Editing Happy Fireworks

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[[Image:happyfireworks.png|thumb|"Want to go on a secret hot date?"]]

Bubs, Coach Z, Homestar, and a Cardboard Marzipan watch a fireworks show.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Cardboard Marzipan]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' Monday, July 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 1:46

'''Page Title:''' Fuh-lamable!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript==

''{Coach Z and Bubs are sitting next to each other in lawn chairs at dusk, waiting for fireworks to start.}''

'''COACH Z:'''  Naw, I tell ya's, I once shoved an M-80 up my nose just to impress the lady-types!

'''BUBS:'''  Aw, that's nothin'.  I once ate an entire bowl of M-200's at my family reunion!

'''COACH Z:'''  Oh yeah, well I married an M-300&mdash;

'''BUBS:'''  ''{angrily}'' They don't make a 300.

'''COACH Z:'''  Oh... 250?

'''BUBS:'''  No!

'''COACH Z:'''  Elephant?

'''BUBS:'''  Hup-bup-bup-bup!

''{Homestar comes in with Cardboard Marzipan. Each of Cardboard Marzipan's lines are actually provided by Homestar Runner in a high, light voice.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey guys! Happy Fireworks! 

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Homestar, that's not what the holiday's called.

'''BUBS:''' Marzipan's still out of town for the summer, eh, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' No, what're you talking about?

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Yes, I'm still out of town, Bubs, you gorgeous hunk of man.

'''BUBS:''' ''{blushing}'' Oh, why thank you, Cardboard Marzipan.
 
'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Cardboard Marzi! I want in on some of this action?

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' No, you're disgusting.

'''BUBS:''' What's takin' these fireworks guys so long anyways? I got peoples to rip off!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat. Cans of gas and WB-46 are around them as well as a sign that says, "The fireworks guys (f'real)".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to let you make your homemade fireworks, Strong Mad.

''{Cut to Strong Mad's fireworks, which are just batteries and matches taped together.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' OOH AHH! OOH AHH!

'''STRONG BAD:''' We'll get to the oohing and ahhing soon enough. But first, we gotta go straight to plan G!

''{Cut to The Cheat with "''PLAИ "g"''" painted on him.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{sadly}'' Meh...

''{Strong Mad grabs The Cheat and starts shaking him. The Cheat makes noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait for it... wait for it...

''{The Cheat's noises turn higher-pitched.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And... pull!

''{Strong Mad throws The Cheat above him.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' Meeeeeeeeeehhhhh!

''{The Cheat flies in the sky. Eventually, he explodes and The Cheat-shaped fireworks appear. Cut back to Homestar, Bubs, and Coach Z, now watching the fireworks.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER, BUBS:''' Oooooh! Ahhhhhh!

'''COACH Z:''' It's dazzle-mazing!!

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' I think fireworks promote violence.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{pauses, then glares at Cardboard Marzipan}'' Shut up, Marzipan.

''{A firework explodes and shows "Happy Fireworks!" The Cheat crashes into the ground. His head has exploded. After a little while, Cardboard Marzipan leans in.}''

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Oh, The Cheat, are you okay? Do you want to go on a secret hot date?

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad saying "Pull" to signal Strong Mad to throw The Cheat is a reference to [[Wikipedia:trap shooting|trap shooting]], where one says "Pull" to signal that the clay pigeon should be thrown.

