong Bad joke by showing all y'alls my new tricked out propeller cap.

''{Cut back to zoomed view of Strong Bad and Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Shaking fist}'' What are you doing?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ummm... Did you just say "doing"? ''{This is said as to rhyme with "boing."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? No. ''Doo-ing''. I said, "What are you ''doo-ing''?".

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Well, you spelled it the same.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha-ga...?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Anyways, on to my cool words I had to say. First, check out all my hydraulics.

''{Homestar pulls out a remote control with three switches on it. He flips the first two. His cap moves up and down on his head, making mechanical car hydraulic noises. He then continues to mix and match the usage of the switches to adjust the pitch, yaw, and angle of his cap in regards to his head. While this is going on, he continues to talk, commenting on the particular movements.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And a little...

''{His cap goes up, forward, back, forward, back, forward, back, and then down onto his head again.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And everybody loves...

''{His cap slides up, and then forward on his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now turn the lights down ''low''.

''{The lights dim, and his cap glows pink from underneath.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sweetish ground effects.

''{The room lights brighten and the "effects" turn off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And the coup ''{''Coup'' is said as "koop".}'' de grace,

''{He bends down putting his cap within the reach of Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Spin my buzzer.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your ''what''?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My buzzer. Give it a spin.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, why am I doing this?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, you said "doing" ''{This rhymes with "boing" again.}'' again.

''{Strong Bad makes some frustrated noises. He then spins the propeller on Homestar's cap. It gives a propeller-like sound.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing as the spin continues}'' Dooooo, doo doo doo dooooooooo. Dooo doot doot doot doot! Doo da doo da doo. Doo doot!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now you're singing the theme from ''Night Court''?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, not ''singing''. When you spin my buzzer, it ''plays'' the theme from ''Night Court'' starring Richard Moll. And it's custom-installed.

''{Strong Bad begins writing something unseen on his boxing glove with a permanent marker while muttering. The words "custom installed" are the only audible words he mutters.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now what are ''you'' doing? ''{This is '''still''' rhymed with "boing".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I'm just tricking out my fist here.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh cool. What's it going to say? 2-E-Z?

''{2-E-Z flashes on the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Or, like, NEVA-DIE?

''{NEVA-DIE flashes on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, it says this.

''{He shows Homestar. Written on his boxing glove is a mirrored "DELETED" in Gothic text.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, they spelled that backwards. You need to take that thing back right—

''{Strong Bad dives forward and punches Homestar. The screen goes white for a moment. Fade back to Homestar leaning up against a crack in the wall from the impact with his head. He's lost his cap, his eyes are X's, and Strong Bad's fist has left the Gothic "DELETED" imprinted on his forehead. Yellow stars float around his head, and weird sounds play.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dazed}'' Ooohh-oooh. Thank you once again for my pies. I spent particular effort on the Crème Bernard.

''{Cut to Strong Bad back at the Compy. The screen has been cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, that straightens everything out, right? As for you, Kyle, I don't have a car. You ever see me in a car? No! Bye.

''{Strong Bad stops typing and runs off to the right. After a moment, he pokes his head back on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Talk to my man with the green and white stripes!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the word ''car?'' at the end to see Homestar Runner dazed again.
:''{Cut to a still-dazed Homestar Runner.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dazed}'' It's such a lovely gathering of pies and pie people... Like to give a shout-out to Lemon Pretend over there...

*Click on the word "No!" at the end to see Strong Bad talking to Strong Sad.
:''{Cut to Strong Sad's Room. Strong Sad is reading a copy of'' [[Nerdular Nerdence]] [[Periodicals|magazine]]. ''Enter Strong Bad.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Gron Sad!
:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{looks up}'' Why do you keep calling me that?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno... change of pace. Anyways, how many emails would it be if you got, like, two jillion emails every two jillion seconds? Like, a lot, or a little?
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Jillion is not a real unit of measure!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whatever, NERD! ''{leaves, muttering "Jillion" to himself}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' 'S'right! ''{holds up his hand}'' Say it again!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's line at the beginning is similar to various disclaimers on TV or radio programs or DVD commentaries that state that the views expressed in the program or commentary do not necessarily reflect those of the studio or parent companies.

===Trivia===
*In both this email and [[invisibility]], Homestar was taken by surprise. Homestar beat up Strong Bad in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]. However, the older cartoon has been said by The Brothers Chaps to show characters doing things they would never do in their current state; Strong Bad's dominance is probably the norm.
*The page in ''Nerdular Nerdence'' that Strong Sad is reading says "electrons, scalene triangles, least ...mon denominators." "Mon" probably indicates the end of "common."
*Homestar's cross eyes were used in [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]. But since it was never finished, technically this is their first appearance.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#ugh-lympics|ugh-lympics]]".
*At a length of just three letters, this email is tied with [[isp]] as the email with the shortest title.

===Remarks===
*If you get two jillion emails every two jillion seconds, then you get an average of one email per second, because any nonzero finite number divided by itself (even made-up numbers like a jillion) is one.
*Strong Sad states that a "jillion is not a real unit of measure." However, Strong Bad uses "a jillion" as a ''number'', not as a [[Wikipedia:Units of measurement|unit of measure]].
*Strong Bad is right-handed, but he hits Homestar with his [[Left Handedness|left hand]] (presumably so he could write in Old-English font with his right hand, so when he hit Homestar the word ''DELETED'' would not look sloppy). His off-hand punch is quite impressive, leaving us to wonder what a full-force right hook would do to Homestar.
**It also may be more evidence to the thought that Strong Bad could be ambidextrous.
*After Strong Bad punches Homestar, the screen on the Compy is blank, even though Strong Bad was never shown clearing it.
*Homestar incorrectly refers to the glow under his hat as "ground effects." The glow is actually called underglow. [[Wikipedia:Ground effects|Ground effects]] are parts of a car that extend to the ground, encircling the bottom of the vehicle. They are designed to keep airflow out from under the car and thus improve [[Wikipedia:Downforce|downforce]].
*Even though Strong Bad punches Homestar under the chin, ''DELETED'' appears across Homestar's eyes.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad spins Homestar's "buzzer" counterclockwise, but instead it turns clockwise.
*At the end of the email, part of the "a> back" is placed over the edge of the Compy's screen.
*In between the red part of Homestar's hat and his head there are two tiny spaces that you can see through.
*When Strong Bad says "Talk to my man with the green and white stripes" his reflection and his head are slightly off timing with each other.

===Glitches===
*In Homestar's egg, whenever he blinks (which he should not because he's knocked out) the X's on his eyes and some of his face get distorted and go back again.

===Inside References===
*"A-Digga-Digga-...DELETED!" is a reference to [[unused emails]].
*Homestar referred to his propeller as a "buzzer" in [[Some Puppet Stuff]] on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVDs.
*Strong Bad writes with a [[Fine Tip Permanent Marker]].
*2-E-Z might be a reference to the commentary from [[In Search of the Yello Dello]], where, in the commentary, [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says that the sports play has an "e" and a "z", spelling E-Z.
*Nerdular Nerdence is a [[portmanteau]].
*Strong Bad reads the word "Pimped" as "[[-èd|Pimpèd]]".
* The Easter Egg in this email is another toon with [[Homestar Runner Left Behind]].

===Real-World References===
*''[[IMDB:tt0086770|Night Court]]'' was a popular TV sitcom running 1984 to 1992. [[IMDB:nm0596986|Richard Moll]] played the part of bailiff Bull Shannon. The theme to the show was composed by [[IMDB:nm0254477|Jack Elliot]], who also composed the ''[[IMDB:tt0072472|Barney Miller]]'' theme.
*[[Wikipedia:Popular Science|''Popular Science'']] is a magazine that features the latest breakthroughs in science and technology in a format that appeals to the common man.
*Kyle asking if Strong Bad's car is "Pimped OUt", as well as the hydraulics on Homestar's propeller cap may be references to MTV's show [[Wikipedia:Pimp My Ride|''Pimp My Ride'']], where cars are tuned with hydraulics and the like to "pimp" them out.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad can later be seen in the [[Gremlin]] in several toons.
*The Cheat is encouraged to win Strong Bad a car in [[pop-up]].
*The sound playing in the background when Homestar is dazed is used again in [[Biz Cas Fri 2]], [[Strongest Man in the World]], and [[looking old]].
*A picture of Richard Moll's character in Night Court was later used on [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
*When Strong Bad says: "Talk to my man with the green and white stripes!", it's almost referring to [[new boots]], because The Cheat is found having two butts and green and black stripes.

==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]])

'''MIKE:''' Hi!

'''MATT:''' We're back!

'''MIKE:''' Welcome to email one-oh-one!

'''MATT:''' We're back for another DVD!

'''MIKE:''' This is... uh... email number one-oh-one, Matt.

'''MATT:''' The first one after flashback.

