Strong Bad Email Descriptions
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A list of Strong Bad Emails with their official descriptions on YouTube or the Strong Bad Email Menu.
Number | YouTube description | Sbemail Menu Description | |
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1 | some kinda robot | Strong Bad answers the age old question of whether he takes his mask and boxing gloves off before he goes to bed. | Strong Bad explains his weird physiology and coins the phrase "For Good or For Awesome." |
2 | homsar | Someone can't spell "Homestar." The world is never the same. | Homsar is born, and way less funny than he will eventually become, in this very short email. |
3 | butt IQ | [no description] | Strong bad makes up his first bogus mathematical theorem to explain stupid butts. |
4 | homestar hair | [no description] | When he gets an email meant for Homestar, Strong Bad becomes "all cheesed off" as the kids say... in the 50's maybe. |
5 | making out | [no description] | A fan asks for dating advice so SB suggests using a song he wrote. And then totally doesn't show or perform said song. Huh. |
6 | depressio | [no description] | Strong Bad makes fun of brother Strong Sad. |
7 | halloweener | Strong Bad demonstrates the best way to make a Strong Bad Halloween costume on Stupid Over Here, I mean Homestar. | |
8 | brianrietta | [no description] | Strong Bad is a real jerk to an admirer. |
9 | i love you | Strong Bad gets an email from Fhqwhgads. | Fhqwhgads becomes a thing when someone sends Strong Bad the 'i love you' virus! Also, the first appearance of the Guy With a Big Knife! |
10 | trevor the vampire | Strong Bad looks back at a few of his favorite Trevor memories. | When Strong Bad realizes the horrible truth about Trevor, he waxes nostalgic for the carefree days of a few seconds ago. |
11 | i rule | Strong Bad checks in on/invents Strong Badia. Apparently it is behind a dumpster we've never seen before. | |
12 | credit card | Strong Bad traps Homestar in a classic credit card scam. | |
13 | i she be | Strong Bad makes fun of grammar and stuff. | The Cheat gets set up with a rejected potential Strong Bad suitor. Kids! Don't ever meet strangers at Sbarro! Or eat there! |
14 | duck pond | Strong Bad plays Duck Pond Simulator. | Demo Strong Bad's Duck Pond Sim and experiencing being, like, right there... at the pond. C'mere ducky. |
15 | the basics | Strong Bad gives basic tips on how to mess with people. | |
16 | band names | Strong Bad gives advice on choosing a band name. | |
17 | studying | Strong Bad gives advice on, you guessed it, studying. | |
18 | stand-up | Strong Bad's first and last stand-up comedy performance. | |
19 | tape-leg | Tape-Leg 1, not to be confused with Tape-Leg 2. | |
20 | spring cleaning | Strong Bad cleans out his inbox with a little help from DELETED! | |
21 | cartoon | Strong Bad does commentary on a cartoon of himself just standing around. | |
22 | sb_email 22 | The Cheat helps Strong Bad recover from a PR nightmare after he offends the UK. | |
23 | little animal | The origin story of kicking The Cheat. | |
24 | the bird | Strong Bad checks his email at the stick and shares his award-winning flip-offery. | |
25 | super powers | The power behind the blue diamond-y thing on Strong Bad's mask is revealed. | |
26 | CGNU | Strong Bad lets you know how to become a graduate of Crazy Go Nuts University. | |
27 | 3 Wishes | Strong Bad wishes he had croissants crammed into his head. Or something like that. | |
28 | 1 step ahead | This one goes Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style as Strong Bad has several ideas for gluing Strong Sad's hands to his face. | |
29 | superhero name | Strong Bad introduces his superhero name 'Strong Badman'. Stiny! Get somebody a freakin danish! | |
30 | 12:00 | Bubs helps Strong Bad program his VCR clock. | |
31 | sugarbob | Strong Bad helps a guy with his girlfriend or something. | |
32 | flag day | Strong Bad reveals the flag and national anthem of Strong Badia. There isn't, as it turns out, lots of chocolate. | |
33 | gimmicks | The first of many times Strong Bad has to deal with explosion-prone computers. | |
34 | weird dream | Briefly, Strong Bad describes a weird dream he had. | |
35 | sisters | Strong Bad receives an email from two sisters asking if he has a girlfriend. | |
