@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018 Oct

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• This Tweet announces the 2018 Halloween toon, Mr. Poofers Must Die.

This Tweet quotes @wkarsten, who posted a picture of a ceramic Strong Mad made by their daughter.

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• Teen Strong Mad was previously seen in imaginary.

This Tweet is a reply to @discarding_imgs, who posted a picture of a dragon with a hand holding a halberd in place of a head, asking if it would win against Trogdor.

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• This reply references a lyric from Trogdor: "When all the land is in ruin ... only one guy will remain; my money's on TROGDOR!"
• Dr. Seuss is also referenced.

This Tweet is a reply to @Jomaster2's picture wearing a Vector Strong Bad mask, saying it glows in the dark.

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• This costume would later be featured in Fan Costumes 2018.

This Tweet quotes @BunnyBruises's fan art of Large Bean looming over Strong Bad.

This Tweet is a reply to @SpaceVikingPB, who posted an ad for a Starbucks Coffee Witch's Brew frappuccino.

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• This Tweet announces Stack 'Em to the Heavens!.

This Tweet links to Trogdor!! The Board Game on Backerkit.

This Tweet is a reply to @Lionheartwolf1, who replied to the costume Tweet with a photo of a giant Homsar costume.

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• This costume would later be featured in Fan Costumes 2018, and would be described as "impressive, disturbing, and makes me uncomfortable".

This Tweet links to the Witch's Brew shirt on the Store.

This Tweet is a reply to @BESWC, who replied to the previous costume Tweet, saying he wants a Witch's Brew shirt.

This Tweet is a reply to @TerminusEst13, who replied to the "golf Doom mod" reply, saying the mod was near completion.

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• Homestar is wearing the Witch's Brew shirt, referencing his obsession with witch's brew.
• Strong Bad previously looked up an obscure costume (Anonymous Contributor) on the wiki in Fan Costumes 2016.

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• The Inktober prompts were "drain" and "expensive", respectively.
• The first picture references a visual from Experimental Film, albeit with shaving cream instead of a full beard.
• The second picture shows a radio resembling the Ghetto Blastro, a pair of headphones, and a Toblerone (which was previously depicted as expensive in Fan Costumes 2015).
• The caption refers to Patrick Rothfuss, who has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps several times.

This Tweet is a reply to @MLGCrankyKong, who replied to the "10 days left" Tweet, saying they could not afford to buy the game until December.

This Tweet is a reply to @senor_cardgage_, who replied to the teaser Tweet, speculating that Pom Pom may be dressed as "the shrunken head guy" from Beetlejuice.

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• "Strong Badtendo of America" is a portmanteau of Strong Bad and Nintendo of America.

This Tweet is a reply to @ColinPiper28, who replied to the "donut glaze" reply, saying they wanted to win Best in Show.

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• Strong Bad covered The Cheat in donut glaze to win Best in Sheen in the Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show from pet show.

This Tweet is a reply to @CCCieri, who posted an Inktober picture of Marzipan as a worm princess.

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• "Wormypan" is a portmanteau of worm and Marzipan.
• Brains and paper towels are referenced.

This Tweet is a reply to @DokFaux, posting a picture of himself wearing a Strong Bad T-shirt.

This Tweet is a reply to @C4ptianmcd3rp, who posted a picture of a shiny pumpkin carved in the shape of Homestar Runner's head.

This Tweet is a reply to @Combine_Kegan, who posted a picture of Trogdor on a billboard in a golf-themed Doom mod.

This Tweet is a reply to @pacdude167, who replied to the "10 days left" Tweet, saying they could not afford to buy Trogdor!! The Board Game and questioned its future availability.

This Tweet is a reply to @joshlewis, who typed the word "toggle" and immediately shouted "targle" in a Coach Z accent.

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• The Inktober prompts for these were "scorched" and "breakable", respectively.
• Dangeresque is shown jumping from an explosion, possibly referencing his catch phrase "Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!".
• Trivia Time was previously broken in pet show.