'''MIKE:''' That's right, we took...

'''MATT:''' I think a lot of people didn't think we were gonna keep going.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's true. People speculated that we were gonna stop at a hundred, but we're, um, continuing to drive this little thing we've done into the ground.

''{Matt snickers.}''

'''MIKE:''' Um, no, but we did take a couple weeks off after email a hundred, and so this is sorta the return...

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' And, uh...

'''MATT:''' ''{as Strong Bad types "Gron Sad"}'' Gron Sad?

'''MIKE:''' That comes from our, uh...

'''MATT:''' Our niece. 

'''MIKE:''' Niece.

'''MIKE:''' Who used to call...

'''MATT:''' A girl's a niece, right?

'''MIKE:''' Yes.

'''MATT:''' A niece is a girl.

'''MIKE:''' Because there's that joke about "Denise" and "Denephew."

'''MIKE:''' That's how I remember.

'''MATT:''' Oooooooh.

'''MATT:''' Nice.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I never heard that one.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I'll remember that from now on.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. So our niece, when she was...

'''MATT:''' You know how little kids are dumb and can't talk right? She would say "Gron Sad" instead of "Strong Sad," and she would say "Graw Mad" instead of "Strong Mad."

''{Pause, until Homestar arrives in the email.}''

'''MATT:''' Here comes Homestar Runner. With his ''Cave Man Ugh-lympics'' is the...

'''MIKE:''' It was a good game.

'''MATT:''' It was.

'''MIKE:''' It's like an Olympic-type game where you had, like uh... hair-pulling, where you like had to drag some...

'''MATT:''' ''{amused}'' Where you had to drag a woman by the hair...

'''MIKE:''' Pull her by the hair... ride a dinosaur...

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Something with the wheel, probably.

'''MIKE:''' It was good. ''{As Homestar shows off his hydraulic cap}'' This must the only time you really see the underside of Homestar's hat.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, ''{indecipherable}''

'''MIKE:''' ...His hat ever becomes three-dimensional.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Exactly. ''{as Homestar's hat glows}'' One time Mike put ground effects on our coffee table, when we used to live together.

'''MIKE:''' Nice. One of those red rope lights, I just taped it on the underside of it, it was nice.

'''MATT:''' It worked good.

'''MIKE:''' ''{As Strong Bad is about to spin Homestar's propeller}'' Of course...

'''MATT:''' This is the first time ''animated'' Homestar...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was gonna say...

'''MATT:''' ...Calls his propeller a "buzzer."

'''MIKE:''' Stole that from Puppet Homestar. Night Court, of course, was part of the original Thursday-night lineup. Cosby Show...

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping Mike's "Cosby Show"}'' Cosby Show! Family Ties! Cheers! Night Court! L.A. Law!

'''MIKE:''' Was Night Court nine or nine-thirty?

'''MATT:''' Nine-thirty.

'''MIKE:''' Okay. Cheers...

'''MATT:''' Cheers was right after Family Ties.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Good lineup.

''{Pause. In response to "2-E-Z" and "NEVA-DIE":}''

'''MATT:''' I think those are both real things I've seen on people's dashboard windshields, driving around Atlanta.

''{Mike snickers}''

'''MIKE:''' There was one in Athens that was, I see you lookin'... "I C U"... he was pretty popular.

'''MATT:''' ''{as Homestar is dazed, to the sound effects}'' That's just me and Mike...

'''BOTH:''' ''{imitating the sound effect}'' OooOOooOOooOO...

'''MATT:''' Yeah, this was sorta giving in, finally, too, 'cuz this is one he constantly would get, in an email, about "what kinda car do you drive?"

===Fun Facts===
*''[[Bill Cosby|The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Family Ties|Family Ties]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Night Court|Night Court]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:L.A. Law|L.A. Law]]'' were all shows on [[Wikipedia:National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]. The [[Wikipedia:Must See TV|NBC Thursday night line-up]] mentioned existed for part of the 1986-87 season.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]]' niece is [[Little Girl]].
*The underside of Homestar's hat is also seen in [[super powers]].

== External Links ==

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caper

The Atomic Punk — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:38:41 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|68}}

[[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 Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

== 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'!
*Ten seconds 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 starring [[Bubs]] and [[Coach Z]]. 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]] 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]].
*** This is also in [[garage sale]]
===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.
*When Homestar walks in at the end, he appears in front of The Paper.

===Goofs===
*If you look closely at the Compy's screen while Strong Bad stands on the stool, you can see that the screen doesn't completely fill the monitor, so a very thin section of the wall is visible on the right.
*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.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this email was first released, after the cow lamp fell down the shadow of Homestar's table extended over it. [[Matt Chapman]] noticed this during the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|2007 Georgia Tech talk]] and commented that they should re-upload the email.

===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]].
*This is a rare instance of [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Bad and Strong Sad Getting Along|Strong Bad being nice to Strong Sad]].

===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]].
*It is revealed in [[email thunder]] that Homestar was aware that they would break into his house, and put cinnamon on his face to throw them off, in response to a hremail asking what he does about burglars in his house.
*Strong Bad and the Cheat manage to pull off a successful caper in [[Best Caper Ever]].
**Furthermore, "The Cheat is Not Dead" is picked up in a tune played at the end of that short.

===Real-World References===
*Sleepy Homestar calls The Cheat [[Batman]], a popular DC Comics superhero.

== 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 ==
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20X6 vs. 1936

The Atomic Punk — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:23:31 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Shorts|20x6vs1936|The System is Down|Arcade Game}}
[[Image:20X6 versus 1936.png|thumb|right|220px|"Just kinda shimmy and shake."]]

Stinkoman meets The Homestar Runner, who asks him for a challenge.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Planet K]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 17, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:55

'''Page Title:''' CHALLENGE AND FIGHTING!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{Open to Stinkoman training in the field with NES style music.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{punches the air}'' Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah! ''{kicks the air}'' Hya hya hya hya hya hya!

''{The Homestar Runner walks up, kicking his can. The can taps Stinkoman's foot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Waah! ''{jumps}'' Who are you?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm the Homestar Runner.

'''STINKOMAN:''' That name is dumb. It sounds like it is soooo dumb.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, what's your moniker?

'''STINKOMAN:''' I go by Stinkoman. That's the name of talented fighter if ever there was one.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, if you say so. Would you care for some dry meal? ''{pulls out a bag of dry meal which makes a dry wheezing sound}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' No way! I'm training for fighting, or maybe a challenge. So what's that thing you're kicking around?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's just an old can of water soup. I kick it around ever since ''{sadly}'' my dog worshed away in the storm of '28.

'''STINKOMAN:''' You seem like you might not be from around here. Do you have any special powers?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can play a mean worshboard. ''{pulls out a washboard that says "worsh it" and plays it}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{flinches}'' What is that? ''What'' is ''that?'' Some kinda robot?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's a robit?

'''STINKOMAN:''' You don't know what a robot is? Hahahaha! You're so dumb! Ahahahaha! Dumb.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, go soak your fat head.

'''STINKOMAN:''' Are you asking for a CHALLEENGE? ''{starts to power up}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir. Yes sir I am.

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{jumps high into the air}'' DOUBLE DEUCE!!!!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{pulls out a pea shooter and shoots at him}'' Ptooie. ''{hits Stinkoman in the eye}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{falls to the ground}'' Ow! My eye! It's like, my eye! It hurts so bad!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, folks, you know what that means. Now I'll do a dance. ''{starts dancing}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hahahaha! That dance cracks me up! Hahahaha! You gotta teach me!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just kinda shimmy and shake.

'''STINKOMAN:''' Yeah! Now I've got it! ''{starts dancing}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{stands on one leg}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{jumping up in the air}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{upside down}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

''{Fade to black}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

''{The words "AGAIN?" and "back." appear.}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*The Homestar Runner's "[[Washboard|worsh board]]" was a common, improvised musical instrument in the nineteenth century, typically used for percussion in jug-band music.

===Remarks===
*This cartoon shows that [[Old Timey]] takes place in 1936.
*The [[Old-Timey]] scratch line behaves irregularly:
**Sometimes it sticks out of The Homestar Runner's body; other times it doesn't even reach the edge.
**There is no scratch line on The Homestar Runner's feet, hat propeller, or worshboard.
**The scratchline changes rotation with the rest of The Homestar Runner's body while he is dancing (see image at top of page). Given how scratch lines are formed, it is entirely impossible for it to be anything but perfectly vertical.
**During part of the toon the dry meal sack has a scratch line (independent of The Homestar Runner's), but for the rest of the toon it does not.
*Stinkoman's mouth does not move when he says "DOOOOUUUUUBLEEEEEE DEUUUUUUUCE!"

