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[[File:idependent.png|thumb|"Independent films are called that for a reason: they are independent of anything good!"]]<br />
Strong Bad points out the differences between the two warring types of independent films.<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}.<br />
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Movie Theater]]<br />
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{{Comp|Compé}}<br />
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'''Date:''' Monday, August 10, 2009 <br />
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'''Running Time:''' 5:20<br />
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'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
''{The typical shot of Strong Bad at his computer, which is now, of course, the Compé. As it did in [[Compy Catalog]], the logo, which is in lowercase, has "com" in [[Fonts#Westminster|Westminster]], with a gold, pixelated shine, and "pé" is in another italic, serif font, with a silver pixelated shine. This logo pops-up slowly and fades in while a shine appears in the background. The computer sighs as well, and at one point the entire logo shines from left to right, and when reaching the "é" sparkles the accent mark. The logo then retracts itself and fades-out. Shortly afterward, the screen is replaced with a desktop. The wallpaper is a shot of grass (where focus is on the bottom-left corner). There is only one (pixelated) icon on the desktop; on the top-left corner, which shows Strong Bad's head in an envelope, and it is titled "sbemail.exe". A pixelated cursor is seen on the bottom.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Hey!'' Who taped a full-color photo to my computer screen? ''{rubs the screen}'' It won't come off!<br />
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''{cut to wider shot. The Cheat is standing next to Strong Bad.}''<br />
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''What?'' ''{turns towards and points to the Compé}'' Those are actual graphics? ''{turns back to The Cheat}'' ''And'' I can change it to be whatever I want? ''{Turns back towards the Compé}'' ''{singing}'' Oh, best thing ever! ''{Cut back to the tight shot}'' Best thing ever! ''{He moves the mouse and right clicks the screen. A contextual menu appears with the items, from top to bottom, "Options", "Sounds", "Icons", and "Change Desktop".}'' ''{quickly and mumbled}'' this is the best thing ever! ''{Strong Bad moves the mouse northeastward and hovers over the The colors on this option invert. Strong Bad clicks the "Change Desktop" option, and the grass wallpaper is replaced by an image of Strong Bad dancing in [[The Basement]]. It is a close-up of Strong Bad's butt, which has a lens flare on it.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping}'' To check my email, all gotta do is click. All that old typin' made my boxing gloves sick. ''{Double clicks on a "sbemail.exe" icon. An email pops-up.}'' <br />
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<blockquote class="compe"><br />
Dear Strong Bad,<br /><br />
Does Strong Badia ever host an independent film festival?<br /><br />
-=Evil Gif=-<br /><br />
Phoenix, Arizona<br />
</blockquote><br />
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''{Strong Bad says "a hideous growth on my butt festival?" instead of "an independent film festival?" he corects himself by saying "Err...wait. Independent film festival?" to which he then mumbles "Sorry about that. I get those to mixed up." Instead of "Evil Gif", he says "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif" {Pronounced as "jiff". He will pronounce this the same way later. He pronounces "Phoenix" as "fee-niz" and "Arizona" as "arik-sona".}<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Gif, the short answer is no. The ''long'' ''{Not typed in italic}'' answer is ''{Forcefully, after a shot pause.}'' NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ''{After a short delay, he types these four exclamation marks.}'' ''{normally}'' Independent films are called that for a reason: they are ''independent'' of anything ''good'' ''{Not typed in italic}''.<br />
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''{Clears screen}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' And these days, they seemed to be locked in a civil war that will hopefully end in the extermination of both sides. I am, of course talking about independent films versus ''{Types "vs."}'' indie films. "What's the diff?" you may ask? ''{Types a period. He speaks the following quickly.}'' Because apparently you're in a big hurry. ''{Goes back to a normal pace}'' Well, it's as plain as ''{Cut to split shot of Strong Sad in his room with an old film-reel camera at his eye, and Pom Pom in the field with a bottle of water, which he is looking at.}'' Strong Sad and Pom Pom ''{Strong Sad lowers the camera and looks towards the viewer Pom Pom faces towards the camera as well.}''<br />
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'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''<br />
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''{The left side of the half, Strong Sad's side, expands to take up the entire screen. We can now see a poster on his wall that reads "DON'T CRY" with a figure on it. There is a dead plant on a square pillar to which Strong Sad is now looking at, and pointing his camera, to.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad is on the independent film side. ''{Strong Sad moves the camera, which has been in his right hand, to the right, where he presses two buttons of some sort. He is now looking at the camera, which is pointed at the plant again.}'' He's the lifer artist-type that went to film school.<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' I minored in holding on wide shots for too long!<br />
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''{There is a two to three second pause.}''<br />
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''{Cut to a movie theater screen. A few empty seats are shown on the bottom. On the screen is a black and white movie that consists of the dead plant Strong Sad was filming. There appears to be two puzzle pieces in front of the pot. The film zooms into what appears to be the shadow of the square pillar.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And he's making some ''boring'', very personal, ''no budget'' film.<br />
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''{Cut to a close-up Strong Sad in his room, still with the camera.}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Actually, I've succeeded in going ''lower'' than no budget! I'm making a the world's first faux-budget film! The entire thing's being financed with ''{He pulls up several colored pieces of paper.}'' Monopoly money!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And, best of luck to you.<br />
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''{Cut back to the Compé}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Pom Pom on the other hand, represents ''indie'' films. The slicker, catchier name they came up with that seems to perform better in the 18 to 24 demo.<br />
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''{Cut to Pom Pom in a director's chair facing the film. There is a digital studio camera to the left of him on a tripod. There is a coffee maker on a desk to the right with cups to the left of it. On the right of his chair there is a traditional megaphone. "POM-POM" is stenciled in on the chair. He is talking on his cell phone, with sunglasses it appears, and is holding a water bottle.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' He's a tech-savvy hipster whose dad owns his own studio, ''{The logo for the studio appears in a corner-curved square (which has a shadow). The name of the studio is "Pom Pictures".}'' and relies on using middle names ''{The stenciled name on the director's chair changes to "POM THOMAS POM" with a popping sound.}'' and/or initials ''{The stencil then changes to "J. POM THOMAS POM"}'' to somehow ''{The stencil changes again to "J. POM THOMAS C. POM".}'' solidify indie cred. ''{The final edit to the stencil, "J. WILLIAM POM THOMAS C. POM" appears on the director's chair.}'' He'll ''{There is then a cut to what appears to be a three-ring binder}'' spend a 30 million dollar budget ''{The three-ring binder opens to a page explaining the budget}'', trying as hard as he can to make it ''look'' like he only spent a few hundred thousand.<br />
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''{Cut to the movie theater as seem earlier. A penciled and colored animating drawing<!--does that work?--> of the studio logo is shown, along with pop music. The logo is zoomed in on.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' The first step is to spend millions on a hand-drawn title sequence&mdash;<br />
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''{The logo pops away and is replaced with the orange text "presents" in orange cursive text, which starts in the center, and moves to the right. A cloud forms in the top-right corner and moves northwestwards. Then "presents" is pops-away and is replaced with "an indie film by" in white text. A typical city skyline is drawn from left to right. Also, the red letters "J WILLIAM POM THOMAS C POM" appears under "an indie film by". This text is continues to grow in size, and the cloud still moves northwestward, almost out of view.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;that looks like it was made by some Junior High kid during Pre-Algebra ''{The (tilted) mathematical equation "18x+14y" appears in blue and moves in a diagonal line from bottom to top in the bottom-right corner of the movie screen.}''<br />
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''{Everything besides the mathematical equation, which is still moving, goes away. A boom box is drawn on the movie screen, with the speakers moving back and forth.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and don't forget the indie soundtrack by unknown ''{The movie screen pans upwards to reveal the black text "indie-tronic soundtrack by" and the red text "she likes cloth" under the black text.}'' bands. Who's songs are already in every car commercial ever.<br />
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''{The screen pans down past the boom box. A car that appears to be a fourth generation [[Wikipedia:Nissan Motors|Nissan]] [[Wikipedia:Nissan Altima|Altima]] is drawn, and colored completely white.}''<br />
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'''SINGER:''' ''{in a high-pitched voice}'' Gets really great ''{The text "THE NEW '04" appears under the car}'' gas ''{The transparent text "18 mpg" appears under the preivous text.}'' mileage!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Interrupting in the middle of "mileage", still off screen.}'' The title of the movie is either&mdash;<br />
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''{A female character, similar to [[Missy Palmer]], is drawn wearing a yellow shirt, orange hair and blue glasses her skin color is transparent. A male character similar to [[Mike Chapman]] is shown, with a white shirt, with black glasses, and a yellow sock cap. The skin color is also transparent.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;two of the cleverly main characters,&mdash;<br />
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''{The text "Chester + Meg" in various color patterns are transitioned in, and put in a heart in between the two characters.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;or the city and state in which it takes place.<br />
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''{As he says the prvious live, the character names are transitioned to create the word "Megchester", and then red letters change the text to "Megchester, NY". The previous city skyline is drawn again under the text.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, in fact, just call it ''{The text changes squash-and-stretches to "city, state" in blue.}'' city comma state.<br />
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''{The text changes to "city (comma) state" in the previous manner. The movie screen then fades out to white after a pause, and transitions to a black and white picture open book with the following on it, with two puzzle pieces to the side:}''<br />
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<blockquote><br />
If not for inspiration, to<br /><br />
wit, because, as it were, only<br /><br />
begotten from greed, whosoever<br /><br />
would make it's plaintiff clear.<br /><br /><br />
<span style="white-space:pre;"> -Nobody U. Know</span><br /><br />
<span style="white-space:pre;"> (deceased)</span><br />
</blockquote><br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Meanwhile, Strong Sad names his movie from a few boring&mdash;<br />
''{There is a zoom in on the page, with all of the text almost completely fading out besides "because, as it were".}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;words from the middle of a boring sentence, and makes his own&mdash<br />
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''{A tear is shown falling, and lands on the "cau" in "because", causing the ink to fade out a short distance down the page.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;soundtrack by weeping softly&mdash;<br />
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''{Cut to Strong Sad in his room. He is kneeling by his bed with his head in the "bell" of a Saxophone. A microphone is to the left.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;into the wrong end of a saxophone.<br />
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''{The camera zooms in on the view of the microphone to Strong Sad's head. A light bass noise and a the light weep of Strong Sad can be heard. Then moves the Saxophone around, generating a guitar-like noise. Then there is a cut back to the movie theater. It is the same screen as it was left before, however the text "a filmic thought-excursion by Strong Sad" appears underneath "because, as it were". The "soundtrack" continues to play.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' His film will star a washed-up TV actor ''{The just introduced text is replaced by "starring"}'' that hasn't worked in ten years, in a desperate attempt ''{That text is replaced with "i mean, re-introducing"}'' to reinvent himself.<br />
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''{The text "homestar runner" appears under the previous text. There is a record scratch and abrupt cut to close-up of Homestar Runner in the field. The soundtrack has stopped.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' Hey, whadaya lookin' at me for?<br />
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''{Cut back to the Pom Studios Production Notebook, on the same page as before.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Pom Pom's movie has A-list&mdash;<br />
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''{The page flips to a picture of an actor with a five o'clock shadow, with stitches on his cheek, and something behind his ear. The photo is labeled "Lan Handermannek" at the top.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;movie stars, but they're all working "for scale". ''{The text "will work for scale" is put, as if stamped, on the photo.}'' Which I can only assume is a solid&mdash;<br />
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''{Cut to a screen with the text "PAYSTUB:" at the top. In the background there is the Pom Pictures logo tiled. A golden scale liquefies from the bottom up. The text "Pay to the order of: Lan Handermannek" is under the scale.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;gold scale, with both sides ''perfectly'' balanced ''{Five gold bars begin to pop on each side of the scale}'' with gold bricks. As for what it's about&mdash;<br />
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''{Cut to a blank brick wall with the banner "COMING THIS SUMMER!" On the top. As Strong Bad talks, the poster for a movie called "<nowiki>></nowiki>CYBER.COME.STATIC" rolls out in the space below the banner. It is space themed, featuring what appears to be a photo of [[Matt Chapman]] in yellow, red-lensed glasses with a laser gun.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;an indie film's plot is pretty much the same as any summer blockbuster,&mdash;<br />
<br />
''{The text on the poster, "In the dead of space, dealing with aliens is the easiest part of the voyage", is enlarged.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;but just switch out any mention of the word "space" ''{The text "space," moves slightly upwards and out of place.}'' with the word, "small factory town", ''{As he says this, the words appear in sync, and in the hand-drawn style seen earlier.}'' replace "aliens" ''{The word "aliens" wiggles.}'' with "quirky, dysfunctional family", ''{The text is replaced in the same manner as before. Dysfunctional is hyphenated. The poster, which is masked, begins to fade into a different poster.}'' And replace "voyage" ''{The text "voyage" moves to the right and off screen.}'' with "journey". ''{The text "journey." appears in a typewriter effect.}''<br />
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''{The sentence transitions away, and the camera zooms in on the poster for "city (comma) state" there are clouds, the city skyline, a road, and a female character and male character waving to each other.}''<br />
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'''ANNOUNCER:''' In the dead of a small factory town, dealing with a quirky, dysfunctional family is the ''easiest'' part of the journey.<br />
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''{Cut to an advertisement for "because, as it were" on paper, stapled to a pole. The camera continues to zoom in on the paper:}''<br />
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<blockquote style="text-align:center;"><br />
join us for an<br /><br />
'''ART HOUSE'''<br /><br />
'''OPENING'''<br /><br />
(Shot of because, as it were)<br /><br />
'''one showing 8PM'''<br /><br />
followed by director<br /><br />
whining<br />
</blockquote><br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Once finished, Strong Sad's independent film will enjoy a small, art house opening.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a zoom out of Strong Sad, who is two the right of the pole.}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' You forgot the apostrophe s! This film is opening at this guy called ''Art's'' ''{Cut back to the paper. The paper is corrected in red, but no pen visible.}'' house!<br />
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''{Cut to a close up of Strong Sad.}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' He's got like ''three'' couches! ''{In an excited tone, he bends his right arm at an angle and moves it back and forth <!--What's the term when you do that?-->}'' Out-a-sight!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' And, best of luck to you.<br />
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''{Cut to a shot of the movie theater line as seen in [[the movies]], with the camera slowly panning left. From left to right, Marzipan, Strong Mad, Bubs, and Coach Z are in a line for city (comma) state. city (comma) state is taking up both of the poster holders<!--Right term?--> in view. Senor Cardgage is shown as the usher.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Pom Pom's little movie that could, opens on 2,000 screens the first weekend, expanding to 10,000 the next.<br />
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''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat (who has popcorn), in the theater. They appear to be the only ones in the theater at this time}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' And wouldn'tcha know it? This movie was ''{Moving is head around}'' ''sooo'' cheap to make, that he still has money left over to take out&mdash;<br />
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''{Strong Bad pulls up a piece of paper labeled as the "Local Trade Papes" with the slogan "For your considerasche". The poster for city (comma) state is the only thing on the front page, and under is the text "Best Indie Film".}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;full page ads in all the local trade papers during award season! ''{Puts paper away and stares down.}'' That movie is all heart. ''{Wipes is boxing glove on his face, as if he was wiping his nose after holding up tears.}''<br />
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''{Cut back to the Compé.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you have it, Evil Jeff. The difference between a hideous growth on my butt, and a ''profitable'' hideous growth on my butt. I know you wanted us to have some film festival with all the characters, and you'd get to see little bits of everybody's movies, but I didn't do that. ''{He pauses, and says this scornfully.}'' Because I hate you. OOOoooooooo!! Now who's evil! Forget GIFs ''{Types ".gifs".}'', man. I'm an evil tif ''{Types ".tif".}''! Or maybe an evil 24-bit ping ''{Types ".png".}'' with alpha channel. Or maybe an evil ''{Speaking as if confused.}'' targa ''{Pauses.}'' file? Whatever those are.<br />
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''{An "Ah-ha!" is heard from the Compé, and what looks like a rectangular speech bubble slides up from the bottom-left corner of the view (which is the [[Virtual Paper]]). It reads "click to email strongbad" with the back link is shown a few lines under it.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Woah! Looks like I've gone the-paperless with this new computer. Can I at least customize that sound it makes?<br />
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''{The bubble retracts, and pops-up again with a compressed version of the [[Preeeeow]] sound of [[The Paper]].}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''That's'' what I'm talking about!<br />
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==Easter Eggs==<br />
*At the end, click on "OOOoooooooo!" to see the poster and tagline of cyber.coma.static.<br />
*Also, click on "hideous growth on my butt" to see a filming session with Homestar and Strong Sad.<br />
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==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics Interchange Format|.gif]], [[Wikipedia:Tagged Image File Format|.tif]], [[Wikipedia:Portable Network Graphics|.png]] and [[Wikipedia:Truevision TGA|targa]] are all [[Wikipedia:Raster graphics|raster]] image file formats.<br />
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===Remarks===<br />
*The Monopoly Money that Homestar Runner is given is the incorrect color. In actuality, pink is for $5 bills, and green is for $20 bills.<br />
*Pom Pom's name is misspelled as "Pom-Pom" on his chair.<br />
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===Goofs===<br />
*When [[The Cheat]] walks up the first time, and the camera zooms out, the sbemail.exe icon disappears.<br />
*When Strong Bad types "I am, of course talking about...", he leaves out a comma after "of course".<br />
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===Fixed Goofs===<br />
*When Strong Bad said, "Pom Pom on the other hand", he failed to type "the". This was fixed later after release.<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
* Strong Bad has a picture of his [[big butt]] for the wallpaper.<br />
* Strong Bad raps about how [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|typing made his boxing gloves sick.]]<br />
* The image of Lan Handermannek comes from [[Comic Book Movie]].<br />
* The characters on ''city (comma) state'' title screen are traces of [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]].<br />
**[[Mike Chapman]] also plays the character in the ''Cyber.Coma.Static''.<br />
* The band, "She Likes Cloth", originates from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]<br />
* [[Gold|Gold bars]] appear in this email.<br />
* Strong Sad is seen [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiling]].<br />
*Strong Bad admits that he took the email in a [[Emails Taken in a Different Direction|different direction]].<br />
*Strong Bad mention's Pom Pom's [[Parents|dad]].<br />
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===Real World References===<br />
* The animated intro in Pom Pom's indie movie is a reference to films which use hand-drawn style opening credit sequences, such as [http://www.shadowplaystudio.com/juno/ this one] from [[Wikipedia:Juno (film)|Juno]].<br />
* "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif" is a play on [[Wikipedia:Jif (peanut butter)|Jif peanut butter]] tag line, "Choosy Moms choose Jif".<br />
*The word "presents" on Pom Pom's film closely resembles the [[Wikipedia:Friendly's|Friendly's]] logo.<br />
*Megchester is a playoff of the name of the city Manchester.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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[[File:idependent.png|thumb|"'what's the diff?' you may ask ... Well, it as plain as Strong Sad and Pom Pom"]]<br />
Strong Bad points out the differences between the two warring types of independent films.<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}.<br />
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Movie Theater]]<br />
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{{Comp|Compé}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, August 10, 2009 <br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 5:20<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
''{The typical shot of Strong Bad at his computer, which is now, of course, the Compé. As it did in [[Compy Catalog]], the logo, which is in lowercase, has "com" in [[Fonts#Westminster|Westminster]], with a gold, pixleated shine, and "pé" is in another italic, serif font, with a silver pixelated shine. This logo pops-up slowly and fades in while a shine appears in the background. The computer sighs as well, and at one point the entire logo shines from left to right, and when reaching the "é" sparkles the accent mark. The logo then retracts itself and fades-out. Shortly afterward, the screen is replaced with a desktop. The wallpaper is a shot of grass (where focus is on the bottom-left corner). There is only one (pixelated) icon on the desktop; on the top-left corner, which shows Strong Bad's head in an envelope, and it is titled "sbemail.exe". A pixelated cursor is seen on the bottom.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Hey!'' Who taped the full-color photo to my computer screen? ''{Strong Bad puts his right bloxing glove up to the screen, and begins to move it around.}'' ''{normally}'' It won't come off!<br />
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''{The Cheat is heard of screen briefly. Shortly after there is a cut to the desk, where The Cheat is to the left. Strong Bad turns around and looks at The Cheat.}''<br />
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''What?'' ''{turns his head around towards, and points his left boxing glove to, the Compé}'' ''{surprised}'' Those are actual graphics? ''{turns back to The Cheat}'' ''And'' I can change it to be ''{cups his right boxing glove}'' whatever I want? ''{Turns back towards the Compé}'' ''{singing}'' Oh, best thing ever! ''{Cut back to the typical shot}'' Best thing ever! ''{He moves the mouse and right clicks the screen. A contextual menu appears with the items, from top to bottom, being "Options", "Sounds", "Icons", and "Change Desktop". The background is completely white with no shading or effects. The text is black.}'' ''{quickly and mumbled}'' this is the ''{singing normally}'' best thing ever! ''{Strong Bad moves the mouse northeastward and hovers over the "Change Desktop" option. The colors on this option invert. He clicks it, and the grass wallpaper retracts to the center, where an image of Strong Bad's is shown dancing in [[The Basement]]. This photo was taken from behind, with his torso being focused (on the left of the image). His butt appears to have cheeks is this photo and his right cheek has a lens flare on it.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping}'' To check my email ''{He slowly moves the mouse northwestwards, toward the "sbemail.exe" icon. When over it, it stops}'' all gotta do is click. All that old typin' made my boxing gloves ''{Double clicks on the icon. Every time he clicks the icon appears to pop-in like a button. An email pops-up.}'' sick.<br />