36 | guitar | Strong Bad shows off his guitar skills. | |
37 | dullard | Strong Bad gives advice on how to deal with the office dullard. | |
38 | helium | Strong Bad temporarily joins the high-voice crew with the help of leftover party balloon. The Cheat learns to fly! | |
39 | property of ones | Strong Bad makes up some bogus mathematic equations about cold ones. | |
40 | vacation | Strong Bad goes on vacation and sends some postcards from exotic destinations. | |
41 | invisibility | Strong Bad describes a day of invisibility. | The Compy 386 era begins! Strong Bad ponders the pros and cons of being invisible. |
42 | action figure | Strong Bad details the features of his own action figure. | |
43 | little questions | Strong Bad answers questions from Sweden. | Strong Bad answers questions from a Swedish fan. |
44 | lures & jigs | Strong Bad and Coach Z have a boring fishing TV show in this one. | |
45 | techno | Strong Bad makes a techno song. | Light switch rave, everybody! Grab your glowsticks and get caught in the trance of Strong Bad's techno masterpiece. |
46 | your friends | Doing what he does best, Strong Bad just be's mean to his friends. | |
47 | new hands | Strong Bad makes a mistake when picking what to replace his hands with. | Strong Bad makes poor choices when deciding what to replace his hands with. |
48 | ghosts | Strong Bad goes hunting for ghosts in Strong Badia and runs into the pixel-y spirit of his old computer! | |
49 | theme party | Strong Bad helps so college students with their upcoming party. | Strong Bad helps some college students with their upcoming party. |
50 | 50 emails | In honor of his 50th email, Strong Bad answers 50 emails. | |
51 | website | [not on YouTube] | Tips from a pro on how to make a website. As true today as it was in 2002. |
52 | island | The classic episode where Strong Bad and Homestar get stuck on a desert island. | |
53 | comic | Strong Bad makes a comic about Brittany and her friends. | Strong Bad debuts his new comic, Teen Girl Squad. |
54 | morning routine | The 'R' in Strong Bad's morning routine stands for... | |
55 | cheat talk | [no description] | Strong Bad tries to help people understand The Cheat. |
56 | current status | Strong Bad is apparently able to switch people's heads in this oft-forgotten sbemail. | |
57 | japanese cartoon | Strong Bad makes a Japanese cartoon. | Strong Bad imagines himself as a Japanese cartoon. Stinkoman is born! Challenge and fighting are no match for blue hair and ridiculously huge mouths! |
58 | dragon | Strong Bad teaches the world how to draw a dragon. | Strong Bad shares his skills of an artist as he teaches YOU how to draw a certain wingaling dragon named Trogdor. Never have chiaroscuro and sloppy metal been juxtaposed so seamlessly. |
59 | marzipan | Quadruple negatives abound as Strong Bad tries to get Marzipan to admit she likes him. | |
60 | huttah! | Strong Bad is frustrated at all the emails asking about The Cheat. Probably the least descriptive title of all Strong Bad's emails. | |
61 | monster truck | Awexome Cross 98! This SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SOMEDAY! Limozeen drops they numba one jam 'Because, It's Midnite' on an unsuspecting public! | |
62 | interview | Strong Bad sorta interviews Homsar. Also, I had forgotten that it was actually Strong Bad who invented, 'I was raised by a cup of coffee." | |
63 | fingers | Strong Bad imagines what it would by like to have fingers. Or rather a bunch of random stuff taped to his boxing gloves. | |
64 | english paper | [not on YouTube] | Strong Bad helps a lazy student with some schoolwork. |
65 | unused emails | What does Strong Bad do with all the emails he doesn't check on his email show? Watch this episode of his email show to find out! | |
66 | the show | Strong Bad gives us a glimpse of Homestar's daytime talk-show-game-show, 'The Show.' | |
67 | autobiography | Listen to some excerpts from Strong Bad's books-on-tape autobiography. | |
68 | caper | Strong Bad gets mad at The Cheat for screwing up the jumble caper and sings "The Cheat is Not Dead" to try and patch things up. | |
69 | personal favorites | Strong Bad does the thing where he makes you think it's a clip show but then it's not really a clip show. I think this is the first appearance of the stone bridge. You know, because you care about that sorta stuff, right? | |
