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Flipped Images

TimMierz — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:02:15 GMT

TimMierz: /* Appearances in the Standard Animation Style */ Which Ween

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually doesn't.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by the Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] — [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] — After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] — The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Stinkoman_20X6_Walkthrough_Level_4|Level 4]] — [[Stinkoman]]'s stone fist switches between being his left hand and right hand, depending on which direction he's facing.
*[[From the Vault]] — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] — When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face.
*[[Tofu Homestar]] faces different directions in [[The Luau]] and the [[Luau Main Page]], but since he's just drawn on blocks of tofu he should be unable to do so.
*[[The Luau]] — Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] — Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[couch patch]] — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. [[Coach Z]]'s medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[pom pom]] — The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] — [[Homestar]]'s polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*Email [[garage sale]] — [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] — The [[Bubs' Old Pizza]] box is backwards.
*Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] — [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] — Homestar's costume's fold switches sides when he turns around to comment on Strong Sad's costume.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Xeriouxly Forxe

TimMierz — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:00:37 GMT

TimMierz: /* Fun Facts */ Moving "all 12 characters" from inside ref to trivia

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[[File:HSR Xeriouxly Forxe.png|thumb|250px|Xeriouxly Pom. Xeriouxly.]]
Homestar and the other main characters get xtreme new forms for the nineties!

'''Cast:''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}/H. Star, {{film|Strong Bad}}/S. Bad, {{film|Pom Pom}}/Pom, {{film|Marzipan}}/M.Z. Pan, {{film|Coach Z}}/Zoach C, {{film|The Poopsmith}}/The Smith, {{film|Strong Sad}}/S. Sad, {{film|The Cheat}}/Ch8t, {{film|Strong Mad}}/S. Mad, {{film|Bubs}}/Bubz, {{film|The King of Town}}/Xing Town, {{film|Homsar}}/Still Homsar

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' March 31, 2010

'''Running Time:''' 0:54

'''Page Title:''' Exerybody! Exerybody!

==Transcript==
''{Homestar Runner is running across The Field. The singers sing along, as with the [[Intro]].}''

'''SINGERS:''' Everybody! Everybody!

''{The scene starts to skip.}''

'''SINGERS:''' Eh-! Eh-! Eh-!

''{The scene skips faster before a rock version of the Intro takes over. During the rock intro, it shows slides of the characters. Then, lightning turns the characters into their HSR Xeriouxly Forxe forms.}''

'''SINGER:''' Everybody! E-e-e-everybody! 
Everybody! E-e-e-everybody! 
Everybody! E-e-e-everybody 
Revamped for the nineties! 
So much more exciting!

Pointy elbows and lots of lightning! 
Edgy and angry, so deadly and jangly! 
There's new demographics 
When nobody asked for it! 

Everybody e-e-e-everybody! 
Right now!

''{The sides of the screen come together with an explosion. All twelve main characters in Xerioxly Forxe style appear around the title "HSR Xeriouxly Forxe".}''

'''H. STAR:''' ''{struggling, through gritted teeth}'' Xeriouxly Forxe! ''{turning around}'' Did I say that right?

'''S. BAD:''' ''{also through gritted teeth}'' Xhut up and juxt xay your linex! ''{mumbling, in Strong Bad's voice}'' Aw, it's really hard to talk like xhix.

''{After a few moments, the viewer is redirected to [[Main Page 21]].}''

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*This toon marked the first time in five months that [[homestarrunner.com]] received a new toon, the longest hiatus to date.
*[[Appearances by All 12 Main Characters|All 12 main characters]] appear in this toon.
*The [[FeedBurner Page#Toons - Homestar Runner: XERIOUXLY FORXE!|RSS description]] of this toon is:
<blockquote>Homestar and Strong Bad are BACK like you've never seen them before! Pointier, angrier, pre-teenier!! The 6-12 demographic won't know what hit em when they witness Xeriouxly Forxe, the all-new adventures of Homestar Runner and friends with a bold new look and an edgier style that just screams, "Hey 6-12 demographic! Do you know what hit you? Can you tell our focus group person that you don't know what hit you, please?" With all those X's in the name, it has to be cool! </blockquote>

===Remarks===
* Except for Homsar, every character that normally [[Lack of visible arms|lacks visible arms]] gains some sort of arms when upgraded. However, The Cheat loses them as Ch8t.

===Fixed Goofs===
*After The Poopsmith is transformed, the cutaway to the next character showed The Poopsmith in non-transformed form. This was fixed within a half-hour of release.

===Inside References===
*S. Sad has the head of an [[elephant]].
*[[Seriously|Xeriouxly]] is in the new name.
*The Cheat used "Ch8t" previously in [[mile]] and [[bedtime story]].
*The line "revamped for the '90s" was previously used on [[Homestarrunner.com PAY PLUS!|April 1, 2005]] in relation to [[Teen Girl Squad]].

===Real-World References===
*H. Star has [[Wikipedia:Doctor Octopus|Doctor Octopus]]-style arms strapped around his neck.
*S. Bad has a variation of the [[Batman]] emblem on his mask.

==External Links==
*[[HR:|watch "{{PAGENAME}}"]]
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{{stub}}

[[Category:April Fools]]

Fan Costumes '08

TimMierz — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:05:15 GMT

TimMierz: undid revision 694990; the plural noun "frames" receives the 3rd person verb "contain"

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|costumes08|Most in the Graveyard|Twenty THANXty Six}}
[[Image:FanCostumes08.PNG|thumb|"These people got the whole freakin' neighborhood involved!"]]

Strong Bad once again riffs on his fans' terrible costumes.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|Sci-Fi Greg]], [[Peacey P]] (Easter egg) (all audio only)

'''Costumes depicted (in order of first appearance):''' [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Cold One]], [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] girls, [[Strong Bad]] as [[Pumpkin Carve-nival Costumes|Da Bee]], [[Coach Z]], [[Limozeen]] member, [[Strong Mad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Bubs]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Cheat]], [[Homsar]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Scantron|Scantron]], [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|Sci-Fi Greg]], [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|D N' D Greg]], [[The King of Town]], [[Trogdor]], [[Peacey P]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Date:''' Monday, November 10, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 3:15 [[TV Time Toons Menu|official]], 3:57 actual

'''Page Title:''' Hey! Some pretty good ones this year!

==Transcript==

''{A screen comes down and the lights dim. The first image appears, showing a person dressed as the Blue Laser Commander.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, man, you guys remember that Cheat Commandos Halloween special where Blue Laser Commander tried to trick-or-treat at Fort Knox so they'd give him all the gold, but when they got there, the receptionist just had, like, a bowl of Smarties on her desk, and he told her that he hated her face—

''{A speech bubble appears saying "I JUST '''HATE''' YOUR FACE SO MUCH!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —''and'' her kitten sweater!

''{Another speech bubble appears saying "AND THAT SWEATER MAKES ME RETCH!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Man'', that guy's a born leader!

''{The image switches to a person with a red shirt that's bunched up around the sleeves. The shirt has an asymmetrical paper star taped to it. A paper shaped like Homestar's face is visibly being held by a hand near the person's neck.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sadly, I have a feeling this kid actually had a ''lot'' of help from his parents with this costume. Like, they stayed up all night workin' on it... spent a lot of money... and "hold this in front of your face" was ''still'' the best they could do.

''{The image switches to a man dressed as a Cold One, drinking from a glass bottle.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A Cold One drinking a Cold One?! That's cannibalism, man! Or at least... Cold One-ibalism!

''{The image switches to two young women in CGNU shirts. Each is holding a golf club and a sign; one sign reads "EVERYBODY TO THE LIMIT!" and the other "GO DUMPLES".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Check it out! It's the Lady Dumples Golf Club Team! Man, I ''seriously'' gotta start that fake university! It doesn't get any hotter than watching young co-eds beat the crap out of George Foreman grills with a nine-iron!

''{The image switches to a small child wearing a bee costume and a Strong Bad mask.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! Everybody knows ''I'm'' the bee! What are ya, some kind of cute baby? ...Oh. You are. Then... carry on, coolest parents in the world!

''{The image switches to people dressed as Coach Z and (a very plastic-looking) Homestar. A beat starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping, imitating Coach Z}'' My name's Coach Z, and I got a low crotch! ''{imitating Homestar}'' My name's Homestaw and I'm wocking the spot! ''{imitating Coach Z}'' Everybody knows I'm the rapping man! ''{imitating Homestar}'' Evewybody knows I'm a painted twash can!

''{The beat stops and the image switches to a man wearing a Limozeen-like wig and holding a Wii Guitar Hero controller.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, Chuzz Palaroncini! Still livin' in the basement of his parents' basement.

''{The image switches to a scene of people dressed in various poor costumes in front of a cardboard Bubs' Concession Stand. In order from left to right, they are dressed as Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Bubs, Strong Bad, Marzipan, Homestar, and Coach Z. "Coach Z" is also holding a dog with a yellow spotted sweater, resembling The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These people got the whole freakin' neighborhood involved! And clearly entrusted the Strong Mad costume—

''{The image switches to a different image of the person dressed as Strong Mad. The costume is a painted cardboard box with arm holes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — to Patches Barfjacket, the local drifter.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{doing his "shady drifter" voice}'' Hey, this box is my house! I'm tryin' to get me a sandwich or somethin'! What's a website?

''{The image switches to a girl in a shirt with an image that resembles Strong Bad's body, and a hard hat with part of Strong Bad's mask on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait, why did you— But habbida— The hard-hatted— Rebecca said— The shirt is— I can't even think of anything to say about this conumdrum. This counts as a Homsar costume. And speaking of...

''{The image switches to a boy in a shirt with "homsar" taped to it. A piece of paper shaped like Homsar's hat is hovering over his head, presumably attached to the door behind him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Homsar}'' AaAaAaAh tape my hat to the door! ''{normally}'' Can you explain to me how you went out trick-or-treating in this costume? I mean, did you take the whole door with you? ...That'd be pretty impressive, actually. That'd earn you a full Thnikka if you came to my house.

''{The image switches to a person dressed as Scantron.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! An incredibly faithful Scantron costume?!

''{A paper with Scantron on it moves into the image.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work! This guy's the coolest loser I've never met!

''{The paper disappears, and the image switches to two men in shirts that read "d n'd greg" and "sci-fi greg". "D N'D Greg" is holding what appears to be a Dungeons & Dragons character sheet. "Sci-Fi Greg" is holding a Firefly DVD set.}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' The proportions are all wrong! And his chest plate didn't even have the power converter!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do I get the feeling you guys didn't really have to "dress up" to be Sci-Fi and D N'D Greg?

''{The image switches to a man dressed as a skinny King of Town, in front of an open refrigerator door. The datestamp in the corner reads "OCT 30 2008".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' October thirtieth, 2008, two PM. Dressed up as the King of Town again today, and stood in front of the open fridge for a few hours. I don't think the medication is working.

''{The image switches to a person in a cardboard Trogdor costume.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, that's a pretty awesome Trogdor costume! Look at those corrugated V's! Burninate them brand new deck stairs, Troggy!

''{The image switches to a person in a sloppy Coach Z costume. The picture was taken in a bathroom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh! No! I don't even wanna know what's going on in this picture!

''{The image switches to a topless man in a papier-mache Strong Bad mask and inflatable boxing gloves.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh! No! I don't even wanna know what's going on in this picture!

''{The image switches to a boy wearing a Homestar shirt and white face paint. He's also wearing glasses and a horned helmet similar to Homestar's. He's in front of a television with an image of John Cleese on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, Homestar wearing his viking helmet, and John Cleese. An age-old Halloween tradition in the Dorkelson household.

''{The image switches to a person in a lopsided Strong Bad mask and boxing gloves, as well as a white shirt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's up, eyeball-chin? How many mail boxes did ''you'' run into on Halloween?

''{The image switches to a person in a Homestar costume. The mouth of the costume is wide open so that the person's face can look out of it. There are people in the background who "appear" to be being eaten because of the camera angle. The scene is in the park in the middle of the day.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, looks like bass-mouth Homestar's about to eat himself a bunch of three-in-the-afternoon trick-or-treaters!

''{The images switches to a heavy-set man in faded Strong Bad face paint.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I... think this guy might have eaten me and sweated my mask out onto his face. That's one way to dress up as Strong Bad for Halloween.

''{A "Back" button appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Costume08PeaceyP.PNG|thumb|"Y'all pumpkin heads!"]]
*By using a seek bar, decompiler, or going to the Flash file, and right-click and selecting Play at the end of the toon, one can see a jack-o'-lantern carved like Peacey P. This was apparently supposed to be accessible by clicking on the man's head at the very end, however the clickable area does nothing.
:'''PEACEY P:''' I roasted my seeds in the oven with a little bit of cayenne pepper, y'all pumpkin heads!

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Fort Knox|Fort Knox]] is a military base in Kentucky famous for housing the United States' supply of gold.
*When Strong Bad mentions a "bowl of Smarties," he is likely referring to the [[Wikipedia:Smarties (Ce De Candy)|chalky candy rolls]], because [[Wikipedia:Smarties|Nestlé Smarties]] are not distributed in the United States.

===Trivia===
*The person in the King of Town costume is Wiki user [[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]].
*The topless man in the Strong Bad papier-mâché mask is user [[User:Dom|Dom]].
*The person in the Homestar costume with the paper mask is user [[user:Absorr|Absorr]].
*The person in the Homestar with his viking helmet costume is user [[User:Abcxyq|Abcxyq]].
*The person in the Homsar costume is user [[User:ALJ123456|ALJ123456]].
*The object the person in the Sci Fi Greg costume is holding is the box set of the TV show [[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]].
*In the ninth costume, peeking out of the bed is a box for Guitar Hero: World Tour, the latest [[Guitar Hero]] game for the Xbox 360.


===Remarks===
*The Toons menu contains a costume that is a detail photo of Bubs in the scene where Strong Bad says 'They got the whole freakin' neighborhood involved!'
*Strong Bad says "Everybody knows I'm the Bee" but in fact, it was only the Goblin dressed as Strong Bad that was the Bee.
**Strong Bad also remarks on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] in [[Sensitive To Bees]] that "I'm the bee".
*Though Strong Bad derides a Coach Z costume for having a humorously low crotch, it does resemble Coach Z's appearance in [[New Boots]].
*After the Peacey P Easter egg is finished, there are 16 extra frames in the Flash file that contain the picture of the Peacey P pumpkin and no sound.
*The costume in the 9th image is reminiscent of [[Sir Hotbod Handsomeface]], who is essentially a muscular Strong Bad wearing jeans and a hard hat. Hotbod makes his first and only appearance in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]].

===Goofs===
*The Peacey P Easter egg does not function properly, and the clickable area does nothing when clicked.

===Fixed Goofs===
*At first release, the "Next" button skipped over the boy in the Homsar costume, and the "Previous" button skipped over the girl wearing the hard hat.

===Inside References===
*The two speech bubbles from the person in the Blue Laser Commander costume refer to lines spoken by him in [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] and [[The Next Epi-Snowed]], respectively.
*Homestar previously did a shady drifter impression and tentatively demanded a sandwich in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*In mocking The King of Town costume, Strong Bad uses the phrase "[[Drugs|I don't think the medication is working]]."

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Smarties (Ce De Candy)|Smarties]] are a brand of chalky pastel-colored candy rolls sold throughout the United States. [[Wikipedia:Nestlé|Nestlé]] produces a [[Wikipedia:Smarties|different type candy]] that has the same name but is not widely distributed in the United States.
*A [[Wikipedia:George Foreman Grill|George Foreman Grill]] is an indoor grill promoted by George Foreman.
*[[Wikipedia:John Cleese|John Cleese]] is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and singer, who is best known as being a member of [[Monty Python]]. The scene of him shown on the TV in the photograph is from an episode of [[Wikipedia:Countdown with Keith Olbermann|Countdown with Keith Olbermann]] on which he appeared on October 31, 2008.
*Strong Bad's mention of a "[[The Thnikkaman|Thnikka]]" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Snickers|Snickers]].
*Dorkelson refers to a Disney sitcom called The Torkelsons.

==External Links==
*[[HR:costumes08.html|watch "Fan Costumes '08"]]
*[[HR:costumes08.swf|view the Flash file for "Fan Costumes '08"]]
*[[Forum:14860|forum thread re: "Fan Costumes '08"]]

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[[Category:Fan Material]]

Halloween Fairstival

TimMierz — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:45:47 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Link to Flipped Images

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|ween04|That A Ghost|Snowglobe}}
[[Image:halloween fairstival screen.png|thumb|"Step right up and get yer Halloween on!"]]

The Cheat gets the hiccups on Halloween and Strong Bad sets out to cure him at the local Halloween Fairstival.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|HRWiki:Tour/Halloween Fairstival|[[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Bubs]], [[The King of Town]], [[Pom Pom]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[Homsar]] (Easter egg), [[Marzipan]], [[Homestar Runner]]|{{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}}}

{{costumeslink|Halloween Fairstival Costumes}} 

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Spooky Woods]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]/[[Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club]]

'''Date:''' Friday, October 29, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 6:05

'''Page Title:''' A Boogidy, Boogidy

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript ==
''{Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat are walking along in regular clothing during the daytime. Then, a nighttime background scrolls onscreen, stitched right onto the daytime background. As the trio cross the [[Wikipedia:Terminator (solar)|terminator]] into nighttime, they get changed into their costumes (with a slight slurping noise) as the opening credits roll: "Halloween Fairstival" / Spoken By Matt and Missy / Maken By Mike and Matt / Here go the first scene... 
''The three characters stop beside a telephone pole with an orange flier stapled to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right boys, it's Halloween night, what we gonna do?

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come again?

''{Again, The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's wrong there, Philly Cheat-steak? You got-a some Hiccups?

''{Again, The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, you picked the perfect night to have them. We shouldn't have a problem scaring those hiccups out of you on Halloween. Let's see what's going on tonight. ''{zoom in on the flier}'' There's gotta be something scary.

''{Zoom closer in on the section of the flier reading "Coach Z's Haunted Locka-room".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, that's perfect! I've seen some stuff in that locker room that would scare more than just the hiccups out of you, let me tell ya. Let's check it on out!

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

''{Cut to a haunted locker room with a dark screen and green gas along the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You scared yet, The Cheat? What about that drippy towel over there? That's pretty scary, huh?

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a mock-scared voice}'' Oh no, please don't drip on me!

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You smell like shin guards!

''{The Cheat hiccups. Coach Z appears.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Crackity towel! Tommy John surgery!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears throat}'' Coach, we're trying to scare the hiccups out of The Cheat.

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You got anything that's not just gross and moist?

'''COACH Z:''' ''{holding up some Blue Star Ointment}'' What could be scarier than Blue Stair Ointment?! ''{moves it around as if it were a ghost}'' Aawooooeeeeorrrrre!

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, this has gone from weird and kinda gross to a serious health risk.

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's bolt.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey! You guys didn't even get your candy out of the terlet there!

''{Cut to Strong Sad under a banner that says "Strong Sad's Haunted Haikus".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{reciting a haiku}''
:This night. Black as pitch.
:Doom from inside me wells up.
:Pray I don't get egged.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know or care what a Hai-oo-koo is—

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —but we need to scare The Cheat.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ooh, I got just the thing!
:Rapping at the door.
:Fills up agèd pillow case.
:So sick of Smarties.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I get it. Let me try one!
:A butt for a face.
:Little brother: dork, dork, dork.
:Stay out of my room.

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm sorry, The Cheat, looks like we got to find some other way to scare the ever-loving hiccups out of you.

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' You don't ''scare'' the hiccups out of somebody! You gotta ''laugh'' 'em out!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! That sounds like a segue!

''{Segue to Bubs, against the side wall of his concession stand, under a neon sign reading "Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club". The first two Ha's take turns between being lit.}''

'''BUBS:''' I mean, seriously, people, it's the '90s!

''{Strong Mad laughs.}''

'''BUBS:''' Am I right?

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''BUBS:''' Am I left?

''{Strong Mad laughs again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Say, Bubs, your comedy club bears a striking resemblance to the side of your concession stand.

'''BUBS:''' Aww, that's rich. You know something else that bears a striking resemblance to something else?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunn—

'''BUBS:''' Women can't drive!

''{Strong Mad laughs again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Unh—

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —let's get out here, my bad pennies.

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat leave.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' THIS GUY CRACKS ME UP!

'''BUBS:''' And, airline food! I mean, humminah-what?

''{Bubs hits his head with his microphone. Strong Mad laughs again.}''

''{Cut to sign "The KOT's Verrry Halloween Related Turducken Bob"; pan to the King of Town beside a tub with three turduckens in mashed potatoes.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Hurry, hurry, hurry! Before I eat it all! Step right up and get your Halloween on! Bobbin' fer turduckens!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if reading one of his [[Strong Bad Email|emails]]}'' Dear Oldie, Shut up! Your pal, Strong Bad.

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Howdy, boys. Either of you got a wicked mashed potato jones?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Mashed Potato Jones. Now there's a fella I'd like to meet!

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, we need to get rid of The Cheat's hiccups. You got any grody old man remedies?

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Sure! You gotta feed and feed the hiccups until they mature into liver failure! And then...

'''STRONG BAD:''' We're not trying to kill The Cheat! Don't ya have anything that could just scare him?

'''KING OF TOWN:''' I have this X-ray of my heart.

''{The King of Town holds up an X-ray showing a [[ham]] where his heart should be, labeled "General Caveat Lower Eclusal". The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's not scary. That's... promising! Come on, The Cheat. Let's let the King die in peace.

''{The King of Town's mask spins 180° into a sad face, like the Mayor of Halloweentown's.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Yes. Let's.

''{Cut to Pom Pom and the Poopsmith who are holding a silent auction in front of a sign reading "'Creeping' Silent 'Death' Auction".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's up, no-talkers? Keep on... no-talking.

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

''{Cut to Marzipan standing with a guitar next to a stall of fruit, labeled "A Chorus Of Autumnal Vegatables  Is In".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this mess?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ready, everybody? A-one, and a-two, and a-here we go! ''{Marzipan sings. The tune is the same as the theme song and scene transition music.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, this is it! This is the most terrifying thing I have ever seen!

''{The Cheat hiccups}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, man!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Good job, The Cheat! Now try harmonizing with the butternut squashes! ''{sings}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This might not get rid of the hiccups, but it's about to give me the throw-ups!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh yeah! Lay it on me, Mr. Corn!

''{Strong Bad makes vomiting noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{appears from behind a tree, on which is a sign reading "back alley dealings"}'' Hey guys, hey guys, hey guys guys guys! You guys...errrr...need some witches' brew? I got some right here. Two jars. Cold, hot, fresh witches' brew! Only ten bucks a pop! Side effects include wine, women, and song.

''{He holds up two jars labeled "brüe".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Witches' brew, eh? All right, we'll take one jar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Here you go.

''{The Cheat drinks it and hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, crap! He's still got 'em!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That'll be ten bucks! Please drive around to the second window!

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, okay... But, uhhh, can you pay us the ten bucks tomorrow?

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nah, I'm good for it. I'll pay you the ten bucks right now!

''{Homestar gives the money to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

''{The Cheat hiccups.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I'll give you ten bucks if you stop hiccupping!

''{The Cheat stops hiccupping, says something, tucks the cash between the leaves of his costume, and exits.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! Hey, Homestar! I'll give you ten bucks if you stop breathing!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okayyougotadeal!

''{Homestar takes a gulp of air and holds it for a couple of seconds.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{panting}'' Strong Bad... I couldn't do it... for very long...

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'd try again. Ten is a lot of bucks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right right, a lot of ducks!

''{He keeps trying during the fade-out.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*During the cartoon, click on the emblem on The Poopsmith's belt to unlock a scene with Homsar.
*:''{Homsar pops out of the sign and stands upside down on the top of the border.}''
*:'''HOMSAR:''' AaAa I blew it, man! I lose my touch.
*:''{He runs around the border while The Poopsmith and Pom Pom watch.}''
*Clicking on Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, The Cheat, Bubs and Marzipan at the end will unlock additional dialogue.
**'''Strong Bad'''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello, kiddies! A-meet the Joker!
**'''Homestar Runner'''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think I'm dressed up as some kind of a golf cart, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
**'''Pom Pom'''
*:'''COACH Z:''' So, Big Boy, eh, Pom Pom? I was gonna go as André 3000 myself.
**'''The Cheat'''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, The Cheat, your pile of leaves costume is so adorable. It's... adorable.
**'''Bubs'''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' So, Bubs, your approach this year was to ensure that absolutely no one recognized your costume?
*:'''BUBS:''' You got it!
**'''Marzipan'''
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Marzy, I just can't wait for you to get on the road again... and get hit by a school bus.
*Clicking on Strong Mad at the end reveals an additional scene.
:''{Cut to Bubs' Ha-Ha Halloween Club. Strong Mad is still watching Bubs's act.}''
:'''BUBS:''' And remember, like, ten years ago? People's clothes looked funny! ''{Strong Mad laughs}'' And the music sounded terrible! ''{Strong Mad laughs}''
*If you unlock the scene with Homsar, Homsar will appear at the end of the cartoon with everyone else.
*If you don't unlock the scene with Homsar, you can still get Homsar to appear at the end by clicking on Strong Mad. When the scene switches back to the group picture, Homsar will be there.
*If you unlock the Homsar scene, the eggplant in Marzipan's vegetable choir will have a spoon taped to it, just like Homsar's "pumpkin" in his Easter egg scene from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The reason Strong Bad has a mustache underneath his Joker make-up is because [[Wikipedia:Cesar Romero|Cesar Romero]], the actor who played [[Wikipedia:Joker (comics)|The Joker]] in the 1960s [[Batman]] [[Wikipedia:Batman (TV series)|TV series]], had become famous as a suave Latin lover due in part to his "sexy" 'stache. He refused to shave it off when he got the part of the Joker, so in the show his make-up was applied over the top of it.
*A "[[jones]]" is defined as "an avid desire or appetite for something". Therefore, to "have a mashed potato jones" means to "crave mashed potatoes".
*A [[Wikipedia:Turducken|turducken]] is a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken.
*[[Wikipedia:Smarties (Ce De Candy)|Smarties]] is a flavored, sugar-based candy (known as Rockets outside the US, where there is a [[wikipedia:Nestlé|Nestlé]]-owned M&M-like candy of the same name).

===Trivia===
[[Image:SignErrors.PNG|right|thumb|Before and after versions of the sign. Differences circled in red]]
*Although [[Witches' Brew|Witches' Brüe]] is a frequently-mentioned inside joke, this is the first time we've actually seen it and been informed of its supposed effects.
*The three items for sale by Pom Pom and the Poopsmith are:
**The [[blender]] from [[Main Page 19]]
**[[Credenza]] the ficus, brought back from the dead in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
**The [[Trivia Time]] cookie jar
*When the orange sign first appears, it reads:
<blockquote>Halloween Festival 
featuring: 
Coach Z's Haunted 
Lockerroom 
Haunted Haikus 
w/ Strong Sad 
Bobbing for Apples 
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!</blockquote>
:However, when the sign appears again before zooming in on the Coach Z part, it reads:
<blockquote>Halloween Fairstival 
featuring: 
Coach Z's Haunted 
Locka-Room 
Haunted Haikus 
w/ Strong Sad 
Bobbing for <strike>Apples</strike> 
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!</blockquote>
*Differences:
**Festival to Fairstival.
**Lockerroom to Locka-room.
**Apples crossed out.
**No staples on before.
*This toon is tied with [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] as the second longest holiday toon, after [[Jibblies 2]]. It is also the first toon to beat the previously longest toon, [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], now tied with [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad is actually wearing purple boxing gloves, which he criticized as an inaccuracy in [[New Boots]].
*It is strange that Strong Bad claims not to know what a [[haiku]] is, since he used one in [[japanese cartoon]].
*When Bubs says, "Am I right?" he points with his left hand, and vice versa.
*This toon refers to Pom Pom "not speaking," even though other characters normally seem to understand his bubbles.
*Despite being a "terrific athlete," Homestar doesn't have a very large lung capacity. It seems to have grown significantly smaller since his [[Yearbook Character Page|Yearbook]] page.
*Coach Z's Tupac tattoo says "Thorg Life," which is "Thug Life" in Coach Z's accent.
*Strong Bad suggests that Homestar (not The Cheat) hold his breath, although this is a common hiccup remedy.
*There is an error on Strong Sad's sign. The plural of Haiku is simply "Haiku," meaning the sign should say "Haunted Haiku."
*In the toon, the Poopsmith is wearing a glove and holding a sword in his left hand. Afterwards, the glove and sword are in his right hand.
*The towel in the locker room stops dripping when the camera zooms in on Coach Z.

===Goofs===
*When the gang passes the day/night border, Strong Bad's eyes space farther apart and his crest and eyes become larger compared to his head. Also, the split second after they stop and turn around at the pole, his face shifts position on his head.
*When Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad turn around to go to the "Haunted Locker Room" after they read the sign, the lettering on Strong Mad's [[Wikipedia:Detroit Pistons|Pistons]] jersey is [[Flipped Images|reversed]]. This is because instead of being redrawn for the new direction, Strong Mad's animation was simply mirrored.
*When Coach Z jumps out from the shower room, during the few frames that he is partially obscured by the doorway, there is a very thin gap between him and the edge of the doorway.
*When Strong Bad walks away from Bubs' comedy club, he disappears before he has walked completely offscreen.
**The Cheat also does this when he walks away from Homestar and Strong Bad at the end of the cartoon.
*In Marzipan's sign "A Chorus Of Autumnal Vegatables Is In", "vegatables" is spelled incorrectly. It should be "vegetables".
*When The Cheat drinks the "[[witches' brew]]", the jar appears full while he drinks it and for a few frames after he throws it. However, when he throws it away, it suddenly becomes empty in mid-air.
*When Strong Bad, Pom Pom, Marzipan, or Bubs are clicked on at the end, Strong Bad's right foot shifts slightly, then goes back at the end of the animation.

===Glitches===
*At the end of the toon, Homsar still shows his scroll-over information while the other characters comment on their costumes. This is because he is a movie clip that overlays the scene.
*As the gang exit the Haunted Locker Room and the scene begins to fade out, when Strong Mad walks past the puddle on the floor, the puddle overlaps his head.
*Towards the end of the toon, in the "Witches Brue" scene, Strong Bad will occasionally get a small black line above his mouth.

===Inside References===
*The candles next to Strong Sad in the haiku scene are from the séance in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
**Also, the orange candle appears in the [[Strong Bad Is in Jail Cartoon]] during the scene in which Strong Sad does tai-chi.
*The telephone pole that the flier is posted on also appeared in [[impression]] and [[Where's The Cheat?]].
*The page title quotes [[Marshie]] in [[Malloween Commercial]]. The full line is "Boogidy boogidy! I'll scare your dad!".
*Marzipan's blue dress is the one that she used for [[The Angel]] in [[A Decemberween Pageant]].
*Homsar's "pumpkin" from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] (an eggplant with a spoon taped on it) appears in an Easter egg (see above).
*Homestar mentions [[ducks]].
*This [[Halloween]] toon marks the second one in which Strong Mad dresses up as a sport athlete. The first one was [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], where he dressed up as football player [[Wikipedia:William Perry (American football)|William "Refrigerator" Perry]].
*"Fairstival" and "Turducken" are [[portmanteaus]].

===Real-World References===
*The "...is in" sign hanging from the bandstand for the Chorus of Autumnal Vegetable is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lucy van Pelt|Lucy van Pelt's]] psychiatric help booth from the Peanuts comic strip.
*"Philly Cheat-steak" is a pun on the popular sandwich "[[Wikipedia:Philly Cheese Steak|Philly Cheese Steak]]".
*In [[A Decemberween Pageant]], Strong Mad dressed as [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles Lakers]] star [[Wikipedia:Kobe Bryant|Kobe Bryant]]. In 2004, Los Angeles was beaten by the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals.
*The sign in the locka-room that reads "Don't go into the marsh!!!!" may refer to a similar sign in the Monster Plantation ride at [[Wikipedia:Six Flags Over Georgia|Six Flags Over Georgia]].
*When you click on Pom Pom, Coach Z will say "Big Boy, eh? I was gonna go with André 3000 myself." [[Wikipedia:Big Boi|Big Boi]] and [[Wikipedia:André 3000|André 3000]] make up the duo [[Wikipedia:OutKast|OutKast]].
*At the end, when you click on Marzipan, Strong Bad says, "Hey Marzi ... I just can't wait for you to get on the road again ... and get hit by a school bus." This is a reference to the song "On the Road Again" by [[Wikipedia:Willie Nelson|Willie Nelson]], Marzipan's costume choice.
*"My bad pennies" is the name The Joker gives his henchmen in the Batman episode [http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Batman/Jokergoestoschool.htm 'The Joker Goes To School'].
**In addition, Strong Bad's line "Hello, kiddies! A-meet the Joker!" is taken directly from the same episode.
*Blue Star Ointment is a product used for ringworm and jock itch. The ointment itself isn't scary, but Coach Z might have been thinking of the false rumors surrounding [[Snopes:horrors/drugs/bluestar.htm|Blue Star Acid]].
*At the end when you click on Homestar he says, "So I've got that going for me. Which is nice." This line is spoken by Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper in the film ''[[IMDb:tt0080487|Caddyshack]]'', whom he is dressed as. (This line also appears in [[Peasant's Quest]] if you try to make [[Rather Dashing]] eat or drink.)
*[[Wikipedia:Tommy John surgery|Tommy John Surgery]] (ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, or UCL) is a procedure to replace a torn elbow ligament with a ligament or tendon from elsewhere in the body. The surgery is named after [[Wikipedia:Tommy John|Tommy John]], a pitcher for the [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Dodgers|Los Angeles Dodgers]] who was the first professional athlete to successfully undergo the operation.
*Homsar's line "AaAaAa... I blew it, man! I lose my touch." is one of Kumar's famous lines in [[IMDB:tt0115734|Bottle Rocket]].
*The phrase [[Wikipedia:Wine, women and song|wine, women, and song]] is from an old adage, "Who loves not wine, women, and song / remains a fool his whole life long."
*The spelling of "Witches' Brüe" features a [[Wikipedia:heavy metal umlaut|heavy metal umlaut]] in the style of rock band [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]].
*The sign for The Poopsmith's and Pom Pom's silent auction reads "Silent Creeping Death Auction." The 'Creeping Death' part of the sign may refer to a song of that name by the band Metallica.

== DVD Version ==
*The Homsar Easter egg is enabled automatically.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Part of the King of Town's Turducken Bob scene is missing. The DVD goes from Strong Bad's "Dear Oldie" line to his line about wanting to meet Mashed Potato Jones, skipping the King's line altogether.
*All of the ending Easter eggs play automatically. They are played in this order:
**Homestar Runner
**The Cheat
**Strong Bad
**Marzipan
**Bubs
**Pom Pom
*To access the Easter egg containing the extra scene with Strong Mad and Bubs, click down on the remote until the H*R logo lights up.
*You no longer have the opportunity to see who is dressed up as who at the end, like you can on the website.

=== Commentary Transcript ===

'''MATT:''' Joining us today is Ryan Steritt...

'''MIKE:''' Ryan Steritt, everyone! Give 'im a warm round...

''{applause}''

'''MIKE:''' ...of applause!

'''RYAN:''' Yes, thank you.

'''MATT:''' Ryan, did you make this DVD?

'''MIKE:''' So you made— you made this cartoon...

'''RYAN:''' I made ''all'' the cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah. That's right. Oh, look... it's Caesar Romero.

'''MATT:''' Yes. The Latin Lothario.

'''MIKE:''' Did you— I still frequently get Sid Caesar and Caesar Romero mixed up.

'''RYAN:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' When I see their names. Sometimes I think Sid Caesar was The Joker.

''{laughter}''

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Whaddaya think of that mustache, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I like mustaches.

'''MATT:''' It's been painted over.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' The thing that's crazy about that is I never realized it as a kid watching the Batman show.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it wasn't until...

'''MIKE:''' It wasn't until it came back in the '80s when the Tim Burton Batman movie came out that I was watching those and realized that, "The guy didn't even go through to bother shaving his mustache!" ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he refused. There was— It was like a big— there's lot's of stories about that. Where he was just, like, "Yeah, no, I'll be in that, but whaddaya— I'm not going to..."

'''MIKE:''' Shave it!

'''MATT:''' "... shave my mustache! Are you crazy?!"

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So is this—

'''MATT:''' Did you, uh, did you ever shower in your gym in junior high, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I did ''not''. I was very scared of it.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, same here. I never did. There's a Freaks and Geeks where they— he makes them, remember? I'm glad I never faced that.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''I'' did.

'''MATT:''' You did?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Did you?

'''MATT:''' Well, yeah, cuz you played—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. We had basketball practice at 6 a.m. before school.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' But, that being said, there were a few people that, even after basketball practice, would not, uh, shower before going to school.

'''RYAN:''' I remember a couple kids that showered in their tightey-whiteys.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs hysterically}'' What?!?!

'''RYAN:''' It was very funny.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Um, look! It's... it's, what is that? Aladdin Sane, uh, album cover?

'''MIKE:''' I don't think it is.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I think Jamie Huggins dressed up as— in that same costume one year for Halloween.

'''MIKE:''' It may have been the same year I dressed up as Tupac.

'''MATT:''' It may have been.

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

'''MATT:''' Whaddaya think?

'''RYAN:''' Were you really Tupac?

'''MATT:''' Did you write "''Thorg'' Life" on your stomach or "Thug Life"?

'''MIKE:''' No, I... Craig wrote "Thug Life" for me. He did a very good job.

'''MATT:''' That's nice, Craig.

'''MIKE:''' That's a real— that tattoo in my mind was a— is a nice script, but it's really pretty crappy.

'''RYAN:''' Like, up close...

'''MATT:''' Like his acutal— In pictures of Tupac.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, like his actual "Thug Life". It's not like a nice, like gangsta, kinda script font that you'd expect it to be.

'''MATT:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it's just a...

'''MATT:''' Whaddaya think of Clarence Clemons, Ryan?

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' I think the... the earring is what really cements that costume, like you feel like you have no idea what it was, I mean, a lot of people probably still would— don't, but, like, you see that earring, and you're like, "Wait a minute..."

'''MIKE:''' Especially with the name. I think I— I don't think I would've known. Uh, 'cause what is it, "One of the Three Most Important People In The World" or something?

'''MATT & RYAN:''' ''{overlapping laughter}''

'''RYAN:''' Yeah. I love their idea of what the future of clothes is going to be.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah, silver gowns, and you "float" on the wall.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Look guys, a turducken!

'''RYAN:''' We tried a turducken a few weeks ago.

'''MIKE:''' We just had a turducken 2 or 3 weeks ago.

'''MATT:''' That's right. Courtesy of Willie.

'''MIKE:''' And we added, what, 3 animals to it?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, you could have as many as 7 animals in one bite.

'''MATT:''' The King of Town would be ''way'' into that.

'''RYAN:''' ''{laughs}''

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Wasn't the King of Town something else through part of this cartoon, and we changed his costume?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I can't remember what the original was, and then we thought of The Mayor from "Nightmare Before Christmas".

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' "Lower Eclusal"? Mike, those are— that's a dentistry term.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' "Bicuspid" is another one.

'''MATT:''' Right. Look—. So, how do you think the King pulled that off? Did he really spin his head around just now?

''{short pause}''

'''MATT:''' I'm very proud of that Lion-O Claw that I made.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I wanted to make a cartoon— I wanted to,like,make Thundercats cartoons after making those graphics.

'''RYAN:''' I remember this one, when it came out, people kept thinking this was Kumar from the...

'''ALL:''' "Harold and Kumar."

'''MATT:''' Oh.

'''RYAN:''' None of 'em had seen "Bottle Rocket".

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Kumar, uh, I gotta get me one of those yellow jumpsuits, you guys.

'''MIKE & RYAN:''' ''{overlapping laughter}''

'''MIKE:''' So, this part, we did this first and Melissa sang that little song, and we made the song based on that little thing that Melissa sang.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was such a catchy tune she was— she was singing.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah.

''{short pause}''

'''RYAN:''' The eggplant is from an older one?

'''MATT:''' Yep. That only appears , actually, on the website, anyways. It only appears if you unleashed the Homestar egg— Homsar egg, rather. Sorry

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' What, I can't even remember what, uh, what's his character's name, Bill Murray's character in Caddyshack? I can't even remember.

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''MATT:''' I want to keep saying Walter Sobchak. and that's... that's not right at all.

''{short pause}''

'''MATT:''' Well, we say it at the end of the cartoon, anyways. At some point, on the website.

'''MIKE:''' I think Homestar might be a little tall there.

'''MATT:''' Ahhh, he looks— uh, well— well,oh yeah. Compared to... ''{laughs}'' His head is on level with—

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad's hair.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Strong Bad's wig, yeah.

''{short pause}''

'''MATT:''' I like the little suspicious man drawn on the "back-alley dealings" poster.

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

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he lets you know it's legit. These are— these are true back-alley dealings. That guy— look at this guy, with a hat, clearly lookin' around for trouble.

'''MATT''' Ah-puh.

'''MIKE & MATT:''' Ah-puh.

'''MATT:''' What is it? ''{stressing first syllable}'' "Ah-puh." Uh... "Hi-yah." and "High-ball."

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' "High-ball." This is another instance of "ducks".

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{imitates the background music}'' How long do you think he went on, guys? A while?

'''RYAN:''' Days.

'''MIKE:''' Days. I would say... until Thanksgiving.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' ''{quoting Homestar}'' "...which is nice." We wanted to— I always wanted to make a, uh, Easter Egg for this, a puppet Easter Egg, where we went to a— a pool and a pond and had Homestar Puppet with the little hat on going, "Poogle-pond, poogle-pond, poogle-pond."

''{short pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Hey, guess what?

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' That was a quote from the same Batman episode that there's probably, at this point, 20 or 30 references to on our website.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Including the name of our company.

'''RYAN:''' I love that it's just all one episode, too.

''{unintelligible overlapping conversations}''

'''MATT:''' We love— we certainly have an appreciation for and are familiar with... y'know...

'''MIKE:''' Many episodes.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, lots of 'em.

'''MIKE:''' But there's one in particular that we know backwards and forwards,

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Sid Caesar|Sid Caesar]] is an Emmy-winning American comic actor and writer best known as the leading man on the 1950s television series ''[[Wikipedia:Your Show of Shows|Your Show of Shows]]'' and ''Caesar's Hour'', and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in ''[[Wikipedia:Grease|Grease]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grease 2|Grease 2]]''.
*"Harold and Kumar" refers to the teen comedy ''[[Wikipedia:Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'', which was released the same year as this toon was.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|ween04|1167|youtube=hDE1zTssw6Q}}

{{halloweennav}}

[[Category:Halloween]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

car

TimMierz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:53:57 GMT

TimMierz: undid revision 694056; common person just sounds funny. besides, "man" is accepted as gender neutral in such cases as "mankind" and "a dog is a man's best friend"

{{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]]".

===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]].

==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 ==

{{preforumsbemailextlinks|101}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Not X

TimMierz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:41:39 GMT

TimMierz: Removing some questionable entries, let's talk on talk page if you disagree

[[Image:NotLast.PNG|thumb|200px|"I feel so fine, I feel so elated!"]]
The description '''Not X''' (where "X" can be anything) is sometimes used in odd ways or contexts. It is often used in the context of "something other than".

==Appearances==
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] — [[Bubs]] gets awarded a "NOT LAST" ribbon for his pumpkin.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] has a "Not New!" sticker.
**The label reappears in [[specially marked]] on a box of [[Cheat Commandos...O's]].
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The Sneak does the Hully Gully on a barrel that was specified to be "Not the Panama Canal".
*Email [[kids' book]] — Strong Bad finishes the book with "no two people are not on fire."
*[[Thy Dungeonman]] — One of the exits is "Not [[Dennis]]".
*Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad's calendar shows he has "NOT swim practice!" scheduled for Saturday.
*Email [[the facts]] — One of [[Strong Mad]]'s boxes is marked "NOT CAR PARTS".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] — [[Marzipan]] leaves herself a prank call, claiming to be "Not Marzipan".
*Email [[bottom 10]] — Strong Bad describes dry T-shirt contests as a "waste of not water". He later says that the number 5 item on his bottom 10 is "not pigeons".
*Email [[geddup noise]] — After the "The Git Outcha-Seat Sound" clip, Strong Bad claims it to be "not nu- anything".
*Email [[highschool]] — Strong Bad concludes with the score report "Strong Bad Emails: 1, Not Strong Bad Emails: 0." Baby Coach Z is playing with a [[cardboard box]] that reads "Not A Ball".
*[[Kid Speedy]] — Completing the game awards the player with a message saying, "YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!"
*Email [[theme song]] — It bugs Strong Bad that the emailer's face "doesn't have a not tons of acne".
*Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad thinks [[Trading Cards|trading cards]] are "the biggest waste of not a video game on the planet".
*[[Fan Costumes '06]] — Strong Bad comments on a Homestar costume saying "Yes, a little chicken wire and papier mâché goes not a very long, long way."
*Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad asks "What am I not paying you people for?"

*[[Jibblies 2]] — [[Homestar Runner]] tells Marzipan he's "busy not answering the phone", and eventually becomes done "not answering the phone".
*[[Toikey TV]] — Strong Bad wants to watch "not football". [[The King of Town]] decries the dangers of "not fried turkeys".
*Email [[business trip]] — The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips".
*Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad reads the email sender's location, "Charlotte, N.C.", as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte".
*Email [[nightlife]] — [[Strong Sad]] talks about busting out some fresh not dancing, to which Marzipan responds that she plans to bust out some fresh not hanging out with Strong Sad.
*Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad explains his most significant contribution to the environment by saying, "Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is NOT drop a piano on Marzipan's head." He also admits that he's rescued greenhouse gases by "not mortally wounding ol' Marzipole."
*Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad's business card refers to him as "Your Friendly Neighborhood Not-The-Police".
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] [[SBCG4AP_Dev_Blog#New Screenshots!|post on April 24, 2008]] — Strong Bad's "Currently Playing" field of the post was "Not [[MS Paint]]."
*Email [[love poems]] — Homestar's acrostic poem has the A in Marzipan stand for "not-organic apples".
*Email [[magic trick]] — Strong Bad described "flowy-sleeved" magicians as having "really not a lot of magic."
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — When Strong Bad finds a [[Teen Girl Squad]] card near the [[Race Track]] with the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]], he remarks, "Another Teen Girl Squad idea card, another totally not metal object." Strong Bad boasts that the winner of the Free Country, USA Tri-Annual Race to the End of the Race was actually himself in a "not-from-Marzipan's-float" Homestar disguise.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — The newsreel reporter notes Strong Sad's display of "not courage" when Strong Bad conquers the Bleak House.
*Email [[email thunder]] — Strong Bad says he's "almost not totally disgusted" by [[The Poopsmith]] singing. Later, Strong Bad asks Homestar to show off "not-in-front-of-your-computer".
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — Strong Bad asks Gel-arshie why he's just standing around not not loafing.
*[[Hremail 62]] — Homestar says that his brellow crayon can draw not quite hornets.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan's choir is labeled "not dumb" on a chalkboard.
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — there is a blank area described as not having people, buildings, etc.
{{sectionstub}}

===Non X===
*Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad says that if Homestar lived in the [[house of the Brothers Strong]] he'd have less non-broken bones.
*Email [[pop-up]] — Strong Bad claims that pop-up books supply [[The Cheat]]s and four-year-olds with seconds of non-ripped-apart fun.
*Email [[web comics]] — Strong Bad advises the creators of video game comics, "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a non-punchline!"
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — One of the rankings in the game is called "Non-Lame Movie Tie-In".

== See Also ==
*[[Nondescript Nouns]]
*[[Integral Article]]

[[Category:Word running gags]][[Category:Variable word running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]

20X6 vs. 1936

TimMierz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:28:17 GMT

TimMierz: /* Fun Facts */ Slight correction to Chaps' claim

{{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 [[Wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|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]]

King of Townmail

TimMierz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:01:40 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Rewordings

[[Image:Salvaged Tandy.PNG|thumb|No one really wants to email the King of Town. For real.]]

The King of Town attempts to check an email with [[Strong Bad]]'s old and broken [[Tandy 400]]. Only accessible via the [[King of Town Main Page]] email button.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The King of Town}}

'''Places:''' [[King of Town's Castle]]

{{Comp|Tandy 400}}

'''Date:''' April 1, 2003

'''Running Length:''' 0:27

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400! Slightly Not-Working - Only $900!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript ==
'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{typing}'' Umm, how do you make this thing go? I want to check all my emails. Anybody? The Poopsmith? That little chef guy? I need some help here! This is the last time I buy a used computer from Bubs.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down and reads "No one really wants to email the King of Town. For real." After a few seconds, you are redirected to the King of Town Main Page.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Goofs===
*The King of Town's head never moves, but the reflection in the screen bobs and turns as he speaks. This becomes most obvious by observing the King's crown.
*The toon uses the [[Compy 386]] loading screen, not the Tandy 400 one.
*The contrast dials are moved down, cutting off the word "contrast". The word "contrast" is also in a different font than the Tandy used to have.
*The brown line in the background extends behind the Tandy's screen's border and slightly overlaps the King's face on the left side. This is best noticed by zooming in.

===Inside References===
*The cost of the Tandy 400 in the page title ($900) is a reference to [[gimmicks]] where Strong Bad asks to borrow 900 dollars from [[Strong Sad]] to repair the broken computer.
*The "little chef guy" the King of Town refers to is [[The Little Chef Guy]] from the [[The King of Town DVD]] toon.

== See Also ==
*[[King of Town Main Page]]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:kingmail.html|watch "King of Town Email"]]
*[[HR:kingmail.swf|view the Flash file for "King of Town Email"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|kingmail}}

[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

Flashfight

TimMierz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:10:38 GMT

TimMierz: Link to Flipped Images

[[Image:Flashfight.PNG|thumb|In Charge of Stuff!!]]

'''Admiral Flashfight''' is the most powerful member of the [[Cheat Commandos]], if he can be referred to as one. He is a representative of the Bureau of Elite Fighting Forces (alternatively, the Bureau of Every Elite Fighting Force) and speaks with a British accent. His name sounds similar to the word "flashlight", which makes the fact he owns a flashlight less than surprising. As seen to the right his uniform consists of a military-style chapeau and a gray dress uniform jacket with three medals pinned to it. The medals and buttons on the jacket often [[Flipped Images|change places]] inexplicably.

His first true appearance in an episode of Cheat Commandos was in [[2 Part Episode: Part 1]], in which he took an active role in the way the unit worked. He fired [[Silent Rip]], [[Gunhaver]], and [[Crackotage]] from the roster, and arrested the [[Blue Laser Commander]]. Despite the Cheat Commandos now being actually successful, [[Fightgar]] and [[Firebert]] were unsatisfied with him and the fired Commandos plotted against him. In the following sequel [[2 Part Episode: Part 2]], he was shot by Gunhaver, who thought he was wearing the bulletproof vest when [[Reinforcements]] was actually wearing it. It is currently unknown whether he is still alive. He apparently likes dressage.

He seems to be a parody of G.I. Joe's General Flagg.

==Defining Traits==
*In Charge of Stuff!!
*Three Medals!
*Almost Sounds Like "Flashlight"
*Five Buttons!

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
*[[Shopping for Danger]] (mentioned)
*[[An Important Rap Song]]
*[[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]]
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]]

{{CheatCommandos}}

[[Category:Cheat Commandos Characters]]

Most in the Graveyard

TimMierz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:26:34 GMT

TimMierz: /* Remarks */ Rewording fact

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|ween08|Costume Commercial|Fan Costumes '08}}
[[Image:ween08 graveyard.png|thumb|"We have a cemetery? This is awesome!"]]

The citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] visit the graveyard.

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

{{costumeslink}}

'''Places:''' [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[The Graveyard]]

'''Date:''' Thursday, October 30, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 6:25

'''Page Title:''' Ketchup Fountain SOUL'd Separately!

==Transcript==

''{The toon begins at the King of Town's castle, where a Halloween party is taking place at night. There is a blood fountain in the foreground, a paper ghost reading "oh, boo" has been stuck on the wall, and a paper spider reading "8 legs" seems to have fallen off the wall onto the floor. We pan right to see Bubs, Coach Z, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat all wearing their Halloween costumes. Guitar music is heard in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, you guys! I can't believe we actually came to the King of Town's crappy Halloween party!

