Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning

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==System Errors==
==System Errors==
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The '''System Error''' screen appears whenever Strong Bad's computer crashes. It is an obvious reference to the [[Wikipedia:Blue screen of death|blue screen of death]] that appears on Windows computers.
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The '''System Error''' screen appears whenever Strong Bad's computer crashes. It is a direct reference to the [[Wikipedia:Blue screen of death|blue screen of death]] that appears on Windows computers.
===Flagrant System Error===
===Flagrant System Error===
[[Image:flagrant system error 2.PNG|thumb|150px|"What the... Where did all my emails go?"]]
[[Image:flagrant system error 2.PNG|thumb|150px|"What the... Where did all my emails go?"]]
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*Email [[50 emails]]
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three]]
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8; text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8; text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
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screwed everything up good.</blockquote>
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>
{{clear}}
{{clear}}
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===Computer Over Notification===
===Computer Over Notification===
[[Image:flagrant system error.PNG|thumb|150px|"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"]]
[[Image:flagrant system error.PNG|thumb|150px|"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"]]
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*Email [[virus]]
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8;text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455fd8;text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
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===Flamboyant System Error===
===Flamboyant System Error===
[[Image:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|thumb|150px|"''Oh, great!''"]]
[[Image:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|thumb|150px|"''Oh, great!''"]]
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*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
<blockquote class="short email" style="background:#32407d; text-align:center">Flamboyant System Error<br />
<blockquote class="short email" style="background:#32407d; text-align:center">Flamboyant System Error<br />
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===Teal Screen of Near Death===
===Teal Screen of Near Death===
[[Image:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|thumb|150px|Oh, Child!]]
[[Image:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|thumb|150px|Oh, Child!]]
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*Email [[retirement]]
<blockquote style="background: #06bfad; padding: 30px; width: 25em; margin: 0; border: none">
<blockquote style="background: #06bfad; padding: 30px; width: 25em; margin: 0; border: none">
{| style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
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|<div style="border: 1px solid black"><p style="border-top: 2px solid white; border-left: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; background: #CCC; color: black; font-size: 150%; text-align: center; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0"><big>Oh, Child!</big><br>It's the Teal Screen<br>&nbsp;of Near Death! (TSoND)&nbsp;</p></div>
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|<div style="border: 1px solid black"><p style="border-top: 2px solid white; border-left: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; background: #CCC; color: black; font-size: 150%; text-align: center; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0"><big>[[Image:NO symbol red w-gray.png|50px|link=]]''' Oh, Child!'''[[Image:warning symbol yellow w-gray.png|50px|link=]]</big>
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<br>It's the Teal Screen<br>&nbsp;of Near Death! (TSoND)&nbsp;</p></div>
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===Temp Log Off/Out Error===
===Temp Log Off/Out Error===
[[Image:Temperror.PNG|thumb|150px|"Augh, gonna be a long one."]]
[[Image:Temperror.PNG|thumb|150px|"Augh, gonna be a long one."]]
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<blockquote class="email" style="background:#455FD8; border-color:#E2E2E2; text-align:center">
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*Email [[from work]]
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<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0048b6; border-color:#E2E2E2; text-align:center">
{| cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid white; color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
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{{clear}}
{{clear}}
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===Appearances===
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===Fake Fragrant System Error===
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*Email [[50 emails]]
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[[Image:compe error.png|thumb|150px|i joké]]
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*Email [[virus]] ("Computer Over" notification)
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*[[Compy Catalog]]
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three]]
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<blockquote class="email" style="background:#0000dc; border-color:#E2E2E2; text-align:center">
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*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]] (Flamboyant System Error)
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FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR
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*Email [[retirement]] (Teal Screen of Near Death)
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<br>Your brand new computer is bloke.
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*Email [[from work]] (Temp Log Off/Out Error)
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<br>Please prepare to wait on hold
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<br>with tech support for several hours.
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<br>The current tech support smugness
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<br>level is RED.
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</blockquote>
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{{clear}}
==Strong Bad's Computers Exploding==
==Strong Bad's Computers Exploding==
[[Image:sbemail33.PNG|thumb|YOUR TANDY A SPLODE]]
[[Image:sbemail33.PNG|thumb|YOUR TANDY A SPLODE]]
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Some of Strong Bad's Computers are also known to [[Explosions|explode]] spontaneously. Probably the most famous of these explosions was the first explosion of the [[Tandy 400]], which was later fixed (though it still had some malfunctions, such as deleting emails he wanted saved, and saving emails he wanted deleted).
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Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to [[Explosions|explode]], whether spontaneously or by outside forces. Probably the most famous of these explosions was the first explosion of the [[Tandy 400]], which was later fixed (though it still had some malfunctions afterward).
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*Email [[gimmicks]] ([[Tandy]]; this is shown again in a flashback in [[personal favorites]])
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*Email [[gimmicks]] ([[Tandy]]; this is shown again in a flashback in [[personal favorites]] and [[hremail3184]])
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*Email [[invisibility]] (Tandy, as shown in flashback in hremail3184)
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*Email [[virus]] (Compy; not in the original but shown in a flashback in hremail3184, exploded when Bubs shot a hole in it)
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] (Corpy NT6, puppet style)
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] (Corpy NT6, puppet style)
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*Email [[retirement]] (Tandy)
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*Email [[retirement]] (Tandy, purposely destroyed by Strong Bad and Homestar; Compy, while in [[Strong Mad]]'s mouth)
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*[[Hremail 3184]] ([[Lappy]])
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*Email [[hremail3184]] ([[Lappy]]; purposely destroyed by Strong Bad through use of a self-destruct button)
==Miscellaneous Malfunctions==
==Miscellaneous Malfunctions==
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==The Paper==
==The Paper==
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Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace|unknown location]] above Strong Bad, breaking it. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]]. The Paper came back in [[email thunder]] to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown.
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Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace|unknown location]] above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email [[montage]]. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]]. The Paper came back in [[email thunder]] to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In [[hremail3184]], the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*Email [[the paper]]
*Email [[the paper]]
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[[Category:Electronics running gags]]
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*Email [[hremail3184]]
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[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
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[[Category:Electronics running gags]][[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