===Inside References===
*The page title, "CHALLENGE AND FIGHTING!!", refers to the Stinkoman theme song, which contains the words "Challenge and fighting and fighting and challenge tonight..."
*The Homestar Runner kicking a can around is a reference to the series of cartoons in [[Kick the Can]].
* "What is that, some kinda robot?" references [[some kinda robot|the very first Strong Bad Email]].
*Stinkoman uses the [[DOUBLE DEUCE]].
*The Homestar Runner's dance music was originally used in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], as was the dry wheezing sound used for the dry meal. In Parsnips A-Plenty, the sound was used as [[Sickly Sam]]'s disappearing noise.

===Real-World References===
*The kicking attack Stinkoman practices bears a strong resemblance to [[wikipedia:Chun Li|Chun Li]]'s lightning kick attack from [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter II]].
*A hurricane struck Florida in September 1928 and is often referred to as "The Storm of '28" or the [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Deadliest_Costliest.shtml "Lake Okeechobee" hurricane].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "shimmie and shake" was later used for the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]] description of [[500 The Cheats]].
*Different universes (including the Old-Timey and 20X6 ones) would again collide in [[alternate universe]].
*The Homestar Runner's accent almost sounds like Coach Z's accent, in [[A Jorb Well Done]].

== 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:''' Ooh, a nice little title screen there.

'''MATT:''' Oh, these are always fun to do. Mixing the weird, different universes of the Homestar Runner world.

'''MIKE:''' Yes. This was the first—Was this the first thing that Stro—Stinkoman was in after the japanese cartoon email?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think so. This was the first fleshing out of his character a little bit. ''{pauses}'' I like how Old-Timey Homestar Runner has scratchies only on him—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —and his voice.

'''MIKE:''' And—and his audio?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I think Old-Timey Homestar Runner is my favorite character.

'''MATT:''' What do you think Old-Timey Homestar Runner's dog's name was, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''MATT:''' Old something?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Old Eyelids? Cause he had eyelids? ''{Matt laughs}'' His eyelids were really big, actually.

'''MATT:''' Okay. They droop down off his face?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Instead of having big droopy jowls, he had big droopy eyelashes. Wait, what did I say? Eyelids, not eyelashes.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. You think there's an anime name for those mushroomy things? Yeah, it's been like that.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' That's terrible. It looks really bad.

'''MIKE:''' An anime name for the mushrooms?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I do think there's a name for them, but I can't think of what it might be right now.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' There's the snot— There's the snot bubble. There's the tear that comes up the side of your face. And then there's the weird, angry mushroom when you're laughing.

'''MIKE:''' They mean something to someone, but not to me.

'''MATT:''' Get down.

'''MIKE:''' It's like the end of the pale green pants.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Hello?

'''MATT:''' Hello?

'''MIKE:''' Hello?

'''MATT:''' Hello!

'''MIKE:''' And... keep playing here. We're gonna fade it out.

===Fun Facts===
*Stinkoman appeared in [[Main Page 17]] between [[japanese cartoon]] and this, contrary to Matt and Mike's claim, but this was in fact "the first fleshing out of his character" since that email.
*The Pale Green Pants are from a children's story called "What Was I Scared Of?" by [[Dr. Seuss]].
*"The tear that comes up the side of your face" is correctly referred to as a [[Wikipedia:Sweat drop|sweat drop]] and is a common element of anime, though it almost always goes ''down'' one's face.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:20x6vs1936.html|watch "20X6 vs. 1936"]]
*[[HR:20x6vs1936.swf|view the Flash file for "20X6 vs. 1936"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

20X6 vs. 1936

The Atomic Punk — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:22:34 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{toonnav|Shorts|20x6vs1936|The System is Down|Arcade Game}}
[[Image:20X6 versus 1936.png|thumb|right|220px|"Just kinda shimmy and shake."]]

Stinkoman meets The Homestar Runner, who asks him for a challenge.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Planet K]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 17, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:55

'''Page Title:''' CHALLENGE AND FIGHTING!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{Open to Stinkoman training in the field with NES style music.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{punches the air}'' Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah! ''{kicks the air}'' Hya hya hya hya hya hya!

''{The Homestar Runner walks up, kicking his can. The can taps Stinkoman's foot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Waah! ''{jumps}'' Who are you?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm the Homestar Runner.

'''STINKOMAN:''' That name is dumb. It sounds like it is soooo dumb.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, what's your moniker?

'''STINKOMAN:''' I go by Stinkoman. That's the name of talented fighter if ever there was one.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, if you say so. Would you care for some dry meal? ''{pulls out a bag of dry meal which makes a dry wheezing sound}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' No way! I'm training for fighting, or maybe a challenge. So what's that thing you're kicking around?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's just an old can of water soup. I kick it around ever since ''{sadly}'' my dog worshed away in the storm of '28.

'''STINKOMAN:''' You seem like you might not be from around here. Do you have any special powers?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can play a mean worshboard. ''{pulls out a washboard that says "worsh it" and plays it}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{flinches}'' What is that? ''What'' is ''that?'' Some kinda robot?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's a robit?

'''STINKOMAN:''' You don't know what a robot is? Hahahaha! You're so dumb! Ahahahaha! Dumb.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, go soak your fat head.

'''STINKOMAN:''' Are you asking for a CHALLEENGE? ''{starts to power up}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir. Yes sir I am.

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{jumps high into the air}'' DOUBLE DEUCE!!!!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{pulls out a pea shooter and shoots at him}'' Ptooie. ''{hits Stinkoman in the eye}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{falls to the ground}'' Ow! My eye! It's like, my eye! It hurts so bad!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, folks, you know what that means. Now I'll do a dance. ''{starts dancing}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hahahaha! That dance cracks me up! Hahahaha! You gotta teach me!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just kinda shimmy and shake.

'''STINKOMAN:''' Yeah! Now I've got it! ''{starts dancing}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{stands on one leg}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{jumping up in the air}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{upside down}'' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

''{Fade to black}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 20X6!

'''STINKOMAN:''' 1936!

''{The words "AGAIN?" and "back." appear.}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*The Homestar Runner's "[[Washboard|worsh board]]" was a common, improvised musical instrument in the nineteenth century, typically used for percussion in jug-band music.

===Remarks===
*This cartoon shows that [[Old Timey]] takes place in 1936.
*The [[Old-Timey]] scratch line behaves irregularly:
**Sometimes it sticks out of The Homestar Runner's body; other times it doesn't even reach the edge.
**There is no scratch line on The Homestar Runner's feet, hat propeller, or worshboard.
**The scratchline changes rotation with the rest of The Homestar Runner's body while he is dancing (see image at top of page). Given how scratch lines are formed, it is entirely impossible for it to be anything but perfectly vertical.
**During part of the toon the dry meal sack has a scratch line (independent of The Homestar Runner's), but for the rest of the toon it does not.
*Stinkoman's mouth does not move when he says "DOOOOUUUUUBLEEEEEE DEUUUUUUUCE!"

===Inside References===
*The page title, "CHALLENGE AND FIGHTING!!", refers to the Stinkoman theme song, which contains the words "Challenge and fighting and fighting and challenge tonight..."
*The Homestar Runner kicking a can around is a reference to the series of cartoons in [[Kick the Can]].
* "What is that, some kinda robot?" references [[some kinda robot|the very first Strong Bad Email]].
*Stinkoman uses the [[DOUBLE DEUCE]].
*The Homestar Runner's dance music was originally used in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], as was the dry wheezing sound used for the dry meal. In Parsnips A-Plenty, the sound was used as [[Sickly Sam]]'s disappearing noise.

===Real-World References===
*The kicking attack Stinkoman practices bears a strong resemblance to [[wikipedia:Chun Li|Chun Li]]'s lightning kick attack from [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter II]].
*A hurricane struck Florida in September 1928 and is often referred to as "The Storm of '28" or the [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Deadliest_Costliest.shtml "Lake Okeechobee" hurricane].

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "shimmie and shake" was later used for the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]] description of [[500 The Cheats]].
*Different universes (including the Old-Timey and 20X6 ones) would again collide in [[alternate universe]].

== 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:''' Ooh, a nice little title screen there.

'''MATT:''' Oh, these are always fun to do. Mixing the weird, different universes of the Homestar Runner world.

'''MIKE:''' Yes. This was the first—Was this the first thing that Stro—Stinkoman was in after the japanese cartoon email?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think so. This was the first fleshing out of his character a little bit. ''{pauses}'' I like how Old-Timey Homestar Runner has scratchies only on him—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —and his voice.

'''MIKE:''' And—and his audio?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I think Old-Timey Homestar Runner is my favorite character.

'''MATT:''' What do you think Old-Timey Homestar Runner's dog's name was, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''MATT:''' Old something?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Old Eyelids? Cause he had eyelids? ''{Matt laughs}'' His eyelids were really big, actually.

