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{{abouttoon}} {{forsong|Everybody to the Limit (Live)}} {{for|karaoke video|Fhqwhgads (karaoke)}} | {{abouttoon}} {{forsong|Everybody to the Limit (Live)}} {{for|karaoke video|Fhqwhgads (karaoke)}} | ||
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{{toonnav|Powered by The Cheat|fhqwhgads|The Cheat Theme Song|Crazy Cartoon}} | {{toonnav|Powered by The Cheat|fhqwhgads|The Cheat Theme Song|Crazy Cartoon}} | ||
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The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Strong Bad's song about [[Fhqwhgads]]. | The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Strong Bad's song about [[Fhqwhgads]]. | ||
| - | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Visor Robot}}, [[Atari Dragon]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}} |
'''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]] | '''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]] | ||
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I mean, I do. | I mean, I do. | ||
| - | ''{Zooms out to reveal Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the video on Tangerine Dreams.}'' | + | ''{Zooms out to reveal Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the video on [[Tangerine Dreams]].}'' |
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking to The Cheat}'' Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking to The Cheat}'' Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... Chiggidaba... He—g... ''{rubs The Cheat's head}'' I'm buyin' you a pizza! |
== Fun Facts == | == Fun Facts == | ||
| - | + | [[File:Armchair room.PNG|thumb|"Come on Fhqwhgads. I see you jockin' me."]] | |
===Explanations=== | ===Explanations=== | ||
*Fhqwhgads originated in the Strong Bad Email [[i love you]]. | *Fhqwhgads originated in the Strong Bad Email [[i love you]]. | ||
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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
*A "[[Everybody to the Limit (Live)|Live from West Reykjavik]]" version of this song can be found on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. | *A "[[Everybody to the Limit (Live)|Live from West Reykjavik]]" version of this song can be found on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. | ||
| - | *Clicking the Back button at the end of the video will always take you to [[Main Page 15]], The Cheat's main page. | + | *Clicking the Back button at the end of the video will always take you to [[Main Page 15]], The Cheat's [[Main Pages|main page]]. |
*On April 12, 2006, this was the first non-[[Strong Bad Email]] or [[Teen Girl Squad]] cartoon to be added to [[Podstar Runner]]. The summary read, "The Cheat directs a video for Strong Bad's [[number one jam]]." | *On April 12, 2006, this was the first non-[[Strong Bad Email]] or [[Teen Girl Squad]] cartoon to be added to [[Podstar Runner]]. The summary read, "The Cheat directs a video for Strong Bad's [[number one jam]]." | ||
| - | *The | + | *The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "The Cheat makes a video of Strong Bad's #1 summer jam.The Cheat makes a video for Strong Bad's #1 summer jam." |
===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
*On the MP3 version, the Visor Robot's laser doesn't play. | *On the MP3 version, the Visor Robot's laser doesn't play. | ||
*The word "on" appears as two stars when Strong Bad raps "I said come on, Fhqwhgads!" for the fourth time. This is because the [[font]] used is WP IconicSymbolsA. | *The word "on" appears as two stars when Strong Bad raps "I said come on, Fhqwhgads!" for the fourth time. This is because the [[font]] used is WP IconicSymbolsA. | ||
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*The tempo of the song is 110 beats per minute. | *The tempo of the song is 110 beats per minute. | ||
*When the toon is loading, the Visor Robot's shoulder is missing, but after the loading is completed, it suddenly appears. | *When the toon is loading, the Visor Robot's shoulder is missing, but after the loading is completed, it suddenly appears. | ||
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===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
[[Image:everybodytothelemke.png|200px|thumb|Lemke strikes again!]] | [[Image:everybodytothelemke.png|200px|thumb|Lemke strikes again!]] | ||
| - | *For a split second, as the Visor Robot's head opens to reveal Strong Bad, the words "come on" are replaced on screen by the word "[[lemke]] | + | *For a split second, as the Visor Robot's head opens to reveal Strong Bad, the words "come on" are replaced on screen by the word "[[lemke]]". |
*When Strong Bad comes out of the Visor Robot, he is holding a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]]. | *When Strong Bad comes out of the Visor Robot, he is holding a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]]. | ||
| - | *When the multiple CDs fly across the screen, a roll of [[ | + | *When the multiple CDs fly across the screen, a roll of [[duct tape]] is also visible. |
| - | *This is another mention of [[ | + | *This is another mention of [[pizza]]. |
*The Abraham Lincoln heads are from an Easter egg in [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]. | *The Abraham Lincoln heads are from an Easter egg in [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]. | ||
===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
| - | + | *The red and white "enjoy fhqwhgads" ad on the billboard is based on [[Coca-Cola]], who used the slogan "Enjoy Coke". | |
| - | *The red and white "enjoy fhqwhgads" ad on the billboard is based on [[ | + | *The disembodied clapping hands at the beginning are similar to those in the intro of the video for John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack And Diane". |