''{The King of Town walks in.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' You boys having a good time? ''{close up on the King of Town; music fades out}'' Try the ketchup fountain yet?

''{Cut to the ketchup fountain, which depicts shooting ketchup out of a human head. Next to the fountain are some fries and a bottle of ketchup.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This party sucks, old man! ''{cut back to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat and the King of Town}'' This is Halloween! Where's the decaying flesh? The rotting corpses? ''{close up on Strong Bad}'' The stink of death?

''{The Poopsmith comes into the frame holding a rotting skull made of [[whatsit]] on his shovel.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh... not exactly what I was talking about.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Well, fine! ''{close up on the King of Town}'' If stinky dead people is all you want, why don't you go hang out in that 200-acre cemetery that's been behind my castle all this time?!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and the rest. The camera zooms out of the window, revealing the cemetery.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-jiggama-WHAT?

''{Music continues. Title appears: "Most in the Graveyard", "the credits for the 9th Homestar Halloween Cartoon..." "...are the same as the first 8!"}''

''{Cut to the Cemetery entrance. Everyone is there, with Strong Bad and The Cheat shown to be the last to arrive.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We have a cemetery? This is awesome! How come nobody ever told me about this place?

''{Close up on Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' You didn't know about this place? Man, if it weren't for the library, I'd spend—

''{As Strong Sad pats his stomach, we cut back to the previous wide shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We have a ''who cares''?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{excited}'' Yeah! It still uses ''{points upwards}'' Dewey Decimal and everything! Uh—''{suddenly realizes Strong Bad's statement, and looks dejected}'' Aww... I hate it when you do that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah ha ha! ''{close up on Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' C'mon guys, let's go find a suitable stiff to exhume and reanimate.

''{Everyone starts walking into the cemetery grounds. Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom as Marzipan walks past.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Pom Pom. ''{they start walking}'' This is gonna be so great. First we'll hit Space Mountain, then over to Mr. Toad's, ''{Pom Pom looks annoyed}'' then Tom Sawyer's Island, and don't forget: we parked in the Goofy lot!

''{Cut back to the entrance. The King of Town and the Poopsmith remain.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' You think I should have told them about that carnivorous undead sheep that prowls the graveyard?

''{As the King of Town speaks, a view of a hill within the graveyard is shown, with a sheep shadow bleating loudly at the top of it. Foreboding music is heard. Cut to Strong Sad and Marzipan.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' All right now, Marzipan, remember: ''{raises finger}'' we have to hold our breath in front of the dead. ''{close up on Strong Sad}'' Ready? Go!

''{Strong Sad tries to hold his breath, but immediately exhales loudly and starts gasping.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, never mind! Sorry, the dead!

''{Cut back to previous shot}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This place is perfect for my Intro to Photography class. ''{lowers her guitar and pulls out a Polaroid camera from [[Hammerspace]]}'' I've already hit the railroad tracks and an abandoned factory. This will complete the amateur trifecta! ''{looks through the view-finder briefly}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hang on, I think I got it!

''{Strong Sad tries to hold his breath a second time, and again immediately fails. Cut to Bubs and Coach Z, standing in front of a bunch of graves. More music plays.}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey, look! There's my great-great-grandpappy's cousin Harold! He discovered the bait and switch! ''{the two graves are shown}'' Ooh, and this is his brother Mort! He invented "no money down".

''{Cut to Bubs and Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' All your dead relatives are making me wanna start one of them horror-core rap groups. I could pull on a hockey mask and call myself... ''{a CD case pops up briefly reading "THE GRAVEYARDIGANZ — Featuring COACH ZGOR MORTIZZZ" with three Coach Z heads wearing hockey masks pictured}'' Coach Zgor Mortizzz!

'''BUBS:''' Hey, man! Show some respect! ''{points to a third tombstone, which is shown to read "ZGOR — another relative of Bubs"}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom walking along. Happy music plays.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, Pom Pom, now that I know that we're not in a theme park, I say we try to find that Green Gob-a-lin. I heard that if you find him right at midnight, he'll spin all your Halloween candies into gold! ''{cut to a wide shot; Homestar frowns}'' Instead of just doing that regular old two-bit dance. ''{imitates the Green Goblin's dance}'' Dee dee-lee, dee-lee dee-lee dee-lee dee-lee!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbles while pointing to a nearby landmark.}''

''{Cut to close up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, that's a great place to start looking!

''{Cut to a silhouetted shot of Homestar and Pom Pom walking uphill.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I wonder why they call it "Snarling Hungry Sheep Hill".

''{We pan upwards toward a swinging wooden sign labelled "Snarling Hungry Sheep Hill". Foreboding music is heard. Cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat, all near more graves.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean, look at some of these names! Jimnelius Hog-chigger? Hebby Screbby? Is there some secret period in history when hobos ruled the Earth that I'm unaware of?

''{Close up on Strong Mad, who jumps up in frustration and lands with a crash, causing the earth to shake}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' YOU SAID WE'D GET A ZOMBIE SLAVE!

''{Cut back to previous shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't worry, Thwomp Mad. We will. We just gotta find somebody with a cool name. Let's keep looking.

''{We see Strong Sad posing by a gravestone, through the viewfinder of Marzipan's camera.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Almost... a little less lurk, and a little more skulk.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Like...''this?'' ''{hunches forward more}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''There'' we go.

''{She photographs him. The Polaroid develops, but Strong Sad is missing from the picture.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You're not showing up in these pictures. ''{several other Polaroids are pulled up where Strong Sad is absent}'' Strong Sad, ''{cut to Marzipan}'' is there something you need to tell me? Are you dead?

''{Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{jubilantly}'' Whoa, maybe I am! ''{happy music plays as Strong Sad raises his finger}'' I finally willed myself to death! ''{smiles}'' This is ''great!''

''{Cut to Coach Z standing to the left of a grave.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Bubs! Check it out! You're not the only one with relatives here! My great good-aunt is buried right under our feet!

''{Cut to Bubs standing to the right of a grave.}''

'''BUBS:''' Naw, you come over here and look at this! I want you to see my great-great granduncle. He invented "no payments 'til 2010!"

'''COACH Z:''' ''{pats Bubs on his right shoulder from offscreen}'' Hi there.

''{Bubs looks to the left. We pan left to find that he and Coach Z were referring to the same grave.}''

'''BUBS:''' Wait! Hold on a sec'! Are you telling me my uncle is your aunt?

'''COACH Z:''' Seems that way! ''{close up on Coach Z}'' ''{jubilantly}'' Bubs! This is great news! This means we're brothers! I always knew it!

''{Cut to Coach Z and Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Or it means you're a liar! Besides, even if it ''were'' true, we'd only be sixth-fourth-second-fifth cousins, thrice removed!

''{Cut to previous shot}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh. Phew. So your sister and I can—

''{Bubs punches him, knocking him to the ground}''

'''BUBS:''' Rah! 
'''COACH Z:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Woooooh!

''{Cut to a tombstone reading "Here Lies Plutis". Music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' "Plutis?!" What is wrong with you dead people?!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, The Cheat and Strong Mad by the grave.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't want a reanimated corpse named ''Plutis'' doing my bidding! ''{close up on Strong Bad}'' Doesn't any-dead-body with a good name around here want to be reanimated with these jumper cables and pickled monkey fingers? ''{he hold up the items as he says them}''

''{Cut to previous shot. Strong Mad jumps, again causing the ground to shake as before. The jumper cables and pickled monkey fingers fly out of Strong Bad's hands.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ZGOR! I VOTE ZGOR!

''{Cut back to Homestar and Pom Pom, both peeping out from behind a larger gravestone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, Pom Pom. It's almost midnight. Ready with the Halloween candy?

''{Pom Pom gets out the candy. The viewpoint then cuts to the inside of a bush, focusing on Homestar and Pom Pom from a distance. Breathing can be heard distinctively.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, I can't wait to try out gold whatchamacallits. Gold...oh yes. Snickers.

''{The Carnivorous Undead Sheep jumps out of the bush into the night sky and lands on the ground. It bleats loudly. Dramatic music plays. Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom, the latter is trembling with fear and holding Homestar in his arm}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Augh! The Cheat's got rabies again!

''{Pom Pom pulls out a handgun as the sheep bleats a second time.}''

''{Cut to Coach Z and Bubs, the former being held up by his collar, the latter flexing his arm and looking very angry.}''

'''COACH Z:''' What was that?

''{Cut to Strong Sad and Marzipan. Strong Sad is holding his breath yet again.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh my goodness!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turning to look at The Cheat, surprised}'' Cheat, you got rabies again?

''{Cut back to the entrance. The King of Town and the Poopsmith haven't moved.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh oh. Let's beat it, Poopsmith!

''{The Poopsmith nods and they both leave the graveyard. Cut back to Homestar, Pom Pom and the undead sheep.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yahoo, seriously, Pom Pom! I'm about to pee my pants!

''{The sheep bleats a third time. The Goblin flies down from the night sky and lands on top of the Carnivorous Undead Sheep, popping its head off. The music stops. Cut back to Pom Pom and Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The Goblin! You saved us! ''{close up}'' Now are you gonna turn all of our 100 Grands into a hundred grand?

''{Cut back to The Goblin, who shakes his head. Cut back to the previous shot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looking upset}'' But I thought at midnight you—

''{Cut back to The Goblin, who does his dance as his tune plays.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{disappointed}'' Oh, man!

''{The music becomes a techno-remix of the Goblin Dance music and The Goblin continues to dance. Disco lights show up during the dance.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hooray! ''{cut back to Homestar and Pom Pom}'' Extended dance remix of the Gob-a-lin song!

''{Homestar moves away from the grave and we cut to see him dancing with the Goblin. As we pan right, Pom Pom pulls out two handguns. Then cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat walking in to find the sheep's body.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, check out that awesome dead undead sheep!

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat turn to look behind them. Cut to The King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Some say it's an escaped laboratory test animal. They call it "Subject X".

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the coolest name I ever heard of! The Cheat! Grab the jumper cables and— ''{looking downward}'' Hey! Where'd the pickled monkey fingers go?

''{Cut to a silhouetted shot of The King of Town in the distance, running through the graveyard over the hills.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Iiiiii doooooon't knoooooow!

''{Cut to Pom Pom and Homestar, who is still dancing}''

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{stops dancing}'' You said it, old buddy! Happy Carousel of Progress, Pom Pom. ''{Pom Pom looks annoyed}'' I mean, Halloween, Pom Pom.

''{Fade to one of Marzipan's attempted photos of Strong Sad, with the caption: 'In loving memory of Strong Sad "willed himself to death 10/31/2008"'. The photograph moves with the final trumpet riffs. Cut to the standard ending scene of the various characters wearing their costumes.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on The Poopsmith during the scene with The King of Town and him right at the entrance of the Graveyard (when The King of Town mentions the carnivorous undead sheep) to see a clip of Homsar right after it:
:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{pops out from behind a gravestone}'' I'm the Captain Caaaaveman of the graveyard train!
:*Homsar appears as Captain Caveman at the end on the lower right side behind Marzipan.

*At the end, click on The King of Town:
:'''STRONG BAD:''' King of Town, would you like to justify your dressing up as Hello Kitty this year?
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Sure! I dressed up as my favorite candy.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Umm, I'm pretty sure those were erasers.

*At the end, click on The Poopsmith:
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Good news, everyone! Turns out that wasn't ketchup in the ketchup fountain!

*At the end, click on Bubs:
:'''BUBS:''' Grab! Them! Cakes!
:'''COACH Z:''' Ooowwww, is that all you do?

*At the end, click on Coach Z:
:'''COACH Z:''' Yooooooooooor garble garble!

*At the end, click on Strong Sad:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Sad. Nice Ma Fratelli costume.

*At the end, click on Strong Bad:
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Strong Bad, what's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I don't know. I just saw this sassy planet on the cover of one of your stupid books and thought it looked cool.
:'''STRONG SAD:''' Say it! Say it! Oh! Ohhh!

*At the end, click on Homestar Runner:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Homestar, I really like your Carrot Top costume. ''{Homestar turns his head around}'' I'm not Carrot Top! I'm Crocodile Dundee!

*At the end, click on Marzipan:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, my little pride and joy. It's really starting to concern me that you keep dressing up as dudes.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Coach Z referring to himself as "Coach Zgor Mortizzz" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Rigor_mortis|Rigor Mortis]].
*The title of the cartoon is a play on "Ghost in the Graveyard", a popular game played by kids, usually at night at campouts. It is almost a sort of Halloween-themed version of "tag".
*A [[Wikipedia:Trifecta|trifecta]] is a term in [[Wikipedia:Horse racing|horse racing]], referring to a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. It is commonly used incorrectly to refer to any three things that form a complete set.

===Trivia===
*The sign at the front of the cemetery reads "Always Been Here Acres".
*The loading screen says "[[Irregular Loading Screens|He was a real load]]."
*Mort, the name of one of Bubs' relatives, is also the [[French]] word for "death".
*The DVD commentary for [[fan club]] mentions the possibility of making Strong Mad a Thwomp in a future Halloween toon, which the Brothers Chaps did here.
*This is the second Halloween toon in which at least two different characters (Pom Pom and The Cheat) would dress as characters from the same franchise (''Scud: The Disposable Assassin''), after [[Happy Hallow-day]], in which three characters (Strong Bad, Strong Sad and Homsar) dressed as characters from ''Saturday Night Live''.

===Remarks===
*Homsar and the Carnivorous Undead Sheep are drawn with black outlines, instead of the thick, colored outline style of every other character in this cartoon.
*Bubs' arms are rendered in an old, bent style.
*The King of Town wears the Hello Kitty bow over his right ear, the opposite ear to the one that Hello Kitty normally wears it, but the same ear as her twin sister Mimmy White.
*When Strong Bad asks The Cheat if he has rabies, he skips the [[integral article]] in The Cheat's name.
*Marzipan's camera has no flash attachment, yet there is still a flash when she takes a picture.
*The buttons on Homestar's shirt and The Cheat's zippers [[Flipped Images|switch sides]] when they face different ways.

===Goofs===
*At the beginning of the cartoon, the stone floor moves to the left at a slower pace than the characters, making them appear to be sliding to the right.
**As well, Coach Z's foot disappears before the screen scrolls off of him.
*At the end of the toon when you scroll over Coach Z, it says "Coach Z DJ Lance Rock," missing "as."
*In the second scene with Bubs and Coach Z, Bubs' eyes appear slightly farther apart than they usually are.
*At the end of the toon when you scroll over Marzipan, "Stevie Ray Vaughan" is misspelled as "Stevie Ray Vaughn."

===Fixed Goofs===
*When you clicked on Strong Bad at the end, his lips didn't move when he says, "Uh, I don't know."
*The bubble containing Homsar's description appeared on top of Bubs' body but under his head.
*At the end of the toon, one of Homsar's legs was his normal one and the other was his costume foot (Captain Caveman's).

===Glitches===
*At the end of the toon (if you clicked The Poopsmith to activate the Homsar egg), if you click on Strong Bad, Homestar, Marzipan, Bubs, The Poopsmith, Coach Z, Strong Sad, or the King of Town, Homsar still shows his scroll-over information while another character comments on their costume. This is because he is a movie clip that overlays the scene.

===Inside References===
*Like the previous Halloween special, [[Jibblies 2]], Strong Bad has a costume that makes him [[Strong Bad Smiling|smile]] throughout the whole toon.
*The page title has an instance of [['d]].
*Just like Strong Sad, Homestar previously had a hard time holding his breath in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*This is another reference to [[Strong Sad's Death]].
*Homsar's lines in his Easter egg are a reference to his [[character video]].
*Homestar's line, "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants", is the same line he said in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*Strong Sad [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiles]] when he thinks he has "willed [himself] to death".
*Homestar Runner again fails to [[What are you supposed to be?|identify the cast's costumes]]. This even includes [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|himself]].
*For the first time since [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], two characters (in this case, Marzipan and The King of Town) have [[Cross-Dressing|cross-dressed]] for Halloween.
**This is also the fifth Halloween toon in which Marzipan dressed as a male.
*Pom Pom, in nod to his costume choice, is once again seen brandishing [[guns]].
*The candy that Pom Pom produces is a bag of [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|SBLOUNSKCHED!]] Fun Size.
*The King of Town running over the hills while silhouetted is a reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*The music heard when the Carnivorous Undead Sheep approaches Homestar and Pom Pom is taken from [[Jibblies 2]].
*Homestar's message for his Halloween costume, "Yahoo Serious(ly)", refers to his [[Catch Phrases#Homestar Runner|catch phrase]], "[[Seriously]]".
*Mr. Toad's was previously referenced in [[vacation]].
*The King of Town has a bottle of [[Quite Fancy 'Chup]], previously seen in an Easter Egg in [[funny]]. The [[french fries]] are also identical.
*The Cheat had [[rabies]], as Homestar and Strong Bad remark, in the email [[shapeshifter]].
*The ketchup fountain at the beginning does not have ketchup, so the red liquid coming out may be another instance of [[blood]].
*The King of Town eating erasers is another reference to characters [[Eating Non-Food Items|eating non-food objects]].

===Real-World References===
*Marzipan's camera is a [[Wikipedia:Instant camera|Polaroid]] OneStep.
*[[Wikipedia:Space Mountain (Disneyland)|Space Mountain]], [[Wikipedia:Mr. Toad's Wild Ride|Mr. Toad's]], [[Wikipedia:Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island|Tom Sawyer's Island]], and [[Wikipedia:Carousel of Progress|Carousel of Progress]] are all attractions at [[Disney]] [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|theme parks]], specifically [[Wikipedia:Magic Kingdom|the Magic Kingdom]] and [[Wikipedia:Disneyland|Disneyland]]. However, neither park currently contains all four attractions. The [[Wikipedia:Goofy|Goofy]] lot refers to the parks' parking lots being named after Disney characters.
*Homestar's line "he'll spin all your Halloween candy into gold" is a reference to the fairy tale ''[[Wikipedia:Rumpelstiltskin|Rumpelstiltskin]],'' where the title character had the ability to spin straw into gold.
* Coach Z's album cover featuring him wearing a hockey mask is a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' series of horror movies. The band name "The Graveyardiganz" is a [[portmanteau]] of ''[[Wikipedia:The Backyardigans|the Backyardigans]]'', a music-based TV series, as well as the horrorcore rap band [[Wikipedia:Gravediggaz|Gravediggaz]].
*The King of Town's line when clicking on the Poopsmith at the end refers to ''[[Wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]'' character [[Wikipedia:Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]'s catchphrase "Good news, everyone", which is more often than not followed by bad news. Farnsworth employs Dr. Zoidberg.
*Strong Bad's line "Is there some secret period in history when hobos ruled the Earth that I'm unaware of?" could possibly refer to [[Wikipedia:John Hodgman|John Hodgman's]] book "The Areas of My Expertise", which features a non-factual factual account of such an era as a major section of the book.
*At the end, in the Strong Sad Easter egg, Strong Sad is mistaken for Ma Fratelli from ''[[Wikipedia:The Goonies|The Goonies]]''. The Fratellis are the main antagonists of the Goonies movies.
*Homestar Runner argues with himself about his costume, mistakenly suggesting it to be of [[Wikipedia:Carrot Top|Carrot Top]], a stand-up comedian noted for his large orange hair. He then mistakenly "corrects" himself to actually be [[Wikipedia:Crocodile Dundee|Crocodile Dundee]], the titular character from the 1986 comedy movie. Crocodile Dundee was played by [[Wikipedia:Paul Hogan|Paul Hogan]] who, like Yahoo Serious, is Australian.
*Strong Sad enthusiastically asks Strong Bad, in reference to his costume, for the answer to the [[Wikipedia:Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything|ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything]]. In the [[Wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], the computer Deep Thought is constructed to formulate this response, despite nobody knowing the precise nature of the question. After 7 1/2 million years, Deep Thought reveals the answer to be "42".
*[[Wikipedia:Whatchamacallit (candy)|Whatchamacallits]], [[Wikipedia:Snickers|Snickers]], and [[Wikipedia:100 Grand|100 Grand]] are all actual candy bars.
*Strong Sad shouting his last line in the Strong Bad Easter egg is in the style of a typical antic of Sam Kinison's comedy act, taken verbatim from his appearance in the movie "Back To School".
*Coach Z's "Yooooooooooo garble garble!" is his attempt to say DJ Lance Rock's phrase (and the title of the Nick Jr. TV series) "[[Wikipedia:Yo Gabba Gabba!|Yo Gabba Gabba!]]"
*Bubs' Easter egg lines are from the Junkyard Dog's entrance theme, "Grab Them Cakes".
*When Strong Mad keeps jumping on the ground and making it shake during the episode, it is a reference to how the actual [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series enemies|Thwomp]] acts in the [[Wikipedia:Mario|Mario series]].
*Homestar's line when clicking on Marzipan at the end refers to "[[Wikipedia:Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)|Pride and Joy]]", a song of [[Wikipedia:Stevie Ray Vaughan|Stevie Ray Vaughan's]] (whom Marzipan is dressed up as,) from his 1983 album ''[[Wikipedia:Texas Flood|Texas Flood]]''.

==External Links==
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Talk:Flipped Images

TimMierz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:17:01 GMT

TimMierz: /* A note! A note. */ making easier to read

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==What this is about==
This is mainly about a common method of parodying poor animation, not just any time something's backwards (like the "backwards metal" in [[rock opera]]). I also found some legitimate goofs, some of which are pointed out by Matt or Mike in commentaries. Not all of these need to be mentioned, but I would like to keep some notable ones, at least. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 22:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

== A note! A note. ==

I was surprised to see that the flipping that's so prevalent in Cheat Commandos toons was nearly absent in other "bad" animation, like [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] and the like. Then again, there is a lot less movement in Limozeen cartoons than in Cheat Commandos, but I would've expected at least the Space Machine to have a reversed logo once in a while - they did a good job with that. PbtC also doesn't seem to suffer too much besides the blatant character flips, and TGS and Old-Timey are relatively free from this. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 18:09, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Secret Pages

TimMierz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:35:22 GMT

TimMierz: removing spam

A '''secret page''' is a page from [[homestarrunner.com]] that is either not linked to from anywhere or has been removed from the site altogether.

'''Note that sometimes some of the pages don't work. Just try again at a later date.'''

== Toons ==

These are [[Toons]] or toon-like animations that are not advertised from the site. Some of them are incomplete.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Toons removed from the website
|-
| [[Image:mm ls.png|100px]] || '''[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]''' || [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]] steal the star from [[Homestar Runner]]'s shirt in order to force Homestar and [[Pom Pom]] to participate in a tag team wrestling match. This cartoon, which is the first ever full-length Homestar Runner toon made, now has been removed from the site for unknown reasons. It is included in [[Everything Else, Volume 2]].|| [[Mirror:marshmallow2.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:marshmallow2.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:jumpingjackcontest.png|100px]] || '''[[A Jumping Jack Contest]]''' || Strong Bad, [[Strong Sad]], Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, and [[Bubs]] enter a jumping jack contest. The person who continually jumps jacks for the longest wins. Strong Bad cheats, of course. Based loosely on the Homestar Runner book, it has since been taken off the site for unknown reasons. [[Strong Libs]] are available for play during the loading time. It is included in [[Everything Else, Volume 2]]. || [[Mirror:jumpinjacks2.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:jumpinjacks2.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:If I Ran the Camera.PNG|100px]] || '''[[If I Ran the Camera]]''' || A poem written by [[Karen Wagner]] as a father's day present to [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman (Grandpa)]]. It was on the site for a short period of time but soon taken down once [[The Brothers Chaps]] realized that fans had found it. It features a [[little girl]] named Astrid Renee and [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Grandpa Chapman]]. || [[Mirror:ifiranthecamera.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:ifiranthecamera.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:Superbrave.jpg|100px]] || '''[[Super Brave!!]]''' || A [[homestarrunner.com]] update for February 21, 2003. It featured a class full of kids who had each drawn a picture of Homestar Runner. You could move the mouse over the kids and see Homestar-esque drawings of each of them that were eventually used for characters appearing during the karaoke songs on strongbad_email.exe DVD #3. On February 24, the update was renamed to "these kids rule". || [[Mirror:superbrave.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror) [[Mirror:thesekidsrule.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:limozeenecard.jpg|100px]] ||'''[[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]]''' || [[Limozeen]] Thanksgiving E-Cards were made available for Thanksgiving 2003. Three messages from the members of Limozeen are provided. The recipient of the E-Card would be sent an email with the URL of the card that was prepared for them. Although the feature itself has been removed from the site, going to the URL will show the loading screen. The font used for "Loading..." is modeled after the [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]] logo. It is a bonus feature on [[Everything Else Volume 3]]. ||[[HR:zeen_ecard.swf|View the Flash file]] (loading screen only) [http://www.everybodytothelimit.com/zeen.html Watch the toon] (mirror) [http://www.everybodytothelimit.com/zeen_ecard_loader.swf View the Flash file] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:twinkie.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Where the Crap Are We?]]''' || This toon wasn't ever on the site. It's an animation with Homestar and Strong Bad found in an [[Easter eggs|Easter egg]] at [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central]. It was also available in a hidden 'toon on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] DVD. || [[Mirror:egg.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:egg.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Secret toons still on the website
|-
| [[Image:Happy T.png|100px]] || '''[[Happy T!]]''' || A sign which says "Happy T!" The letters, when clicked on, have voiceovers of the main characters saying things relating to the title. It features an Easter egg with Homsar, accessed by clicking on a small spot on the lower right hand corner of the screen. || [[HR:happyt.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:TruckaSideways.png|100px]] || '''[[Field Day Intro]]''' || This toon was released onto the site but was never listed. It is an Easter egg on [[Everything Else Volume 3]]. It was only available through the URL "fieldday.html". || [[HR:fieldday.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:fieldday.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:sbemail100.png|100px]] || '''[[Not the 100th Email!!!]]''' || This toon was purposefully never linked to at any time. This secret page was designed to be discovered by people trying to find the [[flashback|100th]] [[Strong Bad Email]] before it was released. This occurs by typing www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail100.html instead of www.homestarrunner.com/sbemailahundred.html || [[HR:sbemail100.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:100th_email.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Missing Lappy.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Lappynapped!]]''' || This toon was released between [[cliffhangers]] and [[retirement]] as part of the [[Lappy 486#Lappy-napping|Lappy-napping saga]], but it was never listed on the Toons menu. It was only available through the [[Main Page Messages|"What's New" bubble]]. || [[HR:lappynapped.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:lappynapped.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Grape Soda Banked.png|100px]] || '''[[Non-Sequitur Champion]]''' || This toon was released to the [[Store]] on February 29, 2008 to celebrate [[Senor Cardgage]] losing the competition for the most non-sequitur character. The toon was removed when the shirts page was redesigned on May 22, 2008. || [[Videlectrix:storeflash/nonsequitur.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Page Load Error.png|100px]] || '''[[Page Load Error]]''' || Similar to the above example, trying to access [[email thunder|Email 200]] by typing in www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail200.html instead of www.homestarrunner.com/sbemailtwohundred.html links here. || [[HR:sbemail200.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:sbemail200.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Hremail49.png|100px]] || '''[[Hremail 49]]''' || An "[[Hremails|email]]" referenced by Homestar in [[email thunder]]. || [[HR:hremail49.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:hremail49.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Hremail24.png|100px]] || '''[[Hremail 24]]''' || An email mentioned by Homestar in Hremail 49. || [[HR:hremail24.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:hremail24.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
|[[Image:BotBTrailer.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Baddest Of The Bands Promo Spot]]''' || Promotional toon made for [[Baddest Of The Bands]]. ||[[HR:botb.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:botb_f8.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:oldmovie.png|100px]] || '''[[Kick the Can]]''' || This appears to be the very first Kick the Can short made and is found on its own separate page. During this toon, a countdown and some titles are shown, followed by [[The Homestar Runner]] kicking a can. His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head lands on his body, and then his legs bend backwards. This could been on the website before all the other variations were made, and this was possibly linked to in [[Oldest Toons Menu]]. || [[HR:oldmovie.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:oldmovie.swf|View the Flash File]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Unfinished toons
|-
| [[Image:strongbadwithnomouthfromthesingalong.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Sing Along]]''' || An unfinished sing-along with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]]. || [[HR:singalong.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Needlepoint.png|100px]] || '''[[Needlepoint]]''' || A seemingly unfinished small cartoon of Homestar and Strong Bad on a sewn picture, possibly a reference to the one scene in [[property of ones]]. Its picture features Strong Bad standing in [[The Field]]. Homestar Runner walks up in the right, stops next to Strong Bad and opens his mouth, possibly saying "'sup." The text "Get Rid of a Few Things!" appears below. A similar scene briefly appears in [[From the Vault]]. || [[HR:needlepoint.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:needlepoint.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Easter egg toon.png|100px]] || '''[[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]]''' || Once linked through a [[main page message]] reading "[[from work|email]] soon," this unfinished special features Easter [[Eggs]] designed after Homestar, Marzipan, Pom Pom, and Strong Bad. || [[HR:eggs.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:eggs.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Alternate versions of toons
|-
| [[Image:Secret Answering Machine.PNG|100px]] || '''Marzipan's Answering Machine''' || This is just [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]], possibly before more versions were planned. It has a few minor differences from the current version. The font is a little different for both the number and the back link, it doesn't have the archive menu, and the Back button links to the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games Menu]]. || [[HR:answer.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:answer.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| || '''[[The King of Town DVD Commentary#Secret Commentary|The King of Town DVD Secret Commentary]]''' || This is a secret version of [[The King of Town DVD Commentary|Strong Bad's Commentary]] for [[The King of Town DVD]] without any visuals. It is identical to the normal version except for the end, where it explains why Strong Bad did the commentary. || [[HR:sb_kingcomment.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:KOTDvdOld.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate [[The King of Town DVD Old Version]]''' || This is a slight variation of the [[The King of Town DVD Old Version|Old Version]] of [[The King of Town DVD]]. It does not contain a black border like the official Flash file, and lacks the "again" and "back" links at the end, as well as the Easter egg. When the animation is finished, the page directs to the King of Town DVD menu. || [[HR:kingoftown.swf|View the Flash File]]
|-
| [[Image:Yellodellowdeleted.png|100px]] || '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes#Secret Deleted Scene|Secret Yello Dello Deleted Scene]]''' || This is the scene from the [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] DVD where Strong Bad is talking with Marzipan, but it has a strange commentary at the beginning. || [[HR:dellocut_2.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:dellocut_2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:homestarloween.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate [[Homestarloween Party]]''' || Aside from lacking the NavBar, this toon is identical to [[Homestarloween Party]]. || [[HR:halloween3.html|Watch the toon]]
|-
| || '''halloween2''' || This page appears to be related to [[Homestarloween Party]]. The following text is contained in the page source: <blockquote> ''Halloween Episode Written by Matt, Mike, and Craig Voices by Matt and Melissa Animation by Mike and Matt CORPORATE ROCK STILL SUCKS Homestar (Kurt Cobain) Strong sad (gorbachev) king of town (cap'n crunch) marzipan (jeanie) pom pom (stay-puft) coach z (flavor flav) bubs (rerun) poopsmith (tron) the cheat (garfield)'' </blockquote> || [[HR:halloween2.html|View the page]]
|-
| || '''radish3''' || A blank page that appears to be related to [[The Reddest Radish]]. The page source contains the word "[[contest]]" repeatedly. || [[HR:radish3.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:sbemail46.PNG|100px]] || '''Old "[[your friends]]"''' || This is an alternate version of the email [[your friends]]. Differences: Strong Bad's mouth isn't visible in the reflection when he sings the email intro. The announcer on the TV [[Strong Mad]] is watching doesn't say "Some type of TV show." The background music stops at [[Strong Sad]]'s scene. Some extra buzz saw blades and a bottle of hot sauce behind Strong Bad are gone in [[Marzipan]]'s scene. The Cheat doesn't yell at Strong Bad, and Pom Pom does one less turn. Strong Bad isn't holding a bottle of hot sauce in [[Homsar]]'s scene. At the end, Strong Bad says the word "fans" a little differently.
|| [[HR:sbemail46.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Unfinished Interview.PNG|100px]] || '''Metro.pop Interview''' || An unfinished version of the short [[The Interview]]. Among other differences between it and the final, Strong Bad and Homestar talk without moving their mouths in the second half, Homestar doesn't take out his shopping list or his pen and notebook, Strong Sad doesn't say "En guarde?", and Strong Bad's last line is "Thank you for your time" as opposed to "Get out of my face". Once the cartoon is over, it repeats instead of having an ending screen like all the other Toons. || [[HR:interview2.html|Watch the toon]] [[HR:interview2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|}

== Games ==


{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old games removed from the games menu.
|-
| [[Image:Litebrite3.PNG|100px]] || '''Lite Brite''' || An older version of the [[Astro-Lite 2600]]. It used to be accessible from the [[Museum]], but it was updated when moved to the [[Handheld Games Menu]]. || [[HR:litebrite3.html|Play the game]] [[HR:litebrite3.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Kickinggame.png|100px|Taryn getting kicked]] || '''Taryn Game''' || A [[Powered by The Cheat|Powered-by-The-Cheat-style]] kicking game where you kick a picture repeatedly. It takes 47 kicks to break. The picture is of a girl, [http://aces.tabulas.com/tarebear/5134_35f71.jpg Taryn], from [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], who finally posted a picture of herself after many people begged her to. || [[HR:taryngame.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:kickthecheat.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Kick The Cheat]]''' || Created to promote the Kick The Cheat doll, this game uses Flash LSOs to keep track of how many times the player can [[Kicking The Cheat|kick The Cheat]] into the brick wall. || [[HR:kickcheat.html|Play the game]] [[HR:kickcheat09.swf|View the Flash file]]
|}

== Old Navigation ==

Various old menus for Toons, Games and the like that are no longer actively used on the site.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Toons Menus
|-
| || '''[[Oldest Toons Menu]]''' || A very old toons menu, possibly even older than the Lava Lamp menu. || [[HR:toonsold.html|View the menu]]
|-
| [[Image:lavalamptoons.png|100px]] || '''[[Lava Lamp Toons Menu]]''' || An old toons menu with a lava lamp as a back button. The remote was used in the museum, but with only [[Single-Button Remote Control|1 button.]] || [[HR:toonsold.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Newer Telebision Toons Menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Telebision Toons Menu]]''' || An old [[Toons]] menu, see its page for details. An earlier version exists without sound, a ''back'' button, descriptions and [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]. It can be noted that on the old version, both option 6 and option 1 are "[[The Reddest Radish]]". || [[HR:newtoons.html|View the menu]] [[HR:newtoons2.swf|View the Flash file]] [[HR:newtoons.swf|View the Flash file of the earlier version]]
|-
| [[Image:Chinese Food Toons Menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Chinese Food Toons Menu]]''' || An old [[Toons]] menu. || [[HR:chinesefood.html|View the menu]] [[HR:chinesefood.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Old Remote Toons Menu.PNG|100px]] || '''Old Remote [[TV Time Toons Menu]]''' || The [[TV Time Toons Menu]] before the remote was updated to have [[Puppet Stuff]] and [[Powered by The Cheat]], which were combined into Shorts at the time. It also had Features instead of individual buttons for [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Teen Girl Squad]] and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]. Instead of a scrollbar, the longer lists had flaps and two separate pages that you could move back and forth on. The newest cartoon was [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. || [[Mirror:20040622_Old_Remote_Toons_Menu.html|View the menu]] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Games Menus
|-
| [[Image:games menu 2001.png|100px]] || '''[[Third Games Menu]]''' || One of the old game menus, this one features a board game theme. Note the links to Strong Bad Email and Marzipan's Answering Machine. || [[HR:games.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| || '''Old games page''' || An old games page. This text is contained in the page source: <blockquote>''Homestar Talker d a n c i b u s Fortune Cookies marzipan's answering machine hairstyle runner Strong Libs''. </blockquote> Also, stronglibs.html seems to be misspelled as stonglibs.html in another part of the source. It was most likely the Third Games Menu listed above. || [[HR:games3.html|View the menu]]
|-
| [[Image:originalhandheldmenu.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Handheld Games Menu#Original Handheld Games Menu|Original Handheld Games Menu]]''' || The original version of the [[Handheld Games Menu]], it was upgraded when the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] was released. || [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/games-preshooter.html View the menu] (mirror) [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/games-preshooter.swf View the Flash file] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Strong Bad Email Menus
|-
|[[Image:tandy paper menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Broken Tandy Menu]]''' || An old [[Strong Bad Email]] menu that only goes up to [[gimmicks]]. It was used as a replacement for the [[Tandy 400]] when it exploded. || [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_paper.html View the menu] (mirror) [[HR:sbemailx.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
|[[Image:Vacation SBEmail Menu.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Bad Email Vacation Menu''' || An old [[Strong Bad Email]] menu that was presumably used during the email [[vacation]]. Click on the post-it note to hear it say "Hey!" then "Dorks!" then "Get offa me!" and finally "You stink!" This is one of the pages that uses the pop up menu. || [[HR:sbemail(vacation).swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:decemberween emails.png|100px]] || '''[[Decemberween Email Menu]]''' || This was the "no new email notice" used during the holidays in 2002. Since it does not include any actual links to the emails made before that point, they most likely turned into Secret Pages while this menu was displayed. || [[HR:sbemailxmas.html|Visit the menu]] [[HR:sbemailxmas.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Virusemailmanu.PNG|100px]] || '''Old [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection before the email [[virus]]. || [[HR:sbemail.swf|View Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Shotgunned menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Broken Compy Menu]]''' || The email selection page that appeared between [[virus]] and [[animal]]. The version still on the site lacks the bonus toon it featured when in use. || [[HR:sbemail_shotgunned.swf|View the official Flash file]] [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_shotgunned.html View the page with toon included] (mirror) [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_shotgunned.swf View the Flash file with toon included] (mirror)
|-
| || '''Lappy [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection on the [[Lappy 486]]. || [[HR:sbemail_lappy.swf|View Flash file]] ||
|-
| || '''Corpy [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection on the [[Corpy NT6]]. Became the email selection when [[imaginary]] was released, and then later replaced by the current [[HR:sbemail.html|Compé menu]].|| [[HR:sbemail_corpy.swf|View Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Main Pages
|-
| [[Image:Main6x.PNG|100px]] || '''Old [[Main Page 6]]''' || This is an unfinished main page from 2000. The "new cartoon!" link goes to [[A Jorb Well Done]], the "another homepage" goes to [[Main Page 10]], the "more messages" link goes to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]], and the "new toons menu" link goes to the current toons menu. Also, the buttons on the left don't work correctly. Also note that email is above downloads, instead of below store. The only button with a special effect is "Email", which is the same as the normal main page 6 (except that Strong Bad's mouth doesn't open in surprise). Also, Homestar's mouth will move when the downloads or store buttons are moused over, but he won't say anything. Only downloads & the museum (H*R Button) actually work. The other buttons won't do anything. || [[HR:main6x.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Character Pages
|-
| [[Image:sbcharcards.png|100px]] || '''[[Character Cards]]''' || This is a small Flash file which contains an old-style picture of each main character on the H*R Website, except for [[The Poopsmith]] and [[Homsar]], who weren't main characters at the time. It also shows two characters, [[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]] and [[Rejected Characters#The Unguraits|The Unguraits]], who were later rejected. || [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/cards.swf View the Flash file] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:Yearbook page.png|100px]] || '''[[Yearbook Character Page]]''' || An old characters page, created circa [[The Luau]]. [[Homsar]] is not included in the lineup because he was not considered a main character back then. || [[HR:yearbook.html|View the menu]] [[HR:yearbook.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Store Menu
|-
| [[Image:store screenshot.png|100px]] || '''[[Flash Store]]''' || A Flash-based store that was replaced by the current [[Store]] around 2005. It includes links to the [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Promo]], which does not appear to be linked to anywhere else either. || [[HR:store_new04.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC id="Old Intros"
! colspan=4 | Old Intros
|-
| [[Image:intro.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Intro]] Duplicate''' || A duplicate of the current [[Intro]], though it is 2 bytes larger in filesize. The reason for the slight difference in filesize is unknown. || [[HR:newintro2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:ev ev.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Intro 2]]''' || Despite the name, this intro is actually the third intro, made between the [[Old Intro 2|second]] and [[Intro|fourth intros]]. || [[HR:intro2.html|Watch "Intro 2"]] [[HR:intro2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:ween intro screenshot.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Ween Intro]]''' || The intro that is displayed on Halloween. It always takes links to [[Main Page 7|Main Page 7 "Dead as a Doornail"]]. || [[HR:weenintro.swf|View the Flash file for "Ween Intro"]]
|-
| [[Image:flagintro.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Flag Intro]]''' || An intro featuring Homestar (in his old drawing style) and an American flag, possibly intended for use on Independence Day. When the toon completes, [[Main Page 12]], the Fourth of July main page, is displayed. || [[HR:flagintro.swf|View the Flash file for "Flag Intro"]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Loading Screens
|-id="Old H*R Loading Screen"
|[[Image:Old HR Loading Screen.PNG|100px]] || '''Old H*R Loading Screen''' || An old loading screen featuring some of [[Homestar Runner]]'s outline and then the text ''H*R''. A parody of the opening to "[[Alfred Hitchcock]] Presents".|| [[HR:hstarr.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old 404 Page
|-
| <center>[[Image:Strong Bad Error.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[Strong Bad 404 Error Page]]''' || The error page that was used before [[404'd]]. If the mailbox is looked at closely before the letters appear on the [[Email]] page, [[HR:sberror.jpg|the stylized Strong Bad face]] from the old error page can be seen. || [[HR:errorpage.html|view the error page]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Museum Page
|-id="Original Old Flash Stuff"
|[[Image:Old_Flash_Stuff_First_Version.png|100px]] || '''Original [[Old Flash Stuff]]''' || This is the first version of Old Flash Stuff from the [[Museum]]. Unlike the current version, this page includes links to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and [[Astro-Lite 2600]]. || [[HR:oldflash2.swf|View the Flash File]]
|}

== Other Animations ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Other Animations
|-id="Matt_Cake"
| [[Image:Mattcake.png|100px|Mattcake]] || '''Matt Cake''' || A [[:Image:MattChapmanwithlittlegirl.jpg|photo]] of [[Matt Chapman]] holding [[Little Girl|his niece]], that he edited to look like a cake for his sister (and the niece's mother) [[Karen Wagner]]'s birthday. The link to Matt Cake originally appeared on [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]]. Click on the cherry farthest to the left to see a picture of [[Wikipedia:Dennis Franz|Dennis Franz]] overlapping Matt's face. The cake appears to say "PATZ" on it. || [[HR:mattcake.swf|View the Flash file for Matt Cake]]
|-
| [[Image:Tirecake.png|100px|Tirecake and snake]] || '''Tire Cake''' || A tire with candles. Click on the one fourth from the top (to the right) to see the snake from the [[Strong Badia]] flag. || [[HR:tirecake.swf|View the Flash file for Tire Cake]]
|-
| [[Image:Awesomerthanyou.png|100px|I am awesomer than you]] || '''SB Sign''' || A sign with [[Atari Strong Bad]] waving his hands next to the text "[[Lowercase i's|i]] am awesomer than you" || [[HR:sbsign.swf|View the Flash file for SB Sign]]
|-
| [[Image:NoFlash.PNG|100px]] || '''Old No Flash Page''' || An old error page saying that Flash needs to be downloaded. || [[HR:noflash.html|No Flash]]
|- id="alternate_halloween"
| [[Image:HomestarCostumes.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate Halloween Costumes''' || Costumes for [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], except that Coach Z is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Noid|Noid]], Pom Pom is the Skipper from [[Wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]], and Marzipan is [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma Dinkley]]. (''See [[Rejected Costumes]]''.) Also, The Cheat is wearing a different shirt than in the final version, and The King of Town is missing his mustache. The only movement is a light on The Poopsmith's costume. || [[HR:halloween01.swf|View the Flash file for Alternate Halloween Costumes]]
|-
| [[Image:Halloween Costumes 2.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate Halloween Costumes 2''' || Similar to the above, but this time Coach Z and Pom Pom are wearing their final costumes, though Pom Pom is missing the "I love Flint" button. Marzipan is still dressed as Velma however, and The Cheat and The King of Town still have the same mistakes as before. Also, the background is red, and Coach Z has moved from behind Strong Sad to in front of him. || [[HR:halloween01x.swf|View the Flash file for Alternate Halloween Costumes 2]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar's yearbook.PNG|100px]] || '''Homestar's Yearbook''' || The logo for the site's old [http://web.archive.org/web/20020409091217/http://www.homestarrunner.com/guestbook.mv guestbook page (mirror)]. Scroll over Homestar to hear him say "Sign my yearbook! ... but don't use any [[swears]], because my [[Parents|mom]] reads it." || [[HR:guestyear.swf|View the Flash file for Homestar's Yearbook]]
|-
| [[Image:Strong_Bad_Message_Bored02.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] Duplicate''' || The current version of Strong Bad's Message Bored under a different URL. || [[HR:bored.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad's Message Bored Duplicate]]
|-
| [[Image:handheldgames_postshooter.png|100px]] || '''Alternate [[Handheld Games Menu#Modern Handheld Games Menu|Modern Handheld Games Menu]]''' || A duplicate of the current Handheld Games Menu without the NavBar. || [[HR:handheld.html|View the menu]]
|-id="videlectrix_home"
| [[Image:secret home.png|100px]] || '''h - o - m - e''' || A strange looping animated music video found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. It features a short clip from the song "Home" by [[Wikipedia: Lou Barlow|Lou Barlow]]. It may be unfinished. From 2005 or earlier. || [[Videlectrix:home.html|Watch "h - o - m - e"]] [[Videlectrix:home.swf|View the Flash file for h - o - m - e]]
|-id="thorax_home"
| || '''Brand of Skin''' || Formerly an animated music video for the song "Brand of Skin" by Folk Implosion. While the music video has been removed, the HTML file (and its frame) is still there.|| [[Thorax:brandofskin.html|View the page for Brand of Skin]] [[Mirror:brandofskin.html|View Brand of Skin (mirror)]]
|-
| [[Image:Halloween 2007 teaser.png|100px]] || [[Halloween Teasers]] || Each teaser depicts silhouettes of everybody in the costumes they would later wear in the following [[Halloween]] special. Note that Strong Bad is always replaced with a science fiction character, and something related to the previous year's special will appear after a few seconds. || [[HR:ween07_teaser.html|Watch "Jibblies 2 Teaser"]] [[HR:ween07_teaser.swf|View the Flash file for "Jibblies 2 Teaser"]] [[HR:ween08_teaser.html|Watch "Most in the Graveyard Teaser"]] [[HR:ween08_teaser.swf|View the Flash file for "Most in the Graveyard Teaser"]]
|-
| [[Image:Trogdor_Intro.png|100px]] || '''Trogdor Index Page''' || For the week of Trogday 2008 this was the index page for the website. || [[HR:fivedor.swf|View the Flash file for the Trogdor Index Page]]
|-
| [[Image:limolive.png|100px]] || '''Limozeen Live Advertisement''' || An ad for a 2008 [[Limozeen]] concert. Also links to [[Limozeen Live! (practice)]] || [[HR:limolive.html|View the ad]] [[HR:limolive.swf|View the Flash file for the ad]]
|}

== Downloads ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Downloads
|-
| [[Image:Stencils.PNG|100px]] || '''Stencils''' || [[Printable]] stencils to use on pumpkins. Replaced by [[Punkin Stencils]]. || [[HR:stencils.html|View the page]] [[HR:stencils.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:pumpkinstencils.png|100px]] || '''[[Punkin Stencils]]''' || These are the later version of the pumpkin stencils above. They are shown on the main pages each year as one of the updates. There is no other link to them from the site. || [[HR:ween_stencils.html|View the Punkin Stencils]] [[HR:ween_stencils_06b.swf|View the Flash file]] [[Mirror:20041014_ween_stencils.html|View 2004's Stencils]] (mirror) [[HR:ween_stencils.swf|View 2005's Stencils]]
|-
| [[Image:Wow.PNG|100px]] || '''Wallpaper o' the Week''' || Possibly an old feature, meant for the weekly updates section. The link is embedded in the source of the [[Homestar Talker]]. || [[HR:wow.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:Sbtheme.png|100px|Strong Bad theme]] || '''SB Theme''' || A desktop theme for Strong Bad. || [[HR:sbtheme.ZIP|Download the SB Theme]]
|-
| <center>[[Image:Tagtag.PNG|50px]]</center> || '''[[Wireless Bizness]]''' || A page that appears to be intended for mobile phones supporting [[Wikipedia:Wireless Application Protocol|WAP]]. Has some Strong Bad Emails, but no longer works. || [[HR:wireless.html|View Wireless Bizness]]
|-
| [[Image:Hstartheme.png|100px|Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] || '''[[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]]''' || A Homestar Runner desktop theme for Windows 98. || [[HR:hstheme.html|View the download page for Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] [[HR:hstheme.ZIP|Download the Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]]
|-
| [[Image:98theme.png|100px|Additional Theme]] || '''Windows 98 H*R Theme''' || A Homestar Runner desktop theme for Windows 98. This one is broken, and only downloads the theme song. || [[HR:theme.swf|View the Flash file for Windows 98 H*R Theme]] [[HR:theme.ZIP|Download the Windows 98 H*R Theme]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar Runner Face Screen Saver.png|100px]] || '''[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver]]''' || These screensavers can also be obtained by downloading the themes. || [[HR:macss.html|Download the Screen Saver]]
|-id="smposse"
| [[Image:SMPosse.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Mad Stickers''' || Print out Strong Mad Stickers! The design is based on the [[Wikipedia:André the Giant Has a Posse|André the Giant Has a Posse]] sticker design. According to the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007|Late Nite JengaJam Interview]], actual stickers were ordered by Mike from stickerguy.com in 2000. He had given these stickers to his friends, including Matt. These are considered an extremely rare find. The interview only mentions them being put in bars or train tunnels. This was the first Homestar Runner "product" ever made. || [[HR:smsticker.html|Strong Mad Stickers]] [[HR:smstickers.ZIP|Download the ZIP File]]
|-
| [[Image:downloadpage.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Downloads|Downloads Menu]]''' || Simply a different name for the downloads menu and the screen is smaller. || [[HR:downloads.html|Downloads Menu]]
|-
| [[Image:Wallpapers.png|100px]] || '''Wallpapers''' || An old wallpaper download page. || [[HR:wallpapers.html|Wallpapers]]
|-
| [[Image:AimIcons.PNG|100px]] || '''MORE TO COME!''' || The page with the AIM buddy icons on it. || [[HR:aim.html|MORE TO COME!]]
|-
| [[Image:Hspapercraft.png|100px]] || '''Papercraft Homestar''' || A printable folding template for a paper Homestar Runner made by [[User:20eric06|Eric]], originally found by clicking on [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-10-25|papercraft homestar]] when it was on the site as the [[Weekly Fanstuff]]. When the Weekly Fanstuff was changed, this image was no longer linked to. ||[[HR:hspapercraft.png|View template]]
|-
| [[Image:Support the municipality desktop.PNG|100px]] || '''Support [[the Municipality]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on March 16, 2006. || [[HR:wallpapers/municipality_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[HR:wallpapers/municipality_d.jpg|1600×1200]]
|-
| [[Image:TrogdorWallpaperBox.png|100px]] || '''[[Trogdor]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on January 14, 2008. || [[HR:wallpapers/trogdor_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[HR:wallpapers/trogdor_d.jpg|1600×1200]]
|-
| [[Image:PoopsmithWallpaperBox.png|100px]] || '''[[Poopsmith]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on January 28, 2008. Earlier that year, it was used as a [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-24|Weekly Fanstuff]]. || [[HR:wallpapers/poopsmith_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[HR:wallpapers/poopsmith_d.jpg|1602×1200]]
|}

