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- | {{ | + | {{watchtoon|trogdor70s.html}} |
- | [[Image:Trogdor was dragon man.png|thumb|" | + | [[Image:Trogdor was dragon man.png|thumb|"It was a terrible song of Trogdor."]] |
- | A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a '70s commercial for a board game. | + | A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for a song from a '70s commercial for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game|board game]]. |
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Trogdor}}, [[Peasants]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Trogdor}}, [[Peasants]], [[The Red and Blue Knights]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Dancing Brothers}} |
- | '''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]] | + | '''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]], [[Peasantry]] |
'''Date:''' Thursday, September 13, 2018 | '''Date:''' Thursday, September 13, 2018 | ||
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== Transcript == | == Transcript == | ||
- | ''{ | + | ''{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}'' |
- | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies there was— | + | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies, there was— |
- | ''{The shirt | + | ''{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}'' |
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —a commercial for board game. | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —a commercial for board game. | ||
- | ''{ | + | ''{The board game box shakes and bursts open, with Trogdor, the Red and Blue Knights, two peasants, five tiles, a cottage base, and a burninated cottage roof flying out. The cottage roof stays in place for a moment, then moves with the rest a few seconds later.}'' |
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song— | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song— | ||
- | ''{ | + | ''{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}'' |
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —of Trogdor. They made seven inches— | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —of Trogdor. They made seven inches— | ||
- | ''{ | + | ''{Zoom out into Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad holding the record, against a blurry photographic house background. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, throwing the record over his shoulder.}'' |
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver— | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver— | ||
- | ''{ | + | ''{Cut to Strong Bad's head bouncing exaggeratedly on The Cheat's computer against a rainbow background. The Cheat is silhouetted in front of the computer, and the desk is brown instead of blue. The record flies into a CD slot on the side of the computer.}'' |
- | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. Does this sound like Strong Bad at all? | + | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. ''{turns toward the camera and stops bouncing}'' Does this sound like Strong Bad at all? |
- | ''{ | + | ''{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}'' |
- | ''' | + | <blockquote> |
- | Trogdor was a | + | The Pow-uh Surge<br> |
+ | "Trogdor was a man"<br> | ||
+ | Terrible Songs Records<br> | ||
+ | Dir:The Cheat | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''SINGERS:''' Trogdor was a man.<br /> | ||
+ | Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. | ||
Trogdor was a man.<br /> | Trogdor was a man.<br /> | ||
- | Trogdor was a | + | Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. |
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside! | And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside! | ||
Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S) <br /> | Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S) <br /> | ||
- | Trogdor was a | + | Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (S, more different S) |
- | (S, more different S) | + | (S, more different S)<br /> |
(Whispering things in the '70s) | (Whispering things in the '70s) | ||
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside! | And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside! | ||
- | Trogdor was a man. ( | + | Trogdor was a man. (Get consummate, get consummate)<br /> |
- | Trogdor was a | + | Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (Get consummate, get consummate) |
- | + | Get consummate, get consummate<br /> | |
Consummate V's | Consummate V's | ||
Maybe he was just a dragon.<br /> | Maybe he was just a dragon.<br /> | ||
- | Maybe he was just a dragon. | + | Maybe he was just a dragon.<br /> |
- | Maybe he was just a dragon. | + | Maybe he was just a dragon.<br /> |
Well, he was still Trogdor.<br /> | Well, he was still Trogdor.<br /> | ||
- | And the Trogdor comes in | + | And the Trogdor comes in the NIGHT! |
- | ''{ | + | ''{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer desk}'' |
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present. | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{turns toward The Cheat}'' I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present. |
- | '''THE CHEAT''' | + | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}'' |
'''STRONG SAD:''' Well for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}'' | '''STRONG SAD:''' Well for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}'' | ||
- | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' | + | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}'' |
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with your depiction of me? | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with your depiction of me? |
- | ''{The Cheat brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}'' | + | ''{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}'' |
+ | |||
+ | '''STRONG SAD:''' I have that creepy bony spine... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks}'' | ||
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat. | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat. | ||
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' | ||
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+ | ''{Zoom in to the screen}'' | ||
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat! | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat! | ||
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, stop that! | '''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, stop that! | ||
- | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is | + | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is gonna all be about boats now. ''{smiles with his tongue sticking out}'' |
+ | |||
+ | ''{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad}'' | ||
'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that's a terrible idea! | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that's a terrible idea! | ||
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take— | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take— | ||
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{interrupts}'' That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{interrupts}'' That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! ''{walks away}'' Got me all self-conscious! |
- | '' | + | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats? |
- | ''' | + | ''{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}'' |
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==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
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[[Image:The Cheat's New Mac.png|thumb|"Well, this is a new computer."]] | [[Image:The Cheat's New Mac.png|thumb|"Well, this is a new computer."]] | ||
+ | *The [[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|newer computer]] parodying the newer Intel-based [[Wikipedia:iMac|iMacs]]. | ||
+ | *This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap. | ||
+ | *There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short. | ||
+ | *"When the Seventies" is an example of [[deliberately poor English]]. | ||
+ | *The [[YouTube]] description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game." | ||
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+ | ===Remarks=== | ||
+ | *This toon is not shown in the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The [[Flash]] version is only linked to from the [[Main Page Messages]]. | ||
+ | *Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end. | ||
===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
- | *This song is meant to be a '70s | + | *This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the [[TROGDOR (song)|Trogdor]] song, which originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]]. |
