The House That Gave Sucky Treats
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The Halloween special for 2001 is a fun sort of game where you choose what candy the characters get.
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Coach Z, The King of Town, The Knight, The Hornblower, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, Marzipan, The Poopsmith, Pom Pom, Homsar (easter egg), Strong Sad, Bubs
See Halloween Costumes for more information on what everyone was wearing.
Places: The Halloween House, Spooky Forest
Date: October 27, 2001
Page Title: Trick, then treat, then smell feet
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Transcript
A Homestar Runner Cartoon
"The House That Gave Sucky Treats"
Voices by Matt Chapman & Missy Palmer
Written, Directed and Animated by Los Brothers Chaps
{Homestar's head pops up slowly}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hello. This year, we're going to do things a little differently. {scary voice, eyes slant} We're all coming to your house to trick or treeeeat! {normal face and voice} So just answer the door, pick a treat, and drag it on top of us. We'll do the rest. Ok, bye!
Coach Z
{Knocks in a rhythm.}
Intro
- Doot-doo-doot-doo, and I'll drink up all the Hennessey ya got on your shelf, but first let me introduce myself. My name is Coach Z. Pronounced with an "Oach Z."
Jujyfruits
- Ooh, Jorgyfruits! Oh I mean Jurjyfrorts. I mean JEORGIE FORGE! George Foreman?
Boston Baked Beans
- Ya know, I once knew a fellow in Boston 'could tell ya the time of the day at any time of the day. Ya'd say, "Say there Boston, what's the time of day?" And he'd say, "10:30." And you'd look at him and say, "But Boston, it's half past noon!" And he'd look back at ya and say, "Well, those are the breaks."
Cherry Clan
- Da Cherry Clan. Are they related to the Wu-Tang Clan? 'Cause ya know, their first album was the bomb! In fact, you don't have a copy of "The 36 Chambers" in there, do ya? 'Cause I'd love to listen to it right now. Ya mind if I come in?
The King Of Town
{Rings the doorbell instead of knocking.}
Intro
- Trick or treat! I'm horrible! {Strong Bad pokes his head out from the right of the screen and says: You got that right!}
Butterscotch
- Ooh, butterscotch! Would you mind melting those down and pouring them over a ham?
Fun size Butterfinger
- That's it? Well, if you think that I'll accept this paltry treat just because it has "butter" in the name...well, you'd be right. Give it here.
Stick of Butter
- Ooh, a stick of butter! {noisily scarfs the stick of butter} {still with butter in his mouth} Trick or treat. Again? Please??
Strong Mad and The Cheat
{Knocks harshly, door shoots out yellow bursts.}
Intro
- The Cheat: Nahmah!
- Strong Mad: IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR PERRY RUNNING?
Rock Candy
- Strong Mad: {staring at it, puzzled.} HALLOWEEN!
Pop Rocks
- {The Cheat eats the Pop Rocks}
- Strong Mad: No... No... NOOO!
- {The Cheat takes a drink of cola}
- NO! NOO!!
{The Cheat's head explodes.}
Rocks
- {Strong Mad eats the rocks, then bites off half of a can of cola. The Cheat's head explodes.}
Marzipan
{Also rings the doorbell.}
Intro
- Hey, ho! Let's go! Hey, ho! Trick or treat!
Candy Corn
- Candy corn!? Do you have any real corn? Or Indian corn?
Rice Cakes
- Hey, rice cakes! I like to eat them without water.
Steak
- Is this a joke? It's not funny. {Strong Bad drops three steaks into her bag}
The Poopsmith and Pom Pom
{Knocks rapidly and quietly.}
{They don't have an intro, as neither can really speak.}
Mary Jane
- {They look at each other, then The Poopsmith holds up a sign that says "Give us something good instead". Pom Pom nods.}
Chick-O-Stick
- {The Poopsmith dunks it in a bucket labelled "dippin stuff", which looks suspiciously like excrement. He offeres it to Pom Pom, who shakes his head.}
Astropop
- {The Poopsmith shoots his gun at Pom Pom. It reflects off Pom Pom's "I {heart} Flint" button and his microphone and hits The Poopsmith in the Lazer Tag chest sensor. He falls off the side of the steps.}
Pumpkin
- {The "unlocking a secret entrance" music from any Zelda game plays. The pumpkin is firmly lodged in The Poopsmith's mouth.}
Homsar
{Knocks "Shave and a Haircut".}
{This is an Easter egg, only accessible if you give The Poopsmith and Pom Pom the pumpkin.}
("You unlocked a secret character!" is displayed on the door.)