== Music ==

Audio files that aren't used on the site.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|-
| '''[[The Cheat]] is Not Dead''' || A sample of "[[The Cheat is Not Dead]]" from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. Also found by clicking on '''CD''' on the [[Sticky Notes|post-it note]] from the "Working on my CD" email menu. || [[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|Listen to the song]] [[Mirror:20030730_sbemail.html|View the "Working on my CD" email menu]] (mirror)
|-
| '''Because, It's Midnite''' || A sample of "[[Because, It's Midnite]]" from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. Also found by clicking on '''SB''' on the post-it from the "Working on my CD" email menu. || [[HR:midnight.swf|Listen to the song]] [[Mirror:20030730_sbemail.html|View the "Working on my CD" email menu]] (mirror)
|-
| '''MLS Music''' || This is the music from the old cartoon [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]. It is a loop from the beginning of Beck's ''[[Wikipedia:Tropicalia (song)|Tropicalia]]''. || [[HR:music.swf|Listen to the song]]
|-
| '''Renegade Master''' || A sample from the [[Wikipedia:Fatboy Slim|Fatboy Slim]] remix of Wildchild's ''Renegade Master'' that was used for the "Characters" button on [[Main Page 4]] for a while, before being removed to avoid copyright issues. || [[HR:renegade.swf|Listen to the song]]
|-id="Poop Smoke"
| '''Poop Smoke''' || A mashup including [[Poot-Slap]] and [[Wikipedia:Deep Purple|Deep Purple]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Smoke on the Water|Smoke on the Water]]''. || [[HR:poopsmoke.zip|Download the song]]
|}

== Images ==
Images (some in Flash, some not) that are not linked to on the site.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|-

| [[Image:Calibos.gif]] || '''Calibos''' || An image of Calibos. Possible reference material for Strong Sad in [[different town]]. || [[HR:calibos.gif|view calibosgif]]
|-

| [[Image:Dennises.gif]] || '''Dennis''' || An animated GIF of various actors named [[Dennis]]. The cycle of Dennises is [[Wikipedia:Dennis Hopper|Hopper]], [[Wikipedia:Denis Leary|Leary]], [[Wikipedia:Dennis Quaid|Quaid]], and [[Wikipedia:Dennis Franz|Franz]]. || [[HR:dennises.gif|view dennises.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Franzer.gif|75px]] || '''Dennis Franz''' || An animated GIF with various images of Dennis Franz. According to the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007|Late Nite JengaJam Interview]], this was Matt Chapman's avatar on the [[Message Bored]]. || [[HR:franzer.gif|view the GIF of Dennis Franz]]
|-

| [[Image:Joker.jpg|75px]] || '''Joker''' || A photo of Cesar Romero as the Joker. Probable reference material for Strong Bad in [[Halloween Fairstival]]. || [[HR:joker.jpg|view joker.jpg]]
|-

| [[Image:Polaris.gif]] || '''Happily Deranged''' || Cover of the promotional cassette "Happily Deranged", containing 3 songs from the mid '90s Nickelodeon show "[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Pete and Pete|The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]." || [[HR:polaris.gif|view Happily Derranged]]
|-
| [[Image:Cooleststuffeverdotcom.png|100px|The Coolest stuff ever]] || '''Coolest Stuff Ever Banner''' || A banner which says "THE COOLEST STUFF EVER". Note the title says The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM. The website does not exist though, although a website called [http://www.the-coolest-stuff-ever.com The-Coolest-Stuff-Ever.com] did exist at one time. || [[HR:coolest.html|view Coolest Stuff Ever]]
|-

| [[Image:Coolbot.gif]] || '''Coolbot''' || Appears to be a line drawing of the [[Visor Robot]]. Used on "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM" banner. || [[HR:coolbot.gif|view coolbot.gif]]
|-

| <center>[[Image:Gridback.gif]]</center>|| '''Grid Back''' || The background image used for the grid in the background of the Coolest Stuff Ever banner || [[HR:gridback.gif|view gridback.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Cooltitle.gif|100px]]|| '''Cooltitle''' || A banner reading "THE COOLEST STUFF EVER". Used on "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM" banner. || [[HR:cooltitle.gif|view cooltitle.gif]]
|-
| [[Image:Moreshirts.png|100px|More shirts]] || '''Shirts''' || Two unreleased shirts; A Waffle House parody shirt and a Jamaican Homestar shirt. || [[HR:waffleshirt.swf|view the shirts]]
|-
| [[Image:Videlectrix_Homsar_page.png|100px]]|| '''Homsar Shirt''' || A view of the front and back of the discontinued Homsar shirt, found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. || [[Videlectrix:/storeflash/shirt_homsar.swf|view Homsar Shirt]]
|-
| [[Image:Pom Pom Glossy.PNG|100px]] || '''Pom Pom Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Pom Pom]]. || [[HR:ppglossy.swf|view Pom Pom Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Hsglossy.png|100px]] || '''Homestar Runner Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Homestar Runner]]. || [[HR:hsglossy.swf|view Homestar Runner Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Glossy_Strong_Bad.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Bad Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Strong Bad]]. Rarely used for "autographs." || [[HR:sbglossy.swf|view Strong Bad Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Secret Marzipan Shirts.PNG|100px]] || '''Marzipan Shirts''' || [[Marzipan]] shirts that were never used. One features Marzipan on a pink flower silhouette on a white shirt and the other has inverted colors. Both have the text ''*MARZIPAN*'' written below her in purple text. In front of both shirts is the text ''click to change'', clicking it changes the shirt to a version with smaller text, then no text, and then back to normal. Below the shirts is the text:
<blockquote>''Which do you like best? I think we should get babydolls, mediums, and spaghetti-strap tanktops. and possibly a couple larges or x-larges for fruity guys.''</blockquote>
|| [[HR:marzyshirts.html|view Marzipan Shirts]] [[HR:marzyshirts.swf|view the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Secret Halloween Costumes.JPG|100px]] || '''Halloween Fanstuff''' || 35 pictures of people dressed up as Homestar Runner characters for Halloween. ||[[HR:weenstuff/weenstuff1.html|view Ween Stuff]]
|-
| [[Image:Sbcostume10.jpeg|100px]] || '''Halloween Fanstuff''' || Another 5 pictures that link back to the above 35. ||[[HR:weenstuff/weenstuff36.html|view Ween Stuff]]
|-
| [[Image:everybodyknowsiteasteregg1.jpeg|100px]] || '''[[Everybody Knows It]] Production Photos''' || Three behind-the-scenes images of the first [[Puppet Stuff]] video. They used to be Easter Eggs in the fullscreen version. || [[HR:puppet1.jpg|view first image]] [[HR:puppet2.jpg|view second image]] [[HR:puppet3.jpg|view third image]]
|-
| [[Image:Oldpodstarrunnerbackground.png|100px]] || '''Podstar Runner background''' || The background used for the [[Podstar Runner]] menu from 2006 to 2007. || [[Podstar:podcast_bkgrd.jpg|view the background]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar Runner Face Screen Saver.png|100px]] || '''[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Homestar Runner Screensaver]] image''' || An image of the secret Homestar Runner screensaver listed above. || [[HR:hsscreensaver.jpg|View Homestar Runner Screensaver image]]
|-
| [[Image:Awesomerthanyou.png|100px]] || '''SB Sign''' || A picture of the "i am awesomer than you" animation listed above. || [[HR:sbsign.swf|View SB Sign Flash file]] [[HR:sbsign.gif|View SB Sign GIF file]]
|-
| [[Image:HRCrayon.png|100px]] || '''Small Crayon Homestar wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of a crayon drawing of Homestar from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:hs_crayon_sm.jpg|View Small Crayon Homestar wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar_Harvest.png|100px]] || '''Small Harvest wallpaper''' || The wallpaper mirroring the cover of Neil Young's ''Harvest'' album from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:wallpapers/harvestsm.jpg|View Small Harvest Wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Sb_monitor_wallpaper.png|100px]] || '''Small SB monitor wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of Strong Bad with the Tandy 400 from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:wallpapers/sbmonitorsm.jpg|View Small SB monitor wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Duckpond_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Duck Pond wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of the Atari duck pond from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:wallpapers/duckpondsm.jpg|View Small Duck Pond wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Marshmallows_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Marshmallows wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of marshmallows from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:wallpapers/marshmallowssm.jpg|View Small Marshmallows wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Waffle_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Waffle House wallpaper''' || The Waffle House parody wallpaper from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:wallpapers/wafflesm.jpg|View Small Waffle House wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Everybody_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Everybody wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of most of the main characters from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:everybodysm.jpg|View Small Everybody wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:hs_wallpaper.png|100px]] || '''Small Homestar Evolution wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of Homestar's design evolution from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:evolutionsm.jpg|View Small Homestar Evolution wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Seriously.PNG|100px]] || '''Small Seriously wallpaper''' || The Apple parody wallpaper from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[HR:seriouslysm.jpg|View Small Seriously wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Pom_Pom_tile.png|100px]] || '''Alternate Pom Pom tile''' || An expanded version of the Pom Pom wallpaper from the Downloads section. || [[HR:pomtilesm.jpg|View Alternate Pom Pom tile]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar_head_icon.png|50px]] || '''Alternate Homestar head icon''' || A slightly different version of the icon of Homestar's head in the Downloads section. || [[HR:hr.ico|View Alternate Homestar head icon]]
|-id="tdytbkgrd"
| [[File:youtubebkgrd2.png|100px]] || '''TDougland Youtube Background''' || The background image on [http://www.youtube.com/user/tdougland TDougland's] YouTube account. Hosted on the [[Videlectrix]] site.|| [[Videlectrix:youtubebkgrd2.jpg|View TDougland Youtube Background]]
|-
| [[Image:2posters.png|100px]] || '''2 Posters''' || An image of two Homestar Runner posters, found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. || [[Videlectrix:2posters.jpg|View 2 Posters]]
|}

== Other ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|-
| <center>[[Image:This is strongbad.png|100px]]</center> || '''Strong Bad Default''' || A page saying "this is strongbad" || [[HR:default.htm|view Page]]
|- id="emailupdates"
| <center> [[Image:Updatespage.png|100px]]</center> || '''Email Updates''' || Before [[The Brothers Chaps]] started updating weekly, this was how fans knew when to check homestarrunner.com. Yet again, the link is embedded in the source of the Homestar Talker. || [[HR:updates.html|View the page]]
|-
| <center> [[Image:Updates_error.png|100px]]</center> || '''Email Updates Error page''' || The error message for the above updates signup page. || [[HR:updateserror.html|View the page]]
|-
| <center> [[Image:Updates_signup_confirmation.png|100px]]</center> || '''Email Updates Confirmation''' || The page that appeared following signing up for email updates. || [[HR:updatesconfirm.html|View the page]]
|-
| || '''testchild''' || The SWF file that contains the commentary for the [[Experimental Film]] music video. However, it doesn't play unless you use a Flash seekbar, or right click and select play. || [[HR:testchild.swf|View the Flash File]]
|-
| || '''filter''' || When [[Old Intro 2]] was the intro, this 18x18 Flash File was directly on homestarrunner.com. It redirects to Old Intro 2. With the introduction of the [[HR:intro.html|current intro]], this was taken down and moved to '''filter.html'''. If it failed to redirect to the intro, it went straight to the main page, but now goes [[HR:oldflash.html|here]].|| [[HR:filter.html|View the page]] [[HR:filter.swf|View the Flash File]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Site Components]]
*[[Easter eggs]]

[[Category:Secret Pages|*]][[Category:Lists]][[Category:Downloads]][[Category:Fan Material]]

Family Resemblence

TimMierz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:16:06 GMT

TimMierz: /* Fast Forward */ punctuation

{{pn|Videro Games|Real-Live E-Mails}}
[[Image:PomFamily 2.png|thumb|One big, happy, hypothetical family.]]

'''[[strongbad_email.exe]] Bonus Email #4'''

Strong Bad describes how he imagines Pom Pom's family.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family#Stom Stom|Stom Stom]], [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family#Stella Do|Stella Do]], [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family#The Filing Cabinet|The Filing Cabinet]]

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Running Time:''' 2:32

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}
__FORCETOC__
==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Checkin' emails for a livin', a livin'. I'm checkin' emails for life. ''{begins reading}''

<blockquote class="short compy email">
Dear Strong Bad, 
I wonder what Pom Pom's family looks 
like. 
Jaro from Podunk</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Er, sounds like a pretty cool guy. ''{typing}'' Well, Jaro, I myself have never seen Pom Pom's family, but I'm sure that they bear the same resemblence  to Pom Pom that my family bears to me.

''{A postcard with [[The Brothers Strong|all three brothers Strong]] appears. It reads "Birds of a Feather." It stays onscreen for a moment as drums play in the background, and then vanishes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So let's see if we can't theorize what his kinsfolk might look like. ''{says "like" as "a-like"}''

''{Cut to a solid white screen. Pom Pom moves across and stops at the left-hand side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover during the entire scene}'' Okay, Pom Pom has got an orange head, so I'm sure his brother's head would look like a bulldog.

''{A bulldog's head appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And he'd have a horse leg for a body... and leg.

''{A horse leg appears, and the camera scrolls up to show that it's attached to the bulldog head directly.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And he'd have boxing gloves for hands—

''{Skinny Strong Bad-like arms appear on either side of the bulldog.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —just like all normal people do.

''{The arms swing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Eh, his name is probably "Stom Stom,"—

''{Camera zooms in on the character, and "STOM STOM" appears at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I'm thinkin'. Ooh, another sibling might very well be a pair of headphones—

''{Stom Stom vanishes, and a pair of headphones takes his place.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —with a floaty face inside.

''{Arms, legs, a floating face, and a cord all appear around the headphones.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know,—

''{The screen splits to show Pom Pom bobbing in The Field on the right-hand side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —because Pom Pom floats a little... bit, when he walks.

''{Pom Pom walks off stage left. The split vanishes with him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That must be his little sister: "Stella Do."

''{The words "Stella Do" appear on the bottom of the screen, and Stella waves her arms.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and Pom Pom talks in bubbles, right?

''{Pom Pom replaces Stella.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, naturally, his parents would be a file cabinet.

''{A file cabinet appears for a moment. Then it shifts to The Field, where Stella Do, Stom Stom, the File Cabinet, and Pom Pom all stand together. Stom Stom rocks his upper body back and forth a few times, and Stella bobs up and down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, that's a good-looking family right there. They could be one of those families on the cover of board games that look ''way'' too enthusiastic about playing a board game together.

''{The screen shifts to static for a moment, and then cuts to the words "Get Ready!!!"}''

'''UNSEEN AUDIENCE:''' Get ready!!!

''{A box for "Jurvy-Skat" appears with a pop. Pom Pom and his made-up family appear on the cover.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Ah-ha-ha, that's right! Get ready for Jurvy-Skat, the classic game of "Oh, no you don't!"

''{The camera shows a closeup of two piles of cards, a red pile labeled "Jurvy" next to the words "Pick One" and a yellow pile labeled "Skat" next to the words "Don't Pick One." Pom Pom's hand grabs a "Jurvy" card.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Pick a card!

''{Pom Pom's hand reaches for a "Skat" card, but he doesn't take it.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Don't pick a card! Pick a card ''now''!

''{Pom Pom's hand grabs a "Jurvy." Zoom out to shot the whole family around the board game, with Stom Stom hitting the table over and over.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Jurvy-Skat from Boardelectrix is great for ages two to filing cabinet!

''{Stom Stom hits Pom Pom in the back of the head. Pom Pom angrily attacks him and the whole family joins in on the fight. Cut to the box again.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Jurvy-Skat from Boardelectrix! Goodtime family fun!

''{As these last three words are said, the words "Goodtime Family Fun" appear at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quietly}'' Hey, that's pretty good. ''Goodtime family fun''. You— w— we should trademark that.

''{A "TM" appears next to the words with a chime. Cut back to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I wish they'd invite me over for some of that action. Order a pizza, rent a movie, play some game with a million pieces that takes three hours just to set up only to find out that you're missing the bathtub. Now ''that'' is some Goodtime Family Fun™. ''{clears screen}'' I wonder if Pom Pom would be cool if I started putting the moves on Stella Do. She's got some hotness methinks. That floaty face. ''{not typed}'' Ooh! ''{typing}'' Oh, wait. She's just hypothetical. Why are all the best girls hypothetical these days? Lemme tell ya, the hypothetical make-out session...not gonna cut it.

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

==Easter Eggs==
*Find the hidden Strong Bad head for a scene with Strong Bad and Stella Do in The Field.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' So, Stella Do, wanna come over to my place tonight?
:''{Pom Pom's silhouette bounces on from stage left.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I could maybe plug you into my record player...
:'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbles angrily}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! Pom Pom! Uh, look man, it's strictly hypothetical between us, I swear! I never touched her floaty face!

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
[[Image:Jurvy-Skat.png|thumb|"Oh, No You Don't!"]]
*The [[Jurvy-Skat]] cover reads:
<pre>The Game of Classic Game of
Jurvy-Skat "Oh, No You Don't!"

1-43 Players
Ages 2 to
Filing Cabinet
900,000 pieces

boardelectrix</pre>

===Remarks===
*[[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|Pom Pom's parents]] were seen in [[Pom Pom, Too]], but there they were simply differently-colored [[Poms]]. Strong Bad also wrote them a letter in [[pom pom]]. Also, in [[Kick-A-Ball]], Tim Tom (a cousin of Pom Pom) was seen, and is indeed a different colored Pom, and nothing more.

===Goofs===
*The title of this email is misspelled. It should be "Family Resembl'''a'''nce". Likewise, Strong Bad misspells the word in his reply.

===Inside References===
*"Jaro" is the name of an [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|enemy]] in the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*This is another mention of [[Pizza]].
*"Boardelectrix" is a reference to [[The Brothers Chaps]]' and their Flash programmer [[Jonathan Howe]]'s fake game-making company: [[Videlectrix]].

===Real-World References===
*The game with the missing bathtub is [http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=browse&product_id=9461 Mouse Trap], a game that has many pieces (including a bathtub) and takes a long time to set up.


===Fast Forward===
*[[Boardelectrix]] later appeared on the site making "[[The Show|THE SHOW]]! STUPID HOME EDITION!" in [[geddup noise]].
*In [[Homestar Ruiner]], Homestar will occasionally say, "Look at me! Don't look at me! Look at me now!"

== See Also ==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
[[Category:Advertisements]]
{{Strong Bad Email}}

Talk:Everybody to the Limit (Live)

TimMierz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:36:42 GMT

TimMierz: /**/Get problematic

"The crowd cheering louder when Strong Bad mentions The Cheat is a reference to huttah!"

How is it a reference? --[[User:Gafaddict|Gafaddict]] 17:45, 25 Mar 2005 (MST)

I think the reference-writer is saying that the louder cheering when The Cheat is mentioned refers to the fact that The Cheat is more popular than Strong Bad, which was brought up in huttah. Still not a good reference though. [[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora Szalinski]] 19:12, 25 Mar 2005 (MST)

Spoken vs Sung:
Can any of this song actually be said to be -sung-?

----

you gotta wonder.... if they're now officially making money off the word "Fhqwhgads", could the person who originally sent in the email and used the word "fhqwhgads" legally sue them for royalties?

:No. Their [[Legal|Terms of Use]] says they can use anything you send them. [[User:Meneth|Meneth]] 21:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, there was this one time a friend of the sender came to this wiki and asked to add a fun fact about his friend, but it got STUFF'd and declined. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 10:37, 21 Jul 2005 (UTC)

This isnt live for real is it?--[[User:Martin925|Martin925]] 00:54, 27 Aug 2005 (UTC)

No, just made to sound like it. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 03:34, 27 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Vocoder Singing Along? ==

When Strong Bad Sings I say come on, fhqwhgads
Come on, fhqwhgads like three times it says that the vocoder is singing to but I don't hear it at all.
[[User:Flamer8965|Flamer8965]] 00:39, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
:It's faint, but it's there... it's all on one note, not going up and down in pitch like SB's singing... listen closely, it's there. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

== Trogdor=Freebird? ==

At the end, when the crowd was chanting "Trogdor", It made me think that Trogdor is Homestarrunner.com's Freebird... Anybody else think that, or is it just me?

== Get problematic ==

I'm sure I'll be met with a resounding "no," but I always thought him saying "problematic" was a reference to [[the show]]. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 14:36, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Bubs and Coach Z's Relationship

TimMierz — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:54:25 GMT

TimMierz: /* Bubs and Coach Z getting along */ Removing broken formatting

[[Image:Jerkfloat.PNG|thumb|"That's very... overt."]]
'''[[Bubs]] and [[Coach Z]]'s relationship''' is a mix of three feelings. Sometimes they are best friends, other times they don't get along, and sometimes they hate each other (more often than not, it is Bubs who hates Coach Z).

== Bubs and Coach Z getting along ==
*Bubs and Coach Z are occasionally found together at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] having a conversation together.
*[[Yearbook Character Page]] — Bubs's page says that he has boring conversations with Coach Z.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] — The two are [[Alcohol|drunk]] together over at Bubs' place.
*Email [[impression]] — Coach Z tells Bubs that his "hot cold cuts" were great. Bubs reveals they were actually moist towelettes, but Coach Z doesn't pay attention to this.
*[[Happy Fireworks]] — They have a conversation at the beginning; however, this erupts into somewhat of an argument.
*[[A Folky Tale]] — Bubs lets Coach Z hide in the concession stand after Coach Z thinks he killed Strong Sad.
*Email [[slumber party]] — Bubs and Coach Z attend a slumber party together.
*Email [[shapeshifter]] — Coach Z yells out, "Oh Bubs! Oh Bubs! I'm coming to your concession stand to talk to you!" suggesting that their relationship is fine.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Bubs and Coach Z go looking for any of their dead relatives at [[the Graveyard]] together.
*Email [[hremail3184]] — Bubs and Coach Z watch the [[Lappy 486]] explode in chairs together, drinking [[Cold Ones]].
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs and Coach Z are in a music group together called the Two-O Duo, and have a good time "rhyming about the cool stuff they do", like "throw rocks into Old Man Marzipan's window".

== Bubs and Coach Z in conflict ==
*Email [[current status]] — As [[Zubs and Coach B]], Coach Z and Bubs insult each other about their temporarily switched bodies.
*Email [[cheatday]] — Bubs gets all the royalties from his and Coach Z's "fresh jam". Coach Z does not agree to it.
*[[Fall Float Parade]] — For [[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade]], Bubs constructs a float expressing his hatred for Coach Z. Later, when [[Strong Mad]] is seen taking [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], Coach Z says it "serves him right, then".
*Email [[narrator]] — Coach Z and Bubs argue about who a [[Bubs's Napkins|napkin]] belongs to.
*Email [[road trip]] — Bubs threatens Coach Z when he calls Bubs "Orange Coach Z", saying that he'll have to deal with his friends "Jacoby (his left fist) & Meyers" (his right fist).
*Email [[cliffhangers]] — Coach Z tries to reveal [[the Thnikkaman]]'s secret identity. He later tells Bubs that he accuses ''himself'' of being the Thnikkaman.
*Email [[your funeral]] — When Coach Z tapes over Strong Bad's self-eulogy, Bubs, and everybody else at the funeral, glares angrily at him.
*[[Date Nite]] — Coach Z gets mad at Bubs for going on a date with [[Marzipan]].
*[[DNA Evidence]] — The arch enemy of [[Strong Badman Characters#Damp Towel Man|Damp Towel Man]] (Coach Z) is [[Strong Badman Characters#Dry Ragamuffin|Dry Ragamuffin]] (Bubs).
*Email [[winter pool]] — Bubs gets annoyed with everything Coach Z says in the email.
*[[The Baloneyman]] — When Bubs is sold out of sammiches, he offers Coach Z a $32 napkin.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — When the jukebox at the [[House of the Brothers Strong]] changes to more classical music, Coach Z tries asking Bubs to dance with him, but all he gets is "Shut up, dummy!" Bubs describes Coach Z as a "big green job."
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs and Coach Z split up twice: one when Coach Z goes soft, obsesses over Marzipan, and sleeps in a locker; the other when Strong Bad causes Coach Z to punch Bubs constantly by accident. Bubs, during those times, calls Coach Z a variety of names: "Big green sellout," "wussy, green sellout," "ol' green pole," the "Thin Green Duke," and "MC Green Beans" in the first breakup; "big clumsy-dumsy" in the second. By the time of the second breakup, Bubs says to Coach Z he will "never, ever, EVER, be sharing a stage, arena, or transient men's motel lounge with [Coach Z] ever again! EVER!" Coach Z says that Bubs hates and loves him like a brother.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Bubs accuses Coach Z of being a liar when he is told that his great-great granduncle was apparently the same person as Coach Z's great good-aunt. When it is then implied that Coach Z fancies his sister, he punches Coach Z in the face.

== Bubs and Coach Z working together ==
*[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] series — Coach Z plays [[Renaldo]], Dangeresque's partner, while Bubs plays an [[Unnamed Characters|unnamed villain]] (later revealed to be [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]]) who tries to kill Dangeresque.
*Email [[current status]] — At first, Bubs and Coach Z try to catch Strong Bad after his Coach B/Zubs project. Later, however, they started to insult each other (see above).
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] — The two go trick-or-treating together, although Bubs is frequently annoyed with Coach Z's accent.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The pair tries to figure out who stole [[The King of Town]]'s crown, by asking the King the description of the perpetrator. They both conclude it was [[Biscuitdoughhandsman]] and set out to catch him. When the culprits were revealed to be Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]], Coach Z and Bubs take them back to prison, with Coach Z claiming that Biscuitdoughhandsman escaped their clutches again.
*Email [[cheatday]] — Bubs and Coach Z cut a demo together.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Coach Z said he gave the page of the [[Snake Boxer 5]] manual to Bubs.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs sells all of the weapons on his black market to Coach Z's country of Coachnya to help it deal with the [[Fhqwhgads|Fhqwhgadi]] rebels.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs and Coach Z do a rap about [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Cheat]] together. They form their own band "[[Bands in Baddest of the Bands#Two-O Duo|Two-O Duo]]" together.

[[Category:Character Relationships]]

Flipped Images

TimMierz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:59 GMT

TimMierz: /* Appearances in the Standard Animation Style */ +Tofu Homestar

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually doesn't.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by the Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] — [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] — After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] — The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Stinkoman_20X6_Walkthrough_Level_4|Level 4]] — [[Stinkoman]]'s stone fist switches between being his left hand and right hand, depending on which direction he's facing.
*[[From the Vault]] — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] — When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face.
*[[Tofu Homestar]] faces different directions in [[The Luau]] and the [[Luau Main Page]], but since he's just drawn on blocks of tofu he should be unable to do so.
*[[The Luau]] — Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] — Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[couch patch]] — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. [[Coach Z]]'s medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[pom pom]] — The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] — [[Homestar]]'s polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*Email [[garage sale]] — [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] — The [[Bubs' Old Pizza]] box is backwards.
*Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] — [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Nintendo

TimMierz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:17:04 GMT

TimMierz: /* Nintendo Wii */ Removing fanstuff references

[[Image:TC MM NES.png|thumb|350px|"''The Adventures of Lolo''? You better have saved the receipt!"]]
[[Wikipedia:Nintendo|'''Nintendo''']] is one of the biggest video game companies today, known for its influence and impact on the video game industry. [[The Brothers Chaps]] have praised Nintendo in many [[Interviews and Public Appearances|interviews]] and have made many Nintendo references in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

The probable reason for the prevalence of Nintendo allusions throughout [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]'s work is the central part the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) played in their upbringing{{ref|1}}. Along with cartoons and [[breakfast cereal]], the NES was an important part of their Saturday mornings as children. As one of their motivations in creating Homestar Runner has been to recreate this lost cultural experience{{ref|2}}, it is not surprising that they have infused their work liberally with references to Nintendo.

==Appearances by system==

===[[Wikipedia:Game and Watch|Game and Watch]]===
*[[Pigs on Head]] LCD Version — This game is specifically designed after the generic look of the [[Wikipedia:Game & Watch|Game & Watch]] series of LCD games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991.

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)]]===
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — In an Easter egg, you can click on one of Homestar Runner's tapes labeled NES endings to view the endings from [[japanese cartoon#Easter Eggs|various NES games]].
*Email [[mascot]] — An NES is among the old electronics that The Cheat pummels with a golf club.
*[[Under Construction]] — The credits include references to Nintendo employees [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]], [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]], and [[Wikipedia:Takashi Tezuka|Takashi Tezuka]].
*Email [[Videro Games]] — The controller [[Strong Sad]] is holding in the instruction manual is very similar to an NES controller.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The game contains [[Stinkoman 20X6 Real-World References#Nintendo Entertainment System|a couple of NES references]].
*Email [[bedtime story]] — [[The Cheat]] and [[Moses Malone]] are shown holding NES controllers as they play ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Lolo|The Adventures of Lolo]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Bayou Billy|The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'' in "The Ch8t's Cheatventures in [[Moses MaloneLand]]".
*Email [[highschool]] — [[Middle School Variation|Baby Strong Bad]] is holding an NES controller. and says he's pretending he's playing better video games.

===[[Wikipedia:Game Boy line|Game Boy (GB)]]===
[[Image:GameBoyInABlender.PNG|thumb|150px|The Game Boy in a blender]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — When you try to give away something you do not have, the game states: "Just like ye to giveth away something thou doesn't have. And ye STILL has my Game Boy."
*Email [[2 emails]] — Homestar claims to have built a time machine [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|out of Strong Bad's blender and Game Boy]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Tompkins]] plays the original 1989 Game Boy. The koopa shell and the mention of Bowser possibly indicate he is playing [[Wikipedia: Super Mario Land|Super Mario Land]], although Bowser never appeared in the Super Mario Land series.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — The Cheat purchases an alternate universe portal made from a Game Boy in a blender.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — Tompkins is again seen playing his Game Boy, this time with a virtual pet.

===[[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)]]===
*[[Super NES]] — The title is the name of the system.
*[[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]] — The Brothers Chaps can be seen playing an SNES.
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — In an Easter egg, the "next generation Gamepad" seen with Reynold's brother's action figure resembles that of an SNES.
*[[RhinoFeeder]] game — This game is apparently playable on the [[FunMachine|Super FunMachine]], a parody of the SNES.
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] — Strong Bad states the game was made with the Super FX chip, which refers to the Super FX enhancement chip installed in some SNES games, such as Star Fox, allowing the system to render Polygons.

===[[Wikipedia:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy (VB)]]===
*[[StrongBadZone]] game and [[Vector Strong Bad]] — The 3D vector graphics mimic those of the ill-fated Virtual Boy.

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64 (N64)]]===
[[Image:BeholdtheN64.jpg|thumb|Thy Dungeonman 3]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — One of the possible presents that the hag might have gotten is a Nintendo 64 Controller (called an N64 Paddle in this game).
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] — Strong Bad states the game was made with "that red thing you stuck in the N64", referring to the [[Wikipedia:Expansion Pak|Expansion Pak]].

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS (NDS)]]===
[[Image:Weekly Fanstuff 5-24-2007.PNG|thumb|Homebrew Poptire DS]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-05-24|Weekly Fanstuff, May 24, 2007]] — The entry was a [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS Homebrew|Nintendo DS]] port of [[Population: Tire]].

===Nintendo [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]===
*[[Viidelectrix]] — This section of [[Videlectrix]]'s website, named after the Wii, includes versions of classic games available for play through the Wii's internet channel.
*[[Limozeen Live! (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] — There is a Wii in the background.
*[[Strong Bad Gameways]] — The entire short is a parody of the Wii's ubiquitous safety warnings, done in the style of an airline safety film.
*''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'' — [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]] game series developed by [[Telltale Games]] and Videlectrix. The corresponding [[SBCG4AP Advertisement|advertisement]] and [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|gameplay trailer]] both feature the Wii.
*[[Workin' on the Game]] — In preparation for the SBCG4AP game, one of the [[Videlectrix Guys]] attempts to use a Wii remote on an old-fashioned computer.
*Several Homestar videos have played on the [[:Category:Nintendo Channel|Nintendo Channel]].
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — The King of Town eats a Wii remote.


===Miscellaneous===
[[Image:Labeled CRP Background.PNG|thumb|The Brothers Chaps' personal gaming lounge?]]
*[[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|2003 Pulse interview]] — Matt says, in Bubs's voice, "There was this one time when I hooked up my lawnmower to my Nintendo. And after that, I got the high score every time!"
*Email [[lackey]] — In a DVD Easter egg, Strong Bad says that he is "already playing Nintendo in the other room" by the time that Strong Sad finishes reading the Strong Lib.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — When Strong Bad removes his head from the TV, a room with an [[Wikipedia:NES 2|NES 2]], an SNES, a black GameCube, and some Nintendo 64 game cartridges are visible.
*[[Hallrunner]] game — When talking to mother, she calls Nintendo "intendro".

==Sources==
# {{note|1}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003]]
# {{note|2}} [[All Things Considered Interview - 8 May 2005]]

==See Also==
*[[Video Games (allusions)]]
*[[Atari 2600]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Mario]]
*[[Mario Paint Character Variations]]
*[[Pikachu]]
*[[Retro Gaming Character Variations]]
*[[Sega Tapes]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]
*[[Sega]]
*[[Namco]]
*[[Floppy Disk Container]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Video game references]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Electronics running gags]]

Video Game References

TimMierz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:12:27 GMT

TimMierz: /* Other Appearances */ Removing fanstuff

{{cleanup|Format}}
{{rename|Name}}
[[Image:Pitfall.png|thumb|250px|Pitfall style!]]
{{about-nothe|references to video games}} {{foremail|video games}} {{for|DVD-exclusive email|Videro Games}}

'''Allusions to video games''', especially those of the 8-bit era, are constantly being made within the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Since references are commonly made to [[Nintendo]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Sega]], and [[Intellivision]], those instances are listed in their respective articles. This article is a list of allusions to video games in general or to less common systems.

==Strong Bad Email==
*[[homestar hair]] — Strong Bad goes to play "[[Wikipedia:Temple of Apshai|Temple of Apshai]]" as respite from the email.
*[[video games]] — Taylor R. wants to know what Strong Bad would be like in a video game. Strong Bad explains that it would depend on what system he was on.
*[[pom pom]] — Pom Pom beats Strong Bad up by kicking him into the air and 'juggling' him through several strikes, similar to a fighting game. Combo signs appear after his fourth, fifth and sixth strikes.
*[[the facts]] — The tune [[Homestar Runner]] sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the intermission theme from ''[[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]]''.
*[[secret identity]] — As Cara Carabowditbowdit, Strong Bad writes to Buttless in Bedstuy that she needs to play more video games.
*[[keep cool]] — One of the pool rules is to, among other things, "press UP, A, and START" before re-entering the pool after eating.
*[[4 branches]] — Strong Bad uses the scoring system in video games as a simile to how Homestar's stupidity functions.
*[[Videro Games]] — Strong Bad describes the effects of video games on children.
*[[highschool]] — [[Middle School Variation|Baby Strong Bad]] says that he's pretending he's playing better video games.
*[[modeling]] — An advertisement for foot cream includes the phrase "GOT STINKFOOT?". In ''[[Wikipedia:Parodius Da!|Parodius]]'', gaining a power-up will sometimes result in the main character saying "GOT A STINKFOOT?!" out of a megaphone.

== Other Appearances ==
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Strong Bad is surprised that Babbage's no longer carries [[Wikipedia:TurboGrafx-16|Turbografx]] games.
*[[FAQ]] — The page title includes the words "Ouch. What do you do?" In ''[[Wikipedia:The Goonies II|The Goonies II]]'', [[Wikipedia:Non-player character|non-player characters]] in mazes would respond with this [[Deliberately Poor English|Engrish]] phrase when attacked.
*In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]], [[Tompkins]] is "Baby-sat" and yells for [[Timkins]] not to play his PSOne.
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — Pom Pom is dressed as a Pucca from Dig Dug
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — the N64 controller is called a "paddle", which alludes to early video game controllers, which were indeed called "paddles".

==See Also==
*[[Cacodemons]]
*[[Couch Mumbling]]
*[[Floppy Disk Container]]
*[[Strong Bad's Technology]]

{{stub}}
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Video game references]]

Nintendo

TimMierz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:11:17 GMT

TimMierz: /* Game Boy (GB) */ Moving from Video Games (allusions)

[[Image:TC MM NES.png|thumb|350px|"''The Adventures of Lolo''? You better have saved the receipt!"]]
[[Wikipedia:Nintendo|'''Nintendo''']] is one of the biggest video game companies today, known for its influence and impact on the video game industry. [[The Brothers Chaps]] have praised Nintendo in many [[Interviews and Public Appearances|interviews]] and have made many Nintendo references in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

The probable reason for the prevalence of Nintendo allusions throughout [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]'s work is the central part the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) played in their upbringing{{ref|1}}. Along with cartoons and [[breakfast cereal]], the NES was an important part of their Saturday mornings as children. As one of their motivations in creating Homestar Runner has been to recreate this lost cultural experience{{ref|2}}, it is not surprising that they have infused their work liberally with references to Nintendo.

==Appearances by system==

===[[Wikipedia:Game and Watch|Game and Watch]]===
*[[Pigs on Head]] LCD Version — This game is specifically designed after the generic look of the [[Wikipedia:Game & Watch|Game & Watch]] series of LCD games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991.

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)]]===
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] — In an Easter egg, you can click on one of Homestar Runner's tapes labeled NES endings to view the endings from [[japanese cartoon#Easter Eggs|various NES games]].
*Email [[mascot]] — An NES is among the old electronics that The Cheat pummels with a golf club.
*[[Under Construction]] — The credits include references to Nintendo employees [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]], [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]], and [[Wikipedia:Takashi Tezuka|Takashi Tezuka]].
*Email [[Videro Games]] — The controller [[Strong Sad]] is holding in the instruction manual is very similar to an NES controller.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The game contains [[Stinkoman 20X6 Real-World References#Nintendo Entertainment System|a couple of NES references]].
*Email [[bedtime story]] — [[The Cheat]] and [[Moses Malone]] are shown holding NES controllers as they play ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Lolo|The Adventures of Lolo]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Bayou Billy|The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'' in "The Ch8t's Cheatventures in [[Moses MaloneLand]]".
*Email [[highschool]] — [[Middle School Variation|Baby Strong Bad]] is holding an NES controller. and says he's pretending he's playing better video games.

===[[Wikipedia:Game Boy line|Game Boy (GB)]]===
[[Image:GameBoyInABlender.PNG|thumb|150px|The Game Boy in a blender]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — When you try to give away something you do not have, the game states: "Just like ye to giveth away something thou doesn't have. And ye STILL has my Game Boy."
*Email [[2 emails]] — Homestar claims to have built a time machine [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|out of Strong Bad's blender and Game Boy]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Tompkins]] plays the original 1989 Game Boy. The koopa shell and the mention of Bowser possibly indicate he is playing [[Wikipedia: Super Mario Land|Super Mario Land]], although Bowser never appeared in the Super Mario Land series.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — The Cheat purchases an alternate universe portal made from a Game Boy in a blender.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — Tompkins is again seen playing his Game Boy, this time with a virtual pet.
*Email [[from work]] — Strong Bad says he hasn't taken his "sit in the men's room and play Tetris for an hour break" yet.

===[[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)]]===
*[[Super NES]] — The title is the name of the system.
*[[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]] — The Brothers Chaps can be seen playing an SNES.
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — In an Easter egg, the "next generation Gamepad" seen with Reynold's brother's action figure resembles that of an SNES.
*[[RhinoFeeder]] game — This game is apparently playable on the [[FunMachine|Super FunMachine]], a parody of the SNES.
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] — Strong Bad states the game was made with the Super FX chip, which refers to the Super FX enhancement chip installed in some SNES games, such as Star Fox, allowing the system to render Polygons.

===[[Wikipedia:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy (VB)]]===
*[[StrongBadZone]] game and [[Vector Strong Bad]] — The 3D vector graphics mimic those of the ill-fated Virtual Boy.

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64 (N64)]]===
[[Image:BeholdtheN64.jpg|thumb|Thy Dungeonman 3]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — One of the possible presents that the hag might have gotten is a Nintendo 64 Controller (called an N64 Paddle in this game).
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] — Strong Bad states the game was made with "that red thing you stuck in the N64", referring to the [[Wikipedia:Expansion Pak|Expansion Pak]].

===[[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS (NDS)]]===
[[Image:Weekly Fanstuff 5-24-2007.PNG|thumb|Homebrew Poptire DS]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-05-24|Weekly Fanstuff, May 24, 2007]] — The entry was a [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS Homebrew|Nintendo DS]] port of [[Population: Tire]].

===Nintendo [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]===
*[[Viidelectrix]] — This section of [[Videlectrix]]'s website, named after the Wii, includes versions of classic games available for play through the Wii's internet channel.
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-02-22|Weekly Fanstuff, February 22, 2007]] — The entry depicted [[Wikipedia:Mii|Mii]] versions of the [[Teen Girl Squad]] characters.
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-09-04|Weekly Fanstuff, September 4, 2008]] — The entry depicted cover art for a Wii [[Guitar Hero]] game starring [[Limozeen]] on the cover and [[The Cheatar]] as the controller.
*[[Limozeen Live! (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] — There is a Wii in the background.
*[[Strong Bad Gameways]] — The entire short is a parody of the Wii's ubiquitous safety warnings, done in the style of an airline safety film.
*''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'' — [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]] game series developed by [[Telltale Games]] and Videlectrix. The corresponding [[SBCG4AP Advertisement|advertisement]] and [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|gameplay trailer]] both feature the Wii.
*[[Workin' on the Game]] — In preparation for the SBCG4AP game, one of the [[Videlectrix Guys]] attempts to use a Wii remote on an old-fashioned computer.
*Several Homestar videos have played on the [[:Category:Nintendo Channel|Nintendo Channel]].
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — The King of Town eats a Wii remote.


===Miscellaneous===
[[Image:Labeled CRP Background.PNG|thumb|The Brothers Chaps' personal gaming lounge?]]
*[[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|2003 Pulse interview]] — Matt says, in Bubs's voice, "There was this one time when I hooked up my lawnmower to my Nintendo. And after that, I got the high score every time!"
*Email [[lackey]] — In a DVD Easter egg, Strong Bad says that he is "already playing Nintendo in the other room" by the time that Strong Sad finishes reading the Strong Lib.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — When Strong Bad removes his head from the TV, a room with an [[Wikipedia:NES 2|NES 2]], an SNES, a black GameCube, and some Nintendo 64 game cartridges are visible.
*[[Hallrunner]] game — When talking to mother, she calls Nintendo "intendro".

==Sources==
# {{note|1}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003]]
# {{note|2}} [[All Things Considered Interview - 8 May 2005]]

==See Also==
*[[Video Games (allusions)]]
*[[Atari 2600]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]
*[[Mario]]
*[[Mario Paint Character Variations]]
*[[Pikachu]]
*[[Retro Gaming Character Variations]]
*[[Sega Tapes]]
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]
*[[Sega]]
*[[Namco]]
*[[Floppy Disk Container]]

[[Category:Inside Jokes]][[Category:Video game references]][[Category:Entertainment running gags]][[Category:Electronics running gags]]

Video Game References

TimMierz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:10:45 GMT

TimMierz: /* Strong Bad Email */ This belongs on Nintendo

{{cleanup|Format}}
{{rename|Name}}
[[Image:Pitfall.png|thumb|250px|Pitfall style!]]
{{about-nothe|references to video games}} {{foremail|video games}} {{for|DVD-exclusive email|Videro Games}}

'''Allusions to video games''', especially those of the 8-bit era, are constantly being made within the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Since references are commonly made to [[Nintendo]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Sega]], and [[Intellivision]], those instances are listed in their respective articles. This article is a list of allusions to video games in general or to less common systems.

==Strong Bad Email==
*[[homestar hair]] — Strong Bad goes to play "[[Wikipedia:Temple of Apshai|Temple of Apshai]]" as respite from the email.
*[[video games]] — Taylor R. wants to know what Strong Bad would be like in a video game. Strong Bad explains that it would depend on what system he was on.
*[[pom pom]] — Pom Pom beats Strong Bad up by kicking him into the air and 'juggling' him through several strikes, similar to a fighting game. Combo signs appear after his fourth, fifth and sixth strikes.
*[[the facts]] — The tune [[Homestar Runner]] sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the intermission theme from ''[[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]]''.
*[[secret identity]] — As Cara Carabowditbowdit, Strong Bad writes to Buttless in Bedstuy that she needs to play more video games.
*[[keep cool]] — One of the pool rules is to, among other things, "press UP, A, and START" before re-entering the pool after eating.
*[[4 branches]] — Strong Bad uses the scoring system in video games as a simile to how Homestar's stupidity functions.
*[[Videro Games]] — Strong Bad describes the effects of video games on children.
*[[highschool]] — [[Middle School Variation|Baby Strong Bad]] says that he's pretending he's playing better video games.
*[[modeling]] — An advertisement for foot cream includes the phrase "GOT STINKFOOT?". In ''[[Wikipedia:Parodius Da!|Parodius]]'', gaining a power-up will sometimes result in the main character saying "GOT A STINKFOOT?!" out of a megaphone.

== Other Appearances ==
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Strong Bad is surprised that Babbage's no longer carries [[Wikipedia:TurboGrafx-16|Turbografx]] games.
*[[FAQ]] — The page title includes the words "Ouch. What do you do?" In ''[[Wikipedia:The Goonies II|The Goonies II]]'', [[Wikipedia:Non-player character|non-player characters]] in mazes would respond with this [[Deliberately Poor English|Engrish]] phrase when attacked.
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-09-04|Weekly Fanstuff, September 4, 2008]] — The entry depicted cover art for a Wii [[Guitar Hero]] game starring [[Limozeen]] on the cover and [[The Cheatar]] as the controller.
*In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]], [[Tompkins]] is "Baby-sat" and yells for [[Timkins]] not to play his PSOne.
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — Pom Pom is dressed as a Pucca from Dig Dug
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] — the N64 controller is called a "paddle", which alludes to early video game controllers, which were indeed called "paddles".

==See Also==
*[[Cacodemons]]
*[[Couch Mumbling]]
*[[Floppy Disk Container]]
*[[Strong Bad's Technology]]

{{stub}}
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Video game references]]

HRWiki:Featured Article Selection

TimMierz — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:04 GMT

TimMierz: /* HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 5 (Feb 1-7) */ No consensus here yet...

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==Article discussions==

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 3]] (Jan 18-24)===
[[Looking Old]]. Not only is it that email's anniversary, but featuring it this week is a reference to a line from that email. Plus, we haven't yet done any emails from 2005 or 2007, yet we've done at least ''two'' emails from every other year. [[User:Jc iindyysgvxc|Jc iindyysgvxc]] 10:00, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
:I've been thinking that while we should do emails from 2007, I think we should wait until they do the winter Olympics in February. I got an idea in mind for a set of dailies that follow a common theme. In the meantime, how about doing one of a live person for an article. I'm thinking [[Jackie Chapman]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 16:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
::Would you care to elaborate on your masterdly plan for Olympic emails? As it stands, we don't know why you're not keen on [[looking old]] for this week, and of course we all know it's important to explain why you're not going with someone else's suggestion. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:23, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
:::Well, in terms of [[looking old]], I was just thinking that we need to do something from 2005 before anything else, and it's been a while since we've done an article on a live person. Besides, what is the reference to the email's line, anyway? As for the Olympics plan, I was thinking of a full week of the references to [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA evidence]] running gag. I was thinking of doing the six emails (165-170) that reference it and close out the week with the [[DNA Evidence|Big Toon]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 01:13, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
::::I dunno, I think the big toon would easily be worth an entire week, not just a day, and I think the same could be said of some of those emails (in particular, [[strong badathlon]] would be a good feature during the Olympics, though it would fit the Summer Olympics a lot better than the Winter). I don't really think they should be dailies. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::RE: "what is the reference to the email's line, anyway?" Surely you can guess? Okay ... it's "time to relate to some 18 to 24 year olds". And the week we are doing it is the 18th to the 24th. Get it?
::::::Oh, that joke. Well, I still think we should do an email from 2005 before 2007, for some reason. I think we should do [[Jackie Chapman]] this week. That article has a decent amount of text anyway, and it's been a long time since we've done any articles on real-live humans. I believe the last one was on Ryan Sterritt in July 2008. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 02:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
:::::::I'm a bit concerned that Jackie's article might be a tad short. It's got enough content for a writeup, but not much beyond that.
:::::::I also think we could use some outside opinions here. It's not clear to me why we seem to be so intent on not doing looking old, though I'm not fixed on it. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:12, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
::::::::As I mentioned in the section above, I think Jackie should be featured as soon as possible (as opposed to this week), if she's to be featured at all. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, since it's not known when the site will be back to normal, I think we'll just use this section as a kind of placeholder until further notice. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 18:46, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
::::::::why don't we stick with [[looking old]] for now and we can discuss this this master plan of MHarrington for the next weeks article --[[user:safariventureman|safariventureman]] 20:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::I think the baby break is more or less over now, so I think we can do Jackie Chapman this week. It was said we should do her around the time the baby break ended, and now it almost is. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 19:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::Actually what was said before was that it should be done '''during''' the Baby Break, if at all. See above. I also continue to think Jackie's bio is too short to feature. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 12:15, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::Well, I didn't know it was supposed to be "during", I thought it was just ASAP. And you also said that while short, the article has enough content for a writeup, though not much else. I thought that the writeup was reasonable enough. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 17:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::I agree that we missed our change to feature [[Jackie Chapman]]. In retrospect, it should've been done back in December when it was a relevant topic since I do agree with Heim that it's a tad short. I actually wouldn't mind seeing [[looking old]] featured since it would both celebrate its 3nniversary and fit the them of H*R being 10 years old. We can always feature a 2005 email at a later date. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:57, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I'd say [[looking old]] is our best bet at this late date, largely because most of the other suggestions have problems as elaborated above. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 15:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 4]] (Jan 25-31)===
For this week, how about the Strong Bad Email [[geddup noise]]? I kinda picked something from 2005, and a bit out of left field, too. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 17:34, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
:While I have no problem with geddup, but we're featuring another sbemail this week. So we're not doing two in a row, how about a different article. [[Compé]] seems like a good candidate. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 02:27, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
::How about Mendelev and Dongelev? Their Feast Days are in January, and this is the only chance they have. [[User:SBE-mail Checker Dan|SBE-mail Checker Dan]] 02:44, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
:::Um, okay... [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 04:16, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
::::The [[Mendelev and Dongolev]] article is a bit on the short side, just like [[Jackie Chapman]]'s. I also would discourage against featuring two emails in a row. While the [[Compé]] article would be the best option, I think it's a little too soon to feature it at the moment. The Compé is still too young, maybe when it's [[1-up|older]]. After scanning the [[HRWiki:Featured Article Nominations|nominations]] page, I came up with a pseudo-random suggestion: what about [[Strong Bad's Technology]] (though I'm aware it's mostly a list)? Any other reasonable suggestions? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::I don't know, that, too, is a bit short. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 17:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
::::::If by "that" you mean the introduction, then yes, you're right the introduction is a bit on the short side. But the rest of the article has content, albeit in list form. I'm not sure what's been done in the past about such articles. Perhaps it might not be a bad idea to start thinking of a set of guidelines to aid in article selection and procedure. That aside, since it's the site's 10-nniverssary, I'd like to suggest that we feature [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] instead (since it's 10 years old and all, and it's not bold in the nominations page). That's my final answer Regis. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:17, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::::An excellent idea. ''Way'' overdue to get featured, since it was one of the first major toons on the site. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 18:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 5]] (Feb 1-7)===
I'm very surprised that [[Characters]], [[Toons]], and [[Games]] haven't been done yet. Maybe we could do one of them? [[User:Jc iindyysgvxc|Jc iindyysgvxc]] 11:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
:Not one of those currently has a prose intro that is long enough to be a proper featured article, so far as I can see. Also, we're getting out too far once again. The latest week we discuss should be, at most, ten weeks in advance of the current week, and this is eleven weeks out. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 11:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
::Yes! Once and for all, let's keep this below ten articles before we add any new ones, please? [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 05:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::How about one that has been suggested but passed up: the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]? [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 17:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
::::According to the [[2010 Calendar]], this month is [[Renaldo]]'s retirement party. So, how about something from Dangeresque? Something that was suggested before was [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind The Dangerdesque]]. How about it? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::I've already got a Dangeresque-themed idea in mind, but it's not for a few more weeks at least. I want to do some dailies involving characters, but it needs to wait for at least two months, to allow for six months since October. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 00:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Looks like there's not much of a consensus here yet. The Characters/Toons/Games pages seem tough to have interesting write-ups for (they're really just menus and lists). The Black Metal Detector doesn't seem too interesting in and of itself; it's used used in [[buried]] and [[SBCG4AP]], but it doesn't do anything a normal detector doesn't besides its method of beeping. Dangeresque seems to be in the works for the future. Where does that leave this week? I'm not sure if this is poor form, but I'd like to nominate an article that has been largely my work: [[Flipped Images]]. It's a fairly subtle effect, often used to parody low-quality animation like CCDos and PBTC, and something that rarely has attention drawn to it. It'd at least be worth a look, I think. Plus, if it were featured, the list of appearances might grow some, I'm sure there are some omissions. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 19:34, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 6]] (Feb 8-14)===
For this week, how about [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]? [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 02:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
:Seems like a good choice of Valentine-themed FA. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
::Yes, we already used TGS #12 before, so Sickly Sam's Big Outing is the only Vamlumtimes Day toon left. Therefore by the Process of Elimination, we should use Sickly Sam's Big Outing. {{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}} 18:44, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 7]] (Feb 15-21)===
How doing another set of dailies this week? I'm thinking of characters from [[Dangeresque]], since people wanted a set of dailies themed to that series. How about: [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], [[Dangeresque Too]], [[Renaldo]], [[Cutesy Buttons]], [[Perducci]], [[Killingyouguy]] and either [[Craig]] or [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 16:54, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
:I have three more ideas for a set of dailies: [[Main Pages]] (since we haven't done any Main Pages yet), e-mails from the second half of the [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] era (last time we did a week of e-mails, we precisely covered the first half of the Tandy era [and that was a whiiiiile ago]), and [[Powered by The Cheat]] toons (since there are exactly 7 of them available). [[User:Jc iindyysgvxc|Jc iindyysgvxc]] 23:54, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
::If we have some recent articles on emails done up, I think we should put off the Tandy-era emails until later in the year, but not necessarily give up on that one. Besides, I chose Dangeresque characters because we haven't really done much of anything related to Dangeresque at all, short of [[HRWiki:Featured_articles/Archive_5#Week_28.2C_2007|the series as a whole]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 02:58, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
:I like the idea of Dangeresque dailies, but I still think this is too early. We just had a set in October. I think the very maximum of dailies we should ever have is two sets a year, and that there should always be at least six months between them. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
::Then why don't we try for the first week of March. In the meantime, how about doing an article on the suffix [[-èd]]? [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 06:23, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
:::I helped expand that intro lately, but I think it needs to be rejiggered a bit. Otherwise, a decent selection. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:46, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
::::I say we do SOMETHING Dangeresque related, since Febuary is the month of Renaldo's Retirement Party. [[User:SBE-mail Checker Dan|SBE-mail Checker Dan]] 03:15, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::Good point. Well, we'll see what the people in charge say. Of course, it's not like it hasn't happened that there has been an under-six-month hiatus between dailies before. In 2007, there was only a three-month buffer zone between daily articles, in 2007: [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 29, day 1|Week 29]] (in July) and [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 41, day 1|Week 41]] (in October). We'll have to just wait and see. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 06:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 8]] (Feb 22-28)===
[[1987]]? (I wonder how that page has so many hits, more than some e-mails...) [[User:Jc iindyysgvxc|Jc iindyysgvxc]] 11:09, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
:Well, I'm kinda on the fence on that one... [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 16:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
::That one might work. I don't think we've featured any of the year articles, and this one is probably the best of the bunch, since we have some clues why they refer to that year so often. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 9]] (Mar 1-7)===
Now that it's the third month and officially six months after October, I think we should try again to do a set of dailies for this week. Once again, I'd like to do a set on "[[Dangeresque]]" characters, since we've never really done anything here, short of the [[HRWiki:Featured_articles/Archive_5#Week_28.2C_2007|the series as a whole]]. Here's what I think we should do: [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] (Monday), [[Dangeresque Too]] (Tuesday), [[Renaldo]] (Wednesday), [[Cutesy Buttons]] (Thursday), [[Perducci]] (Friday), [[Killingyouguy]] (Saturday) and either [[Craig]] or [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]] (Sunday). [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 20:15, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Great idea! --[[User:SamuelGuy10|SamuelGuy10]] 21:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
:Six months after October is April, not March. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 23:16, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
::Well, I think the time is right now to do this. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 03:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
:::I disagree. I still think it's too early after the most recent set of dailies. It's a real pain from the sysops' perspective of making sure all our main page images are protected, and even without that factor, I'm convinced the minimum gap between sets of dailies should be six months (making twice a year the maximum we're ever going to get). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 04:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
::::But if we were to do this in April, then wait about six months to do this, wouldn't the next one have to wait to be available until November? Usually, we do one right around October or so. Well, anyway, how about doing something like... another character relationship! I'm thinking of [[Marzipan and Coach Z's Relationship]]. That one has a surprisingly sufficient amount of text to justify it, in my book. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 07:12, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
:::::I have no memory of us "usually" doing a set of dailies in October. If that's indeed the case, I've no doubt it's just coincidence, nothing intentional. As for Marzi and Coach Z, though, I rather like that idea. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 02:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 10]] (Mar 8-14)===
[[Pi]]? [[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] 08:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:The prose intro is far too short at this point. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:11, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
::If we're going to use this for an article, here's a start for a write-up:

'''Pi''' is a numerical constant for the ratio between a circle's circumference and its diameter, written as {{π}}, and numerically as 3.14. This number was often used in the [[Homestar Runner universe]], such as a price ($3.14), a time (3:14), "tt" replaced by {{π}}, and even a mini-game in [[Strong Badia the Free]] as "Pizza {{π}}". '''[[Pi|(more...)]]'''
:::{{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 13:52, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
::::The article is still too short, since there is not much beyond the write up. Also, a reminder: it's not necessary to do write-ups for articles at this point, we should just stick with discussion of the merits of articles. As an alternate, would it be too soon to feature another email, such as [[long pants]]? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:14, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:::::I'd like to throw [[The Beatles]] into this discussion. {{User:Movie magic man/sig}} 19:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
::::::It's too short. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 03:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::::More accurately, the intro is too short. Given the nature of the topic, I'm not sure if it would benefit from a longer intro; that would work better in Wikipedia. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 05:31, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 11]] (Mar 15-21)===
[[Atari Strong Bad]], [[Lil' Strong Bad]], or [[Atari Homestar]]. [[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] 12:20, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
:You really couldn't have waited another, what, twelve hours so that you would have stayed within ten weeks as we've asked you to several times now?
:As for your suggestions, both Atari articles are too short. Lil' SB might be a possibility. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 12]] (Mar 22-28)===
[[Marzipan's House]]? [[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] 02:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 13]] (Mar 29-Apr 4)===
It's April Fools' Day, so how about [[homestarrunner.com Pay Plus]]? [[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] 02:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
:I think we should do something that was proposed long ago: [[Sbemailiarized!]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 04:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

==General discussion==
===Daily Featured Blocks (On Occasion)===
In order to make daily featured articles for one week, create pages like:

*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 1]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 2]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 3]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 4]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 5]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 6]]</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 0]]</nowiki> (redirect day 7 to this)

[[Category:Featured article maintenance|Selection]]

Sbemail 150?!?