70 | big white face | After some soul-searching and looking at low-res portraits of everyone, Strong Bad realizes he needs to apologize to the Poopsmith. | |
71 | 2 emails | Strong Bad checks 2 emails and tries to travel both forward and back in time. | |
72 | crazy cartoon | Strong Bad makes a crazy cartoon for Monkeydude. Sweet Cuppin' Cakes and Eh! Steve! are born! And then The Cheat makes one of his terrible cartoons even! This sbemail has it ALL! | |
73 | mascot | Crazy Go Nuts University's mascot shows up at The Cheat's Golf Club Team match! | |
74 | privileges | The Cheat cashes in his customer rewards card in this Strong Bad email cartoon! | |
75 | funny | SB transforms into some type of squeaky guy. Floppy disk and ketchup co-star. | |
76 | sibbie | Strong Bad refuses to make a song about Sibbie. He'll never do it. Never. Wait. | |
77 | suntan | Bronze bods and rippling abs abound when Strong Bad gets some sun. | |
78 | anything | The Homestar Runner sits in and guest-checks one of Strong Bad's beloved emails! Can you believe it? | |
79 | the process | Strong Bad breaks down all the steps of a successful email check. Learn from the pro! | |
80 | stunt double | Strong Bad proves he does all his own stunt work by showing clips from his smash hit movie Dangeresque 2. Witness the genesis (peter gabriel, not phil collins) of the world's best private eye/crooked cop: Dangeresque! | |
81 | date | Strong Bad shows us what it's like when Homestar and Marzipan go on a date. Beware the lurking horrors! | |
82 | impression | Strong Bad tries to dethrone The Cheat in the annual Strong Sad Lookalike Contest. | |
83 | labor day | Strong Bad with his trusty megaphone sits on a cooler for the best Labor Day ever. | |
84 | kids' book | Strong Bad makes a kids' book called "Everyone is Different." | |
85 | 2 years | Strong Bad's prediction of what Strong Badia will be like in 2 years. At least I think that's what it's about. | |
86 | no loafing | Strong Bad increases productivity something-eight percent with the help of some motivational wall hangings. | |
87 | mile | SB takes the week off so the Cheat takes a crack at making his own poorly animated email cartoon. | |
88 | couch patch | The origin story of the duct-tape patch on Strong Bad's couch is finally told! Everyone wanted to know! | |
89 | local news | The World in Crisis with Strong Badia Action Cool News 5! Hard hitting journalism! Thank you, tonight. | |
90 | colonization | Strong Bad describes the colonization of Strong Badia like a politically incorrect 1980's third grade american history book might. | |
91 | caffeine | See what happens when Strong Sad is given caffeine! It's the most understandable Strong Mad has ever been! | |
92 | kind of cool | Strong Bad describes what he would be like if he wasn't a stylish, buff, handsome man. Enter Senor Cardgage!! | |
93 | army | Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? Arguably the beginning of the Cheat Commandos! | |
94 | video games | Strong Bad describes what his video game would be like on various systems. | Strong Bad takes us on a journey through cyber-time as he imagines different video games versions of himself. Come for the "Your Head Asplode", stay for the "You can't get ye flask." |
95 | the bet | Strong Bad loses a bet and has to spend the night in the King of Town's castle. Something-arity ensues. | |
96 | lackey | Quotation marks abound in this email about what a good lackey The Cheat is to Strong Bad. Featuring justifiably forgotten cantaloupe puppet Doreauxgard. | |
97 | monument | While building an impressive monument to himself, Strong Bad is distracted by Bubs with a piece of paper taped to his chest, I mean the Thnikkaman. | |
98 | stupid stuff | Strong Bad tries to get Homestar to say something intelligent. Somehow this will get him some fresh Grumblecakes. | |
99 | different town | Strong Bad sings about how he would make his town different. | |
100 | flashback | Strong Bad answers his 100th email in WIDESCREEEEEEEEEEEEN! Reveals the secret origins of Duck Shirt Homestar and The Cheat! | |
101 | car | Homestar shows off his tricked out hat instead of Strong Bad talking about his non-existent car. | |