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<blockquote class="compe"><br />
Dear Strong Bad,<br /><br />
Does Strong Badia ever host an independent film festival?<br /><br />
-=Evil Gif=-<br />
Phoenix, Arizona<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad says "a hideous growth on my butt festival?" instead of "an independent film festival?" he corects himself by saying "Err...wait. Independent film festival?" to which he then mumbles "Sorry about that. I get those to mixed up." Instead of "Evil Gif", he says "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif" {Pronounced as "jiff". He will pronounce this the same way later. He pronounces "Phoenix" as "fee-niz"}<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Gif, the short answer is no. The ''long'' ''{Not typed in italic}'' answer is ''{Forcefully, after a shot pause.}'' NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ''{After a short delay, he types these four exclamation marks.}'' ''{normally}'' Independent films are called that for a reason: they are ''independent'' of anything ''good'' ''{Not typed in italic}''.<br />
<br />
''{Clears screen}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' And these days, they seemed to be locked in a civil war that will hopefully end in the extermination of both sides. I am, of course talking about independent films versus ''{Types "vs."}'' indie films. "What's the diff?" you may ask? ''{Types a period. He speaks the following quickly.}'' Because apparently you're in a big hurry. ''{Goes back to a normal pace}'' Well, it's as plain as ''{Cut to split shot of Strong Sad in his room with an old film-reel camera at his eye, and Pom Pom in the field with a bottle of water, which he is looking at.}'' Strong Sad and Pom Pom ''{Strong Sad lowers the camera and looks towards the viewer Pom Pom faces towards the camera as well.}''<br />
<br />
'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''<br />
<br />
''{The left side of the half, Strong Sad's side, expands to take up the entire screen. We can now see a poster on his wall that reads "DON'T CRY" with a figure on it. There is a dead plant on a square pillar to which Strong Sad is now looking at, and pointing his camera, to.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad is on the independent film side. ''{Strong Sad moves the camera, which has been in his right hand, to the right, where he presses two buttons of some sort with his left index finger. He is now looking at the camera, which is pointed at the plant again.}'' He's the ''{unintelligible}'' artist-type that went to film school.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{faces towards the viewer, and holds his left arm up, index finger pointed.}'' I minored in holding on wide shots for too long.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad puts his arm down. There is a two to three second pause.}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a movie theater screen. A few empty seats are shown on the bottom. On the screen is a black and white movie that consists of the dead plant Strong Sad was filming. There appears to be two puzzle pieces in front of the pot. The film zooms into what appears to be the shadow of the square pillar.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' And he's making some ''boring'', very personal, ''no budget'' film.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a close-up Strong Sad in his room, still with the camera.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Actually, I've succeeded in going ''lower'' than no budget! I'm making a the world's first faux-budget ''{He stresses on the "f" in "faux", with his mouth reflecting it.}'' film. The entire thing's being financed ''{His left hand moves to the bottom of the screen and moves. The viewer can hear paper moving}'' with ''{He pulls up several colored pieces of paper.}'' Monopoly money!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' And, best of luck to you.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Compé}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Pom Pom on the other hand, represents ''indie'' films. The slicker, catchier name they came up with that seems to perform better in the eighteen to twenty-four ''{types "18-24"}'' demo.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to Pom Pom in a director's chair facing the film. There is a digital studio camera to the left of him on a tripod. There is a coffee maker on a desk to the right with cups to the left of it. On the right of his chair there is a traditional megaphone. "POM-POM" is stenciled in on the chair. He is talking on his cell phone, with sunglasses it appears, and is holding a water bottle.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' He's a tech-savvy hipster who's Dad owns his own studio, {''The logo for the studio appears in a corner-curved square (which has a shadow). The name of the studio is "Pom Pictures".}'' and relies on using middle names ''{The stenciled name on the director's chair changes to "POM THOMAS POM" with a popping sound.}'' and/or initials ''{The stencil then changes to "J. POM THOMAS POM"}'' to somehow ''{The stencil changes again to "J. POM THOMAS C. POM".}'' solidify indie cred ''{The final edit to the stencil, "J. WILLIAM POM THOMAS C. POM" appears on the director's chair.}'' He'll ''{There is then a cut to what appears to be a three-ring binder}'' spend a 30 million dollar budget ''{The three-ring binder opens to a page explaining the budget}'', trying as hard as he can to make it ''look'' like he only spent a few hundred thousand.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the movie theater as seem earlier. A penciled and colored animating drawing<!--does that work?--> of the studio logo is shown.}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
*At the end, click on "OOOoooooooo!" to see the poster and tagline of cyber.coma.static.<br />
*Also, click on "hideous growth on my butt" to see a filming session with Homestar and Strong Sad.<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics Interchange Format|.gif]], [[Wikipedia:Tagged Image File Format|.tif]], [[Wikipedia:Portable Network Graphics|.png]] and [[Wikipedia:Truevision TGA|targa]] are all [[Wikipedia:Raster graphics|raster]] image file formats.<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
* Strong Bad has a picture of his [[big butt]] for the wallpaper.<br />
* The image of Lan Handermannek comes from [[Comic Book Movie]].<br />
* The characters on ''city (comma) state'' title screen are traces of [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]].<br />
**[[Mike Chapman]] Also plays the Character in the >Cyber.Coma.Static<br />
* The band, "She Likes Cloth", originates from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]<br />
* [[Gold|Gold bars]] appear in this email.<br />
* Strong Sad is seen [[Strong Sad Smiling|smiling]].<br />
<br />
===Real World References===<br />
* The animated intro in Pom Pom's indie movie is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Shortbus |Shortbus]].<br />
* "Evil Moms choose Evil Gif" is a play on what [[Wikipedia:CompuServe|CompuServe]] developers, who created of the GIF format, would say around the office, which was "Choosy developers choose GIF".<br />
**The CompuServe sentence, itself, is a play on the [[Wikipedia:Jif (peanut butter)|Jif peanut butter]] tag line, "Choosy Moms choose Jif".<br />
**The pronunciation of "GIF" in this sentence refers to the official pronunciation that CompuServe used.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
{{sbemailextlinks|203|15716}}<br />
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{{Strong Bad Email}}</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Hremail_7Hremail 72009-05-06T22:25:39Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Remarks */</p>
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<div>{{hrenav|7|2000|24}}<br />
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[[Image:EthicalAdvancementOfMelonade.png|thumb|"I am contractually unable to drink, talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!"]]<br />
<br />
In a classic Hremail, Homestar shares the goodness of melonade, then explains to Strong Bad what the internet is all about.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[The Hremail Room]], [[Computer Room]] (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, May 4, 2009<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:51<br />
<br />
'''Page title:''' Randy 400!!!<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
<br />
''{Theme music begins to play as the words "homestarrunner.com presents HREMAIL #7" gradually grow larger on the screen. "Copyright 2001" appears in the bottom right corner. Cuts to Homestar Runner in his [[Homestar Runner Evolution|fifth design]] doing a dance in time to the music, which soon ends.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello everybody everybody! I'm Homestar Runner.<br />
<br />
''{Scene changes to show Homestar Runner sitting behind a wooden desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Today's question goes like-a this-a...<br />
<br />
''{Drumroll sounds, Homestar taps his shoes in anticipation.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Reading aloud.}'' Greetings Homestar Runner!<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on a piece of paper containing the e-mail.}''<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#FFF;color:#000"> <br />
Greetings Homestar Runner!<br/><br />
Can you talk about some of your favorite drinks?<br/><br />
~Johnny V.<br/><br />
DeKalb, IL<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Reads "Johnny V." as "Johnny Vest in the Chest"}''<br />
<br />
''{Scene changes back to the desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Of course I can talk about my fave-o drinks!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts to an angle shot of Homestar.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And as a national spokesmodel for the ''{logo appears in the corner of the screen}'' Ethical Advancement of Melonade, I am contractually unable to drink, ''{logo slides off-screen}'' talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts back to desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Most folk think that melonade comes in but one flavor.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Homestar with desk top still visible.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But thanks to giant leaps in melonade technology, we can now choose from hundreds of flavor-encrusted varieties. Some of my favo flavors include:<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on the melonade can on the desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Taco Annihilation, ''{replaces the can with one labeled the same in fiesta lettering and a mushroom cloud over a taco}'' Athletic Berry Blast, ''{slides another can next to it}'' Butt 1 Flavor, ''{places a can with a picture of a discarded cigarette butt on it near Taco Annihilation}'' Quadruple Triple, ''{slides it in front of Taco Annihilation and Athletic Berry Blast}'' Casta Latte Froth, ''{places a can with a picture of a teacup on it on the far right}'' and Sizzlin' Bacon Guava Quench. ''{places a can with bacon and guava fruit in front of Quadruple Triple and Casta Latte Froth}''<br />
<br />
''{Zooms out to show Homestar again.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Or why not try the new line of powdered throat closers. ''{holds up a pink packet labeled Melonade Throat Closers}'' Apply directly to the esophagus!<br />
<br />
''{Homestar Runner opens the packet and pours the powder into his mouth. He then begins to cough, his eyes growing increasingly smaller until his throat visibly tightens.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{gasping}'' Huuuh&mdash; that's good stuff!<br />
<br />
''{Scene switches to show Strong Bad and The Cheat walking as music plays in the background.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing off-key}'' I have a face, and it ''{unintelligible}'', I'm Strong Bad, he's The Cheat and I'm Strong Bad...<br />
<br />
''{Music stops as the two arrive at Homestar's desk where he's sitting unhappily.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' What's going on here, crap for nose?<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Homestar Runner.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{hoarsely}'' Oh, hi, Strong Bad. ''{gradually improves}'' I'm in the middle of responding to a fan email.<br />
<br />
''{Switches to Strong Bad, scratching his head in confusion.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' A what-mail?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' An email, ''{zooms out to show everyone}'' like on the Internet!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' A what-mail on the Inter-what?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know, WWW, hyperlinks, AOL keywords, ''{the text "AOL Keyword> Macromedia Flash 5 Animation" appears at the bottom of the screen}'' and all that good stuff!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, your dumbness never ceases to amaze. I don't even know half the jibber you jabber these days!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts to show Strong Sad waving his hand in the air.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' No, Homestar's right. Electronic mail ''{the screen goes black and hypnotic as he continues, his voice becoming increasingly echoed}'' is transmitted from one computer to another, via a web of computers connected to phone line&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{screen suddenly goes back to normal}'' Hush down, crap for mouth!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' When you dial up, it sounds like this! <br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad starts imitating modem handshaking noises. Scene cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat, then to Homestar Runner, who furrows his brow, then back to Strong Sad as he finishes. He slowly looks up. Then it cuts back to Strong Bad.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Let me get this straight. You guys are saying that my adoring fans could be sending me piles of what-mails right now, and I'm not getting them?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{pronounces it slowly}'' Emails.<br />
<br />
''{Switches to a closeup of Strong Bad's mouth.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Eeeee-mails? ''{his mouth begins to wobble as he tries pronouncing the word}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, you need an email address first. I can let you borrow strongbad@homestarrunner.com until you get your own domain.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, crap for ear. But my name at your name dot com sounds like a terrible email address. I'm sure I'll be able to figure out getting my own domain.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Strong Bad and The Cheat as they start walking to the left.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. Let's walk over here a few feet and steal Homestar's computer.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... that's my old one. It barely works. I'd be surprised if you could check more than forty emails on it.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got ''two'' contrast knobs! ''{grabs the [[Tandy 400]] out of the trash can}'' Let's go start answering fan mail in humorous fashion. Nobody's ever done that before!<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks for taking my garbage out, guys! Come back and do the dishes if you want!<br />
<br />
''{The screen shifts quickly over to Strong Sad, where he's still standing.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Please, leave.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Awwwww... ''{walks off-screen sideways}''<br />
<br />
''{Cuts back to a close-up of Homestar as music starts to play.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So there you have it, Johnny! I talked about some of my favo drinks ''{holds up the various Melonade cans}'' just like you asked. I'll tell you about my non-Melonade favorite drinks in March of 2003, when my contract expires ''{holds up some stapled papers labeled 'The "Deal"'}''. Now I have to go make me a sweet-bath.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms out as Homestar Runner walks offscreen.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' a-Gonna take a bath in some Melonade... oh it kinda stings my skin...<br />
<br />
''{The words "The End" slide down.}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
*Click on the 'D' at the end to watch Strong Bad's first encounter with the Tandy 400.<br />
*:''{Strong Bad and The Cheat both look at the Tandy 400's blank screen.}'' <br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' So, are these green lines the emails from my fans or what?<br />
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''<br />
*:''{zooms out to show the whole room.}''<br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{waving arms frantically}'' I have to type something?? I thought this was a computer! ''{holding up his right arm}'' How am ''I'' supposed to type with&mdash;<br />
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{cuts him off, making exclamatory The Cheat noises}''<br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah... smart thinking! Now go call Abdi and make him send me some fanmail!<br />
*:''{The Cheat jumps off the stool and walks off.}''<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Remarks===<br />
*Clicking the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] has no effect.<br />
**They can also be clicked through The Cheat's head in the Easter egg, but still have no effect.<br />
*The short uses the old loading screen.<br />
*The short says it is from 2001, but is listed as 2009 in the [[New Stuff]] menu.<br />
*Although there were 40 "Tandy Era" emails, only 39<!-- with retirement --> emails were actually answered on the Tandy. [[the bird]] and [[weird dream]] were answered using Pom Pom's Pom-Pilot and The Cheat's computer, respectively. Strong Bad replaced Tandy with the [[Compy 386]] in [[invisibility]], the 41st email. Finally, Strong Bad answered one last email on the Tandy in [[retirement]] (in 2006).<br />
*Aside from Homestar's voice, the voices in the toon do not match the voices each character had in 2001, but rather are the voices they had at the time this toon was released. <br />
*The Athletic Berry Blast, Butt 1 Flavor, and Sizzlin' Bacon Guava Quench cans have no mention of being or containing Melonade on them.<br />
*Though he's not seen with it, Homestar ''was'' mentioned to have [[Mountain Dew]] in [[techno]], before the March 2003 contract expired.<br />
*In [[email thunder]], Homestar having his own email show seemed to be a surprise to Strong Bad, but if he started his own email show after seeing Homestar's in progress as implied here, he shouldn't have been surprised when he found out about [[hremails]] in email thunder.<br />
*In this email, Homestar has a lip-sync graphic for the [[Wikipedia:Voiceless labiodental fricative|'f' sound]], which his modern counterpart lacks.<br />
*The Tandy appears to be on even though it isn't plugged in.<br />
*This toon conflicts with the continuity in [[candy product]]. During one scene, Strong Bad is adjusting the date of the [[Tandy 400]] on the last day of 1999. But according to Hremail #7, Strong Bad acquired the Tandy in 2001.<br />
**However, it should be pointed out that this scene forms part of a commercial for Strong Bad's [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]], which wasn't invented until 2006. Furthermore, Strong Bad is seen holding the candy bar, implying that although this scene is set in 1999, it was actually recreated in the year 2006.<br />
**Strong Bad was also seen with the Tandy in the email [[no loafing]], in the year [[1987]].<br />
*Strong Bad had trouble saying the word "e-mail" in Hremail #7 and seemed ignorant of the Internet. But in Sbemail [[looking old]], Strong Bad talked about "eStrong Vague Online Investments" that was sold in the late 1990's.<br />
**In the email [[gimmicks]]. strong sad says that strong bad got the tandy at a garage sale for 15$.<br />
<br />
===Goofs===<br />
*Each of the characters in this toon are revisions from 2000, and each had a newer version before 2001, when this toon says it was made.<br />
*The wrong [[font]] was used for the word "contrast" on the Tandy; it should be Tw Cen MT, but Arial was used instead.<br />
*At the end, there is a small red mark beneath the 'D' in 'End'.<br />
<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*Homestar talks about [[Melonade]]. One of the flavors is [[smoking|Butt 1]].<br />
*Strong Bad refers to Homestar with the phrases "[[crap]] for ear" and "crap for nose", even though [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|he does not have a visible ear or nose]]. <br />
**The intent is similar to when Strong Bad refers to someone as "crap [[for brains]]".<br />
*In the Easter egg, Strong Bad instructs The Cheat to call up [[Abdi]], the sender of [[some kinda robot|the first Strong Bad Email]].<br />
*In the Easter egg, [[The Cheat]] apparently tells Strong Bad [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how to type with boxing gloves on]].<br />
*Strong Bad provides an explanation of why he never obtained his own domain name in [[April Fools 09]].<br />
*Strong Bad's comments about answering emails from fans in humorous fashion mirrors [[email thunder]], where Homestar Runner states that he "answers emails from fans with humorous results".<br />
*Homestar greets "everybody everybody", a reference to the [[Intro]].<br />
*The fact that Homestar says "That's good stuff" even when he obviously seems to be in distress reflects a similar scene in [[environment]]<br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*Many athletes endorse a brand of sports drink, or other product, and are usually seen only with that product, as it is a contractual obligation of them to do so.<br />
*The Melonade flavor ''Taco Annihilation'' could be a reference to the 1997 PC game [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation|Total Annihilation]].<br />
*Homestar's phrase "Apply directly to the esophagus" is a play on the slogan "Apply directly to the forehead" for the product [[Wikipedia:HeadOn|HeadOn]].<br />
*When Homestar sings that he's going to take a [[Melonade]] bath, the melody he uses is the same as the Post "[[Wikipedia:Golden_Crisp|Golden Crisp]]" Cereal jingle (i.e.: "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp; it's got the crunch with punch!").<br />
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==External Links==<br />
{{extlinks|hremail7|15304}}<br />
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{{Hremail}}<br />
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[[Category:Hremail]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Hremail_7Hremail 72009-05-06T22:25:06Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Remarks */</p>
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<div>{{hrenav|7|2000|24}}<br />
<br />
[[Image:EthicalAdvancementOfMelonade.png|thumb|"I am contractually unable to drink, talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!"]]<br />
<br />
In a classic Hremail, Homestar shares the goodness of melonade, then explains to Strong Bad what the internet is all about.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[The Hremail Room]], [[Computer Room]] (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, May 4, 2009<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:51<br />
<br />
'''Page title:''' Randy 400!!!<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
<br />
''{Theme music begins to play as the words "homestarrunner.com presents HREMAIL #7" gradually grow larger on the screen. "Copyright 2001" appears in the bottom right corner. Cuts to Homestar Runner in his [[Homestar Runner Evolution|fifth design]] doing a dance in time to the music, which soon ends.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello everybody everybody! I'm Homestar Runner.<br />
<br />
''{Scene changes to show Homestar Runner sitting behind a wooden desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Today's question goes like-a this-a...<br />
<br />
''{Drumroll sounds, Homestar taps his shoes in anticipation.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Reading aloud.}'' Greetings Homestar Runner!<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on a piece of paper containing the e-mail.}''<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#FFF;color:#000"> <br />
Greetings Homestar Runner!<br/><br />
Can you talk about some of your favorite drinks?<br/><br />
~Johnny V.<br/><br />
DeKalb, IL<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Reads "Johnny V." as "Johnny Vest in the Chest"}''<br />
<br />
''{Scene changes back to the desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Of course I can talk about my fave-o drinks!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts to an angle shot of Homestar.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And as a national spokesmodel for the ''{logo appears in the corner of the screen}'' Ethical Advancement of Melonade, I am contractually unable to drink, ''{logo slides off-screen}'' talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts back to desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Most folk think that melonade comes in but one flavor.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Homestar with desk top still visible.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But thanks to giant leaps in melonade technology, we can now choose from hundreds of flavor-encrusted varieties. Some of my favo flavors include:<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on the melonade can on the desk.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Taco Annihilation, ''{replaces the can with one labeled the same in fiesta lettering and a mushroom cloud over a taco}'' Athletic Berry Blast, ''{slides another can next to it}'' Butt 1 Flavor, ''{places a can with a picture of a discarded cigarette butt on it near Taco Annihilation}'' Quadruple Triple, ''{slides it in front of Taco Annihilation and Athletic Berry Blast}'' Casta Latte Froth, ''{places a can with a picture of a teacup on it on the far right}'' and Sizzlin' Bacon Guava Quench. ''{places a can with bacon and guava fruit in front of Quadruple Triple and Casta Latte Froth}''<br />
<br />
''{Zooms out to show Homestar again.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Or why not try the new line of powdered throat closers. ''{holds up a pink packet labeled Melonade Throat Closers}'' Apply directly to the esophagus!<br />
<br />
''{Homestar Runner opens the packet and pours the powder into his mouth. He then begins to cough, his eyes growing increasingly smaller until his throat visibly tightens.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{gasping}'' Huuuh&mdash; that's good stuff!<br />
<br />
''{Scene switches to show Strong Bad and The Cheat walking as music plays in the background.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing off-key}'' I have a face, and it ''{unintelligible}'', I'm Strong Bad, he's The Cheat and I'm Strong Bad...<br />
<br />
''{Music stops as the two arrive at Homestar's desk where he's sitting unhappily.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' What's going on here, crap for nose?<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Homestar Runner.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{hoarsely}'' Oh, hi, Strong Bad. ''{gradually improves}'' I'm in the middle of responding to a fan email.<br />
<br />