This Tweet is a reply to @MelissaGo13, who replied to the previous Tweet, asking to play Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up.

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• This animation would be used in Stack 'Em to the Heavens!, released six days later.

This Tweet is a reply to @britainmorris, who replied to the teaser Tweet, predicting Pom Pom's costume to be Violet Beauregarde.

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• The picture shows Pom Pom dressed as Violet Beauregarde from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in Haunted Photo Booth.

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• The Inktober prompt was "bottle".
• The picture and caption references super powers.

Video Transcript

See Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser

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• This Tweet announces the 2018 Halloween teaser, Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser.

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• The Inktober prompt was "swollen".
• The Mastercard logo depicts two overlapping circles.
• The "ugly bird" (and Homestar's pronunciation of it) was originally seen in helium. Cheatball comes from trading cards.

This Tweet links to the Trogdor!! The Board Game video on YouTube.

This Tweet is a reply to @SirBaggiePants, who was surprised that a Trogdor board game existed.

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• "Comersh" is an example of words with omitted syllables.

This Tweet is a reply to @spencerg83, who replied to the previous Tweet with a close-up of the drawing's abs.

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• The picture references Xeriouxly Forxe, and the caption is a lyric of the theme.

This Tweet is a reply to the previous reply.

This Tweet is a reply to @candyman106, who replied to the previous pre-order Tweet, saying he had already pledged $60 and wanted some of the extras, but didn't know if he would be buying them a second time.

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• The Inktober prompt was "weak".
• This picture and caption references the hypothetical meal served in slumber party, and Strong Bad's description of it.

This Tweet is a reply to @PushinUpRoses, who asked if he could recreate the Skills of an Artist episode Diskette as an oil painting.

This Tweet is a reply to @ThatPampkin, who replied to the "class photo" Tweet, saying they would use the rare limited edition "Gen Con charbroiled Trogdor".

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• The Inktober prompt was "clock".
• The caption references the Drive-Thru Whale's quote from Drive-Thru.

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• The Inktober prompt was "guarded".
• The caption references the Drive-Thru Whale's quote from Drive-Thru.

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• The Inktober prompt was "whale".
• The caption references the Drive-Thru Whale's quote from Drive-Thru.

This Tweet is a reply to @PushinUpRoses, who posted a YouTube video of beating Awexome Cross and asked for a pizza, or a trophy full of Steak-umms.

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• The floaty pen was a freebie from the Store for spending $100.00 or more, or buying a Messenger Bag.
• "Woik" is an example of "er" pronounced as "oi".

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• The Inktober prompt was "cruel".
• The picture caption references the buttdance from bottom 10.
• The picture shows Homestar's Daisy Dukes from long pants.

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• The Inktober prompt was "flowing".
• The picture and quote reference the ending of theme park.

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• The image is from technology.

This Tweet is a reply to @Fire_Badger, who replied to the previous Tweet, not remembering some of the pieces from the preview.

This Tweet is a reply to @MrJughead, who replied to the previous Tweet, asking if there would be a Halloween toon (this reply is now unavailable).

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• The image shows a piece of Strong Sad's Tummi Gummi Halloween costume from Mr. Poofers Must Die.

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• The Inktober prompt was "precious".
• Piranha Plants are recurring enemies from the Mario video game franchise.

This Tweet is a reply to @AnnoyedRobotX, who replied to the previous reply, asking the Homestar Runner Wiki to update Homestar Runner's page with the information at once.

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• The Lack of Visible Arms page comments on Strong Bad's speculation of Homestar's telekinetic talent.

This Tweet is a reply to a now unavailable reply to the previous Tweet.

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• The Inktober prompt was "star".
• The picture references Homestar's lack of visible arms. The quote is from Twenty THANXty Six.

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• The Inktober prompt was "exhausted".
• The picture and quote reference bedtime story.