102 | lunch special | Strong Bad tries to trick Bubs into giving him a free lunch special. And we find out that Bubs can fly. Canon! | |
103 | haircut | Strong Bad struggles to answer an email about haircuts. | |
104 | theme park | Strong Bad describes what the Strong Badia theme park would be like. | |
105 | replacement | Who will check his emails when Strong Bad retires? Aforementioned Strong Bad tries to find out. | |
106 | dangeresque 3 | Strong Bad offers the digitally remastered director's cut of Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too? | |
107 | cheatday | Strong Bad divulges the mysteries surrounding the Cheat's birthday. | |
108 | pom pom | Strong Bad investigates what happens if Pom Pom is poked with a pin. No ever-loving snot is kicked out of anyone. | |
109 | crying | Strong Bad makes Homestar cry with his drawing of a one legged puppy with an indomitable spirit! Enter Li'l Brudder! | |
110 | for kids | Strong Bad describes what his television show for kids would be like. | |
111 | other days | Since Mondays are traditionally for email checking, Strong Bad explains what he does the rest of the week. | |
112 | old comics | Strong Bad explains why the King of Town has a Poopsmith. Sort of. | |
113 | pizzaz | Strong Bad interviews himself to find out the secret of his pizzaz. | |
114 | the facts | Everyone wants to know why Strong Mad doesn't have a cartoon. Well, one person wants to know. Strong Bad gives a rock solid explanation. | |
115 | time capsule | What would Strong Bad leave to future generations? Watch this cartoon to find out! | |
116 | extra plug | SB puts the extra plug under his desk to good use. | |
117 | montage | Strong Bad creates a montage. | |
118 | virus | Strong Bad's Compy 386 gets a virus. | |
119 | animal | Strong Bad gets a laptop computer and details what his own made up animal would be like. | Strong Bad gets a new laptop computer and also, furthermore, hereforto details what his own made up animal would be like. |
120 | radio | Strong Bad describes various radio host styles. | Strong Bad gives advice on/makes fun of the various types of radio hosts. |
121 | part-time job | Strong Bad tries to sell cups of ice for Bubs while dressed up as the Tragic Clown Dog. A classic! | |
122 | dreamail | Strong Bad describes the perfect email with the help of a fade-y pink border. | |
123 | origins | Homestar singing some songs about bread is all you really need to know about this one. Strong Bad is in it too, I assume. | |
124 | secret recipes | SB tricks people into eating gross stuff. The Cheat gets a haircut. What's not to love? | |
125 | rock opera | One word from each of his first 125 sbemails make up the lyrics to Strong Bad's definitely-planned-from-the-start rock opera. | |
126 | best thing | Strong Bad describes the best thing he's ever seen, done or eaten. | Strong Bad remember the best thing ever: Limozeen's very short-lived Saturday morning cartoon. |
127 | long pants | Homestar shows up wearing shorts and pants at the same time. At least he was told long pants. Long pants, long pants. By who we don't know. | |
128 | rampage | Strong Bad demonstrates the types of rampages he goes on these days. Reading, regal, and legal to name a few. | |
129 | garage sale | Strong Bad breaks down garage sales and the people who frequent them. | |
130 | do over | Strong Bad tries to do-over a few previous emails. It works perfectly. Nothing goes wrong at all. | |
131 | boring (really) | The most action-packed Strong Bad email ever! Bricks! Eye closings! Three-letter words! | |
132 | modeling | Strong Bad dons the latest styles for a high-fashion photo shoot. | |
133 | bottom 10 | Strong Bad lists his bottom 10. | Strong Bad's Bottom 10 List! Not much more to say! |
134 | record book | Strong Bad tries to get a world record for his new record book. Other great stuff happens, too. | |
135 | lady...ing | SB revisits one of his earliest (made-up) emails. Connoisseurs of late nineties flash animation will get a real kick out of it! | |
136 | geddup noise | Strong Bad explains what happened to the Geddup Noise. | Strong Bad tells the tale of the meteoric rise of the sound it make when he stands up from his computer desk. |
137 | bedtime story | The Cheat's bedtime routine has officially reached rigamarole status. Watch and learn! | |