''{Switches to Strong Bad, scratching his head in confusion.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' A what-mail?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' An email, ''{zooms out to show everyone}'' like on the Internet!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' A what-mail on the Inter-what?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know, WWW, hyperlinks, AOL keywords, ''{the text "AOL Keyword> Macromedia Flash 5 Animation" appears at the bottom of the screen}'' and all that good stuff!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, your dumbness never ceases to amaze. I don't even know half the jibber you jabber these days!<br />
<br />
''{Cuts to show Strong Sad waving his hand in the air.}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' No, Homestar's right. Electronic mail ''{the screen goes black and hypnotic as he continues, his voice becoming increasingly echoed}'' is transmitted from one computer to another, via a web of computers connected to phone line&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{screen suddenly goes back to normal}'' Hush down, crap for mouth!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' When you dial up, it sounds like this! <br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad starts imitating modem handshaking noises. Scene cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat, then to Homestar Runner, who furrows his brow, then back to Strong Sad as he finishes. He slowly looks up. Then it cuts back to Strong Bad.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Let me get this straight. You guys are saying that my adoring fans could be sending me piles of what-mails right now, and I'm not getting them?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{pronounces it slowly}'' Emails.<br />
<br />
''{Switches to a closeup of Strong Bad's mouth.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Eeeee-mails? ''{his mouth begins to wobble as he tries pronouncing the word}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, you need an email address first. I can let you borrow strongbad@homestarrunner.com until you get your own domain.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, crap for ear. But my name at your name dot com sounds like a terrible email address. I'm sure I'll be able to figure out getting my own domain.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms in on Strong Bad and The Cheat as they start walking to the left.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. Let's walk over here a few feet and steal Homestar's computer.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Umm... that's my old one. It barely works. I'd be surprised if you could check more than forty emails on it.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got ''two'' contrast knobs! ''{grabs the [[Tandy 400]] out of the trash can}'' Let's go start answering fan mail in humorous fashion. Nobody's ever done that before!<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks for taking my garbage out, guys! Come back and do the dishes if you want!<br />
<br />
''{The screen shifts quickly over to Strong Sad, where he's still standing.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Please, leave.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Awwwww... ''{walks off-screen sideways}''<br />
<br />
''{Cuts back to a close-up of Homestar as music starts to play.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So there you have it, Johnny! I talked about some of my favo drinks ''{holds up the various Melonade cans}'' just like you asked. I'll tell you about my non-Melonade favorite drinks in March of 2003, when my contract expires ''{holds up some stapled papers labeled 'The "Deal"'}''. Now I have to go make me a sweet-bath.<br />
<br />
''{Zooms out as Homestar Runner walks offscreen.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' a-Gonna take a bath in some Melonade... oh it kinda stings my skin...<br />
<br />
''{The words "The End" slide down.}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
*Click on the 'D' at the end to watch Strong Bad's first encounter with the Tandy 400.<br />
*:''{Strong Bad and The Cheat both look at the Tandy 400's blank screen.}'' <br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' So, are these green lines the emails from my fans or what?<br />
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''<br />
*:''{zooms out to show the whole room.}''<br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{waving arms frantically}'' I have to type something?? I thought this was a computer! ''{holding up his right arm}'' How am ''I'' supposed to type with&mdash;<br />
*:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{cuts him off, making exclamatory The Cheat noises}''<br />
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah... smart thinking! Now go call Abdi and make him send me some fanmail!<br />
*:''{The Cheat jumps off the stool and walks off.}''<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Remarks===<br />
*Clicking the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] has no effect.<br />
**They can also be clicked through The Cheat's head in the Easter egg, but still have no effect.<br />
*The short uses the old loading screen.<br />
*The short says it is from 2001, but is listed as 2009 in the [[New Stuff]] menu.<br />
*Although there were 40 "Tandy Era" emails, only 39<!-- with retirement --> emails were actually answered on the Tandy. [[the bird]] and [[weird dream]] were answered using Pom Pom's Pom-Pilot and The Cheat's computer, respectively. Strong Bad replaced Tandy with the [[Compy 386]] in [[invisibility]], the 41st email. Finally, Strong Bad answered one last email on the Tandy in [[retirement]] (in 2006).<br />
*Aside from Homestar's voice, the voices in the toon do not match the voices each character had in 2001, but rather are the voices they had at the time this toon was released. <br />
*The Athletic Berry Blast, Butt 1 Flavor, and Sizzlin' Bacon Guava Quench cans have no mention of being or containing Melonade on them.<br />
*Though he's not seen with it, Homestar ''was'' mentioned to have [[Mountain Dew]] in [[techno]], before the March 2003 contract expired.<br />
*In [[email thunder]], Homestar having his own email show seemed to be a surprise to Strong Bad, but if he started his own email show after seeing Homestar's in progress as implied here, he shouldn't have been surprised when he found out about [[hremails]] in email thunder.<br />
*In this email, Homestar has a lip-sync graphic for the [[Wikipedia:Voiceless labiodental fricative|'f' sound]], which his modern counterpart lacks.<br />
*The Tandy appears to be on even though it isn't plugged in.<br />
*This toon conflicts with the continuity in [[candy product]]. During one scene, Strong Bad is adjusting the date of the [[Tandy 400]] on the last day of 1999. But according to Hremail #7, Strong Bad acquired the Tandy in 2001.<br />
**However, it should be pointed out that this scene forms part of a commercial for Strong Bad's [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]], which wasn't invented until 2006. Furthermore, Strong Bad is seen holding the candy bar, implying that although this scene is set in 1999, it was actually recreated in the year 2006.<br />
**Strong Bad was also seen with the Tandy in the email [[no loafing]], in the year [[1987]].<br />
*Strong Bad had trouble saying the word "e-mail" in Hremail #7 and seemed ignorant of the Internet. But in Sbemail [[looking old]], Strong Bad talked about "eStrong Vague Online Investments" that was sold in the late 1990's.<br />
**In the email [gimmicks]. strong sad says that strong bad got the tandy at a garage sale for 15$.<br />
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===Goofs===<br />
*Each of the characters in this toon are revisions from 2000, and each had a newer version before 2001, when this toon says it was made.<br />
*The wrong [[font]] was used for the word "contrast" on the Tandy; it should be Tw Cen MT, but Arial was used instead.<br />
*At the end, there is a small red mark beneath the 'D' in 'End'.<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
*Homestar talks about [[Melonade]]. One of the flavors is [[smoking|Butt 1]].<br />
*Strong Bad refers to Homestar with the phrases "[[crap]] for ear" and "crap for nose", even though [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|he does not have a visible ear or nose]]. <br />
**The intent is similar to when Strong Bad refers to someone as "crap [[for brains]]".<br />
*In the Easter egg, Strong Bad instructs The Cheat to call up [[Abdi]], the sender of [[some kinda robot|the first Strong Bad Email]].<br />
*In the Easter egg, [[The Cheat]] apparently tells Strong Bad [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|how to type with boxing gloves on]].<br />
*Strong Bad provides an explanation of why he never obtained his own domain name in [[April Fools 09]].<br />
*Strong Bad's comments about answering emails from fans in humorous fashion mirrors [[email thunder]], where Homestar Runner states that he "answers emails from fans with humorous results".<br />
*Homestar greets "everybody everybody", a reference to the [[Intro]].<br />
*The fact that Homestar says "That's good stuff" even when he obviously seems to be in distress reflects a similar scene in [[environment]]<br />
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===Real-World References===<br />
*Many athletes endorse a brand of sports drink, or other product, and are usually seen only with that product, as it is a contractual obligation of them to do so.<br />
*The Melonade flavor ''Taco Annihilation'' could be a reference to the 1997 PC game [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation|Total Annihilation]].<br />
*Homestar's phrase "Apply directly to the esophagus" is a play on the slogan "Apply directly to the forehead" for the product [[Wikipedia:HeadOn|HeadOn]].<br />
*When Homestar sings that he's going to take a [[Melonade]] bath, the melody he uses is the same as the Post "[[Wikipedia:Golden_Crisp|Golden Crisp]]" Cereal jingle (i.e.: "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp; it's got the crunch with punch!").<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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{{Hremail}}<br />
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[[Category:Hremail]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/high_schoolhigh school2009-02-16T02:11:50Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Inside References */</p>
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[[Image:highschool.png|thumb|"Ahh, there's no such thing as mysterious."]]<br />
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Patrick asks Strong Bad about his younger years.<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}} (Easter Egg, Photo), {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}} (as [[Middle School Variation#The Diapersmith|The Diapersmith]]), {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Homestarmecium|Homestarmecium]], {{Film|Bubs}} (as [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Bubsamecium|Bubsamecium]]), [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Strongbadiophage|Strongbadiophage]], {{Film|The Homestar Runner}} (Easter Egg), {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter Egg), [[Don Knotts]] (Easter Egg), {{Film|Sickly Sam}} (Easter Egg)<br />
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Abandoned [[Pie Factory]], High [[School]], Middle School, [[Free Country, USA#Free Petry Dish USA|Free Petry Dish USA]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand|Bubsamecium's Protozoa Stand]], [[Wikipedia:Rome|Rome]] (Easter Egg)<br />
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{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Sunday, January 8, 2006<br />
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'''Running Time:''' 3:02<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' It's the email, baby, lunch juice!<br />
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<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<div>Subject: high school</div><br />
Hey Strong bad!<br /><br />
What were you like during highschool?<br /><br />
Sincerely,<br /><br />
Patrick Cowiche WA<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad stretches out "Hey Strong Bad!", says "high-shool... er, highs- high school. highschool (as one word)" instead of just "high school", and reads "Cowiche WA" as one word.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, cowichewa to you too, Patrique. Now, I have an extremely unphotographic memory. So, I guess that'd be more like a drawing, or a doodle. Like a doodle memory. ''{clears screen}'' But I would hazard a guess that we were probably just like other cartoons were in high school, i.e. we were a team of super sleuths.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a splash screen titled "The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries" with "story by Youdbetterbelieveit Chimendez" in the lower right. Crudely drawn teenage versions of Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Strong Mad, and Strong Bad stand abreast in the center. Dissolve to teenage Marzipan in an old building.}''<br />
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'''TEENAGE MARZIPAN:''' Stampers! My long lost uncle's abandoned pie factory sure is mysterious.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a wider shot showing the entire gang.}''<br />
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'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Ah, there's no such thing as "mysterious".<br />
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'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I don't want to take any chances. ''{close up shot}'' We should play in a band, just to be safe.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to teenage Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Marzipan, and Homestar Runner playing the keyboard, the drums, the tambourine, and the electric guitar, respectively, on a blue backdrop. "Mysfit-steries" is printed on the face of the bass drum.}''<br />
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'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing without his usual speech impediment}'' Havin' fun with my friends. Words about a mystery. Shakin' hands with my man...<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}''And when we weren't debating the existence of mysterious, Strong Mad and I were all the time trying to liberate Homestar from those ridiculous striped ''{pronounced stripe-ed}'' pants.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to teenage Strong Mad, Homestar, and Strong Bad near some lockers. Strong Mad and Strong Bad hold ropes attached to hooks in the ceiling and floor, which then run through hooks on Homestar's waistline. A magnet lies next to Homestar's feet.}''<br />
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'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous striped ''{pronounced stripe-ed again}'' pants?<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's what high school ''{pronounced "high-shool", as before}'' was like. In, um, middle school we were a bunch of melon-headed babies with gigantic eyes and enormous...<br />
<br />
''{A baby-sized Coach Z tosses a box marked "NOT A BALL!" up and down, with a plush football beside him. Strong Bad continues, voicing over.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...imaginations.<br />
<br />
'''BABY COACH Z:''' ''{high-pitched, childish voice}'' I'm pretending I'm the craptain of the foortball torm!<br />
<br />
''{As Coach Z says this, the nursery-school style background is replaced with a black and white image of a football field.}''<br />
<br />
''{Push pan to a baby Strong Bad in a diaper with a small blue cap on his head. He sits holding an [[Nintendo|NES]] controller.}''<br />
<br />
'''BABY STRONG BAD:''' ''{high-pitched, childish voice}'' I'm pretending I'm playing better video games! ''{[[Atari 2600]] sound effects play in the background.}'' Aw, man! That freakin' duck swallowed both my pixels!<br />
<br />
''{Push pan to a baby Strong Sad and a baby The Poopsmith. Baby Strong Sad has a pink bow in his hair, long eyelashes, and a frilly divide between his torso and trunk. The baby Poopsmith wears a blue baby bonnet and holds a stained rattle, with a large pile of dirty diapers behind him.}''<br />
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'''BABY STRONG SAD:''' I'm pretending I'm not sitting next to The Diapersmith.<br />
<br />
''{As Strong Sad says this, the background, including The Diapersmith's diapers, is replaced by a black and white image of the Wright brothers' airplane.}''<br />
<br />
''{The Diapersmith turns to baby Strong Sad and blows a raspberry.}''<br />
<br />
''{Black and white image vanishes. Pan to the legs of Homestar Runner, who is wearing puffy red and white pants and holding a broom.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now you children skedaddle. ''{pushes sweeping end of broom at The Diapersmith and Strong Sad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voicing over, in normal voice}'' And going even unnecessarily further back, ''{as Strong Bad says this, baby Pom Pom bounds by the screen, with a Bumble Ball body form and no distinguishable head.}'' we were all a bunch of plucky parameciums <!--{sic}--> living in Free Petry <!--{sic}--> Dish USA.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a petri dish with a liquid inside resembling the shape of the United States of America.}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a paramecium Bubs floating in a box marked "BUB5AMECIUM'S PROTOZOA STAND". A paramecium Homestar floats up.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTARMECIUM:''' Hey there, Bubsamecium. I need to buy some embarrassing items for my embarrassing body parts.<br />
<br />
'''BUBSAMECIUM:''' Certainly! Six tubes of rear-end cream coming right up! ''{He brings out a bag with said tubes of cream, and gives it to Homestarmecium.}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a close-up of a viral Strong Bad resembling a [[Wikipedia: Bacteriophage|bacteriophage]].}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONGBADIOPHAGE:''' Oh ho ho! Whatcha buying there, Homestarmecium?<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a wide shot. Strongbadiophage "walks" in from the left.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTARMECIUM:''' Uh-oh, it's Strongbadiophage. Um, uh, these are for my twin brother! ''{Homestarmecium divides into two of himself, and both speak in unison}'' These are for my twin brother! ''{the two Homestarmecia divide into four}'' These are for my twin brother! ''{the four divide into eight}'' These are for my twin brother!<br />
<br />
'''STRONGBADIOPHAGE:''' Aaaahh!! ''{he runs off}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And then, of course, before that we were ''{pause}'' Romans...living in Roman times. And Don Knotts was always showing up. So there you go, Patrice. Just the facts. ''{types the score on different lines}'' Strong Bad Emails: 1, Not Strong Bad Emails: 0. ''{stops typing}'' You guys keep score at home. I'll see you next time. ''{runs off singing}'' Oh, havin' fun with my friends...<br />
<br />
''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
[[Image:Unphotographic.png|thumb|right|200px|Unphotographic]]<br />
*Click on the word "unphotographic" to reveal a photographic memory of the [[caper|jumble caper]].<br />
**Click on the resulting image to reveal the doodle memory version of the same event. Strong Bad is carrying a large gemstone out of a vault, [[The Cheat]] is drawn as a rattlesnake-like creature carrying a turkey on a platter, and a sign points to the right reading "Subwoofers".<br />
*Click on the word "Roman" after the paper comes down to see what those times were like.<br />
:''{Cut to The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad in a black and white Roman land. The Homestar Runner is dressed as [[Wikipedia:Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and Old-Timey Strong Bad is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Legionary|Roman legionary]].}''<br />
:'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... aqueduct.<br />
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Hm... yes! Vomitorium!<br />
:'''DON KNOTTS:''' ''{pokes head in}'' Andy?<br />
:''{Pan to Sickly Sam wearing a sack reading "OLIVES". He vanishes, and an [[Wikipedia:Ionic order|Ionic column]] takes his place.}''<br />
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==Fun Facts==<br />
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===Explanations===<br />
<br />
*"Cowichewa to you too" is an aural allusion to "konnichi wa", a basic Japanese greeting.<br />
*Homestarmecium, despite his name, is drawn without a nucleus. This suggests that he could actually be construed as a [[Wikipedia:Bacteria|bacterium]] (a [[Wikipedia:Prokaryote|prokaryote]]), rather than a [[Wikipedia:Paramecium|paramecium]] (a [[Wikipedia:Eukaryote|eukaryote]]), and that he replicates himself using [[Wikipedia:Binary fission|binary fission]] (eukaryotes replicate via [[Wikipedia:Mitosis|mitosis]]).<br />
**On the other hand, the "hairs" on his head area may suggest he's a [[Wikipedia:Ciliate|ciliate]], not a bacterium. However, since some bacteria have cilia as well, this is not conclusive. While Bubs also has "cilia" patches, his outline suggests the stereotypical image of an amoeba rather than the typical "footprint" shape of a paramecium.<br />
*Strongbadiophage, which has a hexagonal head upon a column ending in 6 legs, appears to be a T4 Phage [[Wikipedia:Bacteriophage|bacteriophage]]. This type of [[Wikipedia:Virus|virus]] attacks bacteria, not paramecia, and forces the host cell to create copies of the virus by modifying the cell's DNA.<br />
**Just as "bacteriophage" means "one who devours bacteria," "Strongbadiophage" may be taken to mean "one who devours [[Strong Badia]]" or simply "one who devours Strong Bad".<br />
*The Homestar Runner mentions [[Wikipedia:Aqueducts|aqueducts]]. The Roman Aqueduct system is perhaps the most famous ever built, running over 250 miles across their empire and supplying over a million gallons of water a day to ancient Rome alone.<br />
*A Roman [[Wikipedia:Vomitorium|vomitorium]] was a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, through which the crowds could "spew out" of the building at the end of a show. Contrary to popular belief, it does not refer to a place where people would go to vomit.<br />
*In the Roman Easter egg, Sickly Sam is wearing a sack that says OLIVES; these were quite valuable in that era, both as a foodstuff and a source of oil which could be used for fuel, cleaning, etc.<br />
*Patrique is a French spelling of Patrick. Patrice is the feminine equivalent.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
<br />
*When this email was released, the [[Main Page Messages|main page button]] read "new strong bad email" and "nothing else!". The site had just experienced an unusually long hiatus, 35 days, since the last major update.<br />
*"[[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]]" is written by Youdbetterbelieveit [[A. Chimendez|Chimendez]].<br />
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad makes up a buncha stuff that's not true. Don't you believe a word of it!"<br />
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===Remarks===<br />
[[Image:Homestarmecium-cutaway.jpg|thumb|right|Homestarmecia, before and after cutaway]]<br />
*Strong Bad [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaks the fourth wall]] by acknowledging the fact that he is a cartoon character.<br />
*Teenage Marzipan has [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Marzipan's legs|legs]].<br />
*This email appears to support the idea that Strong Bad and Homestar were once friends, as was first suggested by Homestar in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].<br />
*Teenage Homestar plays guitar [[Left Handedness|left-handed]].<br />
*While Strong Mad generally plays bass (i.e. [[Cool Tapes]]), his teenage counterpart plays the drums, normally played by [[The Cheat]].<br />
*Baby Coach Z wearing green pajamas supports the theory that he wears a green body suit, as Strong Bad questioned in [[labor day]].<br />
*Strong Bad seems to be a little confused on Coach Z's age: In his "middle school" flashback, Coach Z appears about the same age as him, but in [[stand-up]], Strong Sad's video tape reveals that Coach Z was already an adult when Strong Bad was a little kid. Their conflicting ages were also seen in [[record book]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Petri dish|Petri dish]] is misspelled in "Free Petry Dish USA" as a reference to [[Free Country, USA]].<br />
*When Homestarmecium replicates himself, he does so horizontally, each time. However, every time the screen pulls out, the Homestarmecia are lined up vertically prior to the next replication, despite having never moved from their horizontal alignment.<br />
*The high-school aged Homestar's eyes appear to be essentially his normal eyes rotated 90° clockwise.<br />
*Strongbadiophage is obviously a virus, but he is the same size as the full cells of Homestarmecium and Bubsamecium. In real life, viruses are far smaller than any single cell.<br />
*Homestarmecium, Bubsamecium and Strongbadiophage are [[portmanteaus]].<br />
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===Goofs===<br />
*When The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries title card drops down, Strong Bad's head is seen in front of the card for one frame.<br />
*Baby Strong Bad's right eye doesn't have the star-shaped pupil as his left does.<br />
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===Fixed Goofs===<br />
[[Image:20060108 highschool masking goof.png|thumb|Masking goof]]<br />
[[Image:Mysfit-steries.PNG|thumb|An unsettling mistake]]<br />
*When the email was released, Strong Bad's reflection went outside of the Lappy's screen as he got up. This occurred due to lack of using a masking effect. This was corrected shortly after it was released.<br />
*Originally, on the Mysfit-steries title screen, Strong Mad's fist was visibly protruding from between Marzipan's thighs. This too was fixed promptly.<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
<br />
*The photo from the "[[Wikipedia:Eidetic memory|photographic memory]]" Easter Egg is a screen shot from [[caper]].<br />
*There is another reference to [[Homestar Runner's Pants]]. <br />
*The "[[Pie]] factory" was originally mentioned in [[stunt double]], though the location bears a resemblance to [[The Old Pietimer Place|Eustice Pietimer's estate]] in [[That A Ghost]].<br />
*The horizontal lines on the wall of the middle school may be a reference to the lines on the wall of the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]].<br />
*During his song, Homestar mentions "shaking hands with my man," possibly supporting the notion that he has [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible hands]].<br />
*The "[[-èd|stripèd]]" pronunciation was used previously in [[New Boots]] to describe the [[Striped Green Rabbit]].<br />
*The "freakin' [[duck]]" is a reference to one of the deleted scenes in [[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes|In Search of the Yello Dello]], and also to [[Main Page 13]]. In this context it most likely refers to the [[Atari Dragon]].<br />
*Baby Strong Bad has a star-shaped reflection in his left eye and a swirl on his chin, which can also be seen in the [[Strong Bad 404 Error Page|Old 404 page]] and [[Main Page 11]].<!--The one on Main Page 11 is in the over-the-shoulder graphic activated by the Characters button where the caption is "I shoulda won all those times"--><br />
*Strong Bad gives part of the score at the end as "[[Not X|Not Strong Bad Emails]]."<br />
*Baby Coach Z is seen playing with a [[cardboard box]] which is also "[[Not X|Not a ball]]." .<br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
<br />
*"The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries" parodies ''[[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]]'', as well as numerous other [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons such as ''Jabberjaw'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', ''The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan'', and ''Speed Buggy''. These cartoons featured common themes of teenagers and young adults solving mysteries and occasionally playing together in bands.<br />