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this one's on me, pal!

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• The Inktober prompt was "drooling".
• The picture and quote reference Strong Bad's playing of Peasant's Quest in for kids.

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• The Inktober prompt was "chicken".
• The picture and quote reference lunch special.

Video Transcript

{The video opens with a title card reading "Swordguys Versus Skullguys" in spiky blue marker. The word "versus" is enclosed within a dripping dagger. Ominous music plays throughout. Strong Mad provides the voices for every character, with dialogue often out of sync with the action.}

{Cut to a castle with a horned skull face in the front and two towers at the sides.}

{Cut to inside. A skull-faced wizard holds a staff and stands in front of a magic ball on a stand. Two heavyset skull-headed guards flank him.}

SKULL WIZARD: The sword guys are coming. {turns to the right guard} You go stop them!

RIGHT GUARD: Okay.

{The two guards leave.}

SKULL WIZARD: Ha ha!

{Cut to a pack of five sword guys who enter from the right, holding various weapons.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Look, a skull bowl!

{Cut to a blue bowl with handles and a golden stand sitting on a square rock. It has a skull on it.}

{Cut back the sword guys. They move toward the left. The tallest sword guy stays behind to point to the right.}

{Cut to a crowd of skullguys holding various weapons.}

TALLEST SWORD GUY: {offscreen} Look, a skull guy!

{Cut to a wide shot of the skull bowl. One by one, the sword guys dip their weapons into the bowl. The tallest sword guy, who is unarmed, dips his fist in the bowl.}

SWORDGUYS: Dip the weapons in the bowls!

{Cut to the tallest sword guy with his hand in the bowl. A skull guy enters from the right. The sword guy punches the skull guy in the face. The skull guy's head flies off. The skull guy falls over.}

TALLEST SWORD GUY: Now we can get them!

{Cut to a wide shot. All the sword guys brandish their weapons and move to the right.}

{Cut to a tall skull guy holding a large axe. A green sword guy holding an axe of his own bashes the skull guy, creating large gashes in his body.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Stab! Slice!

{Cut to a a shirtless sword guy holding a long sword. He slices off the skull guy's hand, then stabs the skull guy in the chest, forming a deep hole in his center.}

SHIRTLESS SWORD GUY: Chopping, stabbing!

{The skull guy flees the scene.}

{Cut to a short wizard holding a staff. He uses magic on the skull guy in front of him, causing his staff to become charred.}

SWORD WIZARD: Zapping!

{Cut to another sword guy. He throws his dagger at the skull guy. It sinks into the skull guy's chest and stays embedded there. The skull guy falls over backwards.}

DAGGER SWORD GUY: Throwing!

{Cut to the sword guy with the axe standing between two tall skull guys. He knocks over the left skull guy, then the right one.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Two times at once!

{Cut to the tallest sword guy effortlessly punching and knocking over a skull guy.}

TALLEST SKULL GUY: Punch.

{The sword guy holding a dagger is chasing off three skull guys. He throws his dagger into the back of the one closest to him, causing him to fall forwards.}

DAGGER SWORD GUY: Throw.

{The dagger sword guy leaves in the opposite direction.}

{Cut to the other four sword guys. The dagger sword guy joins them. He directs them to move ahead. The other sword guys raise their weapons in agreement.}

DAGGER SWORD GUY: We gotta go do other stuff!

{All the sword guys raise their weapons and move forward.}

{Fade to black. Fade back in to the skull castle.}

{Cut to a large wall made entirely of wooden blocks. The five sword guys come up to it.}

DAGGER SWORD GUY: How do we get into the castle?

TALLEST SWORD GUY: Like this!

{The others move out of the way as the tallest sword guy bashes his head against the wall, causing two wooden blocks to fall away, forming a breach in the wall. The other sword guys crowd around.}

{Cut to a room with two pillars made from wooden blocks, decorated with little skulls. The sword guys enter single file and pass between the pillars.}

{Cut to a crowd of skull guys holding weapons.}

SKULL GUYS: Oh!