'''MATT:''' Okay. They droop down off his face?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Instead of having big droopy jowls, he had big droopy eyelashes. Wait, what did I say? Eyelids, not eyelashes.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. You think there's an anime name for those mushroomy things? Yeah, it's been like that.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' That's terrible. It looks really bad.

'''MIKE:''' An anime name for the mushrooms?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I do think there's a name for them, but I can't think of what it might be right now.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' There's the snot— There's the snot bubble. There's the tear that comes up the side of your face. And then there's the weird, angry mushroom when you're laughing.

'''MIKE:''' They mean something to someone, but not to me.

'''MATT:''' Get down.

'''MIKE:''' It's like the end of the pale green pants.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Hello?

'''MATT:''' Hello?

'''MIKE:''' Hello?

'''MATT:''' Hello!

'''MIKE:''' And... keep playing here. We're gonna fade it out.

===Fun Facts===
*Stinkoman appeared in [[Main Page 17]] between [[japanese cartoon]] and this, contrary to Matt and Mike's claim, but this was in fact "the first fleshing out of his character" since that email.
*The Pale Green Pants are from a children's story called "What Was I Scared Of?" by [[Dr. Seuss]].
*"The tear that comes up the side of your face" is correctly referred to as a [[Wikipedia:Sweat drop|sweat drop]] and is a common element of anime, though it almost always goes ''down'' one's face.
*The Homestar Runner's accent almost sounds like Coach Z's accent, in [[A Jorb Well Done]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:20x6vs1936.html|watch "20X6 vs. 1936"]]
*[[HR:20x6vs1936.swf|view the Flash file for "20X6 vs. 1936"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

privileges

The Atomic Punk — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:16:29 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|74}}
[[Image:sbemail74.png|thumb|"...and thanks for all the privaleges... I guess."]]

Strong Bad upgrades The Cheat's privileges, and the little guy ends up in a crisper drawer.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, May 26, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:23

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ohh-ho-oh ohh EEEEE-MAIL ME GIRL! ''{stops singing}'' Unh! Once times! Twice times!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear strongbad, 
did you ever think about letting the 
cheat have some other privaleges 
since he helps you so much. 
 
from your friend crazyclemens</blockquote>

''{He pronounces "privaleges" as "pree-vah-lah-gess". He also says "strongbad" and "crazyclemens" quickly, since they're run together.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Privileges eh, C.C.? It does seem like The Cheat is overdue. Let's see, the last time I upgraded his privileges was when I reinstated his bathroom privileges. ''{replaces period with semicolon}''; which he had previously abused. Let's see when he's due for an upgrade.

''{Cut to wide shot of Strong Bad sitting at the Compy. He turns to the left and shouts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{calling out}'' Ohhh, The Cheat!

''{The Cheat walks up behind him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh, The Che—

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' WHOA! ''{Strong Bad starts and falls forward off of his stool flat on his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{winces}'' Jeez, The Cheat! Can't sneak up on a brother like that... ''{gets up and turns to face The Cheat}'' ...Lemme see your Strong Bad Rewards Score Card.

''{The Cheat holds up a yellow business card. The camera zooms in and we can read the card.}''

<pre> Strong Bad Rewards
Score Card

member name:
T. Cheat
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

"Save up points to curry my favor!"</pre>

''{At the bottom of the card we can see that four of the five points have been punched already.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! You only need one more point to become a Medallion Gold Plus Club member!

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

''{The Cheat zips off. Drill noises are heard.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' ''{Drill}'' Ow! ''{Drill}'' Both my face and hands! ''{Drill}''

''{The Cheat comes back}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bwahahaha! That's definitely worth a point.

''{The Cheat hands him the score card, and Strong Bad punches out the last hole.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! Now let's see what new privileges await you!

''{Strong Bad clears the screen and types '''run "medalliongoldplus.txt"'''. The screen clears and lists the privileges for the Medallion Gold Plus Club:}''

<blockquote class="compy email"> Medallion Gold + Club Privileges 
------------------------------<nowiki>*</nowiki> Crisper Drawer Use(not for sleeping) <nowiki>*</nowiki> Dominion over Pizza Toppings <nowiki>*</nowiki> Mute Button on TV Remote <nowiki>*</nowiki> Limited Use of Beamer Lighter <nowiki>*</nowiki> Ghost-write issue of TGS <nowiki>*</nowiki> Strong Mad Bath <nowiki>*</nowiki> Friday Night Study Session <nowiki>*</nowiki> Saturday Segwayday <nowiki>*</nowiki> Strong Bad Math <nowiki>*</nowiki> Use of Duct Tape <nowiki>*</nowiki> Braces <nowiki>*</nowiki> Uno</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, look at some of these! The crisper drawer, I know you've been wanting to get in there! Ooh, and the mute button! You could do plenty with that! These are ''way'' better than the rewards Bubs gives out for selling his magazine subscriptions! "Oh, save up points to win a tropical vacation!" What a scam that was.

''{Cut to wide shot of Strong Bad sitting at the Compy, but The Cheat has already left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So what are you gonna do with your newfound powers, the Ch—

''{Strong Bad turns his head to discover that The Cheat has left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whuh? The Cheat?

''{Cut to the basement. The Cheat is lying in the crisper drawer in front of the TV, muting and unmuting it. The TV is playing ominous music and a man is talking.}''

'''MAN ON TV:''' ...think that truck is alive— ''{muted}'' ''{unmuted}'' —truck that tried to kill me— ''{muted}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Bing-bong!

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

''{Homestar enters from the left carrying a pizza box as The Cheat unmutes the TV again.}''

'''MAN ON TV:''' ...probably think I'm crazy, but that truck— ''{muted}''

''{While Homestar talks, The Cheat continues to mute and unmute the TV}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, The Cheat! Bubs asked me to bring you this pizza you ordered. It's a large, thin crust, with mushrooms and Pop-Tarts.

'''MAN ON TV:''' —like I've lost my mind, because that truck—''{muted}''

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay!

''{Homestar drops the pizza on the couch as The Cheat unmutes the TV again.}''

'''MAN ON TV:''' ...chasing me as if it were trying to kill— ''{muted}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Soooo... ''{produces some magazines}'' you wanna buy some magazine subscriptions?

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aw, c'mon! Help me out! I'm trying to go to Acapulco.

''{The Cheat unmutes the TV again.}''

'''MAN ON TV:''' ...think that truck might be trying to kill me!

''{A screeching and crashing noise is heard on the TV before The Cheat mutes it again. Strong Bad pokes his head in from the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, C.C., The Cheat ended up in a crisper drawer. So until next week, so long, and thanks for all the privaleges... I guess...

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:hardest chord ever.png|thumb|The Hardest Chord Ever]]
*Clicking the word "abused" when Strong Bad said it originally restarted the toon. It may have been a placeholder for an unactivated Easter egg.
*Click on the [[pizza]] box any time after Homestar throws it on the couch to see a detailed top of it. It says, "[[Bubs' Old Pizza]] 'It's-A Really Old'."
*Click on the ''[[Fretmagic]]'' [[Periodicals|magazines]] after The Paper comes down to see [[Gary Palaroncini]] (from [[Limozeen]]) demonstrate the "Hardest Chord Ever", which of course requires eleven fingers to play (and, presumably, another free hand to strum). Looking closely, seven of the eleven fingers are used to depress strings, and some of the strings must be depressed in multiple places behind the fretted point (which alters the pitch by only a few cents). Thus, a shortcut chord could actually be played using only four fingers. Assuming the guitar is in standard tuning, the chord demonstrated is structured around an open fifth, with a flat 7 and a major 4 in the bass. The actual chord is an A5b7/D.
<blockquote>'''The Hardest Chord Ever''' 
 
Staten Island fretmaster Gary Palaroncini discovered 
the 'hardest chord ever' last week in his basement studio. 
Palaroncini had been in hot pursuit of the chord for the 
better part of 6 years. "I finally got it!" said Palaroncini. 
The chord is a combination of a diminished 9th and a 
demonished 10th. "This chord is going to land me a 
sweet record deal 
with Shrapnel and 
hopefully some 
fine honies, too. 
The chord was 
perfected on a 
Ibanez G800-XV. 
Palaroncini's mom 
is reportedly very 
proud. </blockquote>
*After activating the Fretmagic magazines Easter egg, click on The Cheat's hand to get him to torch them.
*:''{The Cheat pulls out the BMW lighter and burns Homestar's magazines.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, three points.
*:''{Strong Bad pokes his head in again}''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh, and another point for you, The Cheat.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#space shipper|space shipper]]".