| - | *The lyric "I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake" is accompanied by portraits of brothers [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] and [[Wikipedia:Robert F. Kennedy|Robert F. Kennedy]]. | + | *There are two references to [[Presidents]]: |
| - | *The yellow and white | + | **The lyric "I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake" is accompanied by portraits of brothers President [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] and Senator [[Wikipedia:Robert F. Kennedy|Robert F. Kennedy]]. |
| - | + | **During one of the times the screen is flashing, a profile view of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s head can be easily noticed. | |
| + | *The yellow and white [[duck]]-like creatures are [[Atari Dragon]]s from the old [[Atari 2600]] game [[Wikipedia:Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]]. | ||
*The Visor Robot's voice is [[Wikipedia:PlainTalk|MacInTalk]]'s Zarvox. | *The Visor Robot's voice is [[Wikipedia:PlainTalk|MacInTalk]]'s Zarvox. | ||
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*The drums The Cheat plays are modeled after Simmons [[Wikipedia:Electronic drum#Early Electronic Drums|electronic drums]], whose distinctive hexagonal shape became mildly iconic in the 1980s. | *The drums The Cheat plays are modeled after Simmons [[Wikipedia:Electronic drum#Early Electronic Drums|electronic drums]], whose distinctive hexagonal shape became mildly iconic in the 1980s. | ||
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
*In the Strong Bad Email [[your friends]], [[Strong Bad]] hits [[Bubs]] and [[The King of Town]] over the head with a [[Wikipedia:Gold album|Gold Record]] (such as are awarded when an album or single sells 500,000 copies) titled "Everybody To The Limit". | *In the Strong Bad Email [[your friends]], [[Strong Bad]] hits [[Bubs]] and [[The King of Town]] over the head with a [[Wikipedia:Gold album|Gold Record]] (such as are awarded when an album or single sells 500,000 copies) titled "Everybody To The Limit". | ||
| - | *In the email [[sibbie]], Sibbie | + | *In the email [[sibbie]], Sibbie mentioned the song Strong Bad wrote about Fhqwhgads, and requested his/her own song. |
| - | * The scene where [[Strong Bad]] is sitting in the armchair with the glass of wine is used in [[rock opera]] when Strong Bad says "Ooh, I'm pleasant", although there he is in the [[Smoky Office]]. | + | *The scene where [[Strong Bad]] is sitting in the armchair with the glass of wine is used in [[rock opera]] when Strong Bad says "Ooh, I'm pleasant", although there he is in the [[Smoky Office]]. |
*The [[milk carton]] appears again in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] and [[kind of cool]]. | *The [[milk carton]] appears again in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] and [[kind of cool]]. | ||
| - | *In the Powered by the Cheat cartoon [[ | + | *In the Powered by the Cheat cartoon [[Crazy Cartoon]], Strong Bad says that the cartoon doesn't deserve a pizza. |
*In the Strong Bad Email [[what I want]], this song is played by the [[Dancin' Musical Nobots|Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot]]. | *In the Strong Bad Email [[what I want]], this song is played by the [[Dancin' Musical Nobots|Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot]]. | ||
*At the beginning of [[Place ya bets!]], Strong Sad recites the last two lines of the song. | *At the beginning of [[Place ya bets!]], Strong Sad recites the last two lines of the song. | ||
*The same silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's profile is seen carved into a pumpkin in the [[Brainkrieg]] music video [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]. | *The same silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's profile is seen carved into a pumpkin in the [[Brainkrieg]] music video [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]. | ||
| + | *In [[Main Page 22]], pop-ups pop up and every time one comes up, the robot's voice says "fhqwagads". | ||
| + | *The last scene with Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer was parodied in an Easter egg of [[Fish Eye Lens]]. | ||
| + | *In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]], Strong Bad wants to do a sequel, "Let's Fhqwhgads Again", for the song's tenth anniversary. Everybody else, including the [[Visor Robot]], doesn't want him to do so. | ||
== DVD Version == | == DVD Version == | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Oh, hey, holy crap, right? | '''MIKE:''' Oh, hey, holy crap, right? | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Oh | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Oh— I'm gonna kick you out of this room, this tiny room we're in... |
| - | '''MIKE:''' Oh, right, say it. Let me | + | '''MIKE:''' Oh, right, say it. Let me— let me hear you say it. Come on— |
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' All right, let's talk about this sweet video that The Cheat made. |
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' I like your shades, right there. | '''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' I like your shades, right there. | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. | ||
| - | '''MIKE:''' After the | + | '''MIKE:''' After the— his own theme song. |
'''STRONG BAD:''' That, that travesty that was The Cheat Theme Song. But the song was okay, thanks to The Skate Partay. | '''STRONG BAD:''' That, that travesty that was The Cheat Theme Song. But the song was okay, thanks to The Skate Partay. | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, everything. That was my wiffle ball, that was my duct tape, that was my CD... | '''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, everything. That was my wiffle ball, that was my duct tape, that was my CD... | ||
