fan club
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Strong Bad talks about his fan club, "The Deleteheads".
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Cinderblock, The Cheat, Homsar, Senor Cardgage, Homestar Runner, Vector Strong Bad (Easter egg), Marzipan (Easter egg), The King of Town (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, Strong Sad's Room
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008
Running Time: 4:26
Page Title: Lappy 486
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Green green grass... Pleasant ghost... Strong Bad Email, make us some toast! {brings up the email}
subject: Sbemail Fan Club?Does your e-mail show have it''s own fan club? Whose the
president of it? And what do they do?
Best regards,
David, Northern Ireland.
{Strong Bad stutters the word "it''s" a little, and pronounces "whose" as spelled (with an S sound).}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Ah, fan clubs. Sweet, innocent, restraining order-inducing fan clubs. Don't get me wrong, fans are great. It's the addition of 'club' that totally roons it. {clears the screen} Which is the opposite of how it usually works. For instance: turkey = {the word is typed in a dull brown colour; other voices accompany him} mrenh, turkey club = {the word appears in a rainbow of colours} mmmMMRENHhhhh! {the other voices cheer "Yay!"} But yes, there is a sbemail fan club. Its members call themselves 'Deleteheads' and in a chocolate-covered bit of Stockholm syndrome-esque irony, their president is brother Strong Sad!
{cut to Strong Sad standing at a table in his room. He is wearing a hat styled after a computer's delete key, which reads "Del" on it}
STRONG SAD: {singing} Popa-ulation: Tiii-iii-iiire! {sits, producing the Geddup Noise} All right, deleteheads. It's been a big week for the fan club.
{cut to Strong Mad, The Cheat, and the Cinderblock sitting across from him, all wearing the same delete key hat}
STRONG SAD: We finally switched over our web hosting from Geofire {cut back to Strong Sad} to Angelcities.
{screen of the Deleteheads website, called "The Delete-Heads Website", pops up. There is a pixelated picture of Strong Bad dancing, as well as links to "Our friend Scott's website".}
STRONG SAD: And they've upgraded all of our dead links to hyperlinks!
{the website screen drops off again, showing Strong Sad once more}
STRONG SAD: We also had several interesting discussions in the ongoing debate series "Non Sequitur Champion: Cardgage or Homsar".
{scene cuts to one of the following, chosen at random:}
- SENOR CARDGAGE: {standing next to a bag} Gardenias, monteljohn. Can you detect me to the nearest bus stamp?
- HOMSAR: {wearing a computer key hat that reads "Thump"} My name's Millions, and I'm the son of a chipwich!
{cut back to Strong Sad}
STRONG SAD: ...Well, debate's over! Oh, and I just received confirmation today that Abdi LaRue, {scene switches to the view of Strong Mad and The Cheat} sender of the first Strong Bad Email, {Strong Mad grins} is a lock for this year's FHQWHfest.
{the flier for "FHQWHfest '08" appears}
STRONG SAD: And there's a rumour going around that Stro Bro himself might show up to sign autographs!
{Strong Bad waks by, seen through the doorway, carrying an overly-long submarine sandwich. The sandwich continues to go by the doorway after Strong Bad's line}
STRONG BAD: Yeah... I'm not coming.
STRONG SAD: Don't forget to bombard Strong Bad with emails on Sunday night. {thumps fist for emphasis} I think we should go with asking about Bubs's first wife. Some good potential there. {at this point, The Cheat can be seen through the doorway, carrying the end of Strong Bad's sandwich} She was a real firebrand, that one!
{cut back to the Lappy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} So that's fan clubs, the next worst word you can couple with the word 'fan' is, you guessed it, {ominous, eerie music plays} the word {Strong Bad's voice distorts, and the camera zooms in on the word as he types it} 'fiction.'
{cut to a sheet of paper. The words appear typed on the paper as Strong Sad says them}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} A Grade A Gray Day, a sbemail fanfic by S.Sad
{pan down to show the Lappy from the back. Strong Sad's words appear above the scene now}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} The Lappy hummed quietly to itself.
{the scene changes to show Strong Bad rubbing his chin and puzzling over the Lappy. Strong Bad mouths the dialogue Strong Sad gives him.}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} "Curious," said Strong Bad, "Very curious indeed."
STRONG BAD: Since that's totally the way I talk.
{cut to a shot of the Lappy's screen, showing the message "Your inbox has 0 new messages".}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} His inbox flickered "0 new messages" back at him.
{cut back to a long shot of Strong Bad and the Lappy, with empty space on the left side}
STRONG BAD: Oh, this is definitely fiction.
{Homestar walks in, also mouthing the dialogue Strong Sad narrates. After the word "striding", the words no longer appear at the top of the scene.}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} "Ahoy, Strong Bad," said Homestar Runner striding casually into the room. "You'll never have to answer another email again!" "Grandiose," replied Strong Bad, eyelids lowered. {Strong Bad lowers his eyelids} "What did you do this time?"
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, Strong Bad. Check out my Strong Sad impression. Ahem.
STRONG SAD: "I turned them all over to Twelve-Times-A-Day Man!"