=== Remarks ===
[[Image:medalliongoldplusclub.png|thumb|"Save up points to curry my favor!"]]
*The hole punches on the scorecard are in the shape of Strong Bad's boxing gloves.
*The Cheat makes use of the first four of his new privileges in this toon: the [[crisper drawer]], the [[Remote Control|mute button]], pizza toppings (mushrooms and Pop-Tarts), and the [[BMW Lighter|BMW Lighter]] (to torch Homestar's magazines).
*The "Hardest Chord Ever", as explained by the Fretmagic article, technically doesn't exist. "Demonished 10th" is meaningless made-up musical jargon, although there is a such thing as a diminished 9th chord. It would also take a total of 4 hands to make and play this chord. The picture also shows 11 fingers used to make the chord.
*"[[Strong Mad]] Bath" and "Strong Bad Math" is an example of [[spoonerism]].
*This is another instance of [[The Cheat Smiling]].

=== Goofs ===
*Strong Bad and the stool are knocked to the ground, yet even though he never picks it up, he is still able to sit on it when checking The Cheat's new privileges.
*When Homestar walks in to deliver the pizza, his shirt changes color.
*The quote in the article ''The Hardest Chord Ever'' about how it landed Palaroncini a sweet record deal doesn't have a closing quote mark.
*Strong Bad should have replaced the period with a comma instead of a semicolon.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad says the word [[twice]].
*One of The Cheat's privileges allows The Cheat to ghost-write an issue of [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*The Cheat is allowed the use of [[duct tape]] as one of his privileges.

=== Real-World References ===
*"So long, and thanks for all the privileges" is a reference to "So long, and thanks for all the fish", a phrase (and [[Wikipedia:So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish|book]] of the same name) from the [[Wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]] series by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]].
*"[[Flying V|The Flying Vee]]" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson's]] [[Wikipedia:Flying V|Flying V guitar]]. Gibson designed it in 1958, along with the Explorer, in an attempt to doff its conservative image. However, it worked too well, as it sold poorly at that time. It wasn't until the late 1960s and '70s, and especially the advent of heavy metal, that the Flying V gained renewed popularity. The "V" is commonly associated with players such as Kirk Hammett of [[Wikipedia:Metallica|Metallica]] and KK Downing of [[Wikipedia:Judas Priest|Judas Priest]]. It is also available to be played in most of the titles of the popular rhythm-action game series, [[Guitar Hero]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ibanez|Ibanez]] (mentioned in the "Hardest Chord" Easter egg) is a real guitar maker whose guitars are popular in heavy metal circles; however, it doesn't appear that they've ever made any model called "G800-XV."
*"Saturday Segwayday" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Segway|Segway]] scooter, a self-balancing scooter touted to revolutionize human transport. Investors expected hundreds of thousands of units to be sold, generating billions of dollars in sales in the first year. In reality, the Segway sold around only 10,000 units in its first few years and is still trying to overcome an identity crisis.
*[http://www.shrapnelrecords.com Shrapnel Records] is an actual label that specializes in virtuoso guitar instrumentalists such as Tony MacAlpine, Vinne Moore, Greg Howe and Jason Becker.
*A point system of sales incentives, with little or no cash remuneration, is commonly offered to children, both in school fundraisers (where magazines are a common product) and, formerly, through such businesses as the Olympic Sales Club. However, the prizes are generally much smaller than vacation packages.
*"Medallion Gold Plus Member" is reminiscent of the Gold Medallion membership level in [http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_skymiles/benefits_at_glance/ SkyMiles], the frequent flyer club of [[Wikipedia:Delta Air Lines|Delta Air Lines]], headquartered in the Brothers Chaps' hometown of Atlanta.
*[[Wikipedia:Uno (game)|Uno]] is a card game played with a specially printed deck, now developed by [[Wikipedia:Mattel|Mattel]].

===Fast Forward===
*The TV show watched by The Cheat is watched by Strong Bad in [[Cool Things]].
*The Cheat uses the BMW lighter (one of the privileges he earns in this email) to torch Homestar's Daisy Dukes in [[long pants]].
*The picture of "the hardest chord ever" reappeared in [[rock opera]] and the [[2010 Calendar]].
*The 3D image of the Cheat in his drawer is used in all [[strongbad_email.exe]] discs except for Disc 6.

== DVD Version ==
*The magazines come back after The Cheat torches them.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail74.html|watch "privileges"]]
*[[HR:sbemail74.swf|view the Flash file for "privileges"]]

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

Rock Opera (karaoke)

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:06:44 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:KaraokeFunRockOpera.png|thumb|"Awesome, awe— fancy danish"]]
Karaoke video of the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[rock opera]]".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Baby Styles]], {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Matt Chapman]], {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}

'''Running Time:''' 1:45

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Easter Eggs==
*Change the audio track to hear all of the characters sing to the song.

===Hidden Audio Transcript===
'''STRONG SAD:''' Join me on my single hundred

'''STRONG BAD:''' Toilet dreams picture. Everybody, wa-...some sweet bucks

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Potential pizza

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, ooh, never mind, oh, ''{starts shifting to Coach Z's voice}'' double

'''COACH Z:''' Pants. Awesome, awe— fancy danish

'''BUBS:''' Professional, funky, totally diggity underdrawers

'''STRONG MAD:''' OH TONIGHT, COOL, HEALTHY, ONES, EH!

'''KING OF TOWN:''' ...Went jibblie!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh, oh, party like

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Completely great good, ladies

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAh, get consummate.

'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' ''{stumbling}'' Crack— action ''{laughs}'' It's hard to do all these.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jumble! Beans double the gold!

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh, dynomite afterparty!

'''1-UP:''' Like fangoriously, world class and grand!

'''BUBS:''' Ewwmm! Definitely, definitely, baby!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I totally always look singing backwards

'''STRONG BAD:''' Metal!

'''STRONG MAD:''' EXPERIENCE DANCE TONIGHT!

'''HOMSAR:''' I'm pleasant!

'''STINKOMAN:''' And jam! I said that! I did a number one...talk on that word!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Always like SBEMAIL! ''{Homestar's voice sounds strained until here.}'' SBEMAIL! Whoo! That's really hard to do!

==Fun Facts==
*The overall score is 28 out of 100, lower than any other [[KaraokeFun|karaoke]] score.
*Marzipan is the only main character that speaks English that doesn't sing in the hidden audio track.
*This is another song that has the lower score. The second one is [[Fhqwhgads (Karaoke)]]

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
*[[Rock Opera Context]]
*[[Rock Opera Visuals]]
*[[KaraokeFun]]

[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Songs]] [[Category:Karaoke Videos]]

Rock Opera (karaoke)

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:06:32 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:KaraokeFunRockOpera.png|thumb|"Awesome, awe— fancy danish"]]
Karaoke video of the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[rock opera]]".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Baby Styles]], {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Matt Chapman]], {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}

'''Running Time:''' 1:45

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Easter Eggs==
*Change the audio track to hear all of the characters sing to the song.

===Hidden Audio Transcript===
'''STRONG SAD:''' Join me on my single hundred

'''STRONG BAD:''' Toilet dreams picture. Everybody, wa-...some sweet bucks

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Potential pizza

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, ooh, never mind, oh, ''{starts shifting to Coach Z's voice}'' double

'''COACH Z:''' Pants. Awesome, awe— fancy danish

'''BUBS:''' Professional, funky, totally diggity underdrawers

'''STRONG MAD:''' OH TONIGHT, COOL, HEALTHY, ONES, EH!

'''KING OF TOWN:''' ...Went jibblie!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh, oh, party like

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Completely great good, ladies

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAh, get consummate.

'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' ''{stumbling}'' Crack— action ''{laughs}'' It's hard to do all these.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jumble! Beans double the gold!

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh, dynomite afterparty!

'''1-UP:''' Like fangoriously, world class and grand!

'''BUBS:''' Ewwmm! Definitely, definitely, baby!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I totally always look singing backwards

'''STRONG BAD:''' Metal!

'''STRONG MAD:''' EXPERIENCE DANCE TONIGHT!

'''HOMSAR:''' I'm pleasant!

'''STINKOMAN:''' And jam! I said that! I did a number one...talk on that word!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Always like SBEMAIL! ''{Homestar's voice sounds strained until here.}'' SBEMAIL! Whoo! That's really hard to do!

==Fun Facts==
*The overall score is 28 out of 100, lower than any other [[KaraokeFun|karaoke]] score.
*Marzipan is the only main character that speaks English that doesn't sing in the hidden audio track.
*This is another song that has the lower score. The second one is [[Fhqwhgads Karaoke)]]

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
*[[Rock Opera Context]]
*[[Rock Opera Visuals]]
*[[KaraokeFun]]

[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Songs]] [[Category:Karaoke Videos]]

Rock Opera (karaoke)

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:04:55 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:KaraokeFunRockOpera.png|thumb|"Awesome, awe— fancy danish"]]
Karaoke video of the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[rock opera]]".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Baby Styles]], {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Matt Chapman]], {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}

'''Running Time:''' 1:45

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Easter Eggs==
*Change the audio track to hear all of the characters sing to the song.