| - | '''MIKE:''' Oh, so all of the | + | '''MIKE:''' Oh, so all of the— the JPEG pictures were yours? |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' Look, I was riding the L train, back out to Brooklyn. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' Look, I was riding the L train, back out to Brooklyn. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Okay. | '''MIKE:''' Okay. | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Reading | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Reading— reading the new, the new James L. Took novel. |
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah? | '''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah? | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Why is your wiffle ball eating you? | '''MIKE:''' Why is your wiffle ball eating you? | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that was The Cheat, he was | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that was The Cheat, he was— |
'''MIKE:''' Who- who was that, by the way? The guy with the bag over his head? | '''MIKE:''' Who- who was that, by the way? The guy with the bag over his head? | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' That was | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' That was— |
'''MIKE:''' Was that the Unknown Comic? | '''MIKE:''' Was that the Unknown Comic? | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' I think it was. From the Gong Show? ''{Mike laughs}'' Oh, the Bobbys and the Jakeys. ''{pause}'' Man, this | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' I think it was. From the Gong Show? ''{Mike laughs}'' Oh, the Bobbys and the Jakeys. ''{pause}'' Man, this— I'm surprised I haven't been sued from people going into convulsions from watching some of these Cheat videos. They're— |
'''MIKE:''' They do have some flashing images. | '''MIKE:''' They do have some flashing images. | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' They're flashy. For sure. Lookit, oh | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' They're flashy. For sure. Lookit, oh— ''{unintelligible}'' |
'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' Don't swallow your tongue! | '''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' Don't swallow your tongue! | ||
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'''MIKE:''' I was always very afraid of swallowing my tongue when I was younger, that was one of my- | '''MIKE:''' I was always very afraid of swallowing my tongue when I was younger, that was one of my- | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' It was in, like, Airport 76 or something. | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' It was in, like, ''Airport 76'' or something. |
'''MIKE:''' Oh, was it? | '''MIKE:''' Oh, was it? | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Freaked us out. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Freaked us out. | ||
| - | '''MIKE:''' I think I saw it on Real People with John Davison. | + | '''MIKE:''' I think I saw it on ''Real People'' with John Davison. |
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhh. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhh. | ||
| - | '''MIKE:''' Or maybe That's Incredible. | + | '''MIKE:''' Or maybe ''That's Incredible!''. |
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' That's in | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' That's in— that's real... |
'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' | '''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' | ||
| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' I always said | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' I always said chiggidaba. Now... nowadays. |
===Fun Facts=== | ===Fun Facts=== | ||
*[[Wikipedia:The Gong Show|The Gong Show]] was a comedic television show in the late '70s; one recurring feature was [[Wikipedia:The Unknown Comic|the Unknown Comic]], who wore a paper bag over his head. | *[[Wikipedia:The Gong Show|The Gong Show]] was a comedic television show in the late '70s; one recurring feature was [[Wikipedia:The Unknown Comic|the Unknown Comic]], who wore a paper bag over his head. | ||
| - | *The mention of convulsions from flashing images is a reference to the phenomenon of [[Wikipedia:Photosensitive epilepsy|photosensitive seizures]], and in particular the [[Wikipedia: | + | *The mention of convulsions from flashing images is a reference to the phenomenon of [[Wikipedia:Photosensitive epilepsy|photosensitive seizures]], and in particular the [[Wikipedia:Dennō Senshi Porygon|1997 incident]] in which hundreds of Japanese children reported such seizures after watching a ''[[Pokémon]]'' episode featuring rapidly flashing colored frames. |
*Although "Airport 76" was not a real movie, Strong Bad may have been referring to the disaster film ''[[wikipedia:Airport '77|Airport '77]]''. | *Although "Airport 76" was not a real movie, Strong Bad may have been referring to the disaster film ''[[wikipedia:Airport '77|Airport '77]]''. | ||
| - | *''[[Wikipedia:Real People|Real People]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:That's Incredible!|That's Incredible]]'' were both reality television shows in the early '80s that interviewed "ordinary" people. ''That's Incredible!'' emphasized paranormal or remarkable phenomena. | + | *''[[Wikipedia:Real People|Real People]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:That's Incredible!|That's Incredible!]]'' were both reality television shows in the early '80s that interviewed "ordinary" people. ''That's Incredible!'' emphasized paranormal or remarkable phenomena. |
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 22:16, 25 August 2019
- This article is about the toon. For the song, see Everybody to the Limit (Live). For the karaoke video, see Fhqwhgads (karaoke).