{Cut to the sword guys in front of a curved staircase made from blocks. Close up on the group.}

AXE SWORD GUY: More skull guys! You fight these guys!

{Cut to a wider shot of the group in front of the staircase. The axe guy ascends the stairs as skull guys enter from both sides.}

AXE SWORD GUY: I'll fight the other guys!

{Cut to the stairs. Two of the steps are decorated with skulls. The axe sword guy meets a skull guy on the steps. The axe sword guy hits the skull guy. The skull guy bleed and falls over behind the stairs. The axe sword guy continues upward.}

{Cut to the sword-wielding guy on the steps.}

{Cut to the wizard on the ground. He zaps the skull guy in front of him, causing the skull guy's head to explode.}

SWORD WIZARD: We're fighting so good!

{Cut to the dagger sword guy at the bottom of the steps. He pulls his dagger out from a fallen skull guy and climbs up the stairs.}

{Cut to the tallest sword guy in combat with a skull guy in front of the staircase. The skull guy tries to bash the sword guy's head with a small axe but the sword guy knocks him down.}

{Cut to the sword wielder at the bottom of the staircase. He is surrounded by two skull guys. The sword wielder stabs the skull guy in front of him, creating a hole in his chest. He then does a spin attack, knocking over both skull guys and a few of the blocks in the staircase.}

SHIRTLESS SWORD GUY: Bluh!

{Cut to the inner sanctum. The skull wizard stands behind his magic ball with two guards at attention. The axe sword guy enters. The skull wizard flees the scene as the two guys move to attack the axe sword guy.}

AXE SWORD GUY: I'll fight you!

{The dagger sword guy enters. Close up on him.}

DAGGER SWORD GUY: I'm standing still for a long time!

{The dagger sword guy throws his dagger off-screen.}

{Cut to the fray with the axe sword guy and the two skull guards. The dagger flies in and hits one of the skull guys in the hinder. The skull guy is knocked over, falling on top of the axe sword guy.}

SKULL GUARD: Whoa!

{Cut to a room made from wooden blocks, with two gaps for windows. The skull wizard enters.}

{Close up on the skull wizard. The axe sword guy swings his axe from off-screen and chops off one of the skull wizard's horns.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Chop!

{Cut to a farther shot of the skull wizard and the axe guy. The axe sword guy comes down from the wooden block.}

{Cut to the axe sword guy. He swings his axe to the edge of the screen. The wizard's skull head sticks to the axe. The axe sword guy removes the skull.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Oh, man!

{Cut to the skull wizard, who has been reveals to be an ordinary bearded man beneath his skull mask.}

AXE SWORD GUY: You're a old bearded guy!

{Cut to the other four sword guys at the bottom of the staircase, crowding around a fallen skull guy warrior with a tall sword sticking upright from his chest. The axe sword guy descends the stairs. The other four turn to face him.}

AXE SWORD GUY: Look out, it's a old bearded guy!

{The axe sword guy turns to look up the stairs as the unmasked skull wizard descends. Close up on him.}

{Cut to the sword wizard from behind.}

SWORD WIZARD: Ahh, you're my dad!

{Cut to the skull wizard.}

SKULL WIZARD: You always were not very good, son!

{Cut to a wide shot. The skull wizard raises his arms. All the sword guys leave except the wizard. The skull wizard zaps the sword wizard with magic.}

{Cut to a closer shot of the two wizards.}

SWORD WIZARD: Why are you being so mean to me—

{The two wizards climb off the staircase and stand on both sides of the fallen skull warrior. The skull wizard zaps the sword wizard again.}

SWORD WIZARD: —my dad?

{Cut to the skull wizard. He waves his hands.}

{Cut to the sword wizard lying on the floor. He zaps with his staff.}

SWORD WIZARD: But I do magic!

