The Reddest Radish
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The Reddest Radish
The graphic style has been done to look like pictures torn from a coloring book and colored with crayons. Silly, hokey, and tongue-in-cheek, this toon includes a laugh track.
Marzipan is certain to win the Reddest Radish contest. Strong Bad and company feign a note to Marzipan from Homestar Runner, saying he's sick, to lure her away to his house.
Cast (in order of appearance): Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, The Announcer
Page Title: The Reddest Radish
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Transcript
{Opening Music and Title Screen}
CAPTION: On the day of the Reddest Radish contest, Marzipan was in her garden getting ready...
MARZIPAN: La la la la la la la... La la la la {Marzipan picks a radish}
{Canned laughter}
{The Cheat appears from behind a bush and drops a note. Marzipan picks it up.}
MARZIPAN: Oh! This note leads me to believe that Homestar Runner is sick.
{The note reads "i am sick. -homestar runner"}
{Canned laughter}
MARZIPAN: I'd better go check on him. {heads offscreen to Homestar's house}
{Enter Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad with a wagon}
STRONG BAD: Okay, get the vegetable!
{Canned booing}
STRONG BAD: Now let's cheat it!
{They throw the radish on the wagon and leave}
{Cuts to Marzipan at Homestar's house. She knocks on the door with her head.}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you ok? {knocks with head again} Homestar, are you in there? It's me, Marzipan!
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat and Strong Mad, wagon and radish in tow.}
{Canned booing}
STRONG BAD: Oh man you guys, with Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition, and then, maybe get uh, famous...a little...
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom and a stage with a banner that says "Reddest Radish"}
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the competition will begin in 15 minutes. Please bring your radishes to the staging area.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Pom Pom, where's Marzipan? She's supposed to be here!
{Cuts to Marzipan, still at Homestar's house. She knocks with her head}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar, let me in.
{Knocks again}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you in there? {Pause} I'm leaving. {Leaves}
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad, pulling the wagon and radish}
STRONG BAD: {To the tune of "La Cucharacha"} We got the radish, we got the radish, and we're gonna win the contest!
{Canned booing}
{Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom by the stage, a can at their feet}
POM POM: {Bubbles}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: You know what, Pom Pom? You're right. Kicking this can would make me feel better. {He kicks it}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad}
{Canned booing}
{The can that Homestar Runner kicked lands in front of the wagon, and the wagon goes over it, causing the radish to fly out}
STRONG BAD: What the...? Holy Crap!
{Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad rush off, leaving afterimages}
STRONG BAD AFTERIMAGE: Holy Crap!
{Canned laughter and the after images rush off. The radish is still flying through the air.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, that radish is Marzipan's!
STRONG BAD: Out of the way, Homestar!
{The radish lands and they all fight over it in a cloud of dust. The dust clears, the villains are on the ground, stood over by Pom Pom and Homestar is on the stage with the radish}
{Marzipan enters}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Look Marzipan, I got the Reddest Radish back from Strong Bad!
MARZIPAN: What on earth are you talking about? That's not the Reddest Radish! This is!
{Marzipan pulls out a gargantuan red radish. Homestar falls off the stage, and Pom-Pom falls to land sideways. Laughter. Marzipan stands on the stage with her radish and a first prize trophy}
MARZIPAN: I'm the winner!
{Canned laughter}
CAPTION: the end.
Fun Facts
- Homestar Runner deciding to kick the can to feel better is a reference to Kick the Can.
- The way Marzipan pulls out the radish resembles a character pulling an item out of the ground in the video game Super Mario Bros. 2.
- The usual "back" and "again" links at the end do not appear in this cartoon.
- The way the announcer pronounces "please" is a reference to the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where the main character pronounces the word in the same way.
- This is one of the only three cartoons where the exterior of Homestar's house is shown. The other two are in In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD and Homestar Presents: Presents.
- This is the only cartoon in which TBC use the "paper doll cut-out" visual style. Another older toon to have a unique visual style is In Search Of The Yello Dello.