Intro
- I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for some candy today!
Shavin' Creem
- YaAaAaAh, I'm the original ladies' man!
Black and Orange Taffy
- If you give me a treat, make sure that it's sweet, and I'll eeeeeat it!
Wrench
- Oh no, I think this is my favorite!
Strong Bad
{Instead of knocking, Strong Bad says "Open the freakin' door!"}
Intro
- Where in the world is my candy?
Fun Size Butterfinger
- Oh, a "fun size" candy bar? Tell me this: what's fun about eating less candy? Maybe if you gave me an entire bag of them it would be fun. The only fun I'm going to have with this thing is smearing it all over your door when I leave. {If you choose this, the door is smeared with the Butterfinger when Strong Sad shows up.}
Marshmallow Bunny
- Why you lazy crap for crap. All you've got is old freakin Easter candy? This thing's rock hard, man. Well, you just made it onto my "People I gotta egg today" list. {He shows you the list: Ronnie Pudding, King of Town, Kewpie Dan, Homestar, and you lazy crap for crap.}
Apple
- What is this crap? What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of hippie dentist?!
Strong Sad
{Knocks quietly.}
Intro
- Trick or treat, I guess...
Necco candy wafers
- Oh, Necco Wafers. These remind me when I used to eat the colored chalk when I was in school. I was sick for a year and nearly died.
Baking Chocolate
- Oh! Baking Chocolate! I used to eat this stuff when there was no chocolate in the house. And now... it's my only friend...
Campbell's Soup
- Oh. While I do appreciate the relevance of this, given my costume, but I was kind of hoping for something that I wouldn't have to prepare. You know, like Necco Wafers or baking chocolate...
Bubs
{Knocks in a rhythm.}
Intro
- Please, baby please, baby baby baby please! Give me some candy!
Mallo Cup
- I got a shallow gup and a callow dup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup.
Dum-Dums
- Oh! I'm such a big dum-diddy-dum-diddy-diddy-diddy-dum-dum...my.
Bazooka Gum
- I never understand the comics that come in this bubble gum. I mean, the first frame is some guy saying, "Look out, the sky is falling!" And the second frame is some guy getting hit on the head with a rock {he unfolds the comic and shows it to you. The second frame is captioned "Fortune: The rock hit the guy in the sweater"}. And I'm sitting there going, "What the heck just happened?", and before I know it, I swallowed my bubble gum!
Homestar Runner
{Homestar continually knocks until you answer.}
Intro
- {singing} Believe it or not, I'm walkin' around, I never thought I could trick or tre-e-eat!
Smarties
- Awwight, Smarties! Marzipan said to eat lots of these this year. I'm not really sure why she said that though. {Crickets chirp, record scratches when Homestar breaks the silence.} Umm....... trick or treat!
Circus Peanuts
{Dances and sings a circus theme.} {You close the door, but the doorbell rings. Homestar is still dancing.}
Handful of Change
- Oh. A handful of change. I guess I can use this to go, uh, buy some candy. So...thank you for adding a step to my Halloween process.
Later that Night...
"Vote for your favorite costume!!" is written at the top. Everybody is standing around in his or her costume. Run your cursor over each to see a caption (shown here in parentheses after the character's name). If you click on one to vote for, an email is started to ween@homestarrunner.com, with a different subject line and text for each character:
- The Poopsmith (Lazer Tag):
- Subject: Teddy Poopspin
- Text: I Choose YOU, Poopachu
- The King of Town (Hagar The Horrible):
- Subject: King of Town, Now Sit Down
- Text: I Choose YOU, Kingachu
- Strong Mad (The Fridge):
- Subject: Strong Madden Football 99
- Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Madchu
- Coach Z (Humpty Hump):
- Subject: 1 2 3 Coach Z
- Text: I Choose YOU, Coach Zchu
- Pom Pom (Michael Moore):
- Subject: Pom Pom for Prez
- Text: I Choose YOU, Pom Pomchu
- Bubs (Mars Blackman):
- Subject: Bubs has got it goin ON
- Text: I Choose YOU, Bubsachu
- Strong Bad (Carmen San Diego):
- Subject: Why do you keep dressing up as girls
- Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Badchu
- The Cheat (Punchy):
- Subject: How bout a nice Hawaiian Cheat
- Text: I Choose YOU, Cheatachu
- Homestar Runner (The Greatest American Hero):
- Subject: Homestar Riggidy Riggidy Runner
- Text: I Choose YOU, Homestarchu
- Homsar (Wimpy):
- Subject: Homsar Salad Sandwich
- Text: I Choose YOU, Homsarchu
- Marzipan (Joey Ramone):
- Subject: Marzipan is a Laugh Riot Grrl
- Text: I Choose YOU, Marzychu
- Strong Sad (Andy Warhol):
- Subject: A vote for Strong Sad is a vote for America
- Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Sadchu
The Discussion
HOMESTAR: Hey Strong Bad, I really like your costume. The Spanish Inquisition...that's great.
