Family Resemblence
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Strong Bad describes how he imagines Pom Pom's family.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Pom Pom, Stom Stom, Stella Do, The Filing Cabinet
Places: Computer Room, The Field
Computer: Compy 386
Running Time: 2:32
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: Checkin' emails for a livin', a livin'. I'm checkin' emails for life. {begins reading}
Dear Strong Bad,
I wonder what Pom Pom's family looks
like.
Jaro from Podunk</blockquote> STRONG BAD: Er, sounds like a pretty cool guy. {typing}Well, Jaro, I myself have never seen Pom Pom's family, but I'm sure that they bear the same resemblence to Pom Pom that my family bears to me.</blockquote> {A postcard with all three brothers Strong appears. It reads "Birds of a Feather." It stays onscreen for a moment as drums play in the background, and then vanishes.} STRONG BAD:So let's see if we can't theorize what his kinsfolk might look like.</blockquote> {Cut to a solid white screen. Pom Pom moves across and stops at the left-hand side.} STRONG BAD: {voiceover during the entire scene} Okay, Pom Pom has got an orange head, so I'm sure his brother's head would look like a bulldog. {A bulldog's head appears.} STRONG BAD: And he'd have a horse leg for a body... and leg. {A horse leg appears, and the camera scrolls up to show that it's attached to the bulldog head directly.} STRONG BAD: And he'd have boxing gloves for hands— {Skinny Strong Bad-like arms appear on either side of the bulldog.} STRONG BAD: —just like all normal people do. {The arms swing.} STRONG BAD: Eh, his name is probably "Stom Stom,"— {Camera zooms in on the character, and "STOM STOM" appears at the bottom of the screen.} STRONG BAD: —I'm thinkin'. Ooh, another sibling might very well be a pair of headphones— {Stom Stom vanishes, and a pair of headphones takes his place.} STRONG BAD: —with a floaty face inside. {Arms, legs, a floating face, and a cord all appear around the headphones.} STRONG BAD: You know,— {The screen splits to show Pom Pom bobbing in The Field on the right-hand side.} STRONG BAD: —because Pom Pom floats a little... bit, when he walks. {Pom Pom walks off stage left. The split vanishes with him.} STRONG BAD: That must be his little sister: "Stella Do." {The words "Stella Do" appear on the bottom of the screen, and Stella waves her arms.} STRONG BAD: Oh, and Pom Pom talks in bubbles, right? {Pom Pom replaces Stella.} POM POM: {bubbles} STRONG BAD: So, naturally, his parents would be a file cabinet. {A file cabinet appears for a moment. Then it shifts to The Field, where Stella Do, Stom Stom, the File Cabinet, and Pom Pom all stand together. Stom Stom rocks his upper body back and forth a few times, and Stella bobs up and down.} STRONG BAD: Man, that's a good-looking family right there. They could be one of those families on the cover of board games that look way too enthusiastic about playing a board game together. {The screen shifts to static for a moment, and then cuts to the words "Get Ready!!!"} UNSEEN AUDIENCE: Get ready!!! {A box for "Jurvy-Skat" appears with a pop. Pom Pom and his made-up family appear on the cover.} ANNOUNCER: Ah-ha-ha, that's right! Get ready for Jurvy-Skat, the classic game of "Oh, no you don't!" {The camera shows a closeup of two piles of cards, a red pile labeled "Jurvy" next to the words "Pick One" and a yellow pile labeled "Skat" next to the words "Don't Pick One." Pom Pom's hand grabs a "Jurvy" card.} ANNOUNCER: Pick a card! {Pom Pom's hand reaches for a "Skat" card, but he doesn't take it.} ANNOUNCER: Don't pick a card! Pick a card now! {Pom Pom's hand grabs a "Jurvy." Zoom out to shot the whole family around the board game, with Stom Stom hitting the table over and over.} ANNOUNCER: Jurvy-Skat from Boardelectrix is great for ages two to filing cabinet! {Stom Stom hits Pom Pom in the back of the head. Pom Pom angrily attacks him and the whole family joins in on the fight. Cut to the box again.} ANNOUNCER: Jurvy-Skat from Boardelectrix! Goodtime family fun! {As these last three words are said, the words "Goodtime Family Fun" appear at the bottom of the screen.} ANNOUNCER: {quietly} Hey, that's pretty good. Goodtime family fun. You— w— we should trademark that. {A "TM" appears next to the words with a chime. Cut back to the Compy} STRONG BAD: {typing}I wish they'd invite me over for some of that action. Order a pizza, rent a movie, play some game with a million pieces that takes three hours just to set up only to find out that you're missing the bathtub. Now that is some Goodtime Family Fun™.</blockquote> {clears screen}I wonder if Pom Pom would be cool if I started putting the moves on Stella Do. She's got some hotness methinks. That floaty face. Ooh! Oh, wait. She's just hypothetical. Why are all the best girls hypothetical these days? Lemme tell ya, the hypothetical make-out session...not gonna cut it.</span>{The Paper comes down.}
Easter Eggs
- Find the hidden Strong Bad head for a scene with Strong Bad and Stella Do in The Field.
- STRONG BAD: So, Stella Do, wanna come over to my place tonight?
- {Pom Pom's silhouette bounces on from stage left.}
- STRONG BAD: I could maybe plug you into my record player...
- POM POM: {bubbles angrily}
- STRONG BAD: Oh! Pom Pom! Uh, look man, it's strictly hypothetical between us, I swear! I never touched her floaty face!
Fun Facts
Trivia
"Oh, No You Don't!"
- The Jurvy-Skat cover reads:
The Game of Classic Game of Jurvy-Skat "Oh, No You Don't!" 1-43 Players Ages 2 to Filing Cabinet 900,000 pieces boardelectrixRemarks
- Pom Pom's parents were seen in Pom Pom, Too, but there they were simply differently-colored Poms. Strong Bad also wrote them a letter in pom pom. Also, in Kick-A-Ball, Tim Tom (a cousin of Pom Pom) was seen, and is indeed a different colored Pom, and nothing more.
- "Jaro" is also the name of an enemy in the game Stinkoman 20X6.
Goofs
- The title of this email is misspelled. It should be "Family Resemblance". Likewise, Strong Bad misspells the word in his reply.
Inside References
- This is another mention of pizza.
- "Boardelectrix" is a reference to The Brothers Chaps' and their Flash programmer Jonathan Howe's fake game-making company: Videlectrix.
- Strong Bad saying that Pom Pom's parents would be a file cabinet is an instance of singular instead of plural.
Real-World References
- The game with the missing bathtub is Mouse Trap, a game that has many pieces (including a bathtub) and takes a long time to set up.
- The logo for Jurvy-Skat resembles that of the logo of the hit '90s sitcom Seinfeld.
Fast Forward
- Boardelectrix later appeared on the site making "THE SHOW! STUPID HOME EDITION!" in geddup noise.
- In Homestar Ruiner, Homestar will occasionally say "Look at me! Don't look at me! Look at me now!"
- Jurvy-Skat is mentioned again as one of the games Boardelectrix made in Trogdor!! The Board Game (video).
See Also