**In addition, "Stampers" is a parody of the ubiquitous nonsensical Scooby-Doo exclamations, such as "Jinkies!", "Jeepers!", and "Zoinks!" and [[Teenage Strong Bad]]'s comment on "no such thing as mysterious" is a play on the repeated claims of characters saying "There's no such things as ghosts", mostly used in the similar cartoons.<br />
*The "middle school" portion of the email parodies ''[[The Muppets|Jim Henson's Muppet Babies]]'' and other American cartoons that followed the trend of [[Wikipedia:Younger versions of cartoon characters|presenting established characters in a franchise as children or toddlers]] (such as ''Scooby-Doo'').<br />
*Based on the "freakin' duck", Baby Strong Bad is most likely playing [[Wikipedia:Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]].<br />
<!-- Don't add that the sounds are from secret collect. the sounds heard here were actually originally from Adventure and were used IN secret collect. --><br />
*The black and white picture behind Baby Strong Sad and The Diapersmith is from the historic [[Wikipedia:Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|first flight]] made by the [[Wikipedia:Wright brothers|Wright brothers]] in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.<br />
**Live action backdrops such as this one and the football field behind Baby Coach Z were used in Muppet Babies when the babies would use their imaginations.<br />
*Homestar as the matronly nursery character saying "Now you children skedaddle" is a reference to and hybrid of both Nanny from Muppet Babies and the Mammy-Two-Shoes character from [[Wikipedia:Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]. The costume and Southern colloquialisms are suggestive of the "Mammy" character, who often wallops the cat with a broom when he misbehaves. "Nanny", likewise, was only shown from the waist down.<br />
*Baby Pom Pom's peglike limbs give him the appearance of a [[Wikipedia:Bumble Ball|Bumble Ball]]. <br />
*[[Wikipedia:Don Knotts|Don Knotts]], who passed away shortly after this email was released, was an actor best known for playing [[Wikipedia:Barney Fife|Barney Fife]] on [[Wikipedia:The Andy Griffith Show|''The Andy Griffith Show'']]. He also twice guest-starred in the ''New Scooby-Doo Movies'' cartoons.<br />
*The "Roman times" Easter egg is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Roman Holidays|The Roman Holidays]]'', a Hanna Barbera animated sitcom from 1972. Like ''[[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'' before it, the basic premise was plunking a typical sitcom family into another time period (in this case, 63 A.D.).<br />
*"Just the facts" is a reference to the phrase "Just the facts, ma'am", which was made popular by the TV police procedural [[Wikipedia:Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]], despite the fact the phrase was [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.htm never used on the show].<br />
<br />
===Fast Forward===<br />
<br />
*Teenage Strong Bad reappears in the abandoned factory and is seen in the supergroup in [[alternate universe]].<br />
<br />
== DVD Version ==<br />
<br />
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.<br />
<br />
=== Commentary Transcript ===<br />
<br />
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], and [[Karen Wagner]])<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' You guys went to high school, right?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I've been to high school once!<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Yeah, I&mdash; I went to the same high school!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Me too, though. DHS, '92!<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' '88!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' And ye&mdash; And yes, and yes, and yes we are the best! ''{laughs}'' Strong Bad has a serious problem discerning, uh, people's, like names, uh their&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' &mdash;from the state that they live in.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' ...or country.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' &mdash;And also usually in&mdash;includes their little, uh, signoff... What's the opposite of a salutation? What do you call the "Sincerely"?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' A ''val''utation.<br />
<br />
''{laughter}''<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' An ''un''utation.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' An unutation!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{in response to the "Mysfit-steries" title screen}'' Um, so, this is not a parody of anything; this is a completely original idea that we came up with.<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Stampers! There was stampers!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' That's&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' &mdash; an homage to Neil!<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Another&mdash; another reference to Neil!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' There's Homestar, in his sweet Jim McMahon jersey with no sleeves!<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Stripe&mdash; stripèd pants!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Stri&mdash; he's wearing a mid-'80s, uh, football player, but then his pants are clearly, like, late '70s.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Well, his pants are also, um, Indiana University's basketball team, their warmups are those pants.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Really?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, they're awesome.<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' They're striped?!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' They look like clowns. Yeah, it looks like a circus when they're in their pre-game warmups.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Well, doesn't our brother Donnie have a pair? I feel like there's a picture of all of us from, like, you know, '78 or something, and Donnie's wearing some ridiculous stripèd pants!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Homestar looks kinda like Donnie... ''{laughter}'' from the '70s!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' He does! If we put giant glasses on him?<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Yep, that would be him!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' &mdash;and tube socks pulled up to his neck!<br />
<br />
''{laughter}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Sorry, Donnie. He's not even here to defend himself.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's ch&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Poor guy.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' &mdash;cheap shots. Cheap shots. Donnie's responsible for... the reason we&mdash; we're funny at all<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{In response to the "middle school" scene}'' This is also not a parody of anything.<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Nope! ''{chuckles}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I like how this&mdash; the wall in Strong Bad's nursery is ''similar'', but just more baby-oriented.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' ''{laughs}'' Pink, and baby yellow...<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' I should paint that in, uh, in my nursery!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, there you go! <br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' Okay, seriously, we need to make a onesie that has the little&mdash; <br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Diapersmith? ''{laughs}''<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' &mdash;little Diapersmith on it. ''{laughs}'' I do get requests for, uh, you know, Poopsmith baby clothes!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Makes sense!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' What are those balls called, that Pom Pom just looked like?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Oh, the Bumble Balls?<br />
<br />
''{speaking simultaneously}''<br><br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah, those things. They jiggle&mdash; yeah! ''{laughs}''<br><br />
'''MIKE:''' You turn 'em on, and they just jiggle!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' We should maybe, uh, I can't tell if it's just this monitor, but that background is really nice. You can't really see it on this monitor. Mike made this creepy cellular background. ''{laughs}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' That's the only cellular device I have, is a cellular background.<br />
<br />
''{laughter}''<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' It's true.<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' I think those things kinda freak out, um, [[Little Girl]] a little bit.<br />
<br />
'''MATT AND MIKE:''' Really?<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' She didn't like those, unh-uh.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' She doesn't like those sh&mdash; Homestarmeciums?<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' No, she doesn't like 'em.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' So there was a show that was not, uh, very widely seen called ''The Holidays'', that was basically ''The Jetsons'' and ''The Flinstones'', but in, uh, Roman times, and they had a pet lion.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''<br />
<br />
'''KAREN:''' I do ''not'' remember that at all!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah! Yeah, I&mdash;I saw it a few times on the ''USA Cartoon Express''.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' That's right.<br />
<br />
=== Fun Facts ===<br />
<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Jim McMahon|Jim McMahon]] played football in the '80s and early '90s, most notably as a quarterback with the Chicago Bears when they won the Super Bowl in 1985.<br />
*''[[Wikipedia:USA Cartoon Express|USA Cartoon Express]]'' was a block of cartoon programming on the [[Wikipedia:USA Network|USA Network]] in the '80s and '90s.<br />
*The opposite of a salutation is a [[Wikipedia:valediction|valediction]].<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
{{sbemailextlinks|140|6613}}<br />
{{Strong Bad Email}}<br />
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[[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/environmentenvironment2008-01-08T00:00:37Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Easter Eggs */</p>
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<div>{{sbenav|186}}<br />
[[Image:sbemail186.png|thumb|"Are you guys picketing my computer?"]]<br />
Strong Bad explains how he is helping the environment.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Cheat}}<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Field]], [[Homestar's House]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]]<br />
<br />
{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, January 7, 2008<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:28<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Checkin' checkin' emails in 2008! Checkin' checkin' Strong Bad fit to regulate! ''{brings up the email}''<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<div>subject: high time</div><br />
Dear Strong Bad,<br><br />
We realize that you are a busy fellow, but my friend and<br><br />
I cannot help but think that you could be doing more to<br><br />
help the environment. This is your planet too, you know.<br><br />
Lyd and Jules,<br><br />
ID and MO, respectively<br><br />
</blockquote><br />
''{reads ID as "idiot" and MO as "moron"}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well...ladies? I do plenty to help the environment. Nobody ever gives me credit for my most significant contribution. ''{clears the screen}'' Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is NOT drop a piano on Marzipan's head. Who knows how many greenhouse gases I've rescued as a result of not mortally wounding ol' Marzipole. And don't forget my New Year's resolution to stop watering her plants with bleach. Now I water them strictly with ''{cut to Marzipan's house and a close up on her flowers}'' recycled cigarette butts. <br />
<br />
''{Cigarette butts are dumped on one of the flowers.}''<br />
<br />
'''FLOWER:''' ''{coughing}'' Oh, that's good stuff.<br />
<br />
''{cut back to the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, there ya go possibly ladies. My boat take&mdash;<br><br />
'''STRONG SAD and MARZIPAN:''' ''{faintly, chanting}'' Scrappy the Lappy! We think it's really crappy! Scrappy the Lappy!<br />
<br />
''{cut to The Computer Room's window where the silhouette of two pickets signs are seen. Strong Sad and Marzipan continue underneath}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' What the&mdash;?<br />
<br />
''{cut to The Field. Strong Sad holds up a sign that says "Scrappy the Lappy". Marzipan holds a sign saying "Lappy, Take the Dirt Nappy!". Strong Bad enters from the right.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD and MARZIPAN:''' We think it's really crappy!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Are you guys picketing my computer?<br />
<br />
''{medium shot of Marzipan}''<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' Yes we are! That Lappy is energy sappy!<br />
<br />
''{close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' That's very clever. How long did it take you to think up&mdash;<br />
<br />
''{cut back to shot of all three}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Three days.<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' Just look at your power bill from last month.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' The bill itself uses eight trees' worth of paper<br />
<br />
''{pan over to reveal a stack of paper marked "BILLS!"}''<br />
<br />
''{close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Are you trying to tell me that 70,000 dollar power bills aren't the norm?<br />
<br />
''{medium shot of Marzipan}''<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' Strong Bad, every time you press enter on the Lappy, the rest of us lose power.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' For real? <br />
<br />
''{Push wipe back to the Lappy. There is a list labeled "Okay for Mom" on the screen with various euphemisms for buttocks within it.}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing in the list}'' tuckus ''{presses enter}'' hinders ''{presses enter}'' bwathom ''{presses enter}'' boontockle ''{presses enter}''<br />
<br />
''{Push wipe to Homestar Runner with an [[Atari 2600]] joystick.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm about to win! ''{room darkens}'' Awww... ''{lights come on}'' I'm about to win! ''{room darkens}'' Awww.... ''{reverse shot of the TV that reads "PLEASE INSERT GAME PAK, KID!"}'' I'm really about to win! ''{room darkens}'' Again with the awww....<br />
<br />
''{cut to close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Fine! I'll just start using the Lappy's battery instead.<br />
<br />
''{cut back to The Field}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, sorry. ''{medium shot of Strong Sad}'' Every time you use that battery, 45 acres of rain forest are burned to the ground!<br />
<br />
''{close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! I knew the Lappy was awesome, but I had no idea of her destructive power! ''{cut to shot of all three}'' I gotta get Bubs to help me to overclock it and see if we can't get that up to an even 50 acres.<br />
<br />
''{medium shot of Marzipan}''<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' You really have to do something, Strong Bad. Even Coach Z does all of his cooking with hydroelectric.<br />
<br />
''{cut to a close up of Coach Z's hand in the [[showering|shower]], holding a soggy hot dog.}''<br />
<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Ah, the world famous Coach Z Sog Dog. ''{words appear on the screen as he says it}'' Mmmm... Drink In That Bun!<br />
<br />
''{cut back to The Field, close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait. So, alls I got to do is take something I already do and word it differently so it sounds eco-friendly?<br />
<br />
''{cut back to all three}''<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah, that's what we do mostly.<br />
<br />
''{medium shot of Strong Sad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Check out my sustainable MP3 player.<br />
<br />
''{medium shot of Marzipan}''<br />
<br />
'''MARZIPAN:''' And my organic ''Thelma and Louise'' DVD.<br />
<br />
''{close up of Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah, okay. And say hello to my 65 mile per gallon hybrid piano!<br />
<br />
''{long shot in silhouette of The Field. A piano is seen dropping and Strong Sad and Marzipan scatter}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD and MARZIPAN:''' Al Gore's beard!<br />
<br />
''{the piano is seen smashed in the field next to Strong Bad. Cut back to the Lappy.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So there, there, THERE we go, maybe ladies. Strong Bad and the environment are now making out in the parent's basement of a solar-powered house. Take a look at the Lappy's new environmentally compliant sticker compliance sticker! ''{close up of the sticker next to the Lappy 486 logo}'' And it's got a picture of a little leaf on it, so you know it's good for the environment. ''{zoom out to the Lappy; resumes typing}'' So until next week, my boat take&mdash; <br />
<br />
''{The Cheat noises are heard and the Lappy's screen goes dark. Zoom out to see a panting The Cheat (painted green) in a hamster wheel hooked up the Lappy}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on green The Cheat! ''{The Cheat resumes running in the wheel}'' That's good, that's good! Only 17 more hours and I can press send.<br />
<br />
''{[[New Paper]] comes down reading:<br><br />
"Click gently to eco-mail Strong Bad.<br><br />
printed on 100% post-consumer brown paper with green ink"}''<br />
<br />
''{pause for a little while, as the hamster wheel sound effect fades out}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow. That is one whisper quiet hamster wheel.<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
[[Image:IdiotAndMoron.png|thumb|"Idiot and Moron"]]<br />
*When Strong Bad says "Idiot and Moron, respectively," click on "ID and MO" to see an image of the states Idaho and Montana dancing with goofy faces.<br />
* click on the previous easter egg to change montana into missouri and "idiot and moron" into mike is a moron. <br />
*At the end, click on The Cheat to see a button extolling the virtues of GreenCheat.<br />
*At the end, after Strong Bad comments on the hamster wheel, click on the wall outlet.<br />
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still typing his "Okay for Mom" list on the Lappy}'' Boat take... ''{hits Enter}''<br />
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still trying to play his Atari 2600 game}'' This is the easiest video game I've ever played.<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*Game Pak is the official name for a cartridge for any of [[Nintendo|Nintendo's]] early video game consoles.<br />
*"100% post-consumer" is used to indicate the amount and source of recycled material. In this case, all of the paper material comes from sources other than leftovers from manufacturing and is considered environmentally superior.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Strong Bad's list reads:<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<u>Okay for Mom</u><br><br />
1. rear-end<br><br />
2. back parts<br><br />
3. fanny<br><br />
4. tush<br><br />
5. tushie<br><br />
6. buns<br><br />
7. booty<br><br />
8. can<br><br />
9. tuckus<br><br />
10. hinders<br><br />
11. bwathom<br><br />
12. boontockle</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
107. hiney<br><br />
108. patootie<br><br />
109. bum<br><br />
110. rump<br><br />
111. trunk<br><br />
112. sit-part<br><br />
113. boat take</blockquote><br />
<br />
*Strong Bad claims that his monthly power bill is $70,000. Assuming that he pays the US national average price of [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html 9.86¢/kWh], that would mean that he uses approximately 709,939.14 kWh/month. This would be roughly 799 times more than the average usage of [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/reps/enduse/er01_us.html 888 kWh/month] per US household.<br />
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#gamma force|gamma force]]".<br />
<br />
===Remarks===<br />
*Though the email senders say they are from Idaho and Missouri (ID and MO), the Easter egg shows the states Idaho and Montana (ID and MT).<br />
*The only United States marketed hybrid car to achieve 65 miles per gallon was the Honda Insight (61/70 mpg). It is no longer produced. Currently, the most efficient hybrid car is the Toyota Prius (45/48 mpg)<br />
*Just like Strong Sad in [[concert]], Homestar is either playing with a left handed Atari 2600 joystick or is playing with the joystick sideways. The standard joystick has its button in the upper left hand corner.<br />
<br />
===Goofs===<br />
*After the close-up on it, Lappy's "Environmentally Compliant Sticker" sticker disappears, and does not reappear until the end of the e-mail.<br />
<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*Strong Bad claims he begins each day by "[[Not X|NOT]] dropping a piano on Marzipan".<br />
*The window above the computer desk was last seen in [[cheat talk]] and the CGI portion of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc 1]] of the [[strongbad_email.exe|Strong Bad Email DVD]].<br />
*Marzipan and Strong Sad previously behaved as a team of environmental activists, as related on [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]. The phrase "100% post-consumer" also appeared there.<br />
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when he announces for his eco-friendly piano.<br />
*"Whisper quiet" was previously mentioned in [[extra plug]].<br />
*The email references [[smoking]].<br />
*Homestar mentions the game he's playing is "[[This is the (adjective) video game I've ever played|the easiest he's ever played]]".<br />
*Marzipole and eco-mail are [[portmanteaus]].<br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*Strong Sad's MP3 player strongly resembles either an [[Wikipedia:iPhone|iPhone]] or [[Wikipedia:iPod touch|iPod Touch]].<br />
*''[[Wikipedia:Thelma & Louise|Thelma & Louise]]'' is a 1991 film starring [[Wikipedia:Geena Davis|Geena Davis]] as Thelma and [[Wikipedia:Susan Sarandon|Susan Sarandon]] as Louise.<br />
*GreenCheat's logo resembles that of [[Wikipedia:Greenpeace|Greenpeace]].<br />
*The "Environmentally Compliant" sticker is a play on [[Wikipedia:Energy Star|Energy Star]] and similar certifications used on electronics devices to rate their electricity consumption.<br />
*The exclamation "Al Gore's beard!" is reference to 45th Vice President of the United States and noted environmental activist [[Wikipedia:Al Gore|Al Gore]], who after losing the 2000 presidential campaign famously grew a beard and went into seclusion for a short period of time before refocusing on the environment.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
{{sbemailextlinks|186|13302}}<br />
{{Strong Bad Email}}</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/redesignredesign2008-01-07T16:58:14Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Inside References */</p>
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<div>{{sbenav|153}}<br />
[[Image:New iMac.png|thumb|{{#switch:{{#rand:1|3}}<br />
| 1="Well, I don't know how we're gonna print it out, seeing as how somebody sliced off the back of your monitor." <br />
| 2="Quit rubbing that plastic bar of soap on the desk!"<br />
| 3="You clearly don't have what it takes to bring NO LOAFING to the digital age." }}]]<br />
<br />
Strong Bad considers redesigning the [[No Loafing Sign|"No Loafing" sign]] and painting his computer room.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}} (voice only), {{Film|Coach Z}}<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Laundry Room]]<br />
<br />
{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, July 10, 2006<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:46<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
<br />
{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
''{The scene opens in a darkened Computer Room with yellow tape (reading "LELLOWTAPE") all over the Lappy.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Email is nice, ''{the lights come on and Strong Bad sits down}'' habalubabulabada! ''{rips the tape away}'' Email is twice, habilastilbilasaw! <!-- Is anyone sure what that's supposed to be? --X-Spider2 --> ''{pulls up the email}''<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<div>subject: keeping life exciting</div><br />
dear strong bad, <br /><br />
dude i am getting bored of the "no loafing" sign and blue <br /><br />
paint. <br/><br />
<br/><br />
jamie ericson canada<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{The "dear strong bad" echoes, causing Strong Bad to look around a bit. Strong Bad pronounces "jamie ericson" as "hom-ee-ay eric-SON".}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' That's so funny that you should say that Jamie ''{says as an unintelligible mumble}'', because I was just thinking how bored I am with your butt, and your face, and your snotty nose. <br />
<br />
''{"nose" echoes, and Strong Bad looks around some more. Strong Bad clears the screen.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I guess the No Loafing sign could take a cue from the fast-food, soft drink, and bad sports team industries and combat sluggish sales and decades of losing with a slick logo redesign.<br />
<br />
''{The screen cuts back and then zooms to the No Loafing sign. The blue wall vanishes.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping to a beat}'' First you squish it, skew it, and turn it all around. Squish it, skew it, turn it all around.<br />
<br />
''{As he says this, the border disappears and the words are squished, skewed, and turned around. At the end, the words are at a slant.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Then we need to make it fast and slick and shiny like Flo Jo in a tuxedo.<br />
<br />
''{The words curve, the tops of the letters become spikes pointing to the left, and they become all shiny.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping again}'' Uh! Flo Jo with da tux-''eee''-do!<br />
<br />
''{The words react to the beat of his rap, various decorations litter the screen, and a no symbol appears behind the words.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Now it's time to play Color Wheel Roulette. No Whammies, no Whammies!<br />
<br />
''{The colors of the sign cycle through various schemes, finally ending up on the words being a dull yellow and the circle in the background turning a greenish tan, with the blank space in the middle turning brown.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{audience groans}'' Awww... Ouch, man. Now, just when you think you're done, you gotta dip it in molten Plexiglas ''{the entire sign becomes glossy}'' to give it that "children under three are sure to choke on it" goodness.<br />
<br />
''{With a "ding", sparkles appear on the logo.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, wait. Almost forgot the fangs.<br />
<br />
''{With a roar, [[Blood|bloody]] fangs sprout from the logo.}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad, with a new-style iMac in front of The Cheat. The logo Strong Bad described is on the monitor.}''<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I don't know how we're gonna print it out, seeing as how somebody sliced off the back of your monitor. And quit rubbing that plastic bar of soap ''{indicating The Cheat's cordless mouse}'' on the desk. You clearly don't have what it takes ''{rubs The Cheat's head}'' to bring NO LOAFING into the digital age.<br />