STRONG BAD: Look, for the last time, I'm not The Spanish Inquisition, I'm not Cab Calloway, and I'm not Strong Bad wearing a yellow turtleneck! I'm Carmen freakin' Sandiego!
MARZIPAN: I like Cab Calloway.
STRONG BAD: Okay, Poopsmith, that's the worst costume I ever saw. I mean, you're Lazer Tag? What, are you supposed to be dressed up as the product or is it more abstract than that, like you're supposed to be the concept of Lazer Tag? Come on man, you know you just found that old crap in a trunk in your basement.
THE KING OF TOWN: Ease off, Strong Bad. He's not the one that dressed up as a girl two years in a row!
STRONG BAD: Oh ho ho ho, you asked for it, King. {Strong Mad punches The King of Town}
BUBS: Did any of you guys go to that house that was givin' out change? I changed my costume and went back ten times! I made 35 dollars!
STRONG SAD: Did you guys go to that house where they let you into this big room and there's all these people wearing black hoods and they ask you these questions about life and existence and if you answer them wrong you get eternal damnation, but if you answer them right you get a Twizzler?
STRONG BAD: Um...no.
HOMESTAR: Nope.
COACH Z: No.
THE KING OF TOWN: No.
BUBS: Nope.
THE CHEAT: Meh!
STRONG MAD: NO!
STRONG SAD: Oh. Never mind.
MARZIPAN: I like your costume, Strong Sad, but you weren't invited this year.
COACH Z: Say, Pom Pom, check out this funky bass groove! A doo'rear, a doo'ri, a doo'rear, a doo'ri! {Grooves around a little}
HOMESTAR: Have they voted yet? I really have to pee.
STRONG BAD: Yeah, and the Poopsmith's not smelling any rosier, either.
HOMESTAR: Oh, oh! I've got an idea. Let's totally freak 'em out. Let's repeat the stuff that we just saaaaid!
{loops back to the start of the discussion}
Easter Eggs
- When Strong Bad's egging list is up, click on "kewpie dan" to see.. something. (Note: although this egg appears to be glitched, it was intended to open this page in a new window.)
- When Pom Pom and the Poopsmith knock at your door, move the pumpkin that's sitting on your porch onto them to unlock Homsar. You can also click on one of the regular treats without dragging it on top of them. Homsar will only appear in the final scene if you unlock him, though he doesn't say anything.
- In the final scene when all of the characters are talking, you can roll over the skull, pumpkin and moon to see funny captions.
- Skull: Get offa me!
- Pumpkin: No costume. Just a pumpkin.
- Moon: Just pick a freakin' character already!
Fun Facts
Trivia
- Marzipan's costume has a small hole in it and you can see her pink flesh beneath, giving further evidence to the theory that her body is actually "skirt" shaped.
- Originally Coach Z's intro rap was: "Doot-doo-doot-doo, and I think I'll make ya fall right down on your face, but first let me introduce myself. My name is Hoodsey. Pronounced with an 'Oodsey.'"
- This is the first instance of The Cheat's Head Exploding.
- If you watch in the background when the King of Town shows up, his little trumpet player rides by as BC on his stone unicycle.
Remarks
- Giving The Cheat and Strong Mad pop rocks shows you a rare glimpse of The Cheat's mouth open without his teeth being visible.
- Bubs' comment about the house that was giving out change is interesting; he went back ten times and made 35 dollars, implying that the inhabitant was giving out on average $3.18 per trick-or-treater—surprisingly generous.