===Hidden Audio Transcript===
'''STRONG SAD:''' Join me on my single hundred

'''STRONG BAD:''' Toilet dreams picture. Everybody, wa-...some sweet bucks

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Potential pizza

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, ooh, never mind, oh, ''{starts shifting to Coach Z's voice}'' double

'''COACH Z:''' Pants. Awesome, awe— fancy danish

'''BUBS:''' Professional, funky, totally diggity underdrawers

'''STRONG MAD:''' OH TONIGHT, COOL, HEALTHY, ONES, EH!

'''KING OF TOWN:''' ...Went jibblie!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh, oh, party like

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Completely great good, ladies

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAh, get consummate.

'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' ''{stumbling}'' Crack— action ''{laughs}'' It's hard to do all these.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jumble! Beans double the gold!

'''STINKOMAN:''' Oh, dynomite afterparty!

'''1-UP:''' Like fangoriously, world class and grand!

'''BUBS:''' Ewwmm! Definitely, definitely, baby!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I totally always look singing backwards

'''STRONG BAD:''' Metal!

'''STRONG MAD:''' EXPERIENCE DANCE TONIGHT!

'''HOMSAR:''' I'm pleasant!

'''STINKOMAN:''' And jam! I said that! I did a number one...talk on that word!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Always like SBEMAIL! ''{Homestar's voice sounds strained until here.}'' SBEMAIL! Whoo! That's really hard to do!

==Fun Facts==
*The overall score is 28 out of 100, lower than any other [[KaraokeFun|karaoke]] score.
*Marzipan is the only main character that speaks English that doesn't sing in the hidden audio track.
*This is another song that has the lower score. The second one is [[Everybody To The Limit (Karaoke)]]

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
*[[Rock Opera Context]]
*[[Rock Opera Visuals]]
*[[KaraokeFun]]

[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Songs]] [[Category:Karaoke Videos]]

Dangeresque (karaoke)

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:02:44 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{about|DVD karaoke video}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Dangeresque}}

[[Image:Dangeresque (karaoke).jpg|thumb|"He's a private eye, he's a crooked cop, he's a secret agent, and he's a celebrity pharmacist."]]

[[The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I|The theme from DANGERESQUE II]], included on [[strongbad_email.exe]] and in crappy [[KaraokeFun|karaoke]] style! Change the audio to hear [[Coach Z]] sing it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Super Brave!!|Super Brave!! Kids]], {{film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)

'''Running Time:''' 1:32

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|exclusive=TRUE}}

== Hidden Audio Transcript ==

''{intro}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{talking}'' Ok, this isn't my usual type of jam so I'll just do my best here.

''{starts singing. When he sings, he tends to get high pitched at the end of his sentences}''

'''COACH Z:''' So danger-ous, so dan-ger-ous!
He fights the law, but he also fights the crime, but not as much
Dan-ger-esque! With Reynaldo at his side...''{talking}'' That's how you spell "Reynaldo"? Dangeresque? ''{singing again}'' He's got some Chinese stairs and he keeps them under the bed with a length of pipe! Dangeresque! That guy is Dangerrresque...
The mighty oak has fallen...
If movies have taught me anything...
He'll get the girrrrrllll...
Stick it to the man! Stick it to the marn!
Cool glasses, cool glasses!
Stick it to the man! Stark it to the marn!
Cool, cool glasses! He works alone except when he works with Reynaldo, which is all the time...Dangeresque. He's a private eye, he's a crooked cop, he's a secret agent, and he's a celebrity pharmacist...That guy is ''{pronouces each "dangeresque" differently}'' Dangeresque...Dangeresque...Dangeresque...Dangeresque...
Or doird I?

''{end screen}''

== Fun Facts ==
*Despite these mispronunciations, Coach Z gets a final score of 94/100, which is higher than [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]] and [[Marzipan]].
*Even though it is spelled [[Renaldo]] in [[dangeresque 3]], it is "Reynaldo" in this karaoke - possibly why Coach Z comments on the spelling.
*When Coach Z says Ok, this isn't my usual type of jam so I'll just do my best here.", is referring to what kind of music he likes, which is rap or hip hop.

[[Category:Songs]] [[Category:Karaoke Videos]] [[Category:Dangeresque]]

spring cleaning

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:11:03 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|20}}

[[Image:sbemail20.PNG|thumb|"Oh, I'm on a roll!"]]

Strong Bad does some spring cleaning by [[DELETED|deleting]] several emails.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, April 1, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:27

'''Page Title:''' Mandy 400!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello, everybody! This week it's time for some spring cleaning. Ready? Go!

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do you hate Homestar so much? He seems 
like a nice guy to me. 
Caitlyn</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what a good question! Let me think about how I should answer that...

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' Ah ha ha, that felt great. What's next?

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Do you have a secret crush with marzipan? 
steve 
sterling, VA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces VA as "Vah"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, now this question is definitely worth my time and consideration—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' Uh ho ho, this is getting good!

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
How do you type with boxing gloves on? 
Mike, 
Bend Oregon</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces Oregon as "Ora-gawn"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's a new one. No way do I get this freaking question all the time. I suppose I'll probably answer it right now—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, who's next man?

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Are you made of crap? Did you invent the word crap? 
Where did the word crap come from? 
 
Crapfully crapfully, 
Chad</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I'll totally answer this one because apparently the only thing I'm concerned with is the word crap—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!!''' Oh, I'm on a roll!

<blockquote class="tandy email">Strong Bad, 
Your last email was pathetic. I was disappointed. 
Come on, you can do better than that! This is like 
the highlight of my week. 
Suprised at your lack of humor, 
Sue</blockquote>

''{Instead of saying "Sue", he says and types "DELETED!".}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahhh! I feel so cleansed. So fresh and so clean, clean. Okay, so until next time, ain't nobody dope as me.

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

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*Sue, who notes that last week's email was "pathetic," was likely referring to [[tape-leg]], which is sequentially the previous Strong Bad email.

===Trivia===
*This is the first email where [[Strong Bad checking more than one email|Strong Bad checks multiple emails]].
*This is the first email where the screen flashes [[DELETED|DELETED!!]] when Strong Bad deletes something.
*This is the first appearance of a "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" email, although he implies that he gets this email all the time.
*This is the last email where The Paper reads simply, "Click here to e-mail strong bad."
*When Strong Bad laughs after deleting each email, the reflection of his face on his computer moves, but his actual head doesn't. However, ignoring the facial movements, the reflection of the head and the actual head are in fact synced.
*This is also another apperance in which Strong Bad doesn't say the word "Email" in the intro. The first one was [[tape-leg]].

===Remarks===
*The page title reads "Mandy 400!!" instead of "Tandy 400!!!" in this email.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's reaction to Chad's going overboard with the word "[[crap]]" is the first sign of his displeasure with [[Crapfully Yours]]-style signatures.

===Real-World References===
*The last few lines are from a song by [[Wikipedia:OutKast|OutKast]] called, "[[Wikipedia:So Fresh, So Clean|So Fresh, So Clean]]"; that's why Strong Bad said "clean" twice. The song's chorus goes ''Ain't nobody dope as me, I'm dressed so fresh so clean (so fresh and so clean, clean).''

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail20.html|watch "spring cleaning"]]
*[[HR:sbemail20.swf|view the Flash file for "spring cleaning"]]

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

spring cleaning

The Atomic Punk — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:10:31 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|20}}

[[Image:sbemail20.PNG|thumb|"Oh, I'm on a roll!"]]

Strong Bad does some spring cleaning by [[DELETED|deleting]] several emails.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, April 1, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:27

'''Page Title:''' Mandy 400!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello, everybody! This week it's time for some spring cleaning. Ready? Go!

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Why do you hate Homestar so much? He seems 
like a nice guy to me. 
Caitlyn</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, what a good question! Let me think about how I should answer that...

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' Ah ha ha, that felt great. What's next?

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Do you have a secret crush with marzipan? 
steve 
sterling, VA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces VA as "Vah"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, now this question is definitely worth my time and consideration—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' Uh ho ho, this is getting good!

<blockquote class="short tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
How do you type with boxing gloves on? 
Mike, 
Bend Oregon</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces Oregon as "Ora-gawn"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's a new one. No way do I get this freaking question all the time. I suppose I'll probably answer it right now—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, who's next man?

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Are you made of crap? Did you invent the word crap? 
Where did the word crap come from? 
 
Crapfully crapfully, 
Chad</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I'll totally answer this one because apparently the only thing I'm concerned with is the word crap—

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' '''DELETED!!''' Oh, I'm on a roll!