<br />
''{The Cheat closes the window, and Strong Bad turns toward the viewer.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' But I does!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the No Loafing sign.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Fresh from elementary school cafetoriums and lotto machines...<br />
<br />
''{The No Loafing sign transforms into a cafeteria-style LED display.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...comes one of those actually pretty hard-to-read message board signs.<br />
<br />
''{"NO LOAFING" scrolls past, followed by a crawling worm.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Capable of advanced animation, scrollabatonies...<br />
<br />
''{The words "GRUEL IS COOL!" come in, with the individual pixels coming from opposite sides before meeting.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and twelve levels of blinkiness.<br />
<br />
''{"NO LOAFING" returns and the letters blink. Then the screen blinks and fireworks appear on the display.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Now we can celebrate the lack of loafing with some fireworks! And a man doing cartwheels!<br />
<br />
''{The fireworks disappear and a man doing cartwheels moves across the display. Cut to Strong Bad.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' No mortal would ''dare'' loaf under the four-colored dotted digital stare of this bad boy! Y'know, unless they looked up too late, and the "No" had already scrolled off...<br />
<br />
''{Scrolls up to the display just as the "N" in "NO LOAFING" scrolls off.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...so they thought that it said, "DO Loafing."<br />
<br />
''{The words "DO LOAFING" scroll on.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Or maybe, like, Franklin Delano Loafing, our nation's laziest president.<br />
<br />
''{The man doing cartwheels appears after "DO LOAFING", followed by "FRANKL" before the screen cuts back to Strong Bad's Lappy.}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' That's enough loaf. As for the blue wall, if you're gonna repaint anything, you might as well use that magic green screen paint that Hollywood still thinks looks good. Then the wall can be anything you want!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room, but with bright green walls instead of blue. Strong Bad happily skips in the middle of the screen.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Imagine being able to frolic through the bread aisle...<br />
<br />
''{The wall &mdash; and Strong Bad's bright green eyes &mdash; are replaced with an image of a bread aisle at a supermarket.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...without leaving the house!<br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad leans back against the wall and sinks into the sitting position.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, bread aisle! Warm me with your enriched, bleached bosom! And please, give me back my sight.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to another part of the computer room with the same green paint. Strong Bad is sitting on the floor, looking at the wall, and holding a controller.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Or play your favorite video games where the pixels are big as hams!<br />
<br />
''{The wall becomes a video game called "Sundae Drivin'", which involves a giant bowl of ice cream on wheels driving down the road collecting toppings.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating a car's engine}'' Vrrrrrrrr! Vrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!<br />
<br />
''{The sundae-car collects a cherry, and "CHERRY GET" appears on the top of the screen.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Vrrrrrrrrrr! Watch out for the wet walnuts!<br />
<br />
''{The sundae-car collides with a brown jar with a "W" on it and it explodes.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwwwwww!<br />
<br />
''{The screen reads "Your James Over".}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' This game sucks.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' But what green screens are ''really'' for...<br />
<br />
''{The screen cuts to Strong Bad, with a Greek spear, shield, and helmet, looking at the wall, which appears to be an island village with a "Claymation" cycloptic monster on it. Strong Mad can be heard doing the voice of the monster.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...is battling Claymation!<br />
<br />
''{The monster steps forward and swipes in Strong Bad's direction.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' It'll take more than karate pants to keep me from toilet-papering the temple of the gods!<br />
<br />
''{Coach Z walks in. Where his bright green body overlaps the wall, the green screen's image appears over him, leaving just his head and feet standing on the carpet. His usual "Z" medallion is replaced with a glossy curved medallion with fangs, resembling The Cheat's remake of the No Loafing sign.}''<br />
<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Strong Bad! Check it out! I squished it! And skewed it! And turned it all...<br />
<br />
''{The medallion is squished, skewed, and turned around. Both Strong Bad and the monster run off.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaaaaaaaaaaah!<br />
<br />
'''COACH Z:''' ...a...round?<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Aww, forget it, Jamie. ''{said as "quay-quay"}'' If you're so bored with my style, here's a change for ya.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the laundry room.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' No, pan up!<br />
<br />
''{The screen pans up to reveal a seashell-themed wallpaper near the ceiling.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I've put up this delightful ocean-themed border in the laundry room! Oh, and look!<br />
<br />
''{The screen zooms in on the dials on the washing machine.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I hot-glued some actual shells onto the knobs of the washer and dryer!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to show Strong Bad standing next to the washer.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' All for under fifty bucks!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a close-up.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that's our show. Join us next week when we show you how to knit your own splatter paints!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back again.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' All for under fifty bucks!<br />
<br />
''{A logo for "redesigning SBEMAILS, JERK FOOT" appears.}''<br />
<br />
'''SINGERS:''' Ba-doo ba! Do Daaaah!<br />
<br />
''{On "Daaaah!", the words "FOR UNDER 50 BUCKS" appear below. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
[[Image:Colorwheelroulette.PNG|thumb|Stupid Home Edition!]]<br />
[[Image:Do loafing.PNG|thumb|Do Loafing!]]<br />
*Click on the "No Loafing" sign when Strong Bad is playing color wheel roulette with it to see the box design for Color Wheel Roulette Stupid Home Edition by [[Boardelectrix]].<br />
<blockquote><br />
-50% fewer deaths than Russian variety<br><br />
-Pant one, pant two!!<br><br />
-Twice as many deaths as Garden Variety<br><br />
</blockquote><br />
*When "Do Loafing" starts to scroll by on the sign, click it to see a bumper sticker for Sucky Mountain, Colorado.<br />
*At the end, click on "Jerk" which gives a "conversation" between The Cheat's redesigned No Loafing sign and the redesigned Coach Z emblem.<br />
:'''REDESIGNED NO LOAFING SIGN:''' ''{purrs, growls, and then roars}''<br />
:'''REDESIGNED COACH Z EMBLEM:''' ''{runs away}'' Yorp, yorp, yorp, yorp, yorp!<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
<br />
===Explanations===<br />
[[Image:Animated 'No Loafing' Sign.gif|thumb=NoLoafing SmAnim.gif|The "New" No Loafing sign.]]<br />
*The Lappy was covered in "[[LELLOWTAPE]]" because it had been nearly eight weeks (up to 55 days depending on when Strong Bad took the Lappy [[Weclome Back|skydiving]]) since the last email.<br />
*[[wikipedia:Bluescreen|Green screens]] are used in film and television in order to have an alternate background behind the live action. The solid color wall is digitally replaced by a chosen background. This technique is called ''chroma key'' or ''color-separation overlay'', and can actually be done with any color, though blue and green are the most widely-used since human skin tones do not naturally contain blue or green pigments. <br />
<!-- Please do not add statements explaining Strong Bad's eye cutouts, Coach Z's disappearance, or the green ghosting around the image. These are all part of the joke, and are (or should be) thoroughly explained at the Wikipedia article. --><br />
*The No Loafing Scrolling Sign is actually a [[Wikipedia:LED#LED display panels|scrolling LED marquee]] ''(Pictured)''.<br />
*A cafetorium is a room used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium and often associated with older school buildings without sufficient room to have two separate areas.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*This marks the first appearance of [[Monosodium Dreams]], (an [[Wikipedia:IMac#iMac G5|iMac G5]] or [[Wikipedia:IMac#iMac Core Duo|iMac Core Duo]]), replacing the "[[Tangerine Dreams]]" [[Wikipedia:IMac#iMac (Tray Loading) (aka iMac G3)|iMac G3]] he previously had.<br />
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#sundae drivin'|sundae drivin]]", which is the game Strong Bad plays on the greenscreen-painted wall.<br />
*On the dryer, one knob reads, "Start"; the other has three settings: "Dry", "Real Dry", and "High & Dry".<br />
<br />
===Remarks===<br />
*Strong Bad is able to fluently type the word "redesign" with only his left hand, although it uses letters from both sides of the keyboard.<br />
*Strong Bad's "Squish it, skew it, turn it all around" song is the same tune as the "Email is nice, email is twice" song at the beginning of the email.<br />
*The Flo-Jo'd No Loafing Sign with the no-symbol has inconsistent lighting. The no-symbol is lit from the top left while the text is lit from the top right. The strong highlights are also placed inconsistently.<br />
*When Strong Bad is playing Color Wheel Roulette, the No Loafing sign only cycles through five color schemes.<br />
*Strong Bad asks The Cheat how he can print when "somebody sliced off the back of [his] monitor", yet his laptop screen is just as thin and he has no trouble printing The Paper out.<br />
*The cartoon shows Strong Bad playing video games on his greenscreen-painted wall. This is actually impossible in real life, since chroma key only replaces green areas ''after'' processing the film or video output. (This is why TV weather forecasters have to look at an off-camera monitor to actually see the map they are pointing to.) Strong Bad would only ever see a green wall. The same goes for the battling claymation and being able to frolic through the bread aisle.<br />
*On the scrolling LED No Loafing Sign, it is possible to see that the glowing lights do not line up perfectly, horizontally and vertically, with the dormant lights. Also, the words "No Loafing" slide across as a solid layer, rather than all the lights in each column lighting up one after another.<br />
*None of the No Loafing signs are visible in the greenscreen scenes. In the real world, any of these signs would appear over the video being shown on the greenscreen.<br />
*When Strong Bad says "But I does!", his mouth is round at the word "does", which is usually used only with words with an "ooh" sound.<br />
*When Strong Bad is shown next to the green screen, his eyes disappear, yet his eyes are a darker shade of green than the screen.<br />
<br />
===Goofs===<br />
*When Strong Bad clears the screen, the "I was just thinking how bored I am with your butt, and" line disappears prematurely.<br />
*When the screen shifts to the No Loafing Sign, you can briefly see a second cursor on the Lappy's screen.<br />
*When Coach Z walks in front of the Green screen, the edge of the carpet can be seen through his ankles. This should not happen, as Coach Z's feet would fully block the view of the carpet whether the green-replacement effect has "removed" Coach Z's feet or not.<br />
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<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*"Scrollabatonies" was previously used in one of the [[Scroll Button Songs]].<br />
*The music that plays briefly in the background when Strong Bad starts "Color Wheel Roulette" is from [[The Show]], as heard on [[Main Page 19]].<br />
*The box design for "Color Wheel Roulette Stupid Home Edition" is a reference to [[The Show#The Show! Stupid Home Edition|The Show! Stupid Home Edition]] from [[geddup noise]].<br />
*When Strong Bad's game says "Your James Over" at the end, it echoes the [[Homsar Main Page]], where "Games" was pronounced "James".<br />
*The explosion of the sundae looks very similar to the 'poofing' of Strong Bad's pants in [[senior prom]], Pom Pom's smoke bomb in [[Summer Short Shorts]], and the shell explosions in [[Let us give TANKS!]].<br />
* the cyclops voice is played by [[strong mad]]<br />
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<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*"Franklin Delano Loafing" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], the 32nd President of the United States. It's also another instance of [[Presidents]].<br />
*"Flo-Jo" was a nickname for [[Wikipedia:Florence Griffith Joyner|Florence Griffith Joyner]], an American athlete.<br />
*The famous phrase "No [[Wikipedia:Whammy (Press Your Luck)|Whammies]]" comes from the game show ''[[Wikipedia:Press Your Luck|Press Your Luck]]''.<br />
*The Color Wheel picture is similar to that of [[Wikipedia: Wheel of Fortune|''Wheel of Fortune'']].<br />
*The Color Wheel Roulette's claim of "50% fewer deaths than Russian variety" refers to the practice of [[Wikipedia:Russian roulette|Russian roulette]].<br />
*Strong Bad's remark about dipping the sign in [[Wikipedia:Acrylic glass|molten plexiglass]] to "give it that 'children under 3 are sure to choke on it' goodness" is a reference to a common choking hazard warning seen on most plastic products.<br />
*"Redesigning SBemails" at the end is a reference to the many house redesign shows on channels such as [[Wikipedia:HGTV|HGTV]].<br />
**The tag line "FOR UNDER 50 BUCKS" is a reference to budget redesign shows such as [[IMDB:tt0370125|''Design on a Dime'']].<br />
*The "Cherry Get!" graphic that appears when Strong Bad is playing "[[Sundae Drivin']]" is a reference to many Japanese video games, in which "[Object] Get!" is commonly displayed whenever you collect an object. <!-- There are many examples of this. --><br />
*The scene with the [[stop motion]] cyclops is a mashup of [[Wikipedia:Ray Harryhausen|Ray Harryhausen]] movies, most notably of [[imdb:tt0051337|''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'']], where Sinbad fights an orange claymation cyclops on the beach (though Harryhausen used his pioneering [[Wikipedia:Dynamation|Dynamation]] technique instead of greenscreens).<br />
*"Pant one, pant two!!" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Pantone|Pantone]] color matching systems.<br />
*The "big as hams" reference goes back to before [[Wikipedia:David Letterman|David Letterman]] made it big. He once lost a job as a weather man on local news for stating: "... and there are hail stones the size of canned hams out there!"<br />
<!-- "Sunday driver" is a common phrase that predates the Beatles song, and anyway, it'd go on the Sundae Drivin' page before this one. --><br />
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== DVD Version ==<br />
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.<br />
<br />
===Commentary Transcript===<br />
<br />
'''Commentary by: [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]'''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Oh, it looks like there had been a little, a little respite. I think this was the Estiveeve<!--not a clue, help!--> break.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Oh, was it?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Estiban Powell. <!--No idea--><br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Ummm... So, I just recently saw a redesign of... a potential redesign of the Atlanta Hawks logo.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Uh-oh.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' It look terrible!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Really?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Does it follow the rules? Does did get&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{interrupts}'' It does! It totally follows the rules! I mean&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{interrupts, overlapping}'' Shiny, and angular?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' It's already shin- and it's terrible now, and it got worse. And the sad thing is the Atlanta Hawks have probably have the best logo of all time, their '80s logo.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Batman logo.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:'''With all the retro, you know, with retro being so, so in, for the last twenty years.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, the def... they were those uniforms maybe once or twice a year, but, I don't know why, they just don't go back to it.<br />
<br />
''{pause}''<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Who is beat boxing, Mike? ''{At the "squish it, skew it, and turn it all around" part of the email}'' Was that you, or was that me? I don't remember.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Probably you.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Oh. I'm not a very good beat box&mdash; <br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Me neither! ''{laughs}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I don't think I would have volunteered.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Uh, I know you got it.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Bids his beat into there!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Oh, what's that show called, no whammy show? ''{Mike says quietly "Umm... um.."}'' Press Your Luck?<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' That little whammy's guy, it's a little gremlin, right?<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah, that came bac&mdash; Press Your Luck came back with like a terrible CG... ''{Mike can be faintly heard saying "What?"}'' no whammy guy.<br />
<br />
''{short pause}''<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{At around the part when the fangs are added.}'' That is a slick logo!<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' It looks like it would go smooth, Mike.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Hmmmhmm... a lozenge.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' He's got a new, a new computer.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' The Tangerine Dream is gone.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' It is. What is this called?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{quietly}'' Umm... ''{giggles}'' Monosodium Dreams?<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Yeah. <br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' That's what I called it.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{while Matt is chuckling}'' I don&mdash; I don't know.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Umm... Look, look this is gonna tell you what's for lunch today!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I changed... we never put it up, I did another version where instead of the cartwheel guy&mdash; <br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Uh-huh.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I did some hightops that are moonwalking.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Ha, ha, yeah! Why didn't we put those in?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I don't know maybe we'll throw those in as an Easter egg here.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Steg? ''{short pause}'' Sometimes ''{Mike can be heard saying "Steg?" in the background}'' I call them stegs.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah? I've never heard you call him that.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Well, maybe that you're not around. When I, when I do that.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I guess, I guess not. I'm kinda glad.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Mmm-hmmm.<br />
<br />
''{brief pause}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' So, here's a postcard, that our friend [[Ryan Sterritt|Ryan]], sent us.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' You probably don't wanna read that out loud.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Oh, it just says "We got to see these mountains and the park around sunset time. It was beautiful and had a pink hue to the whole range."<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Is this from the Guadalupe mountains?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' National Park.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Wow. I can't believe Ryan was so poetic.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hmmm.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{Strong Bad leans on the wall during the "Bread Isle" background.}'' Look at all that bread.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' From the Giant Foods upstairs.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Supa, supa giant. His a&mdash; what's wrong with his eyes, Mike?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Well, Matt, let me explain to you about green screen technology! ''{Matt is heard faintly chuckling in the background.}''<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Uh, why haven't we made this game yet?<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{In response to the words "CHERRY GET!" at the top of the screen}'' Cherry, get! Hah!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Look out for the wet &mdash; Oh, wet walnuts.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' That's a nice explosion, for a game of that caliber. ''{Mike is heard laughing in the background.}'' Yeah, it's the Cheat Commandos explosion&mdash; Well, remember how good the Pole Position explosion was? That was like, photo real! I remember thinking it was photo real. Pho-real! Do you think that&mdash; People saying "fo' real" comes from? Fo' real? It's short for photo real?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I do.<br />
<br />
''{pause}''<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{Strong Bad is now in the laundry room.}'' Umm... So&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Mom likes to watch shows like this. <br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah! <br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' I that that, I think somewhere in our&mdash; Mom's house there's a&mdash; a border like that.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' She may have hot glued some shells some uh...<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{interrupts}'' Uh, no! No. <br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' That's a nice looking nautilus though. ''{Mike can be heard doing a short "chuckle"}'' I have to say that nautilus shell? I would put that in my bathroom.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I'd put a Nautilus weight machine in my bathroom.<br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah?<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah. <br />
<br />
'''MATT:''' ''{As if he was trying to insult Mike}'' Jerk foot!<br />
<br />
===Fun Facts===<br />
<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&hl=en&ie=UTF8&um=1&q=super+giant+foods&near=Atlanta,+GA&fb=1&view=text&sa=X&oi=local_group&resnum=1&ct=more-results&cd=2 Super Giant Foods] is a small chain of grocery stores in the Atlanta area.<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Pole Position (arcade game)|Pole Position]] was a racing video game released first in 1982 by Namco (licensed by Atari in the US).<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Nautilus, Inc.|Nautilus]] is a manufacturer of fitness and exercise equipment, including the [[Wikipedia:Bowflex|Bowflex]] and [[Wikipedia:Stairmaster|Stairmaster]] brands.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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{{Strong Bad Email}}<br />
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/big_white_facebig white face2007-12-11T16:54:00Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Real-World References */</p>
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<div>{{sbenav|70}}<br />
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[[Image:sbemail70.PNG|thumb|Not the first time this has happened, today.]]<br />
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Jen C. asks Strong Bad why he is so mean to the guy with the big white face and gray body.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}<br />
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]]<br />
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'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]<br />
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'''Date:''' Monday, April 21, 2003<br />
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'''Running Time:''' 2:51<br />
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'''Page Title:''' Compy 086!!<br />
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}<br />
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== Transcript ==<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hoo! Cha! Cheritiza! Hooritajuzu-duh-email!<br />
<br />
''{reading}''<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad,<br /><br />
<br /><br />
Why are you so mean to the guy with<br /><br />
the big white face and gray body?<br /><br />
<br /><br />
Jen C from Millbrae , CA</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad sings "Dear Strong Bad" in a slightly high-pitched voice}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second. <br />
<br />
''{types run "M4RZ1P4N"}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Is she talking about Marzipan? <br />
<br />
''{Marzipan's picture shows up on his computer}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' No, her head is... more like a baseball bat. <br />
<br />
''{types run "bu-hubs"}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe Bubs? No. Bubs is definitely of the blue-headed persuasion. <br />
<br />
''{types run "undabite"}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar's got the white head, but... his body's just kinda that red skirt. <br />
<br />
''{types run "no-neck"}'' <br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad doesn't really have a head ''or'' a body. <br />
<br />
''{types run "dacheese"}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat's physiology just plain baffles me. <br />
<br />
''{types run "mr.smith"}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, the Poopsmith? Oh, the Poopsmith! Why would she think he has a gray body? Maybe her monitor isn't calibrated right. Or maybe she's like... on one of those old black and white monitors. <br />
<br />
''{types run "[[b/w]]"; it converts his monitor to an old Macintosh layout}'' <br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it! ''{tabs out of the Macintosh layout, starts typing}'' Yeah, maybe I am a little hard on that guy. I should do something nice for him.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad gets up, Strong Sad walks past}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Just on my way to do some stuff... Oh! What's this say? ''{reads the email, mumbling}'' Finally! My come-uppance has arrived! I should go wait somewhere inconspicuous and act none the wiser.<br />