- | *This toon prominently features [[Sports#Basketball|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt dancing]]. | + | **"S, more different S" and "[[consummate V's]]" are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in [[dragon]]. |
- | *[[The | + | **"Get consummate" was used in [[rock opera]]. |
- | *Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "[[boat]] take" | + | *This toon prominently features [[Sports#Basketball|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt-dancing]]. |
+ | *The [[board game]] mentioned is [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]. | ||
+ | **The "Tragdar" on the box is a reference to [[Videlectrix One]]'s pronunciation in the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video]]. | ||
+ | **The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet. | ||
+ | *The game box has the [[Nondescript Nouns|nondescript label]] "Contains: Contents". | ||
+ | *"[[The Pow-uh Surge]]" was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for [[road trip]] as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as "Jammin' Tunes". | ||
+ | *The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in [[A Folky Tale]]. | ||
+ | *Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "My [[boat]] take" and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in [[environment]]. | ||
+ | *Strong Sad says "2000" the same way he said it in [[suntan]]. | ||
===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
+ | *The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of [[wikipedia:The Electric Company|The Electric Company]], a children's show that aired in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion. | ||
*The [[Wikipedia:RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]] was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. | *The [[Wikipedia:RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]] was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. | ||
*The [[Wikipedia:RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania]] was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906. | *The [[Wikipedia:RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania]] was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906. | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
- | {{extlinks|trogdor70s|youtube=pOUwYn3YdOw}} | + | {{extlinks|trogdor70s|youtube=pOUwYn3YdOw|37820}} |
- | + | {{KickstarterVideos}} | |
- | [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Songs]] | + | [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]] |
Revision as of 00:18, 11 January 2019
watch |
A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a '70s commercial for a board game.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Trogdor, Peasants, The Red and Blue Knights, Strong Sad, The Cheat, The Dancing Brothers
Places: The Cheat's Computer Room, Peasantry
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018
Running Time: 2:17
Page Title: Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men
Contents |
Transcript
{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: When the seventies, there was—
{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —a commercial for board game.
{The board game box shakes and bursts open, with Trogdor, the Red and Blue Knights, two peasants, five tiles, a cottage base, and a burninated cottage roof flying out. The cottage roof stays in place for a moment, then moves with the rest a few seconds later.}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: It was a terrible song—
{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —of Trogdor. They made seven inches—
{Zoom out into Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad holding the record, against a blurry photographic house background. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, throwing the record over his shoulder.}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver—
{Cut to Strong Bad's head bouncing exaggeratedly on The Cheat's computer against a rainbow background. The Cheat is silhouetted in front of the computer, and the desk is brown instead of blue. The record flies into a CD slot on the side of the computer.}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: So The Cheat made a video. {turns toward the camera and stops bouncing} Does this sound like Strong Bad at all?
{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}
The Pow-uh Surge
"Trogdor was a man"
Terrible Songs Records
Dir:The Cheat
{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}
SINGERS: Trogdor was a man.
Trogdor was a dragon man.
Trogdor was a man.
Trogdor was a dragon man.
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S)
Trogdor was a dragon man. (S, more different S)
(S, more different S)
(Whispering things in the '70s)
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
Trogdor was a man. (Get consummate, get consummate)
Trogdor was a dragon man. (Get consummate, get consummate)
Get consummate, get consummate
Consummate V's
Maybe he was just a dragon.
Maybe he was just a dragon.
Maybe he was just a dragon.
Well, he was still Trogdor.
And the Trogdor comes in the NIGHT!
{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer desk}
STRONG SAD: {turns toward The Cheat} I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present.
THE CHEAT: {turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}
STRONG SAD: Well for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. {emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}
THE CHEAT: {lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}
STRONG SAD: And what was going on with your depiction of me?
{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}
STRONG SAD: I have that creepy bony spine...
{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: The Lusitania is my favorite boat.
STRONG SAD: No way! Everybody knows I'm a Mauretania man.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
{Zoom in to the screen}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: My boat is not your boat!
STRONG SAD: Ugh, stop that!
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: This is gonna all be about boats now. {smiles with his tongue sticking out}
{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad}
STRONG SAD: Oh, that's a terrible idea!
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: My boat take—
STRONG SAD: {interrupts} That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! {walks away} Got me all self-conscious!
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: Don't you like boats?
{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}
Fun Facts
Trivia
- The Monosodium Dreams has been replaced by a newer computer parodying the newer Intel-based iMacs.
- This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since Fish Eye Lens in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
- There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short.
- "When the Seventies" is an example of deliberately poor English.
- The YouTube description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."
Remarks
- This toon is not shown in the TV Time Toons Menu. The Flash version is only linked to from the Main Page Messages.
- Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
Inside References
- This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the Trogdor song, which originated in the Strong Bad Email dragon.
- "S, more different S" and "consummate V's" are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in dragon.
- "Get consummate" was used in rock opera.
- This toon prominently features basketball and butt-dancing.
- The board game mentioned is Trogdor!! The Board Game.
- The "Tragdar" on the box is a reference to Videlectrix One's pronunciation in the Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video.
- The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a @StrongBadActual Tweet.
- The game box has the nondescript label "Contains: Contents".
- "The Pow-uh Surge" was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for road trip as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as "Jammin' Tunes".
- The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in A Folky Tale.
- Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "My boat take" and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in environment.
- Strong Sad says "2000" the same way he said it in suntan.
Real-World References
- The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of The Electric Company, a children's show that aired in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
- The Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland.
- The Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906.
See Also
- The visuals that occur during the music video.
External Links
- watch "Trogdor Was A Man" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "Trogdor Was A Man"
- watch "Trogdor Was A Man" on YouTube
- forum thread re: "Trogdor Was A Man"