<blockquote class="tandy email">Strong Bad, 
Your last email was pathetic. I was disappointed. 
Come on, you can do better than that! This is like 
the highlight of my week. 
Suprised at your lack of humor, 
Sue</blockquote>

''{Instead of saying "Sue", he says and types "DELETED!".}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0C0;color:#000;text-align:center">DELETED!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahhh! I feel so cleansed. So fresh and so clean, clean. Okay, so until next time, ain't nobody dope as me.

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

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*Sue, who notes that last week's email was "pathetic," was likely referring to [[tape-leg]], which is sequentially the previous Strong Bad email.

===Trivia===
*This is the first email where [[Strong Bad checking more than one email|Strong Bad checks multiple emails]].
*This is the first email where the screen flashes [[DELETED|DELETED!!]] when Strong Bad deletes something.
*This is the first appearance of a "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" email, although he implies that he gets this email all the time.
*This is the last email where The Paper reads simply, "Click here to e-mail strong bad."
*When Strong Bad laughs after deleting each email, the reflection of his face on his computer moves, but his actual head doesn't. However, ignoring the facial movements, the reflection of the head and the actual head are in fact synced.
*This is also another apperance in which Strong Bad doesn't say the word "Email" in the intro. The first one was [[tape leg]].

===Remarks===
*The page title reads "Mandy 400!!" instead of "Tandy 400!!!" in this email.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's reaction to Chad's going overboard with the word "[[crap]]" is the first sign of his displeasure with [[Crapfully Yours]]-style signatures.

===Real-World References===
*The last few lines are from a song by [[Wikipedia:OutKast|OutKast]] called, "[[Wikipedia:So Fresh, So Clean|So Fresh, So Clean]]"; that's why Strong Bad said "clean" twice. The song's chorus goes ''Ain't nobody dope as me, I'm dressed so fresh so clean (so fresh and so clean, clean).''

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail20.html|watch "spring cleaning"]]
*[[HR:sbemail20.swf|view the Flash file for "spring cleaning"]]

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

Gavin

The Atomic Punk — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:18:50 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:gavin.png|thumb|135px|left|Creepy Crawler]]
[[Image:OldGavin.PNG|thumb|100px|Gavin?]]
'''Gavin''' is a [[Wikipedia:cockroach|cockroach]] who enjoys crawling on [[Strong Bad]]'s computer screen occasionally. He debuted in an Easter egg in the email [[personal favorites]], and has made infrequent cameo appearances in later [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]] and [[Toons]]. Strong Bad seems to like the little guy, although he felt upstaged by the insect in [[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript|Experimental Film]], saying that Gavin got as much screen time as he did.

Another cockroach was seen in [[Strong Bad Main Page]], long before Gavin's name was revealed in "personal favorites". Whether it is Gavin or not is uncertain. A large swarm of roaches, similar in appearance to Gavin, appeared in [[diorama]]. He was also seen in the email [[looking old]], crawling over an "eStrong- Vague Online Investments" box.

Additionally, a roach bomb called "[[Roach Killa!]]" promises to be "Gavin Safe!" in [[bedtime story]] and [[keep cool]].
[[Image:Roach killa.png|thumb|150px|Gavin Safe!]]

 
==Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[personal favorites]] (Easter egg)
*[[:Category:Gavin Filmography|Complete Filmography]]
*[[Experimental Film]]

[[Category:Animals]]

studying

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:19:00 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|17}}

[[Image:sbemail17.PNG|thumb|"You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house."]]

Roy asks Strong Bad what to do about his girlfriend, who keeps interrupting him while he's studying.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, March 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:13

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh! Electronic mail!

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
My girlfriend is really annoying because she calls 
me when I'm trying to study. What should I do? 
 
Crapfully yours, 
Roy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, well! I think I might have a little piece of advice for you, Roy. ''{yelling}'' Close the book and quit being such a dork-on!!!!!!! ''{clears screen}'' ''{no longer yelling}'' I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you? I mean, you've got the potential here, ''{does not type the word "here"}'' to get 1st, 2nd, and quite possibly even 3rd base. So unless you're studying a book called ''{font changes to orange}'' "This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base" ''{font changes back to green}'', I suggest you hightail it over to your girlfriend's house ASAP, man! ''{clears screen}'' And also, send me a copy of that book. Because this sounds pretty good ''{types "It sounds..."}''. You know what...scratch that. You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house.

''{He runs away from the computer and a few seconds later he returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, I forgot. I don't know her name or where she lives, but your girlfriend still loves me, Roy.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "[[HR:amazon.html|This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]" in orange to see a website selling the book by [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]. (The link to this stays up even after the email is over; just click the area where it was before. The reflection of the blue diamond between Strong Bad's eyes will work.)

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first email to have an immediately clickable Easter egg in it.
*This marks the first appearance of [[The Geddup Noise]], but there was a variation in [[depressio]].
===Goofs===
*The area where the text Easter egg was is still clickable after the text itself vanishes.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad once again receives a [[Crapfully Yours]] signature.
*bookazon.com is a [[portmanteau]].

===Real-World References===
*The layout and name of the website in the Easter egg is a spoof of [http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com], a website that mainly sells books, but also sells items such as clothing and electronics.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad says "Ohh! Electronic Mail!" again in the [[System Sounds]], where you can get from [[downloads]].

== DVD Version ==
*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy's screen at the end of the email, you'll see the [[Bookazon.com]] site. Strong Bad narrates.
=== Differences in DVD Version ===
The website looks different from how it does on [[homestarrunner.com]]. Among the differences are:
*The site is now named bookazon.[[egg]], a reference to the email [[pom pom]] where [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says that he thinks the Web page ends with "dot-egg" instead of "dot-com."
*The tabs now read, "WELCOME," "STORE," "BOOKS," "[[VIDELECTRIX]]," "BVD," "[[Craig Zobel|CRAIG]]," "[[Thorax Corporation|PRODUKTS]]," and "[[Ab-Abber 2000|AB-ABBERS]]".
*Two of the advertisements from [[Under Construction]] (the ones for Affordable Hosting and Spam Free Living) now adorn the right side of the screen.
*The Purchase button section now reads "BUYIN' TIME? BUY THIS JUNK NOW?"

===Transcript===
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' ''This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'', by Lem Sportsinterviews. Oh, and there's some reviews! "Better than 4th base even?!?" by Tempe Sam. Uhh, let's see what Tempe Sam says. ''{Strong Bad reads the review exactly as written.}'' "I'm read this book! Twize! It had more chapters than any book I've ever read! Which was my favorite? I dunno. I only read wan. But it got me where I needed to be. The restroom. When I'm done read this book I plan to ride my own. I call it "Leftover Sam and the Leftover Sam Book." Will you by it?!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Well, after reading your review, Tempe Sam, I'm thinkin'...no.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail17.html|watch "studying"]]
*[[HR:sbemail17.swf|view the Flash file for "studying"]]
*[[HR:amazon.html|see the Bookazon page for ''This Book Is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'']]

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

studying

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:18:30 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|17}}

[[Image:sbemail17.PNG|thumb|"You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house."]]

Roy asks Strong Bad what to do about his girlfriend, who keeps interrupting him while he's studying.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, March 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:13

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh! Electronic mail!

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
My girlfriend is really annoying because she calls 
me when I'm trying to study. What should I do? 
 
Crapfully yours, 
Roy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, well! I think I might have a little piece of advice for you, Roy. ''{yelling}'' Close the book and quit being such a dork-on!!!!!!! ''{clears screen}'' ''{no longer yelling}'' I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you? I mean, you've got the potential here, ''{does not type the word "here"}'' to get 1st, 2nd, and quite possibly even 3rd base. So unless you're studying a book called ''{font changes to orange}'' "This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base" ''{font changes back to green}'', I suggest you hightail it over to your girlfriend's house ASAP, man! ''{clears screen}'' And also, send me a copy of that book. Because this sounds pretty good ''{types "It sounds..."}''. You know what...scratch that. You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house.

''{He runs away from the computer and a few seconds later he returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, I forgot. I don't know her name or where she lives, but your girlfriend still loves me, Roy.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "[[HR:amazon.html|This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]" in orange to see a website selling the book by [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]. (The link to this stays up even after the email is over; just click the area where it was before. The reflection of the blue diamond between Strong Bad's eyes will work.)

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first email to have an immediately clickable Easter egg in it.
*This marks the first appearance of [[The Geddup Noise]], but there was a variation in [[depressio]].
===Goofs===
*The area where the text Easter egg was is still clickable after the text itself vanishes.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad once again receives a [[Crapfully Yours]] signature.
*bookazon.com is a [[portmanteau]].