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''{Cut to a screen of the Macintosh setup with the caption "A little while later..." with the wristwatch cursor on the screen. Then cut to The Field, where Strong Sad is standing.}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, nothing, nothing... <br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad starts walking past Strong Sad with a cake behind his back}'' <br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hey, Strong Bad!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wiggidy-wiener.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you have something you wanted to tell me?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... you're the wiggidy-wiener?<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' No, not that. What are you holding behind your back?<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ummm... a single deuce? Doosh? ''{flips him the single deuce}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' No, your other back!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhhh... cake for the Poopsmith? Doosh? ''{throws the cake in Strong Sad's face}'' Aww, look what you made me do! Now I gotta make The Cheat make me another cake. ''{walks off}''<br />
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'''STRONG SAD:''' I wish I could say that this is the first time this has happened to me. ''Today.''<br />
<br />
''{Back to the Mac screen, now reading "Another while later..." Cut to the Poopsmith and his pile of [[whatsit]]. Strong Bad walks up to him with another cake.}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, doodoo man! I just wanted to apologize for throwing that first cake at Strong Sad. I put some beans on it. You know. In case maybe you wanted beans on it. ''{The Poopsmith shrugs}'' I hope there's no hard feelings. <br />
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''{The Poopsmith takes the cake}'' <br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways, it really stinks over here, so, uhh... I'm—I'm gonna go. Enjoy the cake.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad walks off. The Poopsmith flinches when [[The Paper]] comes down. The Poopsmith pokes it with his shovel. The end is on a loop, so he does this about every 10 seconds}''<br />
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== Easter Eggs ==<br />
[[Image:50cake.PNG|thumb|"Enjoy the cake."]]<br />
*Click on the image of [[The Cheat]] to check out [[Physiology of The Cheat|his physiology]].<br />
*At the end you can click on a bit of [[whatsit]] on The Poopsmith's shovel to [[Miscellaneous Downloads|download]] those Mac desktops as wallpaper.<br />
*Also at the end, you can click on the cake to see what it looks like. You can keep clicking on it to add toppings to it. The toppings are added in this order: fortune cookies, Chinese food (which looks like it might be [[General Tso's Chicken]]), [[grapes]], [[Wikipedia:Golden Grahams|Golden Grahams]] [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]], ice cubes, lemon slices, and finally, a [[Swiss Cake Roll]] and the "50" candle from [[50 emails]].<br />
**The cake Easter egg will not work on some computers, probably because the cake is stored in a separate Flash file.<br />
**The cake reads: ''Sorry I threw that 1st cake at Strong Sad.'' There is a ''you'' that points at a caricature of the Poopsmith. There is a ''me'' that points to a caricature of Strong Bad.<br />
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== Fun Facts ==<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The first cake said, "Hey!! Poopsmith! Here's a cake!" However, the second cake (when zoomed in, not seen in the closeup) says, "Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper." ''(also see Inside References)''<br />
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#world games|world games]]".<br />
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===Remarks===<br />
*It's strange that Strong Bad says he's been hard on The Poopsmith, since in [[your friends]], he says he didn't harm The Poopsmith because, on account of The Poopsmith's profession, "his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof."<br />
*In the part where Strong Bad says, "Big, white face and gray body?!? Who is she talking about? Hang on a second...," he's actually typing it, meaning he's sending a reply. Unless he was thinking out loud, he should have said "you", not "she".<br />
*Even though Strong Bad has [[Lack of Visible Arms#Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|no recognizable nose]], he covers the area where his nose would be had he had one when he says "It really stinks over here..."<br />
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===Goofs===<br />
*Strong Bad's reflection is covered by the pictures.<br />
*Strong Sad's reflection isn't affected by contrast change.<br />
*The bottom of Strong Sad's reflection is cut off early at the Compy.<br />
*If the contrast is changed before the Mac desktop comes up, then the Mac desktop appears blue instead of grey.<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
*"Sorry for screwing up the jumble caper" ''(see Trivia)'' is The Cheat's continued apology for ruining the [[caper]].<br />
*When Strong Sad asks what Strong Bad is holding behind his back, he says the Single Deuce, which is [[Pom Pom]]'s gesture from "[[the bird]]."<br />
*The Cheat's photo shows him smoking a pipe, as per his [[Smoking#The Cheat's smoking|nicotine habit]] seen in [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]] and [[Where's The Cheat?]] His addiction is later revisited in [[montage]].<br />
*When Strong Bad types out Marzipan's name ("M4RZ1P4N"), it is written in a form of [[Internet Slang|leet]].<br />
*The Poopsmith's second cake is another example of a [[concoction]].<br />
*This is a [[Derailed Emails|Derailed Email]].<br />
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===Real-World References===<br />
*The email's page title says "Compy 086" instead of "Compy 386," and there's an icon on the black and white [[Wikipedia:Apple Macintosh|Mac]] desktop that says "Compy 086." This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Intel 8086|Intel 8086]], the first 16-bit processor introduced by [[Wikipedia:Intel|Intel]]. Of course, Macs of that vintage ran on [[Wikipedia:Motorola 68000|Motorola 68000]] processors, not Intel processors. It may be inferred that Strong Bad was using either a screen simulator or fast-loading OS emulator because the OS is at the desktop immediately after Strong Bad's keystroke and is not shown booting.<br />
**One explanation of the "Compy 086" designation is that with the introduction of the 68020 processor, Motorola's processors were sometimes referred to by dropping the "68" and abbreviating their names to their last three digits - Macs were said to run on "020", "030" and "040" processors. It is reasoned that that is where the "0" in "086" may have come from in this email. <br />
**However, it should be noted that Apple officially pronounced the processor lines by their full generation names and by spelling out all the numbers in the names individually, (i.e. "six-eight-oh-two-oh, six-eight-oh-three-oh, six-eight-oh-four-oh"). Many Mac users followed that or a similar full pronunciation of the processor generation names (the other popular variant being "six-eighty-twenty, six-eighty-thirty, six-eighty-forty"), although for convenience the triple digit abbreviation was sometimes used in third-party product literature. In other words, the aforementioned triple digit abbreviation was not officially used by Apple to refer to the processors, nor was it necessarily used by many users.<br />
*The Mac desktop shown is most likely of a version of System 6 with Multi-Finder enabled, hence the application menu on the top right. It may be a release of System 5 instead, but that is unlikely since System 5 was replaced relatively quickly by System 6. However, it is clearly not a version of System 7 since, although it looked similar to its predecessors in B&W mode, the menubar lacks the Balloon Help icon found in System 7.<br />
*The Mac desktop has a floppy disk icon that reads [[Wikipedia:The Manhole|"The Manhole,"]] one of the first computer games by [[Wikipedia:Cyan Worlds|Cyan]], the company that would go on to make [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]].<br />
*Visible on the Mac's menu bar are a closed pair of eyes from the old Mac shareware program MyEyes. These eyes would open to follow the cursor around and blink periodically.<br />
*The Apple desktop has [[Wikipedia:Karateka|Karateka]] on it, a [[Wikipedia:Karate|karate]] combat game developed by [[Wikipedia:Jordan Mechner|Jordan Mechner]] in 1984. Karateka was popular in the 1980s, so we may again infer that this Macintosh environment is very old.<br />
*Strong Bad refers to the Poopsmith as "doodoo man;" track 14 of the album "De La Soul Is Dead" by De La Soul (one of [[Matt Chapman|Matt Chapman's]] favorite albums) features a fictional DJ who refers to himself as the "doodoo man."<br />
* there is a pokeball on the cake in icing<br />
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===Fast Forward===<br />
*Strong Bad will later have a similar chant in the email [[funny]].<br />
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== DVD Version ==<br />
*All of the Easter eggs are still viewable using either the angle button on your DVD remote or pressing down to find the bad graphics Strong Bad at the end of the email.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*[[HR:sbemail70.html|watch "big white face"]]<br />
*[[HR:sbemail70.swf|view the Flash file for "big white face"]]<br />
*[[HR:cake.swf|view the cake]]<br />
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd2.gif|download the Mac desktop (800×600)]]<br />
*[[HR:wallpapers/macbkgd.gif|download the Mac desktop (1024×768)]]<br />
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{{Strong Bad Email}}<br />
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/space_programspace program2007-12-11T16:36:12Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Inside References */</p>
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<div>{{sbenav|138}}<br />
[[Image:Sbemail138.PNG|thumb|"Nice work, The Strap!"]]<br />
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We learn of Strong Badia's space program, [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]].<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter Egg)<br />
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Classroom]] (Easter Egg)<br />
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{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
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'''Date:''' Monday, November 14, 2005<br />
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'''Running Time:''' 3:44<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}<br />
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== Transcript ==<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email is the sound that we make when a young girl cries...<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: space program</div><br />
Dear Strongbad,<br /><br />
Does Strongbadia have a space program?<br /><br />
Doo doo crap,<br /><br />
Ryan<br /><br />
Raleigh, NC<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad says "Da-da-da-da-" before "Dear," "Good jokes" instead of "Doo doo crap," "Ryan Raleigh" as one name, and "NC" as "Not Cool."}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Who ''doesn't'' have a space program these days? I mean, don't, like, the Italians have a space program? Ours is called SBASAF ''{pronounced "sbase-aff"}''. The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil. ''{clears screen}'' The only problem is, ...<br />
<br />
''{Fade to white; Strong Bad continues in voiceover.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...we blew our whole budget on this kick-awesome logo...<br />
<br />
''{As he says this, the SBASAF logo appears&mdash;a rocket's path tracing the second S, and ending up in position as the first A.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and on our orientation filmstrip.<br />
<br />
''{Cut to a filmstrip frame of the SBASAF logo, with "2005 Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil" at the bottom. The frame is initially out of focus, but becomes focused partway through the voiceover.}''<br />
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'''VOICEOVER:''' SBASAF is a definitely-for-profit organization, dedicated to the manned taping of aluminum foil to cardboard. ''{beep sound}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame comes up - a stylized drawing of alien mountains in [[outer space]], with a [[The Moon|moon]] and a comet in the sky. A ten and five dollar note are visible, and a large arrow pointing beyond the mountains. The ten dollar bill has the text "TEN O' DEMS" along the top, the earth in the president's place and a circled "SB" for the seal. The five dollar bill is mostly obscured, but a sun and planet are visible on it.}''<br />
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'''VOICEOVER:''' Our mission objective: to accompany 15 earth dollars on a round trip journey... ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a drawing of a spaceship flying past a planet.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to the closest reaches of space. ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: two astronauts, one lying on a bench with weights, the other saying "Gimme '''ONE''' more!!"}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' While the muscular crew will age only a few hours, the cargo, according to our... ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a portrait of Albert Einstein, saying "Hiya!"}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...vague understanding of the theory of relativity, will have aged to an incredible... ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: three large gold bars in space, with the caption "THREE O' DEMS". The slide is initially above center, then is adjusted.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...one million dollars. And who is good enough at video games... <br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a photo of a TV screen with a joystick in front of it. On the screen is a typical 2-D one-on-one fighting game with "FIGHT!!!" written on it. The combatants are a hamburger and a ghost. The ghost has only 1/3 health.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to accept such a dangerous mission? Why, none other than beef bouillon-aire joyboy... ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: Strong Bad wearing a headband with small wings on it, with pants made of foil.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...Space Captainface. First Lieuteneral Captainface knows the true key to success is... <!--{no beep}--><br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a girl smiling at the camera, with a polka-dot background.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to have as many hot '60s-looking girls in your filmstrips as possible. <br />
<br />
''{Another frame: two more girls against a blue background with a wavy stripe.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' Yeah, girls! All right! ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: The Cheat wearing a blue cap and [[Cool Shades|sunglasses]], with the caption Harold "Strap" Coopmore.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' Hey, look! It's onboard mechanic Harold "Strap" Coopmore! Looks like he could use a grilled cheese sandwich. <br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a photo of a grilled cheese sandwich, with the caption Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese". Different music plays for a little bit, then, with a record-scratching noise, the previous music resumes and another frame is cued: two men with flat-top haircuts and headsets in front of a computer terminal. They're wearing horn-rimmed glasses and short-sleeved dress shirts; one has a pocket protector and several pens.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' Flat-tops and shirt sleeves are the order of the day at SBASAF mission control. Why, Flight Engineer Ted Averill! You aren't smoking a smooth relaxing cigarette at all! ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: the same scene, but the man on the left is smoking.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' That's better. And somebody get that man a highball. ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: rows of spaceships.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' The flagship of SBASAF's 30-vessel fleet is the Proud Anselmo.<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: Strong Bad in the same outfit, atop a spaceship labeled "PROUD ANSELMO". There is a beam of golden light spotlighting Strong Bad.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' A wonder of modern SBASAF-ery, the Proud Anselmo was constructed entirely out of cardboardium alloy. When blastoff day finally arrives, <br />
<br />
''{Another frame: the '60s girls in silhouette with a large question mark.}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...will you be among the hot '60s-looking girls to wish Strap and Space Captainface a safe voyage? And if not... ''{beep}''<br />
<br />
''{Another frame: a tearful basset hound with the caption "How Come?"}''<br />
<br />
'''VOICEOVER:''' ...how come?<br />
<br />
''{Cut to Strong Badia. A close-up of Strong Bad wearing his Space Captainface costume in a cardboard box holding an Atari joystick. He and the box are trembling violently.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Argrgrgrgrgrgr! Got to... escape... Earth's... tenacity.... Fire the afterburners, Strap!<br />
<br />
''{A wider shot shows that The Cheat is in a taller cardboard box duct-taped to Strong Bad's, and has a [[SeeDees|CD player]]. [[#Trivia|Various objects]] are duct-taped to the side of the box. We can now see Strong Mad's hand shaking the boxes.}''<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{strained The Cheat noises}''<br />
<br />
''{The Cheat presses play on the CD Player, which plays a sci-fi flyby sound effect. Cut back to Strong Bad. The box lifts into the air temporarily and lands on the ground.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... we made it. ''{the boxes continue shaking}'' Ahem. ''Oh, we made it.'' ''{the boxes stop shaking}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG MAD:''' Awww...<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holding a Speak & Spell}'' According to my ca-cuh-lations, our precious cargo should have already multiplied to about 50 bucks!<br />
<br />
''{Strong Mad walks away behind the fence and sits down, looking dejected.}''<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{holding up a CD labeled "SOUND F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)"} {The Cheat noises}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. We spent the precious cargo on that sound effect CD. Well, let me hear "Body falling downstairs".<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeable-sounding The Cheat noises}'' ''{presses button on CD player}''<br />
<br />
''{The sound effect of what sounds like a body falling down a staircase plays. Strong Bad moves his head with each thump. Homestar Runner rushes up with a sweater stuck over his head.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You guys! You guys! I need help putting on this sweater!<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' A space myoot-ant from Satriani 5! Hit him with everything we got, Strap!<br />
<br />
''{The Cheat pushes various buttons, and random laser sounds and explosions are played. After a pause, The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar.}''<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aah! I knew I should have asked the Italian space program. ''{hobbles off}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work, The Strap. Another successful mission for ''{music starts; singing}'' Space Captainface!<br />
<br />
''{A piece of cardboard labeled SPACE CAPTAINFACE is lowered on a fishing hook above Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still singing}'' Pretender of the galaxies! He's all-the-ways having space cocktails with hot '60s-looking girls!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to wide shot; we see that The Cheat is holding a fishing rod with the SPACE CAPTAINFACE logo hanging from it.}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{although the first few words are almost spoken, concludes singing an octave higher}'' Where are all the hot '60s-looking girls? ''{music stops}''<br />
<br />
''{The King of Town enters from the left.}''<br />
<br />
'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I'm in my 60s!<br />
<br />
''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''<br />
<br />
== Easter Eggs ==<br />
*At the end, click "S. CAPTAINFACE" on the boxflap to the side of Strong Bad to hear a log entry.<br />
:''{Strong Bad is at the Lappy}''<br />
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Captainface Log: The vinegar-baking soda drive on the Proud Anselmo has run out of fuel, stranding us in the Impellitteri Sector. There is shrapnel everywhere. It makes one wonder, does man truly ''{beep}''<br />
:''{The slide of Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese" comes into frame from the bottom and stays a few seconds, accompanied by its music from the filmstrip.}''<br />
*At the end, click the [[Tire]] to see Cadet Z at recruitment.<br />
:''{The last two slides of the slideshow play again. Coach Z's arm enters frame from the bottom}''<br />
:'''COACH Z:''' I was told I was gonna get to pee in a cup!<br />
:''{Pull back to see Coach Z watching Strong Bad next to a projection screen}''<br />
:'''STRONG BAD:''' In due time, Cadet Z. In due time.<br />
:'''COACH Z:''' Oh, doo time! Even better.<br />
:''{Strong Bad looks slightly shocked}''<br />
*At the end, click the CD to see the back cover<br />
SOUND F/X are not a joke!<br />
featuring such favorite hits as:<br />
- baby in a wagon<br />
- drippy towel<br />
- single bird tweet<br />
- the hush of winter<br />
- baseball in repose<br />
- body falling downstairs<br />
- sonar ping<br />
- creaking rustiness<br />
- sonar pong<br />
- rub sequence 00003 or 2<br />
:On the side of the case is the text ''Sound F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)''.<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*The beeps in the filmstrip are common when a presenter is given a set of slides and a tape - so the presenter knows when to change the slides. Also, some combined tape player/projector models advance automatically upon detecting the beep.<br />
*The "vague understanding of the theory of relativity" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Special relativity|Special relativity]] which is popularly held to be difficult to understand, and predicts that space travellers going near the speed of light will age more slowly.<br />
*A [[Wikipedia:Sonar|Sonar]] ping is a method used to determine distance from one object to another, like two submarines. One will send out a low level "ping" that travels at a set speed through water, "bounces" off the other submarine, and is re-received by the first's sonar system. The amount of time this takes determines the distance.<br />
**There is no Sonar "pong" - the reflection of the ping is called a return. The term "pong" is often incorrectly used due to confusion with the game [[Wikipedia:Ping Pong|Ping Pong]].<br />
**You can hear an example of a Sonar ping near the end of [[dreamail]].<br />
*SBASAF's "definitely-for-profit" status is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organizations]].<br />
*Although it makes sense as constructed, Strong Bad's reference to "escap[ing]... Earth's... tenacity" appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Malapropism|malapropism]] for the phenomenon of [[Wikipedia:Escape velocity|escape velocity]].<br />
*A [http://m-w.com/dictionary/highball highball] is an iced drink containing liquor (as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass. Highballs were also featured prominently in [[radio]].<br />
*An [[Wikipedia:Alloy|alloy]] is a combination of two or more elements that includes at least two metals and has metallic properties.<br />
*The phrase "smooth and relaxing cigarette", like most of the SBASAF slide show, comes directly from the '50s and '60s TV culture. [[Smoking#Cigarettes|Cigarettes]] were "in" during this period, so advertisers primarily targeted men in their 20s and 30s, often trying to make non-smokers seem uncool.<br />
*Mixing vinegar and baking soda together causes a chemical reaction that, in some instances, can be powerful enough to propel small objects forward.<br />
*An [[Wikipedia:afterburner|afterburner]] increases the power of a jet engine. It cannot be fitted to a rocket.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The various things and text adorning Strong Bad's spaceship are from left to right:<br />
**[[Duct Tape]]<br />
**A [[Van Buren]] bust<br />
**An [[ABA Basketball]]<br />
**Used paper towel rolls<br />
**An [[Atari 2600]] joystick<br />
**The [[Strong Badia|Strong Badian]] national flag/emblem<br />
**A/C ductwork<br />
**''"the proud anselmo"''<br />
**''1ST LTNRL. S. CAPTAINFACE''<br />
**Aluminum foil<br />
**Upside down ''THIS WAYS''<br />
**''"STRAP" COOPMORE''<br />
**An empty milk carton<br />
*Apparently several parts of the [http://static.flickr.com/32/63362276_e72bcf6cc6_o.png original email] were cut out. The alleged original version was:<br />
<blockquote class="email"><div>subject: Space Program</div><br />
Dear Strongbad,<br /><br /><br />
Does Strongbadia have a space program? Certainly your terrestrial resources will be depleted at some point: What plans do you have for emergency migration to other worlds?<br /><br /><br />
Crapfully DooDooCrap,<br /><br /><br />
Ryan<br /><br />
Raleigh, NC<br />
</blockquote><br />
[[Image:Television Reflection.JPG|thumb|We see you!]]<br />
*If you use a decompiler to get the original picture used on the video game scene, you can see the reflection in the screen, showing one of [[The Brothers Chaps]] taking the screenshot, with someone else in the background.<br />
*This is the first time we learn of the King of Town's age, as he claims that he is in his 60s.<br />
*"Lieuteneral" is another example of [[Portmanteaus]], being a combination of "Lieutenant" and "General".<br />
<br />
===Remarks===<br />
*As of this cartoon's release, only the [[Wikipedia:United States of America|USA]], [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], and [[Wikipedia:China|China]] have [[Wikipedia:Human spaceflight|manned space programs]]. [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]] is a member of the [[Wikipedia:European Space Agency|European Space Agency]].<br />
*Homestar may be having difficulty with his sweater's sleeves because he [[Lack of Visible Arms|has no visible arms]].<br />
*In the old-fashioned video game shown on the TV, the player on the left is titled "Hamburger" even though it has a large layer of cheese in it which would technically make it a cheeseburger.<br />
*The [[Tire]] wears a corded headset and is smoking a cigarette. Thus it appears to be the only acting member of Mission Control.<br />
*"Track 03" is displayed on the CD player for the afterburner sound as well as for one of the laser sounds.<br />
*Some beeps don't occur in the soundtrack accompanying the SBASAF filmstrip. Also, while there is a beep between the final two slides in the filmstrip, the beep is absent when the clip is replayed during one of the Easter eggs.<br />
*Strong Bad allegedly purchased a spaceship with Homestar's credit card in [[credit card]].<br />
*Bouillon-aire is a [[portmanteau]].<br />
<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*Strong Bad receives yet another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]].<br />
*The soundtrack to the filmstrip is built around the theme that plays when you roll over Store and Downloads on [[Main Page 19]] (with much longer notes, and transposed from G to C).<br />
*In [[Halloween Fairstival]], Coach Z attempted to use a drippy towel to scare the hiccups out of The Cheat.<br />