TimMierz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:24:10 GMT

TimMierz: /* Inside References */ Removing questionable references

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[[Image:Sbemail1495.PNG|200px|thumb|"I don't wanna turn a hundred and fifty! It's too much pressure!"]]
Strong Bad refuses to check his [[alternate universe|150th email]]. Strong Sad tries to help.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Coach Z]] (Drawing), [[Homestar Runner]] (Drawing), {{Film|Strong Mad}} (voice only)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 27, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 1:46

'''Page title:''' Not Just Yet!!

'''DVD:''' [[strongbad email.exe Disc Five|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]]

==Transcript==
''{The scene opens on the Lappy 486, with Strong Bad nowhere to be seen. The wind howls. After a few seconds, Female Lappy 486 appears on screen with the second note of the Lappy start-up noise.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' ''{the words appear on the screen as she says them}'' Oh. Golly-gosh. Strong Bad is understairs. Tell whim I love.

''{Quick drop to the Basement. Strong Bad is lying on the couch; Strong Sad is standing behind it.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' You get your shiny, round butt up in there and check that email!

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! Now, get out of my couch...area!

'''STRONG SAD:''' But it's your sesquicentenn-email!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't wanna turn a hundred and fifty! It's too much pressure! Strong Mad ate it!

'''STRONG SAD:''' It's okay, I can help! Check out these storyboards I drew up!

''{Strong Bad strains his neck to view the storyboard. Cut to a storyboard showing Strong Bad's boxing gloves on the Lappy 486's keyboard. Slow piano music starts. Above, it says "Scene 1" and "Int. Lappy-Day"; below, "Close on tip-tapping boxing gloves".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' We begin with a claustrophobic close-up of typing with boxing gloves on.

''{Cut to a storyboard showing Strong Bad sitting at his desk in the middle of the desert. Above, it says "Scene 1a" and "Ext. Desert-Day"; below, "zoom out to reveal wide shot of desk in desert".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' A quick zoom out reveals you're really in the middle of a barren desert landscape, symbolizing the vast scope of your achievement.

''{Cut to a storyboard showing Coach Z holding a pear covered with [[Googly-eyed Objects|googly eyes]] and with coffee dripping out of his hat and down his face. Above, it says, "Scene 2" and "Int. Creepytown-Night"; below, "dolly in on cz. holds up eyeball-pear".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Next, we dolly in on Coach Z holding a pear covered with eyeballs while black coffee continually streams down his mouthless face.

''{Piano music stops. Cut to a close up of Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' This part doesn't represent anything. I just... always wanted to pour coffee on Coach Z.

''{Cut to a storyboard showing Strong Bad at his desk in the Computer Room, with the [[No Loafing Sign]] partially obscured. Homestar Runner is wearing a mask, and the star on his shirt is now cloud-shaped. Piano music starts again. Above, it says, "Scene 3" and "Int. Computer Room-Day"; below, "2 shot of SB and Desire Man".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Cut to a two-shot of you hashing it out with your innermost desires.

''{Cut to a storyboard showing a doughnut with a bite taken out of it. It is leaking jelly, in which Strong Bad's face appears. Above, it says, "Scene 4" and "Int. Donut Place-Night"; below, "ECU of jellyfish reflector. tear. fade out."}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And we end on an extreme close-up of your reflection in the gooey filling of a jelly doughnut as you shed a single tear.

''{Cut back to Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' It's equal parts Lynchian, Fellinian, and Steve Buscemian, don't you think?

''{Cut back to the wide-shot of the couch. Strong Bad is now lying face-down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{incomprehensible mumbles}'' Pilotwings... ''{more incomprehensible mumbles}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, never mind. ''{Strong Bad starts snoring}'' I'll go see what Strong Mad thinks of my Doug the Dino treatment. ''{walks offscreen}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' DON'T BOTHER!

''{A storyboard suddenly appears with a louder-than-usual punching sound, showing Strong Bad yelling. Above, it says "Scene 12" and "Int. Day-Up in your grill"; below, "Med. close on SB. 'Leemee alone. I do it next week!'"}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"Sesquicentennial" is the term for a 150th anniversary.
*[[Wikipedia:Claustrophobia|Claustrophobia]] is an anxiety disorder which involves a fear of confined spaces.
*The filename, "149pernt5", is a [[Coach Z#Coach Z's Accent|Coach Z pronunciation]] of "149.5".
*"ECU" stands for "'''E'''xtreme '''C'''lose'''u'''p"

[[Image:Storyboards in full.PNG|thumb|"Check out these storyboards I drew up!"]]

===Remarks===
*The back button redirects you only to [[Main Page 19]].
*At the end, in the storyboard-style sketch of him, Strong Bad appears to have teeth. This could also be implying that his mouth is moving, with Strong Bad's upper lip closing down on the open mouth.
*We see from Strong Sad's storyboards and his references to Frederico Fellini and David Lynch that he retains his interest in making [[Experimental Film]]s.
*When we see the storyboards in a longer shot, they do not match any of the close-up storyboards. The top left picture is of Strong Bad surrounded by "majesty" lines; the top right picture is a labeled jar with two arrows pointing to it. Decompiling the Flash file shows two others, one which appears to be a close-up of [[Bubs]]' face, and another of Homestar Runner turning and yelling.

===Goofs===
*The ripples do not appear when you click on Lappy's screen.

===Inside References===
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[Couch Mumbling]].
*Strong Sad references the oddity of [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|Strong Bad typing with boxing gloves on]] in the first storyboard scene.
*"Tip-tapping" might be an allusion to Strong Bad's [[secret identity]] "[[Secret Identities#Tip Tappers|Tip Tappers]]".
*[[Doug the Dino]] originally appeared in [[the facts]].
*[[Strong Sad]] mentions a jelly [[donut]].


===Real-World References===
*Homestar's mask is the same style as the masks worn by [[Wikipedia:Snifit|Snifit]]s in the [[Nintendo#Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:David Lynch|David Lynch]] and [[Wikipedia:Federico Fellini|Federico Fellini]], as referenced by Strong Sad, are filmmakers known for bizarre imagery.
*[[Wikipedia:Steve Buscemi|Steve Buscemi]], also referenced by Strong Sad, is primarily known as a character actor who has appeared in such films as ''[[IMDB:tt0105236|Reservoir Dogs]]'', ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', ''[[IMDB:tt0116282|Fargo]]'', and ''[[IMDB:tt0162346|Ghost World]]'' but has also directed quirky, independent films such as ''[[IMDB:tt0117958|Trees Lounge]]'' and ''[[IMDB:tt0385056|Lonesome Jim]]''.
*The music playing during Strong Sad's storyboard seems to be taken from the intro to [[Wikipedia:U2|U2]]'s song "[[Wikipedia:So Cruel|So Cruel]]".
*''[[Wikipedia:Pilotwings|Pilotwings]]'' is a [[Wikipedia:Flight simulator|flight simulation game]] and one of the first [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] games made.
*''Jellyfish Reflector'' is the name of [[Wikipedia:Guided by Voices|Guided by Voices]]' 1996 live album.

===Fast Forward===
*As the last scene claimed, the 150th email ([[alternate universe]]) was released the following week. In an [[alternate universe#Easter eggs|Easter egg]], the Coach Z storyboard scene is played out with similar music to the music used during the storyboards.
*Though not all his storyboards are used in the 150th email, Strong Bad does accept Strong Sad's help in playing guitar for the email's intro song. The music is a variation on the piano ballad played during the storyboards.
*The word sesquicentenn-email was used by Strong Bad in the 150th email during the number one jam.

== DVD Version ==
*Not counting [[Museum]] content or [[Secret Pages]], this is the first toon to go through a drastic name change for DVD. The DVD title of the toon is "Sbemail 149.5".
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' This one, like the, uh, the hundred— the hundredth email, didn't we take a week in between the 99th and the hundredth?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think so. We needed time to gear up for that stuff. ''{pause}'' We still probably did it in two days.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' And just didn't sleep at all. ''{laughing}'' But we had to take the...

'''MIKE:''' It's like how, whenever I get a call that I'm due for a dentist appointment, I need like a week of prep time. ''{Matt laughs}'' And so they're like, "Oh, we've got an opening tomorrow and you're due." And I'm like—

'''MATT:''' "No, no, no."

'''MIKE:''' "Oh, no, that's no good for me. How 'bout next week?" And that's— that's fine, then.

'''MATT:''' Uh, didn't— we had an email idea a long time ago, that was gonna be storyboards.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' This was kinda using that idea. Um, I s— I think that Strong Sad's way into storyboards. ''{pause}'' Umm, that's gross. That's very gross. Which you end up getting to see, right? In the— As an Easter egg in the 150th...

'''MIKE:''' In the 150th, yeah. I, um, had a kewpie doll in college that I covered with, uh, eyeballs.

'''MATT:''' Did you?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think just the head, I covered with little miniature googly eyes.

'''MATT:''' Our friend, Dave, made our friend, Adam, this, uh, thing out of a fake pear, where you put, like, action figure arms and a head on this fake pear. It's kinda creepy.

''{The storyboard showing a jelly donut with Strong Bad's reflection appears on screen}''

'''MIKE:''' I don't know why we didn't make ''that'' real Easter egg.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' We could go to Dunkin' Donuts and buy a few jelly— jelly donuts to...

'''MATT:''' Oh, Pilotwings! What else? Pilotwings, ActRaiser, Super Bomberman.

'''MIKE:''' Super Contra.

'''MATT:''' Super Contra. Don't bother. All up in yo' grill.

===Fun Facts===
*The video game titles [[Wikipedia:Pilotwings|Pilotwings]], [[Wikipedia:ActRaiser|ActRaiser]], [[Wikipedia:Super Bomberman|Super Bomberman]], and [[Wikipedia:Super Contra|Super Contra]] are all things Strong Bad has [[Couch Mumbling|mumbled while on the couch]].

==See Also==
*[[Not the 100th Email!!!]]
*[[Place ya bets!]]
*[[Page Load Error]]

==External Links==
*[[HR:149pernt5.html|watch "Sbemail 150?!?"]]
*[[HR:sbemail149pernt5.swf|view the Flash file for "Sbemail 150?!?"]]
*[[Forum:7540|forum thread re: "Sbemail 150?!?"]]

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Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene

TimMierz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:37:51 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Removing second person

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[[Image:169lostdvd.PNG|thumb|200px|"What the pfargtl?"]]

DVD-style presentation of a scene deleted from the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[from work]]. Includes commentary from Coach Z and Strong Bad as well as a theatrical trailer, "storyboards", and three scenes deleted from the deleted scene.

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

'''Places:''' [[The Office]]

'''Date:''' Monday, April 30, 2007

'''Running Times:''' 1:15 (Scene and commentary), 0:40 (Theatrical Trailer), 0:04 (Deleted Scene #1), 0:04 (Deleted Scene #2), 0:06 (Deleted Scene #3), 3:24 (total)

'''Page Title:''' Deleted Scenes have Deleted Scenes?

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}} (Easter Egg)

==Transcripts==
The DVD menu screen shows the wall of Strong Bad's cubicle. The title of the toon along with a doodle of Strong Bad and Coach Z are on a Post-it note at the center. The menu items are scraps of paper attached to the cubicle with thumbtacks. Clockwise from the top left they are "storyboards," "commentary," "deleted scenes #1 #2 #3," and "Theatrical Trailer." In the center is another scrap of paper labeled "Watch the scene!"

===Watch The Scene!===
''{Open on Strong Bad typing on the Corpy NT6. The space whale chart from "from work" is on the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, so where were we? Oh yeah. ''{typing}'' 2% Crudules, 2% ''{unintelligible}'' Whale milk... ''{unintelligible}''...

''{Vacuum cleaner noise drowns out Strong Bad. Cut to Coach Z vacuuming Strong Bad's cubicle. Strong Bad continues typing and mumbling unintelligibly under the vacuum}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{singing}'' Doe-da-doot doo. Doo. Da-doo-da-doooo.

''{Strong Bad stops typing and Coach Z shuts off the vacuum.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey dere, salaried employee.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{lowers his eyelids}'' Auuugh. 'Sup, hourly wage?

'''COACH Z:''' I couldn't help but notice you're checkin' one a yer emails dere. Boy, do I have some good ideas for words ta type in an email.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, sorry, I'm not really takin' suggestions right now.

'''COACH Z:''' Aww, dat's too bad. Sure would be unfarchunate if yer boss found out you was checkin' yer Sbemails at work!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{exasperated}'' All right, all right! What do you want me to type?

'''COACH Z:''' Ooh, great! ''{scratching his head}'' Okay, lessee...

''{Coach Z spells out his word. As he says each letter, Strong Bad types it and it appears superimposed over the bottom of the frame.}''

'''COACH Z:''' P... f... a... r... g... t... l? Is that a word?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pronouncing each letter as he sounds it out}'' "Pfargtl?"

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah! Is that a word?

''{Strong Bad hits his head on the keyboard, sending the superimposed letters flying.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Does it ''sound'' like a word?

'''COACH Z:''' Well I dunno... I only know a few.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking up}'' Oh, dan... guh. Dang. Oh dang! I think some customer service rep just puked up her microwave lasagna! You'd better go sprinkle sawdust all over it.

'''COACH Z:''' This is what I live for!!!

''{Coach Z runs off, dragging the vacuum cleaner after him}''

===Commentary===
''{Toon starts}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ya know I just gotta say that workin' with Strong Bad here was a real privilege. This guy's a true consommé professional.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, thanks, Coach Z. Working with you was a complete nightmare, and I almost jumped out of several different windows during the making of this scene.

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, that was classic. Those windows was strong! They were real consommé pr--

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' All right, shut up. What kind of vacuum was that you were using there?

'''COACH Z:''' Oh that was the "Sook-a-Doox Five-Trousand".

'''STRONG BAD:''' The "Suk-a-Dux Five-Thousand".

'''COACH Z:''' Yup. Hottest market on the money!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Can I get a translator in here?

'''COACH Z:''' This part's my favorite. I got ta improvise! They said I could spell out anything I wanted as long as it was my favorite animal!

'''STRONG BAD:''' But Coach Z, you spelled out "Pfargtl"!

'''COACH Z:''' ''{excited}'' That's right! That's my favorite!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, that's not- that's not an animal.

'''COACH Z:''' Ah, go on... You didn't have a p-family pfargtl growin' up? We kept ours out back by the hose!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I betcha did. You know when I was a kid I always thought that the pile of puke covered in sawdust was ''way'' nastier than just the pile of puke.

'''COACH Z:''' Nat me. Sawdust makes everything delicious.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Auugh, that's it, I'm outta here!

===Deleted Scenes===
====Deleted Scene #1====
'''CAPTION:''' Deleted Scene #1: Originally Coach Z's "Doot-da-do-doo" line was all "Reet-da-dee-dee." Oops, I guess I ruined it for you. Oh, well. Watch it anyway.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's cubicle. Coach Z, Strong Bad, and the vacuum cleaner are there.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{singing}'' A-reet-da-deet-dee. A-da-da-da-deeee!

====Deleted Scene #2====
'''CAPTION:''' Deleted Scene #2: An early draft of the screenplay called for Strong Bad to say, "4% budules," instead of "2% crudules." Oh crap. I ruined it again. Watch it anyway.

''{Cut to Strong Bad typing on the Corpy NT6. The Space Whale chart is on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, so where were we? Oh yeah. ''{typing}'' 4% budules...

====Deleted Scene #3====
'''CAPTION:''' Deleted Scene #3: I'm not gonna say a thing this time.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's cubicle. Homestar Runner is there with a poorly made mock-up of Strong Bad. The mock-up has a cardboard word balloon reading, "hello, i work hard, and am not stuffed with cottage cheese." The head of the mock-up slowly falls over.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey! What the pfargtl?!

===Theatrical Trailer===
''{Open on a green screen that says the following:}''

<div style="border:0px solid #000; padding: 2em; color: #FFF; background-color: #42CC00; width: 600px; text-align:center">'''THE FOLLOWING <big>PREVIEW</big> HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR''' 
<big>'''EVERYBODY! EVERYBODY!'''</big> 
'''BY THE MOTION PICTURE GUY OF FREE COUNTRY USA'''</div>

'''NARRATOR:''' A scene you were NEVER meant to see...

''{While the narrator speaks, his words are displayed over the space whale with suspenseful type sounds in the background. The word "see" is then deleted from the words on the screen.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad tapping on his keyboard in slow motion}''

''{Cut back to the space whale.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' A meeting that should NEVER have taken place...

''{Again, the words appear on the screen, and then "taken place" is deleted.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey there, salaried employee.

''{Screen pans right then left as characters talk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sup, hourly wage?

''{Cut back to the space whale.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' This Summer...

''{The words appear again, and this time "his S" is deleted from the middle.}''

''{Coach Z and Strong Bad talk in the background, then Strong Bad mashes his head on his keyboard}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ...watch the deleted scene that will have everyone asking...

''{Cut back to the space whale.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' W... T... PF

''{The letters W, T, P and F fly in as the narrator says them, and are joined by a question mark.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What the pfargtl?

'''NARRATOR:''' Strong Bad Email 169: 
the deleted scene

'''COACH Z:''' This is what I live for...

''{Screen fades to black with "www.whatthepfargtl.egg" in white at the bottom}''

===Storyboards===
[[Image:Sbemailstoryboard.PNG|thumb|"And I'm out!"]]
:'''PANEL ONE:'''
::''{Strong Bad is typing on his computer. "VROO" can be heard off-panel}''
::'''STRONG BAD:''' TWO PERCENT CRUDULES... 
:'''PANEL TWO:'''
::'''COACH Z:''' ''{in a janitorial outfit, leaning on his vacuum}'' CHECKIN ONE O' YER EMAILS DARE, EH? I GOT A GOOD IDEA FOR ONE!
:'''PANEL THREE:'''
::'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turning back to his computer}'' JUST LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE TALKING, OKAY?
:'''PANEL FOUR:'''
::''{Coach Z turns away as if to leave}''
::'''COACH Z:''' BE A SHAME IF THE BOSS FOUND OUT WHAT YOU WAS ARP TO...
::'''STRONG BAD:''' ALRIGHT! WHAT SHOULD I TYPE?
:'''PANEL FIVE:'''
::'''COACH Z:''' P...F...A...R...G...T...L
::''{Strong Bad types it in}''
:'''PANEL SIX:'''
::'''COACH Z:''' ''{leaving}'' AND I'M OUT!
::''{Strong Bad slams his head on the keyboard}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Suk-a-dux 5000.PNG|thumb|"Hottest market on the money!" -by <strike>celebrity</strike> judge Coach Z]]
*In the commentary, click on the vacuum cleaner's handle when Coach Z says "Suk-a-Dux 5000" to see an advertisement for the vacuum cleaner. (This egg disappears during the cut to Strong Bad, but then is once again clickable as Coach Z spells pfargtl.)
<blockquote style="width: 15em; text-align: center">
the Suk-A-Dux 5000
"HOTTEST MARKET ON THE MONEY!"-COACH Z
</blockquote>
{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Coach Z mispronounces the adjective "consummate," which means "having or revealing supreme mastery or skill." In cooking, [[Wikipedia:Consommé|consommé]] is a type of soup similar to a rich [[Wikipedia:Bouillon (broth)|bouillon]].
*The intentionally-poor looping of the DVD menu music is a parody of actual DVD movie menus that feature a short clip of title music in the background. Since a DVD menu exists in the form of a looped video track on the disc, a gap is noticeable in the audio when the player reaches the end of the track and seeks back to its beginning.
*A salaried employee is paid the same no matter how much they work. An employee with an hourly wage is paid based on how many hours he or she works.

===Trivia===
*".egg" is not a real [[Wikipedia:List of Internet top-level domains|top-level domain]], meaning that "www.whatthepfargtl.egg" cannot currently be registered. The domain [http://whatthepfargtl.com whatthepfargtl.com] was [http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=whatthepfargtl.com registered] by [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] on the day this toon was released. However, no site was set up and the domain expired April 30, 2008.
*This is the second time Strong Bad has used an expression lowering his upper eyelids in annoyance, the first time being in [[long pants]].

===Remarks===
[[Image:Floppyshirt.png|thumb|"I prefer these big ones because they hold more memory, although you have to fold them up to fit them into these new computers."]]
*The little stitching on Strong Bad's shirt where a name tag would normally go is actually a 5-¼ inch floppy diskette.
*Strong Bad uses the correct hand to type each letter in "pfargtl" (using the normal [[Wikipedia:QWERTY|QWERTY]] keyboard layout) except for 'g', which should be typed with the left hand, not the right.
*In the third deleted scene, Homestar's head is in front of the speech bubble when he says, "What the pfargtl?", but in the theatrical trailer, the speech bubble is nowhere to be seen.

===Goofs===
*If you look closely, you will see that the tack holding the [[Dullard]] comic is slightly too high, so the tack isn't connected to the comic.
*Half of the "back" button overlaps the storyboard on the top left.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the trailer was first released you could hear a snippet of Coach Z saying "Ya know..." after "www.whatthepfargtl.egg" faded from view. This was fixed during that same day. You can still hear this by stopping the video and listening after the trailer.
*When the trailer was first released, the synopsis on the [[Toons#Shorts|"Shorts" Toons page]] was "A deleted scene with delted scenes?!". The Shorts menu description was later changed to match the [[New Stuff]] menu description.

===Glitches===
[[Image:Sbemail169delmistake.png|thumb|right|'Sup, straight cut?]]
*In the trailer, as soon as the scene cuts to Strong Bad asking "'Sup, hourly wage?", for a split second at the far right of the area, the Corpy's monitor appears to be cut off in a straight edge.
**Also, when Strong Bad turns his head left in the same scene, part of his outline disappears as he is talking.
*The loop on the main page will sometimes get interrupted by Strong Bad saying "So where were we..." then cuts back to the loop.

===Inside References===
*The entire toon is a self-parody of toons such as [[The King of Town DVD]] and [[In Search of the Yello Dello]].
**The [[rating screen]] at the start of the trailer is almost identical to the one at the start of [[In Search of the Yello Dello Theatrical Trailer]].
*The storyboards are presented in the style of a [[Dullard]] comic.
*Both Strong Bad and Coach Z have a [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|nose]] in the storyboard, like in [[old comics]]. Coach Z also has a [[Lack_of_Visible_Body_Parts#Coach_Z.27s_Face|mouth]].
*The .[[egg]] in the URL at the end of the trailer is a reference to Homestar's line in "[[pom pom]]."
*Strong Bad says "Oh, [[dan]]...guh".
*The title in the DVD menu is a [[sticky note]].
*Coach Z's vacuum, the Suk-a-Dux 5000, resembles the one Strong Bad used in [[other days]].
*Coach Z's consommé comment may be a reference to [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s description of [[Cherry Greg]] in the [[Fluffy Puff Commercial#Second Commentary Transcript|second]] commentary of [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]].
*The trailer intro includes the words [[Intro|Everybody! Everybody!]] and [[Free Country, USA]].
*Cottage [[Cheese]] Strong Bad's head fell off like [[Tofu Homestar]]'s at the end of [[The Luau]].

===Fast Forward===
*This deleted scene would be referred to in the big toon [[DNA Evidence]].

==See Also==
*[[from work]]

==External Links==
*[[hr:169lostdvd.html|watch "Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene"]]
*[[hr:169lostdvd.swf|view the Flash file for "Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene"]]
*[[Forum:11325|forum thread re: "Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene"]]

[[Category:Shorts]] [[Category:Strong Bad Email]]

Strong Bad Sings

TimMierz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:38:11 GMT

TimMierz: /* Trivia */ Reformatting fact

{{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.
*The number on the screen belongs to Insight.

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

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

== DVD Version ==
*The song The Cheat plays to Strong Mad is changed to "Hot Cross Buns".
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])
[[Image:Fat Bluebird.PNG|thumb|Yep, it's on the wiki.]]
'''MATT:''' Oh, that Fat Bluebird.

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

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

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

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

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

'''MATT:''' Really?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Category:Shorts]]
[[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Make-O Your Own Stinko

TimMierz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:51:08 GMT

TimMierz: /* Functions */ Clean up

[[Image:Comic Generator Title.png|thumb|Title screen.]]

'''Make-O Your Own Stinko(man) Sprite Comic Generator''' was originally an Easter egg found in [[web comics]]. You can create your own Stinkoman 20X6-themed comic (titled "Stinkoman Sunday Fun Talk") just like "[[Stong Bad|Stonk Bad]]", by selecting from numerous characters, objects, and backgrounds from the [[Stinkoman 20X6|game of the same name]] in up to four panels.

The backgrounds that can be used are from [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 1|Level 1 (Go Home)]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 2|Level 2 (Pick a Bone)]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 4|Level 4 (Fisticuff)]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 5|Level 5 (Oh the Moon)]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 6|Level 6 (Stratosfear)]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7 (Ice 2 Meet U)]], and [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9 (Turbolence)]] respectively.

'''Date:''' Monday, October 8, 2007

'''Page Title:''' Make-O Your Own Stinko!

==Functions==
All sprites can be resized, rotated, and flipped, and you can add any text you want into the talk bubbles. When you're all done, there is an option to print it out.

You also have the ability to "[[MS Paint]] your way to a non-punchline", which will go through a series of five different overlaps. You can enter your name so that the author isn't always "Stonk Bad"; however, the author will be labeled at random from a given list of verbs and adverbs, in the form of "''past-tense verb'' and ''adverb'' ''past-tense verb''":

*Flubbed and Thinly Conceived by ''Name''
*Hijacked and Unsatisfyingly Cobbled Together by ''Name''
*Swiped and Miserably Cobbled Written by ''Name''
*Grifted and Poorly Hacked by ''Name''
*Baby got stole and Ruinously Strung Together by ''Name''

== Characters & Enemies Included ==
[[Image:Makeownstinko.png|400px|thumb|The Make-O Your Own Stinko Interface.]]
[[Image:Make-O Your Own Stinko.png|400px|thumb|An example of a completed comic]]
<table>
<autocolumn style="padding-right:18px">
* [[Stinkoman]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Playable Characters#Stinkowing|Stinkowing]]
* [[1-Up]]
* [[Pan Pan]]
* [[Shadowy Figure]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Astromund]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Browntant]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Pink Cham Cham]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Chorch]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Frotzer]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Fullbide]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Gokul]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Greggo]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Grundy]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Jaro]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|My Benj]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Poorbt]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Pooru-Pooru]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Stafulter]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Stobat]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Stothos]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Tortan]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Prudench]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Semulade]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Sackastano]]
* [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Octopush (unnamed in the real game)]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

== Fun Facts ==
*This is the first time Pan Pan and the Shadowy Figure have been seen as in-game sprites.
*The [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]] reads "FIND THE LOADBEARER...", a reference to [[slumber party]].
*On October 15, 2007, this game was put on the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]]. In addition, the game received new features, including an intro screen, Stinkowing and Level 9 enemy sprites, the ability to replace "Stonk Bad" as the author, with humorous remarks about the sprites being stolen, and an "MS Paint" button. A subtitle was added to the loading screen stating: "VERSION 1.1. NEW AND BARELY IMPROVED!
*One of the MS Paint button's effects includes a "[[Wikipedia:Kilroy was here|Kilroy was here]]", and another is [[Trogdor]] with a soda (caption misspelled as "Trogor").
*Because of the black background, the Shadowy Figure is not visible, but can be found by clicking on a "blank" area in the fourth column (under the tree).

== External Links ==
*[[HR:stinko comic.html|play Make-O Your Own Stinko]]
*[[HR:stinko comic.swf|view the Flash file for Make-O Your Own Stinko]]

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Stinkoman 20X6]]
[[Category:Comic strips]]

Homestarloween Party

TimMierz — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:51:08 GMT

TimMierz: /* Fast Forward */ Cleaning up fun fact

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|homestarloween|Punkin Show|A Holiday Greeting}}
[[Image:homestarloween.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad's take on the tale]]

Homestar Runner throws a Halloween party. They take turns telling a story about a goblin.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The Goblin}}, [[Pom Pom's girls]], [[Visor Robot]], {{Film|The Sad Kids}}

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'''Places:''' [[Spooky Woods]]

'''Date:''' Halloween 2000

'''Running Time:''' 4:55

'''Page Title:''' Homestarloween Party

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== Transcript ==
''{Spooky music plays.}''

<blockquote>Homestarloween 
Party 
 
Written, drawn, 
and directed by 
Matt, Mike, and Craig 
 
Voices by 
Matt Chapman 
and Missy Palmer 
 
Animation by 
the Brothers Chaps</blockquote>

''{Cut to The King of Town, Coach Z and Bubs.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh jeez, I don't know, I think I prefer his work with the Furious 5 much more. Uh, he had more street cred back then...

''{Homestar walks by, and continues to do so throughout the scene.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, thanks for coming to my party guys. Ahh, Coach Z is down with the PE! ''{Coach Z dances to Homestar's second remark.}''

''{Switch to Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...ya know, I think it turned out pretty good. I mean Mom helped me do the fruit ''{gestures to hat}'', and I did the sewing—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, lookin' good, Strong Bad. The Chiquita Banana lady, that's great!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, Chiquita Ba—?! ''{shouting}'' For the last time, I'm Carmen freakin' Miranda!

''{Switch to Marzipan, Strong Sad, Pom Pom and The Poopsmith, who is bobbing for pumpkins. He picks up a pumpkin and spits it into the bucket twice.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yesterday, I was out in the garden, and I was weeding, and there was this little worm...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aww, everybody looks so great! ''{stops walking}'' You know, there's more punch over there, if anybody... wants any. All riiiiiight, everybody! Line up! ''{holds up flashlight}'' We're gonna play ''{clicks flashlight on and off}'' Flashlight Ghost-Story-Telling with a Flashliiight! ''{thunder booms}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' We should stand boy-girl-boy-girl. ''{thunder booms, organ sting}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Good one, Marzipan! That way we know it's fair!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I get to stand next to you, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nope. I'm standin' next to Bubs. You get to stand next to Strong Baaad. ''{walks away}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{gasps}'' Uh!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Psst! ''{whispering}'' Hey, Marzipan... is my slip showing?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, okay, okay! I'll go first.

''{A circle forms around him so his picture is now an inset of a new scene.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... okay! Once, there was this green gobliiiin... ''{a goblin appears}'' and um, he used to... look aroooound... ''{the goblin looks around}'' And um, I guess he did a daaance. ''{the goblin dances}'' Oh man, that was terrible.

''{Homestar passes the flashlight to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' And, the goblin, he had a Gremlin! And he jacked it up on some fat tires, and uh, and he tuned it up on some 4.11 positrak out back, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bore over 30, 11-to-1 pop-up pistons turbo jets 390 horsepower! I mean, he had some freakin' muscle!

''{Bubs passes the flashlight to Pom Pom.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{Pom Pom makes bubbling noises throughout his segment.}''

''{A giggling blonde girl in a pink bikini with a Pom head appears next to the Gremlin, as well as a redhead with a blue bikini and a brunette in a leopard-pattern bikini, followed by beer and sports paraphernalia. Pom Pom passes the flashlight to Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' One of the girls had a cute little kitten named Kitty-kitty.

''{A cat appears beside the girl on the left.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' The other girl had a cute little puppy named Chris.

''{A dog appears beside the girl on the right.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' And then the third girl was a Republican.

''{A Republican Party Elephant sign appears in the hand of the girl on the Gremlin.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, brother! Gimme that! ''{snatches the flashlight from Marzipan}'' So then the robot came—

''{The Visor Robot appears onscreen, to the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and he started vaporizing everybody with his vapor-gun! ''{the Visor Robot begins doing just that}'' And he was like "You take this, and you'd better, you, and you take this, everybody's gonna die!" And then he said, "Oh, the Gremlin! I hate the Goblin Gremlin! Bah!"

''{The Visor Robot kicks the Gremlin over the trees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I need to get some more punch.

''{Strong Bad passes the flashlight to the King of Town and walks off}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oooh, oooh!

''{The Visor Robot and Goblin stand across from each other and all the food appears that the KOT mentions in between them.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' And there was fried fish and heavenly ham and Salisbury sundaes and globs of meringue and strawberry frosted donuts and bowls full of jelly and Klondike pudding and scrumptious fillers... and—DOO! DOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!

''{All the food inexplicably disappears. The King passes the flashlight to Strong Sad and hurries off.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And so it turns out the robot had a human brain which was stolen from a kindly old man. And the children of that old man came to the robot looking for their father, and they called out to him.

''{Speech bubble with an exclamation point in it appears on the girl.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And the robot's human brain remembered his children and his stolen life, and he was moved to tears. ''{robot starts to cry.}'' But the tears shorted out his circuits, and fried his brain. ''{Electric bolts appear on the Visor Robot's head}'' And the robot toppled over, and he crushed his children, and the Goblin, too. ''{Visor Robot falls on them and his brain comes out.}'' And none of them lived.

''{Cut to Bubs, Coach Z, and The King of Town crying.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{crying}'' Oh, jeez, what a total downer! ''{they walk away, still crying}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, I'm outta here!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{crying}'' That's the saddest story I've ever heard! You can't come to next year's party.

''{Marzipan walks away crying, while The Poopsmith sighs deeply and also walks away.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sadly}'' Gee... thanks for coming to my party, Strong Sad. ''{sighs, walks away.}''

''{Everyone except Strong Sad leaves, and crickets start chirping. An owl hoots and a far-off wolf howls. Strong Sad clicks the flashlight on and off a few times, then the screen fades.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*With nine [[death]]s, this cartoon has a higher body count than any other cartoon on the website, including [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*This is the only time Coach Z is seen with a full complement of fingers.
*Strong Mad, The Cheat, The Poopsmith, and Coach Z never contributed to the ghost story, but the Poopsmith probably doesn't contribute to the story on purpose, courtesy of his vow of silence.
*This toon was "Written, drawn, and directed by Matt, Mike, and Craig". This is most likely [[Craig Zobel]].
*According to [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], the spooky trees in the background are just next to [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
*Coach Z's clock reads 3:57.
*This toon marks the first appearances of The Goblin, who has become something of a Halloween toon staple, as well as the [[Gremlin]], [[Pom Pom's Girls]], the Visor Robot, and the Sad Kids, which have all later reappeared in several toons.
*Marzipan has one of Pom Pom's girls hold up a Republican sign with an [[elephant]] on it.

===Goofs===
*The birthmark on Strong Sad as [[Wikipedia:Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]] is on the wrong side of his head.
*When Homestar turns the flashlight on and off for Flashlight Ghost Storytelling with a Flashlight, his face isn't illuminated any better, so much as the rest of his body is cast into shadow.
*When Strong Sad turns the flash light on & off at the end, his hands do not move.
*Although the flash light has a sliding switch, it makes a sound like that of an on/off button.
*When Marzipan is weeping as she leaves, her mouth doesn't move. Also, Homestar's mouth doesn't move when he sighs.
*The Goblin's pupils shrink when he turns his head to look at the second girl.
*After the robot kicks the Gremlin, the front loses the double bumper.
*In the beginning, Strong Bad's right sleeve is off center, and hangs down below his shoulder.
*When the King of Town's imagined desserts fade away, one of the desserts changes color before fading. This is because the dessert is a tinted version of an existing dessert, and in Flash a symbol can not have its opacity and tint be modified at the same time, so it reverts to its original color.
*When Strong Bad leaves the party, his mouth disappears for a split second.

===Glitches===
*Once the [[opening credits]] end, there is a slight jump in the music.

===Inside References===
*[[The King of Town]] mentions "Strawberry frosted [[donuts]]."
*[[Strong Bad]] dressing up as Carmen Miranda is an example of [[cross-dressing]].

===Real-World References===
*Coach Z's opening line references the [[Wikipedia: Furious Five|Furious Five]], a pioneering rap group in the early '80s. The specific artist Coach Z refers to could either be [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Flash|Grandmaster Flash]], the original leader of the Furious Five, or [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Melle Mel|Grandmaster Melle Mel]], who led the group after Flash's departure.
*Bubs's description of the Gremlin is [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/quotes quoted] almost directly from the movie ''[[IMDB:tt0106677|Dazed And Confused]]''.
*The [[Wikipedia:flux capacitor|flux capacitor]] visible on the Gremlin is a reference to the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' movies.
*Strong Sad turning the flashlight on and off is possibly an homage to the movie ''[[imdb:tt0111149|Shallow Grave]]'', in which Christopher Eccleston's character turns a flashlight on and off into his face while spiralling into insanity.
*Homestar's shirt says "corporate rock still sucks", which is the motto of [[Wikipedia:SST Records|SST Records]], a favorite record label of Cobain's. Cobain once wore a shirt parodying the slogan on a famous [[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]] [http://i.rollingstone.com/assets/rs/110/76/images/23060_lg.jpg cover] saying "Corporate Magazines still suck". Also, his shoes look a lot like [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]], which the video for [[Wikipedia:Smells Like Teen Spirit|Smells Like Teen Spirit]] helped to repopularize.
**It's also possibly a nod to certain ''[http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/TSHIRTS/NV204.jpg Nirvana shirts]''.
*Homestar's line "Coach Z is down with the PE" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy|Public Enemy]] song "Burn Hollywood Burn", wherein guest-rapper [[Wikipedia:Ice Cube|Ice Cube]] raps "Ice Cube is down with the PE".
**This could be a play on words; PE could also stand for physical education, as Coach Z is allegedly a coach.
*The bear The Cheat has is Pooky, Garfield's teddy bear.
*[[Wikipedia: Edelbrock|Edelbrock]] is a seller of performace parts for [[Wikipedia: automobile|automobiles]].

===Fast Forward===
*Marzipan's line, "You can't come to next year's party," was revisited in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], when Marzipan said, "I like your costume, Strong Sad, but you weren't invited this year." Then, in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]], he gets "literary justice" when he's invited to no one's party.
*The music that was used for the Flashlight Ghost Storytelling Using a Flashlight was used again in The House That Gave Sucky Treats and the Strong Bad e-mail [[theme park]] during "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spooktacular".
*A slight variation of Homestar's "Corporate Rock Still Sucks" (the motto of SST Records) shirt was worn by Strong Sad in [[geddup noise]], which said "Corporate The Geddup Noise Still Sucks".
*The Poopsmith later puts a pumpkin in his mouth in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].

== DVD Version ==
*The spot at the very end to see what the characters were dressed as has been removed.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, Mike, listen to how you can hear your fingers hitting the keys—

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' —on the little— yeah. ''{pause}'' They're kinda little ''puh puh puh'' clicky—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —holding a mic up to the Casio SK-1 keyboard.

'''MIKE:''' Does that not have a line out?

'''MATT:''' Uh, it didn— it sounded crappy, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It just had to go from like an 8-inch to an adaptor, et cetera et cetera.

'''MIKE:''' So here's our first Halloween cartoon.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was a really nice ''credit'' sequence... ''Mike''.

'''MIKE:''' ...Not sure why Matt is taking this tone with me, everyone!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' "Every single ''{clears his throat conspicuously}'' wanna see me."

'''MIKE:''' Ohh, interesting.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, The Cheat's costume, while he looks pretty good, wasn't very involved. It's just a pair of glasses... Garfield-looking glasses.

'''MATT:''' He has a very authentic Pooky, though... ''{Mike chuckles}'' for sure.

'''MIKE:''' I think the Mikhail Gorbachev still may be my favorite costume.

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

'''MIKE:''' Although ''his'' glasses don't have any, uh...

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' They're just taped to his face.

'''MIKE:''' And I think the Marzipan genie costume might be the least thought-out—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. We just—

'''MIKE:''' It was the first one, but, everyone else's costumes are pretty good.

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

'''MIKE:''' Cap'n Crunch, that's a good... Ooh, Marzipan's old mouth.

'''MATT:''' ''{softly}'' Ooh, the— Oh... I don't think Kurt Cobain had that stringy of— his hair was that stringy.

'''MIKE:''' I don't— Our friend Craig made that hair.

'''MATT:''' Did he really? I didn't remember that. I know that Craig made the ladies, the hot ladies that show up in Pom Pom's story later on.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he made, he made—

'''MATT:''' Did he make that headdress on, uh, the fruit basket headdress?

'''MIKE:''' No... I made that.

'''MATT:''' Oh. It looks good. Oh yeah, you drew that and scanned it in, didn't you?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I think we still have the drawing of that in the old sketchbook.

'''MIKE:''' So Matt one time when he was... what do you think, you were three maybe?

'''MATT:''' Uh, nnnnyeah, may— four.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Four, probably four. It was right when we moved to Atlanta.

'''MIKE:''' There was his Halloween costume, it was this big inflatable head that you sort of have attached with this headgear of this Martian. Yeah, goblin?

'''MATT:''' He was a goblin, not a Martian, he was a gween gobolin.

'''MIKE:''' Our dad was interviewing him on Super 8, and said, "What do you dress up?" ''{imitating Matt's young, high-pitched voice}'' "''A gween gobolin!''"

'''MATT:''' It was true, man.

'''MIKE:''' Look, Bubs has no arms, Matt!!

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

'''MIKE:''' He has no arms!!

'''MATT:''' Good job, us!

'''MIKE:''' Who were we fooling?!

'''MATT:''' No one! ''{pause}'' These ladies are a little risqué for the website, honestly.

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

'''MATT:''' Craig made them way too hot.

'''MIKE:''' Especially the way that one's kinda twisting her ankle like that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, she's—

'''MIKE:''' Look, she's funneling beers too!

'''MATT:''' They're party girls. Pom Pom's into the party girls. ''{pause}'' I remember Melissa made all these things up and I was amazed by her improvisational talents.

'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckles}''

'''MATT:''' I don't think I— I don't think I still— I didn't really like Melissa at that time, and I was really impressed. Naw, I was kidding. I liked Melissa plenty. ''{pause}'' He hates the Goblin Gremlin, Mike. ''{pause}'' Heh, the weird King of Town voice.

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

'''MATT:''' —found it stride. There was really, what, like four or five different— oh, okay there was an impressive amount of different drawings, there. In my head that was a way bigger pile—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —than what I remember.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know why—

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' There's a lot of things that were invented from this cartoon: the goblin, the sad kids, that robot— the Visor Robot appeared.

'''MIKE:''' The Visor Robot.

'''MATT:''' Why is it called the Visor Robot?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno, I think the wiki— I didn— ''We'' didn't name it the Visor Robot, did we?

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' But I ''call'' it the Visor Robot, ''{in a funny voice}'' don't I, Matt?

'''MATT:''' ''{in a funny voice similar to Coach Z's}'' Yeah, you do; you gotta listen to that wiki, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' I like, watch the brain slide here.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I did this part. ''{pause}'' Those squashed kids look pretty terrible. ''{both laugh}'' Not even sure how that works.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, Bubs has arms again!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Good, see— he only has pointy fingers.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, he's got ''fingers''. Yeah, Coach Z— 'Cause he says, uh, "the Furious 5", right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think so. Well, he was just pointing too, when he's rapping, when he says, "Coach Z is down with the PE." But, now he just has mittens. ''{Mike laughs}'' He has never shown his fingers again. Maybe those are—

'''MIKE:''' He's never shown his true fingers before.

'''MATT:''' Maybe he's just wearing those on top of his mittens as part of his costume. We're really consistent, everybody! We think this stuff through ahead of time; we have a ten-year plan for the website...!

'''MIKE:''' ''{wolf howls in the cartoon}'' Hey, that's Matt.

'''MATT:''' That's me.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I do an owl, too. On the website, sound effects master, mang! Manganese.

== See Also ==
*[[Egg Throwing Game]]

== External Links ==
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Ballad of The Sneak

TimMierz — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:38:23 GMT

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[[Image:balladofthesneakdance.PNG|thumb|220px|A song and dance on the high steel]]

The [[Old-Timey]] equivalent of [[The Cheat Theme Song]]. Performed by [[Wikipedia: Paul and Storm|Paul and Storm]] of [[DaVinci's Notebook]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[The Barbershop Trio]], {{Film|The Sneak}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Bubs}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Fat Dudley}}, {{Film|Sickly Sam}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, [[Mr. Shmallow]] (on the box), {{Film|Strong Man}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[The Kaiser]]

'''Places:''' [[Cliffs|Old-Timey Cliff]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey)

'''Date:''' Monday, June 23, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:03

'''Old Page Title:''' The Ballad of The Sneak

'''New Page Title:''' The Ballad of The Sneak - DaVinci's Notebook

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== Lyrics ==

I know a lively fellow, 
Who is really quite unique. 
He's small and smart and yellow, 
With a rodent-like physique. 
He doesn't play the cello, 
And he never deigns to speak. 
He's The Strong Bad's Leporello, 
And they just call him The Sneak... 

If you've got a caper 
Then you know who to call. 
It's The Sneak! 
It's The Sneak! 
Who's that Dapper Swindler 
Out of Tammany Hall? 
Vo-vo-vo-dee-oh-do 
It's The Sneak! 

[[Image:Not Panama.PNG|thumb|(Not the Panama Canal)]]
That charming little whatzit 
Who's The Strong Man's greatest pal? 
It's The Sneak! 
It's The Sneak! 
Who did the Hully Gully 
On the Panama Canal? 
Doo-wacka-doo-wacka-doo 
It's The Sneak! 

Who's that jaunty jackanapes 
With moxie and pizzazz? 
It's The Sneak! (Yes, sir!) 
It's The Sneak! 
Who's been drinking bootleg hooch 
And listening to the jazz? 
Vo-vo-voh-de-oh-doh 
It's The Sneak! 

Who captures all the flapper girls' affections? 
Who made off with my Fluffy Puff confections? 
He's dastardly! 
He loves catastrophe! 
His schemes are masterly! 
Takes tea at half past three! 
That sneaky sneaker's sneakin' all over town! 

Who dropped The Homestar Runner 
From his flying machine? (Humdinger!) 
Is it The Sneak? (28 skidoo!) 
It's The Sneak! 
Who put a Bengal tiger 
In The Kaiser's latrine? (Ach Du lieber!) 
It's The Sneak! (What's the rumpus?) 
You know it's The Sneak! (Take it home!) 
The Sneakity Sneak all day long! 