===Real-World References===
*The layout and name of the website in the Easter egg is a spoof of [http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com], a website that mainly sells books, but also sells items such as clothing and electronics.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad says "Ohh! Electronic Mail!" again in the [[System Sounds]], where you can get from [[downloads]]

== DVD Version ==
*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy's screen at the end of the email, you'll see the [[Bookazon.com]] site. Strong Bad narrates.
=== Differences in DVD Version ===
The website looks different from how it does on [[homestarrunner.com]]. Among the differences are:
*The site is now named bookazon.[[egg]], a reference to the email [[pom pom]] where [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says that he thinks the Web page ends with "dot-egg" instead of "dot-com."
*The tabs now read, "WELCOME," "STORE," "BOOKS," "[[VIDELECTRIX]]," "BVD," "[[Craig Zobel|CRAIG]]," "[[Thorax Corporation|PRODUKTS]]," and "[[Ab-Abber 2000|AB-ABBERS]]".
*Two of the advertisements from [[Under Construction]] (the ones for Affordable Hosting and Spam Free Living) now adorn the right side of the screen.
*The Purchase button section now reads "BUYIN' TIME? BUY THIS JUNK NOW?"

===Transcript===
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' ''This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'', by Lem Sportsinterviews. Oh, and there's some reviews! "Better than 4th base even?!?" by Tempe Sam. Uhh, let's see what Tempe Sam says. ''{Strong Bad reads the review exactly as written.}'' "I'm read this book! Twize! It had more chapters than any book I've ever read! Which was my favorite? I dunno. I only read wan. But it got me where I needed to be. The restroom. When I'm done read this book I plan to ride my own. I call it "Leftover Sam and the Leftover Sam Book." Will you by it?!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Well, after reading your review, Tempe Sam, I'm thinkin'...no.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail17.html|watch "studying"]]
*[[HR:sbemail17.swf|view the Flash file for "studying"]]
*[[HR:amazon.html|see the Bookazon page for ''This Book Is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'']]

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

studying

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:18:13 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

{{sbenav|17}}

[[Image:sbemail17.PNG|thumb|"You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house."]]

Roy asks Strong Bad what to do about his girlfriend, who keeps interrupting him while he's studying.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, March 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:13

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh! Electronic mail!

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
My girlfriend is really annoying because she calls 
me when I'm trying to study. What should I do? 
 
Crapfully yours, 
Roy</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, well! I think I might have a little piece of advice for you, Roy. ''{yelling}'' Close the book and quit being such a dork-on!!!!!!! ''{clears screen}'' ''{no longer yelling}'' I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you? I mean, you've got the potential here, ''{does not type the word "here"}'' to get 1st, 2nd, and quite possibly even 3rd base. So unless you're studying a book called ''{font changes to orange}'' "This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base" ''{font changes back to green}'', I suggest you hightail it over to your girlfriend's house ASAP, man! ''{clears screen}'' And also, send me a copy of that book. Because this sounds pretty good ''{types "It sounds..."}''. You know what...scratch that. You keep studying Roy, I'm going over to your girlfriend's house.

''{He runs away from the computer and a few seconds later he returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, I forgot. I don't know her name or where she lives, but your girlfriend still loves me, Roy.

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "[[HR:amazon.html|This Book is Better than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]" in orange to see a website selling the book by [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]. (The link to this stays up even after the email is over; just click the area where it was before. The reflection of the blue diamond between Strong Bad's eyes will work.)

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This is the first email to have an immediately clickable Easter egg in it.
*This marks the first appearance of [[The Geddup Noise]], but there was a variation in [[depressio]].
===Goofs===
*The area where the text Easter egg was is still clickable after the text itself vanishes.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad once again receives a [[Crapfully Yours]] signature.
*bookazon.com is a [[portmanteau]].

===Real-World References===
*The layout and name of the website in the Easter egg is a spoof of [http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com], a website that mainly sells books, but also sells items such as clothing and electronics.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad says "Ooh! Electronic Mail!" again in the [[System Sounds]], where you can get from [[downloads]]

== DVD Version ==
*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy's screen at the end of the email, you'll see the [[Bookazon.com]] site. Strong Bad narrates.
=== Differences in DVD Version ===
The website looks different from how it does on [[homestarrunner.com]]. Among the differences are:
*The site is now named bookazon.[[egg]], a reference to the email [[pom pom]] where [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says that he thinks the Web page ends with "dot-egg" instead of "dot-com."
*The tabs now read, "WELCOME," "STORE," "BOOKS," "[[VIDELECTRIX]]," "BVD," "[[Craig Zobel|CRAIG]]," "[[Thorax Corporation|PRODUKTS]]," and "[[Ab-Abber 2000|AB-ABBERS]]".
*Two of the advertisements from [[Under Construction]] (the ones for Affordable Hosting and Spam Free Living) now adorn the right side of the screen.
*The Purchase button section now reads "BUYIN' TIME? BUY THIS JUNK NOW?"

===Transcript===
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' ''This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'', by Lem Sportsinterviews. Oh, and there's some reviews! "Better than 4th base even?!?" by Tempe Sam. Uhh, let's see what Tempe Sam says. ''{Strong Bad reads the review exactly as written.}'' "I'm read this book! Twize! It had more chapters than any book I've ever read! Which was my favorite? I dunno. I only read wan. But it got me where I needed to be. The restroom. When I'm done read this book I plan to ride my own. I call it "Leftover Sam and the Leftover Sam Book." Will you by it?!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Well, after reading your review, Tempe Sam, I'm thinkin'...no.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail17.html|watch "studying"]]
*[[HR:sbemail17.swf|view the Flash file for "studying"]]
*[[HR:amazon.html|see the Bookazon page for ''This Book Is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'']]

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

Anime

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:10:27 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:stinkoman.PNG|thumb|250px|Are you asking for a JAPANESE CARTOON!?!]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Anime|Anime]]''' is the popular Japanese cartoons, which has made several appearences in some toons.

==Appearances==
*[[Pikachu]], one of the most well-know anime characters from the show [[wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]], has appeared in several toons.
*The anime film ''[[Akira]]'' has been referenced several times.
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — [[Strong Bad]]'s "[[Stinkoman]]" character resembles old fashioned anime cartoons. This trend continues throughout all other [[20X6]] toons.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — [[Strong Sad]] mentions he was going to buy some "anime", which Strong Bad refers to as the outdated name "japanimation".
**On a related note, [[Homestar Runner]] is planning to buy manga (which he [[Foreign Words|mispronounces]]), a type of comic book which inspires many pieces of anime.
*[[Pikachu]] appears behind [[The Cheat]] in [[The Cheat Theme Song]], when the singers say "Who's the man that looks like the cheat?".

[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Anime

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:09:57 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

[[Image:stinkoman.PNG|thumb|250px|Are you asking for a JAPANESE CARTOON!?!]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Anime|Anime]]''' is the popular Japanese cartoons, which has made several appearences in some toons.

==Appearances==
*[[Pikachu]], one of the most well-know anime characters from the show [[wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]], has appeared in several toons.
*The anime film ''[[Akira]]'' has been referenced several times.
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — [[Strong Bad]]'s "[[Stinkoman]]" character resembles old fashioned anime cartoons. This trend continues throughout all other [[20X6]] toons.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — [[Strong Sad]] mentions he was going to buy some "anime", which Strong Bad refers to as the outdated name "japanimation".
**On a related note, [[Homestar Runner]] is planning to buy manga (which he [[Foreign Words|mispronounces]]), a type of comic book which inspires many pieces of anime.
*[[Pikachu]] appears behind [[The Cheat]] in [[The Cheat Theme Song]], when the singers say "Who's the guy that looks like the cheat?".

[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

User:The Atomic Punk

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:05:44 GMT

The Atomic Punk: Just my page.

Strong Bad Sings

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:58:33 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

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

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

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

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

'''Date:''' 2000

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

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

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Fast Forward===
*Many of these songs are remade and featured on the CD [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*The line "Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am." may be related in the email [[brianrietta]], in which the sender says "Every time I watch a cartoon with you in it, I can't help but realize how incredibly gorgeous you are".

== DVD Version ==
*The song The Cheat plays to Strong Mad is changed to "Hot Cross Buns".
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])
[[Image:Fat Bluebird.PNG|thumb|Yep, it's on the wiki.]]
'''MATT:''' Oh, that Fat Bluebird.

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

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

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

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

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

'''MATT:''' Really?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Category:Shorts]]
[[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Strong Bad Sings

The Atomic Punk — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:57:12 GMT

The Atomic Punk:

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

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

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

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

'''Date:''' 2000

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

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

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Fast Forward===
*Many of these songs are remade and featured on the CD [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*The line "Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am." may be related in the email brianrietta, in which the sender says "Every time I watch a cartoon with you in it, I can't help but realize how incredibly gorgeous you are".

== DVD Version ==
*The song The Cheat plays to Strong Mad is changed to "Hot Cross Buns".
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])
[[Image:Fat Bluebird.PNG|thumb|Yep, it's on the wiki.]]
'''MATT:''' Oh, that Fat Bluebird.

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

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

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

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

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

'''MATT:''' Really?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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