{Cut to the skull wizard. The sword stuck inside the fallen skull warrior floats up and stabs through the skull wizard, who falls backwards.}

SKULL WIZARD: Augh!

{Cut to the fallen sword wizard, who stands back up and walks away. The music becomes much more upbeat.}

{Fade to black. Fade in to the sword guys standing in a triumphant formation, with the tallest one standing behind the others. They turn their heads to face each other, then turn back to the front.}

SWORD GUYS: We did it! Let's look at each other!

{Cut to the skull castle. Strong Mad makes exploding sounds as the castle falls apart. First one horn falls off, then one of the teeth, then a part of the parapets, then the other horn, then a large chunk of the skull head.}

{Cut back to the sword guys. A tall dragon with orange horns joins them. The tallest guy turns to greet him.}

TALLEST SWORD GUY: Hi dragon.

{Fade to black. Cut to a title card appears reading "THE END!!" in blue ink. The "D" has a skull face enclosed within it.}

Fun Facts

• Will Vinton was an American animator and filmmaker who created numerous claymation films and had died one day prior.
• "Stop-motion opus" and "stop-mopus" are both portmanteaus of stop motion and magnum opus.

This Tweet is a reply to @Chaud314231, who replied to the previous Witch's Brew Tweet, noting that the Witch's Brew did not have an umlaut (ü) like the back alley dealings in Halloween Fairstival.

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• The difference between "retail" and "shady back alley stuff" was emphasized in licensed.

This Tweet is a reply to @mikeIerardi1, who replied to the previous Witch's Brew Tweet, commenting that Homestar looked like he was about to eat a Wood Carver and his creepy little puppet man.

This Tweet is a reply to @MattTheHat85, who replied to the previous Tweet, remarking that Homestar looks like a terlet.

Fun Facts

• The Inktober prompt was "spell".
• The picture references Homestar's proclivity for witch's brew. The quote is from Halloween Fairstival.
• The phrase "mouth shelf" for Homestar's underbite was previously used in a 14 Dec 2017 Tweet.

This Tweet is a reply to the previous Tweet.

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POK!
ROA-STAD!

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• The Inktober prompt, again, was "roasted".
• The picture references Let Us Give TANKS!.

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• The Inktober prompt was "roasted".

This Tweet is a reply to @infiniteovals, who replied to the previous Tweet, saying the bushes had apparently moved to the sky (referring to the lack of bushes and the bumpy clouds).

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• The Inktober prompt was "tranquil".
• The picture and quote reference 3 Times Halloween Funjob.

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• Inktober is an annual social media phenomenon in which many artists post ink drawings based on specific prompts for each day in October.
• The Inktober prompt for this day was "poisonous".
• The picture and quote reference techno, where Strong Bad suggested he would break open a glowstick and pour it into Homestar's Mountain Dew.

This Tweet is a reply to @CyberKFox, asking if there would be a Halloween toon this year.

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• The toon in question ended up being Mr. Poofers Must Die.

This Tweet is a reply to @Tyranostradamus, who replied to the previous Tweet, noting the wood and brick tiles next to each other with common roll numbers (8 and 6, respectively) in the Settlers of Catan image, and saying the game is rigged.

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• The image shows character meeples being used in multiple board games:
  • Homestar, Pom Pom, and Coach Z being used as player tokens in Monopoly.
  • Bubs, Coach Z, and the Poopsmith in Pandemic.
  • Marzipan and Homestar as roads, Strong Bad as the robber, and the King of Town and Strong Sad as settlements and/or cities in The Settlers of Catan.
  • Strong Bad, Homsar, and Pom Pom on the board of Don't Make Daddy P.O.'d, with Homestar in Daddy's mouth.
• Coach Z is on Baltic Avenue on the Monopoly board, perhaps referencing his Meeple Grove line "I'm creepin' and I'm creepin' down Baltic Ave!".