Revision as of 23:09, 15 April 2017

Nearly every computer that Strong Bad has owned has malfunctioned at some point, and they have done so in some famously tragic ways, most often with a Flagrant System Error or by exploding (the latter ending the computer's run to be replaced by a newer, better, but still obsolete version).

Contents

System Errors

The System Error screen appears whenever Strong Bad's computer crashes. It is a direct reference to the blue screen of death that appears on Windows computers.

Flagrant System Error

"What the... Where did all my emails go?"

Computer Over Notification

"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"

Flamboyant System Error

"Oh, great!"

Teal Screen of Near Death

Oh, Child!

Oh, Child!
It's the Teal Screen
 of Near Death! (TSoND) 

Temp Log Off/Out Error

"Augh, gonna be a long one."

Fake Fragrant System Error

i joké

Strong Bad's Computers Exploding

YOUR TANDY A SPLODE

Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to explode, whether spontaneously or by outside forces. Probably the most famous of these explosions was the first explosion of the Tandy 400, which was later fixed (though it still had some malfunctions afterward).

Appearances

Miscellaneous Malfunctions

WAAGH! That is not a small number! That is a BIG number!

Strong Bad's computers often have various malfunctions, sometimes involving explosions or viruses.

Appearances

  • Email sisters — The Tandy spontaneously deletes Strong Bad's email, then saves another email when Strong Bad tries to delete it.
  • Email virus — The Compy refuses to delete the virus email, reports more than 400,000 viruses, then blue-screens before the contents of the screen pour onto the carpet.

The Paper

Following 172 emails of service, The Paper and its printer fell from an unknown location above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email montage. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the New Paper. The Paper came back in email thunder to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In hremail3184, the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.

Appearances

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