- The length of this toon was originally listed as "?:??" on the Toons page. Now it is listed as 4 minutes. The new time is of course an estimate since viewers can choose their paths.
- The only candy that shows up twice is the Fun Size Butterfinger.
Goofs
- In the final scene where all of the characters are talking, Strong Bad's caption is misspelled: it should read "Carmen Sandiego," not "Carmen San Diego."
- Bubs' caption is also misspelled as "Mars Blackman" instead of "Mars Blackmon."
Glitches
- After Strong bad yells, "Open the freaking door," the door-opening sound plays, despite the door still being closed. (Note: There is a door opening sound when every character "knocks".)
- You can move the light switch even while the door is closed. Also, if you leave the light switch down, it will automatically go back up when the next person knocks.
Inside References
- Bubs' line when you give him the Dum-dum is a reference to A Jumping Jack Contest.
- Marzipan notes at the end that Strong Sad wasn't invited this year. She is refering to the previous Halloween toon, Homestarloween Party, in which they uninvite Strong Sad for the following year.
- The music that plays when Homestar rises up in the beginning is the same music from Homestarloween Party when he was flicking the flashlight.
- The skull and pumpkin are the same ones which served as the "play" buttons in the first two Halloween toons.
- By choosing Punchy (the Cheat) for best costume, the text will be preset as "I Choose YOU, Cheatachu". This may be a reference to the i she be Strong Bad e-mail, where the Cheat's AIM name is cheatachu72.
- Stuffing the pumpkin into the Poopsmith's mouth is a reference to Homestarloween Party, where the Poopsmith was seen bobbing for pumpkins and holding them in his mouth.
Real-World References
- Coach Z is dressed as Humpty Hump, the alter ego of Shock G, frontman for the rap group Digital Underground. He also raps a couple lines from their biggest hit song, "The Humpty Dance," substituting his own name for Humpty Hump's.
- The joke involving The Cheat consuming Pop Rocks and soda is a reference to an urban legend that states that Mikey, the Life cereal mascot, died when consuming Pop Rocks and soda caused his stomach to explode. Eating Pop Rocks and soda will only cause mild indigestion and the actor who played Mikey is alive and well. More info
- When you drag the pumpkin onto Pom Pom and the Poopsmith, the music that is played is from the Zelda games, usually when you unlock something (like blowing up a wall with a bomb, thus creating a door). The particular sound music they use in the toon is from "A Link to the Past".
- Ronnie Pudding, the first name on Strong Bad's list of houses to egg, is the name of Spinal Tap's first bassist.
- When the King of Town shows up, the knight is wearing a piece of blue paper labeled "Idaho". This is a Simpsons reference, when Ralph wore the same thing as a pageant for the United States.
- Strong Bad greets you with "Where in the world is my candy?" while in the Carmen Sandiego costume. This is because Carmen Sandiego comes from a TV show and computer game called "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
- Strong Sad's comment on receiving the Campbell's soup is a reference to Andy Warhol's (whom Strong Sad is dressed as) series of paintings Campbell's Soup.
- "Please baby, please baby, baby baby please" is a reference to Mars Blackmon's (whom Bubs is dressed up as) exact same line in She's Gotta Have It.
- The skull's line at the end when you hold the mouse pointer over it ("Get offa me") is a quote from Murray, the Demonic Talking Skull from the Monkey Island games.
- Marzipan's greeting is a reference to the seminal Ramones (Marzipan is dressed as Joey Ramone, a member of the Ramones) song "Blitzkrieg Bop."
- Homsar's greeting is a play on Wimpy's famous line "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
- Homestar's greeting is sung to the tune of (and is a play on) the theme song to the TV show The Greatest American Hero.
- Marzipan may have dressed up as Joey Ramone in tribute, as Joey Ramone had died earlier that year.
- Cab Calloway was a famous jazz bandleader and singer whose career spanned many years.
- Homestar saying Strong Bad's costume is the "Spanish Inquisition" is a reference to a Monty Python sketch of the same name in which Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam were dressed in similar costumes.
- The Poopsmith holding up a sign due to his inability to talk (or his vow of silence) is reminiscent of Wile E. Coyote of Looney Tunes fame.
- The "I chose YOU, <insert character name here>achu is an obvious reference to the show "Pokémon," where one character, Ash, has a similar famous line, "I chooose YOU, Pikachu!"
