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Summary
Strong Bad Email #74
Strong Bad upgrades The Cheat's privileges.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Strong Sad, Homestar Runner
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Ooh hoo hoo hoo E-MAIL ME GIRL! {stops singing} Unh! Once times! Twice times!
{reading}
Dear strongbad, did you ever think about letting the cheat have some other privaleges since he helps you so much. from your friend crazyclemens
{he pronounces "privaleges" as "pri-vah-lah-gez". He also says "strongbad" and "crazyclemens" quickly.}
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.
{The camera pans out to 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: {says something}
{STRONG BAD is startled and falls forward off of his stool.}
STRONG BAD: WHOAH! Jeez, the Cheat! Can't sneak up on a brother like that! 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.}
Strong Bad Rewards
Score Card
member name:
_T._Cheat_____
"Save up points to curry my favor!"
{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 squeaks with delight, and zips off. Chainsaw noises are heard.}
STRONG SAD: {offscreen} Ow! Both my face and hands!
STRONG BAD: Bahahahaha!
{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: Alright! 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:}
Medallion Gold + Club Privileges ------------------------------ * Crisper Drawer Use(not for sleeping) * Dominion over Pizza Toppings * Mute Button on TV Remote * Limited Use of Beamer Lighter * Ghost-write issue of TGS * Strong Mad Bath * Friday Night Study Session * Saturday Segwayday * Strong Bad Bath * Use of Duct Tape * Braces * Uno
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.
{The camera pans out to 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 what the audience already knows -- 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 responds with Cheat noises. HOMESTAR enters from the left carrying a pizza 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: Hey, The Cheat! Bubs asked me to bring you this pizza you ordered. It's a large, thin crust, with mushrooms and Pop-tarts.
THE CHEAT: {says something, sounds like "Put it down"}
HOMESTAR: 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: Soooo.... {produces some magazines} you wanna buy some magazine subscriptions?
THE CHEAT: {dismissively} Yeah, yeah, yeah...
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 left.}
STRONG BAD: Well, C.C., The Cheat ended up in the crisper drawer. So until next week, so long, and thanks for all the privaleges... I guess...
{The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
- You can no longer click on the word "abused" when Strong Bad says it, but originally it restarted the toon. Maybe this was a placeholder for something else, who knows.
- You can click on the pizza box to see the top of it. (It says: "Bubs' Old Pizza 'It's-A Really Old'")
- You can click on the magazines after the paper comes down to see the "Hardest Chord Ever" (be sure to do this BEFORE torching them, see below.) Note: The kid playing the chord has eleven fingers!!! Talk about a difficult chord!
- After doing the above, you can also click on The Cheat's hand to get him to torch the lame magazines.
Fun Facts
- "So long, and thanks for all the privaleges" is a reference to Douglas Adams' book, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
- The Cheat is using the BMW Lighter to torch Homestar's magazines.
- Three possible references for the TV show The Cheat is watching:
- Duel, a 1971 TV movie starring Dennis Weaver as a commuter menaced by a mysterious, homicidal tanker truck driver. It was Stephen Spielberg's first feature-length film.
- It may be a reference to the Generation 2 Transformer Staxx because his alternate mode was a truck.
- It may also be a reference to the movie Maximum Overdrive, based on Stephen King's story about trucks that come to life and try to kill people.
- "The Flying Vee" is a reference to Gibson's 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 1960's and 70's, and especially the advent of heavy metal, that the Flying V gained renewed popularity.
- Space Shipper (found in the Floppy Disk Container) is a fictitious game made by Videlectrix, and looks to be a Gradius/1943-esque shooter clone.