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What?

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A "humdinger" is slang for "one that is extraordinary or remarkable".
*To "deign" means "to think it appropriate to one's dignity".
* A [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=jackanapes&x=12&y=16 jackanapes] is a whippersnapper, an upstart, or a rascal.
*The poster with The Dapper Swindler has "known in the Northwest Territories as The Sneak" at the bottom. The [[Wikipedia:Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]] is a [[Wikipedia: Canada|Canadian]] territory, located in the north-central part of the country.
*"Ach, du lieber" ("Oh, dear") is short for "Ach, du lieber Himmel" ("Oh, dear Heaven"), a [[German]] exclamation of surprise, well-known from the song [[Wikipedia:Oh_du_lieber_Augustin|Ach, du lieber Augustin]].
*"Jaunty" means "stylish" or "genteel".
*"28 skidoo" is a play on "[[Wikipedia:23 skidoo|23 skidoo]]", a bit of slang popular during the [[Wikipedia:Roaring Twenties|Roaring Twenties]]. It generally meant to leave quickly, sometimes specifically meaning to "get out while the getting's good" (very appropriate for The Sneak). [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/393450.html The Phrase Finder] offers a number of possible origins for the phrase.
*"Rumpus" means "a noisy clamor".
*The dance Sickly Sam does is the [[Wikipedia:Charleston (dance)|Charleston]], a popular dance in the 1920s and '30s. The specific move is called "Bees Knees".
*The [[Wikipedia:Hully Gully|Hully Gully]] didn't exist in 1936. It was a hit song and popular dance introduced by The Olympics in 1959.
*Old-Timey Strong Bad flies over the Cliff in what appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Wright Flyer|Wright Flyer]].
*The piano that The Sneak rides upon is a [[Wikipedia:player piano|player piano]], an automatic piano which reads music from pre-programmed paper reels.
*"Dapper" means "well-mannered and/or dressed".

=== Trivia ===
*This toon features all of the main characters' Old-Timey counterparts except for those of [[The Poopsmith]] and [[Homsar]].
*Mr. Shmallow makes an appearance in this cartoon on the front of a [[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights|Fluffy Puff box]]. This box is different from the one featured in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. The container in this cartoon appears to be a tin, while the other is a cardboard box. Also, the candies in the tin appear not to be marshmallows but a candy similar to the Choco-Lumps referred to in the aforementioned toon.
*"The Ballad of the Sneak" also appears on the album "Shame and Cookie Dough" by Paul and Storm, two former members of DaVinci's Notebook. The CD includes the original H*R.com version and one with commentary.
*The Sneak is mentioned as "yellow", giving weight to the theory he would be that color before being "filmed" in black-and-white.
*The orientation of The Sneak's tail has changed since his appearance in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]].
*On the Old-Timey Strong Bad clock, the hour hand is pointing slightly up. If it were really showing 3:30, the hour hand would be pointing slightly down.
*This is the first appearance of Old-Timey Coach Z, known as the Fort Wayne Locomotive.

===Remarks===
*The song is mostly done in four-part vocal [[Wikipedia:Harmony|harmony]] (although sometimes subtle and in octaves). The [[Wikipedia:A cappella|a cappella]] introduction comprises four voices in [[Wikipedia:Homophony|homophony]]; they are most distinct on the lines "never deigns to speak" and "they just call him The Sneak." The "jaunty jackanapes" section takes a [[Wikipedia:Call and response (music)|call and response]] format, with a [[Wikipedia:Soloist|soloist]] calling and the other two answering in [[Wikipedia:Polyphony|polyphony]]; again, a total of three parts.
*In the first commentary, Paul Sabourin of Da Vinci's Notebook says that the reference to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff doesn't fit in with the 1936 World. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff was signed into law in 1930, not the 1890's like he thought.
*This cartoon and [[That A Ghost]] both refer to illegal alcoholic beverages, which brings the [[Wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]] era to mind. However, the cartoons were supposedly made in 1936 or 1937, 3 or 4 years after Prohibition had been repealed, so strictly the illegality would have to be merely evading the appropriate taxes on their manufacture.
*The Wright Brothers' plane was developed in 1903, over thirty years before this cartoon was supposedly made.

===Goofs===
*When The Sneak's head explodes, his tail disappears.
*The monocle of the rightmost trio member [[Flipped Images|switches eyes]] at the end of the song.
**Also, the trio member whose head sticks in from the top of the frame during the "Fluffy Puff" scene has his monocle reversed.

=== Inside References ===
*The Sneak being silhouetted and going across hills may be a parody of the [[Old Intro 2]].
*The Sneak's head exploding imitates how present-day [[The Cheat]]'s head will at times [[The Cheat's Head Exploding|randomly detonate]].
*Ward Boss Tweed kicking The Sneak out of Tammany Hall may refer to Strong Bad's frequent [[Kicking The Cheat|kickings of present day The Cheat]].
*The whistle has an engineer's hat like Homsar's in his [[Homsar#Character Video Transcript|character page]].
*The Sneak falling off the cliff is a reference to [[Parsnips A-Plenty]].
*"Boss Tweed gives The Sneak what-for" is a reference to an Easter egg in [[50 emails]], where Old-Timey Strong Bad replies to a telegram with "I'll give you what-for!".
*The Strong Bad wristwatch is an Old-Timey equivalent of the [[Strong Bad Clock]] download.
*Bootleg hooch and the political cartoon are references to [[alcohol]].
*The caption of The Sneak dancing on the barrel reads "[[Not X|(Not the Panama Canal)]]".

=== Real-World References===
*"Leporello" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Mozart|Mozart]] opera ''[[Wikipedia:Don Giovanni|Don Giovanni]]''. In it, Leporello is a side-kick to the [[Spanish]] legend, [[Wikipedia:Don Juan|Don Juan]] (''Don Giovanni'' is the Italian equivalent).
*"[[Wikipedia:Tammany Hall|Tammany Hall]]" was a political society in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]] (19th/early 20th century), known for its corruption and power. ''William Tweed'' was a strong figure in Tammany, (see below).
[[Image:Boss Tweed.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Boss removes Sneak from Hall]]
*A [[Wikipedia:Editorial cartoon|political cartoon]] appears briefly which features The Sneak getting booted out of a door by a foot that says "Prohibition?" The Sneak has dropped a paper that says "Hoot-Smalley Tarriff" and the caption reads "[[Wikipedia:Boss Tweed|Boss Tweed]] gives The Sneak what-for!"
**The "'''Hoot-Smalley Tarriff'''" is a [[Spoonerism|spoonerized]] play on the "'''[[Wikipedia:Smoot-Hawley Tariff|Smoot-Hawley Tariff]]'''" that was enacted during [[Wikipedia:Great Depression|The Great Depression]], widely considered to be one of the most inept pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress.
*The scene with The Sneak and the record player is a parody of the famous Victor (later [[Wikipedia:RCA|RCA]] Victor) trademark which features a dog named [[wikipedia:Nipper|Nipper]] sitting in front of a Berliner Style 5 gramophone, listening quizzically to "[[Wikipedia:HMV|His Master's Voice]]", the title given to the original painting by artist Francis Barraud.
*"[[Wikipedia:Moxie|Moxie]]" is the name of a soft drink popular during the early 20th century. The name became a slang term meaning liveliness and daring in the late 1920s.
*Bootleg [[Wikipedia:Hooch|Hooch]] (or "''Moonshine''") is homemade whiskey that is produced and/or sold through illegal methods.
*[[Wikipedia:Flapper|Flapper girl]], more commonly "flapper", was a slang term common in the 1920s which referred to young women who flaunted contempt for the restrictions of "decency" imposed on their gender by society. They lived lavishly and openly wore short skirts, used cosmetics, bobbed their hair, and could often be seen smoking or drinking in public, far from what was considered to be acceptable behavior for women in that era. Many cartoon characters from the time period, such as [[Wikipedia:Betty Boop|Betty Boop]] and [[Wikipedia:Minnie Mouse|Minnie Mouse]], for example, were "flappers".
*"What's the rumpus" is a reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150/ ''Miller's Crossing''], a Prohibition-era gangster movie, in which it is used as a greeting by several characters. This movie is a particular favorite of DaVinci's Notebook.
*The Sir Strong Bad watch is a reference to the old Mickey Mouse watches of the 1930s.
*The scene with The Sneak running inside an I-beam while other characters dance on top may be a visual reference to the old [[Wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] game [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=360 Pitfall]. If nothing else, several cartoons from the time period featured characters playing in the I-beams of construction sites, such as [[Wikipedia:Olive Oyl|Olive Oyl]] when she was hypnotized by [[Wikipedia:Bluto|Bluto]] in a [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] cartoon.
*[[Wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]] was established in 1919 by the passage of the [[Wikipedia:Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th amendment]] to the Constitution. It outlawed the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. It was eventually repealed in 1933 by the passage of the [[Wikipedia:Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|21st amendment]].
*"The Kaiser" is how German Emperor [[Wikipedia:Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] was popularly referred to in the U.S. and Britain during World War I. Propaganda-laced political cartoons of the time would often exact comedic revenge on this enemy of Allied forces. The title "[[Wikipedia:Kaiser|Kaiser]]", however, stopped being used in 1918, following the end of World War I and the dissolution of the German Empire.
**The Kaiser is wearing a [[Pickelhaube|pickelhaube helmet]], a 19th century Prussian invention, which at the time of World War I was outdated, and was relegated mostly to ceremonial garb, as befits a militaristic emperor. Note the [[Wikipedia:Iron cross|Iron Cross]] on the helmet, a German military decoration of the early 19th century, re-introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm II in World War I.
*The train whistle may be a reference to many old cartoons, in which inanimate objects such as train whistles and brooms were depicted as "alive".
*The [[Wikipedia:Panama Canal|Panama Canal]] was established in 1914 as a way to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean without having to go around South America. It was United States territory until December 31, 1999, when it became Panamanian territory due to the [[Wikipedia:Panama Canal Treaty|Panama Canal Treaty]].
*The mention of [[Wikipedia: jazz|jazz]] refers to jazz's association with wild living, corruption and illegal activity from the Prohibition era, and the fear/disdain with which it was viewed by polite society.

===Fast Forward===

*Sickly Sam attempts the Charleston again in [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features '''two''' hidden creators' commentaries. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===First Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[DaVinci's Notebook|Paul Sabourin]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[DaVinci's Notebook|Storm DiCostanzo]])

'''MIKE:''' ''{sounding muffled throughout}'' All right, so for this commentary we're on a four-way conference call.

'''PAUL:''' ''{also muffled}'' This is Paul Sabourin and Greg DiCostanzo; we are They Might Be Giants and we wrote this song.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's only partially true. They did write this song, but they're from DaVinci's Notebook!

'''PAUL:''' That's correct! We, uh, I— As I recall, we sort of stalked you guys, tracked you down in the early days of the website...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I gotta be honest, I was a little— the first couple times— 'cause I think you played a couple times in Atlanta and invited us to come, and we were like, "An a capella group?!"

'''STORM:''' ''{not muffled}'' ''{laughs}''

'''PAUL:''' Yeah, that's what we always get.

'''MATT:''' I remember thinking— it was after The Cheat Theme Song had been made and I just thought that it'd be funny if, I— if there was an Old-Timey jingle version of it. Originally it was going to be the jingle for the product that was this wooden The Sneak thing that you trail— like, kids trail behind them on a rope. Back in the, like, thirties?

'''PAUL:''' Uh, Storm, you took the first whack at it, right?

'''STORM:''' Yeah.

'''PAUL:''' Your— this is your baby, more or less.

'''STORM:''' Well, it started out that way. They gave us the— initiated the idea for it, and, you know, we're both big, me— me and Paul are both big fans of the Doo-wacka-doo stuff, and it kinda took on a life of its own.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' That's really big these days, the Doo-wacka-doo stuff.

'''PAUL:''' Oh yeah, it's coming back.

'''STORM:''' Oh man, the kids ...

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' That's really big, I was watching the TV last night...

'''PAUL:''' Actually, I hear the minuet is going to be the next big thing. From the 1780's...

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' We've got interactive minuets on this DVD.

'''STORM:''' Oh, wow.

'''PAUL:''' Uh, I love that we don't give a crap about historical continuity. You know, it's not all 1936, there's the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of, you know, 1890's or whatever.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' When you're a kid, if it's the words black and white, it's all the same time.

'''PAUL:''' That's right.

'''STORM:''' Exactly.

'''PAUL:''' Um, oh that, by the way, that head blowing up is my second favorite piece of animation.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's right. Yeah, because The Cheat's head's always blowing up, so The Sneak's head has got to blow up.

'''PAUL:''' This being my first one, of the growing mustache and the beard spilling over. Just brilliant. Hello?

'''STORM:''' Hello?

'''PAUL:''' Now I've lost The Chaps.

'''STORM:''' Ok. Uh, whatever you did before, do it again.

'''MIKE:''' All right, Mike is here.

'''PAUL:''' Mike is here. Matt is here.

'''MIKE:''' Ooh, look. That Old-Timey version of Coach Z's name is the "Fort Wayne Locomotive".

'''PAUL:''' Is it?

'''STORM:''' ''{laughs}''

'''PAUL:''' ''{garbled}'' You do. I love that.

'''MIKE:''' It's never been revealed yet. It's actually written into a cartoon that we haven't done yet.

'''MATT:''' We love you guys.

'''PAUL:''' We love you guys. You're wonderful, and we await our check with bated breath.

===Second Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[DaVinci's Notebook|Paul Sabourin]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[DaVinci's Notebook|Storm DiCostanzo]])

'''STORM:''' Ok.

Hey, alright, welcome to the commentary.

'''STORM:''' So this is "The Ballad of the Sneak" as written by, uh, it was actually- Da Vinci's Notebook was credited, but it was actually ... Hello? Hello?

Matt from Homestar's Notebook, Storm, from Paul Runner.

The Sneak!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, black and white, it was done in black and white.

'''MATT:''' I think Mike you should say that part about black and white again, I don't think they heard it.

'''STORM:''' Wait, so...

This is a black and white four-way conference call.

'''MATT:''' Say it really slow.

'''STORM:''' We didn't originally think this was going to be a black and white kind of deal.

Where's Storm?

'''STORM:''' They originally asked us for an old version of ...

Number nine, Number Nine.

Storm. Storm.

'''STORM:''' I'm right here.

Storm, say "black and white" really slow, I don't think they got that part.

'''STORM:''' Blaaaaaaaack annnnnnddd whiiiitttteeee.

Who is this? I didn't order this!

'''MATT:''' Ok, that's enough. We don't have time for you any more. We've gotta move on. I've got this magic trick I'd like to show you though.

'''STORM:''' So I did once...

'''MATT:''' This part was great, I remember Mike was out of town for this whole part.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was at a softball game, playing, uh, in New Jersey.

'''STORM:''' I can't hear the other guys right now, but um, I can't even see the video, in fact, because I can't run the recording software at the same time that I'm actually talking ''{sound of phone button being pressed}'' because I can't see it.

Paul? Paul? Paul?

'''STORM:''' Hello? Hello? Hello? Is that Missy? Is Missy there?

You're cutting out over Paul.

I was cutting out a star-shape out blue construction paper I thought.

Is this the show commentary we're doing?

'''STORM:''' Wait a second. No one said there was going to be anything about construction paper in the commentary.

...My Michelle.

Did you just say you wrote "My Michelle"?

Did you hear from our lawyers?

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on?

I'm one of your lawyers.

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on? Is the video still on?

Fluffy Puff, I love Fluffy Puff.

Someone's at the door.

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on?

Hello, um...

'''STORM:''' Number nine

Number nine.

'''STORM:''' Number nine.

No, this is great.

'''STORM:''' I buried Paul.

When does Pom-Pom show up? I want Pom-Pom.

'''STORM:''' I buried Paul.

At the count of three, at the count of three let's all, we'll introduce ourselves.

What?

'''STORM:''' What?

Ok.

'''STORM:''' I'll introduce you.

This is great.

Five, four

'''STORM:''' Three, two one. Um, that's Mike over there, um, and I'm Storm, and I'm still pissed off about the construction paper. And, is the video still on?

''{laughter}''

===Fun Facts===
* [[Wikipedia:Michelle (song)|My Michelle]] and [[Wikipedia:Revolution 9|Number Nine]] are both lines from songs by [[The Beatles]]. "I buried Paul" is a part of the [[Wikipedia:Paul Is Dead|Paul Is Dead]] conspiracy, and is the rumored final line of [[Wikipedia:Strawberry Fields Forever|Strawberry Fields Forever]], also by the Beatles. The actual line is "cranberry sauce." Number Nine is also part of the Paul Is Dead conspiracy.

== See Also ==
*The [[Ballad of The Sneak Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the film.
*[[DaVinci's Notebook#The Making of Ballad of The Sneak|The Making of ''Ballad of The Sneak'']]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sneakvideo.html|watch "Ballad of The Sneak"]]
*[[HR:sneakvideo.swf|view the Flash file for "Ballad of The Sneak"]]

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[[Category:Old-Timey]]
[[Category:Songs]]
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dragon

TimMierz — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:36:59 GMT

TimMierz: /* Inside References */ That blog entry was from two months after this email - if anything the evite references this

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[[Image:sbemail58picture2a.PNG|thumb|"Check out all his majesty."]]

Kaizer wants to know if Strong Bad can draw a dragon. [[Trogdor]] is born.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]], {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}}

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, January 13, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 3:20

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

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Here I go once again with the email! Every week I hope that it's from a female! ''{opens email, stops singing}'' Oh man! It's not from a female.

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
Can you draw a dragon? I want to see 
your skills of an artist. 
 
well, g2g, 
kaizer 
CA</blockquote>

''{After "artist," Strong Bad mumbles, "um, okay," reads g2g as "g two g", and adds the word "from" between "kaizer" and "California."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' A dragon? That's easy! Feel free to follow along with my simple step-by-step instructions. I make drawing FUN!!

''{Cut to a close-up of a piece of paper on a table. The only part of Strong Bad that's visible is his right boxing glove, and he is holding a pencil. Simple music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' To begin, draw an S—

''{Draws an S on the paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —for snake. Or dragon. Er, whatever. Next, we'll draw a more different S.

''{Draws another S connected to the other}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For the head, put a top mark on a long V.

''{Draws a triangle on top of the S}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then you add some legs...

''{Draws two beefy legs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...draw on a couple of arms... and—

''{Draws two beefy arms, eyes, spikes, teeth and angry eyebrows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa. Wait a minute.

''{Music stops with a record scratch}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think I need to start over. Thing doesn't look natural.

''{Draws a speech bubble coming from the dragon that says 'The S is for sucks,' and pulls up a clean sheet of paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, so starting again, the same way. S, more different S.

''{Music starts again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Close it up real good at the top for his head,—

''{Makes an attached, open-mouth head}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and then, using consummate V's, give him teeth, spinities, and angry eyebrows.

''{Draws all of what he mentioned, plus stick legs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, you can add smoke or fire,—

''{Draws both coming from the dragon's mouth}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or maybe some wings, you know, if he's a...wing-a-ling dragon.

''{Draws two wings on the dragon's back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's put one of those beefy arms back on him for good measure.

''{Draws a single beefy arm on the back of the dragon}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That looks really good. Comin' out of the back of his neck, there.

''{Taps the drawing with his pencil point}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now he needs a name. How about ''TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR''.

''{Writes it below the dragon}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty.

''{Draws rays of majesty coming from the dragon}''

''{Cut to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There's my dragon, Kaizer. ''{music stops}'' Let's see how the other students are doing.

''{Strong Bad gets up, making the [[the Geddup Noise| geddup noise]]. Cut to scene in a big room with several tables. Strong Bad approaches Coach Z, who is drawing with chalk on a small slate.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! What do you got for me, Coach Z?

'''COACH Z:''' Take a look there!

''{Cut to a close up of a squiggly drawing that resembles a snake with a huge head}''

'''COACH Z:''' I think she's lookin' pretty good!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Coach Z}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said consummate V's! CONSUMMATE!!! ''{shakes his head}'' Geez. ''{walks away muttering}'' Guy wouldn't know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{offscreen}'' That happened once!

''{Cut to Strong Mad. He is using an X-Acto Knife to carve the word 'DAGRON' into the table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad. You just, keep doing your thing, man.

''{Cut to Strong Sad, who has drawn a much more advanced, realistic, and shaded dragon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, crap! I didn't know ''you'' were doing one.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sure. ''{cut to close up of his picture}'' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and—

''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll improve on your methods!!

''{Strong Bad takes out his BMW lighter and sets Strong Sad's picture aflame. It quickly disintegrates with hardly a trace left.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' What?! ''{pauses}'' That's not an improvement!

'''STRONG BAD:''' BWA HA HA HA!! Trogdor strikes again!

''{The following heavy metal song is accompanied with black and white pencil-drawn scenes of Trogdor, fire, countryside, a knight with an axe, Trogdor with the knight's legs, peasants on fire and thatched-roof cottage on fire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' TROGDOR!!! 
TROGDOR!!! 
Trogdor was a man! 
I mean, he was a dragon-man! 
Er, maybe he was just a dragon. 
Um... But he was still TROGDOR!!!! 
TROGDOR!!!! 
Burninating the countryside! 
Burninating the peasants! 
Burninating all the people! 
In their thatched-roof COTTAGES!!! 
THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!!

''{Cut to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on the "R" in the "DAGRON" Strong Mad is carving in the table, you'll get to see Homsar's attempt at drawing a dragon just before Strong Sad's scene.
:''{Strong Bad walks up to Homsar, who has written "TASTER'S CHOICE" on a piece of lined paper and taped it to the table. A roll of masking tape sits nearby.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta my house! ''{walks away}''
:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{Sadly}'' I do what I'm told...

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Chiaroscuro|Chiaroscuro]] is a [http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/s-chiaro.html method] for creating the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form in a two-dimensional piece of artwork through the use of contrasting areas of light and dark. Literally "lightdark" in Italian.

===Trivia===
*In an [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003|interview with Kevin Scott]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] said this email took the longest to make.
*Strong Bad writes "TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR" using a [[Lowercase i's|lowercase "i"]] because the [[font]] that The Brothers Chaps use for Strong Bad's handwriting, [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], has a capital I that looks like a lowercase one.
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad starts a bad drawing revolution."
*To promote [[8-Bit is Enough]], this email was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] in December 2008 under the title, "Trogdor!"

===Remarks===
*Although the [[BMW lighter]]'s flame is close to the table, the table is unaffected.
*The Homsar Easter egg automatically plays during the email in the Podstar Runner version.
*"Kaiser" is the ultimate dragon form of the hero in the [[Wikipedia:Breath of Fire|Breath of Fire]] series of video games. Since The Brothers Chaps have stated that all of the emails except [[mile]] are authentic, this is either a coincidence, or the email writer was a fan of this series.
*In the DVD, Podcast, and Nintendo Channel versions, Homsar's scene plays automatically.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Floating-arm.png|thumb|200px|I'm the floating arm of dooooom!]]
*As noted in the [[#Commentary_Transcript|DVD commentary]], Coach Z's drawing [[Flipped Images|faces a different direction]] in the close-up from the previous scene.
**This same situation also applies to Strong Sad's drawing.
*When Strong Bad is drawing Trogdor's majesty, for a moment Strong Bad's arm is floating, unattached to anything.
*When Strong Bad types "Let's see how the others are doing", he leaves out the word "see."

=== Glitches ===
*There is a small area above Coach Z's medallion that is see-through.

===Inside References===
*"And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHT!!!!!!!" is a reference to the email [[guitar]], where Strong Bad says "dragon" instead of "Trogdor".
*The X-Acto Knife that [[Strong Mad]] uses is the same one that [[Strong Bad]] uses in the email [[flag day]].
*The first few chords of the Trogdor song are quite similar to the melody of Strong Bad's email song in [[property of ones]].

===Real-World References===
*Homsar's "drawing" says [[Wikipedia:Taster's Choice|Taster's Choice]], a popular coffee from Nescafe.

===Fast Forward===
*Exactly three years after this email came out, [[Happy Trogday]] was released, which celebrated Trogdor's third birthday.
**A clip from this email was also shown in Happy Trogday.
*The peasant drawing would later be used in [[Peasant's Quest]] as the graphic in the title screen.
*On January 13, 2008, the regular [[index page]] was replaced with a picture of Trogdor in the shape of a ''5'' to celebrate his fifth birthday.
*In [[Trogday 08]], Strong Bad and Coach Z celebrate the fifth birthdays of The S is For Sucks Dragon and [[Wormdingler]] (Coach Z's dragon).
*In [[imaginary]], the Dragon-man drawing appears as Frishy-Freshy Dragonman, [[Little Strong Bad]]'s imaginary friend.

== DVD Version ==
*The Homsar Easter egg is automatically enabled, no selecting required.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' This is one of the least popular emails we've ever done.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Everybody hates it.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, this one took a really long time, and I remember, not, like—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, you wanted to abandon it. Like, we were three-quarters of the way done—

'''MIKE:''' This is one—

'''MATT:''' —and you wanted to start over.

'''MIKE:''' It was... we just—it's very long, and I felt—I dunno. When you're in the middle of it, sometimes it's hard to tell.

'''MATT:''' I wonder, though, if we had just, let's say we cut out the whole Trogdor metal thing at the end, if people would, like, if it's Trogdor, just this dr—bad drawing of a dragon or if it's the metal and the, like, drawings

'''MIKE:''' I think it's th—mostly the metal.

'''MATT:''' That's what I'm sayin'.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' So it'd be funny if we hadn't done that at the end or if we'd made it an Easter egg even, so less people saw it.

'''MIKE:''' So this is, uh, you know, we learned to draw the Ed Emberley way.

'''MATT:''' And later the Marvel Comics way.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's true. Um...

'''MATT:''' That thing is unholy. ''{Mike starts laughing again}'' True. It's horrible. We always find ourselves humming this song that's in the background.

'''MIKE:''' Doo doo doot doot, see I'm doing it again.

'''MATT:''' Uh, what is a tincidence! What is a tincidence, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Um... uh so yeah, the— this email, we're, it went up late Monday at probably, I dunno, 4 or 5 o'clock on Monday we were pretty much done with the whole email and Matt started singing the Trogdor song in this squealy—

'''MATT:''' ''{in squealy voice}'' Trogdor!

'''MIKE:''' —in the squealy voice and so then we sort of knew we had to make the Trogdor metal song and then when we made the Trogdor metal song we had to make all the...fancy-shaded Tro—uh, Trogdor drawings for the video.

'''MATT:''' And then didn't Trogdor, the name Trogdor the Burn—I think it was just, like, we decided he had to name him and just, like, it just came out, like, there was no deciding.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously, overlapping}'' Yeah, you just came up with it. There was no, like thought—yeah, right.

'''MATT:''' The drawing of Trogdor took a while. Took some...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. And if you watch there, his thing flips.

'''MATT:''' What happened?

'''MIKE:''' Coach Z's drawing—well there, his head's on the left, but in the closeup the head's on the right.

'''MATT:''' Ohhhh.

'''MIKE:''' I mean, Coach Z's left, and Coach Z's right.

'''MATT:''' Right. Dagron.

'''MIKE:''' Dagron. He's misspelled the word "dragon." There's everybody's favorite. He's correctly spelled the words "Taster's Choice."

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little, then a pause}'' That's a good drawing, Mike. We still have those.

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

'''MATT:''' There's the BMW—the, the ever-present BMW lighter. Didn't we say we had some, some people we met that said they tried really hard to find one.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah.

'''MATT:''' And they don't exist in real life, so we apologize.

'''MIKE:''' So... I don't know how these drawings are going to look on your TV screen.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' All made big like this. They might look kind of pixelly and gross, but...

'''MATT:''' I'm, uh, I don't regret it, though, if they look pixelly and gross.

'''MIKE:''' No, we did that on purpose!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' You can see in the smoke of the flaming peasant's head, it just kind of—there's a straight line at the top of the smoke. It just kind of stops and that's from the edge of the page. It's just—

'''MATT:''' Oh really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. You can't see it—yeah, you can see just how it stops

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh there we go, I see.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' And so, of course, later this all became Peasant's Quest fodder.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Ed Emberley|Ed Emberley]] is the author of several "how to draw" books for children. Emberley's methods consisted of drawing letters of the alphabet to simplify things.
*"How to Draw the Marvel Comics Way" is one of a series of many, many books detailing how "you too can learn to draw in the style of your favorite comic artists."

== See also ==
*[[Trogdor (song)]]
== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail58|youtube=90X5NJleYJQ}}

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

dragon

TimMierz — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:34:14 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Link to Flipped Images

{{sbenav|58}}

{{aboutemail}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Dragons}}

[[Image:sbemail58picture2a.PNG|thumb|"Check out all his majesty."]]

Kaizer wants to know if Strong Bad can draw a dragon. [[Trogdor]] is born.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]], {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}}

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, January 13, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 3:20

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

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

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Here I go once again with the email! Every week I hope that it's from a female! ''{opens email, stops singing}'' Oh man! It's not from a female.

''{reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
Can you draw a dragon? I want to see 
your skills of an artist. 
 
well, g2g, 
kaizer 
CA</blockquote>

''{After "artist," Strong Bad mumbles, "um, okay," reads g2g as "g two g", and adds the word "from" between "kaizer" and "California."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' A dragon? That's easy! Feel free to follow along with my simple step-by-step instructions. I make drawing FUN!!

''{Cut to a close-up of a piece of paper on a table. The only part of Strong Bad that's visible is his right boxing glove, and he is holding a pencil. Simple music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' To begin, draw an S—

''{Draws an S on the paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —for snake. Or dragon. Er, whatever. Next, we'll draw a more different S.

''{Draws another S connected to the other}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' For the head, put a top mark on a long V.

''{Draws a triangle on top of the S}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then you add some legs...

''{Draws two beefy legs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...draw on a couple of arms... and—

''{Draws two beefy arms, eyes, spikes, teeth and angry eyebrows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa. Wait a minute.

''{Music stops with a record scratch}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think I need to start over. Thing doesn't look natural.

''{Draws a speech bubble coming from the dragon that says 'The S is for sucks,' and pulls up a clean sheet of paper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, so starting again, the same way. S, more different S.

''{Music starts again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Close it up real good at the top for his head,—

''{Makes an attached, open-mouth head}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and then, using consummate V's, give him teeth, spinities, and angry eyebrows.

''{Draws all of what he mentioned, plus stick legs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, you can add smoke or fire,—

''{Draws both coming from the dragon's mouth}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or maybe some wings, you know, if he's a...wing-a-ling dragon.

''{Draws two wings on the dragon's back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's put one of those beefy arms back on him for good measure.

''{Draws a single beefy arm on the back of the dragon}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That looks really good. Comin' out of the back of his neck, there.

''{Taps the drawing with his pencil point}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now he needs a name. How about ''TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR''.

''{Writes it below the dragon}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty.

''{Draws rays of majesty coming from the dragon}''

''{Cut to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There's my dragon, Kaizer. ''{music stops}'' Let's see how the other students are doing.

''{Strong Bad gets up, making the [[the Geddup Noise| geddup noise]]. Cut to scene in a big room with several tables. Strong Bad approaches Coach Z, who is drawing with chalk on a small slate.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! What do you got for me, Coach Z?

'''COACH Z:''' Take a look there!

''{Cut to a close up of a squiggly drawing that resembles a snake with a huge head}''

'''COACH Z:''' I think she's lookin' pretty good!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Coach Z}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said consummate V's! CONSUMMATE!!! ''{shakes his head}'' Geez. ''{walks away muttering}'' Guy wouldn't know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{offscreen}'' That happened once!

''{Cut to Strong Mad. He is using an X-Acto Knife to carve the word 'DAGRON' into the table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad. You just, keep doing your thing, man.

''{Cut to Strong Sad, who has drawn a much more advanced, realistic, and shaded dragon.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, crap! I didn't know ''you'' were doing one.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sure. ''{cut to close up of his picture}'' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and—

''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll improve on your methods!!

''{Strong Bad takes out his BMW lighter and sets Strong Sad's picture aflame. It quickly disintegrates with hardly a trace left.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' What?! ''{pauses}'' That's not an improvement!

'''STRONG BAD:''' BWA HA HA HA!! Trogdor strikes again!

''{The following heavy metal song is accompanied with black and white pencil-drawn scenes of Trogdor, fire, countryside, a knight with an axe, Trogdor with the knight's legs, peasants on fire and thatched-roof cottage on fire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' TROGDOR!!! 
TROGDOR!!! 
Trogdor was a man! 
I mean, he was a dragon-man! 
Er, maybe he was just a dragon. 
Um... But he was still TROGDOR!!!! 
TROGDOR!!!! 
Burninating the countryside! 
Burninating the peasants! 
Burninating all the people! 
In their thatched-roof COTTAGES!!! 
THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!!

''{Cut to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!

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

== Easter Eggs ==
*If you click on the "R" in the "DAGRON" Strong Mad is carving in the table, you'll get to see Homsar's attempt at drawing a dragon just before Strong Sad's scene.
:''{Strong Bad walks up to Homsar, who has written "TASTER'S CHOICE" on a piece of lined paper and taped it to the table. A roll of masking tape sits nearby.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta my house! ''{walks away}''
:'''HOMSAR:''' ''{Sadly}'' I do what I'm told...

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Chiaroscuro|Chiaroscuro]] is a [http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/s-chiaro.html method] for creating the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form in a two-dimensional piece of artwork through the use of contrasting areas of light and dark. Literally "lightdark" in Italian.

===Trivia===
*In an [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003|interview with Kevin Scott]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] said this email took the longest to make.
*Strong Bad writes "TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR" using a [[Lowercase i's|lowercase "i"]] because the [[font]] that The Brothers Chaps use for Strong Bad's handwriting, [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], has a capital I that looks like a lowercase one.
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad starts a bad drawing revolution."
*To promote [[8-Bit is Enough]], this email was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] in December 2008 under the title, "Trogdor!"

===Remarks===
*Although the [[BMW lighter]]'s flame is close to the table, the table is unaffected.
*The Homsar Easter egg automatically plays during the email in the Podstar Runner version.
*"Kaiser" is the ultimate dragon form of the hero in the [[Wikipedia:Breath of Fire|Breath of Fire]] series of video games. Since The Brothers Chaps have stated that all of the emails except [[mile]] are authentic, this is either a coincidence, or the email writer was a fan of this series.
*In the DVD, Podcast, and Nintendo Channel versions, Homsar's scene plays automatically.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Floating-arm.png|thumb|200px|I'm the floating arm of dooooom!]]
*As noted in the [[#Commentary_Transcript|DVD commentary]], Coach Z's drawing [[Flipped Images|faces a different direction]] in the close-up from the previous scene.
**This same situation also applies to Strong Sad's drawing.
*When Strong Bad is drawing Trogdor's majesty, for a moment Strong Bad's arm is floating, unattached to anything.
*When Strong Bad types "Let's see how the others are doing", he leaves out the word "see."

=== Glitches ===
*There is a small area above Coach Z's medallion that is see-through.

===Inside References===
*"And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHT!!!!!!!" is a reference to the email [[guitar]], where Strong Bad says "dragon" instead of "Trogdor".
*Homsar having a roll of masking tape next to him is a reference to the [[Strong Sad's Lament|Strong Sad Blog]], where he is "holding" a roll of tape in the background of his e-vite.
*The X-Acto Knife that [[Strong Mad]] uses is the same one that [[Strong Bad]] uses in the email [[flag day]].
*The first few chords of the Trogdor song are quite similar to the melody of Strong Bad's email song in [[property of ones]].

===Real-World References===
*Homsar's "drawing" says [[Wikipedia:Taster's Choice|Taster's Choice]], a popular coffee from Nescafe.

===Fast Forward===
*Exactly three years after this email came out, [[Happy Trogday]] was released, which celebrated Trogdor's third birthday.
**A clip from this email was also shown in Happy Trogday.
*The peasant drawing would later be used in [[Peasant's Quest]] as the graphic in the title screen.
*On January 13, 2008, the regular [[index page]] was replaced with a picture of Trogdor in the shape of a ''5'' to celebrate his fifth birthday.
*In [[Trogday 08]], Strong Bad and Coach Z celebrate the fifth birthdays of The S is For Sucks Dragon and [[Wormdingler]] (Coach Z's dragon).
*In [[imaginary]], the Dragon-man drawing appears as Frishy-Freshy Dragonman, [[Little Strong Bad]]'s imaginary friend.

== DVD Version ==
*The Homsar Easter egg is automatically enabled, no selecting required.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' This is one of the least popular emails we've ever done.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Everybody hates it.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, this one took a really long time, and I remember, not, like—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, you wanted to abandon it. Like, we were three-quarters of the way done—

'''MIKE:''' This is one—

'''MATT:''' —and you wanted to start over.

'''MIKE:''' It was... we just—it's very long, and I felt—I dunno. When you're in the middle of it, sometimes it's hard to tell.

'''MATT:''' I wonder, though, if we had just, let's say we cut out the whole Trogdor metal thing at the end, if people would, like, if it's Trogdor, just this dr—bad drawing of a dragon or if it's the metal and the, like, drawings

'''MIKE:''' I think it's th—mostly the metal.

'''MATT:''' That's what I'm sayin'.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' So it'd be funny if we hadn't done that at the end or if we'd made it an Easter egg even, so less people saw it.

'''MIKE:''' So this is, uh, you know, we learned to draw the Ed Emberley way.

'''MATT:''' And later the Marvel Comics way.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's true. Um...

'''MATT:''' That thing is unholy. ''{Mike starts laughing again}'' True. It's horrible. We always find ourselves humming this song that's in the background.

'''MIKE:''' Doo doo doot doot, see I'm doing it again.

'''MATT:''' Uh, what is a tincidence! What is a tincidence, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Um... uh so yeah, the— this email, we're, it went up late Monday at probably, I dunno, 4 or 5 o'clock on Monday we were pretty much done with the whole email and Matt started singing the Trogdor song in this squealy—

'''MATT:''' ''{in squealy voice}'' Trogdor!

'''MIKE:''' —in the squealy voice and so then we sort of knew we had to make the Trogdor metal song and then when we made the Trogdor metal song we had to make all the...fancy-shaded Tro—uh, Trogdor drawings for the video.

'''MATT:''' And then didn't Trogdor, the name Trogdor the Burn—I think it was just, like, we decided he had to name him and just, like, it just came out, like, there was no deciding.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously, overlapping}'' Yeah, you just came up with it. There was no, like thought—yeah, right.

'''MATT:''' The drawing of Trogdor took a while. Took some...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. And if you watch there, his thing flips.

'''MATT:''' What happened?

'''MIKE:''' Coach Z's drawing—well there, his head's on the left, but in the closeup the head's on the right.

'''MATT:''' Ohhhh.

'''MIKE:''' I mean, Coach Z's left, and Coach Z's right.

'''MATT:''' Right. Dagron.

'''MIKE:''' Dagron. He's misspelled the word "dragon." There's everybody's favorite. He's correctly spelled the words "Taster's Choice."

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little, then a pause}'' That's a good drawing, Mike. We still have those.

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

'''MATT:''' There's the BMW—the, the ever-present BMW lighter. Didn't we say we had some, some people we met that said they tried really hard to find one.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah.

'''MATT:''' And they don't exist in real life, so we apologize.

'''MIKE:''' So... I don't know how these drawings are going to look on your TV screen.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' All made big like this. They might look kind of pixelly and gross, but...

'''MATT:''' I'm, uh, I don't regret it, though, if they look pixelly and gross.

'''MIKE:''' No, we did that on purpose!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' You can see in the smoke of the flaming peasant's head, it just kind of—there's a straight line at the top of the smoke. It just kind of stops and that's from the edge of the page. It's just—

'''MATT:''' Oh really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. You can't see it—yeah, you can see just how it stops

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh there we go, I see.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' And so, of course, later this all became Peasant's Quest fodder.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Ed Emberley|Ed Emberley]] is the author of several "how to draw" books for children. Emberley's methods consisted of drawing letters of the alphabet to simplify things.
*"How to Draw the Marvel Comics Way" is one of a series of many, many books detailing how "you too can learn to draw in the style of your favorite comic artists."

== See also ==
*[[Trogdor (song)]]
== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail58|youtube=90X5NJleYJQ}}

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

Air Cardgage

TimMierz — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:09 GMT

TimMierz: /* Appearances */ +Calendar

[[Image:AirCardgage.png|thumb|"This is not what I sagged on for."]]
'''Air Cardgage''' is a brand of shoes endorsed by [[Senor Cardgage]]. [[Strong Bad]] claims they are the most pricey shoes on the market, with prices like $249.99.99.99 and $378.99, but Senor Cardgage is not exactly sure about them. The shoes are sold exclusively at [[Styles Upon Styles]]. Later, [[Homestar Runner]] is seen wearing the shoes.

The name is derived from [[Wikipedia:Air Jordan|Air Jordan]], shoes made by [[Wikipedia:Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and endorsed by [[Wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]].

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[diorama]]
*[[Hremail 2000]]
*[[2010 Calendar]]

==See Also==
*[[Freshley's]]
*[[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]]
*[['Lectric Boots]]

[[Category:Clothing]]

2010 Calendar

TimMierz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:45:47 GMT

TimMierz: Oops

[[File:Homestar 2010 calendar.jpg|thumb|250px|2010 Calendar]]
The Homestarrunner.com 2010 Calendar is a calendar that was made available from the Store on December 1, 2009. As well as the normal holidays such as Christmas or St. Patrick's Day, it also includes some completely made-up Homestar Runner holidays. The back of the calendar bosts, "BACK OF CALENDAR! All 12 months!" and the front reads, "Now Includes February!! (Thanks for the tip!!)"

== January ==

The January page shows a picture of [[Trogdor]] drawn in pencil with shading, as he is seen when [[Strong Bad]] sings "Trogdor!" in [[dragon]]. There is also a peasant with his head on fire, a burning cottage, and the picture of Trogdor "as a man." There are also some hills in the background, and the words "Trogdor the burninator" can be seen in the lower left-hand corner, in Olde English Text MT font.
====Quote====
"Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty." (from [[dragon]])
====Holidays====
*New Year's Day (January 1)
*[[japanese cartoon|Stinko-day]] (January 6)
*[[Happy Trogday|Trogday]] (January 13)
*[[Wikipedia:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day|Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] (January 18)
*Feast of [[Mendelev]] (January 21)
*Feast of [[Dongolev]] (January 22)

== February ==

The February page shows a picture of [[Dangeresque]], [[Renaldo]], and [[Dangeresque Too]] with an explosion appearing in the background. The [[Gremlin]] is also poking out, and the word "Dangeresque" can be seen at the bottom.
====Quote====
"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!" (originally from [[stunt double]])
====Holidays====
*[[Renaldo]]'s Retirement Party (February 5, 12, 19, and 26)
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12|Vamlumtime's Day]] (February 14)

== March ==

This shows a picture of [[Homestar Runner]] wearing a headband and holding up an [[Air Cardgage]] shoe (the shoe's logo and name can be seen above the picture.) [[Senor Cardgage]] himself can be seen off to the side, and the bottom reads, "Available exclusively at ''[[Styles Upon Styles]]''."
====Quote====
"Excuse me Belinda, can you give me bank my tenny show?" (calendar exclusive)
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Ides_of_March|Ides of Cardgage]] (March 15, the real holiday is "The Ides of March")
*[[Wikipedia:St_Patricks_Day|St. Patrick's Day]] (March 17)
*[[your funeral|Zombie Uprising 2046]] (March 31)
*[[Senor Mortgage|No Probalo]] Day? (empty day after March 31)

== April ==

This page shows the [[Teen Girl Squad]], with [[Cheerleader]] saying, "calendars are so boring." (Her shirt reads, "guh earl.") They are about to be attacked from all sides by a lawnmower, a Growlback, a tentacle, a bull, a lightning bolt with blood on it, a pile of sludge, eyeballs, a missile labeled "Pukey", and the [[Arrow'd Guy]] spitting saws and wearing a snake as a tie.
====Quote====
"Let's get ready to LOOK SO GOOD!" (from [[comic]])
====Holidays====
*"Kiss-a-[[The Gregs|Greg]] Day ([[April Fools' Day|he he he]])" (April 1)
*[[Easter]] (April 4)
*[[Fighting Growlbacks|Growlback]] Spirit Day (April 9)
*[[Cheatday]] (April 18)
*[[Catch_Phrases#Teen_Girl_Squad|Look So Good Day]] (April 28)

==May==

This page shows a picture of [[Limozeen]] bellow text reading "Keep on Zeenin'!!" Surrounded by that are other pictures of the band, such [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] playing the guitar, the [[privileges|hardest chord ever]], [[Mary Palaroncini|Mary]] drumming with no shirt on, the band from the [[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]], and the band from the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]]. Limozeen is written in the bottom center.
====Quote====
"We're from the band Limozeen!" (from a [[flashback]] Easter egg)
====Holidays====
*St. Palaroncini's Day (May 5)
*[[Wikipedia:Mother's Day| Mother's Day]] (May 9)
*Leather Pants Festival (May 14)
*Leather Sock Festival (May 21)
*[[Senorial Day]] (May 24)

==June==

This page has the [[Quote of the week]] [[:File:Qow vidguys.png|head]] for the [[Videlectrix guys]] on the television from the [[Videlectrix:videlectrix_catalog.html|game catalog]] menu on the [[Videlectrix|Videlectrix website]]. Above the television, Videlectrix is written along with the quote "We use computers... to make video games!" To the left of the television is a graphic from [[Where's an Egg?]] To the right is a graphic from [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]. Above the television are, from left to right, the box art for [[Thy Dungeonman]], a sprite of [[Stinkoman]], the [[Pigs on Head]] box art, and [[Rather Dashing]] with the robe and on fire. Below the television, from left to right, there is a distorted head of [[Vector Strong Bad]] from [[Strong Bad Zone]], a Trogdor sprite from [[Trogdor!]], the box art for [[Space Shipper]], and the kid from [[Kid Speedy]].
====Quote====
"What'd I tell you to do?" "To make good graphics" "GOOD GRAPHICS!" (from a [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] Easter egg)
====Holidays====
*5.25-inch [[Floppy Disk]] Day of Rememberance (June 7)
*Strong Badia [[Flag Day]] (June 14)
*[[Wikipedia:Father's Day|Father's Day]] (June 20)
*[[Ye Flask|Flask-Getting]] Day ([[Canada]]) (June 25)

==July==

This page takes place in [[the field]]. It has [[The Cheat]] with [[fireworks]] duct taped to him. Strong Bad is lighting one of the fireworks. [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]] sit in the background.
====Quote====
"It's dazzle-mazing!" (from [[Happy Fireworks]])
====Holidays====
*[[Fhqwhgads|Fhqwh-Day]] (July 1)
*[[Happy Fireworks]]! (July 4)
*[[Decemberween in July]] (July 12)

==August==

The picture features three sections. The left section shows [[1-up]] holding the [[Twenty THANXty Six|blue crystal shard]] in Mountainous Region with the [[Shadowy Figure]] standing in the background. The middle section shows [[Stinkoman]] throwing the [[Cheatball]] and "lifting small rocks off the ground." The right section shows [[Pan Pan]] on [[Planet K]].
====Quote====
"I could be mistaken but are you asking for a CHALLENGE??!" (calendar exclusive)
====Holidays====
*[[Browntant]]'s Birthday (August 6)
*[[Lemke]] (August 13)
*[[Power Crunch]] Thursday! (August 19)
*National Day of Fighting and [[Challenge]] (August 23)

==September==

This page shows [[Old Timey Strong Bad]] on the left, with [[The Sneak]] and [[Strong Man]] behind him, pointing a gun at [[Old Timey Homestar]] and [[Old Timey Marzipan]]. [[Fat Dudley]] is standing behind them, with [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Sickly Sam]], [[Rumble Red]], and [[Mr. Shmallow]] in the middle, between two sections of fence. Behind the right section of fence is [[The Moon]] and [[Old Timey Bubs]], and behind the left fence side is [[The Barbershop Trio]].
====Quote====
"Well, folks, you know what that means...Now I'll do a dance." ([[20X6 vs. 1936]])
====Holidays====
*[[Labor Dabor|Laybor Daybor]] (September 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Rosh Hashana|Rosh Hashana]] (September 9)
*[[Wikipedia:Yom Kippur|Yom Kippur]] (September 18)
*First Contact w/ [[Rumble Red]] (September 21)
*Eat-A-Can-Day (September 27)

==October==

This month has a tribute to every single Halloween costume ever worn by every main character in every Halloween 'toon. Every single column consists of costumes worn by a certain character, and every row corresponds to a year (costumes of 2000, 2001, etc) in which a Halloween 'toon was chronologically released. [[Homsar]]'s column in 2000 features a dotted Homsar outline. The columns are (from left to right): [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The Cheat]], [[The King of Town]], and Homsar.
====Quote====
"Come on in heeeeere!!" (originally from [[bottom 10]])
====Holidays====
*[[No Loafing]] Day (October 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Columbus Day|Columbus Day]] (October 11)
*[[Malloween]] (October 20)
*[[Halloween]] (October 31)

==November==

This page shows a scene from [[Let Us Give TANKS!]], with [[Gunhaver]] exploding out of the turkey and the turkey leg flying past. Behind him are the characters of [[The Cheat Commandos]] (from left to right): A [[Blue Laser Minion]], [[Crackotage]], [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Reynold]], [[Oliver Smidgen]], [[Fightgar]], [[Ripberger]], and [[Silent Rip]].
====Quote====
"I'm thankful for this bountiful Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset!" ([[Let Us Give TANKS!]])
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Veteran's Day|Veteran's Day]] (November 11)
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Blow Up an Ocean Day]] (November 16)
*[[Thanksgiving]] ([[Happy T!|Happy T!!]])(November 25)
*[[Wikipedia:Black Friday (shopping)|Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Day]] (November 26)
*[[Wikipedia:Cyber Monday|Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Online Day]] (November 29)

==December==
This page shows a picture with a green leaf border. It is a snowy day in [[Free Country, USA]], and Homestar (on the far left) is holding up a cup of [[Hot Jones]]. Strong Bad is holding up The Cheat so that he can put a carrot onto a snowman, who is actually just Strong Sad, who has a post-it note showing a top hat on his head, a pile of snow covering his body, coal buttons, and sticks where his arms should be, similar to [[Fall Float Parade]]. Strong Mad can be seen behind Strong Sad and on the right side of the picture.
====Quote====
"Foolish Homestar, Decemberween is not about getting people presents, It's about getting people GOOD presents!" ([[Homestar Presents: Presents]])
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Hanukkah|Hanukkah]] begins (December 2)
*[[fan club|12-Times-A-Day Day]] (December 12)
*Decemberweeve (December 24)
*[[Decemberween]] (December 25)
*New Year's Eve (December 31)

[[Category:Store]]
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2010 Calendar

TimMierz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:45:12 GMT

TimMierz: Minor Reformatting

[[File:Homestar 2010 calendar.jpg|thumb|250px|2010 Calendar]]
The Homestarrunner.com 2010 Calendar is a calendar that was made available from the Store on December 1, 2009. As well as the normal holidays such as Christmas or St. Patrick's Day, it also includes some completely made-up Homestar Runner holidays. The back of the calendar bosts, "BACK OF CALENDAR! All 12 months!" and the front reads, "Now Includes February!! (Thanks for the tip!!)"

