Strong Bad and Marzipan's Relationship

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"To me, this is something losers would do."

Strong Bad and Marzipan rarely get along. Both have expressed dislike for each other on various occasions. However, there are rare moments when they cooperate.

Strong Bad's dislike for Marzipan

• In Search of the Yello Dello — Strong Bad boasts to Marzipan that he will not buy her a birthday present.
• Homestarloween Party — Strong Bad becomes annoyed at Marzipan's turn in the story (where she describes the girls with Pom Pom's head) and snatches the flashlight from her to continue on with the story himself, introducing the Visor Robot.
• Email spring cleaning — Strong Bad deletes an email asking if he has a crush on Marzipan.
• Email suntan — Strong Bad does not listen to Marzipan's advice to flip himself while tanning.
• Sensitive to Bees — Strong Bad tells Marzipan he would not like to hear her song and tries to criticize her performance.
• Email replacement — Strong Bad calls one of Marzipan's scroll button songs "The worst song I ever heard", and he groans while she's still playing her second song.
• Halloween Fairstival — Marzipan's "Chorus Of Autumnal Vegetables" gives Strong Bad the throw-ups.
• Strong Bad is a Bad Guy — The offscreen singers proclaim that "Strong Bad hates Marzipan!"
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — When Homestar Runner claims to be trying to ruin Marzipan's potion, Strong Bad proclaims, "That's a worthy cause if ever there was one!"
• More Fan Costumes — Strong Bad refers to Marzipan, as well as Coach Z and The King of Town as "The least popular Homestar Runner characters".
• Email high school — Strong Bad disagrees with Marzipan over the existence of mysterious.
• Email looking old — Strong Bad does not list Marzipan as one of the people he "hates the least" and tells her that she was called because of "legal reasons". Later, he yells at Marzipan for suggesting to make him over into a backyard. He also says to her, as well as to Bubs, Strong Mad, and The Cheat, "These are all terrible ideas! What am I not paying you people for, anyway?"
• Date Nite — Strong Bad strongly opposes to The Cheat going out with Marzipan.
• DNA Evidence — Strong Bad breaks into Marzipan's house to steal money from inside her couch. He also leaves a trail of pecan footprints because she is allergic to pecans.
• Email bike thief — Strong Bad dashes off in a panic when Marzipan tries to get him to sign her petition.
• Email being mean — Strong Bad tells Coach Z, Marzipan, and Strong Mad that they suck.
• Strong Badia the Free — While Strong Bad is under house arrest, he thinks Homestar's joke referring to Marzipan as an ugly, misshapen stick is pretty good, and he says he'll have to remember it. He also categorizes having to listen to Marzipan's protest song as cruel and unusual punishment.
• Baddest of the Bands — Strong Bad admits he doesn't think Marzipan is hot.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Strong Bad tells Marzipan that Credenza can't be in the film.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2 — Strong Bad steals some of Marzipan's things while she volunteers in the Coches Mountains.
• Kick-a-Ball — Strong Bad reluctantly mumbles Marzipan's name when picking her for the kickball draft.
• Email dictionary — When Marzipan asks Strong Bad if he wants to hear her cover of "Glory Days", he responds with an "Aungh!".
• Later That Night... — Strong Bad says that it's "fortunate" that Marzipan never has many lines. Marzipan angrily responds that sequels to The Reddest Radish and The Luau are "just around the corner".
• Trogdor!! The Board Game (video) — Strong Bad is incredulous at Marzipan being described as one of his "friends".