*In the slide featuring Harold "Strap" Coopmore, [[The King of Town's Grill]] is visible in the background.<br />
*"And somebody get that man a highball" is a reference to [[alcohol]].<br />
* This is another appearance of [[Names ending in -face]].<br />
*the beagle in the "how come?" slide was also used in [[why come only one girl]]<br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*The S. CAPTAINFACE log is similar to the ones that occur at the beginning of many [[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] episodes. The original Star Trek series also included philosophical musings on whether man belonged in space, which may be the sentiment interrupted by the grilled cheese sandwich slide.<br />
* The narrator's comments about shirt-sleeves and flattops being the order of the day, and implying a cigarette is required, is a good description of late '60s early '70s [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075291.jpg Mission Control]. Many other aspects of SBASAF including its acronym title parallel [[Wikipedia:NASA|NASA]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]] was a twentieth century theoretical physicist, most famous for his [[Wikipedia:Theory of relativity|theory of relativity]]. This e-mail came out in 2005, which marked the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous paper on Special Relativity.<br />
*Harold "Strap" Coopmore is possibly a reference to U.S. Air Force General [[Wikipedia:Henry H. Arnold|Henry "Hap" Arnold]] who served on the committee that would become NASA.<br />
*[[The Proud Anselmo]], Satriani 5 and the Impellitteri Sector all refer to famous rock musicians &mdash; [[Wikipedia:Phil Anselmo|Phil Anselmo]], [[Wikipedia:Joe Satriani|Joe Satriani]] and [http://www.rapture.net/impellitteri/ Chris Impellitteri], respectively. Also note Satriani's late 80's album, ''Surfing with the Alien''.<br />
**The "Proud Anselmo" is also likely a reference to [http://www.space.com/news/space_news_100-1.html Rene Anselmo], the driven creator of the commercial satellite industry.<br />
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "mutant" is most likely a reference to the classic science-fiction film ''[[Wikipedia:This Island Earth|This Island Earth]]'' (featured in ''[[Wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie]]''), where an alien "mut-ant" figures in the climax.<br />
*[[Wikipedia:F/X|F/X]] is a movie from 1986 starring [[Wikipedia:Bryan Brown|Bryan Brown]] and [[Wikipedia:Brian Dennehy|Brian Dennehy]]. The movie is about a special effects technician who is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well-known gangster.<br />
*The joystick next to the TV is the standard [[Wikipedia:ColecoVision|ColecoVision]] joypad, known as the "doorknob" due to the control stick's distinctive and somewhat uncomfortable shape.<br />
*Strong Bad's "Space Captainface" costume includes a [[Wikipedia:petasus|petasus]], the winged hat that is characteristically worn by the Greek god [[Wikipedia:Hermes|Hermes]].<br />
**Hermes' Roman counterpart is [[Wikipedia:Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], which was the name given to the [[Wikipedia:Project Mercury|first American manned space project]].<br />
*Strong Bad checks his "ca-cuh-lations" on a [[Wikipedia:Speak & Spell (game)|Speak & Spell]]. This educational toy also formed part of the [[Grape-Nuts Robot]].<br />
*Strong Bad's opening is a reference to the song [[Wikipedia:When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] by [[Wikipedia:Prince (artist)|Prince]].<br />
*The "He's all-the-ways having space cocktails" lyric is possibly a reference to the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "What's the New Mary Jane", which includes the lyric "She having all the ways good contact."<br />
<br />
===Fast Forward===<br />
* Space Captainface and Strap make a reappearance in [[cliffhangers]].<br />
<br />
== DVD Version ==<br />
*An [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate version]] of the preflight check is included as a separate Easter Egg. <br />
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.<br />
===Commentary Transcript===<br />
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]])<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' This email introduced my very own space progrum.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' And your other ego, Space Captainface.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, "other ego" is the new term. Alter-ego is out. It's all other ego from now on.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' So, Space Captainface was invented for awhile, right, Strong Bad? Before this email?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' You didn't&mdash; you didn't want to put it any cartoons.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I kept squashing it.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I came up with it a long time ago, so funny&mdash; I even had the theme song!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' And you'd come up to board meetings and be like "Oh, let's do Space Captainface this week!" Like "No Strong Bad! Not this week."<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well, look at this fabulous filmstrip.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' I only agreed so I could do that logo. I like the logo.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Why don't we go make a t-shirt with that logo on it, Mike? I want to wear one.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, well...<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' I'd... give it a rub.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I don't wanna see that.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' No! ''{pause}'' "Gimme ONE more!" Lookit those astronauts. You got&mdash; They make you do that, you know in training. They make you lift weights in like&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' In your suit.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, they make you go down to like Bally's or, the like, L.A. Fitness&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' The Crunch.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, to the gym and you have to wear it.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Tell me about this, uh, filmstrip. Did you have anything to do with this?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I gonna tell you about Ghost vs. Hamburger.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' It's a good fighting game.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a great fighter. ''{pause}'' That game is hard.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Are there a lot of combos in that game?<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I got a 4, 4 x combo one time. There's like pizza flavored combos&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' You're missing hot girls, Strong Bad.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' They look good. ''{slide with Strap comes up}'' Oh!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' That's, that's the Cheat.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughs}'' Sorry, I didn't notice. ''{slide with "Grilled Cheese" comes up}'' Oh, hello.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Man, that looks pretty good.<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe I can check you out later on, [[-èd|grillèd]] cheese.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I always love it when we get to, uh, make food for an easter egg or part of an email.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's true.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Whoa! Switched, switched it up.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that was on accident, actually.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Back in the Si&mdash; Really? Forgot which character?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Kinda forgot who I was.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Uh, the&mdash; Seems like in the Sixties, just drinkin' and smokin' on the job&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Absolutely.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' &mdash;was always okay, but especially in the field of space, space travel.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, 'cause, you know, you were putting a man on the moon.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' It's high stress.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you can't relax and have a smoke and cocktail... ''{the filmstrip ends}'' Awww, that poor dog. Poor dog. <br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' One word?<br><br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think it's name is Poudog.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' P-O-U-<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' D-O-G?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Poudog.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Poudog.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oo! I love these sound effects CDs.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we had a few of them.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' My brother Matt and I growing up.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Me, me an&mdash; Me and my buddy used to make a movie called "A Lunar Space."<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and did you use all the space sound effects?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' In mom and dad's basement.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' They definitely added a level, uh, level of legitimacy to the movies we were making.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, yes.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' When weren't just making the sound effects ourselves.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{carefully}'' Authenticity.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Crickets, maybe. ''{Homestar agrees}'' Car, like traffic noises.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's good, too.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Bodies falling down stairs.<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ouch!<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Was that a real one?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' From a sound effects CD?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's from a CD.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Really?<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yep. Ah! I remember that day. I got caught inside this sweater. And I thought I was a space mut-tant.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Was that your sweater? Why were you&mdash; [[Lack of Visible Arms|why does your sweater have arms]]? For, you know, two arms, two arms on it...<br />
<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Shut up. Shut up and I'm out.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, doodly dee. Look, this is the best theme song. It's all the ways have space cocktails with hot babe-lien girls.<br />
<br />
'''MIKE:''' Hot 60s looking girls. Oh, I think it was originally hot&mdash;<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I think it was. Then we used that for [[best thing|Limozeen]]. Limozeen. Hmm. Get out!<br />
<br />
===Fun Facts===<br />
* [[wikipedia:Bally Total Fitness|Bally's]] and [[wikipedia:LA FItness|LA Fitness]] are fitness center chains.<br />
* [[wikipedia:Combos|Combos]] is a pretzel-like snack food that comes in various flavors, including pizza.<br />
==External Links==<br />
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{{Strong Bad Email}}<br />
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/dioramadiorama2007-12-11T16:15:03Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Inside References */</p>
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[[Image:Sbemail184.PNG|thumb|"The effects of cumulonimbus clouds on sheep, snowmen, and... cotton balls."]]<br />
Strong Bad gives tips on how to create a "Middle School Appropriate" diorama.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Peanut Strong Bad]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Gymnasium]] (Easter egg), [[Coach Z's Locker Room]] (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, December 3, 2007<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:43<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I baked you this special email! It has... raisins.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<br />
<div>subject: Diorama</div><br />
Hey Strong Bad,<br /><br />
I have to do some crappy, really stupid diorama this year.<br /><br />
I want it to be bloody and gory, but it has to be "Middle<br /><br />
School Appropriate", or whatever. Got any tips?<br /><br />
Molly T.<br /><br />
Charlotte, N.C.<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad reads "Charlotte, N.C." as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte".}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, it's like you're no place! ''{typing}'' So you're telling me that Ms. Charbroiledburger, or whoever actually told you to make a crappy, really stupid diorama for an assignment? Now ''that's'' what I call edjakashun!! ''{clears screen}'' No sense in thinking about this one until you're on the bus on the way to school the morning it's due. Then it's time to whip out my old standby-orama:<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk, where a diorama with pencils, pens, an eraser and a bottle of glue inside falls down}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Whimsical World of School Supplies!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the computer}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' But dioramas shouldn't be wasted, Mollyman. This is probably the only school-approved opportunity to melt small plastic animals and shame our beloved literary characters that you're ever gonna get. I say embrace it! I say deface it!! ''{clears screen}'' Here are my tips: first off, behind every good diorama is an even gooder shoebox. So unless you wanna get called The Stride-Rite Kid for the rest of your life, you better go buy a pair of the<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk. A red shoebox with "Air Cardgage" white-and-skyblue logo printed on its cover slides in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' coolest, most expensive shoes on the market.<br />
<br />
''{A pricetag with "378<sup>99</sup>" written on it appears with a ding}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Or at least modify a ''{a lime green shoebox with "Dr. Soft-[[Soolnd]]'s Tan Medical Shoes" written on it slides from the right in front of the Air Cardgage box}'' box of cheapo, generico shoes to look expensive.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad's hand slaps a piece of paper with "Slam-Dunking" written on it on the shoebox}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut out to see the Air Cardgage box, scissors and a hot glue gun. Strong Bad walks in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Now let's talk about topics. If the assignment calls for a science diorama, just slap some glue on some cotton balls and BANG!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, where a field and sky has been drawn}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The effects of cumulonimbus clouds ''{cotton balls appear in the sky, forming a cloud-like shape}'' on sheep, ''{sheep made out of cotton balls appear on the ground}'' snowmen, ''{a snowman made out of cotton balls appears on the right}'' aaaaand... cotton... balls. ''{a pile of cotton balls appear on the left}'' But if you're out of cotton balls, real chunks ''{The cotton balls transform to become more "jaggedy" and some of them gain red stains}'' of the King of Town's beard make a great substitute.<br />
<br />
''{A blood trace trickles down from the beardcloud}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the King Of Town, whose beard has been gruesomely ripped}''<br />
<br />
'''KING OF TOWN:''' To be fair, I did eat all the cotton balls.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the desk with Strong Bad, the Air Cardgage diorama, scissors, hot glue gun, colored paper and glue bottle}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' If you need to make some historical diorama, there's only one way to go: presidential assassinations.<br />
<br />
''{Cut close to the desk, where a Dr. Soft-Soolnd's Slam-Dunking Shoes diorama slides in from the left}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You can immortalize such tragic moments in U.S. history ''{a cardboard White House appears in the background}'' as... the robot that effortlessly offed Jimmy Carter. ''{a robot made out of a toilet paper roll and Jimmy Carter doll made out of a clothespin appear. The robot's lights start to twinkle with computer-like sound effects}'' And if it's a book report diorama you're doing,<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' the easiest way to get around reading an actual book is to make one up yourself! I can't tell you how many dioramas I got out of<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, now with a purple sky, a sun and the King Of Town's castle the background plus King Of Town and a half-eaten Swiss Cake Roll in the foreground}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland! ''{a sizeable number of cockroaches swarm around the Swiss Cake Roll, bashing King Of Town down}'' Books one through seven.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Though with the Internet, it's probably easier for teachers to check your sources than in my day. To get away with that now, you'd also have to make<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A fake website for the book, ''{a website at www.bookazon.com appears, displaying information about "The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland" by Ronmartin Realdude}'' and the author, ''{a bio and a silhouette with a question mark appear next to the book information}'' and the publisher, ''{a logo for Actual Publishing Company appears in the bottom of the screen}'' and just to be safe, ''{Download the eBook Now -button appears on the screen}'' maybe go ahead and actually write the book.<br />
<br />
''{The badly done cover for KoT's Cockroach Book appears}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Man. It's gotten so hard to cheat these days!<br />
<br />
''{The Cheat walks past in the background, carrying the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeing The Cheat noises}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Finally, let me address your concerns about blood and gore. There's an easy loophole to exploit here, Molly. A little something I like to call... uh-dinosaurs. No teacher can argue,<br />
<br />
''{Cut to an Air Cardgage diorama, with a prehistoric setting}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' that an Allosaurus ''{an Allosaurus appears}'' tearing apart its prey ''{a rubber duck appears}'' is bound to be pretty gruesome. ''{spaghetti and pasta sauce appears on the duck, on the ground and in the Allosaurus' mouth}'' And if that prey ''{rubber duck disappears}'' just happens to be the signers of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ''{a table and four clothespin people appear}'' well that's bound to be pretty messed up too. ''{pasta sauce and spaghetti appears on the people}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad, looking at his diorama, smiling}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, that is too awesome. I gotta get in on that action.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the prehistoric Air Cardgage diorama}''<br />
<br />
''{Peanut Strong Bad walks in, holding a cocktail sword with an olive}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, take that, Nicholas Trist, representative for president James K. Polk! I'll teach ''you'' to mess with my Rio Grande! And my Rio Bravo! ''{Peanut Strong Bad pokes and hits Nicholas Trist clothespin}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Mollybdenum, you think you got enough to go on? You're gonna dioRAM their socks off! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go help that robot vaporize The Old Public Functionary!<br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad leaves, geddup noise}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the green diorama, where the toilet paper robot is shooting a clothespin person. Peanut Strong Bad is standing by him}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Come on, Boltotron! Hit him with the Byoo-Cannon!<br />
<br />
''{A toilet paper roll with "Byoo-Cannon" written on it descends from above}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Byoo byo-byoo byoo byo-byo-byoo! ''{the Byoo-Cannon shoots red lights at the clothespin person}''<br />
<br />
''{The New Paper comes down}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
* At the end, click the "Byoo-cannon" to see a clip with Senor Cardgage.<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{holding a shoe in one hand and a basketball in the other}'' Oh. Hello-quialism. ''{looks at what he's holding}'' Who are these guys?<br />
*:''{Cut to an image of the shoe alone}''<br />
*:'''ANNOUNCER''': All new 2008 Air Cardgage! Only 249.99.99.<sup>99</sup>! ''{A price tag appears with that price on it.}'' Only at Styles Upon Styles!<br />
*:''{Cut back to Senor Cardgage}''<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' This is not what I sagged on for. ''{The words also appear in a speech bubble next to his head.}''<br />
<br />
* Also at the end, click Peanut Strong Bad to see a clip of Coach Z holding a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.<br />
*:'''COACH Z:''' Well hey there Ronmartin Realdude. It's the big Z, just giving you a call on my new cell phone. What's that you say? Well I sure am flattered Ronmartin, but I've already got a gorgeous girlfriend name o' Marzipan.<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*The [[Wikipedia:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo|Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo]] was the treaty that ended the [[Wikipedia:Mexican-American War|Mexican-American War]]. [[Wikipedia:Nicholas Trist|Nicholas Trist]] was indeed [[Wikipedia:James K. Polk|President Polk's]] representative at the negotiations.<br />
**Strong Bad's comment "I'll teach you to mess with my [[Wikipedia:Rio Grande|Rio Grande]]" references the dispute between Mexico and the United States over the border of Texas which was the alleged cause of the war. Texas claimed the border was the Rio Grande, while Mexico claimed it was the Nueces River.<br />
**The Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico.<br />
*[[wikipedia:Molybdenum|Molybdenum]] is a lead-like transition metal found in nature. Its symbol on the periodic table of elements is Mo.<br />
* "The Old Public Functionary" was a [[Wikipedia:List of United States Presidential names#15 &mdash; James Buchanan|popular nickname]] for [[Wikipedia:James Buchanan|President James Buchanan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Cumulonimbus|Cumulonimbus]] clouds are a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. <br />
*An [[Wikipedia:Allosaurus|allosaurus]] is a late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur, similar to but somewhat smaller than the tyrannosaurus. <br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The blurbs on bookazon.com read:<br />
<blockquote>The King of Town's Adventures<br><br />
In Giant Cockroachland<br><br />
by: Ronmartin Realdude<br><br />
<nowiki>--------------</nowiki><br><br />
''A real book that exists.''<br><br />
3 pages.<br><br />
copyright 1943?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Download<br><br />
the eBook Now!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Actual Publishing Company<br><br />
<small>est. 1904</small></blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>About the author:<br><br />
I'm a best-selling author<br><br />
and I am NOT a cat!! I write<br><br />
books and am a living,<br><br />
breathing person, not a cat.</blockquote><br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Remarks===<br />
* Hello-quialism is a [[portmanteau]] of "hello" and "colloquialism".<br />
* This is the first time The King of Town's skin has ever been visible. He apparently has pink flesh and his face is entirely covered in hair.<br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*The pieces of the King of Town's beard are stained with [[blood]]. Spaghetti sauce is also used to simulate blood.<br />
*The email talks about several [[presidents]] and [[dinosaurs]].<br />
*The figurine used in The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland diorama is the same one available in the [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|Store]].<br />
*The King of Town figurine is eating a [[swiss cake roll]].<br />
*[[Bookazon.com]] first appeared in [[studying]].<br />
*Coach Z last used an entirely [[Disconnected Telephones|non-functional phone]], complete with imaginary conversation with someone on the other end, in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].<br />
*In the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, the shoes are sold at [[Styles Upon Styles]].<br />
* the medical shoes are for strong sads [[soolnds]]<br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]] is a shoe maker of several mid priced brands, such as Keds and Saucony. The Stride-Rite brand is specifically for small children.<br />
*"Air Cardgage" is a play on the [[wikipedia:Air Jordan|Air Jordan]] shoes endorsed by [[wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] was the 39th President of the United States of America. Caricatures of Carter frequently emphasize his mouth, lips and teeth. <br />
*The plot device of a robot assassinating Jimmy Carter was also used in the [http://www.shipbrook.com/TheTick/Tick0101.html pilot episode] of the short-lived Fox prime-time show "[[Wikipedia:Tick (comics)#Live-Action Series|The Tick]]".<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
{{sbemailextlinks|184|13043}}<br />
<br />
{{Strong Bad Email}}</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/dioramadiorama2007-12-11T15:58:49Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Inside References */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{sbenav|184}}<br />
[[Image:Sbemail184.PNG|thumb|"The effects of cumulonimbus clouds on sheep, snowmen, and... cotton balls."]]<br />
Strong Bad gives tips on how to create a "Middle School Appropriate" diorama.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Peanut Strong Bad]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Gymnasium]] (Easter egg), [[Coach Z's Locker Room]] (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, December 3, 2007<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:43<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I baked you this special email! It has... raisins.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<br />
<div>subject: Diorama</div><br />
Hey Strong Bad,<br /><br />
I have to do some crappy, really stupid diorama this year.<br /><br />
I want it to be bloody and gory, but it has to be "Middle<br /><br />
School Appropriate", or whatever. Got any tips?<br /><br />
Molly T.<br /><br />
Charlotte, N.C.<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad reads "Charlotte, N.C." as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte".}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, it's like you're no place! ''{typing}'' So you're telling me that Ms. Charbroiledburger, or whoever actually told you to make a crappy, really stupid diorama for an assignment? Now ''that's'' what I call edjakashun!! ''{clears screen}'' No sense in thinking about this one until you're on the bus on the way to school the morning it's due. Then it's time to whip out my old standby-orama:<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk, where a diorama with pencils, pens, an eraser and a bottle of glue inside falls down}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Whimsical World of School Supplies!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the computer}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' But dioramas shouldn't be wasted, Mollyman. This is probably the only school-approved opportunity to melt small plastic animals and shame our beloved literary characters that you're ever gonna get. I say embrace it! I say deface it!! ''{clears screen}'' Here are my tips: first off, behind every good diorama is an even gooder shoebox. So unless you wanna get called The Stride-Rite Kid for the rest of your life, you better go buy a pair of the<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk. A red shoebox with "Air Cardgage" white-and-skyblue logo printed on its cover slides in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' coolest, most expensive shoes on the market.<br />