== January ==

The January page shows a picture of [[Trogdor]] drawn in pencil with shading, as he is seen when [[Strong Bad]] sings "Trogdor!" in [[dragon]]. There is also a peasant with his head on fire, a burning cottage, and the picture of Trogdor "as a man." There are also some hills in the background, and the words "Trogdor the burninator" can be seen in the lower left-hand corner, in Olde English Text MT font.
====Quote====
"Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty." (from [[dragon]])
====Holidays====
*New Year's Day (January 1)
*[[japanese cartoon|Stinko-day]] (January 6)
*[[Happy Trogday|Trogday]] (January 13)
*[[Wikipedia:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day|Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] (January 18)
*Feast of [[Mendelev]] (January 21)
*Feast of [[Dongolev]] (January 22)

== February ==

The February page shows a picture of [[Dangeresque]], [[Renaldo]], and [[Dangeresque Too]] with an explosion appearing in the background. The [[Gremlin]] is also poking out, and the word "Dangeresque" can be seen at the bottom.
====Quote====
"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!" (originally from [[stunt double]])
====Holidays====
*[[Renaldo]]'s Retirement Party (February 5, 12, 19, and 26)
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12|Vamlumtime's Day]] (February 14)

== March ==

This shows a picture of [[Homestar Runner]] wearing a headband and holding up an [[Air Cardgage]] shoe (the shoe's logo and name can be seen above the picture.) [[Senor Cardgage]] himself can be seen off to the side, and the bottom reads, "Available exclusively at ''[[Styles Upon Styles]]''."
====Quote====
"Excuse me Belinda, can you give me bank my tenny show?" (calendar exclusive)
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Ides_of_March|Ides of Cardgage]] (March 15, the real holiday is "The Ides of March")
*[[Wikipedia:St_Patricks_Day|St. Patrick's Day]] (March 17)
*[[your funeral|Zombie Uprising 2046]] (March 31)
*[[Senor Mortgage|No Probalo]] Day? (empty day after March 31)

== April ==

This page shows the [[Teen Girl Squad]], with [[Cheerleader]] saying, "calendars are so boring." (Her shirt reads, "guh earl.") They are about to be attacked from all sides by a lawnmower, a Growlback, a tentacle, a bull, a lightning bolt with blood on it, a pile of sludge, eyeballs, a missile labeled "Pukey", and the [[Arrow'd Guy]] spitting saws and wearing a snake as a tie.
====Quote====
"Let's get ready to LOOK SO GOOD!" (from [[comic]])
====Holidays====
*"Kiss-a-[[The Gregs|Greg]] Day ([[April Fools' Day|he he he]])" (April 1)
*[[Easter]] (April 4)
*[[Fighting Growlbacks|Growlback]] Spirit Day (April 9)
*[[Cheatday]] (April 18)
*[[Catch_Phrases#Teen_Girl_Squad|Look So Good Day]] (April 28)

==May==

This page shows a picture of [[Limozeen]] bellow text reading "Keep on Zeenin'!!" Surrounded by that are other pictures of the band, such [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] playing the guitar, the [[privileges|hardest chord ever]], [[Mary Palaroncini|Mary]] drumming with no shirt on, the band from the [[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]], and the band from the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]]. Limozeen is written in the bottom center.
====Quote====
"We're from the band Limozeen!" (from a [[flashback]] Easter egg)
====Holidays====
*St. Palaroncini's Day (May 5)
*[[Wikipedia:Mother's Day| Mother's Day]] (May 9)
*Leather Pants Festival (May 14)
*Leather Sock Festival (May 21)
*[[Senorial Day]] (May 24)

==June==

This page has the [[Quote of the week]] [[:File:Qow vidguys.png|head]] for the [[Videlectrix guys]] on the television from the [[Videlectrix:videlectrix_catalog.html|game catalog]] menu on the [[Videlectrix|Videlectrix website]]. Above the television, Videlectrix is written along with the quote "We use computers... to make video games!" To the left of the television is a graphic from [[Where's an Egg?]] To the right is a graphic from [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]. Above the television are, from left to right, the box art for [[Thy Dungeonman]], a sprite of [[Stinkoman]], the [[Pigs on Head]] box art, and [[Rather Dashing]] with the robe and on fire. Below the television, from left to right, there is a distorted head of [[Vector Strong Bad]] from [[Strong Bad Zone]], a Trogdor sprite from [[Trogdor!]], the box art for [[Space Shipper]], and the kid from [[Kid Speedy]].
====Quote====
"What'd I tell you to do?" "To make good graphics" "GOOD GRAPHICS!" (from a [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] Easter egg)
====Holidays====
*5.25-inch [[Floppy Disk]] Day of Rememberance (June 7)
*Strong Badia [[Flag Day]] (June 14)
*[[Wikipedia:Father's Day|Father's Day]] (June 20)
*[[Ye Flask|Flask-Getting]] Day ([[Canada]]) (June 25)

==July==

This page takes place in [[the field]]. It has [[The Cheat]] with [[fireworks]] duct taped to him. Strong Bad is lighting one of the fireworks. [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]] sit in the background.
====Holidays====
"It's dazzle-mazing!" (from [[Happy Fireworks]])
====Holidays====
*[[Fhqwhgads|Fhqwh-Day]] (July 1)
*[[Happy Fireworks]]! (July 4)
*[[Decemberween in July]] (July 12)

==August==

The picture features three sections. The left section shows [[1-up]] holding the [[Twenty THANXty Six|blue crystal shard]] in Mountainous Region with the [[Shadowy Figure]] standing in the background. The middle section shows [[Stinkoman]] throwing the [[Cheatball]] and "lifting small rocks off the ground." The right section shows [[Pan Pan]] on [[Planet K]].
====Quote====
"I could be mistaken but are you asking for a CHALLENGE??!" (calendar exclusive)
====Holidays====
*[[Browntant]]'s Birthday (August 6)
*[[Lemke]] (August 13)
*[[Power Crunch]] Thursday! (August 19)
*National Day of Fighting and [[Challenge]] (August 23)

==September==

This page shows [[Old Timey Strong Bad]] on the left, with [[The Sneak]] and [[Strong Man]] behind him, pointing a gun at [[Old Timey Homestar]] and [[Old Timey Marzipan]]. [[Fat Dudley]] is standing behind them, with [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Sickly Sam]], [[Rumble Red]], and [[Mr. Shmallow]] in the middle, between two sections of fence. Behind the right section of fence is [[The Moon]] and [[Old Timey Bubs]], and behind the left fence side is [[The Barbershop Trio]].
====Holidays====
"Well, folks, you know what that means...Now I'll do a dance." ([[20X6 vs. 1936]])
====Holidays====
*[[Labor Dabor|Laybor Daybor]] (September 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Rosh Hashana|Rosh Hashana]] (September 9)
*[[Wikipedia:Yom Kippur|Yom Kippur]] (September 18)
*First Contact w/ [[Rumble Red]] (September 21)
*Eat-A-Can-Day (September 27)

==October==

This month has a tribute to every single Halloween costume ever worn by every main character in every Halloween 'toon. Every single column consists of costumes worn by a certain character, and every row corresponds to a year (costumes of 2000, 2001, etc) in which a Halloween 'toon was chronologically released. [[Homsar]]'s column in 2000 features a dotted Homsar outline. The columns are (from left to right): [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The Cheat]], [[The King of Town]], and Homsar.
====Quote====
"Come on in heeeeere!!" (originally from [[bottom 10]])
====Holidays====
*[[No Loafing]] Day (October 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Columbus Day|Columbus Day]] (October 11)
*[[Malloween]] (October 20)
*[[Halloween]] (October 31)

==November==

This page shows a scene from [[Let Us Give TANKS!]], with [[Gunhaver]] exploding out of the turkey and the turkey leg flying past. Behind him are the characters of [[The Cheat Commandos]] (from left to right): A [[Blue Laser Minion]], [[Crackotage]], [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Reynold]], [[Oliver Smidgen]], [[Fightgar]], [[Ripberger]], and [[Silent Rip]].
====Quote====
"I'm thankful for this bountiful Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset!" ([[Let Us Give TANKS!]])
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Veteran's Day|Veteran's Day]] (November 11)
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Blow Up an Ocean Day]] (November 16)
*[[Thanksgiving]] ([[Happy T!|Happy T!!]])(November 25)
*[[Wikipedia:Black Friday (shopping)|Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Day]] (November 26)
*[[Wikipedia:Cyber Monday|Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Online Day]] (November 29)

==December==
This page shows a picture with a green leaf border. It is a snowy day in [[Free Country, USA]], and Homestar (on the far left) is holding up a cup of [[Hot Jones]]. Strong Bad is holding up The Cheat so that he can put a carrot onto a snowman, who is actually just Strong Sad, who has a post-it note showing a top hat on his head, a pile of snow covering his body, coal buttons, and sticks where his arms should be, similar to [[Fall Float Parade]]. Strong Mad can be seen behind Strong Sad and on the right side of the picture.
====Quote====
"Foolish Homestar, Decemberween is not about getting people presents, It's about getting people GOOD presents!" ([[Homestar Presents: Presents]])
====Holidays====
*[[Wikipedia:Hanukkah|Hanukkah]] begins (December 2)
*[[fan club|12-Times-A-Day Day]] (December 12)
*Decemberweeve (December 24)
*[[Decemberween]] (December 25)
*New Year's Eve (December 31)

[[Category:Store]]
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privileges

TimMierz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:23:43 GMT

TimMierz: /* Fast Forward */ Spelling

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[[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>
*Click on The Cheat's hand to get him to torch the magazines.

:''{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]].

=== 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===
*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.
*The Cheat returns to his drawer in [[Toikey TV]].

== 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]]

independent

TimMierz — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:24:42 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Removing duplicate fact

{{sbenav|203}}
[[File:idependent.png|thumb|"Independent films are called that for a reason: they are ''independent'' of anything good."]]
Strong Bad points out the differences between the two warring types of independent films.

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

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

{{Comp|Compé}}

'''Date:''' Monday, August 10, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 5:20

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad sits at his computer, which is now, of course, the [[Compé]]. The Compé's logo fades in while the computer sighs and a shine appears in the background. The logo then retracts itself and fades out, at which point the screen is replaced with a desktop. The wallpaper is a blurry, slightly pixelated shot of grass. There is a single icon on the top-left corner of the desktop: a pixelated image of Strong Bad's head in an envelope, titled "sbemail.exe". A pixelated cursor is seen on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Hey!'' Who taped a full-color photo to my computer screen? ''{rubs the screen}'' It won't come off!

''{Cut to wider shot. The Cheat is standing next to Strong Bad.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''What?'' ''{turns towards and points to the Compé}'' Those are actual graphics? ''{turns back to The Cheat}'' ''And'' I can change it to be whatever I want? ''{Turns back towards the Compé}'' ''{singing}'' Oh, best thing ever! Best thing ever! ''{quickly and mumbled}'' This is the best thing ever!''

''{Strong Bad moves the mouse and right clicks the screen. A contextual menu appears with the items "Options", "Sounds", "Icons", and "Change Desktop". He clicks the "Change Desktop" option, and the grass wallpaper is replaced by an image of Strong Bad dancing in [[The Basement]]. It is a close-up of Strong Bad's butt, which has a lens flare on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping}'' To check my email, all gotta do is click. All that old typin' made my boxing gloves sick. ''{Double clicks on a "sbemail.exe" icon. An email pops-up.}''

{{compeemail}}
Dear Strong Bad, 
Does Strong Badia ever host an independent film 
festival? 
-=Evil Gif=- 
Phoenix, Arizona
{{compeemailend}}

''{Strong Bad says "a hideous growth on my butt festival?" instead of "an independent film festival?". He corrects himself by saying "Err... wait. Independent film festival?", to which he then mumbles "Sorry about that. I get those two mixed up." Instead of "Evil Gif", he says "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif". He pronounces "Gif" as "Jiff", and does so whenever he says the name later in the email. He pronounces "Phoenix, Arizona" as "Phoeniz, Arixona".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Gif, the short answer is no. The long answer is ''{forcefully, after a short pause}'' NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ''{after a short delay, he types these four exclamation marks}'' Independent films are called that for a reason: they are ''independent'' of anything good.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And these days, they seemed to be locked in a civil war that will hopefully end in the extermination of both sides. I am, of course talking about independent films vs. indie films. "What's the diff?" you may ask. ''{quickly}'' Because apparently you're in a big hurry. ''{goes back to a normal pace}'' Well, it's as plain as

''{cut to split shot of Strong Sad in his room with an old film-reel camera at his eye, and Pom Pom in the Field with a bottle of water}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Strong Sad and Pom Pom!

''{Strong Sad lowers the camera and both characters look towards the viewer.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

''{The left side of the half, Strong Sad's side, expands to take up the entire screen. We can now see his "BOYS DON'T CRY" poster on the wall. There is a dead plant on a square pillar which Strong Sad is now looking at, and is pointing his camera, to.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad is on the independent film side. ''{Strong Sad moves the camera, which has been in his right hand, to the right, where he presses two buttons of some sort. He is now looking at the camera, which is pointed at the plant again.}'' He's the lifer artist-type that went to film school.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I minored in holding on wide shots for too long!

''{There is a three or four second pause.}''

''{Cut to a movie theater screen. A few empty seats are shown on the bottom. On the screen is a black and white movie that consists of the dead plant Strong Sad was filming. There appears to be two puzzle pieces in front of the pot. The film zooms into what appears to be the shadow of the square pillar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And he's making some ''boring'', very personal, no budget film.

''{Cut to a close-up Strong Sad in his room, still with the camera.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Actually, I've succeeded in going ''lower'' than no budget! I'm making the world's first faux-budget film! The entire thing's being financed with ''{pulls up several colored pieces of paper}'' Monopoly money!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And, best of luck to you.

''{Cut back to the Compé}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Pom Pom on the other hand, represents ''indie'' films. The slicker, catchier name they came up with that seems to perform better in the 18 to 24 demo.

''{Cut to Pom Pom in a director's chair, with his back to the viewer. To his left is a digital studio camera on a tripod, and to his right is a table with a coffee maker and some Styrofoam cups on it. To the right of his chair there is a traditional megaphone. "POM-POM" is stenciled in on the chair. He is talking on his cell phone, wearing sunglasses, and holding a water bottle.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' He's a tech-savvy hipster whose dad owns his own studio, ''{the logo for "[[Pom Pictures]]" appears and fades away}'' and relies on using middle names and/or initials to somehow solidify his indie cred.

''{As Strong Bad talks, Pom Pom's director's chair is zoomed in on, and the stenciled name on it changes from "POM-POM" to "POM THOMAS POM" to "J. POM THOMAS POM" to "J. POM THOMAS C. POM" to "J. WILLIAM POM THOMAS C. POM".}''

''{There is then a cut to what appears to be a three-ring binder. The three-ring binder opens to a page explaining the budget:}''

<blockquote>
'''Budget''': 30 Million 
Every dollar we spend 
makes it look like 5 dollars we ''didn't'' spend. 
So get spending! </blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}''He'll spend a 30 million dollar budget, trying as hard as he can to make it ''look'' like he only spent a few hundred thousand.

''{Cut to the movie theater as seen earlier. A seemingly hand-drawn animated version of the studio logo is shown, along with pop music. The logo is zoomed in on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The first step is to spend millions on a hand-drawn title sequence—

''{The logo pops away and is replaced with the orange text "presents" in orange cursive text, which starts in the center, and moves to the right. A cloud forms in the top-right corner and moves northwestwards. Then "presents" pops away and is replaced with "an indie film by" in white text. A typical city skyline is drawn from left to right. Also, the red letters "J WILLIAM POM THOMAS C POM" appears under "an indie film by". This text continues to grow in size, and the cloud still moves northwestward, almost out of view.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —that looks like it was made by some Junior High kid during Pre-Algebra. ''{The (tilted) mathematical equation "18x+14y" appears in blue and moves in a diagonal line from bottom to top in the bottom-right corner of the movie screen.}''

''{Everything besides the mathematical equation, which is still moving, goes away. A boom box is drawn on the movie screen, with the speakers moving back and forth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh, and don't forget the indie soundtrack by unknown ''{The movie screen pans up to reveal the text "indie-tronic soundtrack by [[she likes cloth]]"}'' bands, whose songs are already in every car commercial ever.''

''{The screen pans down past the boom box. A car that appears to be a fourth generation [[Wikipedia:Nissan Motors|Nissan]] [[Wikipedia:Nissan Altima|Altima]] is drawn, and colored completely white.}''

'''SINGER:''' ''{in a high-pitched voice}'' Gets really great gas mileage! ''{the word "mileage" is pronounced differently}''

''{As the singer sings, the text "THE NEW '04" appears under the car, and "18 mpg" appears under the previous text. The text and the image of the car then fade away.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The title of the movie is either—

''{A female character, similar to [[Missy Palmer]], is drawn with a yellow shirt, orange hair, and blue glasses. A male character similar to [[Mike Chapman]] is drawn across the screen from her, with a white shirt, black glasses and a yellow sock cap.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —two of the cleverly named main characters,—

''{The text "Chester + Meg" appears, and a heart is drawn around it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —or the city and state in which it takes place.

''{As he says the previous line, the text "Chester + Meg" becomes "Megchester, NY". Another city skyline is drawn under this text.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, in fact, just call it "city comma state".

''{As Strong Bad says the previous line, the text changes to "city, state", and then to "city (comma) state". The movie screen then fades to white after a pause, and transitions to a black and white picture open book with the following on it, with two puzzle pieces to the side:}''

<blockquote>
If not for inspiration, to 
wit, because, as it were, only 
begotten from greed, whosoever 
would make its plaintiff clear. 
 -Nobody U. Know 
 (deceased)
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Meanwhile, Strong Sad names his movie by picking a few boring—
''{There is a zoom in on the page, with all of the text almost completely fading out except for "because, as it were".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —words from the middle of a boring sentence, and makes his own—

''{A tear is shown falling, and lands on the "cau" in "because", causing the ink to fade out a short distance down the page.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —soundtrack by weeping softly—

''{Cut to Strong Sad in his room. He is kneeling by his bed with his head in the "bell" of a Saxophone. A microphone is to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —into the wrong end of a saxophone.

''{The camera zooms in on the view of the microphone to Strong Sad's head. A light bass noise and the light weep of Strong Sad can be heard. The Saxophone moves around, generating a guitar-like noise. Then there is a cut back to the movie theater. It is the same screen as it was before, however the text "a filmic thought-excursion by Strong Sad" appears underneath "because, as it were". The "soundtrack" continues to play.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' His film will star a washed-up TV actor ''{The just introduced text is replaced by "starring"}'' that hasn't worked in ten years, in a desperate attempt ''{That text is replaced with "i mean, re-introducing"}'' to reinvent himself.

''{The text "homestar runner" appears under the previous text. There is a record scratch and abrupt cut to close-up of Homestar Runner in the field. The soundtrack has stopped.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' Hey, whadaya lookin' at me for?

''{Cut back to the Pom Studios Production Notebook, on the same page as before.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pom Pom's movie has A-list—

''{The page flips to a picture of an actor with a five o'clock shadow, with stitches on his cheek, and something behind his ear. The photo is labeled "Lan Handermannek" at the top.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —movie stars, but they're all working "for scale". ''{The text "will work for scale" is put, as if stamped, on the photo.}'' Which I can only assume is a solid—

''{Cut to a screen with the text "PAYSTUB:" at the top. In the background there is the Pom Pictures logo tiled. A golden scale liquefies from the bottom up. The text "Pay to the order of: Lan Handermannek" is under the scale.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —gold scale, with both sides ''perfectly'' balanced ''{Five gold bars begin to pop on each side of the scale}'' with gold bricks. As for what it's about—

''{Cut to a blank brick wall with the banner "COMING THIS SUMMER!" On the top. As Strong Bad talks, the poster for a movie called "<nowiki>></nowiki>CYBER.COMA.STATIC" rolls out in the space below the banner. It is space themed, featuring what appears to be a photo of [[Matt Chapman]] in yellow, red-lensed glasses with a laser gun.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —an indie film's plot is pretty much the same as any summer blockbuster,—

''{The text on the poster, "In the dead of space, dealing with aliens is the easiest part of the voyage", is enlarged.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —but just switch out any mention of the word "space" ''{The text "space," moves slightly upwards and out of place.}'' with the word, "small factory town", ''{As he says this, the words appear in sync, and in the hand-drawn style seen earlier.}'' replace "aliens" ''{The word "aliens" wiggles.}'' with "quirky, dysfunctional family", ''{The text is replaced in the same manner as before. Dysfunctional is hyphenated. The poster, which is masked, begins to fade into a different poster.}'' And replace "voyage" ''{The text "voyage" moves to the right and off screen.}'' with... "journey". ''{The text "journey." appears in a typewriter effect.}''

''{The sentence transitions away, and the camera zooms in on the poster for "city (comma) state" there are clouds, the city skyline, a road, and a female character and male character waving to each other.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' In the dead of a small factory town, dealing with your quirky, dysfunctional family is the ''easiest'' part of the journey.

''{Cut to an advertisement for "because, as it were" on paper, stapled to a pole. The camera continues to zoom in on the paper:}''

<blockquote style="text-align:center;">
join us for an 
'''ART HOUSE''' 
'''OPENING''' 
(Shot of because, as it were) 
'''one showing 8PM''' 
followed by director 
whining
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Once finished, Strong Sad's independent film will enjoy a small, art house opening.

''{Cut to a zoom out of Strong Sad, who is to the right of the pole.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' You forgot the apostrophe-"s"! This film is opening at this guy called ''Art's'' ''{Cut back to the paper. The paper is corrected in red, but no pen visible.}'' house!

''{Cut to a close up of Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' He's got like ''three'' couches! ''{In an excited tone, he pumps his right fist}'' Ou-tta-sight!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And, best of luck to you.

''{Cut to a shot of (from left to right) Marzipan, Strong Mad, Bubs, and Coach Z standing in line at the movie theater, with Senor Cardgage acting as the usher. Two ''city (comma) state'' posters are on the wall, with the words "NOW PLAYING" above them. The camera slowly pans to the right}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom's little movie that could opens on 2,000 screens the first weekend, expanding to 10,000 the next.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat (who has popcorn) sitting the theater.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And wouldn'tcha know it? This movie was ''{moving his head around}'' ''sooo'' cheap to make, that he still has money left over to take out—

''{Strong Bad pulls up a booklet labeled "Local Trade Papes" with the slogan "For your considerasche". The poster for ''city (comma) state'' is on the front page, and under is the text "Best Indie Film".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —full page ads in all the local trade papers during award season! ''{puts booklet away and stares down.}'' That movie is all heart. ''{Wipes his boxing glove on his face, as if he was wiping his nose after holding up tears.}''

''{Cut back to the Compé.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you have it, Evil Jeff. The difference between a hideous growth on my butt, and a ''profitable'' hideous growth on my butt. I know you wanted us to have some film festival with all the characters, and you'd get to see little bits of everybody's movies, but I didn't do that. ''{scornfully}'' Because I hate you. OOOoooooooo!! Now who's evil? Forget GIFs ''{Types ".gifs".}'', man. I'm an evil tif ''{Types ".tif".}''! Or maybe an evil 24-bit ping ''{Types ".png".}'' with alpha channel. Or maybe an evil ''{Speaking as if confused.}'' targa ''{Pauses.}'' file? Whatever those are.

''{An "Ah-ha!" is heard from the Compé as a [[Compé-per|pop-up bubble]] pops up in the bottom-left corner of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Looks like I've gone The Paper-less with this new computer. Can I at least customize that sound it makes?

''{The pop-up bubble retracts, and pops-up again with a distorted version of [[The Paper]]'s [[Preeeeow]] sound.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''That's'' what I'm talking about!

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on the first "hideous growth on my butt" to see a filming session with Homestar and Strong Sad.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{slowly}'' I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus. ''{holds up a limp-looking piece of asparagus}''
*:'''STRONG SAD:''' Cut, cut!
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' What was wrong with that take? I mean, whaddya expect for two pinks and a green? ''{holds up Monopoly money}'' I'm not... Bernardo Ralph Shawn, you know. Sounds like he'd be some type of famous actor.
*Also, click on "OOOoooooooo!" to see the poster and tagline of cyber.coma.static.
*:''{the poster slowly zooms in}''
*:'''NARRATOR:''' In the dead of space... dealing with aliens is the ''easiest'' part of the voyage.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics Interchange Format|.gif]], [[Wikipedia:Tagged Image File Format|.tif]], [[Wikipedia:Portable Network Graphics|.png]] and [[Wikipedia:Truevision TGA|targa]] are all [[Wikipedia:Raster graphics|raster]] image file formats.
** An [[Wikipedia:Alpha compositing|alpha channel]] is a channel stored in many image formats, dictating the opacity of the individual pixels, allowing for transparency and semi-transparency.
** 24-bit refers to a color range supported by the PNG image format, indicating it can support over 16 million different colors, which is 2 to the power of 24.
** It is possible, though not common, for a 24-bit PNG to have an alpha channel by declaring a specific color to be completely transparent, and all other colors would be completely opaque. More commonly, a 32-bit PNG is used, where 24 bits are used as in the 24-bit PNG to store color information, and 8 bits are used to store a value indicating the amount of transparency for the [[Wikipedia:Pixel|pixel]].
*Being [http://www.actorpoint.com/acting-articles/actorpay.html "paid to scale"] means the actor is agreeing to accept the actor's union minimum rather than a higher salary for a role.
*Pom Pom's note book is labeled "Mondo PrePro". [[Wikipedia:Mondo film|Mondo]] is Italian for "world", but is used for films that are intentionally provocative. "PrePro" is short for [[Wikipedia:Pre-production|pre-production]], the stage of the film when budget and personnel are figured out.

===Trivia===
*The [[FeedBurner Page#Sbemail - Independent|RSS description]] for this toon reads:
<blockquote>'''Strong Bad says''' - Some nerd asks about some crap that I hate like usual and I get a new computer. This is an instance of somebody asking me for something very specific and I instead do an ever-so-gentle dance around what they really want me to say and do. I love to sit back and imagine their dissatisfaction as an increasingly frustrated bald programmer type sitting in a cubicle filled with greasy empty fast food bags. But then again, I like to imagine a lotta things are frustrated bald fast food bag swimmers so, y'know, wahtever.</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*Despite his contempt for the genre, Strong Bad had previously made his own independent films in [[stunt double]], [[dangeresque 3]], and [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]. These films can be considered to be independent as they were unassociated with any major film studios, despite falling outside of Strong Bad's personal views of the genre.
*The [[Wikipedia:Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] Money that Homestar Runner is given is the incorrect color (assuming he is using a recent American edition as the colors have changed over time). In actuality, pink is for $5 bills, and green is for $20 bills.
*The plot of Pom Pom's indie film is changed to "In the dead of small factory town..." and "...dealing with quirky, dysfunctional family..." but the narrator reads it as "...of '''a''' small factory town..." and "...dealing with '''your''' quirky, dysfunctional family..."
*The water level in the bottle that Pom Pom is drinking from never goes down.
*It's odd that Strong Bad didn't notice his desktop before, since he had turned it on (and presumably connected to his ISP) in [[Compy Catalog]].
*In [[weird dream]], Strong Bad seemed to disapprove of email clients which can be run simply by clicking an icon rather than typing a command line, but here he seems to find not having to type to be an advantage.
*Even though you can see some of the keyboard, you never see Strong Bad's boxing gloves.
*Strong Bad selects a new desktop image and customized sound of the Compé-per without specifying any file locations.
*When viewing the list of emails, the background image is still the picture of grass, instead of Strong Bad's customized image.

===Goofs===
[[File:independentgoof.png|thumb|right|What? Those are actual lace goofs?]]
*When [[The Cheat]] walks up the first time, and the camera zooms out, the sbemail.exe icon disappears.
*When Strong Bad types "I am, of course talking about...", he leaves out a comma after "of course".
*The back button goes to the Toons menu instead of the email menu.
*When the camera zooms into the city (comma) state poster, the wall and the poster get closer at different speeds.
*When Strong Bad turns his head back to The Cheat after saying "Those are actual graphics?", his mask laces remain in place, then disappear.
*While zooming in on the city (comma) state poster, the outline of one of the buildings (second from the left) moves erratically as the camera gets closer.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When Strong Bad said, "Pom Pom on the other hand", he failed to type "the". This was fixed later after release.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad has a picture of his [[big butt]] for the wallpaper.
*The email icon resembles the photo of Strong Bad that appears on [[New Paper]].
*Strong Bad raps about how [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|typing made his boxing gloves sick]].
*[[Lan Handermannek]] and the "Mondo PrePro" notebook originated in [[Comic Book Movie]].
*The characters on ''[[city (comma) state]]'' title screen are traces of [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]].
**[[Matt Chapman]] also plays the character in ''Cyber.Coma.Static''.
*The band, "[[she likes cloth]]", originates from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]].
*[[Gold|Gold bars]] appear in this email.
*Strong Sad is seen [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiling]].
*Strong Bad admits that he took the email in a [[Emails Taken in a Different Direction|different direction]].
*Strong Bad mentions Pom Pom's [[Parents|dad]].
*The Local Trade Papes has [[Words with Omitted Syllables|omitted syllables]] when it says, "For your Considerasche".
*Strong Sad pulls the Monopoly money out of [[hammerspace]].
*City ([[comma]]) state has "comma" in it.

===Real-World References===
* "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif" is a play on [[Wikipedia:Jif (peanut butter)|Jif peanut butter]] tag line, "Choosy Moms choose Jif". This was also referenced in the Toons Page description of the previous week's toon, [[Compy Catalog]].
*"Megchester" is a play on [[Wikipedia:Manchester (town), New York|Manchester, New York]] or other places across the world that end in -chester.
* "Pom Pom's little movie that could" is an allusion to the children's book [[Wikipedia:The Little Engine That Could|The Little Engine That Could]].
* The animated intro in Pom Pom's indie movie is a reference to films which use hand-drawn style opening credit sequences, such as [http://www.shadowplaystudio.com/juno/ this one] from [[Wikipedia:Juno (film)|Juno]], which was directed by [[Wikipedia:Jason Reitman|the son]] of a [[Wikipedia:Ivan Reitman|famous director]].
* The logo of the Local Trade Papes is modeled after [[Wikipedia:Variety (magazine)|Variety]], one of the most famous and long-running entertainment trade magazines still in publication today.
*The car shown in the intro to Pom Pom's indie film is actually a 2007-2008 [[Wikipedia:Nissan Maxima|Nissan Maxima]], which actually got 19 City/25 Highway MPG in 2008.


==YouTube version==
On September 2, 2009, a DVD-like version of independent was [[YouTube:kjwlrvcKcfI|released]] to [[YouTube]]. It differs from the version on the website in the following ways:
*The entire sequence with The Cheat telling Strong Bad how to change his desktop is deleted; the YouTube version starts with Strong Bad's email song.
*The K and Es in "she likes cloth" are colored in.
*The ending is completely changed after the line "There you have it, Evil Jeff. The difference between a hideous growth on my butt, and a ''profitable'' hideous growth on my butt." The altered script is as follows:

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go raid Pom Pom's craft soivice table. Can't get enough of those artisinal cheeses and that extra healthy water.

:''{Strong Bad gets up, making The Geddup Noise, and the Compé-per appears with the simulated The Paper sound, reading "the end."}''

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|203|15716|youtube=kjwlrvcKcfI}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Sam

TimMierz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:44:27 GMT

TimMierz: /* Appearances */ Making it easier to read by cutting out unnecessary info

[[Image:Sure am Sam.png|thumb|"Are you around, clown?"]]
'''Sam''' is a name that [[The Brothers Chaps]] have chosen to use on several occasions in their cartoons.

==Appearances==
*The [[Old-Timey]] counterpart of [[Strong Sad]] is named [[Sickly Sam]].
*Email [[i she be]] — Great Looking Girl asks [[The Cheat]] if he is online, to which he replies with "Sure am, Sam."
*Email [[studying]] — In the [[bookazon.com]] Easter egg, one commenter said that he plans to write a book called ''Leftover Sam and the Leftover Sam Book''.
*Email [[the process]] — In [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Strong Bad Email Intros|intro]], he says, "My name is not Email Sam. Ohh ahh. So please don't call me Email Sam. Ohh ahh."
*Email [[business trip]] — [[Homestar Runner]] replies to Strong Bad when he asks The Cheat "You ready to ro'?" by saying "Sure am, Sam!"

[[Category:Name running gags]]

2010 Calendar

TimMierz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:22:32 GMT

TimMierz: /* May */ spelling

[[File:Homestar 2010 calendar.jpg|thumb|250px|2010 Calendar]]
The Homestarrunner.com 2010 Calendar is a calendar that was made available from the Store on December 1, 2009. As well as the normal holidays such as Christmas or St. Patrick's Day, it also includes some completely made-up Homestar Runner holidays. The back of the calendar bosts, "BACK OF CALENDAR! All 12 months!" and the front reads, "Now Includes February!! (Thanks for the tip!!)"

== January ==

The January page shows a picture of [[Trogdor]] drawn in pencil with shading, as he is seen when [[Strong Bad]] sings "Trogdor!" in [[dragon]]. There is also a peasant with his head on fire, a burning cottage, and the picture of Trogdor "as a man." There are also some hills in the background, and the words "Trogdor the burninator" can be seen in the lower left-hand corner, in Olde English Text MT font. The quote below the picture reads, "Oh yeah. Check out all his majesty."

The various holidays listed are:
*New Year's Day (January 1)
*[[japanese cartoon|Stinko-day]] (January 6)
*[[Happy Trogday|Trogday]] (January 13)
*[[Wikipedia:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day|Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] (January 18)
*Feast of [[Mendelev]] (January 21)
*Feast of [[Dongolev]] (January 22)

== February ==

The February page shows a picture of [[Dangeresque]], [[Renaldo]], and [[Dangeresque Too]] with an explosion appearing in the background. The [[Gremlin]] is also poking out, and the word "Dangeresque" can be seen at the bottom. The quote below the picture reads, "Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"
The holidays listed are:

*[[Renaldo]]'s Retirement Party (February 5, 12, 19, and 26)
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12|Vamlumtime's Day]] (February 14)

== March ==

This shows a picture of [[Homestar Runner]] wearing a headband and holding up an [[Air Cardgage]] shoe (the shoe's logo and name can be seen above the picture.) [[Senor Cardgage]] himself can be seen off to the side, and the bottom reads, "Available exclusively at ''[[Styles Upon Styles]]''." The quote under the picture reads, "Excuse me Belinda, can you give me bank my tenny show?"
The holidays listed are:

*[[Wikipedia:Ides_of_March|Ides of Cardgage]] (March 15, the real holiday is "The Ides of March")
*[[Wikipedia:St_Patricks_Day|St. Patrick's Day]] (March 17)
*[[your funeral|Zombie Uprising 2046]] (March 31)
*[[Senor Mortgage|No Probalo]] Day? (one of the blank spaces outside the actual month.)

== April ==

This page shows the [[Teen Girl Squad]], with [[Cheerleader]] saying, "calendars are so boring." (Her shirt reads, "guh earl.") They are about to be attacked from all sides by a lawnmower, a Growlback, a tentacle, a bull, a lightning bolt with blood on it, a pile of sludge, eyeballs, a missile labeled "Pukey", and the [[Arrow'd Guy]] spitting saws and wearing a snake as a tie. The quote under the picture reads, "Let's get ready to LOOK SO GOOD!" The listed holidays are:

*"Kiss-a-[[The Gregs|Greg]] Day ([[April Fools' Day|he he he]])" (April 1)
*[[Easter]] (April 4)
*[[Fighting Growlbacks|Growlback]] Spirit Day (April 9)
*[[Cheatday]] (April 18)
*[[Catch_Phrases#Teen_Girl_Squad|Look So Good Day]] (April 28)

==May==

This page shows a picture of [[Limozeen]] bellow text reading "Keep on Zeenin'!!" Surrounded by that are other pictures of the band, such [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] playing the guitar, the [[privileges|hardest chord ever]], [[Mary Palaroncini|Mary]] drumming with no shirt on, the band from the [[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]], and the band from the [[Limozeen Coloring Book]]. Limozeen is written in the bottom center. The quote under the picture is "We're from the band Limozeen!"
The listed holidays are:

*St. Palaroncini's Day (May 5)
*[[Wikipedia:Mother's Day| Mother's Day]] (May 9)
*Leather Pants Festival (May 14)
*Leather Sock Festival (May 21)
*[[Senorial Day]] (May 24)

==June==

This page has the [[Quote of the week]] [[:File:Qow vidguys.png|head]] for the [[Videlectrix guys]] on the television from the [[Videlectrix:videlectrix_catalog.html|game catalog]] menu on the [[Videlectrix|Videlectrix website]]. Above the television, Videlectrix is written along with the quote "We use computers... to make video games!" To the left of the television is a graphic from [[Where's an Egg?]] To the right is a graphic from [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]. Above the television are, from left to right, the box art for [[Thy Dungeonman]], a sprite of [[Stinkoman]], the [[Pigs on Head]] box art, and [[Rather Dashing]] with the robe and on fire. Below the television, from left to right, there is a distorted head of [[Vector Strong Bad]] from [[Strong Bad Zone]], a Trogdor sprite from [[Trogdor!]], the box art for [[Space Shipper]], and the kid from [[Kid Speedy]]. The quote under the picture is "What'd I tell you to do?" "To make good graphics" "GOOD GRAPHICS!"
The listed holidays are:

*5.25-inch [[floppy Disk]] Day of Rememberance (June 7)
*Strong Badia [[Flag Day]] (June 14)
*[[Wikipedia:Father's Day|Father's Day]] (June 20)
*[[Ye Flask|Flask-Getting]] Day ([[Canada]]) (June 25)

==July==

This page takes place in [[the field]]. It has [[The Cheat]] with [[fireworks]] duct taped to him. Strong Bad is lighting one of the fireworks. [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]] sit in the background. The quote under the picture is "It's dazzle-mazing!" The listed holidays are:

*[[Fhqwhgads|Fhqwh-Day]] (July 1)
*[[Happy Fireworks]]! (July 4)
*[[Decemberween in July]] (July 12)

==August==

The picture features three sections. The left section shows [[1-up]] holding the [[Twenty THANXty Six|blue crystal shard]] in Mountainous Region with the [[Shadowy Figure]] standing in the background. The middle section shows [[Stinkoman]] throwing the [[Cheatball]] and "lifting small rocks off the ground." The right section shows [[Pan Pan]] on [[Planet K]]. The quote under the image is "I could be mistaken but are you asking for a CHALLENGE??!" The listed holidays are:

*[[Browntant]]'s Birthday (August 6)
*[[Lemke]] (August 13)
*[[Power Crunch]] Thursday! (August 19)
*National Day of Fighting and Challenge (August 23)

==September==

This page shows [[Old Timey Strong Bad]] on the left, with [[The Sneak]] and [[Strong Man]] behind him, pointing a gun at [[Old Timey Homestar]] and [[Old Timey Marzipan]]. [[Fat Dudley]] is standing behind them, with [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Sickly Sam]], [[Rumble Red]], and [[Mr. Shmallow]] in the middle, between two sections of fence. Behind the right section of fence is [[The Moon]] and [[Old Timey Bubs]], and behind the left fence side is [[The Barbershop Trio]].
The quote under the picture reads, "Well, folks, you know what that means...Now I'll do a dance."
The listed holidays are:

*[[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Laybor Daybor]] (September 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Rosh Hashana|Rosh Hashana]] (September 9)
*[[Wikipedia:Yom Kippur|Yom Kippur]] (September 18)
*First Contact w/ Rumble Red (September 21)
*Eat-A-Can-Day (September 27)

==October==

This month has a tribute to every single Halloween costume ever worn by every character from every Halloween 'toon. Every single column is one character's costume, and every row is a year (costumes of 2007, 2009, etc.) [[Homsar]]'s column in 2000 features a dotted Homsar outline. The colums are (from left to right): [[Homestar]], Bubs, Strong Bad, [[Pom Pom]], [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Sad]], Coach Z, [[Strong Mad]], [[The Poopsmith]], The Cheat, [[The King of Town]], and Homsar. The quote under the picture reads, "Come on in heeeeere!!"
The holidays listed are:

*[[No Loafing]] Day (October 6)
*[[Wikipedia:Columbus Day|Columbus Day]] (October 11)
*[[Malloween]] (October 20)
*[[Halloween]] (October 31)

==November==

This page shows a scene from [[Let Us Give TANKS!]], with [[Gunhaver]] exploding out of the turkey and the turkey leg flying past. Behind him are the characters of [[The Cheat Commandos]] (from left to right): A [[Blue Laser Minion]], [[Crackotage]], [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Reynold]], [[Oliver Smidgen]], [[Fightgar]], [[Ripberger]], and [[Silent Rip]]. The quote under the picture reads, "I'm thankful for this bountiful Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset!"
The holidays listed are:

*[[Wikipedia:Veteran's Day|Veteran's Day]] (November 11)
*Blow Up an Ocean Day (November 16)
*[[Thanksgiving]] (Happy T!!)(November 25)
*Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Day (November 26)
*Buy All Our Playsets & Toys Online Day (November 29)

==December==
This page shows a picture with a green leaf border. It is a snowy day in [[Free Country, USA]], and Homestar (on the far left) is holding up a cup of [[Hot Jones]]. Strong Bad is holding up The Cheat so that he can put a carrot onto a snowman, who is actually just Strong Sad, who has a post-it note showing a top hat on his head, a pile of snow covering his body, coal buttons, and sticks where his arms should be, similar to [[Fall Float Parade]]. Strong Mad can be seen behind Strong Sad and on the right side of the picture. The quote under the picture reads, "Foolish Homestar, Decemberween is not about getting people presents, It's about getting people GOOD presents!"

The holidays listed are:

*[[Wikipedia:Hanukkah|Hanukkah]] begins (December 2)
*12-Times-A-Day Day (December 12)
*Decemberweeve (December 24)
*[[Decemberween]] (December 25)
*New Year's Eve (December 31)

Flipped Images

TimMierz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:25:39 GMT

TimMierz: /* Others */ +Stinkoman 20X6 Level 4

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually doesn't.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by the Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] — [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] — After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] — The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Stinkoman_20X6_Walkthrough_Level_4|Level 4]] — [[Stinkoman]]'s stone fist switches between being his left hand and right hand, depending on which direction he's facing.
*[[From the Vault]] — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] — When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face.
*[[The Luau]] — Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] — Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[couch patch]] — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. [[Coach Z]]'s medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[pom pom]] — The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] — [[Homestar]]'s polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*Email [[garage sale]] — [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] — The [[Bubs' Old Pizza]] box is backwards.
*Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] — [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

HRWiki:Featured Article Nominations

TimMierz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:15:30 GMT

TimMierz: Flipped Images is a solid article, I think it deserves some recognition

This page is used to nominate articles you think should be featured on the [[Main Page]]. Feel free to add your nominations below in alphabetical order, but please check the [[HRWiki:Featured articles|Featured articles]] page to be sure the article hasn't already been added. Discussion concerning which articles to feature takes place at [[HRWiki:Featured Article Selection|Featured Article Selection]].

Previously featured articles are in bold.

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*'''[[1-Up]]'''
*'''[[20X6]]'''
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
*[[3D Character Variations]]
*[[A. Chimendez]]
*'''[[A Decemberween Pageant]]'''
*'''[[A Folky Tale]]'''
*[[A Holiday Greeting]]
*'''[[A Jorb Well Done]]'''
*'''[[A Jumping Jack Contest]]'''
*[[A Splode]]
*'''[[Aliases Used in Prank Calls]]'''
*[[Analysis of Homsar%27s Speech Patterns]]
*[[April Fools' 2006]]
*'''[[Arrow'd Guy]]'''
*[[Astro-Lite 2600]]
*'''[[Atari 2600]]'''
*[[Atari Dragon]]
*'''[[Audition with Marzipan]]'''
*'''[[Awexome Cross]]'''
*[[Baby Lady]]
*'''[[Bad Graphics Ghost]]'''
*[[Ballad of The Sneak]]
*[[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]
*[[Batman]]
*[[Be's]]
*'''[[Bear holding a Shark]]'''
*[[The Beatles]]
*[[Because It's Midnite]]
*[[Big Knives]]
*[[Birds (Teen Girl Squad)]]
*'''[[Biscuitdoughhandsman]]'''
*'''[[Biz Cas Fri 1]]'''
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]]
*'''[[Blatant Lies]]'''
*[[Block]]
*'''[[Blue Laser]]'''
*'''[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]'''
*'''[[BMW Lighter]]'''
*'''[[Bobby Blackwolf Interview - 5 Sep 2005]]'''
*[[Bookazon.com]]
*[[Bowler Hats]]
*'''[[Bread]]'''
*[[Breakfast Cereal]]
*'''[[Bronco Trolleys]]'''
*'''[[Bubs]]'''
*'''[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]'''
*'''[[Bug In Mouth Disease]]'''
*[[Butt-Patting]]
*[[Caleb Rentpayer]]
*[[Cake]]
*[[Cardboard Marzipan]]
*[[Carol]]
*[[Castlefunnies]]
*[[Chad Eikhoff]]
*'''[[Character Videos]]'''

*'''[[Cheat Commandos]]'''
*[[Cheatball]]
*'''[[Cheerleader]]'''
*[[Cherry Greg]]
*'''[[Club Technochocolate]]'''
*'''[[Coach Z]]'''
*'''[[Cold One]]'''
*'''[[Commandos in the Classroom]]'''
*'''[[Compy 386]]'''
*'''[[Computer Room]]'''
*'''[[Concoctions]]'''
*[[Contacts]]
*'''[[Cool Tapes]]'''
*'''[[Cool Things]]'''
*[[Corpy NT6]]
*'''[[Couch Mumbling]]'''
*'''[[Crack Stuntman]]'''
*[[Craig Zobel]]
*'''[[Crap]]'''
*'''[[Crapfully Yours]]'''
*'''[[Crazy Go Nuts University]]'''
*'''[[Crimes Committed by Strong Bad]]'''
*[[Cross-dressing]]
*[[Da Huuuuuudge]]
*[[Dan]]
*'''[[Dancin' Bubs]]'''
*'''[[Dangeresque (film series)]]'''
*'''[[Dangeresque THREE in 3D]]'''
*'''[[Date Nite]]'''
*'''[[DaVinci's Notebook]]'''
*'''[[Decemberween]]'''
*'''[[Decemberween Short Shorts]]'''
*'''[[DELETED]]'''
*'''[[Dennis]]'''
*[[Disney]]
*'''[[DNA Evidence (running gag)]]'''
*[[DNA Evidence (toon)]]
*'''[[Don and Harriet Chapman]]'''
*[[Donnie Chapman]]
*'''[[Double Deuce]]'''
*[[Doug the Dino]]
*[[Douglas]]
*'''[[Downloads]]'''
*'''[[Drive-Thru Whale]]'''
*[[Duck Guardian]]
*[[Duck Guardian 2]]
*[[Ducks]]
*[[Duct Tape]]
*[[Dullard]]
*[[Easter egg]]
*'''[[Eh! Steve!]]'''
*'''[[Email]]'''
*[[Email Processing Room]]
*'''[[Everybody Knows It]]'''
*[[Everybody To The Limit]]
*'''[[Everything Else]]'''
*'''[[Experimental Film]]'''
*[[Explosions]]
*'''[[Fall Float Parade]]'''
*'''[[Fan Stuff]]'''
*[[Fat Bluebird]]
*[[Fat Dudley]]
*'''[[Fhqwhgads]]'''
*'''[[Fightgar]]'''
*[[Firebert]]
*'''[[Fireworks]]'''
*'''[[First Time Here?]]'''
*'''[[Flash Store]]'''
*'''[[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006]]'''
*[[Flipped Images]]
*'''[[Floppy Disk Container]]'''
*'''[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]'''
*[[Fonts]]
*'''[[Fortune Cookies]]'''
*'''[[Fourth Wall Breaks]]'''
*'''[[Frank Bennedetto]]'''
*'''[[Free Country, USA]]'''
*[[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation]]
*[[Gavin]]
*'''[[General Tso's Chicken]]'''
*'''[[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007]]'''
*[[Gooblies]]
*[[Grape-Nuts Robot]]
*[[Gremlin]]
*'''[[Grumblecakes]]'''
*'''[[Gunhaver]]'''
*[[Guns]]
*'''[[Hairstyle Runner]]'''
*'''[[Halloween Costumes]]'''
*[[Halloween Fairstival]]
*'''[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]'''
*'''[[Hallrunner]]'''
*[[Happy Dethemberween]]
*'''[[Happy Fireworks]]'''
*[[Happy Hallow-day]]
*'''[[Happy Trogday]]'''
*[[Hanging Objects]]
*[[Harmless Junk, Inc.]]
*[[Heavy Lourde]]
*'''[[Holidays]]'''
*'''[[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]]'''
*[[Homestar Jr.]]
*'''[[Homestar Presents: Presents]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Quiz]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner (body of work)]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad's Relationship]]'''
*[[Homestar Runner RPG]]
*[[Homestar Runner universe]]
*'''[[Homestar Runner's House]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear]]'''
*'''[[Homestar Talker]]'''
*'''[[Homestar vs. Little Girl]]'''
*[[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]]
*'''[[Homestarloween Party]]'''
*'''[[Homestarmy]]'''
*[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]]
*'''[[Homsar]]'''
*'''[[House of the Brothers Strong]]'''
*'''[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]'''
*'''[[Hremails]]'''
*[[Hyperactive Strong Sad]]
*[[Icon References In Halloween Costumes]]
*[[If I Ran the Camera]]
*[[Impersonations of other characters]]
*'''[[Integral Article]]'''
*[[Interactive Menus]]
*[[Istanbul]]
*[[Jackie Chapman]]
*[[Jibblies 2]]
*[[Joy of Painting]]
*[[Kevin]]
*[[Keyboard Strong Bad]]
*'''[[Kick the Can]]'''
*'''[[Kicking The Cheat]]'''
*'''[[Kid Speedy]]'''
*[[King of Town's Castle]]
*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]]
*[[l33t Interview]]
*'''[[Labor Dabor]]'''
*[[Lack of Intelligible Speech]]
*'''[[Lack of Visible Arms]]'''
*'''[[Lack of Visible Body Parts]]'''
*'''[[Lappy 486]]'''
*'''[[Lappynapped!]]'''
*'''[[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]'''
*'''[[Lem Sportsinterviews]]'''
*'''[[Let us give TANKS!]]'''
*'''[[Limozeen]]'''
*'''[[The Limozeen Advantage]]'''
*[[Litigation Jackson]]
*'''[[Lowercase i's]]'''
*[[L.U.R.N.]]
*[[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals]]
*[[Maggot Man]]
*[[Main Page Glitches]]
*'''[[Main Pages]]'''
*[[Main Page 1]]
*[[Main Page 2]]
*[[Main Page 3]]
*[[Main Page 4]]
*[[Main Page 5]]
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*[[Main Page 25]]
*'''[[Malloween Commercial]]'''
*[[Mario]]
*'''[[Marshie]]'''
*'''[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]'''
*'''[[Marzipan]]'''
*[[Marzipan and Coach Z's Relationship]]
*'''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]'''
*'''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]]'''
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0]]
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]]
*'''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]'''
*'''[[Matt Chapman]]'''
*'''[[Mellow Mushroom]]'''
*'''[[Melonade]]'''
*[[Middle School Variation]]
*'''[[Mike Chapman]]'''
*'''[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters]]'''
*[[Missy Palmer]]
*[[Monkey D]]
*'''[[Monosodium Dreams]]'''
*[[Moron Life Interview - 5 Sep 2005]]
*'''[[The Movie Theater]]'''
*'''[[Mountain Dew]]'''
*'''[[Museum]]'''
*[[Naked Ned]]
*'''[[Nebulon]]'''
*[[New Boots]]
*[[New Paper]]
*'''[[Nintendo]]'''
*'''[[No Loafing Sign]]'''
*[[Office Space]]
*'''[[Old-Timey]]'''
*[[Old-Timey Bubs]]
*'''[[Old-Timey Marzipan]]'''
*'''[[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'''
*[[Old Flash Stuff]]
*[[On Point Kings]]
*[[One Two, One Two]]
*'''[[Original Book]]'''
*'''[[Pan Pan]]'''
*'''[[Pants]]'''
*[[Parsnips A-Plenty]]
*'''[[Peanuts]]'''
*'''[[Peasant's Quest]]'''
*'''[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]'''
*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]]
*[[Peasantry]]
*'''[[Physiology of The Cheat]]'''
*[[Peter Frampton]]
*[[Pistols for Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]]
*'''[[Podstar Runner]]'''
*'''[[Pom Pom]]'''