138 | space program | Strong Bad describes Strong Badia's space program, SBASAF. | Space Captainface and Strap Coopmore get ready for launchday in this filmstrip from Strong Badia's space programs, SBASAF. |
139 | portrait | Strong Bad tries to figure what art style is most worthy of his visage. | |
140 | highschool | [not on YouTube] | In his usual deflective style, Strong Bad expains what other cartoon characters are like when they're teens and then takes it too far. |
141 | death metal | Strong Bad gives lessons in making a death metal song. | Learn to hot glue corn flaskes to your face the Strong Bad way and get your fill of D-E words, invisible orbs, and creepy rusty meat! |
142 | secret identity | [not on YouTube] | Live a day in a Mudgeman's shoes as Strong Bad lies about secret identities he doesn't actually have. |
143 | technology | Strong Bad tries to explain technology to middle school students. | Look out mama, Strong Bad's usin' technology! Learn about the latest tech from the mouth of a real techtalker! |
144 | narrator | [not on YouTube] | StroBro decides to narrate everybody else's daily lives like movie trailers. Stuff gets chucked at Strong Sad. |
145 | myths & legends | Strong Bad tells the legendary legend of the Bear Holding a Shark. | The origins of the bear holding a shark are revealed and a community is set on edge by mysterious sightings. |
146 | pop-up | [not on YouTube] | Somebody's friend had a dream there was a Strong Bad pop-up book, it was the book of YOUR dreams! |
147 | lady fan | [not on YouTube] | SB tries to help someone impress their lady fan, but it probably doesn't work. Homestar tweeses it out! |
148 | disconnected | [not on YouTube] | Strong Bad weighs the pros and cons of separating his head from his body. |
149 | candy product | [not on YouTube] | Strong Bad gets his own candy product and a catchy commercial for it too! |
150 | alternate universe | Strong Bad visits alternate universes with his new alternate portal device. | For his sesquicentenn-email, Strong Bad and The Cheat make an alternate universe portal so he can visit his many doppelgangers. |
151 | senior prom | [not on YouTube] | Strong Bad makes up a convoluted plan to crash the senior prom. You can imagine how that goes for him. |
152 | isp | Strong Bad describes Strong Badia's internet service provider. | With his internet acting up, Strong Bad has to call customer service and ultimately confronts the Bubs in charge! |
153 | redesign | [not on YouTube] | Learn the basics of branding as Strong Bad attempts to redesign the venerable No Loafing sign with mixed results. |
154 | keep cool | [not on YouTube] | Cool time, pool time! There's a pool, remember?! And Strong Bad is the lifeguard! |
155 | theme song | Strong Bad tries to explain why his email show doesn't have a theme song. | Strong Bad crafts a sitcom theme song for his 3-5 minute email show. Do you want to make.... twicebutt? |
156 | road trip | [not on YouTube] | This my friend is jumbo/LARGE! Strong Bad and The Cheat try to take Bubs' Gremlin on a road trip. |
157 | trading cards | [not on YouTube] | Strong Bad refuses to give Daniel from Canada what he wants and instead shows off everybody else's trading cards. |
158 | cliffhangers | [not on YouTube] | Since there are no real cliffhangers, Strong Bad makes up a bunch and resolves them only to be a victim of a cliffhanger himself! |
159 | retirement | [not on YouTube] | Mysterious forces have taken Strong Bad's laptop! Can he meet the ransom demands and get her back? |
160 | coloring | [not on YouTube] | Learn about crayon names with a Limozeen coloring book and Marzipan's creepy school/cult. |
161 | 4 branches | Start your day, the sbemail way! And never get out of bed! | |
162a | the chair | A-just scrape some email off the top, and I'll help you out toniiiight! | |
162b | the chair | Hey, hey, hey. It's email. | |
163 | what I want | Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dear Strong Bad. | |
164 | looking old | {slowly} Boom, tick. Tick-a-tick-a-tick, email. Boom, tick. Tick-a-tick-a-tick, What? Dijjery— | |
165 | strong badathlon | I'm doin' a party, I'm makin' it happen, on Strong Bad Email. | |
166 | unnatural | I am Strong Bad, and I am not making an "I approve this email" joke. | |
167 | the movies | Coach Z is not that cool; here comes an email. | |