<br />
''{A pricetag with "378<sup>99</sup>" written on it appears with a ding}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Or at least modify a ''{a lime green shoebox with "Dr. Soft-[[Soolnd]]'s Tan Medical Shoes" written on it slides from the right in front of the Air Cardgage box}'' box of cheapo, generico shoes to look expensive.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad's hand slaps a piece of paper with "Slam-Dunking" written on it on the shoebox}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut out to see the Air Cardgage box, scissors and a hot glue gun. Strong Bad walks in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Now let's talk about topics. If the assignment calls for a science diorama, just slap some glue on some cotton balls and BANG!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, where a field and sky has been drawn}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The effects of cumulonimbus clouds ''{cotton balls appear in the sky, forming a cloud-like shape}'' on sheep, ''{sheep made out of cotton balls appear on the ground}'' snowmen, ''{a snowman made out of cotton balls appears on the right}'' aaaaand... cotton... balls. ''{a pile of cotton balls appear on the left}'' But if you're out of cotton balls, real chunks ''{The cotton balls transform to become more "jaggedy" and some of them gain red stains}'' of the King of Town's beard make a great substitute.<br />
<br />
''{A blood trace trickles down from the beardcloud}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the King Of Town, whose beard has been gruesomely ripped}''<br />
<br />
'''KING OF TOWN:''' To be fair, I did eat all the cotton balls.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the desk with Strong Bad, the Air Cardgage diorama, scissors, hot glue gun, colored paper and glue bottle}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' If you need to make some historical diorama, there's only one way to go: presidential assassinations.<br />
<br />
''{Cut close to the desk, where a Dr. Soft-Soolnd's Slam-Dunking Shoes diorama slides in from the left}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You can immortalize such tragic moments in U.S. history ''{a cardboard White House appears in the background}'' as... the robot that effortlessly offed Jimmy Carter. ''{a robot made out of a toilet paper roll and Jimmy Carter doll made out of a clothespin appear. The robot's lights start to twinkle with computer-like sound effects}'' And if it's a book report diorama you're doing,<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' the easiest way to get around reading an actual book is to make one up yourself! I can't tell you how many dioramas I got out of<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, now with a purple sky, a sun and the King Of Town's castle the background plus King Of Town and a half-eaten Swiss Cake Roll in the foreground}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland! ''{a sizeable number of cockroaches swarm around the Swiss Cake Roll, bashing King Of Town down}'' Books one through seven.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Though with the Internet, it's probably easier for teachers to check your sources than in my day. To get away with that now, you'd also have to make<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A fake website for the book, ''{a website at www.bookazon.com appears, displaying information about "The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland" by Ronmartin Realdude}'' and the author, ''{a bio and a silhouette with a question mark appear next to the book information}'' and the publisher, ''{a logo for Actual Publishing Company appears in the bottom of the screen}'' and just to be safe, ''{Download the eBook Now -button appears on the screen}'' maybe go ahead and actually write the book.<br />
<br />
''{The badly done cover for KoT's Cockroach Book appears}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Man. It's gotten so hard to cheat these days!<br />
<br />
''{The Cheat walks past in the background, carrying the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeing The Cheat noises}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Finally, let me address your concerns about blood and gore. There's an easy loophole to exploit here, Molly. A little something I like to call... uh-dinosaurs. No teacher can argue,<br />
<br />
''{Cut to an Air Cardgage diorama, with a prehistoric setting}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' that an Allosaurus ''{an Allosaurus appears}'' tearing apart its prey ''{a rubber duck appears}'' is bound to be pretty gruesome. ''{spaghetti and pasta sauce appears on the duck, on the ground and in the Allosaurus' mouth}'' And if that prey ''{rubber duck disappears}'' just happens to be the signers of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ''{a table and four clothespin people appear}'' well that's bound to be pretty messed up too. ''{pasta sauce and spaghetti appears on the people}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad, looking at his diorama, smiling}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, that is too awesome. I gotta get in on that action.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the prehistoric Air Cardgage diorama}''<br />
<br />
''{Peanut Strong Bad walks in, holding a cocktail sword with an olive}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, take that, Nicholas Trist, representative for president James K. Polk! I'll teach ''you'' to mess with my Rio Grande! And my Rio Bravo! ''{Peanut Strong Bad pokes and hits Nicholas Trist clothespin}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the Lappy}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Mollybdenum, you think you got enough to go on? You're gonna dioRAM their socks off! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go help that robot vaporize The Old Public Functionary!<br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad leaves, geddup noise}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the green diorama, where the toilet paper robot is shooting a clothespin person. Peanut Strong Bad is standing by him}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Come on, Boltotron! Hit him with the Byoo-Cannon!<br />
<br />
''{A toilet paper roll with "Byoo-Cannon" written on it descends from above}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Byoo byo-byoo byoo byo-byo-byoo! ''{the Byoo-Cannon shoots red lights at the clothespin person}''<br />
<br />
''{The New Paper comes down}''<br />
<br />
==Easter Eggs==<br />
* At the end, click the "Byoo-cannon" to see a clip with Senor Cardgage.<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{holding a shoe in one hand and a basketball in the other}'' Oh. Hello-quialism. ''{looks at what he's holding}'' Who are these guys?<br />
*:''{Cut to an image of the shoe alone}''<br />
*:'''ANNOUNCER''': All new 2008 Air Cardgage! Only 249.99.99.<sup>99</sup>! ''{A price tag appears with that price on it.}'' Only at Styles Upon Styles!<br />
*:''{Cut back to Senor Cardgage}''<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' This is not what I sagged on for. ''{The words also appear in a speech bubble next to his head.}''<br />
<br />
* Also at the end, click Peanut Strong Bad to see a clip of Coach Z holding a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.<br />
*:'''COACH Z:''' Well hey there Ronmartin Realdude. It's the big Z, just giving you a call on my new cell phone. What's that you say? Well I sure am flattered Ronmartin, but I've already got a gorgeous girlfriend name o' Marzipan.<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*The [[Wikipedia:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo|Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo]] was the treaty that ended the [[Wikipedia:Mexican-American War|Mexican-American War]]. [[Wikipedia:Nicholas Trist|Nicholas Trist]] was indeed [[Wikipedia:James K. Polk|President Polk's]] representative at the negotiations.<br />
**Strong Bad's comment "I'll teach you to mess with my [[Wikipedia:Rio Grande|Rio Grande]]" references the dispute between Mexico and the United States over the border of Texas which was the alleged cause of the war. Texas claimed the border was the Rio Grande, while Mexico claimed it was the Nueces River.<br />
**The Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico.<br />
*[[wikipedia:Molybdenum|Molybdenum]] is a lead-like transition metal found in nature. Its symbol on the periodic table of elements is Mo.<br />
* "The Old Public Functionary" was a [[Wikipedia:List of United States Presidential names#15 &mdash; James Buchanan|popular nickname]] for [[Wikipedia:James Buchanan|President James Buchanan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Cumulonimbus|Cumulonimbus]] clouds are a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. <br />
*An [[Wikipedia:Allosaurus|allosaurus]] is a late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur, similar to but somewhat smaller than the tyrannosaurus. <br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The blurbs on bookazon.com read:<br />
<blockquote>The King of Town's Adventures<br><br />
In Giant Cockroachland<br><br />
by: Ronmartin Realdude<br><br />
<nowiki>--------------</nowiki><br><br />
''A real book that exists.''<br><br />
3 pages.<br><br />
copyright 1943?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Download<br><br />
the eBook Now!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Actual Publishing Company<br><br />
<small>est. 1904</small></blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>About the author:<br><br />
I'm a best-selling author<br><br />
and I am NOT a cat!! I write<br><br />
books and am a living,<br><br />
breathing person, not a cat.</blockquote><br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Remarks===<br />
* Hello-quialism is a [[portmanteau]] of "hello" and "colloquialism".<br />
* This is the first time The King of Town's skin has ever been visible. He apparently has pink flesh and his face is entirely covered in hair.<br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Inside References===<br />
*The pieces of the King of Town's beard are stained with [[blood]]. Spaghetti sauce is also used to simulate blood.<br />
*The email talks about several [[presidents]] and [[dinosaurs]].<br />
*The figurine used in The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland diorama is the same one available in the [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|Store]].<br />
*The King of Town figurine is eating a [[swiss cake roll]].<br />
*[[Bookazon.com]] first appeared in [[studying]].<br />
*Coach Z last used an entirely [[Disconnected Telephones|non-functional phone]], complete with imaginary conversation with someone on the other end, in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].<br />
*In the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, the shoes are sold at [[Styles Upon Styles]].<br />
* the medical shoes are for strong sads soolnds<br />
<!-- Peanut Strong Bad is linked above, please do not add it here. --><br />
<br />
===Real-World References===<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]] is a shoe maker of several mid priced brands, such as Keds and Saucony. The Stride-Rite brand is specifically for small children.<br />
*"Air Cardgage" is a play on the [[wikipedia:Air Jordan|Air Jordan]] shoes endorsed by [[wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] was the 39th President of the United States of America. Caricatures of Carter frequently emphasize his mouth, lips and teeth. <br />
*The plot device of a robot assassinating Jimmy Carter was also used in the [http://www.shipbrook.com/TheTick/Tick0101.html pilot episode] of the short-lived Fox prime-time show "[[Wikipedia:Tick (comics)#Live-Action Series|The Tick]]".<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
{{sbemailextlinks|184|13043}}<br />
<br />
{{Strong Bad Email}}</div>67.174.101.39http://hrwiki.org/wiki/dioramadiorama2007-12-07T23:07:16Z<p>67.174.101.39: /* Remarks */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{sbenav|184}}<br />
[[Image:Sbemail184.PNG|thumb|"The effects of cumulonimbus clouds on sheep, snowmen, and... cotton balls."]]<br />
Strong Bad gives tips on how to create a "Middle School Appropriate" diorama.<br />
<br />
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Peanut Strong Bad]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Gymnasium]] (Easter egg), [[Coach Z's Locker Room]] (Easter egg)<br />
<br />
{{Comp|Lappy 486}}<br />
<br />
'''Date:''' Monday, December 3, 2007<br />
<br />
'''Running Time:''' 3:43<br />
<br />
'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' I baked you this special email! It has... raisins.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="lappy email"><br />
<br />
<div>subject: Diorama</div><br />
Hey Strong Bad,<br /><br />
I have to do some crappy, really stupid diorama this year.<br /><br />
I want it to be bloody and gory, but it has to be "Middle<br /><br />
School Appropriate", or whatever. Got any tips?<br /><br />
Molly T.<br /><br />
Charlotte, N.C.<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
''{Strong Bad reads "Charlotte, N.C." as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte" and comments, "Whoa, it's like you're no place!"}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So you're telling me that Ms. Charbroiledburger, or whoever actually told you to make a crappy, really stupid diorama for an assignment? Now ''that's'' what I call edjakashun!! ''{clears screen}'' No sense in thinking about this one until you're on the bus on the way to school the morning it's due. Then it's time to whip out my old standby-orama:<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk, where a diorama with pencils, pens, an eraser and a bottle of glue inside falls down}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Whimsical World of School Supplies!<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the computer}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' But dioramas shouldn't be wasted, Mollyman. This is probably the only school-approved opportunity to melt small plastic animals and shame our beloved literary characters that you're ever gonna get. I say embrace it! I say deface it!! ''{clears screen}'' Here are my tips: first off, behind every good diorama is an even gooder shoebox. So unless you wanna get called The Stride-Rite Kid for the rest of your life, you better go buy a pair of the<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the desk. A red shoebox with "Air Cardgage" white-and-skyblue logo printed on its cover slides in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' coolest, most expensive shoes on the market.<br />
<br />
''{A pricetag with "378<sup>99</sup>" written on it appears with a ding}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Or at least modify a ''{a lime green shoebox with "Dr. Soft-[[Soolnd]]'s Tan Medical Shoes" written on it slides from the right in front of the Air Cardgage box}'' box of cheapo, generico shoes to look expensive.<br />
<br />
''{Strong Sad's hand slaps a piece of paper with "Slam-Dunking" written on it on the shoebox}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut out to see the Air Cardgage box, scissors and a hot glue gun. Strong Bad walks in from the right}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Now let's talk about topics. If the assignment calls for a science diorama, just slap some glue on some cotton balls and BANG!<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, where a field and sky has been drawn}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The effects of cumulonimbus clouds ''{cotton balls appear in the sky, forming a cloud-like shape}'' on sheep, ''{sheep made out of cotton balls appear on the ground}'' snowmen, ''{a snowman made out of cotton balls appears on the right}'' aaaaand... cotton... balls. ''{a pile of cotton balls appear on the left}'' But if you're out of cotton balls, real chunks ''{The cotton balls transform to become more "jaggedy" and some of them gain red stains}'' of the King of Town's beard make a great substitute.<br />
<br />
''{A blood trace trickles down from the beardcloud}''<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the King Of Town, whose beard has been gruesomely ripped}''<br />
<br />
'''KING OF TOWN:''' To be fair, I did eat all the cotton balls.<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to the desk with Strong Bad, the Air Cardgage diorama, scissors, hot glue gun, colored paper and glue bottle}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' If you need to make some historical diorama, there's only one way to go: presidential assassinations.<br />
<br />
''{Cut close to the desk, where a Dr. Soft-Soolnd's Slam-Dunking Shoes diorama slides in from the left}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' You can immortalize such tragic moments in U.S. history ''{a cardboard White House appears in the background}'' as... the robot that effortlessly offed Jimmy Carter. ''{a robot made out of a toilet paper roll and Jimmy Carter doll made out of a clothespin appear. The robot's lights start to twinkle with computer-like sound effects}'' And if it's a book report diorama you're doing,<br />
<br />
''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' the easiest way to get around reading an actual book is to make one up yourself! I can't tell you how many dioramas I got out of<br />
<br />
''{Cut to the Air Cardgage diorama, now with a purple sky, a sun and the King Of Town's castle the background plus King Of Town and a half-eaten Swiss Cake Roll in the foreground}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland! ''{a sizeable number of cockroaches swarm around the Swiss Cake Roll, bashing King Of Town down}'' Books one through seven.<br />
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''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Though with the Internet, it's probably easier for teachers to check your sources than in my day. To get away with that now, you'd also have to make<br />
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''{Cut to the Lappy}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A fake website for the book, ''{a website at www.bookazon.com appears, displaying information about "The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland" by Ronmartin Realdude}'' and the author, ''{a bio and a silhouette with a question mark appear next to the book information}'' and the publisher, ''{a logo for Actual Publishing Company appears in the bottom of the screen}'' and just to be safe, ''{Download the eBook Now -button appears on the screen}'' maybe go ahead and actually write the book.<br />
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''{The badly done cover for KoT's Cockroach Book appears}''<br />
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''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Man. It's gotten so hard to cheat these days!<br />
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''{The Cheat walks past in the background, carrying the Lappy}''<br />
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeing The Cheat noises}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Finally, let me address your concerns about blood and gore. There's an easy loophole to exploit here, Molly. A little something I like to call... uh-dinosaurs. No teacher can argue,<br />
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''{Cut to an Air Cardgage diorama, with a prehistoric setting}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' that an Allosaurus ''{an Allosaurus appears}'' tearing apart its prey ''{a rubber duck appears}'' is bound to be pretty gruesome. ''{spaghetti and pasta sauce appears on the duck, on the ground and in the Allosaurus' mouth}'' And if that prey ''{rubber duck disappears}'' just happens to be the signers of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ''{a table and four clothespin people appear}'' well that's bound to be pretty messed up too. ''{pasta sauce and spaghetti appears on the people}''<br />
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''{Cut back to Strong Bad, looking at his diorama, smiling}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man, that is too awesome. I gotta get in on that action.<br />
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''{Cut back to the prehistoric Air Cardgage diorama}''<br />
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''{Peanut Strong Bad walks in, holding a cocktail sword with an olive}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, take that, Nicholas Trist, representative for president James K. Polk! I'll teach ''you'' to mess with my Rio Grande! And my Rio Bravo! ''{Peanut Strong Bad pokes and hits Nicholas Trist clothespin}''<br />
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''{Cut back to the Lappy}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Mollybdenum, you think you got enough to go on? You're gonna dioRAM their socks off! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go help that robot vaporize The Old Public Functionary!<br />
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''{Strong Bad leaves, geddup noise}''<br />
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''{Cut to the green diorama, where the toilet paper robot is shooting a clothespin person. Peanut Strong Bad is standing by him}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Come on, Boltotron! Hit him with the Byoo-Cannon!<br />
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''{A toilet paper roll with "Byoo-Cannon" written on it descends from above}''<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Byoo byo-byoo byoo byo-byo-byoo! ''{the Byoo-Cannon shoots red lights at the clothespin person}''<br />
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''{The New Paper comes down}''<br />
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==Easter Eggs==<br />
* At the end, click the "Byoo-cannon" to see a clip with Senor Cardgage.<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{holding a shoe in one hand and a basketball in the other}'' Oh. Hello-quialism. ''{looks at what he's holding}'' Who are these guys?<br />
*:''{Cut to an image of the shoe alone}''<br />
*:'''ANNOUNCER''': All new 2008 Air Cardgage! Only 249.99.99.<sup>99</sup>! ''{A price tag appears with that price on it.}'' Only at Styles Upon Styles!<br />
*:''{Cut back to Senor Cardgage}''<br />
*:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' This is not what I sagged on for. ''{The words also appear in a speech bubble next to his head.}''<br />
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* Also at the end, click Peanut Strong Bad to see a clip of Coach Z holding a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.<br />
*:'''COACH Z:''' Well hey there Ronmartin Realdude. It's the big Z, just giving you a call on my new cell phone. What's that you say? Well I sure am flattered Ronmartin, but I've already got a gorgeous girlfriend name o' Marzipan.<br />
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==Fun Facts==<br />
===Explanations===<br />
*The [[Wikipedia:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo|Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo]] was the treaty that ended the [[Wikipedia:Mexican-American War|Mexican-American War]]. [[Wikipedia:Nicholas Trist|Nicholas Trist]] was indeed [[Wikipedia:James K. Polk|President Polk's]] representative at the negotiations.<br />
**Strong Bad's comment "I'll teach you to mess with my [[Wikipedia:Rio Grande|Rio Grande]]" references the dispute between Mexico and the United States over the border of Texas which was the alleged cause of the war. Texas claimed the border was the Rio Grande, while Mexico claimed it was the Nueces River.<br />
**The Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico.<br />
*[[wikipedia:Molybdenum|Molybdenum]] is a lead-like transition metal found in nature. Its symbol on the periodic table of elements is Mo.<br />
* "The Old Public Functionary" was a [[Wikipedia:List of United States Presidential names#15 &mdash; James Buchanan|popular nickname]] for [[Wikipedia:James Buchanan|President James Buchanan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Cumulonimbus|Cumulonimbus]] clouds are a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. <br />
*An [[Wikipedia:Allosaurus|allosaurus]] is a late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur, similar to but somewhat smaller than the tyrannosaurus. <br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*The blurbs on bookazon.com read:<br />
<blockquote>The King of Town's Adventures<br><br />
In Giant Cockroachland<br><br />
by: Ronmartin Realdude<br><br />
<nowiki>--------------</nowiki><br><br />
''A real book that exists.''<br><br />
3 pages.<br><br />
copyright 1943?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Download<br><br />
the eBook Now!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Actual Publishing Company<br><br />
<small>est. 1904</small></blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>About the author:<br><br />
I'm a best-selling author<br><br />
and I am NOT a cat!! I write<br><br />
books and am a living,<br><br />
breathing person, not a cat.</blockquote><br />
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===Remarks===<br />
* Hello-quialism is a [[portmanteau]] of "hello" and "colloquialism".<br />
* This is the first time The King of Town's skin has ever been visible. He apparently has pink flesh and his face is entirely covered in hair.<br />
* the price tag for air-cardgage has 3 99 cent signs<br />
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===Inside References===<br />
*The pieces of the King of Town's beard are stained with [[blood]]. Spaghetti sauce is also used to simulate blood.<br />
*The email talks about several [[presidents]] and [[dinosaurs]].<br />
*The figurine used in The King Of Town's Adventures in Giant Cockroachland diorama is the same one available in the [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|Store]].<br />
*The King of Town figurine is eating a [[swiss cake roll]].<br />
*[[Bookazon.com]] first appeared in [[studying]].<br />
*Coach Z last used an entirely [[Disconnected Telephones|non-functional phone]], complete with imaginary conversation with someone on the other end, in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].<br />
*In the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, the shoes are sold at [[Styles Upon Styles]].<br />
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===Real-World References===<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]] is a shoe maker of several mid priced brands, such as Keds and Saucony. The Stride-Rite brand is specifically for small children.<br />
*"Air Cardgage" is a play on the [[wikipedia:Air Jordan|Air Jordan]] shoes endorsed by [[wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]].<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] was the 39th President of the United States of America. Caricatures of Carter frequently emphasize his mouth, lips and teeth. <br />
*The plot device of a robot assassinating Jimmy Carter was also used in the [http://www.shipbrook.com/TheTick/Tick0101.html pilot episode] of the short-lived Fox prime-time show "[[Wikipedia:Tick (comics)#Live-Action Series|The Tick]]".<br />
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