{Twelve-Times-A-Day Man, who is Strong Sad dressed in a yellow mask and cape, with a logo reading "12X" on his chest, flies down from the top of the screen and lands behind Homestar}
TWELVE-TIMES-A-DAY MAN: I can do it! I can do it twelve times!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, Strong Sad.
{cut to Strong Bad}
STRONG BAD: Twelve-Times-A-Day Man? You can't just start making up terrible new characters!
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} ...he said, putting on a bonnet, {a bonnet appears on Strong Bad's head} and giving Homestar a deep-tissue massage. {the Lappy flies up out of Strong Bad's way, as he raises his arms and approaches Homestar unwillingly}
STRONG BAD: Wah! No!!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, this gon' be good! {turns away so Strong Bad can rub his back}
STRONG BAD: That's it. Two can play at this extremely nerdy game!
{a piece of notebook paper comes down instead. His words also appear as he says them, while dialogue appears in word balloons}
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} INTO the MORONOSPHERE!! A deleteheads fan fiction, {the following does not appear} because I have plenty of time to say both syllables. By Strong Bad.
{cut to a rough drawing of Strong Sad sitting at a table, with a poorly drawn The Cheat and an angry rectangle}
STRONG BAD: {voice-over, speaking as Strong Sad} "And that's why I like ALL them Star Tracks!" {normal voice} ...said Strong Sad, an entire bag of Twizzlers falling out of his mouth.
STRONG SAD: Hey! You know I can't eat Twizzlérs!
{cut to a drawing of Strong Sad being menaced by a long sandwich with eyes and fangs}
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} Suddenly, an eight-foot sandwich constricter eng...sm...sploded out of nowhere! {the caption "engsmsplode!" is added to the drawing, with a burst around the sandwich constrictor for emphasis}
{cut to Strong Sad, who is very poorly drawn}
STRONG SAD: You can't just start making up terrible new words!
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} ...whined Strong Sad, already up to his waist—
{scene changes to a picture of the sandwich constrictor partially wrapped around Strong Sad}
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} —in braided hoagie roll.
STRONG SAD: Okay, okay! I'll go easy on the fan fic!
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} Just then,—
{the scene changes to show Homestar coming in from the left. His shirt and soles are missing (though he still has a star on his chest), and a leaf is covering his crotch}
STRONG BAD: {voice-over} —Homestar traipsed in, naked as a jaybird.
STRONG SAD: Fiction! I mean fiction! I'll go easy on the fan FICTION!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {leaning in close; Strong Bad is looking away} Hey 12 Times A Day Man, are you gonna eat all them Twizzlérs?
{cut back to the Lappy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Ohh, grandiose! Very grandiose indeed! Maybe fan clubs and fan fiction aren't so bad after all. In fact, I'm gonna go dabble in a little King of Town fan fiction right now.
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} ...said Strong Bad.
{Strong Bad gets up and leaves, producing the Geddup Noise}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} ...said Chairscoot.
{New Paper comes down}
STRONG SAD: {voice-over} ...said the New Paper.
Easter Eggs
- Click on "deleteheads" to see a Deletehead's member card.
- At the end, click on the first "grandiose" to see a scene with Vector Strong Bad.
- VECTOR STRONG BAD: YOUR HEAD ENGSMSPLODE.
- At the end, click on the first "fan fiction" to see a scene with Marzipan.
- MARZIPAN: {playing a paddleball game until she misses} Aww, shootie-kahootie. I could only do it eleven times today.
- {Twelve-Times-A-Day Man flies down from the top of the screen}
- TWELVE-TIMES-A-DAY MAN: I can do it! I can do it twelve times!
- At the end, click on "dabble" to see a picture of Homsar's Parents: a photo of a mug of coffee and a chipwich cookie.
- At the end, click on "King of Town" to see Strong Bad's King of Town fan fiction.
- {a roughly drawn cartoon of The King of Town with a puddle in front of him, and an unknown substance splashed around his mouth}
- STRONG BAD: {voice-over; speaking as The King of Town} I can't believe I ate that whole pile of whatsit! {normal voice} ...Said the King of Town.
- THE KING OF TOWN: I wish that were fiction...
Fun Facts
Explanations
- Stockholm syndrome is a condition when hostages show signs of loyalty to their captors.
Inside References
- The line "I can do it! I can do it twelve times!" refers to crazy cartoon and virus, where it was only nine times.
- Homestar previously did a Strong Sad impression in impression.
- Chairscoot was named in geddup noise.
- This is an instance of Homestar appearing naked.
- Strong Bad's imitation of Homsar in interview stated that Homsar was "raised by a cup of coffee."
- Strong Bad's fan fiction is in the same art style as Teen Girl Squad
- The FHQWHfest flyer mentions appearances by A. Chimendez and Lem Sportsinterviews.
Real-World References
- "Geofire" and "Angelcities" are plays on free web hosts GeoCities and Angelfire.
- Twelve Times a Day Man is an example of a Mary Sue, a common affliction of fan fiction.
- "Star Tracks" is a play on the TV show Star Trek, which is considered a stereotypical fan would be interested in.
- Twizzlers are a brand of licorice candies.
External Links
- watch "fan club"
- watch "fan club" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "fan club"
- forum thread re: "fan club"
