2 years
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Strong Bad Email #85
E. Fullmer asks Strong Bad what Strong Badia will be like in approximately 2 years, and we get a look at the future.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Coach Z, Strong Sad, The Cheat, Strong Mad (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, Strongbadia, The King of Town's Grill
Computer: Compy 386
Date: September 22, 2003
Running Time: 2:23
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: Hassaro! Heessaro! Hassaro! Heessaro!
{Reading email}
Strong Bad,
I am going on a long trip and won't be
able to check out "Homestar Runner's
Website" for a long time. What do you
think the greatest advancement for
Strong Badia will be in the next 2
years?
Your Main Man,
E. Fullmer
{Strong Bad reads "Strong Bad" stressing "Strong" as if it were "Dear," says "Homestar has a website?" after reading "Homestar Runner's Website" and says "Oh..." before reading the signature}
STRONG BAD: {not typing} Umm, Endiment. {typing} Hang on Endiment. Just for the record, my main man is, and has been since 1987, Van Mundegaarde. And don't you forget it! {not typing, a little picture of Strong Bad with a note from Strong Bad to Van comes down} Oh, Van, the times we shared. {typing} Well, as you know, Endy, Strongbadia is on the cutting edge of the future. I can easily predict that the population will have tripled in two years.
{Cut to Strong Badia}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} So by then it will be population: tire and...bundt cake pan.
{A bundt cake pan appears out of nowhere. The sign changes its population list accordingly.}
STRONG BAD:...and Coach Z.
{Coach Z appears behind the fence, facing away from the camera. The sign changes its population list accordingly again.}
COACH Z: I'm takin' a leak!
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} I also have some good news for you single ladies out there. The cinder block is going to break up with the sign.
{The cinderblock and sign are seperated, and a letter from the cinder block to the sign appears on-screen:}
Dear Stopsign, You are a stopsign and I am a cinderblock. Therefore I think we should break up. I hope we can still be's friends. -Cinderblock
CINDER BLOCK: Dear Stop Sign, you are a stop sign and I am a cinder block.
{The letter disappears}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Ooh! And we will also have developed a world-class hole.
{A hole appears in the ground}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} And by then, hopefully the Cheat will be finished with the mural I commissioned him to paint on the fence...
{A mural of the words "FIREWORKS or die" appears on the fence}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} ...like a freakin' year ago. Slowby. Oh yeah, and the tire will have definitely won the title.
(A belt appears on the tire and an invisible crowd cheers.)
STRONG BAD: And finally, Strong Sad will have actually succeeded in becoming more whiny.
{Strong Sad appears out of nowhere}
STRONG SAD: {pouty voice} I don't like food anymore!
{Cut back to the Compy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Augh! So annoying. Oh, that reminds me. I should probably go let Strong Sad outta the dryer. He's been in there since breakfast.
{The Paper comes down. After about 10 seconds, Strong Bad gets up. Cut to the dryer. Strong Bad opens it, and discovers a dizzy, fluffy The Cheat.}
STRONG BAD: What the—? The Cheat?! Where the crap did I leave Strong Sad?
{Cut to The King of Town's grill. It's closed, but we can hear Strong Sad's voice from within.}
STRONG SAD: Uh, hello? Can anybody hear me? The Cheat has a really nice place in here. And none of his shirts fit me.
{Cut back to the Compy, with Strong Bad sitting at it as before.}
Easter Eggs
- You can click on the words "Homestar's website" to see a quick peek at Homestar's crappy website.
- After you wait and see what happened to Strong Sad, you can click on the reflection of Strong Bad's Blue Diamond to see the advertisement for the "Rematch" between Strong Mad and the Tire.
- {Cut to black screen.}
- VOICEOVER: Revenge. {Everything he says echoes ridiculously; the word "REVENGE" appears in red on the screen and Strong Mad is seen on the left, half-lit. He then disappears.} Vengeance. {The word "VENGEANCE" is now seen on the screen and the Tire, as with Strong Mad, appears half-lit on the right; it also disappears} Vengeful. {the word "VENGEFUL" appears and Strong Mad appears as before, more briefly this time.} Revengeanceful. {The same happens, this time with the Tire; it disappears, then Strong Mad is seen straight on, coming closer to the screen.} This Sunday, watch as Strong Mad attempts to reclaim the title {Title belts appear around Strong Mad's eyes, and his face starts fading into red} from Strongbadia heavyweight champion, {the whole screen turns red and the Tire appears on the screen, growing towards us.} the Tire. Tire Madness. {A red Tire Madness logo appears, flashes, and explodes onto the screen, which breifly turns yellow, then reverts to red.} Only on pay per view. {The words "ONLY ON PAY PER VIEW!!!" flash in yellow at the bottom.}
Fun Facts
Trivia
- Revealed: the Cinderblock is a male, the Stop Sign is female.
- It's been confirmed that E. Fullmer's first initial stands for "Elder" Fullmer, indicating that he is about to become a Mormon missionary. This could explain why he will be going on a two-year trip and will not be able to check the website for two years, as that is how long Mormon missionaries serve, and they are not allowed to use the Internet during that time.
Remarks
- The No Loafing sign can be seen when Strong Bad finds the Cheat in the dryer, which suggests that Strong Bad might have more than one.
- Or, for some nonsensical reason, there's a dryer (and possibly washer) in the same room.
- This email was released in September 2003, so the changes should theoretically come into fruition in September 2005.
- Strong Bad doesn't look much different in 1987.
- The fact that Strong Sad says "The Cheat really has a nice place in here" while he is in the King of Town's grill can confirm that the the king's grill is much more spacious on the inside than it looks.
Glitches
- Homestar's Website will not open as a webpage in Netscape 1.0.
- At the end, if you change the contrast of the Compy, and then click on the blue diamond on Strong Bad's head, after the easter egg the contrast will have reverted to what it was at the start of the email.
Inside References
- The music that plays when the Cinderblock's note is displayed is the same music that played in A Decemberween Pageant when Marzipan was talking to The Cheat (right after Strong Bad had said, "There's a squid.") and, later, in pom pom when Strong Bad is writing the letter to Pom Pom's parents.
- Strong Sad in the barbecue is a reference to Where's The Cheat?.
DVD Version
- The Homestar's website Easter egg is actually part of the email. When you switch the angle using the angle button on your DVD remote, it pops up like a regular webpage window and sticks around for ten or fifteen seconds.
- The Cheat in the Dryer and Strong Sad in the Grill Easter eggs have now been separated. You can now find Strong Sad by selecting a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower-left corner of the Compy 386 screen.