*[[Population: Tire]]
*[[Portmanteaus]]
*'''[[Potate]]'''
*'''[[Powered by The Cheat]]'''
*[[Prance]]
*'''[[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003]]'''
*'''[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]'''
*[[Puppet Jam]]
*'''[[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]]'''
*[[Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities]]
*'''[[Puppets On The Road]]'''
*'''[[Puppet Stuff]]'''
*'''[[Puppet Time]]'''
*'''[[Quote of the Week]]'''
*'''[[Random Toon]]'''
*[[Rap Song]]
*[[Rather Dashing]]
*'''[[Real-Live E-Mails]]'''
*'''[[Rejected Characters]]'''
*[[Rejected Costumes]]
*[[Rhino Feeder]]
*[[Rock Opera Context]]
*[[Rock Opera Visuals]]
*[[ROFLCon - 26 Apr 2008]]
*[[Russ T]]
*'''[[Ryan Sterritt]]'''
*'''[[Saddy Dumpington]]'''
*'''[[Sample Of Style]]'''
*[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]]
*'''[[Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]]'''
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]]'''
*'''[[Secret Pages]]'''
*[[Sega Tapes]]
*'''[[Senor Cardgage]]'''
*'''[[Senorial Day]]'''
*[[Señor]]
*[[Shark-Tooth Bubs]]
*[[Sightings]]
*'''[[Silent Rip]]'''
*'''[[Sketchbook]]'''
*'''[[Sketchbook (museum)]]'''
*'''[[Sketchbook (video)]]'''
*[[Smoking]]
*[[Soapbox]]
*'''[[So and So]]'''
*[[Songs]]
*[[Soolnds]]
*[[Sterrance]]
*[[Sticklyman]]
*'''[[Stinkoman]]'''
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]]
*[[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items]]
*'''[[Stop Sign]]'''
*'''[[Store]]'''
*[[Store Thank You Messages]]
*'''[[Storybook World]]'''
*'''[[StrongBadZone]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad]]'''

*[[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Bad and The Cheat's Relationship]]
*'''[[Strong Bad Email]]'''
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe|Strong Bad Email DVD]]'''
*[[Strong Bad Email Intros]]
*'''[[Strong Bad Email Statistics]]'''
*[[Strong Bad Evolution]]
*'''[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad Lore]]'''
*[[Strong Bad Sings]]
*'''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]'''
*[[Strong Bad Smiling]]
*[[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]]
*'''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad's Message Bored]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA]]'''
*[[Strong Bad's Technology]]
*'''[[Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!]]'''
*'''[[Strong Bad's Website]]'''
*'''[[Strong Badia]]'''
*[[Strong Badia National Anthem]]
*'''[[Strong Badman]]'''
*'''[[Strong Libs]]'''
*'''[[Strong Mad]]'''
*[[Strong Mad's Room]]
*'''[[Strong Sad]]'''
*[[Strong Sad and Homsar's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Sad Lookalike Contest]]
*[[Strong Sad Smiling]]
*'''[[Strong Sad's Lament]]'''
*[[Strongest Man in the World]]
*'''[[Summer Short Shorts]]'''
*[[Super NES]]
*'''[[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]'''
*'''[[Swimming Pool]]'''
*[[Swiss Cake Rolls]]
*'''[[Tandy 400]]'''
*'''[[Tangerine Dreams]]'''
*[[Tape leg]]
*'''[[Taranchula]]'''
*[[Tee Bee]]
*[[Teenage Variation]]
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad]]'''
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]]
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]'''
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]]
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]'''
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]'''
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]'''
*'''[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]'''
*[[Teenage Variation#Teenage Strong Bad|Teenage Strong Bad]]
*[[That A Ghost]]
*'''[[That Time of Year]]'''
*[[The Announcer]]
*'''[[The Athletic Field]]'''
*[[The Battle of Strong Badia]]
*'''[[The Best Decemberween Ever]]'''
*'''[[The Brothers Chaps]]'''
*'''[[The Cheat]]'''
*'''[[The Cheat Theme Song]]'''
*[[The Cheat's Gold Tooth]]
*[[The Cheat's Head Exploding]]
*'''[[The Classroom]]'''
*[[The Field]]
*'''[[The Geddup Noise]]'''
*[[The Gregs]]
*'''[[The Goblin]]'''
*'''[[The Homestar Runner]]'''
*[[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]]
*'''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]'''
*'''[[The King of Town]]'''
*'''[[The King of Town DVD]]'''
*[[The King of Town's Grill]]
*[[The Li'l Brudder Show]]
*'''[[The Luau]]'''
*'''[[The Municipality]]'''
*'''[[The Office]]'''
*'''[[The Paper]]'''
*'''[[The Poopsmith]]'''
*[[The Prince of Town]]
*[[The Reddest Radish]]
*'''[[The Show]]'''
*'''[[The Sneak]]'''
*'''[[The Stick]]'''
*[[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil]]
*[[The System is Down]]
*'''[[The Thnikkaman]]'''
*'''[[The Ugly One]]'''
*[[The Virus]]
*[[The Wheelchair]]
*'''[[They Might Be Giants]]'''
*'''[[Thorax Corporation]]'''
*[[Thy Dungeonman]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]]
*'''[[Thy Dungeonman (character)]]'''
*'''[[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]]'''
*'''[[Tire]]'''
*'''[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]'''
*'''[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]]'''
*[[TMBG Concert - 3 May 2006]]
*'''[[Toikey TV]]'''
*[[Tompkins]]
*[[Trogador]]
*'''[[Trogdor]]'''
*'''[[TROGDOR!]]'''
*[[TV Shows]]
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu]]'''
*'''[[Twenty THANXty Six]]'''
*'''[[Under Construction]]'''
*[[Vector Strong Bad]]
*'''[[Videlectrix]]'''
*[[Videlectrix Mascot]]
*[[Viidelectrix]]
*[[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]]
*'''[[Weclome Back]]'''
*'''[[Weekly Fanstuff]]'''
*[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]
*'''[[What are you supposed to be?]]'''
*'''[[What's Her Face]]'''
*'''[[Whatsit]]'''
*'''[[Where's an Egg?]]'''
*'''[[Where My Hat Is At?]]'''
*[[Where the Crap Are We?]]
*[[Who Said What Now?]]
*[[Witch's Brew]]
*'''[[Words I Probably Said]]'''
*'''[[Ye Flask]]'''
*'''[[Yearbook Character Page]]'''
*[[Zubs and Coach B]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[12:00]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[3 Wishes]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[50 emails]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[Accent]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[alternate universe]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[animal]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[army]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[band names]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[best thing]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[bottom 10]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[caffeine]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[candy product]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[cliffhangers]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[colonization]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[comic]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[concert]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[crying]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[current status]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[death metal]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[different town]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[disconnected]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[do over]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[dragon]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[email thunder]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[english paper]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[flashback]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[for kids]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[garage sale]]
*Strong Bad Email: '''[[ghosts]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[gimmicks]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[Greeting Cards]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[guitar]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[highschool]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[homsar]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[i love you]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[i rule]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[invisibility]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[japanese cartoon]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[keep cool]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[kids' book]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[kind of cool]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[labor day]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[lady fan]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[lunch special]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[modeling]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[monster truck]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[montage]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[more armies]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[narrator]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[nightlife]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[personal favorites]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[radio]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[retirement]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[road trip]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[rock opera]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[sb_email 22]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[sibbie]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[sisters]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[some kinda robot]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[spring cleaning]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[stunt double]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[strong badathlon]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[suntan]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[superhero name]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[tape-leg]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[techno]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[theme park]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[the paper]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[vacation]]
*Strong Bad Email: [[video games]]
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[virus]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[what I want]]'''
*'''Strong Bad Email: [[winter pool]]'''
*Strong Bad Email: [[yes, wrestling]]

[[Category:Featured article maintenance|Nominations]]

Own Dang X

TimMierz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:06:59 GMT

TimMierz: Changing image to a more obviously-related one

[[File:Owndangself.png|thumb|300px|"The Cheat training... what're ya gonna do?"]]
Occasionally, a character will mention his or her '''own dang''' something, often in ways where it flows awkwardly in the sentence.
== Appearances ==
*Email [[mile]] — The [[Podstar Runner]] description is "[[The Cheat]] animates his own dang email".
*Email [[isp]] (commentary) — [[Coach Z]] claims to have made up a joke by his own dang self, though evidence conflicts this.
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — [[Strong Bad]]'s career apparently took off when he wrestled as his own dang self.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The Blubb-O's announcer says to "come the heck down to Blubb-O's and try your dang self the Blubb-O's Classic."
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] — In the April 24, 2008 post, Strong Bad alters a screenshot to show [[Strong Sad]] preforming "open heart surgery on his own dang self."
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — [[Bubs]] and Coach Z's band, the Two-O Duo, make a song about Bubs stealing stuff from his own dang store. This phrase is (with slight variations) used several times throughout.
*[[Donut Unto Others]] — [[Homestar Runner]] creates [[doughnuts]], refered to hereafter as "donuts", from [[Marzipan]]'s kitchen. The newspaper recounts it as "The Marzipan was stunned today when she woke to find a totally legit donut enterprise operating out of her own dang kitchen..."
*Email [[dictionary]] — The definition for "hwimswelf" hints [[The Cheat]] [[peeing]] by his owndangself.
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[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Variable word running gags]]

File:Owndangself.png

TimMierz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:04:13 GMT

TimMierz: An entry of Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary featuring the word owndangself (from dictionary)

== Summary ==
An entry of [[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary]] featuring the word [[Own Dang X|owndangself]] (from [[dictionary]])
== Licensing ==
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Flipped Images

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:05:53 GMT

TimMierz: /* Appearances in the Standard Animation Style */ +Luau

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually doesn't.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by the Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] — [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] — After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] — The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[From the Vault]] — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] — When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face.
*[[The Luau]] — Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] — Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[couch patch]] — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. [[Coach Z]]'s medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[pom pom]] — The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] — [[Homestar]]'s polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*Email [[garage sale]] — [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] — The [[Bubs' Old Pizza]] box is backwards.
*Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] — [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

The Luau

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:05:18 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Link to Flipped Images

{{toonnav|Big Toon|luau2|A Jorb Well Done|Where's The Cheat?}}
[[Image:luau.PNG|thumb|"This party's gonna be crazy-go-nuts!"]]

Marzipan and Strong Bad's parties just happen to fall on the same day, but Strong Bad's seems to fall apart...

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

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's Gazebo]], [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' ''on or before'' Tuesday, May 1, 2001

'''Running Time:''' 5:36

'''Page Title:''' The Luau

'''Earlier Page Title:''' Party Problems

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript ==

''{The screen wavers over name tag cards that read "Hello my name is a new homestar runner cartoon" and all the staff, then cut to the luau, with a card reading:}''

<blockquote>You're invited to 
a Meatless Luau! 
 
featuring: 
Ancient Hawaiian Poetry 
read by Strong Sad 
accompanied by 
Marzipan on her Ukulele 
(pronounced oo-koo-lay-lay) 
 
When: TODAY Where: MARZIPAN'S</blockquote>

''{Eventually the card spins out, revealing a banner reading "Aloha!" Marzipan is walking to some cooking tofu. Homestar is standing behind the gazebo, facing away from the viewer.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oo-koo-lay-lay. Oo-koo-lay-lay. Mm! Lookin' pretty good. Homestar, come up here right now and watch the tofu, please.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhh... Hang on. I'm um... doing... something.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Chop-chop! Everyone's gonna be here any minute.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, Marzipan, I hate to tell you this, but... I don't think anyone's coming to your party. I think they're all going to Strong Bad's Marshmallow Roast!!

''{The invitation to Strong Bad's Marshmallow Roast spins onto screen as the old CBS Special music plays. It reads:}''

<blockquote>Your invited to a 
Marshmallow Roast 
 
when: same day as marzipan's stupid luau 
 
where: my backyard 
 
time: same time as marzipan's stupid luau 
</blockquote>

'''MARZIPAN:''' What?! He scheduled something on the same day as the luau?

''{scene transition to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man you guys, this party's gonna be crazy-go-nuts! Check it out! I've got the marshmallows ''{spreads his hand over said marshmallows}'', I've got all the latest releases from the artists of today ''{cut to boombox playing [[Poot-Slap]]}'', and I've carefully filled out everybody's name tags. ''{close up of picnic table filled with name tags that all say "Hello, my name is Crap for Brains"}'' Oh, crap!! I forgot the wood! Come on guys, I know where we can hork some.

''{Scene cuts to Marzipan's backyard}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oo-koo-lay-lay. Oo-koo-l ''{Homestar interrupts with a sigh and comes over but Marzipan continues to sing}'' ay-lay.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I've gotta stop drinkin' so much melonade. I think I have a serious problem.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''You're'' gonna have a problem if you don't monitor this tofu. I have to tune my oo-koo-lay-lay.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay. ''{singing to himself}'' A doo doo, a doo doo doo, a doot doo doo doo. A bab-dib do doo doo—

''{In the distance, Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat poke their heads onto the screen from the left, looking at the gazebo. The camera pans right to remove them from the shot, and Strong Sad is revealed standing on the other side of the fire.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! Strong Sad! How long have you been standing there?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, about 20 minutes.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh, okay. ''{takes a step away}'' That's weird.

''{scene transition to Strong Bad's backyard. Poot Slap is playing in the background. Everybody is wearing their "Crap for Brains" name tag.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{walking past the Poopsmith, Bubs and Coach Z)'' Ah, Crap for Brains, glad to see you could make it! Oh, Crap for Brains, you lookin' good! Now, let's get this freakin' party started! ''{Lights a match}'' We'll just get this fire started here. With a little match, and a little fire. ''{holds match up to firewood, but it doesn't light}'' And this should probably be working already. Um, and I don't know why this isn't working.

''{Cut to Marzipan's gazebo where Strong Sad is holding a book that says "Polynesian Prose."}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Kallo koo-koo lay kua ka loo ''{cut to the tofu where Homestar is standing. Strong Sad's poetry can be heard in the background.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{His head keeps drooping down, then coming back up, resisting the urge to fall asleep.}'' Zzzzz... Huh! Soooo... Zzzzz... Huh! Boooooooooring.

''{Cut to Strong Bad's roast, where eleven burnt matches are sitting on the ground. Strong Bad is kneeling down next to the stack of firewood with a lit match}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{frustrated}'' UUUUUGH! ''{grumbling}'' Stupid matches, freakin' light the fire!

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{rubs belly}'' UUUUUUG. HUNGRY!

'''BUBS:''' I'm with Strong Mad! I feel about as hungry as The King of Town on a Saturday!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm trying! I'm trying! Gtch! ''{taunting voice}'' Hello, my name is piece of wood and I don't want to catch fire. ''{zoom out}'' Hello, my name is little ''match'', and I don't want to ''make'' a fire! ''{completely aggravated}'' HELLOOOO! MY NAME IS FIRE, AND I'M NOT COMING TO YOUR STUPID PARTY!!!!!

''{Strong Bad knocks a log at the viewer. Homestar then walks onto the scene and Pom Pom looks at him.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm coming to your stupid party.

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh man, Pom Pom! I love Marzipan and everything, but it was terrible!

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, I don't think she'll notice I'm gone.

''{cut to Marzipan's gazebo, where Marzipan is playing her ukelele and Strong Sad is reading poetry. Next to the tofu cooking is another piece of tofu, with Homestar's head drawn on it. It is on top of a piece of tofu which has Homestar's body drawn on it. They are being held up by two long sticks. The tofu cooking catches fire.}''

''{cut back to Strong Bad's roast. Strong Bad is trying yet again, and unsuccessfully, to make a fire.}''

'''COACH Z:''' What kind of wood you usin' there, Strong Bad? 'Cause ya know, I know a guy who—

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know man, I stole this stuff from Marzipan's backyard.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-oh. You didn't get it from behind the gazebo, did you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, why?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, it all started when I decided to drink 32 glasses of melonade...

'''BUBS:''' Look! There's a fire over there!

''{suddenly, smoke arises from somewhere, then everyone looks at each other and runs, except for Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaah, come back, you guys, things were just about to start getting crazy-go-nuts!

''{Everyone runs to the source of the fire - which happens to be Marzipan's still-flaming tofu. They roast their marshmallows over it.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Look, Strong Sad, everybody's here!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, how glorious.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hey, everybody, how's the tofu? ''{Cut to Coach Z, Pom Pom, and Bubs chewing on marshmallows, then back to Marzipan}'' Everyone loves tofu!

''{Musical sting, then transition to Strong Bad's place, where he has finally given up and is trying to roast a marshmallow over a lit match. Scattered bags of unopened marshmallows are sitting on the ground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, you guys, come back! I think I got it all figured out now! Oh, man! What am I supposed to do with all these leftover marshmallows? I bought, like, four hundred pounds!

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{walking by, humming, then looks at Strong Bad.}'' Oh, excuse me, but did I hear you say... leftovers?

''{close up of a nametag reading "the end for brains"}''

''{transition to Marzipan's backyard, where Marzipan is talking to the tofu model of Homestar. There is a flame on his "head".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks for helping me with my party today, Homestar. I think it was a really big success! ''{she nuzzles him}'' You've been really nice to me the last few minutes! ''{Tofu Homestar's "head" falls off. Blackout, record scratch}'' Put your head back on this instant!

''{Cut to the [[Luau Main Page]].}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:luau|luau]] is a type of feast prominent in Hawaiian culture. It consists primarily of traditional Polynesian song and dance and the eating of an ethnic dish called [[Wikipedia:Poi (food)|poi]], as well as roasting pork and salmon over an open rotisserie. Since Marzipan is a vegetarian, however, she instead roasts a slab of [[tofu]].
*An [[Wikipedia:ukulele|ukulele]] (often spelled "ukelele" in Great Britain) is a small, 4-stringed, guitarlike instrument that originated in Hawaii in the 1880s. English-speakers usually pronounce it "yoo-koo-lay-lee", but Marzipan's pronunciation ("oo-koo-lay-lay") is more authentic.

===Trivia===
*Among the phrases of "Polynesian Prose" that Strong Sad recites are "[[Wikipedia:Kahlua|Kahlua]] and Creme", an [[Alcohol|alcoholic]] drink; and "Meka Leka Hi Meka Heiny Ho", which were [[Wikipedia:Jambi (Pee-wee's Playhouse)|Jambi]]'s magic words on the TV show [[Wikipedia:Pee-wee's Playhouse|Pee-wee's Playhouse]].
*This is the first time Strong Bad uses the term 'crazy-go-nuts', something which will eventually evolve into [[Crazy Go Nuts University]].
*This toon has a reference to [[peeing]]
*This is the first time [[Missy Palmer]] has been credited as a writer.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's invitation says "Your invited", [[Strong Bad's Spelling|misspelling]] "you're". This is ironic since Strong Bad has a penchant for scoffing at [[Poorly Written Emails|spelling and grammar mistakes]].
**Strong Bad even sings a song about the differences of the two words in [[local news]].
*When you first see Strong Sad standing next to the fire, in the background, you see the lights across the fence somehow seem to just stop from where scene view would have ended.
*Interestingly, Strong Bad's [[Ghetto Blastro]] displays moving bars even when it isn't playing.
*The invitation to the Luau says that Strong Sad will be reading "Ancient Hawaiian Poetry", yet his book says "Polynesian Prose".
*Strong Mad's logo on his chest is slightly different from the previous toon, [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*This is another instance of [[foreign words]] being mispronounced.
*Strong Bad appears to strike the match on his thumb.
*The design of Homestar in this cartoon is from an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|earlier design]], when in a previous toon, [[A Jorb Well Done]], his design is the current.
**Commentary for Jorb reveals the animation was eventually updated.
*With a typical marshmallow bag weighing 1 pound and containing 60 marshmallows, Strong Bad's 400 pounds of marshmallows would have amounted to 400 bags containing a total of 24,000 marshmallows.
*This toon has a [[URLs With the Number 2 In Them|2 in the URL]].

===Goofs===
*In the beginning when Marzipan walks over to the tofu and Homestar is facing away, Homestar's head does not touch his body. It's easier to see if you pause it and zoom in.
*The tofu over Marzipan's fire turns, but the stick stuck through it does not.
*The wheels on the tape do not turn in Strong Bad's [[Ghetto Blastro]].
*When we see Strong Sad for the first time, the lights on the fence stop in midair.
*When Coach Z turns his head, his "[[Crap]] for brains" [[name tag]] is [[Flipped Images|reversed]].
*When Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat steal Marzipan's wood, The Cheat appears to be floating above Strong Mad's foot.
*When the group arrives at the smoking tofu, The Cheat's roasting stick is missing in the first view, but is present in the second.

=== Inside References ===
*The tune Marzipan is playing on the ukelele is the song "Thoughts on a Bird" from the game [[Audition With Marzipan]].
*Homestar also said "Oh! Strong Sad! How long have you been standing there?" in [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version]].

=== Real-World References ===
*The [[Sound Effects|CBS Special music]] heard when the invitation to Strong Bad's Marshmallow Roast is shown is a reference to the logo and music that CBS used to preface their specials. The actual opening, used from 1973 to the late 1980s, is viewable [[YouTube:6W9V9SZPHAY|here]]. This was used earlier in [[A Holiday Greeting]].
*The sound effect of everybody running is a generic bongo sound effect used in old [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons.
*"Meka-Leka hi" is a phrase used in [[Wikipedia:Peewee's Playhouse|Peewee's Playhouse]] by the character Jambi the Genie.

===Fast Forward===
*The phrase "Things were just about to start getting [[crazy-go-nuts]]!" would be used again in [[personal favorites]] and on [[Main Page 22]].
*Likewise, "Crap [[for brains]]" would later be seen in various forms, such as "Carp for brains" in [[personal favorites]]; "crap for crap" in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]; and "brain for brains" in [[invisibility]].
* "Meke-Leka hi", one of the words Strong Sad says, is said by Strong Bad in [[Halloween Potion-Ma-Jig]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
*Unlike [[A Holiday Greeting]] and [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], the CBS Special Presentation theme is present on both audio tracks, not just the commentary.
*The Luau Main Page was removed due to technical limitations.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Mike, you made this cartoon all by yourself.

'''MIKE:''' This was when you lived in New York, Matt. You emailed me all the voices, the dialogue.

'''MATT:''' I used to turn them into MP3 format so I could send more of them in each email. WAV files were too big.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Um, so what about this one?

'''MATT:''' You made— didn't you write it with—

'''MIKE:''' Oh, watch this little lens flare coming up... I got this from Legend of Zelda...

'''MATT:''' Majora's Mask?

'''MIKE:''' Majora's Mask that has that when you look up at the sun. So I copied it.

'''MATT:''' Good job.

'''MIKE:''' And there's the famous 3D rotating tofu!

'''MATT:''' I remember being blown away when I first saw the clip of this.

'''MIKE:''' It's all, of course, fake 3D. It's pretty... the edges are pretty lame. But it still holds up okay, five years later.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it wouldn't take much to make it look really slick.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. The fire on the other hand, with the tiki torches...

'''MATT:''' Look GREAT.

'''MIKE:''' ...re pretty bad.

'''MATT:''' ''{imitating Marzipan}'' "The Luau?" I like how she says "Luau". That reminds me of Charlie Brown in the Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon, when he's like, "We have to get on with our plaaay!"

'''MIKE:''' Play?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{referring to the Ghetto-Blastro}'' A little 3-Dee…

'''MATT:''' Listening to 3-Dee in there.

'''MIKE:''' The members of 3-Dee are... Nehi, Yoo-Hoo, and Sundrop.

'''MATT:''' Ahh.

'''MIKE:''' 3-Dee stands for "Three Drinks". Their names are drinks.

'''MATT:''' Oh. Got it. ''{As Homestar comes from behind the gazebo}'' What were you doing back there, Homestar Runner?

'''MIKE:''' He must have been drinking Melonades.

'''MATT:''' Oh, okay.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I get it now.

'''MIKE:''' I think this cartoon— when, um—

'''MATT:''' Whoa! Did you see how quickly Marzipan bolted out of the scene?

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' She got out of there! I was gonna say we were realizing that the crackling fire comes and goes in the scenes of this cartoon.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' As we were watching it for the DVD we were wondering if things were messed up, but no, in the original cartoon, some scenes have a crackling fire and some don't. ''{Laughs}'' Look at that walk for Strong Bad!

'''MATT:''' With the really slow—

'''MIKE:''' With the bent elbows?

'''MATT:''' His arms are... very long. ''{Pause}'' Poot Slap, Poot Slap, ''Dansk''! What's that staunch?

'''MIKE:''' Those are the lyrics to the 3-Dee song.

'''MATT:''' ''{referring to a swift scene transition}'' Ooh. A little zipper-zipperoo.

'''MIKE:''' And Strong Sad says some Jambi the Genie coming up here.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Or did he already say that?

'''MATT:''' No, that's later.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, see, now crackling fire.

'''MATT:''' He mentions Kahlua and Crème I think at one point too. Didn't you write this with Melissa? You and Melissa kind of wrote this together?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, yeah.

'''MATT:''' I like the song; the theme song for this is nice. It made me... it made me want to move back down to Atlanta, I remember, when I first heard it.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' The theme song?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It made me sad that I wasn't there to make it with you.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' ''{Laughs as Strong Mad rubs his belly in hunger}'' Yeah? Big guy?

'''MIKE:''' Is this Strong Mad's—

'''MATT:''' Did you see his mouth barely move? I don't think it closed ever!

'''MIKE:''' Did Strong Mad ever say anything before that? Is that his first line?

'''MATT:''' ''{Laughs}'' Maybe! Or no, "I AM STRONG BAD! I AM STILL STRONG BA—" From Jumping Jack—

'''MIKE:''' Oh, from Jumping Jack, okay. Oh watch this, when a log comes flying at the camera.

'''MATT:''' OOH! Wow...

'''MIKE:''' Mondo.

'''MATT:''' I think the... I think the clouds in the background stopped moving at a point during that last scene too—

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' ...they just got to a point where, "Eh, we're good here." ''{Pause until we see the Tofu Homestar}'' That's a good— a good disguise, Homestar Runner.

'''MIKE:''' That smoke is pretty weak too.

'''MATT:''' ''{Laughs}'' It's all right— it's made of a bunch of balls. ''{Pause}'' I think Coach Z there is telling him that he knows a guy up in Paughkeegan who'd do wonders with wood or— I can't remember what the full quote was. ''{As we see the smoke through over the trees}'' That's some deep, lush forests…

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we don't see those very much.

'''MATT:''' No, you don't.

'''MIKE:''' Have to run through the woods to get to Marzipan's backyard.

'''MATT:''' ''{Imitating Strong Bad after he says, "Things were just about to start getting crazy-go-nuts!"}'' My voice was about to start getting really echo-y at this part!

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' The old generic, uh—

'''MATT:''' —cartoon—

'''MIKE:''' Scooby Doo-Flintstones-run-sound.

''{Long pause}''

'''MATT:''' What else do you have to say, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Well...

'''MATT:''' There's Coach Z chewing the— and Pom Pom chewing with their invisible mouths... Good job, Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' I think Strong Bad got way bigger— before he was crouched next to that pile of logs, and they seemed pretty...

'''MATT:''' Pretty tiny?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{In tune with the last keyboard note}'' Taaa.

''{The cartoon seems to be over until we see another scene with Marzipan and Tofu Homestar}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh, here's where we're... we're still goin' here.

'''MATT:''' I remember later on we added — and it's a version we never put up — but her head catches on fire...

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MATT:''' ...too, during that part.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]] was a video game for the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]].
*Matt imitates the whiny way [[Wikipedia:Charlie Brown|Charlie Brown]] says "play" in [[Wikipedia:A Charlie Brown Christmas|A Charlie Brown Christmas]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:luau2.html|watch "The Luau"]]
*[[HR:luau2.swf|view the Flash file for "The Luau"]]

[[Category:Toons|Luau, The]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

File:BL backwards.png

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:53:44 GMT

TimMierz: /* Summary */ linking article in summary

== Summary ==
The [[Flipped Images|flipped image]] of [[Blue Laser Commander]], a [[Blue Laser Minion]], [[Firebert]], and [[Silent Rip]] (from [[An Important Rap Song]])

== Licensing ==
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Under Construction

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:05:31 GMT

TimMierz: /* Inside References */ 20X6eded is not a TGS ref

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|underconstruction|Fan Costume Commentary|Decemberween In July}}
[[Image:underconstruction02.png|thumb|"WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?"]]

H*R.com is down? Not registered? Coming Soon? What? Is today April Fool's Day? ... Then things get [[20X6]]'d...

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Sticklyman]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}

''' Date:''' Thursday, April 1, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 1:47

'''Page Title:''' Coming Soon! The biggest name is Web Advertising!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==
''{The setting: "www.homestarrunner.com is coming soon! This domain is reserved through thoraxcorp.com". An animated stick figure in a yellow "Under Construction" diamond shovels diligently. After about ten seconds, a pair of shiny boxing gloves appear at the bottom of the screen...}

'''STINKOMAN:''' Habila-HUP!

''{...and Stinkoman leaps into the air, executing a dramatic pose before landing.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{to stick figure}'' Hey, Sticklyman, ''{waves his arms quickly}'' ''whaaaaat'' are you doing?

''{"Sticklyman" stands up, tosses his shovel into the air, leaps out of his diamond, performs a mid-air flip, lands, deftly catches his shovel and assumes a fighting stance.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Correct me if I'm wrong but are you asking for a ''challeeeeeeenge?!'' ''{assumes fighting stance}''

''{Camera zooms in on Sticklyman, who spins his shovel. The shot freezes in a sketchy style with a high-pitched chime sound. Pan quickly to a close-up of Stinkoman, who executes another fighting pose, then the shot sketch-freezes again. Cut back to Sticklyman's feet, showing him running toward Stinkoman. Cut to Stinkoman's feet, running toward Sticklyman. Cut to a close-up of Sticklyman, who now appears to be getting ready to strike. Cut to Stinkoman continuing to run, then jumping up. Cut to a wider shot showing both characters jumping into each other. They hover in mid-air for a moment, then strike each other. Sketch-freeze as they collide, then the shot unfreezes and the two characters fall back to the ground. Cut to another shot. Sticklyman lands in the background, followed quickly by Stinkoman landing in a kneeling position in the foreground. The camera rack-focuses to Sticklyman, who drops his shovel, wobbles for a moment and then falls over. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{a subtitle reading ". . ." appears}'' Dot dot dot!

''{Zoom out to whole page.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Twenty exty-six! ''{poses with chime sound}'' I twenty-exty-six'd-ed you ''good''.

''{1-Up and Pan Pan enter from the left.}''

'''1-UP:''' Diiid we miss a challenge?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Where ya been, ladies? I had to take care of Sticklyman myself!

'''1-UP:''' Well, so how was it?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Ahh, it was okay. The fighting was decent, but he wasn't much of a challenge. ''{lies down}''

'''PAN PAN''': ''{Badalang, badalang, badalang}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Who-hah? ''{jumps back up}'' Good question, Pan Pan. I don't know what he was digging for. Habila-HUP!

''{Stinkoman leaps into the yellow diamond. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman, who takes a bite from the mound that Sticklyman was shoveling.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, this isn't dirt, it's puddiiiing! ''{small clouds appear around Stinkoman's head as he says this}''

''{Cut to a close-up of 1-Up.}''

'''1-UP:''' I want pudding! ''{A green glob descends from his nose}''

''{Camera zooms out to include Stinkoman in the foreground. 1-Up faces the opposite direction from the previous shot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' We deserve a break. Eating pudding with a spoon! ''{produces a spoon from nowhere}''

''{Pan Pan falls onto 1-Up.}''

''{Sketch-freeze on a shot showing all three characters holding bowls and spoons. Credits roll quickly while a short tune plays:}''

<blockquote>executive producer 
h. yamauchi 
 
producer 
s. miyahon 
 
director 
s. miyahon 
ten ten 
 
designer 
ten ten 
 
programmer 
t. nakazoo 
maru maru 
 
sound composer 
konchan 
paul pan 
storm storm 
 
quality 
wibe snodgrass 
 
actual items 
foss tony 
 
scare tactics 
poncho 
 
elevator action 
tesoro dub 
 
crotchety gnomes 
perl bess 
 
cover ups 
kevin </blockquote>

''{"back" and "again" buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*This toon was put up instead of the regular [[intro]] page on April 1st, 2004.
*thoraxcorp.com is the web site of [[Thorax Corporation]], a fake company created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ellipsis#In_Japanese|"..."]] is a common tool used in Japanese anime and manga. It literally means the character is "saying" nothing at all. For example, it would be used for dramatic effect in serious scenes where the character is in deep contemplation about something, or for comedic effect in slapstick anime when the character is stunned and at a loss for words. However, Stinkoman instead pronounces the ellipsis as if it were a witty one-liner.

=== Trivia ===
*The toon originally took up the entire page and there were no grey buttons at the bottom and white color background.
* "paul pan" and "storm storm" refer to Paul Sabourin and Storm DiCostanzo, the singers who performed [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. They are erstwhile members of the a cappella singing group [[DaVinci's Notebook]], who have since struck out on their own as a performing duo.
*At the end, clicking the back button will always lead back to the [[Main Page 17|20X6 Main Page]].
*The three boxes at the bottom of the site read:
<blockquote>'''Spam Free Living!!''' 
Tired of spam- 
getting ventures gone 
horpfully wrong!! 
Get with the program for as low 
as $9.95 a month. $4.95 each 
additional minute. No delabors.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Affordable Hostings!''' 
New house? New 
domain? WHO HAS 
TIME??!? With all new 
Greg Hosting you can get the 
website you need at the lowest 
interest rate in 40 years! 6.2% APR</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Guaranteed Results!''' 
Use twice daily with exorbitant 
food intake. After dinner mints 
highly recommended. Will you 
please quit making that 
horribly annoying noise!? 
No Prescriptions! No 
Credit Check! $12,000</blockquote>

=== Remarks===
*Stinkoman pulls the spoon out of [[Hammerspace]].

=== Goofs ===
*When the green glob descends from 1-Up's nose, it appears to emerge closer to one side of his face, suggesting that it's coming from his right nostril. When the camera zooms out, 1-Up is now facing the opposite direction, and the green glob [[Flipped Images|transfers to the other side]] of his face.
*When the camera is shifting from 1-Up to Stinkoman after the glob scene, the glob is on 1-Up's shirt for a single frame.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released, viewers couldn't see Sticklyman during parts of the fight scene as well as after it, due to layer order. This was fixed the same day.

=== Inside References ===
*The "Spam Free Living!!" ad contains the word "horpfully," a reference to [[Coach Z|Coach Z's]] thick accent.
**The same ad also mentions "No [[Thorax Corporation#The Delabor Family|delabors]]," a line also used in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[flag day]].
*[[Kevin]] is mentioned in the last line of the credits, as being responsible for "cover ups".

=== Real-World References ===
*Stinkoman saying "WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?" references the Pioneer dub of ''[[Akira]]'', where the character Yamagata asks Tetsuo in a similar manner: "WHAAAAAAAT the hell are you talking about?"
*Sticklyman is likely a reference to the popular Flash cartoon series [[Wikipedia:Xiao Xiao|Xiao Xiao]], where stick figures battle in elaborately-choreographed fight scenes.
*The entire fight scene is taken from the [[Nintendo#Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (NES)|Ninja Gaiden]]'', whose introduction sequence shows two ninjas having a duel. The freeze-frame during the jump and the "..." at the end are included in the sequence.
*The first listing in the credits reads "Executive Producer H. Yamauchi." [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] was the former president of [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and appeared in the credits as executive producer in many of Nintendo's older games.
**Also included in the credits are the names of two other famous Nintendo employees: S. Miyahon (mistranslation of [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]]) and Ten Ten ([[Wikipedia:Takashi Tezuka|Takashi Tezuka]]), both of whom worked on the original ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]'' game.
**These credits also appeared at the end of [[japanese cartoon]].
*The credit "[[Wikipedia:Elevator Action|Elevator Action]]" is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Taito Corporation|Taito]] game of the same name.
*Also in the credits is "actual items", a possible reference to a sketch in the late night talk show [[Wikipedia:Late Night With Conan O'Brien|Late Night With Conan O'Brien]]
*Maru Maru is a misspelling of Maru Mari, the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Morph Ball|Morph Ball]] powerup in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]''.
*The name Sticklyman may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Hangly-Man|Hangly-Man]], a Japanese [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]] clone, due to similarities in spelling and pronunciation, and the fact that both of them are examples of [[Deliberately Poor English|poor translation]] (i.e. Hangly-Man is supposed to be Hungry-Man, Sticklyman—Stick Man).

=== Fast Forward ===
*The short tune at the end of this toon would later be reused at the end of [[Happy Trogday]], while [[Trogador]] is chasing Stinkoman.
**It also ends a scene in [[trading cards]] featuring Stinkoman and [[Cheatball]].

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

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, this was a real gag, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Well, a lot of people didn't wait the—whatever this is—eight seconds to find out that this is, uh... you know, it wasn't really... that we didn't really lose the domain. This is of course an April Fool's cartoon.

'''MATT:''' We got a lot of concerned e-mails...

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' ...that the site had been shut down. The Thorax Corp. got a lot of traffic that day, I remember.

'''MIKE:''' Ha!

'''MATT:''' I'm surprised Thorax Corp. didn't get shut down.

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

'''MATT:''' So, we didn't really even think of it like this, but uh, this is a double thing being Stinkoman fighting the "under construction" guy, that was a very popular "under construction" animated GIF that is used. And also kind of a parody on the stick figure fighting thing—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —so I really didn't think about that until after the fact.

'''MIKE:''' Did we do any bullet time in this?

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

'''MIKE:''' The bullet times are always the favorites in the stick figure animations.

'''MATT:''' Kung Fu Stick Figure Theaters.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Stinkoman and Sticklyman land on the ground and the lens focuses on Sticklyman.}'' Focus.

'''MATT:''' That's some nice rack focusing. ''{Stinkoman says, "..."}'' That's a Ninja Gaiden reference there, the Ninja Gaiden, for regular Nintendo, there were cut scenes with a lot of dot dot dots in the dialogue. ...Affordable hostings, Mike! New house? New domain? Who has time?!

'''MIKE:''' Those little logos you drew, the pill bottle, the house, and the letter are very similar to the ones you used to have to really do for your job at EarthLink.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I call them my old skills! ''{laughs}'' ...Brought 'em out of retirement. ''{Stinkoman exclaims, "It's pudding!"}'' The mushroom styles...

''{The snot bubble oozes from 1-Up's nose.}''

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{laugh}''

'''MATT:''' This introduced the, uh, new T mouth... Stinkoman, the mouth where like it's gritted teeth and so there's a bunch of T's. ''{whispers}'' The T mouth, I call it the T mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' T mouth!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:underconstruction.html|watch "Under Construction"]]
*[[HR:underconstruction.swf|view the Flash file for "Under Construction"]]

[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Flipped Images

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:59:30 GMT

TimMierz: /* Others */ +Under Construction

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually doesn't.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by the Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] — [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] — After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] — The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[From the Vault]] — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] — When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] — Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[couch patch]] — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. [[Coach Z]]'s medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[pom pom]] — The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] — [[Homestar]]'s polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*Email [[garage sale]] — [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] — The [[Bubs' Old Pizza]] box is backwards.
*Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] — [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

Under Construction

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:58:07 GMT

TimMierz: /* Goofs */ Link to Flipped Images

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|underconstruction|Fan Costume Commentary|Decemberween In July}}
[[Image:underconstruction02.png|thumb|"WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?"]]

H*R.com is down? Not registered? Coming Soon? What? Is today April Fool's Day? ... Then things get [[20X6]]'d...

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Sticklyman]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}

''' Date:''' Thursday, April 1, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 1:47

'''Page Title:''' Coming Soon! The biggest name is Web Advertising!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==
''{The setting: "www.homestarrunner.com is coming soon! This domain is reserved through thoraxcorp.com". An animated stick figure in a yellow "Under Construction" diamond shovels diligently. After about ten seconds, a pair of shiny boxing gloves appear at the bottom of the screen...}

'''STINKOMAN:''' Habila-HUP!

''{...and Stinkoman leaps into the air, executing a dramatic pose before landing.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{to stick figure}'' Hey, Sticklyman, ''{waves his arms quickly}'' ''whaaaaat'' are you doing?

''{"Sticklyman" stands up, tosses his shovel into the air, leaps out of his diamond, performs a mid-air flip, lands, deftly catches his shovel and assumes a fighting stance.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Correct me if I'm wrong but are you asking for a ''challeeeeeeenge?!'' ''{assumes fighting stance}''

''{Camera zooms in on Sticklyman, who spins his shovel. The shot freezes in a sketchy style with a high-pitched chime sound. Pan quickly to a close-up of Stinkoman, who executes another fighting pose, then the shot sketch-freezes again. Cut back to Sticklyman's feet, showing him running toward Stinkoman. Cut to Stinkoman's feet, running toward Sticklyman. Cut to a close-up of Sticklyman, who now appears to be getting ready to strike. Cut to Stinkoman continuing to run, then jumping up. Cut to a wider shot showing both characters jumping into each other. They hover in mid-air for a moment, then strike each other. Sketch-freeze as they collide, then the shot unfreezes and the two characters fall back to the ground. Cut to another shot. Sticklyman lands in the background, followed quickly by Stinkoman landing in a kneeling position in the foreground. The camera rack-focuses to Sticklyman, who drops his shovel, wobbles for a moment and then falls over. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{a subtitle reading ". . ." appears}'' Dot dot dot!

''{Zoom out to whole page.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Twenty exty-six! ''{poses with chime sound}'' I twenty-exty-six'd-ed you ''good''.

''{1-Up and Pan Pan enter from the left.}''

'''1-UP:''' Diiid we miss a challenge?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Where ya been, ladies? I had to take care of Sticklyman myself!

'''1-UP:''' Well, so how was it?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Ahh, it was okay. The fighting was decent, but he wasn't much of a challenge. ''{lies down}''

'''PAN PAN''': ''{Badalang, badalang, badalang}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Who-hah? ''{jumps back up}'' Good question, Pan Pan. I don't know what he was digging for. Habila-HUP!

''{Stinkoman leaps into the yellow diamond. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman, who takes a bite from the mound that Sticklyman was shoveling.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, this isn't dirt, it's puddiiiing! ''{small clouds appear around Stinkoman's head as he says this}''

''{Cut to a close-up of 1-Up.}''

'''1-UP:''' I want pudding! ''{A green glob descends from his nose}''

''{Camera zooms out to include Stinkoman in the foreground. 1-Up faces the opposite direction from the previous shot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' We deserve a break. Eating pudding with a spoon! ''{produces a spoon from nowhere}''

''{Pan Pan falls onto 1-Up.}''

''{Sketch-freeze on a shot showing all three characters holding bowls and spoons. Credits roll quickly while a short tune plays:}''

<blockquote>executive producer 
h. yamauchi 
 
producer 
s. miyahon 
 
director 
s. miyahon 
ten ten 
 
designer 
ten ten 
 
programmer 
t. nakazoo 
maru maru 
 
sound composer 
konchan 
paul pan 
storm storm 
 
quality 
wibe snodgrass 
 
actual items 
foss tony 
 
scare tactics 
poncho 
 
elevator action 
tesoro dub 
 
crotchety gnomes 
perl bess 
 
cover ups 
kevin </blockquote>

''{"back" and "again" buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*This toon was put up instead of the regular [[intro]] page on April 1st, 2004.
*thoraxcorp.com is the web site of [[Thorax Corporation]], a fake company created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ellipsis#In_Japanese|"..."]] is a common tool used in Japanese anime and manga. It literally means the character is "saying" nothing at all. For example, it would be used for dramatic effect in serious scenes where the character is in deep contemplation about something, or for comedic effect in slapstick anime when the character is stunned and at a loss for words. However, Stinkoman instead pronounces the ellipsis as if it were a witty one-liner.

=== Trivia ===
*The toon originally took up the entire page and there were no grey buttons at the bottom and white color background.
* "paul pan" and "storm storm" refer to Paul Sabourin and Storm DiCostanzo, the singers who performed [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. They are erstwhile members of the a cappella singing group [[DaVinci's Notebook]], who have since struck out on their own as a performing duo.
*At the end, clicking the back button will always lead back to the [[Main Page 17|20X6 Main Page]].
*The three boxes at the bottom of the site read:
<blockquote>'''Spam Free Living!!''' 
Tired of spam- 
getting ventures gone 
horpfully wrong!! 
Get with the program for as low 
as $9.95 a month. $4.95 each 
additional minute. No delabors.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Affordable Hostings!''' 
New house? New 
domain? WHO HAS 
TIME??!? With all new 
Greg Hosting you can get the 
website you need at the lowest 
interest rate in 40 years! 6.2% APR</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Guaranteed Results!''' 
Use twice daily with exorbitant 
food intake. After dinner mints 
highly recommended. Will you 
please quit making that 
horribly annoying noise!? 
No Prescriptions! No 
Credit Check! $12,000</blockquote>

=== Remarks===
*Stinkoman pulls the spoon out of [[Hammerspace]].

=== Goofs ===
*When the green glob descends from 1-Up's nose, it appears to emerge closer to one side of his face, suggesting that it's coming from his right nostril. When the camera zooms out, 1-Up is now facing the opposite direction, and the green glob [[Flipped Images|transfers to the other side]] of his face.
*When the camera is shifting from 1-Up to Stinkoman after the glob scene, the glob is on 1-Up's shirt for a single frame.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released, viewers couldn't see Sticklyman during parts of the fight scene as well as after it, due to layer order. This was fixed the same day.

=== Inside References ===
*The "Spam Free Living!!" ad contains the word "horpfully," a reference to [[Coach Z|Coach Z's]] thick accent.
**The same ad also mentions "No [[Thorax Corporation#The Delabor Family|delabors]]," a line also used in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[flag day]].
*Stinkoman says "I Twenty exty-six'd you good.", a reference to the [[-'d]] structure of death sound effects in [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*[[Kevin]] is mentioned in the last line of the credits, as being responsible for "cover ups".

=== Real-World References ===
*Stinkoman saying "WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?" references the Pioneer dub of ''[[Akira]]'', where the character Yamagata asks Tetsuo in a similar manner: "WHAAAAAAAT the hell are you talking about?"
*Sticklyman is likely a reference to the popular Flash cartoon series [[Wikipedia:Xiao Xiao|Xiao Xiao]], where stick figures battle in elaborately-choreographed fight scenes.
*The entire fight scene is taken from the [[Nintendo#Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden (NES)|Ninja Gaiden]]'', whose introduction sequence shows two ninjas having a duel. The freeze-frame during the jump and the "..." at the end are included in the sequence.
*The first listing in the credits reads "Executive Producer H. Yamauchi." [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] was the former president of [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and appeared in the credits as executive producer in many of Nintendo's older games.
**Also included in the credits are the names of two other famous Nintendo employees: S. Miyahon (mistranslation of [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]]) and Ten Ten ([[Wikipedia:Takashi Tezuka|Takashi Tezuka]]), both of whom worked on the original ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]'' game.
**These credits also appeared at the end of [[japanese cartoon]].
*The credit "[[Wikipedia:Elevator Action|Elevator Action]]" is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Taito Corporation|Taito]] game of the same name.
*Also in the credits is "actual items", a possible reference to a sketch in the late night talk show [[Wikipedia:Late Night With Conan O'Brien|Late Night With Conan O'Brien]]
*Maru Maru is a misspelling of Maru Mari, the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Morph Ball|Morph Ball]] powerup in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]''.
*The name Sticklyman may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Hangly-Man|Hangly-Man]], a Japanese [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]] clone, due to similarities in spelling and pronunciation, and the fact that both of them are examples of [[Deliberately Poor English|poor translation]] (i.e. Hangly-Man is supposed to be Hungry-Man, Sticklyman—Stick Man).

=== Fast Forward ===
*The short tune at the end of this toon would later be reused at the end of [[Happy Trogday]], while [[Trogador]] is chasing Stinkoman.
**It also ends a scene in [[trading cards]] featuring Stinkoman and [[Cheatball]].

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

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, this was a real gag, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Well, a lot of people didn't wait the—whatever this is—eight seconds to find out that this is, uh... you know, it wasn't really... that we didn't really lose the domain. This is of course an April Fool's cartoon.

'''MATT:''' We got a lot of concerned e-mails...

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' ...that the site had been shut down. The Thorax Corp. got a lot of traffic that day, I remember.

'''MIKE:''' Ha!

'''MATT:''' I'm surprised Thorax Corp. didn't get shut down.

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

'''MATT:''' So, we didn't really even think of it like this, but uh, this is a double thing being Stinkoman fighting the "under construction" guy, that was a very popular "under construction" animated GIF that is used. And also kind of a parody on the stick figure fighting thing—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —so I really didn't think about that until after the fact.

'''MIKE:''' Did we do any bullet time in this?

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

'''MIKE:''' The bullet times are always the favorites in the stick figure animations.

'''MATT:''' Kung Fu Stick Figure Theaters.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Stinkoman and Sticklyman land on the ground and the lens focuses on Sticklyman.}'' Focus.

'''MATT:''' That's some nice rack focusing. ''{Stinkoman says, "..."}'' That's a Ninja Gaiden reference there, the Ninja Gaiden, for regular Nintendo, there were cut scenes with a lot of dot dot dots in the dialogue. ...Affordable hostings, Mike! New house? New domain? Who has time?!

'''MIKE:''' Those little logos you drew, the pill bottle, the house, and the letter are very similar to the ones you used to have to really do for your job at EarthLink.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I call them my old skills! ''{laughs}'' ...Brought 'em out of retirement. ''{Stinkoman exclaims, "It's pudding!"}'' The mushroom styles...

''{The snot bubble oozes from 1-Up's nose.}''

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{laugh}''

'''MATT:''' This introduced the, uh, new T mouth... Stinkoman, the mouth where like it's gritted teeth and so there's a bunch of T's. ''{whispers}'' The T mouth, I call it the T mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' T mouth!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:underconstruction.html|watch "Under Construction"]]
*[[HR:underconstruction.swf|view the Flash file for "Under Construction"]]

[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Trogday 08

TimMierz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:12:07 GMT

TimMierz: /* Inside References */ It's a direct (although truncated) quote

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|trogday08|Happy Dethemberween|Sloshybowl}}
[[Image:Trogday08.PNG|thumb|"Zee S is for Sucks!"]]
Strong Bad honors the fifth birthday of that famous dragon... only it's not what you may expect.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[The S Is For Sucks Dragon]], {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg), [[Wormdingler]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Smoky Office]], [[Locker Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, January 14, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 2:15

'''Page Title:''' Brought to you by Le Restige!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of Strong Bad sitting near the window in the Smoky Office on Le Restige. He is reading a book that reads "Things I'm About To Say"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi, folks. ''{he closes the book}'' I'm fantastic Strong Bad with an important seeming message. ''{he tosses the book offscreen}'' Five years ago, I drew a little dragon. It wasn't much to look at, but he captured the hearts and minds of dozens, nay, severals of internet viewers. I'm, of course, talking about none other than ''{cut to a sheet of notebook paper}'' The "S is for Sucks" dragon!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' '''''A''''' long time ago 
'''''B'''''efore things got weird 
'''''C'''''ame a '''''D'''''ragon, a mighty dragon 
that '''''E'''''verybody '''''F'''''eared 
Now, G is for '''''G'''''iraffe 
And H for '''''H'''''alloween 
But, '''''I''''''m not '''''J'''''oking about 
This '''''K'''''ill-ill-'''''L'''''ing 
'''''M'''''achi- '''''N'''''a-na-na-na 
Na-na-na-na 
''{as if through a bullhorn}'' Na-na-na-na 
'''''O'''''h, pants will keep on '''''P'''''eein' 
And we'll raise '''''Q'''''uite a '''''R'''''uckus 
In case you haven't guessed by now 
The '''''S''''' is for Suckus 

The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks! 

The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks 
The S is for Sucks! 

''{children voices join in at this part}''

T! '''''T'''''wo beefy arms! 
U! '''''U'''''neven style! 
V! Constabulate '''''V''''''s! 
W! '''''W'''''hat a pile! 
'''''X'''''cuse me Mr. Trogdor 
'''''Y'''''ou've run out of luck 
In case you haven't heard the news 
'''''Z'''''ee S is for Sucks 

Zee S is for Sucks 
Zee S is for Sucks 
Zee S is for Sucks 
Oh, Zee S is for Sucks! 

Zee S is for Sucks 
Zee S is for Sucks 
Zee S is for Sucks 
Croissant! Zee S is for Sucks!

''{Cut back to Smoky Office.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinkin'. "What about Trogdor?" You internet types ruined Trogdor! Just like you did zombies, pirates, ninjas, and Strong Bad! Er, wait, no. Yeah! And personally, I preferred that children's alphabet song to Trogdor's heavy metal song any day. ''{Trogdor's snout appears behind the blinds outside the window and Trogdor roars.}'' Waugh! Yes, sir! Sorry, sir! Right away, sir!

''{The following song is accompanied with black and white pencil-drawn scenes of lightning, the S is for Sucks dragon, the dragon attacking a lighthouse, the word "sucks" and a terrified captain at a ship's steering wheel.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing in speed metal style}'' The S is for Sucks, the S is for Sucks! 
The S is for Sucks, the S is for Sucks! 
The S is for Sucks, the S is for Sucks! 
The S is for Sucks, the S is for Suuuuuucks! 