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The Cheat's Powered by The Cheat music video for Strong Bad's song about Fhqwhgads.
Cast (in order of appearance): Visor Robot, Atari Dragon, Strong Bad, The Cheat
Places: The Cheat's Computer Room
Date: Monday, July 1, 2002
Running Time: 1:54
Page Title: Everybody to the Limit
DVD: Everything Else, Volume 1
Contents |
Lyrics
VISOR ROBOT: Come on, Fhqwhgads.
STRONG BAD: I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
Everybody to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
Who's that? It's to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads
Come on Fhqwhgads
I see you jockin' me
Tryin' to play like
You know me
I'm like come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
The Cheat is to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads
I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads
I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads
Who's that fh-huh-hoo-huga-wha
I said who is that Fhqwhgads
I don't know who it is
But it probably is Fhqwhgads
I asked my friend Joe
I asked my friend Jake
They said it was Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Who's-a to the limit?
Say me! I'm to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads
Man, Fhqwhgads
You're just making yourself look worse, y'know
I mean, everybody's just gonna feel sorry for ya
I mean, I do.
{Zooms out to reveal Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the video on Tangerine Dreams.}
STRONG BAD: {talking to The Cheat} Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... Chiggidaba... He—g... {rubs The Cheat's head} I'm buyin' you a pizza!
Fun Facts
Explanations
- Fhqwhgads originated in the Strong Bad Email i love you.
Trivia
- A "Live from West Reykjavik" version of this song can be found on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits.
- Clicking the Back button at the end of the video will always take you to Main Page 15, The Cheat's main page.
- On April 12, 2006, this was the first non-Strong Bad Email or Teen Girl Squad cartoon to be added to Podstar Runner. The summary read, "The Cheat directs a video for Strong Bad's number one jam."
- The YouTube description for this toon is "The Cheat makes a video of Strong Bad's #1 summer jam.The Cheat makes a video for Strong Bad's #1 summer jam."
Remarks
- On the MP3 version, the Visor Robot's laser doesn't play.
- The word "on" appears as two stars when Strong Bad raps "I said come on, Fhqwhgads!" for the fourth time. This is because the font used is WP IconicSymbolsA.
- The tempo of the song is 110 beats per minute.
- When the toon is loading, the Visor Robot's shoulder is missing, but after the loading is completed, it suddenly appears.
- Even after the Visor Robot's lasers stop, the laser sound is still made.
- When the Visor Robot zaps the word "fhqwhgads," the "q" in "fhqwhgads" turns into a "g", the first "h" becomes bolder for a frame (like h), and the second "h" disappears.
Inside References
- For a split second, as the Visor Robot's head opens to reveal Strong Bad, the words "come on" are replaced on screen by the word "lemke".
- When Strong Bad comes out of the Visor Robot, he is holding a Big Knife.
- When the multiple CDs fly across the screen, a roll of duct tape is also visible.
- This is another mention of pizza.
- The Abraham Lincoln heads are from an Easter egg in Fluffy Puff Commercial.
Real-World References
- The red and white "enjoy fhqwhgads" ad on the billboard is based on Coca-Cola, who used the slogan "Enjoy Coke".
- The disembodied clapping hands at the beginning are similar to those in the intro of the video for John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack And Diane".
- There are two references to Presidents:
- The lyric "I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake" is accompanied by portraits of brothers President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- During one of the times the screen is flashing, a profile view of Abraham Lincoln's head can be easily noticed.
- The yellow and white duck-like creatures are Atari Dragons from the old Atari 2600 game Adventure.
- The Visor Robot's voice is MacInTalk's Zarvox.
- The drums The Cheat plays are modeled after Simmons electronic drums, whose distinctive hexagonal shape became mildly iconic in the 1980s.
Fast Forward
- In the Strong Bad Email your friends, Strong Bad hits Bubs and The King of Town over the head with a Gold Record (such as are awarded when an album or single sells 500,000 copies) titled "Everybody To The Limit".