Strong Bad pranking Marzipan

• The Reddest Radish — Strong Bad steals Marzipan's radish so he could win a competition.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0 — Strong Bad suggests that Marzipan stick her head in the toilet and flush it.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0 — Strong Bad, in his lame attempt to either to sadden or annoy Marzipan, asks that she come down to the station to identify her boyfriend's dead body, while he tries to stifle his laughter.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0 — Strong Bad calls Marzipan stupid for leaving herself messages and asks her to change her name to "Ugly-pan" and to stick a couple of pencils up her nose.
• The Luau — Strong Bad intentionally plans a marshmallow roast on the same day as Marzipan's luau and then steals her firewood.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0 — Strong Bad says that Marzipan could be the president of a royal society for total dorks.
• The House That Gave Sucky Treats — Strong Bad hides raw steaks in Marzipan's treat bag.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0 — Strong Bad tells Marzipan that she will die soon in hopes that she will let him take her stereo as a result.
• Email your friends — Strong Bad tries to trick Marzipan into getting cut by a saw blade.
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — Strong Bad, disguised as Homestar, gives Marzipan a "last place" ribbon.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0 — Strong Bad gives Marzipan some dubious advice on how not to get run over on Halloween night, and also makes plans to egg her house.
• Email personal favorites — Strong Bad blows up Marzipan's answering machine.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0 — Strong Bad tries to give Marzipan one million punches in the face.
• Email lackey — Strong Bad asks The Cheat to steal one of Marzipan's cantaloupes.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2 — Strong Bad tries to steal Marzipan's cable, and then accuses her of eating baby seals, which he claims are the main ingredient of tofu.
• Email origins — Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat spray paint Marzipan. After they get bored with her complaints, they glue her to Homsar and leave them for a pack of wolves to find.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2 — Strong Bad tries to get Homestar to prank call Marzipan.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — Strong Bad pretends to be a candidate for an "Elected Official" so that Marzipan can "donate" some of her belongings to him. He later also claims not to be responsible for the flaming fax machine on her front yard.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 — Strong Bad invites Marzipan to join a "Goatface club" before blatantly informing her that she is ugly. Later, he makes another prank call, saying that all her friends actually hate her.
• Email lady fan — Strong Bad burns Marzipan's arts and crafts class.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — Strong Bad tries to steal a money pie from Marzipan.
• Email candy product — In the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, it is implied that Strong Bad smashed Marzipan's canvas on her head and spilled her painting tools on the floor.
• Email retirement — Strong Bad lets The King of Town dump pesto on Marzipan.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 — Strong Bad implies that Marzipan's butt is so big that it has its own congressman.
• Email nightlife — Strong Bad mentions watering Marzipan's petunias with rotten milk.
• Email environment — Strong Bad waters Marzipan's flowers with bleach and cigarette butts. He also tries to drop a "65 mile per gallon hybrid piano" on her.
• Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad cuts off the head of Marzipan's statue of Homestar, accidentally burning down the rest of the statue and the garden when the head fell. When Strong Bad hides, Marzipan sees the Homestar head and blames Homestar for the burning of the garden and the statue.
• Email sbemail 206 — Strong Bad tricks Marzipan into attempting to eat The Cheat.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 —
  • Strong Bad tries to pull an April Fools' Day prank call on Marzipan with the assistance of Strong Mad and The Cheat, but fails because her mailbox is full.
  • In an answering message from Strong Bad in 2009, Strong Bad pretends to be "Joanie Allthetime", Marzipan's acupuncturist, to try to trick her into harming herself.
  • Another message has Strong Bad pretending to be "Vince Napmaker" from public radio, trying to convince Marzipan to leave money in a bag on her doorstep.
  • In another message, Strong Bad imitates an automated voice, claiming that Grody Lab Results, Incorporated has concluded that she is dying and needs experimental surgery.
  • Strong Bad invents a new girl character, Sharpdene, prank-calling Marzipan to tell her to bake something for "her" and leave it on Strong Bad's kitchen table.
  • In yet another message, Strong Bad claims to be Marzipan's foreign boyfriend "Rongardo Shavemybody", and tries to trick her into coming to Strong Badia and waiting for a long time.