''{Cut to an illustration of the S is for Sucks dragon with the caption "HAPPY TROGDAY, S is for SUCKS DRAGON!!"}''

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on The S Is For Sucks dragon's head to see a scene with Coach Z and his attempt at drawing a dragon (or "Wormdingler") in the locker room:
:'''COACH Z''': ''{looking fatigued}'' Hey there, Wormdingler, I got youse this cupcake ''{holds up a cupcake}'' for your famous fifth birthday. ''{drops his hand}'' You don't need no consummate V's to be my bride. Oh, did I just say that out loud? ''{he looks around repeatedly}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's comment about how the Internet ruined "zombies, pirates, ninjas and Strong Bad" refers to various [[Wikipedia:Internet meme|Internet memes]] that have been popular over the years (including [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] itself).
*"Constabulate" (apparently used in place of consummate) refers to a constable, one name for a Bobby (British police officer), emphasized by the "S is for Sucks Dragon" wearing a British police helmet.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time Trogdor has appeared in [[Free Country, USA]].

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad sings a song with na-nas as lyrics, which were listed as no. 2 on his [[bottom 10]].
*In the Easter Egg, Coach Z's arms appear to be animated differently than they have been in previous toons. They appear to be drawn as a whole, instead of two separate pieces that are manipulated. Bubs's arms saw a similar update in animation style in [[nightlife]].
*Between the opening scene and the last Strong Bad scene, the background behind the window changes from a light gray to a pale blue.
*In many other toons, newspapers contain text that can be read if zoomed in on. In this case, Strong Bad's book contains only scribbles.
*The title of Strong Bad's book is an example of a [[nondescript noun]].

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad closes the book, he closes it on his thumb.

===Fixed Goofs===
*Trogday 08 on the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]] linked to a [[404'd]] page because the link was misspelled as http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.ht7ml. 

===Inside References===
*The entire toon and all the dragons featured in it are a reference to the email [[dragon]], as well as to the [[Happy Trogday|Trogday]] holiday.
*The page title makes a reference to Strong Bad's replacement email-checking chair, [[Le Restige]], from [[the chair]], which is also the chair that Strong Bad sits on at the beginning.
*The music in the beginning was first heard in [[portrait]].
*This toon includes mentions of [[pants]], [[peeing]], and [[croissants]].
*Strong Bad uses a faux [[French]] accent and wears a [[beret]] and a [[mustache]].
*Strong Bad saying "Yes sir, sorry sir, right away sir" to Trogdor is the same as what Homestar said to Pom Pom in [[from work]].
*The newspaper headline reads "top mark [[b/w]] long V".
*Strong Bad saying "I'm fantastic Strong Bad" is similar to "I'm regular Strong Bad" from [[unnatural]].
*The ghost representing Halloween is the same style as the ghost seen in [[space program]].
*Strong Bad's song takes place in front of a [[Paper Background]].
*Strong Bad saying "Dozens, nay, severals" is a possible reference to [[suntan]], in which the announcer says, "minutes, nay, seconds" when advertising the [[Ab-Abber 2000]].

===Real World References===

*The metal song at the end sounds like [[Wikipedia: Breaking the Law|Breaking the Law]] by [[Wikipedia: Judas Priest|Judas Priest]]

===Fast-Forward===
*Trogdor would later be seen in Free Country, USA again in [[8-Bit Is Enough]].

==See Also==
*[[Trogday 08 Visuals]]

==External Links==
*[[HR:trogday08.html|watch "Trogday 08"]]
*[[HR:trogday08.swf|view the Flash file for "Trogday 08"]]
*[[Forum:13368|forum thread re: Trogday 08]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]]

portrait

TimMierz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:34:16 GMT

TimMierz: /* Explanations */ Not pointilism, it's a hedcut (see RWF)

{{sbenav|139}}
[[Image:Sbemail139.png|thumb|Done by a Deutsch Master.]]

Strong Bad tries to make a portrait of himself.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lord Quackingstick]], {{Film|Strong Badman}} (Easter egg), [[Strong Badman Characters#Deutschman|Deutschman]] (Easter egg), [[Strong Badman Characters#The Deutsch Master|The Deutsch Master]] (Easter egg), {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Princess Shellbra]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Art Museum]], [[Trailer Home]], [[Strong Mad's Room]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Sunday, December 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:37

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey everybody, it's a musical Strong Bad Email this week! ''{presses enter}'' ''{singing}'' Da-doot doot doot Dear, Dear Strong Bad, oh I was wondering—''{stops singing}'' Ahhh, I can't keep this up.

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: portrait</div>
Dear Strong Bad- 
I was wondering if you ever wanted to have somebody 
paint a portrait of  your greatness. 
guess what, it's- 
Dylan Bragers (aka Coolio da Fabio) 
Texas
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)  I'm just gonna call you Dealin' Burgers, which I assume doubles as an accurate job description.

''{Clears screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Moving onwardly, I suppose my greatness is worthy of portraiture. Perhaps one done by a Deutsch Master.

''{Cut to a portrait of Strong Bad, in a long-haired wig, a beret, and a toga, holding a toy stick with a duck's head on the end. The painting is in a gold frame, with a museum placard beside it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The kind that are always getting stolen or vandalized by art bandits.

''{The Cheat appears from the top, wearing a black mask, skullcap, and a t-shirt reading "4rt b4ndit". He places a stencil over the painting and paints a "robotank", along with the words "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK", in pink spray paint.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thanks, little buddy! Now it's worth something.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{obliging The Cheat noises; salutes}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{resumes typing}'' Or what about one of those black and white ink portraits you see in all the rich-guy newspapers.

''{Cut to a black-and-white newspaper. An image of Strong Bad in a suit and tie and holding a large cell phone is in the center.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, apparently they're not rich enough to afford any color. Or even solid lines! Just a bunch of dots and dashes. I look like Morse code. ''{imitating Morse code}'' Dah dah dah dee dee dee... I a-am ho-o-olding a real-ly ol-d cel-l-l pho-o-one.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. The screen has cleared.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oops. No. Hey, I got it! A painting of such greatness demands only the finest materials. And what could be finer than black velvet in a cheap imitation wood frame? It would be showcased—

''{Cut to the velvet painting. It shows Strong Bad holding a skunk. A lamp with a moose on it can be seen to the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —in only the fanciest double-wide trailers. Oh, and look! I finally caught that skunk. I been chasing after that little scamp for—Whoa!—

''{The shot suddenly shifts to the right to reveal a [[:Image:Trailer pony.PNG|poster of a unicorn on a snowmobile with the caption "Born to be danged!!!"]]. Another moose lamp is seen on the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —Is that a blacklight poster of a unicorn riding a snowmobile?! Now ''that'' is some esteemed company.

''{A [[Cold One#coice|Cold One Ice]] flies at the lamp and shatters it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen and in a groggy voice}'' Thanks for breaking my moose lamp.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, I don't know anybody with a useless Master of Fine Arts degree, so I might have to settle for something a bit more, how you say, made by Strong Mad or The Cheat.

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is noisily gnawing a relief-bust of Strong Bad's face into a log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Very... uh, slobbery, The Cheat. This isn't quite what I had in mind when you said "sculpture."

''{Classical music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're really just... goin' to town there, aren't ya?

''{Strong Bad stares at The Cheat working for a moment.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna ''{motioning with his glove}'' leave you two alone.

''{Strong Bad backs away. Cut to Strong Mad's room. Strong Mad is sprinkling glitter over a macaroni picture. A sticker on the left side reads "Great Thyme". Strong Bad walks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, Chef Boyardee!

''{Cut to a close-up of the picture.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like I couldn't have gone down to the kindergarten and hired a five-year-old to make me one of those.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{slams the glitter down}'' I'LL WAIT FOR YOU!

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, thanks to my no-talent minions, it looks like a self-portrait is the only way to go. And I will render it in nothing less than the classic style of the Trüe Mästers.

''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad, who has somehow fit his head into a wooden cutout of a muscular man holding a sword with a keyboard on it. The man's abdominal muscles are in the shape of the letters "SB", and he is holding a falcon. His one visible leg wears a boot that looks vaguely similar to a [['Lectric Boot]]. There are also two cans of paint nearby, labeled "Some Paint" and "Some More Paint". There is also a cutout of a mermaid at his feet with an empty space for a head. He paints it with a small brush.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, at last: A self-portrait that accurately depicts who I am, where I'm from, and my passing interest in falconry.

''{He tries to get out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh. ''{keeps trying}'' How do I get outta this thing?

''{Cut to the reverse angle. He can be seen hanging by his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How did I get ''into'' this thing? ''{kicks his legs together a few times}''

''{Cut back to the front view. He holds up the duck-head toy from the first portrait.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut to a close-up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, Lord Quackingstick, how nice to see you. You don't happen to have a hacksaw in your pocket, do you? ''{making the bird talk}'' Quack, quack.

''{Cut back to the wide shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, too bad. ''{looking down at the mermaid}'' Well, what about you, Princess Shellbra?

''{He moves the bird-on-a-stick into the face hole for the mermaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{making the bird talk in a high, sultry voice}'' Quack, quack. ''{speaking normally}'' But of course. I love to serenade you anytime with my ''{looks down to his right}'' mystical keyswordtar. I mean it's not like I'm goin' anywhere... anytime soon.

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Deutschmaster.PNG|thumb|"Strong Badman and Deutschman are both finished!!!"]]
*Click the white card beside the portrait by the Deutsch Master to see an "Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]" comic book. A "Deutsch Master" holding a paintbrush is silhouetted, standing over Strong Badman and Deutschman, who are both lying wounded on a pile of rubble.<blockquote>Enter... The Deutsch Master "Strong Badman and Deutschman are both '''finished!!!'''"</blockquote>
*Click the keyswordtar at the end to see a [[printable]] version of the robotank stencil The Cheat used to vandalize the painting.
*Click [[Lord Quackingstick]] at the end to see Strong Bad show off his keyswordtar to Homestar.
:''{Cut to The Field with Homestar and Strong Bad holding the keyswordtar, his head still in the hole, although it has been broken off from the rest of the portrait.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ...so that's when I realized I don't even need Lamaze classes.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, there's something different about you. Did you get a haircut?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but I did get this new keyswordtar. ''{imitates guitar riff, waves the keyswordtar around}'' Maow, maow, maoooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Keyboard, keyboooooard. ''{normal}'' Maow, maow, maooooooooow. ''{falsetto}'' Fight some brigands!! ''{Homestar holds up a [[BMW Lighter|SAAB lighter]], Strong Bad's voice returns to normal}'' Maow Maow, Maoooow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-owwowwoww-whammy-barrrrruh.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* ''Deutsch'' is the German word for "German", but Strong Bad uses it as a play on ''Dutch''. (The similarity in sound has led to confusion about terms such as [[Wikipedia:Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Dutch]], who are actually of German descent.) "Dutch masters" is a general term for the famous Dutch artists of the 17th century, such as [[Wikipedia:Rembrandt|Rembrandt]] and [[Wikipedia:Vermeer|Vermeer]]. "[[Wikipedia:Dutch Masters|Dutch Masters]]" is also a brand of cigars.
**If pronounced with all the umlauts Strong Bad had inserted, "True Master" would be pronounced TREU MEH-ster.
* [[Wikipedia:Falconry|Falconry]] is the art or sport of training raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game.
*[[Wikipedia:Lamaze|Lamaze]] is a relaxation technique designed to avoid the use of pain-killing drugs during childbirth.
*A [[Wikipedia:Tremolo arm|whammy bar]] is a lever mounted to the bridge of a guitar and is used to bend the notes up or down.
*[[Thyme]] is the herb depicted on Strong Mad's "Great Thyme" sticker. It often replaces the word time.

===Trivia===
* This email was sent in by wiki user [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]].
* This email currently has the largest Flash file size--1355KB, possibly due to the bitmaps used for the Deutsch Master painting and the Rich Guy newspaper portrait. The only other emails larger than 1MB are: "[[dangeresque 3]]" at 1265KB, "[[japanese cartoon]]" at 1131 KB , "[[haircut]]" at 1066 KB, and "[[date]]" at 1032 KB.
* This email was released late Sunday night Atlanta time, but the website claimed that its release date was on Monday.
* The card next to the first portrait reads:
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;border:2px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:120px">
Strongio da Baddio 
DaVantres 
''c. 1658''</blockquote>

[[Image:cheap as free comics.png|thumb|100px|Cheap as Free Comics]]
* The upper-left corner of the comic book reads:

{| cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid black;background:#fff;color:#000;width:150px;margin-left:2em"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
<big>CHEAP AS 
FREE 
comics</big> 
''{The Cheat in costume}''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center" |
$1.25 
$8.00 CAN 
<big>45</big>
| style="border:1px solid black;text-align:center;" |
APPROVED 
BY THE 
COMICS 
CODE 
''{symbol}''
|}
* The captions for the newspaper picture read "Sell phones or ''Cell'' phones?" above and "''Strong Bad''" below. A lower headline reads "Banks have 'money'".
* The visible portions of the newspaper articles read:
{| style="border:2px solid black; font-family: Times, serif;"
|-
| width=200 valign=top | <big><big>Mulligatawny</big></big> 
stew rose high in 
the markets today 
fter rumors spread 
a really sweet deal 
over at my place 
usually get started 
d nine and go until 
who knows when! 
Pork bellies will be 
erved around 8-ish. 
tures to follow at 9 
ase bring your own 
pkins if you're into 
 that crap. Not me. 
ipe hands on pants, 
 yo. Anyways, I'm 
ally rich and money 
s still very valuable.
| width = 240px valign=top | <big><big>G</big>igantic cell phone</big> 
making a 4th quart 
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===Remarks===
*Strong Bad tells "Coolio da Fabio" to "quit making up nicknames for yourself." However, in [[english paper]], he actually recommends it, saying "it couldn't hurt to soup up your name a little bit."
**Additionally, an Easter egg in [[retirement]] shows a list of nicknames Strong Bad made up for himself.
*Homestar's lighter in the keyswordtar Easter egg is a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter, in contrast to Strong Bad's [[BMW lighter]].
*The fours in The Cheat's ''4rt b4ndit'' shirt are another example of [[Internet Slang|Leetspeak]] in the toons.
*Strong Bad's comment about "a useless Master of Fine Arts Degree" is a self-reference to [[Mike Chapman]]. Mike has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and, according to the [[Tastes Like Chicken Interview]], dropped out of graduate school because he felt that his photographic style was not commercially viable.
*The second small line on the right newspaper paragraph repeats the word "the".

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad mistypes his line "Guess what? Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" The period should be outside the parentheses; Strong Bad types it inside.
*In the Easter egg, when Strong Bad is moving the wooden cutout of the keyswordtar around, the picture reverses direction.
*In the scene where Strong Bad says "How did I get into this thing?", [[Lord Quackingstick]] is not there.
*In the picture of Strong Bad holding the old cell phone, his arm is longer than usual.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's line "Thanks for breaking my moose lamp" is a reference to [[caper]], where he thanked Strong Bad and The Cheat for breaking his [[cow lamp]].
*The velvet painting of Strong Bad holding the skunk was done by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]].
*The [[The Cheat Gnawing|gnawing]] pose for The Cheat was last used in [[personal favorites]]. In the [[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] mention wanting to use that pose again.
*Strong Bad has a similar blacklight unicorn painting, as seen in the [[Strong Bad Main Page]].
*The [[School Paste]] in Strong Mad's room was first seen in Strong Sad's room in the Email [[depressio]].
*The tune that Strong Bad uses to sing the opening lines of the e-mail is very similar to the background music of [[Fall Float Parade]].
*Strong Mad's box of "TendaRONi" is another appearance of [[Lowercase i's|lowercase ''i'''s]].
*The extra [[Wikipedia:Heavy metal umlaut|umlauts]] in "Trüe Mästers" mirror those in "Witches' Brüe" from [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Mulligatawny|Mulligatawny]], a kind of soup, also appeared in the [[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript 2|DVD commentary for Experimental Film]].
*Deutschman, one of the characters on the [[Strong Badman]] comic cover, was created in [[haircut]].

===Real-World References===
*"TendaRONi" is a reference to the song [http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/B/bobby-brown-lyrics/bobby-brown-roni-lyrics.htm "Roni"] by [[Wikipedia:Bobby Brown|Bobby Brown]]. The lyrics of this song make reference to a "tender Roni".
*The Rad Rad Robotank is likely a double-reference to [[Transformers]] and the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Newgrounds_logo.svg Newgrounds.com logo]. The fact that it appears as a stencil is possibly a jab at Newgrounds' tendency to encourage people to place their [http://www.newgrounds.com/stickers/ promotional stickers] everywhere. It may also be in reference to a British artist, [[Wikipedia:Banksy|Banksy]], who uses stencils and has also produced paintings which consist of modified forms of existing works of art.
*The black-and-white portrait of Strong Bad is a "[[Wikipedia:Hedcut|hedcut]]", a type of drawing [http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ developed by] and used in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' (which is probably the "rich-guy newspaper" he was referring to).
*[[Wikipedia:Chef Boyardee|Chef Boyardee]] was an Italian chef who is famous for his canned food franchise.
*Homestar holds up a [[Wikipedia:Saab|Saab]] lighter during the Easter egg with Strong Bad.

===Fast Forward===
*The trailer with the black light poster of the unicorn is later revealed to be the one that Vance Mudgeman's family lives in in [[secret identity]].
*The Cheat's spray paint design later appears in the [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five#FBI Warning|FBI warning]] for [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]].

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

'''MIKE:''' All right, I got a special surprise for you guys.

'''MATT:''' Okay.

'''MIKE:''' I'm going to put Ryan in a full nelson ''{Ryan screaming}'' for this ''whole'' commentary. All right.

''{all laugh}''

'''RYAN:''' I'm ready.

'''MATT:''' All right.

'''RYAN:''' Wooo!

'''MIKE:''' I've got the fingers locked too.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' If you were Hercules Hernandez, Mike, this would be— curtains for Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I like how he was Hercules, he was — you know, they dropped the Hernandez after a while, he just became Hercules.

'''MATT:''' Right, right.

'''MIKE:''' They called him Herc. Gorilla Monsoon liked to call him Herc.

'''RYAN:''' The Herc!

''{laughter}''

'''MIKE:''' Versus Billy Jack Haynes, I've got a trading card of that match.

'''MATT:''' How you doing down there, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' I'm doing all right. So there were wrestling trading cards?

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yep.

'''MIKE:''' That's my trading card actually.

'''MATT:''' Is it?

'''MIKE:''' Andy Cooper gave that to me.

'''MATT:''' Coopreme.

'''MIKE:''' It was fun to do, um— the portraits. I liked to do the Wall Street Journal one.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. What do they call that? What's the name of those?

'''MIKE:''' I forget, there's uh—

'''RYAN:''' Dot matrix.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' The dot..

'''MIKE:''' Dot matrix. ''{laughs}'' Oh, look! It's like the beginning of the DVD.

'''MATT:''' Oh, it is!

'''MIKE:''' What's that guy's name?

'''RYAN:''' Banksy.

'''MATT:''' Banksy.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' There was Banksy in that movie Children of Men, thats supposed to take place in the future. Some guy has a whole bunch of banksy artwork in his futuristic home.

'''RYAN:''' ''{indistinguishable}''

'''MIKE:''' So, I've still got Ryan in the full nelson.

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' This is—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh yeah, how's it going down there, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' I don't—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I'm gonna be— remain true to my word.

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' I mean—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Can you even look at the computer?

'''RYAN:''' Sort of.

'''MATT:''' To see the DVD?

'''MIKE:''' I can adjust my hold. Does it hurt, Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' It's not comfortable, I'll tell you that much.

'''MIKE:''' All right, I can loosen it up a little bit.

'''RYAN:''' What? I mean— If you're in a full nelson, you've gotta feel it. You won't learn anything.

'''MATT:''' Uh, our Craig Zobel made an amazing faux velvet painting of our friend Fabs from Germany for me one time.

'''MIKE:''' That was a good present.

'''MATT:''' A great present.

'''MIKE:''' I was jealous.

'''MATT:''' Hey look, there's a moose lamp. Is this the same place where Strong Bad's secret identity self lives?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, where he yells, he's got the 5 o'clock shadow.

'''MATT:''' Oh! Look out!

'''RYAN:''' Is there paper you can print for a felt poster?

'''MATT:''' A black light poster?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I dunno.

'''RYAN:''' They should.

'''MIKE:''' I almost got a useless Master of Fine Arts degree.

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' We know some people who have those.

'''MIKE:''' We've got several friends—

'''RYAN:''' Woo!

'''MIKE:''' I decided to call it quits after a year.

'''MATT:''' Look at that! Man he's really going—

'''RYAN:''' He's making his own totem pole.

'''MATT:''' He is.

'''RYAN:''' We shoulda done it.

'''MATT:''' We were supposed to have done that, several years ago.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Who put up that sign? Did The Cheat put up that sign? Or is—

'''MIKE:''' No it's always there. What are you talking about? That's where log gnawing takes place.

'''MATT:''' Look— I like how there's this disgusting— The Cheats spittle is— making the ground wet.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh, a tender-roni.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Great Thyme!

'''MIKE:''' That'd be a good scratch and sniff sticker.

'''MATT:''' I like to spell time with a T-H-Y all the time. All the thyme. ''{pronounces the "th"}''

'''RYAN:''' The the— the Thames river.

'''MATT:''' How do you like Strong Mad's room Ryan?

'''RYAN:''' I do— I like it a lot, I like the circles.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It feels like that could be a room in your house.

'''RYAN:''' It could— it could be.

'''MATT:''' Ryan has—

'''RYAN:''' I ''{indistinguishable}'' the stripes.

'''MATT:''' Ryan has a nice paint job.

''{laughter}''

'''MATT:''' "Some paint." "Some ''more'' paint."

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' It looks— I think there's a real paint can that looks like that.

'''MATT:''' Ohh, nice.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe.

'''MATT:''' Ryan, if you could shape your six-pack into some letters, what would you have it say?

'''RYAN:''' Uh.. Strong— Stay—- Stay cool.

''{laughter}''

'''MIKE:''' That's a good message to send to people.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I want a Lord Quackingstick of my own, you guys.

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Umm... how's the full nelson going, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' It's— it is sore.

'''MATT:''' It's starting to get sore?

'''MIKE:''' Whaddya think the longest full nelson ever is?

'''MATT:''' I dunno.

'''MIKE:''' I bet we're in the top— I bet we're in the top hundred here.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Why else would anyone—

'''RYAN:''' Do this.

'''MIKE:''' —do this for this long?

===Fun Facts===

* [[Wikipedia:Ray Fernandez|Hercules Hernandez]] was a professional wrestler who used the [[Wikipedia:full nelson|full nelson]] as a finishing move. The "Billy" referenced is [[Wikipedia:Billy Jack Haynes|Billy Jack Haynes]]; the two wrestlers met at [[Wikipedia:WrestleMania III|WrestleMania III]], and their grudge was over which one could perform the full nelson better.

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

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TimMierz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:27:48 GMT

TimMierz: /**/Replacement image

Okay, I clearly remember perfect opportunities from three episodes to get a more focused picture: in episodes 2, 3, and 5, before you put the shovel in your inventory. I'm sure they'd turn out even nicer than most pictures of just the markers as well. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 22:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
:I took this image to show the dirt on the shovel. I cropped it to focus on it, too. The reason why it's so blurry is because I got it off of YouTube. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 22:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
::I think the skull is more important than the dirt. And may I ask why "Homestar Ruiner" was the source even though there is no shovel attachment in that game? {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 03:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the cleanup tag, I also had to take a picture from YouTube, and it didn't come out very sharp. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 03:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

== Replacement image ==

[[:File:Black Metal Detector and Shovel.png]] has a better shot of the shovel, and can be used instead of this. Should this be deleted? --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 21:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Doomy Tales of the Macabre

TimMierz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:18:46 GMT

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== Reaper cloak ==
Is it worth mentioning that the cloak that Strong Sad wears on the cover of "Doomy Tales of the Macabre is the same one as in "Experimental Film"? [[Special:Contributions/24.218.166.107|24.218.166.107]] 04:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
== Buh-hubs. ==
A simple question: how should one word the Bubs RWRs? The Wiki strives to be family-friendly, while both his first line of the toon (regarding the brain in his afro) and his line in the Easter Egg refer to Pulp Fiction, both parts of which are...less than family-friendly. I thought perhaps it could read:
*Bubs' line about brain in his afro and about his wallet are both references to scenes from [[Wikipedia:Pulp_Fiction_(film)|Pulp Fiction]].
and a content warning could (and ''should'') be added to the end of the line, which I can't remember the Wiki format for at the moment. --{{User:Onamuji/sig}} 05:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think it is necessary to say what Jules says in Pulp fiction. That would be explaining the joke. I like the way it is worded currently {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 12:40, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::That being said, would someone please be so kind as to explain the joke to me? I've...never actually... seen Pulp Fiction.{{User:Neox/sig}} 21:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::: Try http://us.imdb.com/character/ch0001783/quotes and search for "wallet". -- [[User:Sentroyd|Sentroyd]] 01:02, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
::::Nope. Still don't get it. {{User:Neox/sig}} 22:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== The Transcript ==

Sorry for not showing any progress, the wiki stopped working for me last night. This server does not really like taking any unusual load at all or something. --[[User:InsanityBringer|InsanityBringer]] 11:29, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, what about Homsar's lines?

Check the easter eggs section for those --[[User:InsanityBringer|InsanityBringer]] 16:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== Hand ==
[[File:MacabreHygiene.png|thumb|This could not be a more perfect match if you tried]]
I believe that hand is not the hand of the Onceler and actually the hand of the mom from Career Day. In fact, I am almost sure of it. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 18:49, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:Nope, it's not the same object, not shaped the same, nothing similar aside from being a hand. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:56, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::Have you even tried comparing the two? They've both got the roundy bracelets and the extended fingernails. They're almost definitely the same. And it's definitely not The Onceler like the article is currently claiming. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 19:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:::I tend to agree, it looks like the hand was based on the Mom hand. Its definitely closer to that than to the Onceler. (Note, the Mom hand appears as the same object in career day and hygene.) -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.194|132.183.140.194]] 19:11, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::::I agree. It looks very much like the mom's hand, and not particularly like the Onceler's.[[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 19:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:::::Sorry, DeFender, they are absotively 100% correct. It is obviously the same hand shape as in [[Career Day]] and [[hygiene]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:09, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::It's not the same flash object, so you can't say for certain. I'm not saying it's the onceler, but i'm saying it's also not the same hand from there. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:11, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Same curl at the base of the thumb, same three fingers pointing upward for no obvious reason, same bracelet, etc. Homestar isn't the same Flash object that he used to be, but are we to claim he's a different character entirely? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Here, look for yourself. Perfect. Match. The only difference is that one is in silhouette. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:16, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::: Well, this certainly changes things. Yep, same hand. Those Chapmans are getting lazier (that was a joke).--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 19:21, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Oh... I was looking at the hand in career day which is a different object. Yes, you are correct, it is the exact same hand here. Sorry i doubted all you guys. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:24, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::: I agree that it's the same hand too(as it's been agreed to), but where does the hand show up in career day? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 04:06, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::Remember that Dr. Seuss' characters don't have fingers per se, so this is most definitely not the Onceler's.[[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 16:47, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::::[http://spyhunter007.com/suess_loraxland_and_capitalism.htm Not true.] Cat In The Hat might have mittens, but many characters, including the Once-ler and Lorax have definite fingers. As opposed to [[fingers|Strong Bad]]. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:54, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Dr. Seuss' characters have pinkies and thumbs, but no other clear fingers. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 17:16, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:To StrongAwesome: It's the hand that places the picture under the pillow in the little boy's imagination. It's not the same shape, exactly (if only because it's not holding anything between the index finger and thumb), but it's close, and the nails and bracelet are identical to the ones in hygiene. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

== Move-a ==

Should there be some mention that Strong Mad's Easter egg line is from "[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a6lc_dire-straits-money-for-nothingvideo_music Money for Nothing]?" Related to that, I would argue that move-a is a better spelling than moova (it refers to the fact that the character is moving refrigerators and moving color TVs).[[Special:Contributions/146.122.71.68|146.122.71.68]] 19:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:heck, it even says 'Move-a' on the costume discription page. I'll fix it. But, you don't always have to ask before putting something. '''be bold!''' {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 20:01, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

== How/Why? ==

Does STrong Bad say "How do you think..." or "why do you think..."? The latter makes more sense, but the former is what many people <strike>including me partially</strike> hear. Which is it?--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 23:20, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
:I don't think the concept makes much sense either way. But I hear "how". — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:16, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I am only an anony, but I've watched this thing four times now, and I have heard why each time [[Special:Contributions/69.81.183.110|69.81.183.110]] 02:55, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:After relistening, I hear "why". And as for how that makes semse, think about it: he goes through Strong Mad's digestive track and gets, er, passed with the rest of the fecal waste. Therefore, it would make sense of this being why they give him baths. Should I change it, or leave a footnote. It's two to one at the moment, IDC, so it seems a change is in order unless anyone else has a comment.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 14:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::Umm, it's most certainly "how". It's not even a question, and all references to this added to the wiki on other page so far have been going with "how" as well. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:51, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::As the person who transcribed it originally, of course I support "how". Both make weird sense in H*R logic, although very different KINDS of sense. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:05, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== Reduce [an] overhead? ==

What exactly does that mean, and do we need an explanation on the page as to what it means? -[[User:Everybody!|Everybody!]] 01:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:"Overhead" refers to the expenses related to operating a business. Reducing his overhead means lowering his expenses. I don't think it really needs an explanation in the article; it's a pretty well-known business term and people who don't know what it means can look it up in a dictionary or online, just like any other word. [[User:Kane2742|{{User:kane2742/sig}}]] 14:43, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

== Eating The Cheat ==

In this video, Strong Bad claims that Strong Mad eats The Cheat all of the time. However, the email "[[narrator]]" refers to a movie supposedly called "I'm Surprised Strong Mad Hasn't Eaten The Cheat By Now". Would this be a continuity issue? --[[User:Hatkirby|Hatkirby]] 02:55, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:Possibly, although I'm not sure any of this actually "happened" or was just made up by Strong Sad. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:15, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
::We can also question the factuality of SB's line from narrator (after all, it was kind of thrown out there as the title of a movie for which we never even saw the trailer). I think all told, with both of these events being of uncertain factuality (even in-universe), there's no continuity issue. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:30, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:::Was thinking that too, thanks for clearing it up. --[[Special:Contributions/69.113.231.176|69.113.231.176]] 20:27, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

== "Real-World" References ==

Since a lot of these references are not from the "real world", but from video games and such, wouldn't it be more appropriate to call this section "Outside References"? [[Special:Contributions/81.226.252.221|81.226.252.221]] 10:32, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
:Since we use the term "Real-World References" in many articles, we'd have to change them all if we changed it here. As such it wouldn't be appropriate to discuss it here; it'd need to be at a more centralized place (I'm thinking probably [[HRWiki talk:Standards]]). I think actually this has been discussed and rejected in the past, but I don't recall where or when. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 10:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
::"Inside" is not meant literally, so "Outside" is not the appropriate moniker. But there was once a discussion over whether they should be "'''Cultural''' References". I'd be fine with that if not for the SHEER NUMBER of pages we'd have to fix. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:43, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::If we did that, that sounds like Bot work to me. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 15:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Although it would be a pain, it would also be more accurate... {{User:Haldo/sig}}
:::::I disagree. Not all of the references they make are necessarily culturally significant. But all of them originate in the real world. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.123|128.103.10.123]] 17:32, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::You misunderstand the meaning of "cultural" in this context. Back when I worked on the "Cultural Reference Guide to Animaniacs" (in the Usenet days), a "cultural" reference would be anything in popular culture: movies, books, TV shows, music, whatever. It wouldn't necessarily be "high" culture like [[Shakespeare]] (though it would be called upon), but it's part of the culture, nonetheless. It would be the same here. Having said that, I don't see anything wrong with "Real-World", since it's a reference to something outside of the H*R universe. Either would work. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 17:41, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== Oops... you bwoke the twadition. ==

Is it significant that this is the first Halloween Toon to not feature [[The Goblin]] since [[Halloween Fairstival]]? I know he hasn't been in every Halloween Toon, but can [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|four]] [[Happy Hallow-day|consec]][[Jibblies 2|utive]] [[Most in the Graveyard|toons]] be wrong?

:It's not really that important. The Goblin isn't in all of them, so the fact that he happened to be in four in a row isn't too relevant. [[User:Flicky1991|Flicky1991]] 23:40, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

::While I was very dissapointed of this (since the Goblin is one of my favorite characters) I think he was omitted due to him being so prominently featured in last year's toon. He'll probably be back next year. [[User:Shorty1k|Shorty1k]]

== Teeth ==

Strong Bad's skull lacks teeth, and Coach Z's completely lacks a mouth or jaw. Do either of these count as references to either character's lack of facial features? --[[Special:Contributions/66.29.169.1|66.29.169.1]] 04:27, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, unless anyone disagrees, I say put it in the Inside References. [[User:FugitiveofPhysics|FugitiveofPhysics]] 22:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== Familiarity? ==

The exchange between Homestar and Marzipan near the beginning REALLY gave me a feeling of deja vu. Does anyone know if there is anything like that in something else?
--[[User:Severyourleg59|Severyourleg59]] 11:14, 31 October 2009
:Homestar talks to her that way often. Like, when she asks him to get the phone and he said he's busy not answering the phone. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 06:23, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I mean more specific than that. Not HOW they were talking, but what they were talking about.
--[[User:Severyourleg59|Severyourleg59]] 4:32, 1 November 2009
:Maybe you're thinking of [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] where they quarreled in a similar fashion. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

== Majora's Mask ==

Is it worth comparing Strong Bad's mask to the real thing? For example, Strong Bad's horns are curved, though they should be straight, the mask is shaped differently to fit Strong Bad's head, all Strong Bad's colours are too bright, and the real eyes do not frown. There are also incorrect patterns near his mouth. [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3498/602046-mm_large.png Compare]
::Here's Skull Kid. http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/049/f/7/Skull_Kid_in_Brawl_by_EliteAgent.jpg [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 16:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
::: Might be worth noting on the costume page, rather than here. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::: Might be worth comparing with official art, instead of fanart (though that is pretty good fanart.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Pretty sure that's official. It's from SSBB. But I don't think the differences are especially notable. They take liberties with all the costumes. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.33|132.183.138.33]] 19:02, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Skull Kid doesn't appear in SSBB, outside of a pair of stickers (and stickers aren't in 3D). 9_9 --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Okay, my mistake. I thought there was a Skull Kid figure/trophy thing. I should have paid more attention to the fact that it's fanart, as you said. Apologies. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.33|132.183.138.33]] 19:59, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

What's he look like under the mask? Is it freaky looking? Aw dude I gotta see it. I seriously need to get my Game Cube working again. {{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}} 01:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

== Song Lyrics ==

Does anyone else hear "''sooo macabre''" at the end of the theme music?
--[[Special:Contributions/68.96.79.79|68.96.79.79]] 22:52, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:I definitely hear the word "macabre" at the end. I'm unsure of the rest because it's in such a low key it's hard to hear over the higher instrumental notes. I thought it was "Tales of macabre" until you posted. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 23:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::I've always heard it as something like "Someone will die", but that's just me. [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 00:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
::: Yeah, I hear "So Macabre!" or "Tales of Macabre", but leaning towards the former. '''So Macabre''' it is. --[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 00:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

== Music Style - John Carpenter? ==

I noticed that the theme music sounds somewhat similar to works of John Carpenter, or more specifically, his theme for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7k3G_6IjE Assault on Precinct 13]. John Carpenter happens to be known for his many 80's and 90's B-movie horror films (The Thing, The Fog, the Halloween series) and for his reliance on synthesizers for his music. Considering all the other 80's references in the past, I wouldn't put it past them to reference this.
:actually, the vocal part from the opening theme is reminiscent of the "Brit Pout" music playing on the boombox from Homestar Ruiner.
::It was at Club Technochocolate, right? [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 16:32, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:::Club T-C wasn't in Homestar Ruiner. He means on the BOOM Box in the House of Strong. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:34, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
::::It reminded me somehow of a Club TC song that goes "Frooooosty, la la la froooosty." Or something like that. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 16:39, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

== Hom(e)s(t)ar ==

Homestar with several knees seems to make the same sound as homsar's regular walking. Anybody else notice? [[User:FugitiveofPhysics|FugitiveofPhysics]] 21:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
:It does, but that sound effect isn't exclusive to Homsar, so its reuse isn't of itself notable. Such occurrences are documented on the [[Sound Effects]] page (of which Homsar's walking noise is the first listed). -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.33|132.183.138.33]] 21:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

== The halloween house? ==

Where does the halloween house appear in this toon? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
:I think they are counting when the Sad Kids walk in front of Strong Mad's and The Cheat's candy dumpster. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 16:48, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

== Canonicity II ==

This has been added to the [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] page's "Notable Events" section a few times:
* In [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]], Bubs' chemical experiment causes the stand to turn into a giant version of his head and decapitate him.
Twice I've reverted it, saying that it was an imagined event. However, it's later been restored each time, the last time with a comment:
"naw, i think it's fair to consider the events of doomy tales real, given that the characters repond to SS and all... plus i won't accept that there's a ween toon where the only actual character is SS"

I know this pretty much doesn't matter at all, but I find it surprising that so many people accept the deaths and transformations of most of the characters at Strong Sad's whim as real in-universe events. Been watching too much Death Note? :) Besides, as many minor inconsistencies as there are in H*R, all examples of the [[death]] of main characters are imagined/hypothetical (e.g., [[your funeral]]) or obviously non-canon (e.g., [[Main Page 7]]). I don't see why this is any different, just because the characters sass back at him (when The Ugly One says, "that's it?" to Strong Bad after being dangled off a hotel balcony, that doesn't mean The Ugly One is real in the H*R universe, Strong Bad's just playing around with the in-universe fourth wall).

Like I said, it is minorer than minor can be, but I just wanted to throw this out there and see what people thought. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 19:53, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
:Or, it's just a cartoon and it doesn't really matter. H*R has a really loose view of continuity anyway. And why is an imagined event any less notable? ''We're'' the ones creating the section "Notable Events", not anyone in the fictional universe. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
::''Or, it's just a cartoon and it doesn't really matter.'' I noted that by saying how unimportant this all was. ''H*R has a really loose view of continuity anyway.'' Agreed, but something like Bubs and Pom Pom dying is a bit more major, especially considering the ridiculous ways they happened. ''We're the ones creating the section "Notable Events", not anyone in the fictional universe.'' Fair enough, although it should at least be noted there that it was just within Strong Sad's story. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 20:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I like the current "compromise?" edit on the BCS page. I also accidentally found this semi-relevant quote from the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]; Matt says, "There are several times when Strong Bad has imagined Strong Sad being dead, so that was clearly in his imagination. But other times when he just punches him, that was probably real." --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 20:27, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

== Duplicate characters? ==

I know I already mentioned this in the forum, but I don't think anybody payed attention to that. I thought Homestar and Coach Z switched places during the crystal ball's curse. How do you think Homestar ended up outside? I'm also certain Coach Z's doom is, as Strong Sad suggests, ''already'' being Coach Z, which is why we see his skull appear. Homestar's skull only appears on Macrame Owl Homestar (Homestar's doom). Any thoughts? --[[Special:Contributions/69.19.14.42|69.19.14.42]] 15:23, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:From the page: ''"Boyfriend" Coach Z appearing with Macrame Owl Homestar is a strange and subtle case of a [[duplicate character]].'' --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 16:01, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::I still don't think this is a case of duplicate characters at all. Did you not get what the first message I posted while I wasn't able to log in was saying? --[[User:Charlie Jr.|Charlie Jr.]] 17:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I get it, but the fact that they switched places is speculation and not at all directly hinted at by the toon itself. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:39, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::I agree with charlie. If we're gonna say coach z is really homestar, then homestar has two dooms and coach z has none. that doesn't seem like the intent, it seems like they did just switch places. As for how homestar ended up outside, that's unimportant. Still, i don't think it's an instance of duplicate characters. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:27, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::From the shadow, it doesn't look like they switched. It looks like Homestar melted into Coach Z. Gross as this sounds, thats what it looks like. As for Homestar having 2 dooms, I think that it was an oversight. They do that sometimes. --[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 21:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::And coach z doesn't appear in the toon at all? I have trouble accepting that as the intent of TBC. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Point taken. I was trying to counter that, but while reading what I was writing it turns out you are right after all. I still think there should be a mention of Duplicates, but mention something about this "teleportation" alternate explaination. It makes just as much sense.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 21:12, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:Actually, the way I interpret it is not how you or the page does; rather, Marzipan's doom is that she is now dating Coach Z, but the "transformation" scene was just an artistic/stylistic way of showing that. Homestar is perfectly happy with or without Marzipan, so there's no doom there, and Coach Z's condition actually improves as a result of this change; only Marzipan suffers here. Later, Homestar (unaffected by the breakup) is just wadin' through puddin', and gets literally transformed for the first time. Coach Z is still in the role of boyfriend, but he isn't in any way Homestar. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 21:55, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::That is exactly my interpretation as well. You just articulated it better. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:31, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::But given that you see Homestar's shadow morph into Coach Z's, and his yell perfectly meshes with Z's, it seems from all outward appearances that Homestar ''becomes'' Coach Z. It's probably reading too far into it one way or the other, but since both can be valid ways of looking at it, I think the duplicate characters reference should remain. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:01, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::To me, this situation is not a clear enough case to merit a reference to Duplicate Characters. I agree with TimMierz and DeFender on this. Coach Z isn't Homestar; he just takes Homestar's place via some strange morphological process caused by the gypsy spirits Marzi invokes. Not duplicate characters, just one turning into another. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 23:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Right. Who's to say that isn't not possible that simultaneously coach Z was running through the field and that he turned into homestar just as homestar turned into him? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::It's possible, but saying so is speculation. -[[Special:Contributions/70.152.68.206|70.152.68.206]] 07:16, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

== "I Wanna Be The Guy" reference==
When Strong Bad says "Oh no, the evil moon is crashing into the Earth again! What a totally un-frustrating way to play a video game!", I think it's a reference to how in "I Wanna Be The Guy" the moon drops on the player character twice.
:No, with the evil face, and SB's Costume, it's pretty obvious that it's a [[Zelda]]: Majoras Mask referance. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 17:59, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

== No s? ==
[[File:no S.png|thumb|See? That's an s.]]
So There was recently an edit that got reverted fixing the lack of an S in "Poopsmith" and "POpsmith". However, i think that those who think there's no S there in the toon are mistaken. This image clearly shows the S, highlighting it in the lower portion. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
:No, that's just the stray marks of the cursive font not meeting each other. --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 21:18, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar

TimMierz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:03:01 GMT

TimMierz: The Field doesn't have that fence, but her backyard does (near the gazebo)

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[[Image:Quality Time.png|thumb|"Seriously, Marzipan, how do you get so smart?"]]

While Homestar is on "vacation", Marzipan spends some quality time with his cardboard double.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Marzipan}}, [[Cardboard Homestar]], {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Cardboard Marzipan]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Marzipan's Gazebo|Marzipan's Backyard]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, August 7, 2007

'''Page title:''' Cut her some FLAX!

'''Running time:''' 1:48

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

== Transcript ==

''{Marzipan is sitting on her sofa holding a book called "Algonquin Stew".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You know, Homestar, I disagree with what you said about the underlying theme of Chapter 8 in this book. It's really not about man's struggle with double-sided tape. It's a metaphor for the Mesopotamian social hierarchy during the Bronze Age.

''{Shift view to see a cardboard cutout of Homestar wearing glasses and with a butterfly instead of a propeller on his cap. Marzipan supplies the cutout's voice, imitating Homestar's. When she does, she looks away, gains a heavy brow and an underbite that resembles Homestar's mouth.}''

'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' Sewiously, Marzipan, how do you get so smart? Don't you see you are a smart?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well thanks, Homestar. I guess I am kind of smart.

''{Title screen: "Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar"}''

''{Cut to a scene in Marshmallow's Last Stand. Strong Sad is playing violin and has a mustache, and Cardboard Homestar has a green tie wrapped around where his neck is drawn.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, thank you, Homestar. This is so romantic.

'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' You are so smart, Marzy-pan.

''{Scene of Marzipan adding a bottle of "CUT ME SOME FLAX! (seed oil)" to something in a bowl in her kitchen.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' And I always like to add a drop of flaxseed oil. Gotta get those Omega-3s!

'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' Marzipan, you're so smart.

''{Scene of Marzipan playing guitar and singing in the Field.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Marshmallows are fluffy; 

'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' ''{also singing}'' You are so smart Marzipan.

''{Marzipan is at Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs puts a carton of [[eggs]] on the counter.}''

'''BUBS:''' There you go, Marzipan! My last batch of organic batteries.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks, Bubs!

'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' You shop so smart, Marzipan.

'''BUBS:''' Yeah. When is ol' Homestar gettin' back from vacation?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, um, he, um, decided to stay a couple more days. ''{Smiles nervously}'' Yeah, couple more days, yeah. ''{Smiles nervously again}''

''{Cut to Marzipan's living room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan? Marzipan? ''{Her closet door is boarded shut. Homestar's voice comes from within.}'' Can you let me out now? ''{Knocks the door}'' I'm pretty sure there's no cake in here. It's been about three weeks now, and you'd think I would have found it. All I've been able to find in here is some coats, and a broom. Unless it's a broomcake! Is it a broomcake? Ooh, let's try this broomcake. ''{Noises of labored eating. The door thuds.} {Weakly}'' Uh, Marzipan? This is a really bad broomcake. ''{With renewed vigor}'' Ptooey! ''{Continues knocking the door}'' Can you let me out, please? Oh, wait—coatcake?

''{The scene goes black and "end" appears.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sing-song}'' Maybe it's a coatcake!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the "e" in "end" to see a short scene with both cardboard characters.
*:''{Cardboard Homestar and Cardboard Marzipan are sitting on Marzipan's couch. Homestar and Marzipan can be seen barely onscreen, facing away from each other, manipulating each other's characters}''
*:'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' And then I told him there was cake in the closet. And that's how I got some peace and quiet for three weeks.
*:'''CARDBOARD HOMESTAR:''' Marzipan, you're so smart.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*The [[Wikipedia:Algonquin|Algonquins]] are a Native American tribe centered in [[Wikipedia:Quebec|Quebec]]. It may also be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Algonquin Round Table|Algonquin Round Table]] of literary fame.
*[[Wikipedia:Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]] refers to the region now known as modern Iraq, and some of the surrounding countries. The name comes from the Greek words "between" and "river", referring to the basins of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers and the area in between.
*The [[Wikipedia:Bronze Age|Bronze Age]] is a period of prehistoric society following the [[Wikipedia:Stone Age|Stone Age]], when working with copper and tin was the most advanced form of metalwork.
*[[Wikipedia:Linseed oil|Flax seed oil]] is vegetable oil made using the seeds of the [[Wikipedia:flax|flax]] plant.
**Flax seed oil is rich in [[Wikipedia:Omega-3 fatty acid|Omega-3 fatty acid]]s, which have certain [[Wikipedia:Omega-3 fatty acid#Health benefits|health benefits]].
*The "[[organic]] [[batteries]]" refers to [[Wikipedia: organic food|organic food]], which is supposed to lack toxic [[Wikipedia: pesticide|pesticides]], or any harmful [[Wikipedia:food additive|artificial ingredients]] such as [[Wikipedia: hormones|hormones]]. It also refers to [[Wikipedia:Battery cage|Battery Cage]] eggs. As these are condemned by animal rights organizations, Organic Batteries would appear to be a contradiction, and evidence of Bubs' ever-shady deals.

===Trivia===
*When the short was first released, there were no nails in the boards. This was fixed later on in the day.
*This toon followed a 41 day-long "Baby Break" prompted by the arrival of [[Matt Chapman]]'s and [[Jackie Chapman]]'s baby.

===Remarks===
[[Image:Regulareyes small.png|thumb|right|100px|Regular Eyed Cardboard Homestar]]
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s [[HR:menuswfs/menu qualitytime.swf|preview]], Cardboard Homestar's eyes are shaped like Homestar's normal eyes and have no glasses, and the fence in the foreground is missing.
**If the preview is viewed on the [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]] [[Wikipedia:Internet Channel|Internet Channel]], Cardboard Homestar, the fence, Carol, and Marzipan's mouth are all missing.
*In the scene where Cardboard Homestar and Marzipan are sitting on the couch, you can clearly see large folds in Cardboard Homestar's knees and torso, so it will look like he is sitting down. The folds should create creases, which will affect the looks and rigidness of cardboard, but throughout the rest of the short, the knees and torso are uncreased.

===Goofs===
*During the Easter Egg, when Cardboard Marzipan talks (and bends over) you can see the background inside the crinkles on the edge of the cardboard.
*Strong Sad's [[soolnds]] are in front of Marzipan's seat.
*On Strong Sad's violin, the strings enter the tailpiece far too close to Strong Sad's chin - the strings of an actual violin enter near the edge of the tailpiece. Also, assuming that the gold-coloured item at the end of the bow is the screw, Strong Sad is holding his bow backwards.

===Inside References===
*Marzipan pretending Homestar is on vacation refers to [[Happy Fireworks]], when Marzipan was on vacation and Homestar invented Cardboard Marzipan as a replacement.
*Strong Sad wears a [[mustache]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]].
*Homestar first uses the phrase "a smart" in the email [[stupid stuff]].
*This is the second time Marzipan's teeth and eyebrows have been seen, the first time being [[Cool Things]].

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

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Ryan Sterritt]])

'''MIKE:''' Matt had a baby.

'''HOMESTAR:''' This is my best cartoon!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Really?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' You're n— not in this cartoon.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, I am! Check me out! Me and Marzipan was reading a book about gonky stew.

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

'''HOMESTAR:''' See, look at me!

'''MIKE:''' You look so smart with glasses!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, those are my smart glasses. And my... butterfly propeller that I put on.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that corrugated... style.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's good. Did you make that corrugations?

'''MIKE:''' I did.

'''HOMESTAR:''' You shoulda done, uh, um, some oil pastel on it, maybe.

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

'''HOMESTAR:''' For an art project.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. That—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Cut me some flax... seed oil!

'''MIKE:''' Did you help write that song?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, I did. I did those lyrics.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''HOMESTAR:''' That second verse.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''HOMESTAR:''' The second verse.

'''MIKE:''' What kind of, uh, appliances run on those batteries you guys just bought?

'''HOMESTAR:''' There's one that's like a stir blender. And it's, uh, pancake—

'''MIKE:''' Okay, a pancake—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Pancakes run on 'em. And, um—

'''MIKE:''' Biscuits.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Omelette.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. ''{laughs}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Who's in there?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, uh... that sounds like you. Say— Say— Do a talk!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Me?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, sounds like—

'''HOMESTAR:''' That guy sounds like, more in-a-boxy-ish than I do.

'''MIKE:''' In a closet.

'''HOMESTAR:''' In a box.

'''MIKE:''' Buy a bag.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Go home in a box. ''{pause}'' Who's that guy? He seems kinda dumb, whoever's in there. In that— Not smart like me!

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Not red-glasses smart.

'''MIKE:''' Red-gla— ''{laughs}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Ryan's got red glasses.

'''MIKE:''' Ryan is red-glasses smart. Sally Jessy Raphael is red-glasses smart.

'''RYAN:''' She's very smart.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Mensa.

'''MATT:''' ''{very lightly, in a sing-song voice}'' I've got a cool car!

=== Fun Facts ===
*"Buy a bag, go home in a box" was the tagline of the 1991 horror movie ''[[Wikipedia:Popcorn (1991 film)|Popcorn]]'', and was also used as the page title for [[Jibblies 2]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sally Jessy Raphael|Sally Jessy Raphael]] is a talk show host. She hosted the show ''Sally Jessy Raphael'' from 1983 to 2002 and is known for her large red glasses.
*[[Wikipedia:Mensa|Mensa]] is the largest, oldest, and most famous high-IQ society in the world.

== External links ==
*[[HR:qualitytime.html|watch "Quality Time"]]
*[[HR:qualitytime.swf|view the Flash file for "Quality Time"]]
*[[Forum:12052|forum thread re: "Quality Time"]]

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