- In the email sibbie, Sibbie mentioned the song Strong Bad wrote about Fhqwhgads, and requested his/her own song.
- The scene where Strong Bad is sitting in the armchair with the glass of wine is used in rock opera when Strong Bad says "Ooh, I'm pleasant", although there he is in the Smoky Office.
- The milk carton appears again in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 and kind of cool.
- In the Powered by the Cheat cartoon Crazy Cartoon, Strong Bad says that the cartoon doesn't deserve a pizza.
- In the Strong Bad Email what I want, this song is played by the Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot.
- At the beginning of Place ya bets!, Strong Sad recites the last two lines of the song.
- The same silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's profile is seen carved into a pumpkin in the Brainkrieg music video Decomposing Pumpkins.
- In Main Page 22, pop-ups pop up and every time one comes up, the robot's voice says "fhqwagads".
- The last scene with Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer was parodied in an Easter egg of Fish Eye Lens.
- In Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2, Strong Bad wants to do a sequel, "Let's Fhqwhgads Again", for the song's tenth anniversary. Everybody else, including the Visor Robot, doesn't want him to do so.
DVD Version
- The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Strong Bad, Mike Chapman)
STRONG BAD: Oh, Mike.
MIKE: Oh, it's Strong Bad.
STRONG BAD: That's right.
MIKE: Oh, hey, holy crap, right?
STRONG BAD: Oh— I'm gonna kick you out of this room, this tiny room we're in...
MIKE: Oh, right, say it. Let me— let me hear you say it. Come on—
STRONG BAD: All right, let's talk about this sweet video that The Cheat made.
MIKE: {simultaneously with previous line} I like your shades, right there.
STRONG BAD: This was a milestone in The Cheat's Flash animating career, I think.
MIKE: This was the second, uh, thing he made, wasn't it?
STRONG BAD: Yeah.
MIKE: After the— his own theme song.
STRONG BAD: That, that travesty that was The Cheat Theme Song. But the song was okay, thanks to The Skate Partay.
MIKE: So how much, uh, how much did you have to say about this, in terms of, uh, what did you contribute to the video?
STRONG BAD: Oh, everything. That was my wiffle ball, that was my duct tape, that was my CD...
MIKE: Oh, so all of the— the JPEG pictures were yours?
STRONG BAD: {simultaneously with previous line} Look, I was riding the L train, back out to Brooklyn.
MIKE: Yeah?
STRONG BAD: At that time, yeah.
MIKE: Okay.
STRONG BAD: Reading— reading the new, the new James L. Took novel.
MIKE: {laughs} Yeah?
STRONG BAD: Yeah, it's one of my favorite... authors.
MIKE: Yeah, yeah. That's not true.
STRONG BAD: Uh, look out for that big wiffle ball!
MIKE: Why is your wiffle ball eating you?
STRONG BAD: Well, that was The Cheat, he was—
MIKE: Who- who was that, by the way? The guy with the bag over his head?
STRONG BAD: That was—
MIKE: Was that the Unknown Comic?
STRONG BAD: I think it was. From the Gong Show? {Mike laughs} Oh, the Bobbys and the Jakeys. {pause} Man, this— I'm surprised I haven't been sued from people going into convulsions from watching some of these Cheat videos. They're—
MIKE: They do have some flashing images.
STRONG BAD: They're flashy. For sure. Lookit, oh— {unintelligible}
MIKE: {unintelligible} Don't swallow your tongue!
STRONG BAD: Sorry, that was insensitive.
MIKE: I was always very afraid of swallowing my tongue when I was younger, that was one of my-
STRONG BAD: It was in, like, Airport 76 or something.
MIKE: Oh, was it?
STRONG BAD: Freaked us out.
MIKE: I think I saw it on Real People with John Davison.
STRONG BAD: Ohhh.
MIKE: Or maybe That's Incredible!.
STRONG BAD: That's in— that's real...
MIKE: {unintelligible}
STRONG BAD: I always said chiggidaba. Now... nowadays.
Fun Facts
- The Gong Show was a comedic television show in the late '70s; one recurring feature was the Unknown Comic, who wore a paper bag over his head.
- The mention of convulsions from flashing images is a reference to the phenomenon of photosensitive seizures, and in particular the 1997 incident in which hundreds of Japanese children reported such seizures after watching a Pokémon episode featuring rapidly flashing colored frames.
- Although "Airport 76" was not a real movie, Strong Bad may have been referring to the disaster film Airport '77.
- Real People and That's Incredible! were both reality television shows in the early '80s that interviewed "ordinary" people. That's Incredible! emphasized paranormal or remarkable phenomena.
See Also
- The visuals that occur during the film.