168 | your funeral | Strong Bad, how you gonna check that email with my boxing gloves, with my boxing gloves? | |
169 | from work | Oh, tiptoe your fingers 'cross the keyboard for the quietest email you can check. | |
170 | rough copy | Sweetheart, get dressed and brush your teeth, it's time for email. | |
171 | underlings | My email song! Where would I be without my email song? | |
172 | more armies | Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down. | |
173 | the paper | Check the deck, y'all! Press eject, y'all! Well, it's another email and I'm about to reject y'all! | |
174 | mini-golf | Email, I'm so in love with you it's kinda inappropriate! | |
175 | concert | I'm running through a field of emails! Paranoia! Paranoia! | |
176 | hygiene | Step 1! You check an email down, Step 2! You tell some kid he's a dork! | |
177 | original | Gropin' around in the dark, tryin' ta find an email! Da-da-da-blue-got-a-now! | |
178 | bike thief | Letters. And words. Emails get absurd, I just gotta jump back! | |
179 | pizza joint | Let a lil' email into your heart, and it'll clog your arteries! | |
180 | slumber party | Gary. I hope this email's from Gary. | |
181 | web comics | Strong Bad Email goes down smooth and clean, like gasoline. | |
182 | business trip | When I was sixteen, I sold all my emails and hit the road. | |
183 | yes, wrestling | Emailin' from the left to the right, emailin' on a Tuuueeesday night. | |
184 | diorama | I baked you this special email! It has... raisins. | |
185 | nightlife | Another week, another email scandal! Strong Bad gonna fly off the handle! | |
186 | environment | I'm chicky-checkin' emails in 2008! Stricky-stricky-Strong Bad fit to regulate! | |
187 | winter pool | Ooh, emails make me tremble, so I'll keep my body nimble. | |
188 | fan club | Green green grass... A pleasant ghost... Strong Bad Email, make us some toast! | |
189 | pet show | Continue to roast your Strong Bad Email until it reaches an internal temperature of 189. | |
190 | licensed | Save the gross stuff up at the back of your throat, and hock it at an unsuspecting email. | |
191 | buried | Oh, who's checkin' emails with his pants? Who's checkin' emails with his pants? | |
192 | shapeshifter | Back again. Checking email from my friends. I mean, the stupid people that write me. | |
193 | rated | My email is a cell phone. No it's not! My email is a CAR-phone! That's right. | |
193½ | SBCG4AP Advertisement | Checkin' emails for money... is not funny. | |
194 | specially marked | If everybody in the world checked their email, the Internet would probably break. | |
195 | love poems | Girl, where's my money that you owe me from all those emails that you wrote me? | |
196 | hiding | Junk it, and check it, send me an email and I'll wreck it! | |
197 | your edge | Another freakin' email, another freakin' email song. | |
198 | magic trick | I'm gonna check my {grunt}, and then I'll check my {grunt} and then we'll turn it out. | |
199 | being mean | I had to pay the doctor just to have this email removed. A-so smooth. | |
200 | email thunder | THE POOPSMITH: {singing} Two hundred sbemails, exhausting just to think about. How can we face two hundred sbemails? The thought of all those sbemails makes me weak! STRONG BAD: Puke! | |
200½ | April Fool 09 | Having it out with an email, in the middle of the street in front of some tourists, please don't call the cops. | |
201 | hremail3184 | Oh, man, I haven't checked my email in so long, I bet there's gonna be a half-zillion messages waiting for me! | |
202 | imaginary | Checking emails at home from your work computer, it's kinda like playing first person shooters with your girlfriend. It kinda ruins them booooth. | |
203 | independent | To check my email, all gotta do is click. All that old typin' made my boxing gloves sick. | |
204 | dictionary | Oh, people can you feel me? To email me? Also, please don't try to really feel me. | |
205 | videography | Checkin' emails with boxing gloves: the sweet computer science. | |
206 | sbemail206 | Emails are like Hot Pockets; they're full of garbage and cheese! | |
207 | too cool | Let's not make a big deal out of this! It's just a little Strong Bad Email! Ring! | |
208 | The Next April Fools Thing |
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