===Trivia===
*This toon was released on the [[Wikipedia:Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] which is marked by fireworks displays and other festivities.
*The loading screen for this toon displays "[[Irregular Loading Screens|Loafing...]]" instead of "Loading...".
*"90 degrees or higher" and "11.9 FL OZ" are written on the bottom of the label of Bubs's Not so Cold One, but zooming in causes the text to disappear.
*The cardboard box used to make Cardboard Marzipan had "[[:Image:cardboard marzipan stencil.png|(F)RAGILE]]" stenciled across its top before Homestar drew Marzipan on it, as well as "DON'T BEND" stenciled across the bottom.
*The cans of WB-46 have the slogan "Stops the Squeaks! Gets some jobs DONE! Fuh-lamable." written on them.
*The can of gas that was next to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat is labeled "THE GAS".
*"Dazzle-mazing" is a [[portmanteau]], albeit one that is less subtle than most of [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad]]'s.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's drawing of [[Marzipan]] looks very similar to The Cheat's drawing of her in [[mile]].
*Bubs has a [[Cold One|Not so Cold One]] bottle and Coach Z has a can of [[Cold One#Coldson Lite|Coldson Lite]].
*The burnt out matches next to Strong Mad's "Fireworks" are the same kind as in [[The Luau]].
*The [[batteries]] are the same kind as in [[Meet Marshie]].
*The cooler originally from [[labor day]] also appears in one scene.
*This is another instance of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]].
*Strong Bad went straight to plan [[G]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:M-80 (explosive)|M-80]]s are a class of large firecrackers originally developed by the United States military to simulate the sound of gunfire, but then sold to the public as fireworks. M-80s are sometimes known as "quarter sticks of dynamite".
*The cans of WB-46 are a spoof of [[Wikipedia:WD-40|WD-40]], an industrial lubricant.
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*Some of the batteries Strong Mad used to make fireworks are black with copper colored tops, the classic design of [[Wikipedia:Duracell|Duracell]], while others are silver with black tops, the design used by [[Wikipedia:Energizer Holdings|Energizer]].

===Fast Forward===
*Marzipan and The Cheat go on a hot date in [[Date Nite]], complete with more fireworks.
*In [[Quality Time]], Marzipan makes herself a [[Cardboard Homestar]] to go out with.
*In [[Hremail 3184]], Bubs and Coach Z watch the explosion of the [[Lappy 486]] in a similar way as they watch the explosions in this short.

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' That's right! Look at, uh, Bubs looks a little dumpy when he's sitting down.

'''MATT:''' He does look&mdash; It's not a very flattering position for him to sit in.

'''MIKE:''' Doesn't look very comfortable either. ''{pause}'' So, Marzipan ''was'' out of town, uh, all summer, that summer, working on a&mdash; she was in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Working on millionaire gadabout Craig Zobel's movie.

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''MATT:''' Homestar does a really good impression of how Marzipan would act, like... she contradicts him a lot.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. 

'''MATT:''' You'd think that if he was making up his&mdash;

'''MATT:''' She ''corrects'' him. 

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Cardboard Marzipan is smarter than Homestar even though Homestar is controlling.

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' It's good, he's doing a really great impression. He knows how the dynamic works between them and... "The Gas." That's what that gas can says. This is good; we should try this. I wanna tape some batteries to some sticks and try and light them on fire. ''{pause}'' Uh oh! The Cheat is Plan "g", Mike.

'''MIKE:''' He's also Istanbul, ''{Matt laughs}'' and what else was he in the Christmas Pageant?

'''MATT:''' The Popular Vote?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, the Popular Vote, yeah.

'''MATT:''' This is another example of The Cheat&mdash; apparently you don't have to&mdash; to give him Pop Rocks and Coke&mdash;

'''MIKE:''' &mdash;to make him explode.

'''MATT:''' You can just shake him up. ''{chuckles}'' And what's the other one? The, uh, the Compy makes him explode at some point, right? ...Homestar spitting Teddy Grahams? I don't remember how that works.

'''MIKE:''' He explodes a lot.

''{The Cheat crash lands.}''

'''MATT:'''  Oh! ...And now Marzipan is ''hitting'' on The Cheat. ''{laughing}'' Illicit.

=== Fun Facts ===
*"[[Craig Zobel]]'s movie" is ''[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Film|The Great World of Sound]]'', which Missy Palmer produced.
*The instances of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]] that Matt refers to include [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] ("You don't have to give him Pop Rocks and Coke...") and [[couch patch]] ("The Compy makes him explode at some point, right?")
*The alternate identities described for The Cheat are [[The Popular Vote]] from [[A Decemberween Pageant]], and [[Istanbul]] from [[dangeresque 3]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:fireworks.html|watch "Happy Fireworks"]]
*[[HR:fireworks.swf|view the Flash file for "Happy Fireworks"]]
*[[Forum:4067|forum thread re: "Happy Fireworks"]]

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