sbemail 206

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"Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I mean, lappier."

After years of checking his email on kitchen appliances, Strong Bad gives April Fools Day on the Internet a piece of his mind.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, The Homestar Runner, Old Timey Strong Bad, Coach Z, Strong Sad, Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Mad, The King of Town, Bubs

Places: Kitchen of The Brothers Strong, Computer Room, Bubs' Concession Stand, The Field, King of Town's Castle

Computer: Lappier

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Running Time: 4:47 (official), 5:12 (actual)

Page Title: Econowave 4761-V

Transcript

{Strong Bad is in front of a microwave on a kitchen counter.}

STRONG BAD: {singing} Emails are like Hot Pockets, they're full of garbage and cheese.

{The microwave beeps and turns on. Text scrolls from right to left on the small screen.}

DEAR STRONG BAD, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DUST OFF THE COMPÉ AND ANSWER AN EMAIL? -MATT MICRO PIKA

{Strong Bad reads the words haltingly as they appear. Reads sender's name as "Matt Massive Piqua". The microwave beeps, and "DONE." scrolls down from above.}

STRONG BAD: Wait a minute, have I not always checked my email on kitchen appliances?!

{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a running blender. "DEAR STRONG BAD" scrolls across a tiny screen.}

STRONG BAD: "Dear Strong Bad..."

{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a toaster. Toast pops up with "DEAR STRONG BAD" burned onto the side.}

STRONG BAD: "Dear Strong Bad..."

{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a fridge. He pushes a glass into the ice dispenser.}

STRONG BAD: "Dear crushed ice..."

{Cut to Strong Bad in front of the Compé. The screen says:}

Dear Strong Bad,
Do you enloy reasing?
I do two! How 'bou?
-The Tawdry Man

STRONG BAD: "Dear Strong Bad..."

{Cut back to Strong Bad at the counter. He turns away from the microwave.}

STRONG BAD: Oh, yeah! Computers! {He hops down from his stool} Let's go see how that old Compé is doing!

{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer table. The Compé appears to be buried in a huge mound of dust, with only its top-right corner poking out.}}

STRONG BAD: ...Ooh. That is... that is some dust. {Close up of the desk. Strong Bad steps closer} Well, I'd best get to blowin'! I said a-FWWWWWWWWWWWW...

{He blows into the mound. A cloud of dust obscures the screen. When it clears, the Lappier is sitting where the Compé used to be. The top-right corner of the Compé's monitor is balanced on the Lappier's screen. It clatters to the desk.}

STRONG BAD: Whoa! All that dust compressed my old computer into a newer, even better computer! Like coal to a diamond!

{Rear view of the Lappier. Strong Bad picks up the Compé corner.}

STRONG BAD: Ah, Compé, we hardly knew yé. Whup! {He tosses the Compé corner off to the side}

{Cut back to the front of the Lappier. It boots up with a jingle and a 3D model resembling the Lappy logo that zooms and in rotates twice. "Lappier" appears on-screen.}

STRONG BAD: The Lappier. Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I-I mean, lappier.

{The Lappier dings. A notice appears with the text "Today's date is April 1" and the Lappier logo.}

STRONG BAD: What?! April First?! Aw, man, I can't check my email today!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {excited} Here it comes, {Cut to wide shot. Homestar is sitting on the computer table to the right of the Lappier, knees tucked in and feet drumming on the table.} here it comes! {He stops drumming his feet} Brace myself! {He holds his breath.}

STRONG BAD: Homestar, what are you doing here?

Easter Eggs

• Click on "Update"? at the end to access another Old-Timey style Index Page scene.

  {Animatronic The Homestar Runner can be seen briefly, before an animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad appears in his place.}

  ANIMATRONIC OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD: {his words appear in frames as he speaks them} Olde Time Jones! Drug Filled Tonic! It's for children, you!

Fun Facts

Trivia

Someday, when you least expect it...

• This email was previously teased in a tweet on February 27, 2012 that read "Someday, when you least expect it...". Attached was part of a script (which has since been changed heavily).
• This is the first Strong Bad Email to be uploaded since videography on October 5, 2009, ending its longest hiatus to date (approximately five and a half years).
• The Lappier is based on Strong Bad's third computer, the Lappy 486.
• The YouTube version is titled "sbemail206 - April 1st".
• The Floppy Disk Container reads "level 10", very likely a reference to Stinkoman 20X6.
• The fake merchandise shown is worn by Mike Chapman.

Remarks

• Before Strong Bad dusts off the Compé, its gray plug is clearly visible. However, after the Lappier is revealed, it becomes a beige plug.
• Strong Bad's pants have no reflection when Marzipan is seen with The Cheat in her throat.

Goofs

• When Coach Z appears as Renaldo, his arms are a paler shade of green than his body.
• During the rear-view shot of the Lappier, a section of the table is missing on the bottom-right corner.

Inside References

• The fake merchandise shown is based on the characters Trogdor and Rather Dashing.
• Homestar wants a Trogdor backpack (which includes a beefy arm) so he can have "three arms".
• Homestar mistakens his reflection for his "twin brother 'Chauncey'".
  • In hygiene, Homestar (as John) called a moth that lived in his mouth by this name.
• When Homestar breaks the mirror, he gets shards of broken glass in his face, which previously occurred in licensed.
  • The mirror shown has an appropriately placed mustache on it.
• Marzipan is standing behind a cinder block with a chalkboard reading "gluten-free concert for birds".
• This email marks another instance of Strong Bad smiling.
• The King of Town takes a bite from a mirror.
• The upside-down turtle next to Strong Mad was previously seen getting Oatmeal dumped on it in new hands.
• There is another mention of Jones.

Real-World References

• Google Buzz was a social network launched in February 2010, and discontinued in December 2011 when it was replaced by Google+.
• "Olde Time Jones Drug Filled Tonic" being marketed towards children is a reference to how children's medicines of the past contained ingredients that today would be questionable at best, including opium and cocaine.

External Links

• watch "sbemail 206"
• watch "sbemail 206" on YouTube
• watch "sbemail 206" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "sbemail 206"
• forum thread re: "sbemail 206"