Marzipan's dislike for Strong Bad

• Homestarloween Party — Marzipan is offended that she will have to stand next to Strong Bad.
• Email marzipan — Marzipan sings a song about how she really doesn't like Strong Bad at all, and when Strong Bad asks her if she likes him, she says no every time.
• Email suntan — Marzipan tells Strong Bad he has no abs and is weird for drawing some abs, but not pecs, on himself.
• Email haircut — When Strong Bad brings scissors to cut her hair off, Marzipan says, "You gotta be kidding me."
• Email dreamail — According to Homestar, Marzipan thinks Strong Bad is an ogre.
• Email lady...ing — Marzipan resists Strong Bad's attempts to impress her.
• Email secret identity — Marzipan informs Homestar that she does not like Strong Bad's pseudonym, "Cara Carabowditbowdit".
• Email lady fan — Marzipan calls Strong Bad "a horse's twees".
• Email senior prom — Marzipan gets jealous that Strong Bad becomes the Prom Queen "every freakin' year".
• Email bike thief — Marzipan steals a bike Strong Bad was attempting to steal from Homestar.
• Email environment — Marzipan and Strong Sad protest Strong Bad's excessive energy consumption.
• Homestar Ruiner — When Strong Bad asks Homestar why Marzipan didn't invite him to her party, Homestar says that Marzipan might not like him very much. However, when talking to Marzipan, she will mention that she thinks Homestar doesn't like Strong Bad very much, one of the reasons he wasn't invited. She also explains she still holds a grudge for the stunt Strong Bad performed the last time she invited him to a party. (He declared he had come for the souls of the party goers, ordered them all to kneel before his incredible style, and leaped off her roof. He presumably landed in the cake she had set up in her front yard; it's unclear as the flashback explaining the incident ends just prior to contact.) If provoked by player choice, Marzipan will declare she "chonks" (made-up synonym for hate) him with the intensity of a thousand exploding whales. Marzipan later gets mad at Strong Bad after discovering that he, not Homestar, destroyed her victory garden party. She also growls at him if he rings the doorbell too much, gets angry at him for trying to get her balloons, and implies that he makes her feel bad (she said that her mood ring was brown when she was angry at Homestar, and said that "[she] didn't need [Strong Bad] making it any browner.", among other things.
• Baddest of the Bands — Marzipan states that Strong Bad is not so awesome while writing an autograph for him. Strong Bad also mentions Marzipan "protested me into next week" after he accidentally dropped a gum wrapper into the pond. Also, Marzipan is seen hitting Strong Bad with Carol multiple times throughout the game.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Marzipan stabs Strong Bad with a pencil after he puts Credenza in a wading pool and refuses to fish it out. At the end, Marzipan clearly shows disdain for Strong Bad's movie, including his fast-forwarding "through the eight minutes of educational content [she] provided", and joins the unruly mob against Strong Bad.
• Career Day — Marzipan is annoyed when Strong Bad said that she asked him to talk to the class, and she replies "I didn't ask you! You paid me to let you talk."

Strong Bad and Marzipan getting along

"Tell Marzipan how you really feel about her. Time is running out!"

• The Interview — According to Homestar, Marzipan thinks that Strong Bad's baking has really improved.
• Dangeresque — Marzipan plays Cutesy Buttons, the love interest of Strong Bad's character, Dangeresque.
• Sensitive to Bees — Strong Bad and Marzipan end the song with a peaceful trio, joined by Homestar.
• Email different town — Strong Bad states that "Marzipan would rock" in his different version of Free Country, USA.
• Email flashback — Marzipan congratulates Strong Bad for the 100th email.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — Strong Bad thanks Marzipan for the stuff he thought she gave him.
• Email keep cool — Marzipan says that the chemicals Strong Bad put into the pool are "doing wonders" for her hair.
• Email what i want — Strong Bad and Marzipan host a shopping channel together.
• Jibblies 2 — Strong Bad considers Marzipan one of the "good characters", and is very concerned when Homestar unwittingly informs him that she has the Jibblies.
• Email environment — Strong Bad actually follows Marzipan's advice to take what he usually does and give it eco-friendly names.
• Email shapeshifter — Strong Bad attempts to save Marzipan from a rabid The Cheat.
• Strong Badia the Free — Marzipan organizes a protest to free Strong Bad from house arrest.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Marzipan plays Sultry Buttons, Dangeresque's ex-girlfriend. She says that she's glad to play a more interesting character "instead of that ditsy blond."
• 8-Bit is Enough — Strong Bad confesses liking Marzipan better as the Lady Crate Ape.
• A Death Defying Decemberween — Strong Bad hands Marzipan and the others (Coach Z, Bubs, Strong Mad, and The Cheat) hot chocolate, which Marzipan calls "a wonderful byproduct of [Strong Bad's] parole".
• Email hremail 3184 — Marzipan lends Strong Bad some garden tools to beat up Homestar. Strong Bad thanks her and she replies "Always happy to help!"
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — Strong Bad leaves a message on Marzipan's answering machine asking her for approval on a sequel song to Everybody to the Limit.
• @StrongBadActual tweet (18 Nov 2016) — Strong Bad listed prank ideas for Marzipan's answering machine, one of which is scribbled over, reading "Tell Marzipan how you really feel about her. Time is running out!"
• Homestar Ruiner — Marzipan invited Strong Bad to a party of hers in the past, though Strong Bad ruined it and was part of why Marzipan didn't invite him to Homestar's victory party.